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Post by ringoosu on Sept 7, 2010 8:39:52 GMT -5
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gretl
Robot Monkey
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Post by gretl on Sept 7, 2010 9:30:33 GMT -5
Awesome!
From the comments: "Stick with the magic of the novel; the film adaptation translated awkwardly."
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Post by lynn on Sept 8, 2010 2:23:13 GMT -5
Zardoz sounds remarkably like Slaves of Heaven... wait did somebody already say that? What's an NPR anyway?
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Post by Gilberto on Sept 9, 2010 16:22:09 GMT -5
There's a book? I must read it.
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Post by broox on Sept 21, 2010 12:48:05 GMT -5
And congratulations, Andrew! Are you brave enough to reveal her name to this crowd?  Are you sitting down, Brooks? Andrew? I need to warn you, this is important: your kids may never have an interest in/be impressed by Star Wars, no matter HOW carefully you manage things. I know. I know. Inconceivable, right? But just be prepared is all I'm sayin'. Little ingrates will always find a way to disappoint and surprise you.  Her name is Alexandra Mae (I hope I'm spelling that right?) True, they may not care for Star Wars. Or Lord of the Rings. Or anything else that I love. The upside of that is he won't want to play with my toys |
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Post by broox on Sept 21, 2010 12:54:56 GMT -5
From the comments: the film is partly a parable about the perception of God in a post-modern world. This is most evident in the climactic confrontation between Zed and the Tabernacle ("Zardoz"). When the Tabernacle/computer confirms Zed's purpose to destroy it, it asks, 'Would you kill God?' And Zed responds by saying, 'Such vanity!' Sean Connery's character Zed is a Christ-figure who accurately uncovers the false god while affirming the concept of God as that which is beyond idolatrous comparisons (BTW Connery's ponytail hairstyle is reminiscent of Orthodox icons of Jesus - especially the Sinai Pantocratur) Did this guy watch the same movie I did? The one with the floating head right? The head that vomits guns? |
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Post by lynn on Mar 3, 2011 21:26:57 GMT -5
Just relistening to this episode, and Sean is talking about inventing a something you can eat that will swell like those dinosaur toys do in water. That's actually already available. I saw an add for it the other day, it's selling as a diet thing that you drink and it swells in your stomach into a mass of jelly-like substance and it makes you feel full for about six hours, until your stomach breaks it down. Add a full cadre of nutrients to that and it's a compact way to have food that makes you feel full for a long time, for feeding people in starving countries or in space or something.
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Post by Gilberto on Mar 7, 2011 19:13:36 GMT -5
Given our more recent discussion, I'd say that food-stuff would also have to be chewy too, so you get the psychological sense of fullness when you eat it.
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Post by lynn on Mar 8, 2011 3:46:17 GMT -5
Crunchy Gilbert, you feel more satisfied if you've eaten crunchy food. That's why we like chips and kfc. Maybe take the healthy, low calorie, high nutrient goo ball and deep fry it?
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Post by drivebyluna on Mar 8, 2011 20:23:11 GMT -5
Depends on the type of crunchy. I hate granola bars because they make me feel like a horse chewing on a carrot or something.
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Post by Gilberto on Mar 9, 2011 17:16:43 GMT -5
I like granola bars, but they've got more sugar in them than you'd think.
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Post by lynn on Mar 20, 2011 5:11:23 GMT -5
Yeah, crunchy like chips is good, blocky like concreted molasses is not.
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Post by Gilberto on Mar 20, 2011 20:05:11 GMT -5
Freshness is a factor with the granola bars. It's only the old ones that require horse teeth.
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