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(...) Hmmm...somehow, I think people would rather drink coffee from "Starbuck's" than from, say, "Queequeg's." However, if anyone wants to market animal feed, I'll propose the name "Call me Fishmeal." :) ack. best Lindsay XFUT -> .o-t.fun (24 years ago, 12-Dec-00, to lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.space, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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Hm, where's John Ladasky when we need him? :) (...) Where do you think the stars got their names? :) Well, most of them, anyways; Rigel (not "Riegel" or whatever they transliter- ated) is, I think, Arabic in origin as many stellar names are. (...) (24 years ago, 12-Dec-00, to lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.space)
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Nice going eric, at least you found something to laugh at. From Yahoo Movies (URL) and Dragons (2000) Critics Reviews CNN.com: Dumb & dreadful - "...so poorly executed, you start to feel like you're watching the world's most expensive script (...) (24 years ago, 12-Dec-00, to lugnet.year.2001)
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You mean the coffee place isn't named after a BG character? ;^) ~Mark "Muffin Head" Sandlin (24 years ago, 12-Dec-00, to lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.space)
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(...) Actually, Cassiopeia is a constellation of stars... ;) It's a good thing they didn't name any of the characters Zubeneschamali (sp?) -Bryan (24 years ago, 12-Dec-00, to lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.space)
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(...) hey, that's not weird! it's a classic reference!(1) J 1:Moby Dick (24 years ago, 12-Dec-00, to lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.space)
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(...) Actually, I think Centauri is another of the Martians from the theme. Another is Pollux. I have counted 10 different Martian figs. Each one has a different color torso/legs. None of them is repeated from one set to the next if I'm not (...) (24 years ago, 12-Dec-00, to lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.space)
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(...) Nah, They're drawing from two different sources. Life on Mars is naming characters after stars & constellations; BG used names from classic Greek & Roman mythology(1). There's just a lot of cross-over, that's all. James 1:When not naming them (...) (24 years ago, 11-Dec-00, to lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.space)
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jon furman wrote in message ... (...) What's more likely is that both BG and LOM use star and constellation names as character names. Kevin (24 years ago, 11-Dec-00, to lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.space)
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Maybe the aliens are evolved from Battlstar descendents, not knowing how close they wer to Eart. If no one knew about the aliens on Mars, how come they have such...err... NOT RED stuff??? Rick (24 years ago, 11-Dec-00, to lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.space)
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(...) Don't worry, you aren't spoiling the show, it was born rotten! I'm aware of the correlation between the space saga's and the star names, I was just wondering why those names were chosen over names like Polaris or Centauri, is there a (...) (24 years ago, 11-Dec-00, to lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.space)
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(...) Hm. I hate to spoil your show, but all of the aliens in LoM are named after stars (which is also where Galactica got those names). J (24 years ago, 11-Dec-00, to lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.space)
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Has anyone else noticed the distinct name sharing going on between life on Mars and battlestar galactica, the most horrilbe, yet strangely entertaining, space saga known to man? The air tube hangar comes with minifigs named Riegel, and Cassiopeia. (...) (24 years ago, 11-Dec-00, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.space)
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(...) Actually, given that the larger set is an "excavation" somethingorother, I realised that all the Martian equipment could be interpreted pretty easily as mining equipment, too! eric (24 years ago, 11-Dec-00, to lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.space)
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I know a lot of you probably already have some of these sets, or have read comments about them, but I wanted to put in my 2 cents... Personally, I like the new Mars theme. Sure bets the hell out of things like UFO and Insectoids! Something more (...) (24 years ago, 11-Dec-00, to lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.space)
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(...) I've tentatively identified them with the names: Grey-Green - same as Statue of Liberty color(?) Grey-Red Grey-Blue Grey-Purple. They are lighter in tone than than regular colors, but also have a 'faded' look to them - hence the 'grey'. BTW, (...) (24 years ago, 11-Dec-00, to lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.space)
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I saw that too, as a advertisement before "Meet the Parents". Pretty cool, I thought, to see it advertised so mainstream. And a great place to advertise it too. Very precise marketing. Speaking of no Studios newsgroups yet . . . sounds like a good (...) (24 years ago, 11-Dec-00, to lugnet.year.2001)
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I saw that too, as a advertisement before "Meet the Parents". Pretty cool, I thought, to see it advertised so mainstream. And a great place to advertise it too. Very precise marketing. Speaking of no Studios newsgroups yet . . . sounds like a good (...) (24 years ago, 11-Dec-00, to lugnet.year.2001)
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(...) My biggest problem with it, as a D&D player (although I haven't been in a campaign for a couple years now), was that the characters didn't act like D&D characters. I mean, I got a good chuckle at a couple of points imagining the interactions (...) (24 years ago, 11-Dec-00, to lugnet.year.2001)
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(...) A movie like that really has big shoes to fill, since it's competing against the imagination of millions (?) over 25+ years! Anything they tried would be bound to disappoint some viewers, I suppose, but I'm glad to hear it wasn't too bad... (...) (24 years ago, 11-Dec-00, to lugnet.year.2001)
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