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Pacific Rim- see it - RobVG - 11/3/2013 7:55:41 PM
- Buy the Blu-Ray... - TB - 11/3/2013 8:51:26 PM

If anyone here catches Gravity over the weekend... - FrankC - 10/3/2013 12:22:18 AM
- Since I have not seen it, this is just a SWAG... - FrankC - 11/2/2013 4:32:27 PM
- Re: If anyone here catches Gravity over the weekend... - Raoul - 10/30/2013 7:41:20 PM
- Saw it last weekend - RobVG - 10/28/2013 11:52:31 PM
- I'd like to hear how it compares with the old "Marooned" movie. - TB - 10/3/2013 1:01:37 AM

The 12th Doctor - FrankC - 10/22/2013 5:44:33 AM
- ...and there is always the stoic Mr. Palmer (Laurie) - Jody - 10/22/2013 6:17:15 PM
- Laurie sings, too! - Jody - 10/22/2013 4:23:35 PM
- Laurie would be great. - ER - 10/22/2013 1:26:31 PM

So what's with the zombies? - ER - 9/29/2013 1:23:16 AM
- People like it. It sells. - alcaray - 9/29/2013 8:17:38 AM
- I am a zombie genre fan - FrankC - 9/29/2013 6:40:15 AM
  - "World War Z" - RobVG - 10/15/2013 4:17:57 AM
    - Brad Pitt insisted on the PG rating - FrankC - 10/21/2013 1:58:58 AM
  - That was great, Frank. - ER - 9/29/2013 11:44:55 AM
    - We-e-ell . . . - DanS - 10/3/2013 11:25:35 PM
      - You should read World War Z - FrankC - 10/21/2013 2:32:03 AM
    - If you have a good source of dvds - FrankC - 9/29/2013 5:47:07 PM
- Easy to write, mostly. - TB - 9/29/2013 3:10:57 AM
- Fads . . . - DanS - 9/29/2013 2:19:25 AM

H. G. Wells . . . - DanS - 10/9/2013 11:00:20 AM
- I've read ... - FrankC - 10/9/2013 9:11:09 PM
  - The Outline of History his comparatively huge . . . - DanS - 10/10/2013 1:48:06 AM

...and on another Science Fiction note.... - Jody - 8/13/2013 12:17:37 AM
- I don't get the use of the term porn. Do I need to check the urban dictionary? - FrankC - 8/13/2013 8:13:12 AM
  - Competence . . . - DanS - 9/30/2013 11:10:38 PM
  - I guess it's a generic term, now. - TB - 8/13/2013 7:13:06 PM
  - I think the word porn was used to get our attention. - Jody - 8/13/2013 4:49:30 PM
    - Maybe . . . - DanS - 9/30/2013 11:05:28 PM
      - LOL, I seem to vaguely recall it - FrankC - 9/30/2013 11:56:35 PM
        
        Flash Gordon was released . . . - DanS - 10/1/2013 1:52:17 PM
    - I only watch paranormal programs now. - Jody - 8/13/2013 5:04:11 PM
      - Was it really... - FrankC - 8/13/2013 5:54:12 PM
        
        Certainly need fulfilling for some factions. - Jody - 8/13/2013 10:08:47 PM
        
        Ghost stories are popular - ER - 8/13/2013 9:06:38 PM
        
        Certainly some people's thought processes - Jody - 8/13/2013 10:06:53 PM
      - oh...and the Smithsonian Channel. - Jody - 8/13/2013 5:04:58 PM
  - Porn may be too strong a term. Propaganda may be more appropriate. - ER - 8/13/2013 3:10:28 PM
    - What you say is quite interesting.. - FrankC - 8/13/2013 5:04:31 PM
      - Follow it up with "Cat's Cradle" and "Mother Night". - ER - 8/13/2013 5:42:05 PM

The five most underrated Science Fiction movie masterpieces of all time... - Jody - 9/10/2013 1:05:06 AM
- Something fun for the whole family . . . - DanS - 9/30/2013 11:21:19 PM
- Gawd, I hate videos on a slow connection - podrock - 9/11/2013 3:26:58 AM
  - For podrock . . . - DanS - 9/30/2013 7:23:03 PM
    - I'd forgotten this thread... - podrock - 9/30/2013 8:39:09 PM
- Naturally, I have seen all of them including,,, - FrankC - 9/10/2013 3:19:23 AM
- Those damn seed pods. - TB - 9/10/2013 3:19:13 AM
  - "Sweetgum." - TB - 9/10/2013 6:29:41 PM
    - Cenchrus Spinifex - ER - 9/10/2013 7:47:08 PM
      - Re: Cenchrus Spinifex - TB - 9/10/2013 9:14:34 PM
- I didn't see the last two, but I would like to add two of my own to the list. - ER - 9/10/2013 1:44:03 AM
  - And one more. - ER - 9/10/2013 3:54:00 AM
    - good flick but doesn't meet the article's category of underrated - FrankC - 9/10/2013 4:06:48 AM
  - Those sound great ER! - Jody - 9/10/2013 2:05:22 AM

