I watched:
WE ARE THE 80'S
WE ARE THE 80'S
WE ARE THE 80'S
BILL O'REILLY ON THE EPSTEIN EMAIL LEAK FACTS:
Donald Trump remains a target as the media attempts to connect him to Epstein.
https://youtu.be/OofG4gyGEb0?si=ybLdOlykUVsYUF_t
JACK DOHERTY ARRESTED AND FACING 7 YEARS PRISON..: https://youtu.be/UjJaPMvKUS0?si=gXTgxVsY0YDIpBcN
THE RAREST SPACE EVENTS YOU'LL ACTUALLY SEE IN YOUR LIFETIME:
Space has insane celestial events that we will never actually see!
But over your lifetime there will ACTUALLY be rare space celestial
events visible from Earth! Here's what would they would look like
if you live well.... and for 100 years. https://youtu.be/EDsFJqt_5vc?si=xvUuGMPW3iMwC5Jn
LIFE, LIBERTY & LEVIN:
Democratic party, Mamdani, Socialist
KRAPOPOLIS:
"Krapocracy Now!". Tyrannis holds the world's first democratic elections; Deliria finds a new way to antagonize the gods.
Nice callback to Zeus's condition. I am surprised Deliria hasn't used it
to her advantage more often. Am I correct that Tyrannis didn't become king again at the end?
KRAPOPOLIS:
"Casino". Shlub has a gambling problem; Tyrannis and Stupendous set
off to sea.
I found myself bored because the ending was somewhat predictable and there's the plot hole of only Deliria using divine intervention to counter Athena's.
What did you watch?
What did you watch?
Hey, thanks for asking!
The Roku channel has the 1990s version of the outer limits in the original naked nudity filled versions.
The night before I watched the 1960s version which has no nudity but wildly better stories and production values.
What did you watch?
On 11/17/25 4:35 AM, anim8rfsk wrote:
Hey, thanks for asking!
The Roku channel has the 1990s version of the outer limits in the original >> naked nudity filled versions.
The night before I watched the 1960s version which has no nudity but wildly >> better stories and production values.
Hey! Did I miss any good TV while I was away at the wedding?!! ;p
Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:
I watched:
WE ARE THE 80'S
WE ARE THE 80'S
WE ARE THE 80'S
BILL O'REILLY ON THE EPSTEIN EMAIL LEAK FACTS:
Donald Trump remains a target as the media attempts to connect him to Epstein.
https://youtu.be/OofG4gyGEb0?si=ybLdOlykUVsYUF_t
JACK DOHERTY ARRESTED AND FACING 7 YEARS PRISON..:
https://youtu.be/UjJaPMvKUS0?si=gXTgxVsY0YDIpBcN
THE RAREST SPACE EVENTS YOU'LL ACTUALLY SEE IN YOUR LIFETIME:
Space has insane celestial events that we will never actually see!
But over your lifetime there will ACTUALLY be rare space celestial
events visible from Earth! Here's what would they would look like
if you live well.... and for 100 years.
https://youtu.be/EDsFJqt_5vc?si=xvUuGMPW3iMwC5Jn
LIFE, LIBERTY & LEVIN:
Democratic party, Mamdani, Socialist
KRAPOPOLIS:
"Krapocracy Now!". Tyrannis holds the world's first democratic elections; >> Deliria finds a new way to antagonize the gods.
Nice callback to Zeus's condition. I am surprised Deliria hasn't used it
to her advantage more often. Am I correct that Tyrannis didn't become king >> again at the end?
KRAPOPOLIS:
"Casino". Shlub has a gambling problem; Tyrannis and Stupendous set
off to sea.
I found myself bored because the ending was somewhat predictable and there's
the plot hole of only Deliria using divine intervention to counter Athena's. >>
What did you watch?
Hey, thanks for asking!
The Roku channel has the 1990s version of the outer limits in the original naked nudity filled versions.
The night before I watched the 1960s version which has no nudity but wildly better stories and production values.
Over the weekend I got half-way thru 'The Starlost'. One of the many adaptations of Harlan Ellison's works that had him frothing at the mouth
and demanding they use his Bird name in the credits.
Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:
Over the weekend I got half-way thru 'The Starlost'. One of the many
adaptations of Harlan Ellison's works that had him frothing at the mouth
and demanding they use his Bird name in the credits.
We had such high hopes for that show and such grandiose promises from the effects guys, and then they just dumped the velociraptor scat on us.
On 11/18/2025 9:34 AM, anim8rfsk wrote:
Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:All the shots of the outside of the Ark model look like they were shot underwater.
Over the weekend I got half-way thru 'The Starlost'. One of the many
adaptations of Harlan Ellison's works that had him frothing at the mouth >>> and demanding they use his Bird name in the credits.
We had such high hopes for that show and such grandiose promises from the
effects guys, and then they just dumped the velociraptor scat on us.
Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:
On 11/18/2025 9:34 AM, anim8rfsk wrote:
Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:
All the shots of the outside of the Ark model look like they were shotOver the weekend I got half-way thru 'The Starlost'. One of the many
adaptations of Harlan Ellison's works that had him frothing at the mouth >>>> and demanding they use his Bird name in the credits.
We had such high hopes for that show and such grandiose promises from the >>> effects guys, and then they just dumped the velociraptor scat on us.
underwater.
They actually used a Kenner spirograph to draw the pattern on top of the >domes.
One story goes that the final straw for Ellison was when the effects team >told him they had to change the domes from being 50 miles across to being >five miles across for budgetary reasons.
Because the inside of the dome would be 10 times more expensive to create.
Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:
On 11/18/2025 9:34 AM, anim8rfsk wrote:
Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:All the shots of the outside of the Ark model look like they were shot
Over the weekend I got half-way thru 'The Starlost'. One of the many
adaptations of Harlan Ellison's works that had him frothing at the mouth >>>> and demanding they use his Bird name in the credits.
We had such high hopes for that show and such grandiose promises from the >>> effects guys, and then they just dumped the velociraptor scat on us.
underwater.
They actually used a Kenner spirograph to draw the pattern on top of the domes.
One story goes that the final straw for Ellison was when the effects team told him they had to change the domes from being 50 miles across to being 5 miles across for budgetary reasons.
Because the inside of the dome would be 10 times more expensive to create.
Except it all looked like it was shot in a high school cafeteria anyway.
Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:
On 11/18/2025 9:34 AM, anim8rfsk wrote:
Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:All the shots of the outside of the Ark model look like they were shot
Over the weekend I got half-way thru 'The Starlost'. One of the many
adaptations of Harlan Ellison's works that had him frothing at the mouth >>>> and demanding they use his Bird name in the credits.
We had such high hopes for that show and such grandiose promises from the >>> effects guys, and then they just dumped the velociraptor scat on us.
underwater.
They actually used a Kenner spirograph to draw the pattern on top of the domes.
One story goes that the final straw for Ellison was when the effects team told him they had to change the domes from being 50 miles across to being 5 miles across for budgetary reasons.
Because the inside of the dome would be 10 times more expensive to create.
Except it all looked like it was shot in a high school cafeteria anyway.
anim8rfsk@cox.net wrote:
Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:
On 11/18/2025 9:34 AM, anim8rfsk wrote:
Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:
All the shots of the outside of the Ark model look like they were shotOver the weekend I got half-way thru 'The Starlost'. One of the many >>>>> adaptations of Harlan Ellison's works that had him frothing at the mouth >>>>> and demanding they use his Bird name in the credits.
