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(...) Two weeks ago, a group of friends and I pretty much agreed that the only thing that we expected would make I, Robot accurate to the original story is the use of the 3 Laws. Mass carnage just sells better. Even though I've never read the (...) (20 years ago, 19-Jul-04, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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Think this is most appropriate for .geek than anywhere else... I saw the movie, rather enjoyed it but a few things-- ***Spoilers below!!!**** There were scant few 'Asimov' moments, but that goes with Hollywood 'suggested by'... When Spooner is (...) (20 years ago, 19-Jul-04, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: Try to think of the glass as half full. (was: Re: Indiana Jones extends his vacation)
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(...) They'd need one heck of a makeup artist to get Ford to look like he did in the first movie. Remember, despite what the CGI breakthroughs of the SW prequels might suggest, both Lucas and Spielberg are reportedly adamant about only using (...) (20 years ago, 19-Jul-04, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) (snip) Well, if the action is to be set in the fifties, then why not have "People's Anthropological Kommissar Piotr Piotrovich Silvov" as the main villain, using a Tokarev to threaten our timeless hero? The Zanis just lost much of their "fear (...) (20 years ago, 19-Jul-04, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, FTX)
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| | Re: Try to think of the glass as half full. (was: Re: Indiana Jones extends his vacation)
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(...) Evil Zani Cultural Anthropologist Baron Bruz von Schlieckberndt: "Herr Jones! You shall nhot drink from this fountain! I vill plug you vith this cool-looking Luger ihf you try!" Indiana Jones: sotto voce "Zanis! I hate these guys. (aloud) And (...) (20 years ago, 18-Jul-04, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, FTX)
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(...) Well, it's a little more complicated than that. The sodium itself doesn't actually explode. It oxidizes in an exo-thermic reaction (meaning that it strips water molecules of their oxygen atoms and produces a lot of heat). The "waste" products (...) (20 years ago, 17-Jul-04, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Pure sodium metal will react with water to form hydrogen and heat energy; more than enough heat energy to ignite the hydrogen. Hydrogen is highly flamable. -Rob. (20 years ago, 17-Jul-04, to lugnet.color, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Try to think of the glass as half full. (was: Re: Indiana Jones extends his vacation)
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(...) "Indiana Jones and the Fountain of Youth." I mean, how perfect would *that* be? helpfully, LFB (20 years ago, 17-Jul-04, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Ford will be eligible for Medicare before the darn thing comes out (literally). They needed to make this a decade ago... (20 years ago, 17-Jul-04, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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You'l have to scroll down a few articles, but it's been (URL) announced> that Lucas gave a "thumbs down" to the latest script, so Indiana Jones 4 won't come out for at least two years now. (20 years ago, 17-Jul-04, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.adventurers)
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