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Post by Prince Hal on Oct 20, 2020 12:39:41 GMT -5
Can I propose a which one? In vintage Superman comics, which were/are you happiest to find in a story: bizarros or super pets? Or of course neither if you disliked both. My personal favorite would be to see Streaky appear, close second for one of those Super turtle fillers, but any critters with red capes spells fun to me. The bizarros were entertaining sometimes but their shtick could wear thin, although I'm sure they had/have their fans. It'd be pretty much a tie as to if I would buy a collected volume for either (anyone thought of that?). I'm not really into Halloween but something from Hammer I haven't seen before on Svengoolie would be my ideal. Sometimes the answer is not either, but both.   |
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Oct 20, 2020 13:08:18 GMT -5
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Post by impulse on Oct 20, 2020 13:38:26 GMT -5
Just by sheer numbers alone, it is almost a certainty there is life somewhere else in the universe. Based on our current understanding of physics, though, it seems virtually impossible we will ever encounter them.
Unless they know something we don't maybe!
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Oct 20, 2020 14:01:48 GMT -5
Just by sheer numbers alone, it is almost a certainty there is life somewhere else in the universe. Based on our current understanding of physics, though, it seems virtually impossible we will ever encounter them. Unless they something we don't maybe! I really, really, really want there to be life elsewhere in the universe... but as you say, physics suggest that traveling from start system to star system makes our meeting rather implausible. Ditto with simple communication, although that seems a little more likely. Only the sheer vastness of the universe gives me hope that it may happen someday. In any case, meeting life that looks like us strikes me as wildly unlikely. And I don't mean humanoids with just a bumpy forehead... Even cutting evolution a lot of slack, I mean something close enough that we'd recognize it as something animal or vegetal. Given the very long chain of unrelated events and circumstances that led to the development of our current living world, the odds of finding the same process (or a similar one) occurring elsewhere are vanishingly small. Should we ever find aliens, I expect that Dr McCoy's line would definitely apply: "it's life, but not life as we know it". Unless... Unless the panspermia model actually works, and that life can be disseminated through spaces as bacterial spores hitching a ride on the debris of asteroid impacts. Once again given the vastness of time and space, that might make the development of kindred life forms on more than one planet. (Again kindred in the sense of "based on a similar type of biochemistry", not in the sense of "they're like us, only green"). |
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Post by impulse on Oct 20, 2020 14:11:32 GMT -5
Yeah, very true. It does seem very unlikely that life similar to anything on earth would necessarily form anywhere else, so any life out there might be unrecognizable to us. Then again, the universe is ludicrously, unfathomably large, and there is just a staggering number of galaxies and stars out there, so who even knows. Current estimates are 100 billion stars, or 1 billion trillion stars, and our knowledge of the universe is pretty limited. I try not to think about how minuscule we are on the scale of the universe in both space and time. It freaks me out. Maybe the alien version of the Federation is waiting to make contact until we stop fighting with each other.  |
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Oct 20, 2020 14:22:34 GMT -5
Yeah, very true. It does seem very unlikely that life similar to anything on earth would necessarily form anywhere else, so any life out there might be unrecognizable to us. Then again, the universe is ludicrously, unfathomably large, and there is just a staggering number of galaxies and stars out there, so who even knows. Current estimates are 100 billion stars, or 1 billion trillion stars, and our knowledge of the universe is pretty limited. I try not to think about how minuscule we are on the scale of the universe in both space and time. It freaks me out. Maybe the alien version of the Federation is waiting to make contact until we stop fighting with each other. Oh, alien life has been here for a long time, trying to make contact with us. It's just that we don't recognize it as such. We call it "oil".  |
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Oct 20, 2020 14:23:25 GMT -5
Space is big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it's a long way down the road to the chemist's, but that's just peanuts to space.