We had such high hopes for that show and such grandiose promises from the >>>> effects guys, and then they just dumped the velociraptor scat on us.
underwater.
They actually used a Kenner spirograph to draw the pattern on top of the
domes.
One story goes that the final straw for Ellison was when the effects team
told him they had to change the domes from being 50 miles across to being >> five miles across for budgetary reasons.
Because the inside of the dome would be 10 times more expensive to create.
What? That makes no sense!
On 2025-11-19 06:52:52 +0000, anim8rfsk said:
Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:
On 11/18/2025 9:34 AM, anim8rfsk wrote:
Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:All the shots of the outside of the Ark model look like they were shot
Over the weekend I got half-way thru 'The Starlost'. One of the many >>>>> adaptations of Harlan Ellison's works that had him frothing at the mouth >>>>> and demanding they use his Bird name in the credits.
We had such high hopes for that show and such grandiose promises from the >>>> effects guys, and then they just dumped the velociraptor scat on us.
underwater.
They actually used a Kenner spirograph to draw the pattern on top of the
domes.
Do they still make those? That was one of the coolest toys ever
introduced in the 1960s.
I subscribe to that Remind magazine, the current issue is about classic
toys & games. I thought it was a glaring omission when they didn't
include the Spirograph in the '60s section.
One story goes that the final straw for Ellison was when the effects team
told him they had to change the domes from being 50 miles across to being 5 >> miles across for budgetary reasons.
Because the inside of the dome would be 10 times more expensive to create. >>
Except it all looked like it was shot in a high school cafeteria anyway.
On 11/18/2025 10:52 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:
Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:I have the books that Ellison and Bova wrote based on their experiences
On 11/18/2025 9:34 AM, anim8rfsk wrote:
Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:All the shots of the outside of the Ark model look like they were shot
Over the weekend I got half-way thru 'The Starlost'. One of the many >>>>> adaptations of Harlan Ellison's works that had him frothing at the mouth >>>>> and demanding they use his Bird name in the credits.
We had such high hopes for that show and such grandiose promises from the >>>> effects guys, and then they just dumped the velociraptor scat on us.
underwater.
They actually used a Kenner spirograph to draw the pattern on top of the
domes.
One story goes that the final straw for Ellison was when the effects team
told him they had to change the domes from being 50 miles across to being 5 >> miles across for budgetary reasons.
Because the inside of the dome would be 10 times more expensive to create. >>
Except it all looked like it was shot in a high school cafeteria anyway.
with 'The Starlost' on order.
And I just watched the first episode with Chekov in go-go boots last
night. I may be scarred for life.
Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:
On 11/18/2025 10:52 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:
Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:I have the books that Ellison and Bova wrote based on their experiences
On 11/18/2025 9:34 AM, anim8rfsk wrote:
Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:All the shots of the outside of the Ark model look like they were shot >>>> underwater.
Over the weekend I got half-way thru 'The Starlost'. One of the many >>>>>> adaptations of Harlan Ellison's works that had him frothing at the mouth >>>>>> and demanding they use his Bird name in the credits.
We had such high hopes for that show and such grandiose promises from the >>>>> effects guys, and then they just dumped the velociraptor scat on us. >>>>>
They actually used a Kenner spirograph to draw the pattern on top of the >>> domes.
One story goes that the final straw for Ellison was when the effects team >>> told him they had to change the domes from being 50 miles across to being 5 >>> miles across for budgetary reasons.
Because the inside of the dome would be 10 times more expensive to create. >>>
Except it all looked like it was shot in a high school cafeteria anyway. >>>
with 'The Starlost' on order.
Phoenix without ashes?
And I just watched the first episode with Chekov in go-go boots last
night. I may be scarred for life.
Hee hee
Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:
anim8rfsk@cox.net wrote:
Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:What? That makes no sense!
On 11/18/2025 9:34 AM, anim8rfsk wrote:
Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:
All the shots of the outside of the Ark model look like they were shot >>>> underwater.Over the weekend I got half-way thru 'The Starlost'. One of the many >>>>>> adaptations of Harlan Ellison's works that had him frothing at the mouth >>>>>> and demanding they use his Bird name in the credits.
We had such high hopes for that show and such grandiose promises from the >>>>> effects guys, and then they just dumped the velociraptor scat on us. >>>>>
They actually used a Kenner spirograph to draw the pattern on top of the >>> domes.
One story goes that the final straw for Ellison was when the effects team >>> told him they had to change the domes from being 50 miles across to being >>> five miles across for budgetary reasons.
Because the inside of the dome would be 10 times more expensive to create. >>
Which is why Ellison gave them the bird.
On 11/19/2025 12:22 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:
Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:What's even stupider about it is in one of the episodes one of Our
anim8rfsk@cox.net wrote:
Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:What? That makes no sense!
On 11/18/2025 9:34 AM, anim8rfsk wrote:
Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:
All the shots of the outside of the Ark model look like they were shot >>>>> underwater.Over the weekend I got half-way thru 'The Starlost'. One of the many >>>>>>> adaptations of Harlan Ellison's works that had him frothing at the mouth
and demanding they use his Bird name in the credits.
We had such high hopes for that show and such grandiose promises from the
effects guys, and then they just dumped the velociraptor scat on us. >>>>>>
They actually used a Kenner spirograph to draw the pattern on top of the >>>> domes.
One story goes that the final straw for Ellison was when the effects team >>>> told him they had to change the domes from being 50 miles across to being >>>> five miles across for budgetary reasons.
Because the inside of the dome would be 10 times more expensive to create. >>>
Which is why Ellison gave them the bird.
Heroes talks about the biospheres being large enough that it take
multiple days to walk across them. That would be a bit more than 50 miles.
On 11/19/2025 12:22 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:
Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:and 'The Starcrossed'.
On 11/18/2025 10:52 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:
Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:I have the books that Ellison and Bova wrote based on their experiences
On 11/18/2025 9:34 AM, anim8rfsk wrote:
Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:All the shots of the outside of the Ark model look like they were shot >>>>> underwater.
Over the weekend I got half-way thru 'The Starlost'. One of the many >>>>>>> adaptations of Harlan Ellison's works that had him frothing at the mouth
and demanding they use his Bird name in the credits.
We had such high hopes for that show and such grandiose promises from the
effects guys, and then they just dumped the velociraptor scat on us. >>>>>>
They actually used a Kenner spirograph to draw the pattern on top of the >>>> domes.
One story goes that the final straw for Ellison was when the effects team >>>> told him they had to change the domes from being 50 miles across to being 5
miles across for budgetary reasons.
Because the inside of the dome would be 10 times more expensive to create. >>>>
Except it all looked like it was shot in a high school cafeteria anyway. >>>>
with 'The Starlost' on order.
Phoenix without ashes?
And I just watched the first episode with Chekov in go-go boots last
night. I may be scarred for life.
Hee hee
Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:
On 11/19/2025 12:22 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:
Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:What's even stupider about it is in one of the episodes one of Our
anim8rfsk@cox.net wrote:
Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:
On 11/18/2025 9:34 AM, anim8rfsk wrote:
Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:
All the shots of the outside of the Ark model look like they were shot >>>>>> underwater.Over the weekend I got half-way thru 'The Starlost'. One of the many >>>>>>>> adaptations of Harlan Ellison's works that had him frothing at the mouth
and demanding they use his Bird name in the credits.
