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Started by Eddie Teach, March 06, 2011, 09:29:27 AM

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Eddie Teach

#2460
November 15, 2011, 11:19:18 PM
Sounds as good an explanation as any. Plus, one really should turn off the part of the brain saying things are unrealistic when watching zombie fiction.
To sleep, perchance to dream. But in that sleep of death, what dreams may come?

Tonitrus

#2461
November 15, 2011, 11:24:38 PM
Or dinosaur science fiction.

Razgovory

#2462
November 15, 2011, 11:52:08 PM
Quote from: Habbaku on November 15, 2011, 10:56:31 PM
You refuse to believe that zombies that have no outside stimulus will be silent rather than just randomly make noise?

I refuse to believe that zombies exist.
I've given it serious thought. I must scorn the ways of my family, and seek a Japanese woman to yield me my progeny. He shall live in the lands of the east, and be well tutored in his sacred trust to weave the best traditions of Japan and the Sacred South together, until such time as he (or, indeed his house, which will periodically require infusion of both Southern and Japanese bloodlines of note) can deliver to the South it's independence, either in this world or in space.  -Lettow April of 2011

Raz is right. -MadImmortalMan March of 2017

Habbaku

#2463
November 16, 2011, 12:11:57 AM
That's progress, in a way.   :hmm:
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Razgovory

#2464
November 16, 2011, 12:58:40 AM
Quote from: Habbaku on November 16, 2011, 12:11:57 AM
That's progress, in a way.   :hmm:

One of my pet peeves is how monsters always have to be the same.  Werewolves are vulnerable to silver, vampires to wooden stakes, Zombies can only be killed by a shot to the brain.  These seem kinda arbitrary.  In a world where people actually believe in magic, being arbitrary works because magic is arbitrary.  It's not suppose to make sense.  But in the modern world where people try to rationalize these things it always seems silly.  Take the vampires.  Why are vampires allergic to sharp wood?  I know why legends had people stake a vampire.  It was to keep him from getting back up.  You drove a wooden stake into a vampire to pin him to the ground.  Then you cut his head off (and stuffed it with holy wafers and lit him on fire). Incidentally, the way they killed Dracula was that they cut off his head with an large knife.

Sometimes in a movie the characters will scoff at the idea of one the traditional weakness.  "You don't drive back a vampire with a crucifix.  That's silly.  You have to use garlic."  That strikes me as absurd.  Why garlic?  Will an ordinary onion work?  What about a leek?  They are pretty close to garlic.
I've given it serious thought. I must scorn the ways of my family, and seek a Japanese woman to yield me my progeny. He shall live in the lands of the east, and be well tutored in his sacred trust to weave the best traditions of Japan and the Sacred South together, until such time as he (or, indeed his house, which will periodically require infusion of both Southern and Japanese bloodlines of note) can deliver to the South it's independence, either in this world or in space.  -Lettow April of 2011

Raz is right. -MadImmortalMan March of 2017

Eddie Teach

#2465
November 16, 2011, 01:16:21 AM
Quote from: Razgovory on November 16, 2011, 12:58:40 AM
Sometimes in a movie the characters will scoff at the idea of one the traditional weakness.  "You don't drive back a vampire with a crucifix.  That's silly.  You have to use garlic."  That strikes me as absurd.  Why garlic?  Will an ordinary onion work?  What about a leek?  They are pretty close to garlic.

I have a bottle of pills that says not to use with grapefruit juice. Haven't had any adverse effects drinking orange juice with them.
To sleep, perchance to dream. But in that sleep of death, what dreams may come?

Capetan Mihali

#2466
November 16, 2011, 05:12:31 AM
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on November 16, 2011, 01:16:21 AM
Quote from: Razgovory on November 16, 2011, 12:58:40 AM
Sometimes in a movie the characters will scoff at the idea of one the traditional weakness.  "You don't drive back a vampire with a crucifix.  That's silly.  You have to use garlic."  That strikes me as absurd.  Why garlic?  Will an ordinary onion work?  What about a leek?  They are pretty close to garlic.