Constructing Cultures II - ER - 9/30/2013 2:49:17 PM

Constructing Cultures - ER - 9/29/2013 2:42:48 PM
- I've read about a million sf stories and books that... - alcaray - 9/30/2013 8:31:50 AM
  - No writer or scholar has guaranteed access to insight. - ER - 9/30/2013 11:11:49 AM
    - PS, - ER - 9/30/2013 11:52:24 AM
- Interesting, and well done. - bowser - 9/30/2013 12:35:45 AM

ALL the SF spaceships - TB - 9/27/2013 4:29:29 AM
- The Giant Spaceship Syndrome - TB - 9/29/2013 3:55:56 AM
  - Creating a giant warship is nothing . . . - DanS - 9/29/2013 6:36:04 PM
    - Galactic Civilizations II - FrankC - 9/29/2013 7:44:15 PM
  - takes a big ship... - FrankC - 9/29/2013 5:33:38 PM
  - The world's navies have come to many of the same conclusions when it comes to surface combatants.. - ER - 9/29/2013 5:17:48 PM
    - To be fair... - TB - 9/29/2013 6:58:16 PM
  - What really cracks me up... - ER - 9/29/2013 5:17:43 AM
- pretty neat - FrankC - 9/28/2013 7:59:48 PM
- This is epic! - Jody - 9/27/2013 3:23:41 PM

Which Star Trek series was your favorite? - Jody - 9/28/2013 3:23:40 AM
- Yes TNG was my favorite... - FrankC - 9/28/2013 5:28:42 PM
- I liked them all . . . - DanS - 9/28/2013 1:30:43 PM

The Golden Path - ER - 9/13/2013 4:04:29 PM
- I am not a big fan of Herbert... - FrankC - 9/13/2013 11:12:15 PM
  - hinky? - ER - 9/14/2013 12:54:37 AM
    - No but not exactly the word I was looking for, maybe squirrely is better - FrankC - 9/14/2013 1:15:38 AM
      - PS. I guess you were thinking of kinky - FrankC - 9/14/2013 8:18:52 AM
        
        Well, I hope the illustration I attached to my essay wasn't too hinky for you. - ER - 9/14/2013 5:17:12 PM
        
        LOL, no, she would have been better naked - FrankC - 9/15/2013 2:22:14 AM
        
        I don't remember any incest. - ER - 9/15/2013 3:32:41 AM
        
        I must be totally confused... - FrankC - 9/15/2013 6:34:04 AM
        
        Somebody is! - ER - 9/15/2013 2:11:17 PM
        
        It does appear that any incest between Paul and his mother is all in Lynch's mind. - FrankC - 9/18/2013 10:42:24 AM
        
        There are only a handful of basic plots. - ER - 9/18/2013 2:43:41 PM
        
        And, more on topic... - FrankC - 9/18/2013 4:01:12 PM
        
        Yet... - FrankC - 9/18/2013 3:53:12 PM
        
        Thanks for turning me on to that excellent essay. - ER - 9/18/2013 5:51:23 PM
        
        The curious thing... - FrankC - 9/18/2013 8:18:23 PM

RIP Frederik Pohl - Jody - 9/3/2013 2:25:30 AM
- He was a good one - FrankC - 9/3/2013 8:43:18 PM
  - I loved "The Space Merchants". - ER - 9/4/2013 2:37:07 AM
    - If you care to reread it.. - FrankC - 9/4/2013 9:56:50 PM
      - I will reread it. - ER - 9/4/2013 11:02:37 PM
        
        Well, I was a Psych minor if that helps - FrankC - 9/6/2013 3:32:15 AM
        
        My philosophy hasn't changed since college. - ER - 9/6/2013 12:53:21 PM
        
        I was disappointed. - ER - 9/6/2013 12:50:24 AM
        
        yep, none of the 50s and 60s scifi novels hold up perfectly - FrankC - 9/6/2013 3:20:57 AM

SyFy (once again) jumps the shark, and some better news - FrankC - 7/27/2013 5:09:59 AM
- Canada does a lot of things better we do. - ER - 7/27/2013 12:02:43 PM