We had such high hopes for that show and such grandiose promises from the
effects guys, and then they just dumped the velociraptor scat on us. >>>>>>>
They actually used a Kenner spirograph to draw the pattern on top of the >>>>> domes.
One story goes that the final straw for Ellison was when the effects team >>>>> told him they had to change the domes from being 50 miles across to being >>>>> five miles across for budgetary reasons.
Because the inside of the dome would be 10 times more expensive to create.
What? That makes no sense!
Which is why Ellison gave them the bird.
Heroes talks about the biospheres being large enough that it take
multiple days to walk across them. That would be a bit more than 50 miles. >>
And since all the domes were self sustaining, a 5 mile dome wouldn?t
support more people than your average office building.
I also never understood why they had to search the other domes for the Control room when it would pretty obviously be in the central core
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Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:
On 11/19/2025 12:22 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:
Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:
anim8rfsk@cox.net wrote:
Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:
On 11/18/2025 9:34 AM, anim8rfsk wrote:
Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:
What's even stupider about it is in one of the episodes one of OurAll the shots of the outside of the Ark model look like they were shot >>>>>> underwater.Over the weekend I got half-way thru 'The Starlost'. One of the many >>>>>>>> adaptations of Harlan Ellison's works that had him frothing at the >>>>>>>> mouth and demanding they use his Bird name in the credits.
We had such high hopes for that show and such grandiose promises from >>>>>>> the effects guys, and then they just dumped the velociraptor scat on >>>>>>> us.
They actually used a Kenner spirograph to draw the pattern on top of the >>>>> domes.
One story goes that the final straw for Ellison was when the effects >>>>> team told him they had to change the domes from being 50 miles across >>>>> to being five miles across for budgetary reasons.
Because the inside of the dome would be 10 times more expensive to create.
What? That makes no sense!
Which is why Ellison gave them the bird.
Heroes talks about the biospheres being large enough that it take
multiple days to walk across them. That would be a bit more than 50 miles. >>
And since all the domes were self sustaining, a 5 mile dome wouldn?t
support more people than your average office building.
I also never understood why they had to search the other domes for the >Control room when it would pretty obviously be in the central core
super70s <super70s@super70s.invalid> wrote:
On 2025-11-19 06:52:52 +0000, anim8rfsk said:
Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:
On 11/18/2025 9:34 AM, anim8rfsk wrote:
Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:All the shots of the outside of the Ark model look like they were shot >>> underwater.
Over the weekend I got half-way thru 'The Starlost'. One of the many >>>>> adaptations of Harlan Ellison's works that had him frothing at the >>>>> mouth
and demanding they use his Bird name in the credits.
We had such high hopes for that show and such grandiose promises from >>>> the
effects guys, and then they just dumped the velociraptor scat on us. >>>>
They actually used a Kenner spirograph to draw the pattern on top of the >> domes.
Do they still make those? That was one of the coolest toys ever
introduced in the 1960s.
Yep. Lots of variations. Cheap, too.
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Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:
On 11/19/2025 12:22 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:
Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:What's even stupider about it is in one of the episodes one of Our
anim8rfsk@cox.net wrote:
Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:
On 11/18/2025 9:34 AM, anim8rfsk wrote:
Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:
All the shots of the outside of the Ark model look like they were shot >>>>>> underwater.Over the weekend I got half-way thru 'The Starlost'. One of the many >>>>>>>> adaptations of Harlan Ellison's works that had him frothing at the mouth
and demanding they use his Bird name in the credits.
We had such high hopes for that show and such grandiose promises from the
effects guys, and then they just dumped the velociraptor scat on us. >>>>>>>
They actually used a Kenner spirograph to draw the pattern on top of the >>>>> domes.
One story goes that the final straw for Ellison was when the effects team >>>>> told him they had to change the domes from being 50 miles across to being >>>>> five miles across for budgetary reasons.
Because the inside of the dome would be 10 times more expensive to create.
What? That makes no sense!
Which is why Ellison gave them the bird.
Heroes talks about the biospheres being large enough that it take
multiple days to walk across them. That would be a bit more than 50 miles. >>
And since all the domes were self sustaining, a 5 mile dome wouldn?t
support more people than your average office building.
I also never understood why they had to search the other domes for the Control room when it would pretty obviously be in the central core
On 11/19/2025 8:05 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:
Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:Because they are ignorant peasants from a hick farming dome?
On 11/19/2025 12:22 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:
Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:What's even stupider about it is in one of the episodes one of Our
anim8rfsk@cox.net wrote:
Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:
On 11/18/2025 9:34 AM, anim8rfsk wrote:
Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:
All the shots of the outside of the Ark model look like they were >>>>>>> shotOver the weekend I got half-way thru 'The Starlost'.ÿ One of >>>>>>>>> the many
adaptations of Harlan Ellison's works that had him frothing at >>>>>>>>> the mouth
and demanding they use his Bird name in the credits.
We had such high hopes for that show and such grandiose promises >>>>>>>> from the
effects guys, and then they just dumped the velociraptor scat on >>>>>>>> us.
underwater.
They actually used a Kenner spirograph to draw the pattern on top >>>>>> of the
domes.
One story goes that the final straw for Ellison was when the
effects team
told him they had to change the domes from being 50 miles across
to being
five miles across for budgetary reasons.
Because the inside of the dome would be 10 times more expensive to >>>>>> create.
What? That makes no sense!
Which is why Ellison gave them the bird.
Heroes talks about the biospheres being large enough that it take
multiple days to walk across them.ÿ That would be a bit more than 50
miles.
And since all the domes were self sustaining, a 5 mile dome wouldn?t
support more people than your average office building.
I also never understood why they had to search the other domes for the
Control room when it would pretty obviously be in the central core
anim8rfsk@cox.net wrote:
Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:
On 11/19/2025 12:22 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:
Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:
anim8rfsk@cox.net wrote:
Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:
On 11/18/2025 9:34 AM, anim8rfsk wrote:
Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:
What's even stupider about it is in one of the episodes one of OurAll the shots of the outside of the Ark model look like they were shot >>>>>>> underwater.Over the weekend I got half-way thru 'The Starlost'. One of the many >>>>>>>>> adaptations of Harlan Ellison's works that had him frothing at the >>>>>>>>> mouth and demanding they use his Bird name in the credits.
We had such high hopes for that show and such grandiose promises from >>>>>>>> the effects guys, and then they just dumped the velociraptor scat on >>>>>>>> us.
They actually used a Kenner spirograph to draw the pattern on top of the >>>>>> domes.
One story goes that the final straw for Ellison was when the effects >>>>>> team told him they had to change the domes from being 50 miles across >>>>>> to being five miles across for budgetary reasons.
Because the inside of the dome would be 10 times more expensive to create.
What? That makes no sense!
Which is why Ellison gave them the bird.
Heroes talks about the biospheres being large enough that it take
multiple days to walk across them. That would be a bit more than 50 miles. >>>
And since all the domes were self sustaining, a 5 mile dome wouldnƒ??t
support more people than your average office building.
I also never understood why they had to search the other domes for the
Control room when it would pretty obviously be in the central core
They couldn't see the model.
--
Not a joke! Don't jump!
anim8rfsk@cox.net wrote:
Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:
On 11/19/2025 12:22 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:
Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:
anim8rfsk@cox.net wrote:
Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:
On 11/18/2025 9:34 AM, anim8rfsk wrote:
Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:
What's even stupider about it is in one of the episodes one of OurAll the shots of the outside of the Ark model look like they were shot >>>>>>> underwater.Over the weekend I got half-way thru 'The Starlost'. One of the many >>>>>>>>> adaptations of Harlan Ellison's works that had him frothing at the >>>>>>>>> mouth and demanding they use his Bird name in the credits.
