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Re: Star Wars / Star Trek Discussion (SciFi In General)
Posted: Sat Dec 10, 2022 4:11 am
by Tawmis
goatmeal wrote: ↑Thu Dec 08, 2022 9:28 pm
That's something that always bugged me about futuristic sci-fi TV/movies -- whether it's set 50 years, 100 years, or 300 years in the future: invariably the main character (or one of the main characters) is always listening to some current-day contemporary pop/rock music from the second half the 20th century.
However, that would be like people in the 10th-century imagining that the people of today would still be listening to Gregorian Chants
Wait. Am I a main character, since I enjoy Gregorian Chants?!
Re: Star Wars / Star Trek Discussion (SciFi In General)
Posted: Sat Dec 10, 2022 10:57 am
by goatmeal
Tawmis wrote: ↑Sat Dec 10, 2022 4:11 am
Wait. Am I a main character, since I enjoy Gregorian Chants?!
Only in your own life story. Here's the rules, folks:
You're the protagonist in your own life story, but are an antagonist in everyone else's.
Re: Star Wars / Star Trek Discussion (SciFi In General)
Posted: Sat Dec 10, 2022 12:22 pm
by Tawmis
goatmeal wrote: ↑Sat Dec 10, 2022 10:57 am
You're the protagonist in your own life story, but are an antagonist in everyone else's.
This sounds absolutely accurate.
Re: Star Wars / Star Trek Discussion (SciFi In General)
Posted: Sat Dec 10, 2022 6:01 pm
by Rath Darkblade
Wait, what? In everyone else's story, I'm the enemy?
Why can't I be a potential ally? Or a supporting character?
Re: Star Wars / Star Trek Discussion (SciFi In General)
Posted: Sat Dec 10, 2022 11:29 pm
by notbobsmith
As long as I'm not the Rob Schneider character.
Re: Star Wars / Star Trek Discussion (SciFi In General)
Posted: Sun Dec 11, 2022 2:19 pm
by goatmeal
notbobsmith wrote: ↑Sat Dec 10, 2022 11:29 pm
As long as I'm not the Rob Schneider character.
Too late!
...Rath DarkBlade enters the copy room.
Notbobsmith: "Rath! The Dark-man! The Bladenator! Rath-atollah! Rath! Makin' copies!"
Rath: "Hello, Notbob. Yes, I'm just making copies."
Rath makes copies and leaves. Tawmis enters the copy room.
Notbobsmith: "Tawmis! Tawm! The Taw-minater! Baron von Tawmis! Tawmis! Makin' copies!"
Tawmis: "Yes, I have to get these copies to the marketing department."
Tawmis makes copies and leaves. DeadpoolX enters the copy room.
Notbobsmith: "DeadPoolX! The X-man! 'Pool' of the Dead-ites! DeadPool-X-Y-Z! 'The Quick and the Dead'-Pool! Makin' copies!"
DeadPoolX: "Leave me alone, Notbob."
DeadPoolX makes copies and leaves. Collector enters the copy room...
(ad nauseum)
Re: Star Wars / Star Trek Discussion (SciFi In General)
Posted: Sun Dec 11, 2022 3:29 pm
by Tawmis
LOL! One of his greatest skits.
Side note...
I do like Baron Von Tawmis as a name...
Re: Star Wars / Star Trek Discussion (SciFi In General)
Posted: Sun Dec 11, 2022 4:03 pm
by Rath Darkblade
Well, that was unexpected.
The Bladenator? Why do I suddenly have this mental image of myself spinning around with a sword in each hand?
Tawmis, what about The Tawm-inator as a name?
The name "Baron Von Tawmis" makes me think of recreating Tawm's image with a top hat, monocle, starched white shirt and black bow tie. But I don't know that much about image manipulation. Sorry
Or ... how about dressing up in World War I "Flying Ace" uniform (complete with goggles), a la Baron Von Richtofen, aka the Red Baron?
Re: Star Wars / Star Trek Discussion (SciFi In General)
Posted: Sun Dec 11, 2022 4:18 pm
by Tawmis
Rath Darkblade wrote: ↑Sun Dec 11, 2022 4:03 pm
The name "Baron Von Tawmis" makes me think of recreating Tawm's image with a top hat, monocle, starched white shirt and black bow tie. But I don't know that much about image manipulation. Sorry
Heh, makes me think of the Hunter's Club in GK2.
Re: Star Wars / Star Trek Discussion (SciFi In General)
Posted: Mon Dec 12, 2022 4:09 am
by Rath Darkblade
Ah, with this guy:
Funny thing: these guys are aristocrats, but they don't dress formally (i.e. no ties), though Von Glower has a kind of cravat. Ah, now I remember what I was thinking of:
The New Yorker, founded in 1925, with Eustace Tilley on the cover.
Perhaps the modern aristocracy don't need to dress up in order to stand out. (Though being a werewolf will definitely make you stand out).
Re: Star Wars / Star Trek Discussion (SciFi In General)
Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2023 4:29 pm
by Rath Darkblade
Back to Star Wars!
Re: Star Wars / Star Trek Discussion (SciFi In General)
Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2023 5:35 pm
by Tawmis
Too bad you can't see the AT-AT driver! Freaking Vader!
Re: Star Wars / Star Trek Discussion (SciFi In General)
Posted: Sun Jan 08, 2023 8:38 pm
by Collector
Re: Star Wars / Star Trek Discussion (SciFi In General)
Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2023 12:00 am
by notbobsmith
For some reason I always found it strange to find out celebrities are part of a particular fandom. I mean there's no reason they can't be. I just can't shake the feeling that actors would somehow be "above" that since they might be asked to be part of it some day. But then, Samuel L. Jackson is a Star Wars fan which is why he asked for a role. But Nic Cage: Star Trek fan. Never would have guessed one way or the other.
Re: Star Wars / Star Trek Discussion (SciFi In General)
Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2023 12:12 am
by Tawmis
notbobsmith wrote: ↑Mon Jan 09, 2023 12:00 am
For some reason I always found it strange to find out celebrities are part of a particular fandom. I mean there's no reason they can't be. I just can't shake the feeling that actors would somehow be "above" that since they might be asked to be part of it some day. But then, Samuel L. Jackson is a Star Wars fan which is why he asked for a role. But Nic Cage: Star Trek fan. Never would have guessed one way or the other.
Thank the maker he's a Trekkie. Star Wars doesn't need more ... off beat...