Mr.
Silver
"Guardians
of the Galaxy"
I
re-watched it.
I
remember being irritated with a "can be impossible not
improbable" writing violation but I couldn't remember what it
was.
See
it Ms. Rose?
(I
know you did, Mr. Blue)
12:49
PM Ms. Rose
Oh
yeah. Loved it.
12:50
PM Mr. Silver
K
So
let's consider Nova Corp's net defense...
Rather
cool rig.
But
prone to catastrophic collapse like in the film?
Um...no...never...
12:31
PM Mr. Silver
It
was of rather dubious usefulness in the first place except as a
rescue tool, but it'd never blow up.
That
irritated me.
12:52
PM Mr. Blue
I
probably suspended my disbelief enough that I didn't even notice.
12:52
PM Mr. Silver
Oh
sure, that was to be what they expected.
12:52
PM Mr. Blue
I
recall all their ships (including the Look Around You guy) locking up
and forming a net, but I don't remember what happened other than the
big black ship eventually broke through.
12:53
PM Mr. Silver
They
wanted a set of awesome effects is what happened.
Well,
they made the big net thing to stop forward progress...OK.
They
clearly can't shoot through it, because I sure as heck would be
unloading on the invader...also fine.
It
literally seems to be a net... If a ship is tumbling out of
orbit...catch it. Block a path... Keep an ocean ship from sinking…
Fine.
So
they wrap the thing around the invading ship, and Ronin steps up to
the window and does one of his thumpers from his hammer...OK.
I'll
generously grant that the infinity stone might give it enough juice to crush the
ones in front of him -- even if it’s supposed to only affect organics...OK
And I'll be nice and say that Ronin could somehow aim an effect that clearly radiates out in all directions. It certainly causes no harm to Ronin's completely unshielded ship interior...OK.
And
then...
The Nova Corp ships
all blew up like a long string of firecrackers!!!
No
NO
NO!!!!!!
12:58
PM Mr. Blue
Oh,
and the girl from Doctor Who was really good in it: Sort of a mix
between the Borg queen in Star Trek and the one female cenobyte.
12:59
PM Mr. Silver
Yeah,
I liked her.
I
prefer her human, redheaded, in a TARDIS, with a Scot accent; but
blue and cyborg is fine.
Back
to the issue though. In reality, the best that thump was pulling off
was disrupting a few of the Nova ships right in front of Ronin.
If
it was going to fail in a cascade, they would have just turned the
net off and saved 99.5% of the team.
1:02
PM Mr. Blue
Yeah.
1:02
PM Mr. Silver
Bah
Hum
Bug
1:03
PM Mr. Blue
An
unnecessary loss of the fleet and life not doing that.
1:03
PM Mr. Silver
Most
likely, though? It would have done nothing at all.
If
they were holding together against a mass that size, pushing that
hard...that thump was a gnat bite.
1:05
PM Mr. Blue
"A
wizard did it"
1:15
PM Mr. Silver
Hehe
1:20
PM Mr. Blue
Frink:
“In Episode BF12, you were battling barbarians while riding a
winged Appaloosa, yet in the very next scene, my dear, you're clearly
atop a winged Arabian! Please do explain it!”
Lucy Lawless: “Uh, yeah, well, whenever you notice something like that... a wizard did it.”
Frink: “I see, alright, yes. But in episode AG04-”
Lucy Lawless: “Wizard!”
Lucy Lawless: “Uh, yeah, well, whenever you notice something like that... a wizard did it.”
Frink: “I see, alright, yes. But in episode AG04-”
Lucy Lawless: “Wizard!”
1:21
PM Mr. Silver
So..."Family
Feud" was on the TV in the breakroom.
New
game!
Up
to the stand come the bleach blonde with luxurious long curls. And
the super-fit Caucasian man with skin made of leather and permed
hair.
"Top
8 answers on the board. Name something you wish you'd done
more...when you were younger."
BWEE-EE-EE!
(me,
loudly) "Tan!"
But
no...it was the bleach blonde who hit first...
"Party?"
DING!
(me)
"Of course..."
But "party" was #2
1:22
PM Mr. Blue
I
didn't party much, but I don't wish I had done more. I think I did
the right amount.
1:22
PM Mr. Silver
"Top
answer is still on the board so it's to you to steal...Name something
you wish you'd done more...when you were younger."
(me,
loudly) "Tan?"
"Exercise?"
(me)
"Oh, yes..."
DING!!!
#8
(me)
"Pfft! Exercise...This is AMERICA, sir...sit down."
1:23
PM Mr. Blue
I'm
guessing probably "study" or something was #1?
1:24
PM Mr. Silver
Yes!
1:41
PM Mr. Silver
“Our
GUI is like 12 years old...is that the problem?"
"It's
from 9/2012, Sue."
1:42
PM Ms. Rose
She
was calculating the age in dog years.
1:50
PM Mr. Silver
"Sorry...Had
some trouble with the calendar after the wormhole incident."
"I
see...when was that?"
"3498
AD"
I
believe it was on phys.org yesterday that I read a theory that the
Milky Way is, perhaps, a wormhole.
"If
so, we may be able to travel through it."
(grumbling)
“...already bloody traveling through it if it’s a
wormhole, ya goofs...”
1:52
PM Ms. Rose
Haha
2:00
PM Mr. Silver
2:03
PM Mr. Silver
"Physicists
are now asking themselves: Where is the biggest hole in the galaxy?
Suggestions range from the obvious (galactic central point) to the
logical (Washington DC) to the theoretically intriguing (yo mama)."
2:46
PM Ms. Rose
2:46
PM Mr. Silver
I
don't recognize the console offhand but I've played quite the number
of cartridges in my day.
2:48
PM Ms. Rose
Was
just an interesting article... Long.
2:50
PM Mr. Blue
Pong
was and still is pretty sweet.
2:52
PM Mr. Silver
We
(dad and I in the 70s) built a Pong
It
came from a company called Heathkit
We
had to solder all the crap together and hope we got it right.
They
made all kinds of stuff. I think I helped put together our stereo
too.
The
electronic game choices out at the mall that far back were Pong and a
trivia game.
Both
suffering from severe screen burn.
"And
we had to play Pong with sticks we carved ourselves! And the ball
was a turtle shell! And we had to play it uphill! Both ways!"
"Kids
today!"
2:55
PM Ms. Rose
My
earliest game console memory was the fake woodgrain Pong box. Like
all trapezoid shaped and cumbersome.
2:56
PM Mr. Silver
Nod,
played one of those.
3:26
PM Mr. Silver
Nice
picture...she looks like she'd be in a movie reciting nursery rhymes
in a daze as she drags a couple butcher knives down the walls of a
house.
3:26
PM Mr. Amethyst
Right?
That
is creepy.
3:27
PM Mr. Silver
"Ja-ack....Ja-ack...
Jack be nimble...Jack be quick... Ja-ack..."
3:37
PM Mr. Silver
"Ja-ack....Ja-ack...
(starts stabbing at a bed pillow...down-filled, of course - gotta
have that feather effect.)
JACK
and JILL went UP the HILL to FETCH a PAIL
of WATER!!! ... Jack? Ja-ack..."
(Guys
hiding in closet, whispering)
"WTF! Are you Jack?"
"No...I
thought you were!"
3:39
PM Mr. Amethyst
LOL
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