We had such high hopes for that show and such grandiose promises from >>>>>>>> the effects guys, and then they just dumped the velociraptor scat on >>>>>>>> us.
They actually used a Kenner spirograph to draw the pattern on top of the >>>>>> domes.
One story goes that the final straw for Ellison was when the effects >>>>>> team told him they had to change the domes from being 50 miles across >>>>>> to being five miles across for budgetary reasons.
Because the inside of the dome would be 10 times more expensive to create.
What? That makes no sense!
Which is why Ellison gave them the bird.
Heroes talks about the biospheres being large enough that it take
multiple days to walk across them. That would be a bit more than 50 miles. >>>
And since all the domes were self sustaining, a 5 mile dome wouldnƒ??t
support more people than your average office building.
I also never understood why they had to search the other domes for the
Control room when it would pretty obviously be in the central core
They couldn't see the model.
--
Not a joke! Don't jump!
On 11/19/2025 8:05 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:
Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:Because they are ignorant peasants from a hick farming dome?
On 11/19/2025 12:22 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:
Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:What's even stupider about it is in one of the episodes one of Our
anim8rfsk@cox.net wrote:
Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:
On 11/18/2025 9:34 AM, anim8rfsk wrote:
Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:
All the shots of the outside of the Ark model look like they were shot >>>>>>> underwater.Over the weekend I got half-way thru 'The Starlost'. One of the many >>>>>>>>> adaptations of Harlan Ellison's works that had him frothing at the mouth
and demanding they use his Bird name in the credits.
We had such high hopes for that show and such grandiose promises from the
effects guys, and then they just dumped the velociraptor scat on us. >>>>>>>>
They actually used a Kenner spirograph to draw the pattern on top of the >>>>>> domes.
One story goes that the final straw for Ellison was when the effects team
told him they had to change the domes from being 50 miles across to being
five miles across for budgetary reasons.
Because the inside of the dome would be 10 times more expensive to create.
What? That makes no sense!
Which is why Ellison gave them the bird.
Heroes talks about the biospheres being large enough that it take
multiple days to walk across them. That would be a bit more than 50 miles. >>>
And since all the domes were self sustaining, a 5 mile dome wouldn?t
support more people than your average office building.
I also never understood why they had to search the other domes for the
Control room when it would pretty obviously be in the central core
On 11/20/2025 7:14 AM, Dimensional Traveler wrote:
On 11/19/2025 8:05 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:Though actually they found the bridge in the second episode. After that they were looking for live people who could MAN the bridge, change the
Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:Because they are ignorant peasants from a hick farming dome?
On 11/19/2025 12:22 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:
Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:What's even stupider about it is in one of the episodes one of Our
anim8rfsk@cox.net wrote:
Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:
On 11/18/2025 9:34 AM, anim8rfsk wrote:
Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:
All the shots of the outside of the Ark model look like they were >>>>>>>> shotOver the weekend I got half-way thru 'The Starlost'.ÿ One of >>>>>>>>>> the many
adaptations of Harlan Ellison's works that had him frothing at >>>>>>>>>> the mouth
and demanding they use his Bird name in the credits.
We had such high hopes for that show and such grandiose promises >>>>>>>>> from the
effects guys, and then they just dumped the velociraptor scat on >>>>>>>>> us.
underwater.
They actually used a Kenner spirograph to draw the pattern on top >>>>>>> of the
domes.
One story goes that the final straw for Ellison was when the
effects team
told him they had to change the domes from being 50 miles across >>>>>>> to being
five miles across for budgetary reasons.
Because the inside of the dome would be 10 times more expensive to >>>>>>> create.
What? That makes no sense!
Which is why Ellison gave them the bird.
Heroes talks about the biospheres being large enough that it take
multiple days to walk across them.ÿ That would be a bit more than 50
miles.
And since all the domes were self sustaining, a 5 mile dome wouldn?t
support more people than your average office building.
I also never understood why they had to search the other domes for the
Control room when it would pretty obviously be in the central core
Ark's course and were willing to do so.
Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:
On 11/20/2025 7:14 AM, Dimensional Traveler wrote:
On 11/19/2025 8:05 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:Though actually they found the bridge in the second episode. After that
Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:Because they are ignorant peasants from a hick farming dome?
On 11/19/2025 12:22 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:
Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:What's even stupider about it is in one of the episodes one of Our
anim8rfsk@cox.net wrote:
Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:
On 11/18/2025 9:34 AM, anim8rfsk wrote:
Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:
All the shots of the outside of the Ark model look like they were >>>>>>>>> shotOver the weekend I got half-way thru 'The Starlost'.ÿ One of >>>>>>>>>>> the many
adaptations of Harlan Ellison's works that had him frothing at >>>>>>>>>>> the mouth
and demanding they use his Bird name in the credits.
We had such high hopes for that show and such grandiose promises >>>>>>>>>> from the
effects guys, and then they just dumped the velociraptor scat on >>>>>>>>>> us.
underwater.
They actually used a Kenner spirograph to draw the pattern on top >>>>>>>> of the
domes.
One story goes that the final straw for Ellison was when the
effects team
told him they had to change the domes from being 50 miles across >>>>>>>> to being
five miles across for budgetary reasons.
Because the inside of the dome would be 10 times more expensive to >>>>>>>> create.
What? That makes no sense!
Which is why Ellison gave them the bird.
Heroes talks about the biospheres being large enough that it take
multiple days to walk across them.ÿ That would be a bit more than 50 >>>>> miles.
And since all the domes were self sustaining, a 5 mile dome wouldn?t
support more people than your average office building.
I also never understood why they had to search the other domes for the >>>> Control room when it would pretty obviously be in the central core
they were looking for live people who could MAN the bridge, change the
Ark's course and were willing to do so.
Watch the first two episodes last night. They find the bridge in the pilot. In the second episode, they find med bay which has some people that have reverted to savagery and a huge sleeper section full of corpse sicles. So they unfreeze Frank Converse, but he?s a poor choice because he?s dying of radiation sickness.
But here?s the thing. They relocate the savages (luckily there?s an empty agricultural dome) and they refreeze Frank Converse after he gives them a
lot of information but? They decide to move on. Now, why? They?ve got the helpful computer who can tell them things about the frozen dead. Likely anybody who can actually help them get the ship back on course is right there. They?re in med Bay. Find out about all the frozen technicians from
the computer interface and start defrosting them!
But instead episode three finds them with a crumpled up paper chart
visiting the omicron dome, which has no women.
Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:
On 11/19/2025 8:05 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:
Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:Because they are ignorant peasants from a hick farming dome?
On 11/19/2025 12:22 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:
Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:What's even stupider about it is in one of the episodes one of Our
anim8rfsk@cox.net wrote:
Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:
On 11/18/2025 9:34 AM, anim8rfsk wrote:
Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:
All the shots of the outside of the Ark model look like they were shot >>>>>>>> underwater.Over the weekend I got half-way thru 'The Starlost'. One of the many
adaptations of Harlan Ellison's works that had him frothing at the mouth
and demanding they use his Bird name in the credits.
We had such high hopes for that show and such grandiose promises from the
effects guys, and then they just dumped the velociraptor scat on us. >>>>>>>>>
They actually used a Kenner spirograph to draw the pattern on top of the
domes.
