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Comment on 20120210: This week in shameless geekery by Merouda

Merouda — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 02:06:17 +0000

I dunno, Mikey, all the Gerry Anderson work I've seen is so poorly conceived that it is sometimes a wonder that his career went on as long as it did. I remember enjoying Space:1999 as a kid, when those sorts of ludicrous plots would have flown right by me. Space 1999 and UFO, the live action shows, were essentially the puppet shows using people. Kid shows.

I have to agree with you here, the series re-imagining would have to give up everything but the most basic of premise similarity to create something watch-able today.

Comment on 20120210: This week in shameless geekery by Uncle Mikey

Uncle Mikey — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 21:49:54 +0000

JC: Making the invisible hand idea a bit more explicit would, at the very least, allow a nice, straightforward handwave for the scenario itself. One of the problems with the original is that you have to actually be paying attention to the right episode at the right time to realise that, yes, the writers actually DO know that the situation ought to be impossible. One can speculate that, had they not been hijacked by Fred Freiberger (the same man who gleefully screwed up ST:TOS’s third season), they might more adequately dealt with the situation eventually.

Comment on 20120210: This week in shameless geekery by Uncle Mikey

Uncle Mikey — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 21:28:22 +0000

I have

I’m mildly terrified… and yet, also deeply intrigued…

Comment on 20120210: This week in shameless geekery by thorr-kan

thorr-kan — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 16:46:20 +0000

You heard about the Dr. Who/ST:TNG crossover, right?

http://www.bleedingcool.com/2012/02/10/scoop-doctor-who-star-trek-official-crossover/

Comment on 20120210: This week in shameless geekery by thorr-kan

thorr-kan — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 04:12:58 +0000

You heard about the Dr. Who/ST:TNG Crossover Comic, right?

Comment on 20120210: This week in shameless geekery by JC

JC — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 21:16:30 +0000

I dunno. I never watched the old one, but it seems it could be redone the way BSG was redone. Have whatever blows the moon out be deliberate instead of accidental, you get a who-dun-it angle. Perhaps even genuinely destroy the Earth, so as to not make evacuation an option. Do more about the limited resources and so on. And maybe have a genuine invisible hand, one of the questions becomes “who’s manipulating us… and why?”

Comment on 20120210: This week in shameless geekery by Pope Zaphod

Pope Zaphod — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 20:10:22 +0000

As a member of the IT community I want to assure people that there is no cannibalism within IT or other computer-related industries, and by “no” I mean “an acceptable amount”.

Comment on 20120210: This week in shameless geekery by Dave DuJour

Dave DuJour — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 18:10:11 +0000

I’m waiting for someone to find a GL quote from the past about how Han shooting first & how it shows his character blahblahblah. It would not surprise me if he’d made such a statement during some interview in the early 80s or something.

Comment on Politics: Understanding American Health Care and Welfare Attitudes 101 by Jessica

Jessica — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 05:26:20 +0000

I really like your writing style, so I am entertained by some of the other commentators.

Useful observations and enlightening post! Thanks!

Comment on Stop SOPA. Stop PIPA. Also, why I’m not blacked out. by Sally

Sally — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 00:22:34 +0000

My bad. I wrote Al a polite letter, rather than a crabby one. Actually two letters, because I responded to his response. Mebbe I’m getting cynical, but I’m starting to think that Amy is just doin’ her own thing, and not paying attention to us.

It was the lack of due process part that really had me going. That, and I’m pretty sure that most of the legislators supporting this bill don’t know the extent of the monster they are unleashing.

I guess that last statement means I’m not cynical enough. It was meant to meant they is ignant.