February 2012
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Peak
I’ve been giving some thought to the idea of absolute peaks, points after which the world is never quite the same. In that vein, I’ve been reading about “peak oil.” Peak Oil has been defined (by that ever-faithful bastion of knowledge, Wikipedia) as:
“Peak oil is the point in time when the maximum rate of global petroleum extraction is reached, after which the rate...
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WatchI spend my days working in The Loft Bookshop to help out a friend. It’s pretty quiet, so I take the time I can to write letters and apply for jobs. This is the first video I’ve done from there. It’s a documentary on the “xenomorphs” from the Alien movies, voiced by the voice of education, Sir David Attenborough.
It ended up taking far more work/time than I’d...
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Alien
Me: What confuses me about Alien is, if the face hugger thing lies eggs in your belly-
Flash: Well, somewhere in the abdomen.
Me: Right! So those eggs hatch and the alien creature thing tears out of you.
Flash: Yeah...
Me: So I guess my question is, where do the original eggs come from?
Flash: From a queen.
Me: Ah, but where does the queen come from!?
Flash: Well, I guess it's a... line of succession sort of a thing.
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Movie Idea
So I’ve been thinking that there just plain aren’t enough good science fiction movies coming out. Ever since the sequel/remake of The Thing, I’ve been wondering if the time is right for us to revive other established brands and see how well they fare with the help of modern effects and enormous budgets.
The plan is for a movie (or a videogame, perhaps) in the vein of those...