Badger Posted July 29, 2018 Report Share Posted July 29, 2018 No. Unless you're talking about taste Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hopcroft Posted July 29, 2018 Report Share Posted July 29, 2018 2 hours ago, Old Man said: How many Ewoks are left? According to some physicists, no life in the Endor system could have survived the destruction of the Death Star, but that would have wiped out the entire cast of the film in a matter of a few seconds, so some creative license was obviously needed,... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted July 29, 2018 Report Share Posted July 29, 2018 I wished them back with the dragonballs. I will cause the extinction of the Ewoks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted July 29, 2018 Report Share Posted July 29, 2018 Scientists revived tiny Siberian worms that had been frozen in permafrost for 42,000 years — and they started moving and eating So Captain America's defrosting may be more possible than it seemed. Maybe Neanderthals and mammoths, too. ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted July 29, 2018 Report Share Posted July 29, 2018 1 hour ago, Badger said: I wished them back with the dragonballs. I will cause the extinction of the Ewoks. At least you didn’t waste it on a pair of panties. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted July 29, 2018 Report Share Posted July 29, 2018 2 hours ago, Lord Liaden said: Scientists revived tiny Siberian worms that had been frozen in permafrost for 42,000 years — and they started moving and eating So Captain America's defrosting may be more possible than it seemed. Maybe Neanderthals and mammoths, too. ? Now those worms are going to burrow into those scientists' brains and take over the world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted July 29, 2018 Report Share Posted July 29, 2018 1 hour ago, Old Man said: At least you didn’t waste it on a pair of panties. Ehh, not really into fetish collections. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starlord Posted July 29, 2018 Report Share Posted July 29, 2018 4 hours ago, Michael Hopcroft said: According to some physicists, no life in the Endor system could have survived the destruction of the Death Star, but that would have wiped out the entire cast of the film in a matter of a few seconds, so some creative license was obviously needed,... Star Wars taking creative license with basic laws of physics?!?!?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted July 29, 2018 Report Share Posted July 29, 2018 Qatar accused of ‘black ops’ plot to undermine Australia’s World Cup bid https://www.news.com.au/sport/football/qatar-accused-of-black-ops-plot-to-undermine-australias-world-cup-bid/news-story/ab15a487f2f98a4f88d40051d49dfe0a Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted July 29, 2018 Report Share Posted July 29, 2018 11 hours ago, Lord Liaden said: Scientists revived tiny Siberian worms that had been frozen in permafrost for 42,000 years — and they started moving and eating So Captain America's defrosting may be more possible than it seemed. Maybe Neanderthals and mammoths, too. ? They brought back an Ice Warrior that was frozen twice so this is the next stage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hopcroft Posted July 29, 2018 Report Share Posted July 29, 2018 9 hours ago, Starlord said: Star Wars taking creative license with basic laws of physics?!?!?! It is also likely that nobody at Lucasfilm had any physics background at all. But Star Wars (and pretty much all media science fiction/space fantasy) needs rubber science in order for any sort of story to work. Even Interstellar and The Martian, which at least claimed to be based on workable science, took severe liberties by their very premises. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted July 29, 2018 Report Share Posted July 29, 2018 Star Wars was never science fiction. It's fantasy with techno-trappings. Light sabers instead of flaming swords. Jedi standing in for wizards. AT-ATs rather than oliphants. Ewoks subbing for hobbits. Pseudo-sci-fi recast those stories for a more tech-pervasive culture's taste, and opened further visual and stylistic possibilities. As Aristotle pointed out in his Poetics, it's not important that something in a story be "possible" in real life, just that it be "probable" given the premises set out by the story. Hermit and Bazza 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted July 29, 2018 Report Share Posted July 29, 2018 45 minutes ago, Michael Hopcroft said: It is also likely that nobody at Lucasfilm had any physics background at all. Actually, I strongly suspect otherwise, but they would have been geekprogrammers in Industrial Art & Magic building and running the sfx, with no say in the film content. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted July 29, 2018 Report Share Posted July 29, 2018 Geraint Thomas wins the Tour de France https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/44998961 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnia Posted July 29, 2018 Report Share Posted July 29, 2018 How an Ex-Cop Rigged McDonald’s Monopoly Game and Stole Millions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted July 29, 2018 Report Share Posted July 29, 2018 51 minutes ago, death tribble said: Geraint Thomas wins the Tour de France https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/44998961 Ha. I've won as many Tour victories as Lance Armstrong. Cancer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted July 29, 2018 Report Share Posted July 29, 2018 Look up the post about Lawson Craddock who was this year's Lanterne Rouge in the Tour de France for the antidote to Americans only care for winners trope Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
assault Posted July 29, 2018 Report Share Posted July 29, 2018 Kangaroos are taking over an Aussie city Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wcw43921 Posted July 29, 2018 Report Share Posted July 29, 2018 What--no servile remarks about welcoming our marsupial overlords? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted July 29, 2018 Report Share Posted July 29, 2018 I live on the opposite side of the globe. If and when 'roos start flying planes, maybe I'll start worrying. ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted July 29, 2018 Report Share Posted July 29, 2018 Using Facebook for good. French skier finally identified. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-44999385 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted July 29, 2018 Report Share Posted July 29, 2018 El Marcus strikes again: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted July 30, 2018 Report Share Posted July 30, 2018 1 hour ago, assault said: Kangaroos are taking over an Aussie city If, sir, you, sir Choose to sue poo, sir, Do you choose to sue roo poo, sir? Also, I think USers would be pleased as punch if roos took over DC and displaced the poo-flinging primates from the banks of the Potomac. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted July 30, 2018 Report Share Posted July 30, 2018 6 hours ago, Lord Liaden said: Star Wars was never science fiction. It's fantasy with techno-trappings. Light sabers instead of flaming swords. Jedi standing in for wizards. AT-ATs rather than oliphants. Ewoks subbing for hobbits. Pseudo-sci-fi recast those stories for a more tech-pervasive culture's taste, and opened further visual and stylistic possibilities. As Aristotle pointed out in his Poetics, it's not important that something in a story be "possible" in real life, just that it be "probable" given the premises set out by the story. *sigh* we had to open up the "Star Wars is fantasy not sci-fi" jar didn't we. And hobbits are jawas not Ewoks, do you really want to see a badger climb upon a fell beast and divebomb Frodo? Sméagol: Master hates Ewokses, we hate hobbitses. "well you do got me there" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted July 30, 2018 Report Share Posted July 30, 2018 5 hours ago, Cancer said: If, sir, you, sir Choose to sue poo, sir, Do you choose to sue roo poo, sir? Also, I think USers would be pleased as punch if roos took over DC and displaced the poo-flinging primates from the banks of the Potomac. Give it a few million years -- another species will have their shot after we screw up enough to go extinct. Actually, they might not have to wait nearly that long... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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