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(...) It is way more fun. (...) Nice job Steve. I like little models done well, as fudging is almost impossible. I was actually thinking of selling my trike bodies .. now I can't! Gonna go build me one or two :) -Tom McD. (22 years ago, 6-Mar-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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(...) I'm right there with you, man. I felt the same way about Hudson Hawk. It's so incredibly hokey it's good. Allister (22 years ago, 6-Mar-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.space, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) I read a script once of a proposed movie based upon Isaac Asimov's short stories that never got to filming. The explanation was that Asimov's stories are very adult, concerning deeper issues and themes than most Hollywood sci-fi. (...) (22 years ago, 6-Mar-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.space, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Excellent Captain John (or Mark.) I recognise you as a fellow sufferer of SITHS(1) You got all but one; one song was not quoted, but referred to by name. The Adrian Belew song was inadvertent, but still worth bonus points. If a song gets (...) (22 years ago, 6-Mar-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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(...) My friend has it in DVD and I'll probably be seeing it very soon. I'm reading the books right now and I'm afraid of what the movie will be like. Considering the actors that are in it, I'm pretty sure it will be horribly bad. (22 years ago, 6-Mar-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.space, lugnet.general)
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(...) Very cool bikes! I like them, but I wish you'd made more versions rather that just changing the colors. Still awesome to put in a moonbase layout! Terry (URL) (22 years ago, 6-Mar-04, to lugnet.space)
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(...) Steve, Very creative use of parts! Very COOL! I like the simliarity between vehicles pointing to the same company's design team, but the differences that make each bike a separate model; it looks as if you have a year's (or at least a (...) (22 years ago, 6-Mar-04, to lugnet.space)
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Also known as the Kuester, or Space-Crab. Enjoy! (URL) (Click it! Click it!) Soren P.S. I've been up on MOCPages for a while now. Check it out (URL) here> (22 years ago, 5-Mar-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.mecha, FTX) !
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(...) That's a mighty fine looking fleet you've got there. Way to re-purpose two seemingly single-use pieces. Peace and hogs, Professor Whateverly (URL) (22 years ago, 5-Mar-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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(...) We don't get a lot of that around here, Just Johnny. (I'll be seeing Henry Rollins Spoken Word here in Seattle next week. :D ) (...) Udo Kier (URL) is your friend. :) -Grand Admiral .space Curator (URL) (22 years ago, 5-Mar-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.space, lugnet.general, FTX)
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I cannot remember if the contest is over or not, but this was built the evening of the announcement of the contest: The BB-NJ (may or may not stand for Built Before the New Job) (2 URLs) This interpretation of the old P38 fighter sports a single (...) (22 years ago, 5-Mar-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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I got a number of trikes from a parts draft. And since Space is way more fun than Town... :P (URL) Click the pic to view the rest, post-mod. Until then, you can see them here: (URL) --SteveR (22 years ago, 5-Mar-04, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.space, FTX) !!
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(...) If they bugger this up, someone will have to die. (...) Too bad, I could see it being really cool. Hopefully it'll get moving again. What I want to see is a film version of Cherryh's Cyteen, or maybe Tripoint. 40K In Gehenna would be cool, (...) (22 years ago, 5-Mar-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.space, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Not true. Choose not to, most of the time, perhaps, but "can't"??? I don't THINK so! Ask Shaun Sullivan about use of his German rail mounted BFG in a Brickwars scenario... Or ask me, I played with some of the BLOC at Adrian Drake's house and (...) (22 years ago, 5-Mar-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.space, lugnet.general, FTX)
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Presenting the Fly. Like the (URL) SHIELD> before it, this is another shallow-space probe. Unless you're in a microfig frame of mind, but that can't be helped. This is designed for lower atmospheric missions and is even able to land on its integral (...) (22 years ago, 5-Mar-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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(...) Easy there, Admiral! Just making a jest at the expense of Canoe. (...) I'll buy that--it's not as if there'd been a whole lot of mainstream film exposure to cyberwear by the time that JM was released. (...) Fair enough. I also like the actor (...) (22 years ago, 5-Mar-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.space, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Well, what about you? I'm not trying to say it's a great movie that was just misunderstood by the general public. It's a hokey corny movie that was misunderstood. I don't think the average moviegoer knew what 75% of the stuff in the movie was (...) (22 years ago, 5-Mar-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.space, lugnet.general, FTX)
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In lugnet.castle, Daniel Rubin wrote: snip (...) Apropos of much of this thread, I'm just glad when a movie resembles the book it was based on at all. John LeCarré once said: "Watching your novel being made into a movie is like watching your oxen (...) (22 years ago, 5-Mar-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.space, lugnet.general)
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(...) Snip (...) Hey //ark, Me? Serious? Yes and no... The fantasy element is very real, but by that I mean that if you can imagine it and build it then it becomes real. There is a vast stock of inspiration out there in books and movies for Castle (...) (22 years ago, 5-Mar-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.space, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Did anyone ever see the British TV serial version? I thought it was "charming" is the only word I can think of. It did seem to me to catch the essence of books, even if it ended oddly. I particularly liked the way it switched between the story (...) (22 years ago, 5-Mar-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.space, lugnet.general)
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