tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post6780931992981892389..comments2024-03-22T21:02:55.051+13:00Comments on Bat, Bean, Beam: Idea for a movie in which aliens invade the Earth and fix the economyGiovanni Tisohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10618534731338616708noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-42513417433030279712013-03-26T09:28:26.311+13:002013-03-26T09:28:26.311+13:00Idea for a movie
in which you and I go back in tim...Idea for a movie<br />in which you and I go back in time<br />to get her.<br /><br />She cries when she sees your face<br />but we, without discussing it,<br />allowed for that.<br /><br />Idea for a movie<br />in which we, two atheists, grow wings<br />to soften landings.<br /><br />Who would be unhappy<br />to be caught in the feathers<br />of our service?<br /><br />Idea for a movie<br />in Megan Claytonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03584562106579704547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-47765554393046163612013-03-24T14:17:38.943+13:002013-03-24T14:17:38.943+13:00I can't think of a good feature movie plot, bu...<i>I can't think of a good feature movie plot, but can imagine an episode of the Twilight Zone where naive aliens "help" by delivering several tonnes of gold to each and every human before flying off, patting each other on the backs with their philanthropic tentacles, congratulating themselves on a job well done, whilst leaving the planet slightly more screwed.</i><br /><br />I'Ben Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08015337296196701141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-31999893284331903182013-03-19T21:37:29.453+13:002013-03-19T21:37:29.453+13:00Then metanoia.Then metanoia.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04424066726955708314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-19151246464766794122013-03-19T20:56:28.884+13:002013-03-19T20:56:28.884+13:00Some will decry this as a populist move, but only ...<i>Some will decry this as a populist move, but only after eating their ice-cream.</i><br /><br />This is a particularly Adamsesque line. <br /><br />Where I work, a strange race of beings known as malae came after incredible devastation, and they are telling the humans how they reach perfection. I have somehow infiltrated their ranks.George Dnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-92030334154466040382013-03-19T11:09:34.640+13:002013-03-19T11:09:34.640+13:00from modern to postmodern
On reflection this does...<i>from modern to postmodern</i><br /><br />On reflection this doesn't sound right. Modern is when we try to bring it about, postmodern is when we assume it's already happened and we can just coast from now on?James Butlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11459885200603545823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-87550772179091194742013-03-19T10:43:28.666+13:002013-03-19T10:43:28.666+13:00In the words of Douglas Adams on a slightly differ...In the words of Douglas Adams on a slightly different matter: "there is another theory which states that this has already happened."Stephenhttp://vital.org.nznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-82727026598156611392013-03-19T10:38:33.187+13:002013-03-19T10:38:33.187+13:00I can't think of a good feature movie plot, bu...I can't think of a good feature movie plot, but can imagine an episode of the Twilight Zone where naive aliens "help" by delivering several tonnes of gold to each and every human before flying off, patting each other on the backs with their philanthropic tentacles, congratulating themselves on a job well done, whilst leaving the planet slightly more screwed.Xhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01962931483973457516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-8329523474859361802013-03-19T10:28:40.956+13:002013-03-19T10:28:40.956+13:00As opposed to the alien within, strong AI. I forge...As opposed to the alien within, strong AI. I forget who it was who said that the SF went from modern to postmodern when we went from fearing that computers would take over the world to actively trying to bring it about (not that the two are mutually exclusive).<br /><br />No, captcha, prove that you <i>are</i> a robot.James Butlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11459885200603545823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-32082343362474372302013-03-19T09:55:20.931+13:002013-03-19T09:55:20.931+13:00Great reverse of the good old trope of SF in which...Great reverse of the good old trope of SF in which aliens will contact us when we are ready for space, typically triggered by humanity achieving faster than light travel.<br />You may be right, presently the odds that we are contacted because they feel sorry for us and wants to help seems much more plausible.<br /><br />WV: <b>voccesso</b>: term that stands for all the reasons why a crime or Taramochttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04997006655488913070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-23255017874129998062013-03-19T07:51:52.841+13:002013-03-19T07:51:52.841+13:00You've got to love your alien. Birds Nest Roys...You've got to love your alien. Birds Nest Roys.<br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssC-epEs5o0Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04424066726955708314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-25976841800426948572013-03-19T04:26:54.817+13:002013-03-19T04:26:54.817+13:00Economy fixed, the aliens fly;
The good guys learn...Economy fixed, the aliens fly;<br />The good guys learn and the bad guys die.<br />War and profit start anew,<br />But hey - to our own selves we're true.<br /><br />Word Verification: <b>orkeeq</b>, an alien term incorporating connotations of capitocommunistic libauthorigarchical individuo-collectivism, the sanctitiy of motherhood, the right to bear arms, and cheesecake.Philiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18076353733931722397noreply@blogger.com