tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5740787063649889480.post362723378459428245..comments2024-02-16T05:17:21.690-05:00Comments on No Moods, Ads or Cutesy Fucking Icons (Reloaded).: Cancer, For the Greater GoodPeter Wattshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06160557746794936786noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5740787063649889480.post-70573503434770564992008-02-07T13:26:00.000-05:002008-02-07T13:26:00.000-05:00Ooh, thanks for that. Haven't read that story in ...Ooh, thanks for that. Haven't read that story in *years*.<BR/><BR/>Man, MacReady's *way* more eloquent than he was in the movie, isn't he?Peter Wattshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06160557746794936786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5740787063649889480.post-53704716864026031042008-02-07T12:10:00.000-05:002008-02-07T12:10:00.000-05:00Ugly link. But "Who Goes There" from one of the Ba...Ugly link. But "Who Goes There" from one of the Baen CDs. <BR/><BR/>http://baencd.thefifthimperium.com/13-TheBestofJimBaensUniverseCD/TheBestofJimBaensUniverseCD/The%20World%20Turned%20Upside%20Down/0743498747__15.htmAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5740787063649889480.post-87020877975690944832008-01-22T23:27:00.000-05:002008-01-22T23:27:00.000-05:00David said...When people were shaking in their nik...<B>David </B>said...<BR/><BR/><I>When people were shaking in their nikes over The Exorcist I kept remembering that The Thing was the only movie that really scared me as an 8 year old ,maybe because the alien was so damn convincing...<BR/></I><BR/><BR/>Well, except maybe for the time it grew teeth in its chest and chomped down on the doc's forearms, only to have those forearms snap off two inches Peter Wattshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06160557746794936786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5740787063649889480.post-16933978467834272622008-01-22T21:47:00.000-05:002008-01-22T21:47:00.000-05:00Waldo said...One problem here: multicellularity ha...<B>Waldo</B> said...<BR/><BR/><I>One problem here: multicellularity has evolved multiple times. Between three and twenty, depending on how broadly you define. Kelp have not a thing to do with green plants, but, you know. And kelp plants don't get cancer.<BR/></I><BR/><BR/>I did not know about the multimulticellularity thing. (Or maybe I knew once, and forgot.) But how is that a "problem"? AndPeter Wattshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06160557746794936786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5740787063649889480.post-29912250202812006652008-01-19T04:31:00.000-05:002008-01-19T04:31:00.000-05:00One problem here: multicellularity has evolved mul...One problem here: multicellularity has evolved multiple times. Between three and twenty, depending on how broadly you define.<BR/><BR/>Kelp have not a thing to do with green plants, but, you know. And kelp plants don't get cancer.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Doug M.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07885815321446484642noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5740787063649889480.post-24455605118174340012008-01-09T12:28:00.000-05:002008-01-09T12:28:00.000-05:00The last line of that movie still gives me the chi...The last line of that movie still gives me the chills: "If we've got any surprises for each other . . ."David Constantinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09650373743312383710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5740787063649889480.post-52545217159604332122008-01-08T20:44:00.000-05:002008-01-08T20:44:00.000-05:00to Peter: let me just say thank you for being the ...to Peter: let me just say thank you for being the first person to my knowledge that has addressed the concept of the alien in JC's The Thing from a scientific viewpoint. Being a mere college-level student I didnt feel qualified to attempt to make connections like you did between the cellular mechanics of the alien and human diseases like cancer,but theyve always been floating around in the back Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5740787063649889480.post-57892570745365335812008-01-08T15:09:00.000-05:002008-01-08T15:09:00.000-05:00Ooh, sorry. I thought you'd already played it thr...Ooh, sorry. I thought you'd already played it through-- it's a really old game (premillennial even, I think...)<BR/><BR/>If it helps dig me out of the hole at all, by "at the end" I mean *really* at the end-- it has no impact on the story or gameplay at all. It's one glimpse as the credits roll, and it doesn't add to or change the significance of any of the stuff that happens earlier.<BR/><BR/>Peter Wattshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06160557746794936786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5740787063649889480.post-35044831626002662272008-01-07T23:54:00.000-05:002008-01-07T23:54:00.000-05:00Not bad, but basically Half-Life with parkas.Agree...<I>Not bad, but basically Half-Life with parkas.</I><BR/><BR/>Agreed.<BR/><BR/><I>MacReady showed up at the end, though.</I><BR/><BR/>DAMMIT! Aren't you supposed to put SPOILER warnings in when you write stuff like that?TheBrummellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08973380652057861796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5740787063649889480.post-42485459614614116462008-01-06T22:59:00.000-05:002008-01-06T22:59:00.000-05:00Julie K said... And I am quite intrigued by the la...<B>Julie K</B> said... <BR/><BR/><I>And I am quite intrigued by the last line. Can you tell us more about it or about anything else you're working on....please?</I><BR/><BR/>And <B>Brett</B> said...<BR/><BR/><I>Fascinating idea - the shapeshifting alien is one of those fixtures of sf I'd love to see given a new treatment, just like vampires.</I><BR/><BR/>Can't tell you much about anything Peter Wattshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06160557746794936786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5740787063649889480.post-16565355718212583942008-01-06T22:02:00.000-05:002008-01-06T22:02:00.000-05:00Ron Moore of Battlestar Galactica has written a 's...Ron Moore of <I>Battlestar Galactica</I> has written a 'sidequel' or remake (depending on various sources). It's still in production hell at the moment.<BR/><BR/>Don't let that put you off though; I assume that you'd make your own interpretation so that there'd be no conflict...<BR/><BR/>Fascinating idea - the shapeshifting alien is one of those fixtures of sf I'd love to see given a new Brett Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01545104833037581797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5740787063649889480.post-38194238536952830362008-01-06T18:50:00.000-05:002008-01-06T18:50:00.000-05:00Even at the scorched-earth end of the story, you'r...<I>Even at the scorched-earth end of the story, you're never really sure who won.</I><BR/><BR/>That. That's what elevates <I>The Thing</I> (1982) from "pretty-good-horror-movie/special-effects-extravaganza" to "top-10-of-its-decade-worth" in my opinion.<BR/><BR/><I>I read “Who Goes There” back in the eighties, decades after John W. Campbell wrote it and about six months before Carpenter's TheBrummellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08973380652057861796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5740787063649889480.post-75959990742313188882008-01-06T08:10:00.000-05:002008-01-06T08:10:00.000-05:00"dumb as a sack of Huckabees"My new favorite phras..."dumb as a sack of Huckabees"<BR/><BR/>My new favorite phrase. Thank you.<BR/><BR/>And I am quite intrigued by the last line. Can you tell us more about it or about anything else you're working on....please?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5740787063649889480.post-46326873210732412482008-01-06T02:14:00.000-05:002008-01-06T02:14:00.000-05:00Maybe something about balls competing would make a...Maybe something about balls competing would make a good theme. For some reason I seem to have balls on the mind.erikohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09463812280532352088noreply@blogger.com