odd movie, made me kind of sad at the ending. Definitely has that late '60s/early '70s feel....
-------------- Original message -------------- From: Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Works for me, too. Wish that someone would air "Silent Running", for me. TCM had it on awhile back, but I missed it. Mike Street <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I kept it kinda old school and watched "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" still one of the best sci fi movies ever created. On Nov 26, 2007 3:56 PM, Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Keith, I recall seeing on a 1999 web site that an Eagle's max speed was > just short of lightspeed. If so, then the issue of range is kind of moot. On > another site, the show was referred to as a "science fantasy", which would > cover a lot of the glaring science goofs, such as the notion of nuclear > waste exploding with enough force to hurl the Moon clear of Earth orbit. > After seeing the pilot, I sat down and did the math necessary for that to > happen. Not in the realm of a conventional clean-nuke blast, let me tell > you. > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] <KeithBJohnson%40comcast.net> wrote: Love one of > the early "Space: 1999" eps where they're still in the Solar System. I think > they're out near Neptune. There's an abandoned spaceship that has some kind > of flesheating monster on it. The creature's like a giant squid or > something, with one giant lighted eye in the center of its body. It pulls > people in, thein a moment later, ejects a smoking corpse, as though the > body'd been doused in acid. As a kid, i found that show to be scary. I > suspect i might laugh at it nowadays. > > > I do wonder why, if they were still in the Solar System, they didn't just > abandon Moon Base Alpha in those funky spaceships and head back towards > Earth? I guess their range was too limited and the Moon was moving too > fast... > > -------------- Original message -------------- > From: Daryle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]<yokozuna%40globalsoulmedia.com>> > > I watched the first 2 seasons of Sliders. This started off as a really fun > and interesting show. It ended so terribly that it's easy to forget that. > > I am actually still on holiday this week, and so I will be watching the > first 2 seasons of Space: 1999, and a bunch of anime I've been collecting > for the past year and have not watched. > > On 11/26/07 3:58 AM, "Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <tdlists%40multiculturaladvantage.com>> > wrote: > > > It seems as if a lot of us use the Thanksgiving holiday to chill out > > with some DVDs, We watched Mr. Brooks (loved it), Seraphim Falls with > > Pierce Brosnan and Liam Neeson, Spiderman III, and we got Ants for my > > little girl. What did you guys watch? > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > "There is no reason Good can't triumph over Evil, if only angels will get > organized along the lines of the Mafia." -Kurt Vonnegut, "A Man Without A > Country" > > --------------------------------- > Get easy, one-click access to your favorites. Make Yahoo! your homepage. > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > -- -- Blogs: The Greasy Guide http://greasyguide.com Your Online Destination for Urban Information Coming Soon Street Sweet NYC http://www.streetsweetnyc.com Get your fix on cupcake bliss. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] "There is no reason Good can't triumph over Evil, if only angels will get organized along the lines of the Mafia." -Kurt Vonnegut, "A Man Without A Country" --------------------------------- Be a better pen pal. Text or chat with friends inside Yahoo! Mail. See how. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]