One story goes that the final straw for Ellison was when the effects team
told him they had to change the domes from being 50 miles across to being
five miles across for budgetary reasons.
Because the inside of the dome would be 10 times more expensive to create.
What? That makes no sense!
Which is why Ellison gave them the bird.
Heroes talks about the biospheres being large enough that it take
multiple days to walk across them. That would be a bit more than 50 miles.
And since all the domes were self sustaining, a 5 mile dome wouldn?t
support more people than your average office building.
I also never understood why they had to search the other domes for the
Control room when it would pretty obviously be in the central core
That they are.
So you can only save 3 million people from all of earth. And you?re taking somewhere around 40 groups. And you decide to take 80,000 Amish? Why?
Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:
anim8rfsk@cox.net wrote:
Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:
On 11/19/2025 12:22 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:
Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:
anim8rfsk@cox.net wrote:
Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:
On 11/18/2025 9:34 AM, anim8rfsk wrote:
Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:
What's even stupider about it is in one of the episodes one of OurAll the shots of the outside of the Ark model look like they were shot >>>>>>>> underwater.Over the weekend I got half-way thru 'The Starlost'. One of the many
adaptations of Harlan Ellison's works that had him frothing at the >>>>>>>>>> mouth and demanding they use his Bird name in the credits.
We had such high hopes for that show and such grandiose promises from >>>>>>>>> the effects guys, and then they just dumped the velociraptor scat on >>>>>>>>> us.
They actually used a Kenner spirograph to draw the pattern on top of the
domes.
One story goes that the final straw for Ellison was when the effects >>>>>>> team told him they had to change the domes from being 50 miles across >>>>>>> to being five miles across for budgetary reasons.
Because the inside of the dome would be 10 times more expensive to create.
What? That makes no sense!
Which is why Ellison gave them the bird.
Heroes talks about the biospheres being large enough that it take
multiple days to walk across them. That would be a bit more than 50 miles.
And since all the domes were self sustaining, a 5 mile dome wouldnƒ??t
support more people than your average office building.
I also never understood why they had to search the other domes for the
Control room when it would pretty obviously be in the central core
They couldn't see the model.
That would be nice, but in the pilot they find the bridge and somehow it?s
up high and behind the ark with wrap around windows. So they know exactly what the ship looks like! :-)
On 11/20/2025 12:10 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:
Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:Why are you assuming Our Heroes are smart enough to look out the windows
anim8rfsk@cox.net wrote:
Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:
On 11/19/2025 12:22 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:
Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:
anim8rfsk@cox.net wrote:
Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:
On 11/18/2025 9:34 AM, anim8rfsk wrote:
Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:
What's even stupider about it is in one of the episodes one of OurAll the shots of the outside of the Ark model look like they >>>>>>>>> were shotOver the weekend I got half-way thru 'The Starlost'.ÿ One of >>>>>>>>>>> the manyWe had such high hopes for that show and such grandiose
adaptations of Harlan Ellison's works that had him frothing >>>>>>>>>>> at the
mouth and demanding they use his Bird name in the credits. >>>>>>>>>>
promises from
the effects guys, and then they just dumped the velociraptor >>>>>>>>>> scat on
us.
underwater.
They actually used a Kenner spirograph to draw the pattern on >>>>>>>> top of the
domes.
One story goes that the final straw for Ellison was when the
effects
team told him they had to change the domes from being 50 miles >>>>>>>> across
to being five miles across for budgetary reasons.
Because the inside of the dome would be 10 times more expensive >>>>>>>> to create.
What? That makes no sense!
Which is why Ellison gave them the bird.
Heroes talks about the biospheres being large enough that it take
multiple days to walk across them.ÿ That would be a bit more than
50 miles.
And since all the domes were self sustaining, a 5 mile dome wouldnƒ??t >>>> support more people than your average office building.
I also never understood why they had to search the other domes for the >>>> Control room when it would pretty obviously be in the central core
They couldn't see the model.
That would be nice, but in the pilot they find the bridge and somehow
it?s
up high and behind the ark with wrap around windows. So they know exactly
what the ship looks like! :-)
at the
On 11/20/2025 12:10 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:
Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:Pretty typical of TV series where there is a "final" goal. You can't
On 11/20/2025 7:14 AM, Dimensional Traveler wrote:
On 11/19/2025 8:05 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:Though actually they found the bridge in the second episode. After that >>> they were looking for live people who could MAN the bridge, change the
Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:Because they are ignorant peasants from a hick farming dome?
On 11/19/2025 12:22 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:
Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:What's even stupider about it is in one of the episodes one of Our >>>>>> Heroes talks about the biospheres being large enough that it take
anim8rfsk@cox.net wrote:
Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:
On 11/18/2025 9:34 AM, anim8rfsk wrote:
Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:
All the shots of the outside of the Ark model look like they were >>>>>>>>>> shotOver the weekend I got half-way thru 'The Starlost'.ÿ One of >>>>>>>>>>>> the many
adaptations of Harlan Ellison's works that had him frothing at >>>>>>>>>>>> the mouth
and demanding they use his Bird name in the credits.
We had such high hopes for that show and such grandiose promises >>>>>>>>>>> from the
effects guys, and then they just dumped the velociraptor scat on >>>>>>>>>>> us.
underwater.
They actually used a Kenner spirograph to draw the pattern on top >>>>>>>>> of the
domes.
One story goes that the final straw for Ellison was when the >>>>>>>>> effects team
told him they had to change the domes from being 50 miles across >>>>>>>>> to being
five miles across for budgetary reasons.
Because the inside of the dome would be 10 times more expensive to >>>>>>>>> create.
What? That makes no sense!
Which is why Ellison gave them the bird.
multiple days to walk across them.ÿ That would be a bit more than 50 >>>>>> miles.
And since all the domes were self sustaining, a 5 mile dome wouldn?t >>>>> support more people than your average office building.
I also never understood why they had to search the other domes for the >>>>> Control room when it would pretty obviously be in the central core
Ark's course and were willing to do so.
Watch the first two episodes last night. They find the bridge in the pilot. >> In the second episode, they find med bay which has some people that have
reverted to savagery and a huge sleeper section full of corpse sicles. So
they unfreeze Frank Converse, but he?s a poor choice because he?s dying of >> radiation sickness.
But here?s the thing. They relocate the savages (luckily there?s an empty
agricultural dome) and they refreeze Frank Converse after he gives them a
lot of information but? They decide to move on. Now, why? They?ve got the
helpful computer who can tell them things about the frozen dead. Likely
anybody who can actually help them get the ship back on course is right
there. They?re in med Bay. Find out about all the frozen technicians from
the computer interface and start defrosting them!
But instead episode three finds them with a crumpled up paper chart
visiting the omicron dome, which has no women.
let the leads get too close to the solution because that would be the
end of the show.
And in another note, I received my copy of 'The Starcrossed' today.
It was bound in reverse order. Last page first and first page last. Reported it to the big river and they said they'd send me another copy
free. Don't have to return the defective one.
On 11/20/2025 12:10 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:
Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:Because they know how to farm with hand tools.
On 11/19/2025 8:05 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:
Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:Because they are ignorant peasants from a hick farming dome?
