Millions of unseen species fill the Earth

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UPDATED: Thursday, August 25, 2011 18:09
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NIKI2

Thursday, August 25, 2011 2:38 PM

Riona, me too. I learn so many interesting things I never knew before, I can't get enough. I admit I DO switch channels when things kill each other (okay, so I'm a woos)--beautiful as the big cats are (I ADORED Big Cat Diaries), so are the things they kill.

Hippie Operative Nikovich Nikita Nicovna Talibani,
Contracted Agent of Veritas Oilspillus, code name “Nike”,
signing off

NIKI2

Thursday, August 25, 2011 2:40 PM

Raptor, I'll have to find this Brian Cox of whom you speak. I adored Sagan; he made things comprehensible to me, not to mention fun and wondrous. I tried to watch a new series I discovered on space, but it gets so complex I can't follow it, so I gave up. So thanx, I'll look for him.

Oh, damn, I just got to your next post. It WAS "Wonders of the Universe" that I gave up on...it just gets too confusing for my poor little brain to follow. GORGEOUS stuff, tho'. I loved Sagan because he had such a gentle way about him, and explained things so I could understand them.

Hippie Operative Nikovich Nikita Nicovna Talibani,
Contracted Agent of Veritas Oilspillus, code name “Nike”,
signing off

NIKI2

Thursday, August 25, 2011 2:44 PM

Anthony, if I recall correctly, Andromeda Strain was about just what you said, except the scoop went out into space, and the tiny little "life form" it brought back was in the scoop. I could be wrong, it's been ages since I've re-watched it or reread the book. The concept was a wonderful one.

But I don't think it released the life form in a town, the scientists found it in the scoop. I remember them enhancing the microscope bigger and bigger until they found it, and the woman scientist who fell asleep and missed the computer identifying what would kill it...oh, wait, wasn't there a remake? Maybe that's what you're talking about; I never watched it, having too much respect for the original. I made the mistake of watching the remake of "War of the Worlds", and "The Day The Earth Stood Still" and was so disgusted I try to avoid remakes of old movies (especially sci fi) I admired. The old ones relied more on your imagination; new stuff seems to be full of special effects and gore, with little attention to the human aspect. Bah.

Hippie Operative Nikovich Nikita Nicovna Talibani,
Contracted Agent of Veritas Oilspillus, code name “Nike”,
signing off

NIKI2

Thursday, August 25, 2011 2:51 PM

Mike; yeah, I've got Cosmos on video tape, and I adored it. Didn't know it was re-broadcast, dammit, as the tapes are old and I'd have adored to get a clean copy. Damn.

Ah, got to your post about Andromeda. I'm glad I didn't give in and try it (I THOUGHT there was a remake); I'd have been spitting nails. I don't mind remakes that are better than the originals, but damned few of them are. On the other hand, Westworld was so silly originally, and there's so MUCH that could be done with it, I too would love a remake of it (if it was done decently). Movies don't do a good job of translating books, often, and I was impressed that the original Andromeda did such a good job.

I'm with Frem about new movies, for the most part. Appealing to the lowest common denominator seems to be the byword of the day, and I'm not one, so they have nothing to say to me. I have to admit, tho', that I do watch some crap and thoroughly enjoy it. I even BOUGHT "Ghost Rider", which is truly a piece of silliness, but I loved the song and I enjoy everything he's done (except the violent stuff like Con Air!). So my taste isn't all that erudite, I freely admit it. I just like what I like, and when it comes to remakes, they're rarely better than the original.

And I watch almost ALL the made-for-TV stuff put out by SciFi. Sometimes I just can't take it, it's so badly done, but most of the time I enjoy them; they're about the only new sci fi I ever get a chance to see....

Hippie Operative Nikovich Nikita Nicovna Talibani,
Contracted Agent of Veritas Oilspillus, code name “Nike”,
signing off

KWICKO

Thursday, August 25, 2011 5:51 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Niki2:
Raptor, I'll have to find this Brian Cox of whom you speak. I adored Sagan; he made things comprehensible to me, not to mention fun and wondrous. I tried to watch a new series I discovered on space, but it gets so complex I can't follow it, so I gave up. So thanx, I'll look for him.

Oh, damn, I just got to your next post. It WAS "Wonders of the Universe" that I gave up on...it just gets too confusing for my poor little brain to follow. GORGEOUS stuff, tho'. I loved Sagan because he had such a gentle way about him, and explained things so I could understand them.

Hippie Operative Nikovich Nikita Nicovna Talibani,
Contracted Agent of Veritas Oilspillus, code name “Nike”,
signing off

Track down "Wonders of the Solar System". It's fantastic. "Wonders of the Universe" is good, but it has yet to grab me the way WotSS did.

And then watch THIS:

Pretty awesome send-up of Brian Cox.

FREMDFIRMA

Thursday, August 25, 2011 6:09 PM

Lmao, Ghost Rider was cheese, but not that bad cheese...
Two parts of it sent me to the floor in hysterics, first of which was chuggin a whole pot of coffee right from the carafe, which I'll occasionally do on really bad days, hehehehe...
And the other was him threatening the helicopter, I dunno what about it set me off, maybe it was the pilots expression, meh.

FYI, imma mail a test clip from the vidcam in a while, just to see if it works like it's supposed to.

-F

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