Death to the humanoids. - ER - 7/1/2013 9:37:42 PM
- convergent evolution - Robert - 7/1/2013 11:27:50 PM
  - Tails and trunks...The fifth wheel - podrock - 7/2/2013 3:30:48 AM
  - What about the most successful body plan of all? - ER - 7/1/2013 11:57:52 PM
    - I was careful to cover my butt - Robert - 7/15/2013 7:31:50 PM
    - All of those have been around longer than humans. - bowser - 7/2/2013 5:01:16 AM
      - Humans were the first on THIS planet. - ER - 7/2/2013 11:33:30 AM
- Now, now. - bowser - 7/1/2013 11:13:55 PM
  - Your generalities are correct. - ER - 7/2/2013 12:16:40 AM
    - All of those are interesting possibilities. - bowser - 7/2/2013 4:59:23 AM

Prometheus, Continued - ER - 3/26/2012 3:19:46 AM
- bounced by spam, fixed - podrock - 6/14/2013 11:54:37 PM
- Re: Prometheus, Continued - TB - 3/29/2012 4:21:02 AM
  - Re: Prometheus, Continued - ER - 3/29/2012 1:50:42 PM
- Re: Prometheus, Continued - FrankC - 3/26/2012 10:40:29 PM
- Re: Prometheus, Continued - VelociraptorBlade - 3/26/2012 8:11:28 AM
  - Is lack of ETI a bug, or a feature? - TB - 3/26/2012 3:44:46 PM
  - Re: Prometheus, Continued - ER - 3/26/2012 2:24:19 PM
    - Re: Prometheus, Continued - VelociraptorBlade - 3/27/2012 12:27:57 AM
      - Re: Prometheus, Continued - ER - 3/27/2012 1:24:02 AM
        
        At this point, humanity's primary ambition should be moving out into our own solar system. - TB - 3/27/2012 1:32:59 AM
        
        Re: At this point, humanity's primary ambition should be moving out into our own solar system. - bowser - 3/28/2012 1:56:17 AM
        
        Re: At this point, humanity's primary ambition should be moving out into our own solar system. - VelociraptorBlade - 3/27/2012 2:40:14 AM
        
        You don't want to mess around down gravity wells if you can help it. - TB - 3/27/2012 2:32:09 PM
        
        Re: You don't want to mess around down gravity wells if you can help it. - VelociraptorBlade - 3/28/2012 12:52:21 AM
        
        Re: At this point, humanity's primary ambition should be moving out into our own solar system. - podrock - 3/27/2012 1:40:50 AM
        
        Solar power satellites are getting more feasible all the time. - TB - 3/27/2012 1:45:58 AM
- Re: Prometheus, Continued - bowser - 3/26/2012 6:56:20 AM
  - Re: Prometheus, Continued - ER - 3/26/2012 2:18:16 PM
- Cross-posted on Space Science and Science Fiction Boards - podrock - 3/26/2012 3:26:29 AM

Defiance on SYFY - FrankC - 4/22/2013 7:10:57 AM
- After watching all episodes to date I( can report... - FrankC - 6/9/2013 2:07:02 AM
  - Awww...I am getting hooked on Downton Abbey. - Jody - 6/9/2013 4:53:22 AM
    - good show.. - FrankC - 6/10/2013 11:13:04 PM
      - I am an empath. - Jody - 6/11/2013 1:51:25 AM
        
        Matthew I think... - FrankC - 6/11/2013 3:46:03 AM
- The previews looked pretty good. n/t - RobVG - 5/3/2013 2:10:28 AM

Holy crap! - TB - 5/25/2013 2:46:49 AM

*This* is what I call fun! - Jody - 5/24/2013 4:45:10 AM

Question: - Jody - 5/21/2013 5:19:35 PM
- I cna't make up my mind between... - ER - 5/23/2013 3:04:29 AM
- That's a hard one. - RobVG - 5/22/2013 4:59:52 AM
  - Re: That's a hard one. - Jody - 5/22/2013 3:34:28 PM
- Re: Question: - Jody - 5/21/2013 8:52:11 PM
  - Calm down sweetie, it is not asshat... - FrankC - 5/21/2013 10:21:13 PM
    - BTW, here's asshat.. - FrankC - 5/21/2013 10:23:39 PM
      - Re: BTW, here's asshat.. - Jody - 5/22/2013 2:46:32 AM
        
        Re: BTW, here's asshat.. - TB - 5/22/2013 2:57:32 AM
        
        Took me a long time to look it up. You could have offered bonus $$$ - FrankC - 5/22/2013 4:41:17 AM
        
        Re: BTW, here's asshat.. - Jody - 5/22/2013 3:15:11 AM
        
        Time's up! - TB - 5/22/2013 4:07:44 AM
        
        Damn, I didn't notice you had called time on it. Wasted all that time looking for it. :) - FrankC - 5/22/2013 5:01:24 AM
        
        Re: Damn, I didn't notice you had called time on it. Wasted all that time looking for it. :) - Jody - 5/22/2013 6:03:36 PM
        