On 11/19/2025 12:22 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:
Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:What's even stupider about it is in one of the episodes one of Our
anim8rfsk@cox.net wrote:
Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:
On 11/18/2025 9:34 AM, anim8rfsk wrote:
Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:
All the shots of the outside of the Ark model look like they were shotOver the weekend I got half-way thru 'The Starlost'. One of the many
adaptations of Harlan Ellison's works that had him frothing at the mouth
and demanding they use his Bird name in the credits.
We had such high hopes for that show and such grandiose promises from the
effects guys, and then they just dumped the velociraptor scat on us. >>>>>>>>>>
underwater.
They actually used a Kenner spirograph to draw the pattern on top of the
domes.
One story goes that the final straw for Ellison was when the effects team
told him they had to change the domes from being 50 miles across to being
five miles across for budgetary reasons.
Because the inside of the dome would be 10 times more expensive to create.
What? That makes no sense!
Which is why Ellison gave them the bird.
Heroes talks about the biospheres being large enough that it take
multiple days to walk across them. That would be a bit more than 50 miles.
And since all the domes were self sustaining, a 5 mile dome wouldn?t
support more people than your average office building.
I also never understood why they had to search the other domes for the >>>> Control room when it would pretty obviously be in the central core
That they are.
So you can only save 3 million people from all of earth. And you?re taking >> somewhere around 40 groups. And you decide to take 80,000 Amish? Why?
On 11/20/2025 12:10 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:
Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:Why are you assuming Our Heroes are smart enough to look out the windows
anim8rfsk@cox.net wrote:
Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:
On 11/19/2025 12:22 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:
Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:
anim8rfsk@cox.net wrote:
Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:
On 11/18/2025 9:34 AM, anim8rfsk wrote:
Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:
What's even stupider about it is in one of the episodes one of OurAll the shots of the outside of the Ark model look like they were shotOver the weekend I got half-way thru 'The Starlost'. One of the manyWe had such high hopes for that show and such grandiose promises from
adaptations of Harlan Ellison's works that had him frothing at the >>>>>>>>>>> mouth and demanding they use his Bird name in the credits. >>>>>>>>>>
the effects guys, and then they just dumped the velociraptor scat on >>>>>>>>>> us.
underwater.
They actually used a Kenner spirograph to draw the pattern on top of the
domes.
One story goes that the final straw for Ellison was when the effects >>>>>>>> team told him they had to change the domes from being 50 miles across >>>>>>>> to being five miles across for budgetary reasons.
Because the inside of the dome would be 10 times more expensive to create.
What? That makes no sense!
Which is why Ellison gave them the bird.
Heroes talks about the biospheres being large enough that it take
multiple days to walk across them. That would be a bit more than 50 miles.
And since all the domes were self sustaining, a 5 mile dome wouldnƒ??t >>>> support more people than your average office building.
I also never understood why they had to search the other domes for the >>>> Control room when it would pretty obviously be in the central core
They couldn't see the model.
That would be nice, but in the pilot they find the bridge and somehow it?s >> up high and behind the ark with wrap around windows. So they know exactly
what the ship looks like! :-)
at the ship?
On 11/20/2025 6:21 PM, Dimensional Traveler wrote:
On 11/20/2025 12:10 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:
Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:Why are you assuming Our Heroes are smart enough to look out the windows
anim8rfsk@cox.net wrote:
Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:
On 11/19/2025 12:22 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:
Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:
anim8rfsk@cox.net wrote:
Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:
On 11/18/2025 9:34 AM, anim8rfsk wrote:
Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:
What's even stupider about it is in one of the episodes one of Our >>>>>> Heroes talks about the biospheres being large enough that it takeAll the shots of the outside of the Ark model look like they >>>>>>>>>> were shotOver the weekend I got half-way thru 'The Starlost'.ÿ One of >>>>>>>>>>>> the manyWe had such high hopes for that show and such grandiose >>>>>>>>>>> promises from
adaptations of Harlan Ellison's works that had him frothing >>>>>>>>>>>> at the
mouth and demanding they use his Bird name in the credits. >>>>>>>>>>>
the effects guys, and then they just dumped the velociraptor >>>>>>>>>>> scat on
us.
underwater.
They actually used a Kenner spirograph to draw the pattern on >>>>>>>>> top of the
domes.
One story goes that the final straw for Ellison was when the >>>>>>>>> effects
team told him they had to change the domes from being 50 miles >>>>>>>>> across
to being five miles across for budgetary reasons.
Because the inside of the dome would be 10 times more expensive >>>>>>>>> to create.
What? That makes no sense!
Which is why Ellison gave them the bird.
multiple days to walk across them.ÿ That would be a bit more than >>>>>> 50 miles.
And since all the domes were self sustaining, a 5 mile dome wouldnƒ??t >>>>> support more people than your average office building.
I also never understood why they had to search the other domes for the >>>>> Control room when it would pretty obviously be in the central core
They couldn't see the model.
That would be nice, but in the pilot they find the bridge and somehow
it?s
up high and behind the ark with wrap around windows. So they know exactly >>> what the ship looks like! :-)
at the
Well, I've gotten thru episode 12. Only 4 more to go. I think the most entertaining part of the show is the computer avatar, his mannerisms and speech patterns make me think he's a humanoid turtle. :D And the
scariest bit is that prosthetic mustache 2001 guy has attached to his
face. O_O
Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:
On 11/20/2025 12:10 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:
Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:Pretty typical of TV series where there is a "final" goal. You can't
On 11/20/2025 7:14 AM, Dimensional Traveler wrote:
On 11/19/2025 8:05 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:Though actually they found the bridge in the second episode. After that >>>> they were looking for live people who could MAN the bridge, change the >>>> Ark's course and were willing to do so.
Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:Because they are ignorant peasants from a hick farming dome?
On 11/19/2025 12:22 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:
Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:What's even stupider about it is in one of the episodes one of Our >>>>>>> Heroes talks about the biospheres being large enough that it take >>>>>>> multiple days to walk across them.ÿ That would be a bit more than 50 >>>>>>> miles.
anim8rfsk@cox.net wrote:
Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:
On 11/18/2025 9:34 AM, anim8rfsk wrote:
Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:
All the shots of the outside of the Ark model look like they were >>>>>>>>>>> shotOver the weekend I got half-way thru 'The Starlost'.ÿ One of >>>>>>>>>>>>> the many
adaptations of Harlan Ellison's works that had him frothing at >>>>>>>>>>>>> the mouth
and demanding they use his Bird name in the credits.
We had such high hopes for that show and such grandiose promises >>>>>>>>>>>> from the
effects guys, and then they just dumped the velociraptor scat on >>>>>>>>>>>> us.
underwater.
They actually used a Kenner spirograph to draw the pattern on top >>>>>>>>>> of the
domes.
One story goes that the final straw for Ellison was when the >>>>>>>>>> effects team
told him they had to change the domes from being 50 miles across >>>>>>>>>> to being
five miles across for budgetary reasons.
Because the inside of the dome would be 10 times more expensive to >>>>>>>>>> create.
What? That makes no sense!
Which is why Ellison gave them the bird.
And since all the domes were self sustaining, a 5 mile dome wouldn?t >>>>>> support more people than your average office building.
I also never understood why they had to search the other domes for the >>>>>> Control room when it would pretty obviously be in the central core >>>>>>
Watch the first two episodes last night. They find the bridge in the pilot. >>> In the second episode, they find med bay which has some people that have >>> reverted to savagery and a huge sleeper section full of corpse sicles. So >>> they unfreeze Frank Converse, but he?s a poor choice because he?s dying of >>> radiation sickness.
But here?s the thing. They relocate the savages (luckily there?s an empty >>> agricultural dome) and they refreeze Frank Converse after he gives them a >>> lot of information but? They decide to move on. Now, why? They?ve got the >>> helpful computer who can tell them things about the frozen dead. Likely
anybody who can actually help them get the ship back on course is right
there. They?re in med Bay. Find out about all the frozen technicians from >>> the computer interface and start defrosting them!
But instead episode three finds them with a crumpled up paper chart
visiting the omicron dome, which has no women.
let the leads get too close to the solution because that would be the
end of the show.
And in another note, I received my copy of 'The Starcrossed' today.
It was bound in reverse order. Last page first and first page last.
Reported it to the big river and they said they'd send me another copy
free. Don't have to return the defective one.
Could you read it in a mirror?
Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:
On 11/20/2025 12:10 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:
Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:Because they know how to farm with hand tools.
On 11/19/2025 8:05 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:
Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:Because they are ignorant peasants from a hick farming dome?
On 11/19/2025 12:22 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:
Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:What's even stupider about it is in one of the episodes one of Our >>>>>> Heroes talks about the biospheres being large enough that it take
anim8rfsk@cox.net wrote:
Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:
On 11/18/2025 9:34 AM, anim8rfsk wrote:
Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:
All the shots of the outside of the Ark model look like they were shotOver the weekend I got half-way thru 'The Starlost'. One of the many
adaptations of Harlan Ellison's works that had him frothing at the mouth
and demanding they use his Bird name in the credits.
We had such high hopes for that show and such grandiose promises from the
effects guys, and then they just dumped the velociraptor scat on us.
underwater.
They actually used a Kenner spirograph to draw the pattern on top of the
domes.
One story goes that the final straw for Ellison was when the effects team
told him they had to change the domes from being 50 miles across to being
five miles across for budgetary reasons.
Because the inside of the dome would be 10 times more expensive to create.
What? That makes no sense!
Which is why Ellison gave them the bird.
multiple days to walk across them. That would be a bit more than 50 miles.
And since all the domes were self sustaining, a 5 mile dome wouldn?t >>>>> support more people than your average office building.
I also never understood why they had to search the other domes for the >>>>> Control room when it would pretty obviously be in the central core
That they are.
So you can only save 3 million people from all of earth. And you?re taking >>> somewhere around 40 groups. And you decide to take 80,000 Amish? Why?
Yeah, that?s all I could think of. I don?t think we need 80000 of them though. And why aren?t they in the empty agricultural dome?
On 11/20/2025 11:56 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:
Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:The pages are printed correctly, just in the wrong order.
On 11/20/2025 12:10 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:
Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:Pretty typical of TV series where there is a "final" goal. You can't
On 11/20/2025 7:14 AM, Dimensional Traveler wrote:
On 11/19/2025 8:05 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:Though actually they found the bridge in the second episode. After that >>>>> they were looking for live people who could MAN the bridge, change the >>>>> Ark's course and were willing to do so.
Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:Because they are ignorant peasants from a hick farming dome?
On 11/19/2025 12:22 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:
Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:What's even stupider about it is in one of the episodes one of Our >>>>>>>> Heroes talks about the biospheres being large enough that it take >>>>>>>> multiple days to walk across them.ÿ That would be a bit more than 50 >>>>>>>> miles.
anim8rfsk@cox.net wrote:
Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:
On 11/18/2025 9:34 AM, anim8rfsk wrote:
Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:
All the shots of the outside of the Ark model look like they were >>>>>>>>>>>> shotOver the weekend I got half-way thru 'The Starlost'.ÿ One of >>>>>>>>>>>>>> the manyWe had such high hopes for that show and such grandiose promises >>>>>>>>>>>>> from the
adaptations of Harlan Ellison's works that had him frothing at >>>>>>>>>>>>>> the mouth
and demanding they use his Bird name in the credits. >>>>>>>>>>>>>
effects guys, and then they just dumped the velociraptor scat on >>>>>>>>>>>>> us.
underwater.
They actually used a Kenner spirograph to draw the pattern on top >>>>>>>>>>> of the
domes.
One story goes that the final straw for Ellison was when the >>>>>>>>>>> effects team
told him they had to change the domes from being 50 miles across >>>>>>>>>>> to being
five miles across for budgetary reasons.
Because the inside of the dome would be 10 times more expensive to >>>>>>>>>>> create.
What? That makes no sense!
Which is why Ellison gave them the bird.
And since all the domes were self sustaining, a 5 mile dome wouldn?t >>>>>>> support more people than your average office building.
I also never understood why they had to search the other domes for the >>>>>>> Control room when it would pretty obviously be in the central core >>>>>>>
Watch the first two episodes last night. They find the bridge in the pilot.
In the second episode, they find med bay which has some people that have >>>> reverted to savagery and a huge sleeper section full of corpse sicles. So >>>> they unfreeze Frank Converse, but he?s a poor choice because he?s dying of >>>> radiation sickness.
But here?s the thing. They relocate the savages (luckily there?s an empty >>>> agricultural dome) and they refreeze Frank Converse after he gives them a >>>> lot of information but? They decide to move on. Now, why? They?ve got the >>>> helpful computer who can tell them things about the frozen dead. Likely >>>> anybody who can actually help them get the ship back on course is right >>>> there. They?re in med Bay. Find out about all the frozen technicians from >>>> the computer interface and start defrosting them!
But instead episode three finds them with a crumpled up paper chart
visiting the omicron dome, which has no women.
let the leads get too close to the solution because that would be the
end of the show.
And in another note, I received my copy of 'The Starcrossed' today.
It was bound in reverse order. Last page first and first page last.
Reported it to the big river and they said they'd send me another copy
free. Don't have to return the defective one.
Could you read it in a mirror?
On 11/20/2025 11:57 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:
Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:Because they are in their own agricultural dome.
On 11/20/2025 12:10 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:
Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:Because they know how to farm with hand tools.
On 11/19/2025 8:05 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:
Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:Because they are ignorant peasants from a hick farming dome?
On 11/19/2025 12:22 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:
Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:What's even stupider about it is in one of the episodes one of Our >>>>>>> Heroes talks about the biospheres being large enough that it take >>>>>>> multiple days to walk across them. That would be a bit more than 50 miles.
anim8rfsk@cox.net wrote:
Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:
On 11/18/2025 9:34 AM, anim8rfsk wrote:
Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:
All the shots of the outside of the Ark model look like they were shotOver the weekend I got half-way thru 'The Starlost'. One of the many
adaptations of Harlan Ellison's works that had him frothing at the mouth
and demanding they use his Bird name in the credits.
We had such high hopes for that show and such grandiose promises from the
effects guys, and then they just dumped the velociraptor scat on us.
underwater.
They actually used a Kenner spirograph to draw the pattern on top of the
domes.
One story goes that the final straw for Ellison was when the effects team
told him they had to change the domes from being 50 miles across to being
five miles across for budgetary reasons.
Because the inside of the dome would be 10 times more expensive to create.
What? That makes no sense!
Which is why Ellison gave them the bird.
And since all the domes were self sustaining, a 5 mile dome wouldn?t >>>>>> support more people than your average office building.
I also never understood why they had to search the other domes for the >>>>>> Control room when it would pretty obviously be in the central core >>>>>>
That they are.
So you can only save 3 million people from all of earth. And you?re taking >>>> somewhere around 40 groups. And you decide to take 80,000 Amish? Why?
