Riiiight, the onstar system in your volvo-powered kit car. I ought to see if they'll install one on my VW trike, next
Delorean: Thousands of cars completely assembled on factory assembly lines.. You have an odd definition of "kit car". We'll sit back and wait until you come up with a Popular Mechanics back-of-the-magazine ad from 1983 or so where you can send away for DeLorean kits. I think I'll be waiting a while on that one!
Coming from the Onstar speaker: "You are approaching 88 mph. Your flux capacitor is set to Europe at the time of the Black Plague. Are you REALLY SURE you want to take the DeLorean there?"
for years now. She's 4 and started using mine when she was about 2. At the time I didn't think she was old enough to use a computer but we bought a box of cereal that had a Mr. Potatoe head game in it
Mr Vice President? Good to see you here at last. You know, I, too, never learned the Java language because my travels never took me to Indonesia.
The problem with the gameboy port of Global Thermonuclear War is walking around with the Gameboy in your pocket and having to put up with the constant, plaintive voice: "Professor Falken, want to play a game?" that just does not know the meaning of the word "no"
Yeah I saw it, it wasn't about a videogame, it was about recruiting pilots to fight in a war
It was about several things. Not that it was a great multi-level piece of great cinema, but it was about a videogame at the same time it was about pilot recruitment.
Or, are you one of those who saw "The Lord of the Rings" and said "it wasn't about a ring" because the ring could have been a necklace instead?
Ever seen that film? It was about a console arcade videogame called "The Last Starfighter" which was used for recruitment to fight in a galactic war. The main character reached a high enough score level which triggered an extraterrestrial transmission. The aliens then came and whisked him off into space and trained him to fight in a "Real" space ship that was like the one in the console arcade game.
In the craptastic spirit of other game-to-movie ventures like Mortal Kombat, Tomb Raider and The Wizard, I imagine the Metroids won't be the only thing that sucks.
You forgot Super Mario Brothers, which I think was the very first videogame movie (but I could be wrong).
Videogame-to-movie has a very poor track record. Disney ride-to-movie also had a very poor track record until "Pirates of the Caribbean".
Looking at the Dalzell illo and re-reading the description, I'm beginning to think that the Kzin seem more like a cross between rats and raccoons then cats.
They are definitely described as being (large) cats with rat-tails. The description "plains cats" is used in the stories. Their speech sounds like a catfight, and cat (esp. tiger) comparisons and references are found throughout.
A particular odd story in "The Man-Kzin Wars" has one end up in Victorian India, where it is called "Tiger-Man".
Chronicles of Thomas Covenant was a good read. It is,however, hard to find all six books.
I re-read it last year, and was quickly able to find the 2 or so missing books in used bookstores. Since there is a new series out this year, the older books will likely be re-released.
Discovers of the Slavers and co-losers of the Slaver-Tnuctipun War of a billion years ago.
Discoverers? I remember it that the Tnuctipun were the most gifted of the races that the Slavers enslaved, and that they connived and overthrew the Slavers in an extremely devastating war.
I would say that they discovered the Slavers the same way that West Africans discovered the antebellum Old South.
Sorry, if they had built the Titanic in a General Products hull, it would have been unsinkable indeed. There is no question of the outcome if you bump one against an iceburg.
However, the White Star line would have been the laughingstock of the fleet due to the limited shapes available as GP hulls ("No.4 Hull - a transparent sphere a thousand feet in diameter").
Is that the same smoking guy who was being chased by talking gorillas? My favorite scene was when Dean Stockwell would always show up with a beeping PDA and tell him which planet he was about to randomly teleport to.
You're thinking of "The Integral Trees" - another Niven work. Not "Ringworld".
This was like a show I saw when I was ten years old. There was this family living in a flying saucer. They had two robots: a tall gold one and a short one like a trash can. There was a Doctor, who always said "Dammit Jim" and insulted the robots all the time. They were running from bad silver robots with red eyes who were trying to kill them. Wish I could remember the name of that show.
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Riiiight, the onstar system in your volvo-powered kit car. I ought to see if they'll install one on my VW trike, next
Delorean: Thousands of cars completely assembled on factory assembly lines.. You have an odd definition of "kit car". We'll sit back and wait until you come up with a Popular Mechanics back-of-the-magazine ad from 1983 or so where you can send away for DeLorean kits. I think I'll be waiting a while on that one!
Coming from the Onstar speaker: "You are approaching 88 mph. Your flux capacitor is set to Europe at the time of the Black Plague. Are you REALLY SURE you want to take the DeLorean there?"
when big slow rocks get hit, they can break up into little fast rocks that might impact your ship
The fastest way to a high score is to treat the rocks as obstacles, and concentrate on shooting the little fast ship.
for years now. She's 4 and started using mine when she was about 2. At the time I didn't think she was old enough to use a computer but we bought a box of cereal that had a Mr. Potatoe head game in it
Mr Vice President? Good to see you here at last. You know, I, too, never learned the Java language because my travels never took me to Indonesia.
I wonder how long it will take for her to write her own scripts....
