Bright lights make for dark shadows. Evil lurks in the shadows. You can be far safer with better night vision and being aware of your surroundings. In those circumstances, a bright flashlight, kept off until you need it, could be a very effective weapon for self defense. Blind an attacker, kick him where it hurts then retreat into the shadows in which he can no longer see.
Night vision in your friend. Bright lights destroy that. Astronomers have known it for centuries. "Seeking out the darkest place to better see the light..."
I read a great number of postings lamenting how the movie wasn't true to the books. HELLO! The books weren't true to the radio series (The ORIGINAL medium). The books weren't even true to the books. All forms of THHGTTG are different from one another. That's almost the point. All are good, in their own ways. All have limitations. Personally, I found radio to be the best medium, unfettered by the limitations of visuals, but I enjoyed some of the new angles chosen for the movie (Zaphod's head being one of the best). I was not ROTFL for any of it, but I've been a fan since it was first broadcast, before the books came out. It was all familiar, even if it wasnt' the same.
I think a trilogy is a fine idea. It would give them time to explain some of the jokes. A series could work, too, if they found a writer who could hold a candle to DNA (yes, such people DO exist).
BTW, the Quandry phase is playing now on BBC Radio 4. You've got five days to download ep 1 before they move on.
Were you, by any chance, down in San Diego in the early days of Apple? Did you write speech synthesis and voice recognition programs using the cassette ports? I think there was a terminal program, too. Are you that guy? If so, THANKS!
Although it might be an Urban Legend, the story is that blue was the most common key screen color until they made "Superman". They had to switch to green to accomodate the Superman costume.
And as we've seen in numerous other posts, there are many technical reasons for using other colors that most production people ignore anyway. Only the truly gifted geeks go to that much trouble. Fortunately, Hollywood has a lot of talented geeks these days.
Like I said, it might be a UL, but it wasn't on snopes and I heard it from sources in the biz. Snopes did turn up a few references to BSOD when searching for "blue screen" though
I can't wait to see what they do with Hitchhiker's Guide!
Bucky a loon? Naw, he was just way to far ahead of his time and too much of a threat to given much credence. If he had been given a better chance, he could have had quite an impact on many industries. Elements in his house and car could still be considered innovative today, but would threaten established industries.
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Bright lights make for dark shadows. Evil lurks in the shadows. You can be far safer with better night vision and being aware of your surroundings. In those circumstances, a bright flashlight, kept off until you need it, could be a very effective weapon for self defense. Blind an attacker, kick him where it hurts then retreat into the shadows in which he can no longer see.
Night vision in your friend. Bright lights destroy that. Astronomers have known it for centuries. "Seeking out the darkest place to better see the light..."
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I read a great number of postings lamenting how the movie wasn't true to the books. HELLO! The books weren't true to the radio series (The ORIGINAL medium). The books weren't even true to the books. All forms of THHGTTG are different from one another. That's almost the point. All are good, in their own ways. All have limitations. Personally, I found radio to be the best medium, unfettered by the limitations of visuals, but I enjoyed some of the new angles chosen for the movie (Zaphod's head being one of the best). I was not ROTFL for any of it, but I've been a fan since it was first broadcast, before the books came out. It was all familiar, even if it wasnt' the same.
I think a trilogy is a fine idea. It would give them time to explain some of the jokes. A series could work, too, if they found a writer who could hold a candle to DNA (yes, such people DO exist).
BTW, the Quandry phase is playing now on BBC Radio 4. You've got five days to download ep 1 before they move on.
Were you, by any chance, down in San Diego in the early days of Apple? Did you write speech synthesis and voice recognition programs using the cassette ports? I think there was a terminal program, too. Are you that guy? If so, THANKS!
And as we've seen in numerous other posts, there are many technical reasons for using other colors that most production people ignore anyway. Only the truly gifted geeks go to that much trouble. Fortunately, Hollywood has a lot of talented geeks these days.
Like I said, it might be a UL, but it wasn't on snopes and I heard it from sources in the biz. Snopes did turn up a few references to BSOD when searching for "blue screen" though
I can't wait to see what they do with Hitchhiker's Guide!
Bucky a loon? Naw, he was just way to far ahead of his time and too much of a threat to given much credence. If he had been given a better chance, he could have had quite an impact on many industries. Elements in his house and car could still be considered innovative today, but would threaten established industries.