"On closer inspection it seems to be some kind of portal to other times, places and dimensions.
"I would have investigated further but I was concerned my little dog would be sucked into it.
"Is this meant to be there?...."
http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/10414195.Vortex_to_another_dimension_reported_in_Brighton/?ref=fbrec
Finally some good news is started to be reported in the world.
Thankfully it's just that. I was worried they'd found Hogwarts. Can you imagine the mischief the muggles would cause if they got on the campus grounds?
Can you imagine if the vortex was in Blackpool??!! :o
temporal vortexs in England and you think of Hogwarts.... :o
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Quote from: GDS_Starfury on May 16, 2013, 09:49:59 AM
temporal vortexs in England and you think of Hogwarts.... :o
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Dr. Who was too obvious.
Well Dr. Who was my first thoughts too. However when I think of Dr. Who I default to this image of him.
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Years ago, I recall a story coming out of England about the discovery of a species of giant spiders in Wales, spiders that were supposedly the size of sheep, and another story about a British scientist who had created a hand laser weapon that ran on "D" batteries. Both stories made the newspapers here for a day and were never heard of again. I think this is an example of British humor pointed in our direction 8)
Quote from: Steelgrave on May 16, 2013, 02:11:27 PM
Years ago, I recall a story coming out of England about the discovery of a species of giant spiders in Wales, spiders that were supposedly the size of sheep, and another story about a British scientist who had created a hand laser weapon that ran on "D" batteries. Both stories made the newspapers here for a day and were never heard of again. I think this is an example of British humor pointed in our direction 8)
Or part of the massive cover up that Mulder and Scully were trying to expose.
^Damn....you could be right!
Quote from: Bison on May 16, 2013, 01:28:10 PM
Well Dr. Who was my first thoughts too. However when I think of Dr. Who I default to this image of him.
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Exactly!
Quote from: Centurion40 on May 16, 2013, 02:17:56 PM
Quote from: Bison on May 16, 2013, 01:28:10 PM
Well Dr. Who was my first thoughts too. However when I think of Dr. Who I default to this image of him.
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Exactly!
One of the reasons I haven't been able to get into the new Dr. Who.
these last two Whos have been pretty good.
David Tennant and Matt Smith.
Quote from: GDS_Starfury on May 16, 2013, 04:51:20 PM
David Tennant and Matt Smith.
I know them. I was trying to be funny. Clearly I failed. :(
Who's on Tardis?
Con
Quote from: Bison on May 16, 2013, 07:40:34 AM
"On closer inspection it seems to be some kind of portal to other times, places and dimensions.
"I would have investigated further but I was concerned my little dog would be sucked into it.
"Is this meant to be there?...."
http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/10414195.Vortex_to_another_dimension_reported_in_Brighton/?ref=fbrec
Finally some good news is started to be reported in the world.
Take the dog for a walk = stop at the pub for a swift pint of ale or 3 = late home for dinner = make up story for the wife = Vortex to another dimension or time.
I explained all this to you guys next Tuesday already.
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This is my good doctor. The doctor I grew up with. ;)
damn your old!
^Old but not that old. IIRC I was old enough to catch the last year of reruns before they moved to the next one. But yeah, I'm old... 8)
Quote from: bob48 on May 17, 2013, 01:24:56 PM
Quote from: Bison on May 16, 2013, 07:40:34 AM
"On closer inspection it seems to be some kind of portal to other times, places and dimensions.
"I would have investigated further but I was concerned my little dog would be sucked into it.
"Is this meant to be there?...."
http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/10414195.Vortex_to_another_dimension_reported_in_Brighton/?ref=fbrec
Finally some good news is started to be reported in the world.
Take the dog for a walk = stop at the pub for a swift pint of ale or 3 = late home for dinner = make up story for the wife = Vortex to another dimension or time.
I explained all this to you guys next Tuesday already.
LMAO at the "next Tuesday already" part, Bob. You crack me up, brother ;D Of course, we will see how funny you think it is when ol' Ty Rex pops out of the same vortex.