- Douglas Adams
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Post by adamwarlock2099 on Oct 20, 2020 16:11:13 GMT -5
I really, really, really want there to be life elsewhere in the universe... but as you say, physics suggest that traveling from start system to star system makes our meeting rather implausible. Ditto with simple communication, although that seems a little more likely. Only the sheer vastness of the universe gives me hope that it may happen someday. In any case, meeting life that looks like us strikes me as wildly unlikely. And I don't mean humanoids with just a bumpy forehead... Even cutting evolution a lot of slack, I mean something close enough that we'd recognize it as something animal or vegetal. Given the very long chain of unrelated events and circumstances that led to the development of our current living world, the odds of finding the same process (or a similar one) occurring elsewhere are vanishingly small. Should we ever find aliens, I expect that Dr McCoy's line would definitely apply: "it's life, but not life as we know it". Unless... Unless the panspermia model actually works, and that life can be disseminated through spaces as bacterial spores hitching a ride on the debris of asteroid impacts. Once again given the vastness of time and space, that might make the development of kindred life forms on more than one planet. (Again kindred in the sense of "based on a similar type of biochemistry", not in the sense of "they're like us, only green"). I'm not as educated in science as you, but it's the one thing I've always found "unrealistic" (for the lack of a more pointed word) about science fiction in movies. Granted I know earlier in movie history special effects were limited so we got humanoids with bumpy faces. But I've always imagined that we might not even recognize it as alien. Like Rocket Raccoon just happens to look like a raccoon. But he's not an actual talking raccoon. Or like in Abyss where the aliens had been here on earth in ocean for many years. If I remember correctly the amount of the ocean we have explored is about as miniscule as space. There could be "aliens" in the ocean. Even if it's undiscovered sea life. |
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Post by beccabear67 on Oct 21, 2020 13:48:50 GMT -5
Myself I figure the saucer folks only show up every now and then just to maintain the quarantine mechanisms.
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Post by tartanphantom on Oct 21, 2020 16:06:24 GMT -5
So Which One is scarier? Ghost stories told sitting around a campfire or sitting in a candlelit room listening to things that go bump in the night stories? A cold, dark fall night with the stillness of the forest wrapping you in it's chilling embrace as the crackling fire try's to warm your body and soul while hearing ghostly stories as always does it for me. Pouring in hot chocolate as the tips of your ears and toes turn blue and curl tightly as cold shivers have your body trembling even as your teeth chatter? That is a good Halloween evening indeed! It's interesting that you bring this up, because I have been part of an annual camp-out on Halloween night every single year since 1993. It's usually a small gathering of close friends, anywhere from 6 to 12 people tops. No costumes required, just bring yourself, some good food & spirits (in every sense of the word) and bring a song or a ghost story. Many folks write their own tales or songs each year and read or sing them as we huddle around the all-night campfire, way out in the remote hills of Tennessee. We also do other things too, like cut Jack-o-lanterns, construct a traditional ofrenda in remembrance of friends and loved ones no longer with us, among other things. However, it's not a "party" in the traditional sense, but more of a "gathering" of close friends.
Give me a warm bonfire and a good creepy tale in the great outdoors any day of the week.
This pic is from one of our Halloween camp-outs a few years ago.
And the moon above that very same tree, on the same night-- don't tell me this doesn't invite a good ghost story!
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Post by tartanphantom on Oct 21, 2020 16:13:41 GMT -5
Space is big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it's a long way down the road to the chemist's, but that's just peanuts to space. - Douglas Adams
Or to put it another way---
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Post by Deleted on Oct 23, 2020 16:19:05 GMT -5
Can I propose a which one? In vintage Superman comics, which were/are you happiest to find in a story: bizarros or super pets? Or of course neither if you disliked both. My personal favorite would be to see Streaky appear, close second for one of those Super turtle fillers, but any critters with red capes spells fun to me. The bizarros were entertaining sometimes but their shtick could wear thin, although I'm sure they had/have their fans. It'd be pretty much a tie as to if I would buy a collected volume for either (anyone thought of that?). Easily the super-pets. I love, love, love Krypto. And I actively dislike Bizarro and any Bizarro version of the super-family. |
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Post by brutalis on Oct 26, 2020 8:18:07 GMT -5
Big final of Halloween is for the Universal Monster series of movies, Which One do you watch the most often/prefer/like? Dracula, Frankenstein, the Mummy, Creature from the Black Lagoon, Wolfman or Invisible Man?
The ONE I enjoy most and rewatch is the movies featuring the Mummy. Having a mix of horror, comedic elements, history, mythology, action and adventure just make these that little bit more fun to watch for me. Always loved Egyptology growing up and the Mummy is a favorite.
Very close second are all the Frankenstein pictures. They start off chilling and scary in every way. Even as they turn into the equivalent of Marvel Team Up for all the horror stars and becomes a bit silly there is plenty of worthwhile monster viewing to enjoy.
A special shout out for the 1st Creature from the Black Lagoon. Superb monster and eerie jungle movie stand alone!
What's your go to Universal joy?
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Post by tartanphantom on Oct 26, 2020 8:43:48 GMT -5
Frankenstein series for me, with The Creature in 2nd place.
Bride of Frankenstein is da bomb, and probably my top favorite single film of the classic Universal franchises.
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Post by impulse on Oct 26, 2020 9:13:56 GMT -5
None. I haven't seen most of the originals. I suppose I like the Brendan Fraser Mummy movie, so I will nod to that.
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