You've added a whole new meaning to "script kiddies"
These Linux tots better start their paper-routes and set up their lemonade stands early: Darl's going to be on his way to take their candy money.
Look on the bright side. There's no way Windows worms can touch this.
The problem with the gameboy port of Global Thermonuclear War is walking around with the Gameboy in your pocket and having to put up with the constant, plaintive voice: "Professor Falken, want to play a game?" that just does not know the meaning of the word "no"
Yeah I saw it, it wasn't about a videogame, it was about recruiting pilots to fight in a war
It was about several things. Not that it was a great multi-level piece of great cinema, but it was about a videogame at the same time it was about pilot recruitment.
Or, are you one of those who saw "The Lord of the Rings" and said "it wasn't about a ring" because the ring could have been a necklace instead?
but were there any other Disney rides that became movies?
In order:
"Tower of Terror"
"Country Bears" (technically not a ride, but close enough")
"Pirates of the Caribbean"
"Haunted Mansion"
Last Starfighter wasn't about a video game
Ever seen that film? It was about a console arcade videogame called "The Last Starfighter" which was used for recruitment to fight in a galactic war. The main character reached a high enough score level which triggered an extraterrestrial transmission. The aliens then came and whisked him off into space and trained him to fight in a "Real" space ship that was like the one in the console arcade game.
Sorry. It's originally a Madonna song :)
In the craptastic spirit of other game-to-movie ventures like Mortal Kombat, Tomb Raider and The Wizard, I imagine the Metroids won't be the only thing that sucks.
You forgot Super Mario Brothers, which I think was the very first videogame movie (but I could be wrong).
Videogame-to-movie has a very poor track record. Disney ride-to-movie also had a very poor track record until "Pirates of the Caribbean".
Clippy: "You seem to be writing a Linux style guide. Would you like some help?"
Nurse Ripples: "Dr, what is Gonzo doing?"
Doctor: "Gonzo Gates likes to work off steam firing the land shark gun down the hospital hallways. Keeps him from hitting the bottle again.
I finally made it through MYST
Somehow I made it through
Don't know how I did it
Broke a joystick or two
I was last in my class
Barely passsed at the institute
Now I'm trying to avoid, yah I'm trying to avoid
A malpractise suit
Hey, like a surgeon
Cuttin' for the very first time
Like a surgeon
Trained by playing DOOM, while online
Like a surgeon, hey
Cuttin' for the very first time
Like a surgeon
Here's a waiver for you to sign
Woe, woe, woe
HAWKEYE PIERCE - Invincibility (on/off)
FLY - Float around (invoked by taking nitrous)
NOTARGET - Nurses don't see you (on/off)
KEVORKIAN - Cut your losses and move to the next patient
NOCLIP - Don't shave patient before incision
STELSEWHERE - Teleport to other hospital
GIVE S # - Gives you # retractors
GIVE N # - Gives you # nails
WALLETDRAIN - Remove contents of patient's bank account to pay for operation
IMPULSE 9 - Gives all knives and tools
Looking at the Dalzell illo and re-reading the description, I'm beginning to think that the Kzin seem more like a cross between rats and raccoons then cats.
They are definitely described as being (large) cats with rat-tails. The description "plains cats" is used in the stories. Their speech sounds like a catfight, and cat (esp. tiger) comparisons and references are found throughout.
A particular odd story in "The Man-Kzin Wars" has one end up in Victorian India, where it is called "Tiger-Man".
Chronicles of Thomas Covenant was a good read. It is ,however, hard to find all six books.
I re-read it last year, and was quickly able to find the 2 or so missing books in used bookstores. Since there is a new series out this year, the older books will likely be re-released.
Discovers of the Slavers and co-losers of the Slaver-Tnuctipun War of a billion years ago.
Discoverers? I remember it that the Tnuctipun were the most gifted of the races that the Slavers enslaved, and that they connived and overthrew the Slavers in an extremely devastating war.
I would say that they discovered the Slavers the same way that West Africans discovered the antebellum Old South.
However, the White Star line would have been the laughingstock of the fleet due to the limited shapes available as GP hulls ("No.4 Hull - a transparent sphere a thousand feet in diameter").
Louis DeCapriwu: "I'm Kzin of the world!!!!
Is that the same smoking guy who was being chased by talking gorillas? My favorite scene was when Dean Stockwell would always show up with a beeping PDA and tell him which planet he was about to randomly teleport to.
The Louis Wo character is over 200 years old.
Thanks for solving the speculation of who gets to play Louis. Keanu Reeves will get the part.
Just imagine "Shadow square wire: Wo."
You're thinking of "The Integral Trees" - another Niven work. Not "Ringworld".
This was like a show I saw when I was ten years old. There was this family living in a flying saucer. They had two robots: a tall gold one and a short one like a trash can. There was a Doctor, who always said "Dammit Jim" and insulted the robots all the time. They were running from bad silver robots with red eyes who were trying to kill them. Wish I could remember the name of that show.
Please see this one.
Apparently, a pair of ostriches. But.... maybe not.