I have a bottle of pills that says not to use with grapefruit juice. Haven't had any adverse effects drinking orange juice with them.

Xanax? 
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-- Prince, 2010. (R.I.P.)

Eddie Teach

#2467
November 16, 2011, 05:35:50 AM
No, buspirone.
To sleep, perchance to dream. But in that sleep of death, what dreams may come?

Ideologue

#2468
November 16, 2011, 05:52:04 AM
I like minestrone.
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Capetan Mihali

#2469
November 16, 2011, 05:54:51 AM
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on November 16, 2011, 05:35:50 AM
No, buspirone.

Grapefruits and grapefruit juice (uniquely among the fruit population) inhibits some enzyme in the liver that processes a bunch of common prescription drugs.  The antacid Tagamet (cimetidine) does the same thing.  The effect is to slow down the absorption of the drug and thereby make the effect stronger/longer-lasting.
"The internet's completely over. [...] The internet's like MTV. At one time MTV was hip and suddenly it became outdated. Anyway, all these computers and digital gadgets are no good. They just fill your head with numbers and that can't be good for you."
-- Prince, 2010. (R.I.P.)

Josephus

#2470
November 16, 2011, 08:26:42 AM
Quote from: Habbaku on November 15, 2011, 10:56:31 PM
You refuse to believe that zombies that have no outside stimulus will be silent rather than just randomly make noise?

Yes. They were banging pretty heavily on them doors. And traditionally they groan a lot.
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viper37

#2471
November 16, 2011, 03:10:44 PM
Quote from: Viking on November 15, 2011, 03:26:38 PM
Quote from: viper37 on November 14, 2011, 01:48:37 PM
Terra Nova tonight.

It is hyped as a 'big' episode, with lots of action and hard choices.  It better delivers or I'm done with this show.

Damn you!! Damn you too hell!! This comment of yours made me watch this turkey again.

Animals - no brachosaurs or sailfish during the relevant period. Brachiosaurs are Jurassic (60My earlier) and Sailfish are Tertiary (30My later).

crappy plot, crappy story, crappy characters I can't wait til this gets cancelled so I can stop being so annoyed about how crap it is. And the Spinosaurus bit I read about... the fucking Spinosuarus is a fish eating (yes big fish) late Cretaceous (20My later) North African dinosaur.
It's ok, you saved me the watching.  I'm cancelling this show for myself.
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Viking

#2472
November 16, 2011, 04:43:56 PM
Quote from: viper37 on November 16, 2011, 03:10:44 PM
Quote from: Viking on November 15, 2011, 03:26:38 PM
Quote from: viper37 on November 14, 2011, 01:48:37 PM
Terra Nova tonight.

It is hyped as a 'big' episode, with lots of action and hard choices.  It better delivers or I'm done with this show.

Damn you!! Damn you too hell!! This comment of yours made me watch this turkey again.

Animals - no brachosaurs or sailfish during the relevant period. Brachiosaurs are Jurassic (60My earlier) and Sailfish are Tertiary (30My later).

crappy plot, crappy story, crappy characters I can't wait til this gets cancelled so I can stop being so annoyed about how crap it is. And the Spinosaurus bit I read about... the fucking Spinosuarus is a fish eating (yes big fish) late Cretaceous (20My later) North African dinosaur.
It's ok, you saved me the watching.  I'm cancelling this show for myself.

you lucky lucky lucky bastard...
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Neil

#2473
November 16, 2011, 07:14:57 PM
In the years to come, we'll wonder what happened to quality sci-fi on TV.  And then we'll realize that it was network execs and the idiots that make up the population.  And we'll have them all executed.
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FunkMonk

#2474
November 16, 2011, 08:12:56 PM
While moving outta the apartment I've seen (again) Big Trouble in Little China, Grandma's Boy, and Me, Myself, and Irene all within 24 hours on TV. I was content.  :)

Forgetting Sarah Marshall was on right after Irene, which wasn't too bad either.
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