Sulphur on 30/11/2013 at 09:47
That's quite a find.
N'Al on 30/11/2013 at 18:33
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Queue on 1/12/2013 at 05:18
You're making that up.
LoLion on 1/12/2013 at 13:33
Nope.
I watched it in the early 90s, but I distinctly remember my amazement as I watched the protagonists fight off hordes of antibodies and leukocytes while they piloted their submarine through some guy’s veins before getting to his brain and fixing it with wrenches.
Go watch it yourself if you don’t believe me :mad:
Also I am currently reading War of Honor by David Weber. Its a part of very long military sci-fi series which basically re-enacts the Napoleonic Wars in space.
Volitions Advocate on 1/12/2013 at 13:40
There is a newer movie than that with the same premise. Somewhere in the back of my mind I get this impression that Jeff Bridges was part of it but that's probably wrong. In the movie I saw, the submarine dude was accidentally injected into a man, when he was supposed to be injected into a rabbit for some scientific project. The name of the movie completely escapes me. EDIT: Also there was a choose your own adventure book that skyfed the premise too EDIT EDIT: AHA it was Dennis Quaid, not Jeff Bridges, and the movie was called Innerspace. Looks like it was a comedy, not sci-fi. (
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzkcSwlrdgg)
I'm looking for a couple of novels. I remember when I was a kid I wanted to see the movie Species really badly because I loved Alien and heard that Giger had something to do with the movie. Well if you've seen any of the species movies you know that they are terrible. Many may not agree with me but I found it awkward and disturbing. I'm not a really big fan of movies with a lot of gratuitous sex in them, and when you combine that with aliens and violence, its just... well awkward.
I've just learned that there were novel adaptations of the first 2 movies, and that they are possibly quite readable. Apparently they are out of print and I'm not sure where to find them. I would prefer this to the movies because I like the concept of the sci fi and the horror. I just don't feel like explaining to my wife or my kids why I'm watching naked women have sex and kill people. My dad rented the first movie and let me watch it with him when I was 11 and it kinda screwed me up a bit at the time (it's the only movie of the series I've actually watched, and I've seen scenes here and there of the 2nd one, but couldn't stomach the whole thing). Not really willing to repeat that mistake with my kids.
I remember reading the novelization of Face/Off and remembering it was really good, and better than the already great movie, so I'm thinking that these books might be decent. Any ideas where I could find them?
demagogue on 1/12/2013 at 13:52
I immediately remembered Innerspace. Also has Martin Short and Meg Ryan. It's on the line between comedy and scifi. There's still some drama and thriller in it. I mean the Martin Short bits are comedy, the Dennis Quaid bits are dramatic.
For the record, I'm reading Plato's Republic for my reading circle.
Volitions Advocate on 1/12/2013 at 13:53
Oye! Good luck with that one. I just read it last year for a Political Science class. I'm not the biggest fan of Socrates.
LoLion on 1/12/2013 at 14:23
I always thought that the “dialogue form” in which Plato wrote his stuff made it relatively accessible – at least I actually quite enjoyed the Republic when I read it for a political philosophy class back in the day. In this particular book Plato among other things says that physical labour is bad for your soul and should be avoided as much as possible… probably one of the best career recommendations I ever received!
Queue on 2/12/2013 at 00:57
Quote Posted by LoLion
Nope.
I watched it in the early 90s, but I distinctly remember my amazement as I watched the protagonists fight off hordes of antibodies and leukocytes while they piloted their submarine through some guy's veins before getting to his brain and fixing it with wrenches.
Go watch it yourself if you don't believe me :mad:
That's amazing! I probably would have watched it in the 70s, on television, myself. This Isaac Asimov sounds like some sort of literary genius or something. I'm surprised he's not a household name.
demagogue on 2/12/2013 at 01:09
Quote Posted by VA
Oye! Good luck with that one.
I read it before in my pol theory & ancient phil classes too, so I know generally what's going on. The dialog form does dramatize it, and that makes it more fun to read. I'll say this... After you've been out of school for some years working, or in my case anyway, you realize how refreshing it is to read pure theory and think about the fundamentals in life. So I'm happy to be starting this phil reading club. The fact I'm in Japan and need some English-language outlets & something familiar & complex to latch on to is part of that too.
Quote Posted by Queue
That's amazing! I probably would have watched it in the 70s, on television, myself. This Isaac Asimov sounds like some sort of literary genius or something. I'm surprised he's not a household name.
Except he kind of is. Well he was, as much as Bradbury, Heinlein & Dick at least. We had to read him in high school. Remember Will Smith making I Robot? Azimov literally wrote the rules on dealing with conscious robots.