Yeah, that?s all I could think of. I don?t think we need 80000 of them
though. And why aren?t they in the empty agricultural dome?
Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:
On 11/20/2025 11:56 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:
Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:The pages are printed correctly, just in the wrong order.
On 11/20/2025 12:10 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:
Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:Pretty typical of TV series where there is a "final" goal. You can't
On 11/20/2025 7:14 AM, Dimensional Traveler wrote:
On 11/19/2025 8:05 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:Though actually they found the bridge in the second episode. After that >>>>>> they were looking for live people who could MAN the bridge, change the >>>>>> Ark's course and were willing to do so.
Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:Because they are ignorant peasants from a hick farming dome?
On 11/19/2025 12:22 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:
Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:What's even stupider about it is in one of the episodes one of Our >>>>>>>>> Heroes talks about the biospheres being large enough that it take >>>>>>>>> multiple days to walk across them.ÿ That would be a bit more than 50 >>>>>>>>> miles.
anim8rfsk@cox.net wrote:
Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:
On 11/18/2025 9:34 AM, anim8rfsk wrote:
Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:
All the shots of the outside of the Ark model look like they were >>>>>>>>>>>>> shotOver the weekend I got half-way thru 'The Starlost'.ÿ One of >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the manyWe had such high hopes for that show and such grandiose promises >>>>>>>>>>>>>> from the
adaptations of Harlan Ellison's works that had him frothing at >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the mouth
and demanding they use his Bird name in the credits. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>
effects guys, and then they just dumped the velociraptor scat on >>>>>>>>>>>>>> us.
underwater.
They actually used a Kenner spirograph to draw the pattern on top >>>>>>>>>>>> of the
domes.
One story goes that the final straw for Ellison was when the >>>>>>>>>>>> effects team
told him they had to change the domes from being 50 miles across >>>>>>>>>>>> to being
five miles across for budgetary reasons.
Because the inside of the dome would be 10 times more expensive to >>>>>>>>>>>> create.
What? That makes no sense!
Which is why Ellison gave them the bird.
And since all the domes were self sustaining, a 5 mile dome wouldn?t >>>>>>>> support more people than your average office building.
I also never understood why they had to search the other domes for the >>>>>>>> Control room when it would pretty obviously be in the central core >>>>>>>>
Watch the first two episodes last night. They find the bridge in the pilot.
In the second episode, they find med bay which has some people that have >>>>> reverted to savagery and a huge sleeper section full of corpse sicles. So >>>>> they unfreeze Frank Converse, but he?s a poor choice because he?s dying of
radiation sickness.
But here?s the thing. They relocate the savages (luckily there?s an empty >>>>> agricultural dome) and they refreeze Frank Converse after he gives them a >>>>> lot of information but? They decide to move on. Now, why? They?ve got the >>>>> helpful computer who can tell them things about the frozen dead. Likely >>>>> anybody who can actually help them get the ship back on course is right >>>>> there. They?re in med Bay. Find out about all the frozen technicians from >>>>> the computer interface and start defrosting them!
But instead episode three finds them with a crumpled up paper chart
visiting the omicron dome, which has no women.
let the leads get too close to the solution because that would be the
end of the show.
And in another note, I received my copy of 'The Starcrossed' today.
It was bound in reverse order. Last page first and first page last.
Reported it to the big river and they said they'd send me another copy >>>> free. Don't have to return the defective one.
Could you read it in a mirror?
Humor, referring to how they write ambulance backwards, so you can read it from a helicopter
Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:
On 11/20/2025 11:57 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:
Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:Because they are in their own agricultural dome.
On 11/20/2025 12:10 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:
Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:Because they know how to farm with hand tools.
On 11/19/2025 8:05 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:
Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:Because they are ignorant peasants from a hick farming dome?
On 11/19/2025 12:22 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:
Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:What's even stupider about it is in one of the episodes one of Our >>>>>>>> Heroes talks about the biospheres being large enough that it take >>>>>>>> multiple days to walk across them. That would be a bit more than 50 miles.
anim8rfsk@cox.net wrote:
Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:
On 11/18/2025 9:34 AM, anim8rfsk wrote:
Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:
All the shots of the outside of the Ark model look like they were shotOver the weekend I got half-way thru 'The Starlost'. One of the manyWe had such high hopes for that show and such grandiose promises from the
adaptations of Harlan Ellison's works that had him frothing at the mouth
and demanding they use his Bird name in the credits. >>>>>>>>>>>>>
effects guys, and then they just dumped the velociraptor scat on us.
underwater.
They actually used a Kenner spirograph to draw the pattern on top of the
domes.
One story goes that the final straw for Ellison was when the effects team
told him they had to change the domes from being 50 miles across to being
five miles across for budgetary reasons.
Because the inside of the dome would be 10 times more expensive to create.
What? That makes no sense!
Which is why Ellison gave them the bird.
And since all the domes were self sustaining, a 5 mile dome wouldn?t >>>>>>> support more people than your average office building.
I also never understood why they had to search the other domes for the >>>>>>> Control room when it would pretty obviously be in the central core >>>>>>>
That they are.
So you can only save 3 million people from all of earth. And you?re taking
somewhere around 40 groups. And you decide to take 80,000 Amish? Why? >>>>>
Yeah, that?s all I could think of. I don?t think we need 80000 of them
though. And why aren?t they in the empty agricultural dome?
Since the domes are all self-contained and sealed off from each other,
what?s the point of the empty agricultural dome at all?
On 11/21/2025 8:24 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:
Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:I suspect it was empty because all the original inhabitants had died.
On 11/20/2025 11:57 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:
Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:Because they are in their own agricultural dome.
On 11/20/2025 12:10 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:
Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:Because they know how to farm with hand tools.
On 11/19/2025 8:05 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:
Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:Because they are ignorant peasants from a hick farming dome?
On 11/19/2025 12:22 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:
Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:What's even stupider about it is in one of the episodes one of Our >>>>>>>>> Heroes talks about the biospheres being large enough that it take >>>>>>>>> multiple days to walk across them. That would be a bit more than 50 miles.
anim8rfsk@cox.net wrote:
Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:
On 11/18/2025 9:34 AM, anim8rfsk wrote:
Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:
All the shots of the outside of the Ark model look like they were shotOver the weekend I got half-way thru 'The Starlost'. One of the manyWe had such high hopes for that show and such grandiose promises from the
adaptations of Harlan Ellison's works that had him frothing at the mouth
and demanding they use his Bird name in the credits. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>
effects guys, and then they just dumped the velociraptor scat on us.
underwater.
They actually used a Kenner spirograph to draw the pattern on top of the
domes.
One story goes that the final straw for Ellison was when the effects team
told him they had to change the domes from being 50 miles across to being
five miles across for budgetary reasons.
Because the inside of the dome would be 10 times more expensive to create.
What? That makes no sense!
Which is why Ellison gave them the bird.
And since all the domes were self sustaining, a 5 mile dome wouldn?t >>>>>>>> support more people than your average office building.
I also never understood why they had to search the other domes for the >>>>>>>> Control room when it would pretty obviously be in the central core >>>>>>>>
That they are.
So you can only save 3 million people from all of earth. And you?re taking
somewhere around 40 groups. And you decide to take 80,000 Amish? Why? >>>>>>
Yeah, that?s all I could think of. I don?t think we need 80000 of them >>>> though. And why aren?t they in the empty agricultural dome?
Since the domes are all self-contained and sealed off from each other,
what?s the point of the empty agricultural dome at all?
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