I don't see anything that looks like Dejah Thoris, princess of Mars, that Edgar Rice Burroughs wrote about. Still, I find this interesting.
http://io9.com/see-mars-through-a-rovers-eyes-with-this-interactive-p-1463088738
Very Cool!
Must..... not................. make joke about Uranus ;)
Quote from: TBird1958 on November 13, 2013, 01:33:09 PM
Very Cool!
Must..... not................. make joke about Uranus ;)
You can always trust something from...
On a sort of related note, remember when Mars bars had almonds? They haven't made em like that for a long time. I remember being so excited to try one when I was in the UK and then was disappointed after getting one and it was just like a Milky Way. Oh well, guess I'll have to settle for a Snickers almond.
What do Star Trek and toilet paper have in common?
They both circle Uranus in search of Klingons. 8)
And I do miss the original Mars bars. They had whole almonds on the bottom of the bar and I'd eat all around them and then save the almonds for last.
Quote from: gweimer on November 13, 2013, 01:40:51 PM
You can always trust something from...
Aww.... you were all thinking it ;D
Marzipan is also made with almonds but if you eat too much you'll get constipated. Not good for your anus either.
Yup...it took us one post to degenerate. Well done, gang!
I had almost forgotten how delicious those Mars bars are. The best candy bar ever. I don't eat them anymore because my dentist said to avoid caramel. But that doesn't stop me from making jokes about Uranus. Here is a song with the word "Uranus" in it several times. Possibly NSFW due to the use, unfortunately, of the word GD.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YeaSQ4fd6YQ
I'm the dissenter...my wife gets the candy bars with nuts. I get the ones without. Milky Way and Three Muscatels, especially....
"John Carter" got panned but I thoroughly enjoyed that movie.
Quote from: Denis on November 14, 2013, 11:25:23 AM
"John Carter" got panned but I thoroughly enjoyed that movie.
It's almost like someone had a vendetta against whoever made that movie. The reviews were consistently negative as if many of those people were gleefully wanting the movie to fail. Nevertheless, that probably wasn't the case; it just seemed that way. I suppose the movie wasn't promoted well. I thought John Carter was great entertainment. If it had been a success, there were plenty of other ERB books to make movies about. I can remember when I was about 12 reading those John Carter of Mars books. I thought it would make a great movie. Then when they finally tried that many years later, unfortunately, it did fail at the box office. Too bad, though, it had potential. I'm sick of the Marvel stuff and never go to any of those movies unless I'm with friends who insist on it. I was ready for something besides DC or Marvel, none of which I'm ever interested in. I think I'd just as soon go to another Pirates of the Caribbean movie, all of which have become jejune now.
The problem with John Carter was the location itself, and hard-science - the stories are pre-cursors to Star Wars, in some ways...
Great film - shame number two will never arrive... Lynn Collins brought Deja Thoris to life...
As for the Marvel's, I'm still finding some interest in them and am looking forward to receiving maybe one or two under the tree next month...
Quote from: CAR-54 on November 16, 2013, 01:30:53 AM
The problem with John Carter was the location itself, and hard-science - the stories are pre-cursors to Star Wars, in some ways...
Great film - shame number two will never arrive... Lynn Collins brought Deja Thoris to life...
As for the Marvel's, I'm still finding some interest in them and am looking forward to receiving maybe one or two under the tree next month...
For some reason, I became quite interested in keeping up with those reviews of John Carter when the movie first came out. It seemed odd that so many of the reviews were so negative (like my other post indicated.) I still can't rule out the possibility that someone may have had an agenda. When it comes to money, people tend to be at their worst. If the John Carter movies had become successful, needless to say that might cut into competitors' profits. There was quite a negative vibe generated about the movie which I'm convinced kept quite a number of people from even giving it a chance. The movie was good but not good enough to rely on word-of-mouth to counteract all the negative press about it. It's interesting that John Carter did better in foreign countries than it did in the U.S. One obvious reason is that those countries were less influenced by the negative American critics. The weakest criticism was that the story was derivative. How can something which originated in a 1912 science fiction short story be derivative? ERB left a wealth of material that could have been used in the movies. This includes the "Thuvia, Maid of Mars" book my favorite book of the Martian series. I read these books as a youth, but can still remember how good they were. The Thuvia book didn't even have John Carter in it, but instead had his son and his love interest, Thuvia. The Thuvia book was the most original and enjoyable book of the series, and I'd suspect it would be hard for anyone to call it derivative even today.
Glimpse of Mars as it may have appeared billions of years ago---
http://io9.com/a-dramatic-glimpse-of-mars-as-it-appeared-billions-of-y-1464402328
There were other Martian story writers, for instance Leigh Brackett and her character Eric John Stark - I don't have them all but they do make good reading - she also scripted The Empire Strikes Back, so no surprise about the legacy of Burroughs there...
Quote from: CAR-54 on November 16, 2013, 04:33:12 PM
There were other Martian story writers, for instance Leigh Brackett and her character Eric John Stark - I don't have them all but they do make good reading - she also scripted The Empire Strikes Back, so no surprise about the legacy of Burroughs there...
Thanks. Since it's obvious Leigh Brackett was such a talented writer, I'm interested in reading some of those books.
Go for it... obviously she was of that age but with that genre...
Yeah, those almond slivers in Mars bars and the ring of debris around Uranus have something in common.
Quote from: uwe on November 18, 2013, 02:55:37 PM
Yeah, those almond slivers in Mars bars and the ring of debris around Uranus have something in common.
Those things indicate somebody is having a good time ;D
I've been off line too long...