I think I discovered the source of the vortex.......
http://screenrant.com/doctor-who-50th-anniversary-montage-video/ (http://screenrant.com/doctor-who-50th-anniversary-montage-video/)
Ok, not really. But you Dr. Who fans might enjoy the news.
T'rex is something you run into when your canoe trip goes awry. At which point you are forced to attempt to the Sleestak crystal time portal
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Sleestak get pissed when you try and use their crystal time portal.
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Weren't there some other Sleestak who were good? Grey skinned rather than green or some such visually-coded division?
no you old fart that was the black and white tv! ;)
Enik the Altrusian
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"Physically, the Altrusians were similar to Sleestak, with the former marked by a shorter stature, an extra finger on each hand, and a golden yellow skin tone. Intellectually they were very different, however. The Altrusians possessed advanced psionic technologies based on light crystals and understood a great deal about the operation of the Land of the Lost. They strove for calm emotionlessness and as a result could be both cooperative and quite callous.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Land_of_the_Lost_characters_and_species#Sleestak
Quote from: GDS_Starfury on May 17, 2013, 11:43:20 PM
no you old fart that was the black and white tv! ;)
Steady. I almost did a Gussy 'TEEHEE' there, but managed to turn it into a guffor in the nick of time.
Quote from: GDS_Starfury on May 17, 2013, 11:43:20 PM
no you old fart that was the black and white tv! ;)
:P
"Marshall, Will, and Holly, on a routine expedition...."
Can't get the theme song out of my head now.
How was the Will Farrell movie remake? Is it passable or should it be skipped in favor of a TV show rerun or two?
Quote from: Staggerwing on May 18, 2013, 11:14:09 AM
How was the Will Farrell movie remake? Is it passable or should it be skipped in favor of a TV show rerun or two?
The remake was dreadful. Don't waste your time.
It wasn't quite "dreadful", imho; rather I would describe it as "lacking" and, at times, annoying. That being said, I've watched it about 4 times! Mostly late at night. There's a stoner scene that I rather enjoy.
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How dare you contradict me!
Quote from: Centurion40 on May 18, 2013, 03:27:45 PM
It wasn't quite "dreadful", imho; rather I would describe it as "lacking" and, at times, annoying. That being said, I've watched it about 4 times! Mostly late at night. There's a stoner scene that I rather enjoy.
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This is the world view of a stoner? Giant crab doing a dominance display? A fishy psyche if you ask me.
Nice trip down memory lane Bison. I can't believe how cheesy those special effects were. At the time as a youngster I was always impressed with that show.
Yeah I thought they were awesome graphics too.
CGI circa 1949.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KfXcxGsGWWw
The Altrusians, including Enik (in the original show -- I don't care to relate what happened in the wretched movie), were the people who designed the Land of the Lost; but their civilization was destroyed by what amounted to the portals running amok (somewhat similar to the overarching plot of Primeval). The story of the series takes place far in Enik's future, and he's horrified at how his people have fallen into barbarism.
"Sleestak" isn't their own name for themselves in any case, but a name coined as a bit of a grim joke by prior humans caught by one of the portals and dumped into the Land: someone thought they looked like a guy he knew named John Sleestak (or some name like that), so that's what he called them! Those were also the source of the chalk writing "Beware the Sleestak" found by the Marshal family soon after arriving in the Land. Late in the run of the show the Marshals found the diary of the prior group and tried following it to an exit point, thus tying up several loose plot threads.
If the show's episodes are watched in order, aside from the final ep of the first season (which should be ported to the finale of the second season), it's a nice bit of surprisingly hard science fiction that ties up cleanly with a respectable finale. (The third season should be avoided.) I rewatched the whole thing through last year, and was very pleased at how well it held up, given the obvious budget restrictions! The Marshals steadily develop their ability to relate to their new environment, and someone went to the trouble of creating a whole new legitimate language for the protohuman family trapped in the Land with them: the Marshals slowly learn the language and effectively teach it by immersion to the audience, while Chaka slowly learns English. As a general rule, new knowledge learned one week would continue to be used and improved on in following eps.
A movie adaptation could have been epic with strong trilogy potential. But it was mostly treated as an extended crass joke. >:(