Let's hear from the legion of Seaquest: DSV fans on this board!!
POSTED BY: chrisisall
UPDATED: Sunday, July 9, 2006 22:56
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The truth is that dolphins have been taught to speak English without a funky high tech thing, just not, you know, much.
On the flip side no human being has ever learned a word of dolphin. That always gets me, we can teach our language to many things, some birds speak at a more decent level than you might expect for example, but we can't learn.
One wonders what we could learn if we found a way to translate. We learn from primitive peoples, why not from animals?
I'd be interested to know if dolphins and other whales had mythologies, they've got a language, they've got brains and some even have what appear to be oral traditions (though we have no idea what if any meaning is contained in them) so when a tsunami comes do they just think: "big wave," or do they think, "big old whale got angry and smacked its tail."
In human cultures the less science there is the more mythology, to our knowledge no animal has anything resembling science so those capable of asking why something happened should have mythologies. I have a feeling that we are not the only things capable of asking why things happen.
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On a side note has anyone ever tried to convert the gorillas they taught sign language to some religion or another.
I can just see it now:
"God is everywhere."
"No see."
"When you die you will go to another place."
"Dead no move"
"Not your body your soul."
*no response*
"Your soul."
"What (is) soul?"
"Your immortal being."
*confused gorilla*
"The part of you that doesn't die."
*very confused gorilla*
"Look, do you accept Jesus Christ as your personal Lord and Savior?"
*Gorilla gets fed up and walks away*
I should point out that I have no idea how much language gorillas can be taught or how well they "speak" it. I do know that it would probably be very funny to see someone try to explain a convoluted religion to them.
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Originally posted by chrisisall:
Yep, we're a LEGION, pal.
A smallish legion...Chrisisall
Perhaps ‘Flotilla’ is a better term.
seaQuest DSV probably got me in to submarines and naval stuff. Once I get some coin the box set of Season 1 is going up right next to ‘A Century of Silent Service’, ‘Das Boot’ and ‘The Hunt for Red October’ (Which are right next to Firefly, Serenity and Space: Above and Beyond).
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Quote:lol, That's funny doode.
Originally posted by GunRunner:Quote:
Originally posted by chrisisall:
Yep, we're a LEGION, pal.
A smallish legion...Chrisisall
Perhaps ‘Flotilla’ is a better term.
Darwin watches 'Flipper' Chrisisall
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Quote:Seaquest, like Lois and Clark of the same era, has a season finale that begs no need to own the next season.
Originally posted by GunRunner:
Once I get some coin the box set of Season 1 is going up right next to ‘A Century of Silent Service’, ‘Das Boot’ and ‘The Hunt for Red October’ (Which are right next to Firefly, Serenity and Space: Above and Beyond).
SAAB has a cliffhanger, and that I cannot abide, sad to say...
Closure-lovin' Chrisisall
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Originally posted by chrisisall:Quote:Seaquest, like Lois and Clark of the same era, has a season finale that begs no need to own the next season.
Originally posted by GunRunner:
Once I get some coin the box set of Season 1 is going up right next to ‘A Century of Silent Service’, ‘Das Boot’ and ‘The Hunt for Red October’ (Which are right next to Firefly, Serenity and Space: Above and Beyond).
SAAB has a cliffhanger, and that I cannot abide, sad to say...
Closure-lovin' Chrisisall
According to the creators of SAAB the ending was not a cliffhanger (Although it does a good job as one). The second season was going to be with McQueen back on Earth dealing with his lost leg and a new (female) CO for the Squadron. I don't know if the two MIA pilots were going to be rescued or not, and an alternate final scene for Wang was CGIed where he possibly survived but I think its safe to say he is KIA in the final version of the show (if you think about it his storyline goes full circle, when we first see him the Drill Sergeant is commenting on how pathetic his battle cry is and the final scene we see him giving this really long battle cry naming various ball players as he shoots the gun).
But thats not to say it didn't deserve a 2nd seaon... and a 3rd... and a 4th... and a 58th... oh wait...
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Originally posted by chrisisall:
Chrisisall, smellin' a 'what models did YOU have?' hjack comin'
Thou shalt not hijack thine own thread. However, since this is not my thread I have no reservations whatsoever about taking things in a new direction.
Have any of you seen Sealab 2021? Great show and it's underwater! Did you see what I did there? Seaquest/Sealab...am I clever or what?
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Quote:Props for the clever.
Originally posted by singate:
Have any of you seen Sealab 2021? Great show and it's underwater! Did you see what I did there? Seaquest/Sealab...am I clever or what?
So, is Sealab 2021 an action show?
Buffy, the Sealab Technician Chrisisall
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Originally posted by chrisisall:
Props for the clever.
So, is Sealab 2021 an action show?
Buffy, the Sealab Technician Chrisisall
It's a cartoon run on Adult Swim. The show is parody of a 70's show about an underwater laboratory. Easily one of the funniest things I have seen in the last ten years. Not sure it is still running but the DVD's aren't too expensive if you want to take a chance.
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chrisisall wrote:
Tuesday, January 03, 2006 15:39
What?
Ah, common...
Someone must have fond memories of that series...
If I had a little EXTRA coin, I'd buy it to watch with my son, he's six, and he'd love it.
It wasn't that bad...was it?
I liked it...
Who the HELL are you?? The chrisisall I know would never admit to liking Seaquest!
Wasn't Seasquest a modernized version of Flipper?
you're gunna tell me you liked Flipper aren't you....
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Quote:I liked Flipper, Man From Atlantis, and Seaquest.
Originally posted by Calhoun:
Who the HELL are you?? The chrisisall I know would never admit to liking Seaquest!
Wasn't Seasquest a modernized version of Flipper?
you're gunna tell me you liked Flipper aren't you....
What can I say? I grew up in a pool at the YMCA.
Have webbed fingers, too Chrisisall
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