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Sharuuk wrote: I'm having a TOTAL brain lock here...IIRC???
IIRC = If I Remember Correctly
Thank you.........I was getting a mental mix up with "(as) If I Really Cared" and "If It Really Matters(ed)"

Whoooof....gettin' old's a real pain :wink:

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Sharuuk wrote:
Earl McClaw wrote:IIRC the movie was the first to use the big board of square lights moving around. Anywhere.
I should have been more precise... I meant after the show ended, I saw the computer board in a couple of cheesy made for TV movies and a couple of even cheesier straight to video movies.
Yes, the big light panel became a very popular set piece for B-movies that inevitably had low budgets. I just thought you'd like to know where it came from.

That happend with a lot of props and set pieces. Robbie (from Forbidden Planet) was one of the most popular. But rayguns, spaceships, costumes and uniforms... almost anything that was kept got reused.

The Voyage flying sub was a great-looking piece of design, even if it had to openly defy physics to work. It existed for the same reason as Star Trek's transporter -- it was a dynamic way to get people where they were the story needed them.

(As a historic note, the Japanese in WWII actually came up with a submarine aircraft carrier.)
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As a former bubblehead with several years experience on subs, allow me to say that:
1) The boats I served on had giant bay windows in the bow for better views at +100', where the water is perfectly clear and visibility rivals open air.
2) We were often attacked by giant squids that we got rid of by
3) Running a ginormous electric charge through the hull, that somehow didn't injure any of the crew or equipment
4) Both boats I served on were issued screen doors for external hatches.

Disturbingly enough, one of these statements is true! :o
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Earl McClaw wrote: (As a historic note, the Japanese in WWII actually came up with a submarine aircraft carrier.)
You know they were actually talking about that very thing on the History Channel today?
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squirrelly61104 wrote:As a former bubblehead with several years experience on subs, allow me to say that:
1) The boats I served on had giant bay windows in the bow for better views at +100', where the water is perfectly clear and visibility rivals open air.
2) We were often attacked by giant squids that we got rid of by
3) Running a ginormous electric charge through the hull, that somehow didn't injure any of the crew or equipment
4) Both boats I served on were issued screen doors for external hatches.

Disturbingly enough, one of these statements is true! :o
#1 is out because I think most subs are now outfitted with HD underwater cameras.

#2-3 Thank you Capt Nemo, but don't new boats have a rubber-like sound absorbing/muffling outer sheath some inch and a half thick? I don't think rubber conducts electricity too well....even in salt water and wouldn't the sea dissipate the charge too quickly?

That leaves #4 and as funny as it sounds, I'd imagine that the screens would be to allow airflow in, but keep errant sea birds out.

I'm guessing #4 is true.....I don't know...I'm a former airdale......wingnut that is. :roll: :wink:

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Yeah I can see number 4 for when you are above the water.
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Can we PLEASE get back to the crossover?
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**The next day, the tulpas are showing Quentyn some video games.**

Velvet- "What do you think of this one, Quentyn?" (referring to the Legend of Zelda)

Quentyn- "That's pretty neat, but it's kinda unrealistic. I mean, there's no way a magic sword like that could hold enough Lux-charge to fire out energy like that, plus I'm sure it would have over-heated by now."

Sheldon- "Well, this is just a fantasy game. Such things don't exist in real life."

Quentyn- "Weeeeell, I don't know about that. You see, I come from a place where..."

**Quentyn explains to all of them about the Rac Cona Daimh and the Seven Villages.**

Sheldon- "Truly astounding!"

Velvet- "Wow! A whole country filled with cute little raccoonies!"

Quentyn- "Um, that's Racconans, or the Rac Cona Daimh." :roll:

Velvet- "That's what I said, a Rakkity-Coon-A-Dime."

Quentyn- "No, it's--"

Gunther- "Ya got ta get me a lux-powered missile launcher, or maybe a lightsaber."

Morty- "Yeah, what side of the Force are you on, the good side or the dark side?"

Quentyn- "The Force?"

Zoot- (Imitating Mel Brooks from Spaceballs) "No, not 'da Force. It's 'da Schwartz! May 'da Schwartz be with you." :lol:

Quentyn- "Huh?" :o

Sheldon- "Hmm. I've never heard of the Rac Cona Daimh before. Let me look them up on Wikipedia."

**The search brings up this article.**


Quentyn- "Woah."

**Sheldon follows a link leading to the Tales of the Questor comic.**

Quentyn- "That... ain't... right." :o

Morty- "Click 'back,' Sheldon. You're scaring Quentyn... Hmm, what is this? 'Ralph E. Hayes Jr.' Who's that?"

**click**

Zoot- "Woah, check out Viking Dude!"

Sheldon- "Hmm, what's this? Other comics: Goblin Hollow."

**Sheldon clicks the link to Goblin Hollow, and while the page is loading he muses:

Sheldon- "Goblin Hollow. Hmm, that's odd. That's the same name as the name of our--" :o

**KA-BOOM!!!**

**The second that the Goblin Hollow comic appears on the screen, it causes the entire Goblin Hollow universe to be obliterated, as the laws of physics in that universe grind to a screeching halt due to a cosmic Divide-By-Zero error.**

The End






Just Kidding!

Okay, let's rewind back to the point where Quentyn tells them about the Seven Villages.

Quentyn- "...And that's just when I appeared here. I was trying to get my sword back from the Royals. :( Now, I just wish I could find a way home."

Velvet- "Don't worry, Quentyn. We'll help you!"

Slick- "You can count on us, Quentyn. Not only will we help you find a way home, but we'll get your sword back."

Gunther- "Yeah, and we'll take out anyone who gets in our way!"

**Gunther pulls out a machine-gun, apparently from out of nowhere.**

Quentyn- "Umm..." :o


To be continued...
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-Nine Days Later...-

Hello? Helloo? Is anybody out there?

Hello, can you hear me? Hello?
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Hello...hello...hello, is there anybody in there?

Just nod if you can hear me.....is there anybody home?

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By the way, which one's Pink?
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The guy with the shaved eyebrows! :o

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I don't know what you are talking about, I'm just wating for the next instalment.
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Pinky demons? hate those guys.
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