        I have the DVD set of the Outer Limits. - TB - 5/22/2013 5:03:15 PM
        
        Re: Time's up! - Jody - 5/22/2013 4:35:21 AM
      - A human being. - TB - 5/21/2013 10:27:15 PM
        
        Re: A human being. - Jody - 5/21/2013 11:10:05 PM
- Re: Question: - Jody - 5/21/2013 6:26:38 PM
- Re: Question: - Jody - 5/21/2013 6:17:24 PM
  - Re: Question: - Jody - 5/21/2013 6:17:49 PM
    - eewe, you are in a bad mood :) - FrankC - 5/21/2013 10:25:51 PM
- Does "sum up" mean describe accurately? Or is this film supposed to make friends and avoid making enemies, too? - alcaray - 5/21/2013 5:46:37 PM
  - Re: Does "sum up" mean describe accurately? Or is this film supposed to make friends and avoid making enemies, too? - Jody - 5/21/2013 8:46:29 PM
    - Jody, it's just humor. - TB - 5/21/2013 8:59:20 PM
      - Re: Jody, it's just humor. - Jody - 5/21/2013 10:11:29 PM
  - Excellent point. Are we talking documentary or advertisement? - TB - 5/21/2013 5:56:16 PM

Anyone own a map of the Verse? - FrankC - 5/19/2013 4:23:27 PM
- I've got one, and I think at least one of my kids does. - TB - 5/19/2013 10:25:50 PM
  - Where to buy... - TB - 5/19/2013 10:37:17 PM
    - I had to buy it but found it on Amazon... - FrankC - 5/20/2013 8:55:53 PM

The Cold Equations - ER - 5/18/2013 1:17:05 AM
- So where do 3.92, 1.6 and 65% come from? - ER - 5/18/2013 5:45:25 PM
  - Then comes the hard part. - TB - 5/18/2013 6:24:23 PM
    - As you well know, - ER - 5/18/2013 6:47:22 PM
      - Another good reference: - TB - 5/18/2013 7:52:55 PM

The nature of the xenomorphs. - ER - 5/12/2013 8:51:50 PM
- I was outlining a book/story... like 30 years ago? - alcaray - 5/13/2013 12:06:36 AM
  - Glueing peacock feathers - ER - 5/13/2013 12:55:11 AM
- Life is swarmy - podrock - 5/12/2013 9:45:49 PM
  - I like the way you think, Podrock. - ER - 5/12/2013 10:43:13 PM
    - "...As truth is gathered, I rearrange..." - podrock - 5/13/2013 12:12:57 AM
      - It's nature's way of telling you - ER - 5/13/2013 12:41:15 AM
        
        "For man has closed himself up, till he sees all things thro' narrow chinks of his cavern. - podrock - 5/13/2013 1:59:50 AM
        
        Ozymandias - ER - 5/13/2013 3:02:07 AM

Ray Harryhausen has died at 93 - TB - 5/8/2013 2:45:04 AM
- Thanks for everything Ray! - alcaray - 5/8/2013 3:34:49 AM

Robert Silverberg - ER - 5/5/2013 12:53:07 AM
- Let's clarify. "Soft porn". - bowser - 5/5/2013 10:15:31 PM
  - Reflecting on our trip to the beach today, Bowz? - ER - 5/5/2013 10:33:51 PM
    - A point well made. - bowser - 5/5/2013 11:11:16 PM
      - Yep. Soft porn is porn for geezers. - ER - 5/6/2013 3:55:46 AM
- He seems quite eclectic as well as prolific... - FrankC - 5/5/2013 8:20:20 AM
- Read me last - ER - 5/5/2013 5:58:08 AM
- Silverberg - To Live Again. - ER - 5/5/2013 5:47:57 AM
  - ERROR! This book was actually entitled "Born with the Dead" - ER - 5/6/2013 2:09:06 AM
- Silverberg - The Second Trip - ER - 5/5/2013 5:16:27 AM
  - ERROR! This book was actually entitled "To Live Again" - ER - 5/6/2013 2:05:30 AM
- Silverberg - Tower of Glass - ER - 5/5/2013 2:44:37 AM
- Silverberg - Hawksbill Station - ER - 5/5/2013 2:12:05 AM
  - That sounds a lot like this Twilight Zone episode: - TB - 5/5/2013 3:55:42 AM
    - The same. - ER - 5/5/2013 4:48:02 AM
      - I can't either. I think he somehow wipes your mind when he leaves...n/t - RobVG - 5/5/2013 5:50:50 PM
- Silverberg - Dying Inside - ER - 5/5/2013 1:38:54 AM
- Silverberg - The Book of Skulls - ER - 5/5/2013 1:15:42 AM
- Silverberg - TB - 5/5/2013 1:05:48 AM
  - Glad to hear that. - ER - 5/5/2013 1:18:35 AM

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