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  Topic: TOS Episode #44: Journey to Babel
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Replies: 16
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PostForum: Star Trek on Television   Posted: Mon Apr 15, 2024 8:10 pm   Subject: TOS Episode #44: Journey to Babel
Star Trek's "subspace radio" must somehow travel at hyperlight speeds -- in fact, even faster than a starship at maximum warp -- but it's not instantaneous. In several episodes we're told th ...
  Topic: The Invaders (1967 - 1968)
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Replies: 105
Views: 105505

PostForum: Sci-Fi on Television from 1950 to 1969   Posted: Sat Apr 13, 2024 9:39 pm   Subject: The Invaders (1967 - 1968)
And just for the record, I STILL think my modified saucer looks a hell of lot better than the clunky original! Confused

Frankly I prefer the simple, clean lines of the original -- although the landing ...
  Topic: TOS episode #9 - Balance of Terror
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Replies: 55
Views: 32792

PostForum: Star Trek on Television   Posted: Mon Mar 18, 2024 10:37 pm   Subject: TOS episode #9 - Balance of Terror
. . . Spock is never referred to as a Vulcanite on any episode of the series during its three year run.
Good thing, too. Vulcanite sounds like something that shoe soles are made from.
  Topic: Dagger of the Mind - episode #11
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Replies: 14
Views: 8569

PostForum: Star Trek on Television   Posted: Sat Mar 16, 2024 9:19 pm   Subject: Dagger of the Mind - episode #11
Equipment Oddities: In "The Naked Time," Dr. McCoy ripped Kirk's shirt to give him a hypo injection. In this episode and many others to follow, McCoy gives shots right through the uniform.
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  Topic: An Amateur Makes it to Space and Back
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Replies: 1
Views: 1665

PostForum: SCIENCE now, add FICTION later   Posted: Thu Mar 07, 2024 8:14 pm   Subject: An Amateur Makes it to Space and Back
It's a notable achievement, but he didn't make it to space or even the "edge" of space. According to NASA and the U.S. military, space starts at an altitude of 50 miles (80 km). To the inte ...
  Topic: The Warning -- fantastic Mexican rock trio!
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Replies: 1
Views: 261

PostForum: Off-Topic Discussions   Posted: Thu Mar 07, 2024 3:05 pm   Subject: The Warning -- fantastic Mexican rock trio!
Breaking news: Rock is not dead! I just discovered The Warning while browsing YouTube. They're a rock band consisting of three very talented and sexy sisters who hail from Monterrey, Mexico.

Link: ...
  Topic: Volocopter ~ Outrageous Acts of Science
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Replies: 6
Views: 743

PostForum: SCIENCE now, add FICTION later   Posted: Wed Mar 06, 2024 7:41 pm   Subject: Volocopter ~ Outrageous Acts of Science
The age of "Flying Cars" is on the horizon!!!
They've been saying that for more than 100 years.

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  Topic: Volocopter ~ Outrageous Acts of Science
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Replies: 6
Views: 743

PostForum: SCIENCE now, add FICTION later   Posted: Wed Mar 06, 2024 3:43 pm   Subject: Volocopter ~ Outrageous Acts of Science
That thing reminds me of the Albatross in Master of the World, with its forest of tiny horizontal rotors. Does it really fly?
  Topic: The Time Machine (1960) - Part 3
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Replies: 73
Views: 52129

PostForum: Sci-Fi Movies and Serials from 1950 to 1969   Posted: Fri Mar 01, 2024 4:45 pm   Subject: The Time Machine (1960) - Part 3
Here's a better example: instead of somehow helping the Allies in WWII to win the war . . . just shoot Hitler!
Hell, everybody kills Hitler on their first time trip! Here's a link to a very funny pie ...
  Topic: Dark Star (1974)
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Replies: 17
Views: 11833

PostForum: Sci-Fi Movies from 1970 to 2000   Posted: Tue Feb 13, 2024 10:13 pm   Subject: Re: Dark Star (1974)
The plot of this sci-fi black comedy involves the crew of a small starship whose mission is to cruise the galaxy in search of unstable stars, which they blow up with nuclear devices (a questionable co ...
  Topic: The City on the Edge of Forever Teleplay #5
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Replies: 43
Views: 36198

PostForum: Star Trek on Television   Posted: Sat Jan 20, 2024 6:56 pm   Subject: The City on the Edge of Forever Teleplay #5
Bob asks Gene if it's possible to have Dr. McCoy get infected by an alien lab animal which bites Bones? His concern is that in the very first broadcast episode of Star Trek, "The Enemy Within,&qu ...
  Topic: Journey to the Lost City (1958 West Germany)
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Replies: 4
Views: 3653

PostForum: Movies in Other Genres   Posted: Tue Jan 09, 2024 8:57 pm   Subject: Re: Journey to the Lost City (1958 West Germany)
This is actually an English-dubbed and edited-down version of Lang's two remakes. The first is called "The Tiger of Eschnapur" and the second is "The Indian Tomb". The adventures ...
  Topic: Zombies of the Stratosphere (1952)
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Replies: 2
Views: 3556

PostForum: Sci-Fi Movies and Serials from 1950 to 1969   Posted: Mon Dec 25, 2023 1:33 pm   Subject: Re: Zombies of the Stratosphere (1952)
Together these villains are plotting to use a nuclear device to blow Earth out of it's orbit so that Mars can be moved closer to the sun, allowing the Red Planet to improve it's environmental conditio ...
  Topic: So, I went to the eye doctor . . .
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Replies: 370
Views: 198068

PostForum: Off-Topic Discussions   Posted: Sun Dec 17, 2023 10:03 pm   Subject: So, I went to the eye doctor . . .
I first read Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland at the age of 7. In the more than 60 years since, I never really noticed one peculiar thing about the Mock Turtle -- he has the head, hind ...
  Topic: Jason and the Argonauts (1963)
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Replies: 64
Views: 38818

PostForum: Movies in Other Genres   Posted: Sun Dec 17, 2023 8:06 pm   Subject: Jason and the Argonauts (1963)
Of course, it could also be done this way.

https://i.imgur.com/OWyrsUj.jpg
 
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