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Laser - a bit of personal history Thursday Prompt
OK then... this did make me smile just in the remembrance.
enjoy... it's all true... sort of...
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enjoy... it's all true... sort of...
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I used to skip class too, to watch the British series UFO by Gerry Anderson and Silvia Anderson... Now, looking back, I see how advanced it was: feminist assistants with purple hair, biotechnological implants, defense units orbiting the Earth; and Ed Bishop with his impassive determination... Anyway, it never rains but it pours.
they really had an imagination, and pretty big gonads too... I saw where Buster Keaton had a house front fall on him with only an open window to keep him from being crushed to death. It weighed two tons. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buste.....Jr%22_1928.gif
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I do so love these kinds of memories. Well done for bringing these to us, Vix! *chuckles* As a somewhat younger Dutchie, there are a few things that actually drew an internal reaction from me.
"...this special kid's movie time was meant as a break from parenting..." - me; THEN already? >~_^<
"... caught hell from the coach when he found out my disregard for the football team" - me; okay, what an absolute load of utter bullshit. As if attending a school automatically means you have to blindly adore the sports team. Thank goodness our schools don't even have their own sports teams (that I know of, they sure didn't when I went to school) >~_^<
But yes! Absolutely yes! I've seen videos in which people looked at things they had in older Star Trek episodes and compared them to things we have developed nowadays, so fun! And it's amazing to see how the ideas and imagination of authors and film makers spur on technological development! You have to wonder how many people thought Jules Verne was out of his mind when he wrote about traveling underwater, or out into space - and now look at us! >^_^<
"...this special kid's movie time was meant as a break from parenting..." - me; THEN already? >~_^<
"... caught hell from the coach when he found out my disregard for the football team" - me; okay, what an absolute load of utter bullshit. As if attending a school automatically means you have to blindly adore the sports team. Thank goodness our schools don't even have their own sports teams (that I know of, they sure didn't when I went to school) >~_^<
But yes! Absolutely yes! I've seen videos in which people looked at things they had in older Star Trek episodes and compared them to things we have developed nowadays, so fun! And it's amazing to see how the ideas and imagination of authors and film makers spur on technological development! You have to wonder how many people thought Jules Verne was out of his mind when he wrote about traveling underwater, or out into space - and now look at us! >^_^<
I remember seeing one on Youtube a long time ago that was a simple animation of Picard arguing with Vader about why either Trek or Wars was better and more believable, hee! >^_^<
I have to admit though; Star Wars has never been my thing, and as for Star Trek; TNG all the way, the rest no-o-ot so much.
*sniggers* So do tell, is there a good hiding spot in your inn for me to take shelter from the furious rage I will have induced in the general populace with that comment? >~_^<
I have to admit though; Star Wars has never been my thing, and as for Star Trek; TNG all the way, the rest no-o-ot so much.
*sniggers* So do tell, is there a good hiding spot in your inn for me to take shelter from the furious rage I will have induced in the general populace with that comment? >~_^<
Some days, I wish I'd been around to see things like Buck Rogers. It was a time of fresh faced optimism and endless possibilities. Humanity was perpetually on the verge of greatness. Which is why my uncle's gift of an entire set of Tom Corbett books, is one of the most precious things in my library.
So, me being a total Trek nerd, the phaser you have pictured is produced by The Wand Company in the UK. It is generally considered the most accurate reproduction of the props used in the series. They made a very limited run in 2014 that sold for ~$150 a pop. They were all bought-up by 'collectors' who now sell them on ebay for $1000+ each. They are notoriously non-repairable.
Another company, Diamond Select/Art Asylum, made a series of Star Trek toys that were also screen accurate for about $35 each. You can still find these, new in box, for ~$100 on ebay. They are extremely mod-able.
This is what I do with *toy* phasers: https://youtu.be/CvKevjJymTI?si=DtYqod-MYHdQMtFs
Another company, Diamond Select/Art Asylum, made a series of Star Trek toys that were also screen accurate for about $35 each. You can still find these, new in box, for ~$100 on ebay. They are extremely mod-able.
This is what I do with *toy* phasers: https://youtu.be/CvKevjJymTI?si=DtYqod-MYHdQMtFs
I remember my sister and I coming across an old 'sci-fi' serial featuring (if I remember correctly) John Wayne. He was playing a knock off of "Buck Rodgers".
So Wayne and his side kick, who I believe was named "Wobby", were in a space ship heading somewhere and they ran across some 'radioactive phenomenon'. There was another guy in the cockpit with them, a melodramatic scientist dude that had us cackling with his 1950's techno-jargon.
The crisis came when scientist dude declared in a warbling voice, "We must turn back or the radioactive waves will MELT OUR BRAINS!"
To which my sister and I simultaneously declared, "TOO LATE!"
So Wayne and his side kick, who I believe was named "Wobby", were in a space ship heading somewhere and they ran across some 'radioactive phenomenon'. There was another guy in the cockpit with them, a melodramatic scientist dude that had us cackling with his 1950's techno-jargon.
The crisis came when scientist dude declared in a warbling voice, "We must turn back or the radioactive waves will MELT OUR BRAINS!"
To which my sister and I simultaneously declared, "TOO LATE!"
*laughs so hard... oh the times...
I remember watching a very old JW film, obviously done by one single camera. The bad guys were chasing him in a canoe. To change scenes from one to another, it would raise up the sky and then come back down showing the one from the other. In researching, I found that before WWII, the Germans absolutely loved John Wayne.
Now, if you'll excuse me, I need to go check that my brain has not melted...
Bwahahahahahahaha...
Vix
I remember watching a very old JW film, obviously done by one single camera. The bad guys were chasing him in a canoe. To change scenes from one to another, it would raise up the sky and then come back down showing the one from the other. In researching, I found that before WWII, the Germans absolutely loved John Wayne.
Now, if you'll excuse me, I need to go check that my brain has not melted...
Bwahahahahahahaha...
Vix
Man, wish movie theaters were still that interesting!
Also, only thirty-five cents for popcorn?! Took my niece to the movies just before Christmas and a medium bag was six bucks! I *wish* it was just that staggering thirty-five cents still...
(She didn't even eat half of it but she is also three sooo...)
Also, only thirty-five cents for popcorn?! Took my niece to the movies just before Christmas and a medium bag was six bucks! I *wish* it was just that staggering thirty-five cents still...
(She didn't even eat half of it but she is also three sooo...)
I learned of Buck Rogers through my dad, and PBS played them in the late 1960s; I tuned in faithfully, as I did with Star Trek -- only I was in grade school and should have been in bed, so I got in trouble too.
If we're being watched, by Vulcans or others, we have yet to grow up enough emotionally to be trusted with such toys as ray guns, phasers, or disrupters.
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If we're being watched, by Vulcans or others, we have yet to grow up enough emotionally to be trusted with such toys as ray guns, phasers, or disrupters.
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