Why do the Americans pronounce it Uranus when it's Uranus... why not call it what it is... Uranus... sheesh... anyone would think it has an alternate meaning or something... ;D
(https://scontent-b-ord.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn2/1463912_614187648644215_576810415_n.jpg)
Jupiter was already taken...
(http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k125/0chromium0/forums/Uranus1_2.jpg)
And in keeping with that theme...
Quote from: CAR-54 on December 04, 2013, 04:52:57 PM
I've been off line too long...
Why do the Americans pronounce it Uranus when it's Uranus... why not call it what it is... Uranus... sheesh... anyone would think it has an alternate meaning or something... ;D
My best friend is a descendent of Sir William Herschel. I've always had fun with that one. :mrgreen:
Sorry, need to update this thread.
Unfortunate Restaurant Name Of The Day (http://www.thepoke.co.uk/2013/12/27/unfortunate-restaurant-name-of-the-day/)
Quote from: OldManC on December 15, 2013, 04:30:34 PM
My best friend is a descendent of Sir William Herschel. I've always had fun with that one. :mrgreen:
Missed that one, George... what a cool relative to have...
I've always enjoyed the really unfortunate web addresses that crop up from time to time...
Here's a selection...
Experts Exchange – a site where programmers can trade advice – is found at www.expertsexchange.com
La Drape – a British company selling high-end quilted bedspreads – is listed at www.ladrape.co.uk
American Scrap Metal – a scrap metal recycling firm – has its website at www.angelfire.com/alt/americanscrapmetal
Speed of Art – a collective or art designers – are online at www.speedofart.com
Therapist Finder – a directory for therapy services – can be located at www.therapistfinder.com
... and some others... (http://www.expertreviews.co.uk/general/1288897/top-10-worst-website-names/3)
Quote from: Dave W on January 03, 2014, 12:12:23 PM
Sorry, need to update this thread.
Unfortunate Restaurant Name Of The Day (http://www.thepoke.co.uk/2013/12/27/unfortunate-restaurant-name-of-the-day/)
And to add to that, I'll put this up. After I found this, and learned that it was real, I also found that it's in Avon, CO, where my girlfriend's son just moved. I just talked to her, and she got a laugh, and is going to ask her son about it.
http://beaverliquors.com/ (http://beaverliquors.com/)
Quote from: gweimer on November 13, 2013, 04:40:07 PM
Yup...it took us one post to degenerate. Well done, gang!
HAHAHAHAHA What a country!
Quote from: CAR-54 on January 03, 2014, 04:39:36 PM
Missed that one, George... what a cool relative to have...
I've always enjoyed the really unfortunate web addresses that crop up from time to time...
Here's a selection...
Experts Exchange – a site where programmers can trade advice – is found at www.expertsexchange.com
I actually subscribe to that site, but it is really www.experts-exchange.com
Then there's Dick's Pawn Shop of Myrtle Beach SC whose ebay handle is dickspawn.
I first heard of them about 10 years ago in a discussion at the RRF because they had listed a Rick copy as a real Rick. IIRC it was John Hall who called them "the aptly named dickspawn."
Quote from: the mojo hobo on January 04, 2014, 08:31:33 AM
... but it is really www.experts-exchange.com
I know, but both links work... ;D
But they don't go to the same place. www.expertsexchange.com is for sale or rent.
Mark...!?!?
In keeping with the outer space theme of the thread, a clip showing the Starship Enterprise facing its greatest challenge.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6Lb3kFwJRQ
Genius. Sheer genius!!
That's the first time I've actually heard the "song" (if you can call it that). I had only seen a couple of still pics. She's ugly and untalented.
Quote from: Dave W on January 06, 2014, 04:16:16 PM
That's the first time I've actually heard the "song" (if you can call it that). I had only seen a couple of still pics. She's ugly and untalented.
Please don't get me started. I am baffled why she is considered a sex symbol. I'm no prize myself, but I consider her to actually be repulsive.
(http://i.imgur.com/ady1DyR.gif)
Quote from: westen44 on January 06, 2014, 05:27:32 PM
Please don't get me started. I am baffled why she is considered a sex symbol. I'm no prize myself, but I consider her to actually be repulsive.
Back when she was Hannah Montana, I had seen pics of her, she looked sort of cute, Then I saw her as a guest on Leno (with her father). She must have been about 15, IIRC. She was loud, brassy and obnoxious with a voice so harsh I just changed the station. Ugh. Not cute at all. And that was long before her current slut persona.
Quote from: Dave W on January 06, 2014, 09:23:10 PM
Back when she was Hannah Montana, I had seen pics of her, she looked sort of cute, Then I saw her as a guest on Leno (with her father). She must have been about 15, IIRC. She was loud, brassy and obnoxious with a voice so harsh I just changed the station. Ugh. Not cute at all. And that was long before her current slut persona.
Although I usually don't watch Leno very much, I saw her on Leno, too. My immediate reaction is that I couldn't stand her, mostly because she was so immature, coarse, and I HATED her voice. As you've pointed out, things have only gotten much worse since then. As much as anything it's that harsh voice. She is a singer? How?
But she has carefully calculated plan for keeping her name in the media, as the old saying goes "better bad press than no press at all". She just had to play "ugly slutty girl". Most untalented celebrities have to have a "leaked" sex tape to get attention.
Quote from: pilgrim9 on January 07, 2014, 01:24:05 AM
Most untalented celebrities have to have a "leaked" sex tape to get attention.
I saw one of those tapes once, but they somehow managed to be untalented in having sex! :mrgreen: