Professor Lebofsky said: "All of these gems for now quite so good science."
Which I take the liberty of assuming that he meant to say that these gems are not good (Не хороший) for science. Big and small screen productions full of junk science are what has contributed to the public, and some academics, having more unfounded fears than "medival peasants". Look at what these idiotic screen plays have done to contribute to the public's hysterical perception of all things nuclear. On to Tucson! Count Deiro IMCA 3536 -----Original Message----- >From: lebof...@lpl.arizona.edu >Sent: Jan 31, 2010 7:37 AM >To: Walter Branch <waltbra...@bellsouth.net> >Cc: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com >Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] "Meteor Storm" on Syfy > >Walter: > >They also had "Meteor" on (1979), which predates all the disasteroid >movies that came out at the time of Shoemaker-Levy 9. > >Not quite as bad a movie, but not the bast in the world given it cast: > >Sean Connery (Bond, James Bond) >Karl Malden > >those famous Russian actors >Natalie Wood and Brian Keith > >many more famous actors > >and a cast of thousands (at least hundreds) as it includes all those >people in "red shirts" that you know are going to die. > >All of these gems for now quite so good science. > >It has been a while since I have seen it, but now have nice copies of them >that I can bring to class. > >Larry > > > >> They had a movie called Asteroid on earlier today. That one is a real >> keeper as well. I love it when rocks just explode into huge fireballs on >> impact with the ground :-) >> >> -Walter Branch >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: <lebof...@lpl.arizona.edu> >> To: "Elizabeth Warner" <warne...@astro.umd.edu> >> Cc: <meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com> >> Sent: Saturday, January 30, 2010 11:43 PM >> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] "Meteor Storm" on Syfy >> >> >>> Thanks for the link. It is on in 20 minutes (10:00 here in Tucson). It >>> looks like a "gem," something that I can use in my class as an example >>> of >>> what is wrong with this scene? >>> >>> Larry >>> >>>> So, anyone else watching this masterpiece on Syfy? >>>> >>>> http://www.apocalypticmovies.com/tag/meteor-storm/ >>>> http://www.sfuniverse.com/2010/01/29/michael-trucco-talks-battlestar-big-bang-and-one-huge-meteor-storm/ >>>> >>>> Clear Skies! >>>> Elizabeth >>>> ______________________________________________ >>>> Visit the Archives at >>>> http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html >>>> Meteorite-list mailing list >>>> Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com >>>> http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list >>>> >>> >>> >>> ______________________________________________ >>> Visit the Archives at >>> http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html >>> Meteorite-list mailing list >>> Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com >>> http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list >> > > >______________________________________________ >Visit the Archives at >http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html >Meteorite-list mailing list >Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com >http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
