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That's a hell of a cast to launch a new action movie star. Either she's got some really naughty photos of someone high up or Angelina Jolie has officially been replaced...
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Makes sense to me. These were senior VPs- basically oversight managers for promotion and distribution departments without specific portfolios. Knocking them off and bringing their minions under the equivalent Disney controllers is just natural wastage.
Plus Hollywood is big on the "no negative waves" thing. I'm literally about to join the movie business proper and someone's already told me to "smile till your teeth hurt" and "you never have a bad meeting in Hollywood, just no callbacks."
So if someone - even under a veil of anonymity, which is easily pierced - is calling them out as useless desk jockeys, they must have been either pretty damn bad at their jobs or have otherwise managed to seriously hack off their workforce. -
Quote:I think Reliant Robin flights could be helping us build the fabled manned "Hammerhead Eagle" mission modules. But they will take us not to Mars, but Europa: a much more promising Martian moon covered in ice (hence water, hence hydrogen, oxygen, and of course, tea.) Europa also has intense subsurface volcanic activity that could be used for geothermal heat and power.Originally Posted by Dr_MechanoEU
Sadly true...there is still hope for the Robin Reliant based shuttle though, who knows what the future holds, especially now James May has been with American Astronauts (using that plane that can reach the very edge of the atmosphere) in order to get better research.
So perhaps one day, it'll be the British flag flying on Mars.
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Quote:Plus ça change...Originally Posted by Dark One
The thing about letting private industry do it is well...look at what private industry has done in this country. You let a private company get a monopoly on space travel/exploration and you'll end up with something that is only concerned with seeking the maximum amount of profits. There'll be little to no actual oversight, so they'll do what they want and damn the consequences.
Quote:According to Gene Kranz in his book, Failure Is Not an Option, "When reporters asked Shepard (Apollo 8) what he thought about as he sat atop the Redstone rocket, waiting for liftoff, Alan had replied, 'The fact that every part of this ship was built by the low bidder.'" -
ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED: Spawn Point Pawner
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Quote:Well, that'd kill me... certainly if it was worse that Crystal Skull.Originally Posted by VoodooCompany
For whatever reason, while reading the first part, I envisioned another Indiana Jones movie.
Was over on the beach at KSC for the STS 135 launch - hugged a couple of nice girl geeks who are amongst the 5,000 losing their gigs the minute that bird touched down.
The "next" thing for NASA is ORION: something that looks suspiciously like an Apollo Command Module that someone found in a cupboard and tarted up a bit. http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/co...ion/index.html
That said, the current faffing in Congress over the US about approving any kind of budget is going to lead to even more savage cuts at NASA. A lot of it's going to have to be picked up by the commercial partnerships. (Nice - just as I might finally get that gig over in SF, the US goes to hell in a handbasket. Still, as long as WholeFoods have good specials on organic canned foods and ethically sourced shotguns, I should be fine.)
The most promising in my eyes are the SNC DreamChaser - which is pretty much a Dinky-sized Shuttle that doesn't need such a large "stack" - and the SpaceX Dragon, which could easily pass for Soyuz' prettier little sister from a distance.
I don't think we're going to have a major advancement in spaceflight without a major advancement in society. But that's just me... -
Our Captain *le sigh* graciously accepts his victory...
http://www.sfx.co.uk/2011/07/28/nath...iew-exclusive/
I gotta admit, though, the rest of the poll looks oddly skewed. Spock as the sole Trekker? No B7 or B5? No Neo? Not one comic book hero?
And one last tiny thing... http://www.themarysue.com/molly-quinn-mal-reynolds/ -
*strolls out of SFX's computer room,tossing hydrospanner in one hand and whistling innocently*
...what? Mal is the greatest thing since sliced fa mian bing, you should all know and accept that by now. Move along, nothing to see here, all is proceeding as I have foreseen it. Oh, and watch Castle, it's awesome and stuffed with Firefly/Buffy backrefs (watch the Halloween episode, "Vampire Weekend" for a full 45 of pure fanservice.)
Apart from one even more suspicious thing: there's a lot of love for Torchwood out there, and not for Shouty Gwen but for Ianto. Beating out Starbuck and EVERY SINGLE TREK CAPTAIN is a bit of a surprise score for the Welsh side there, boyo... -
That is, quite clearly, a Gaga-pony.
It's still nowhere near as awesome as My Little Serenity though (check out Magic Mr. Universe and Pony-Jayne's hat...)
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Frankly nothing I'd trouble the MIBs about. They're just kids having a laugh in a new space cruiser, buzzing an undercivilised planet. Now if they arrive with heavy brass music, big hanging ships and Michael Bay on PR direction, then I'm gonna worry.
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It has Tommy Lee Jones in it. (Being pretty much Tommy Lee Jones, but this is no bad thing). Therefore, I'm watching it.
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Not sure if Batman's got one. But I think Nick Fury, UNIT and SPECTRUM might be ordering it in family-size... for floating platforms
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Hair Manipulation (a la Tangled)
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"Before I became Emperor, I used to work in a pet shop. People kept asking how big I'd get."
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Quote:I approve of this post.Originally Posted by Aett_Thorn
Serenity
Fits the concept, and makes all of the browncoats happy.
Also:
FORTRESS (of Solitude)
HADES - god of Hell (and Money)
MASTERPLAN
AURIC
WESTLEY
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Quote:Babylon AD, for an equally forgettable Vin Diesel film...Originally Posted by mereman
In the EU I think we only had the one. That was so memorable I can't think what is was for now except it was a film.
Only thing I'm worried about are starting to get Zynga-like promos (recruit 5 friends to complete this mission..) -
Think Palicki can pull this off physically,but far more worried about what they're going to do to the character.
Frankly, not liking either of the costume incarnations seen so far. I'd prefer the Joan Jett WW to the plastic jeans one...
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The only one people might have trouble with is Tomoe Chiyome: (Toh-moh-yay-Chee-yoh-may). And while you're working that out, I'll be halfway through my AS animation :P
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Quote:That post really tied the thread together,man. I'd get annoyed about being "unworthy", but I'm adhering to a pretty strict, uh, drug, uh, regimen to keep my mind, you know, uh, limber. And am unworried.Originally Posted by Goliath Bird Eater
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Well, he had his family around him and was still making people laugh in hospital (which is a big building with doctors and patients in it, though that's not important right now.)
He even made brilliant adverts:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0bok...eature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJktt5LSaJo&NR=1
Oh, and Commander Adams... rowr.
*ponders what would happen if Adams and Mal Reynolds ever met in the same space*
*tries to work out how to get to that space*
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Harry's greatest power is Mouse.
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I think Mirren & Malkovich loved the hell out of it - and there is just something about the Queen with a minigun that's awesome all by itself.
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For those who missed it,the Cannell tribute has been YouTubed...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W64Ulmc0cqs
Also loved the line about "200-year-old bullet. That can mean only one thing...
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...not to mention his pioneering work as a top neurosurgeon, particle physicist and rock star with the Backalley Brawler Institute (BBI). Perhaps the (hopefully brief) hiatus will give him time to complete that Oscillation Overthruster he's been working on in his spare time.
Rock on, BaBs. -
Yay Elvira!
First ran into her on UK TV doing Heavy Metal Heaven late-night for BBC2, which was pretty much the same deal but introducing rock vids, short interviews and movies like Spinal Tap. I'm stll looking for one of those dagger belts in my size...
http://twitter.com/TheRealElvira