Comments on: …and on another Science Fiction note…. https://habitablezone.com/2013/08/12/and-on-another-science-fiction-note/ Fri, 03 Apr 2026 22:41:18 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: DanS https://habitablezone.com/2013/08/12/and-on-another-science-fiction-note/#comment-27369 DanS Tue, 01 Oct 2013 13:52:17 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=36566#comment-27369 . . . and Flesh was about a month behind. . . . and Flesh was about a month behind.

]]> By: FrankC https://habitablezone.com/2013/08/12/and-on-another-science-fiction-note/#comment-27354 FrankC Mon, 30 Sep 2013 23:56:35 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=36566#comment-27354 LOL, I seem to vaguely recall it LOL, I seem to vaguely recall it

]]> By: DanS https://habitablezone.com/2013/08/12/and-on-another-science-fiction-note/#comment-27351 DanS Mon, 30 Sep 2013 23:10:38 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=36566#comment-27351 It could be that the writers have no idea what they're writing about. That and the hero-worship that seems so often directed toward the role of mad scientist. It could be that the writers have no idea what they’re writing about. That and the hero-worship that seems so often directed toward the role of mad scientist.

]]> By: DanS https://habitablezone.com/2013/08/12/and-on-another-science-fiction-note/#comment-27350 DanS Mon, 30 Sep 2013 23:05:28 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=36566#comment-27350 Maybe it refers to Flesh Gordon. Now, I can't be the only one to have seen that hilarious monstrosity. Maybe it refers to Flesh Gordon.

Now, I can’t be the only one to have seen that hilarious monstrosity.

]]> By: Jody https://habitablezone.com/2013/08/12/and-on-another-science-fiction-note/#comment-26100 Jody Tue, 13 Aug 2013 22:08:47 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=36566#comment-26100 Certainly need fulfilling for some factions. Certainly need fulfilling for some factions.

]]> By: Jody https://habitablezone.com/2013/08/12/and-on-another-science-fiction-note/#comment-26098 Jody Tue, 13 Aug 2013 22:06:53 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=36566#comment-26098 would fit under that explanation. would fit under that explanation.

]]> By: ER https://habitablezone.com/2013/08/12/and-on-another-science-fiction-note/#comment-26092 ER Tue, 13 Aug 2013 21:06:38 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=36566#comment-26092 becaus they reaffirm the belief that there is some kind of life after death. That wish is so powerful that it is hard to accept that anyopne who really believes it is doing so rationally. As for the "scary part", nothing in hell or horror can be scarier than the kind of people who kidnap young women and keep them chained up for sex for ten years. You don't need the supernatural to provide real horror. Plain ordinary people are much better at it than any spook could possibly be. becaus they reaffirm the belief that there is some kind of life after death. That wish is so powerful that it is hard to accept that anyopne who really believes it is doing so rationally.

As for the “scary part”, nothing in hell or horror can be scarier than the kind of people who kidnap young women and keep them chained up for sex for ten years. You don’t need the supernatural to provide real horror. Plain ordinary people are much better at it than any spook could possibly be.

]]> By: TB https://habitablezone.com/2013/08/12/and-on-another-science-fiction-note/#comment-26087 TB Tue, 13 Aug 2013 19:13:06 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=36566#comment-26087 <p>I guess it's a generic term, now.</p> Means "anything designed specifically to appeal strongly to an interest group." Like a show all about fixing race cars might be "mechanic porn." I guess it’s a generic term, now.

Means “anything designed specifically to appeal strongly to an interest group.” Like a show all about fixing race cars might be “mechanic porn.”

]]> By: FrankC https://habitablezone.com/2013/08/12/and-on-another-science-fiction-note/#comment-26083 FrankC Tue, 13 Aug 2013 17:54:12 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=36566#comment-26083 The promos of the film were blockbuster convincing until the interviews with the people that claimed to have experienced it. They all seemed like a bunch of cucks and refugees from New Zealand health care. I gathered that they all walked away from the experience. I don't deny that I would be startled by apparitions and if they persisted I would soon be more angry than frightened. Of course I would want to move if they could not be exorcised. A bug and rat infestation would affect me the same way. Do I believe it happened as they said? Sorry, no, it is impossible for me to believe in something that can't be reproduced or made apparent. In my world, bumps in the night are just bumps, or real villains breaking into your home. Paranormal experiences range from harmless daydreaming to infectious hysterical flights of imagination, exaggerated with each retelling. They are essentially faith based incidents that fill the cracks of shaky religious beliefs. They are need fulfilling. None of this means the film is not entertaining. I will probably watch it by your recommendation. Hey, it's just my opinion and an open invitation for ghosts and goblins to "come at me bro". The promos of the film were blockbuster convincing until the interviews with the people that claimed to have experienced it. They all seemed like a bunch of cucks and refugees from New Zealand health care.

I gathered that they all walked away from the experience. I don’t deny that I would be startled by apparitions and if they persisted I would soon be more angry than frightened. Of course I would want to move if they could not be exorcised. A bug and rat infestation would affect me the same way.

Do I believe it happened as they said? Sorry, no, it is impossible for me to believe in something that can’t be reproduced or made apparent. In my world, bumps in the night are just bumps, or real villains breaking into your home.

Paranormal experiences range from harmless daydreaming to infectious hysterical flights of imagination, exaggerated with each retelling. They are essentially faith based incidents that fill the cracks of shaky religious beliefs. They are need fulfilling.

None of this means the film is not entertaining. I will probably watch it by your recommendation.

Hey, it’s just my opinion and an open invitation for ghosts and goblins to “come at me bro”.

]]> By: ER https://habitablezone.com/2013/08/12/and-on-another-science-fiction-note/#comment-26082 ER Tue, 13 Aug 2013 17:42:05 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=36566#comment-26082 The stuff that made him famous, such as "Sirens of Titan" and the community of misfits of his later novels was just hippy-dippy liberal BS. It was too much even for me. The stuff that made him famous, such as “Sirens of Titan” and the community of misfits of his later novels was just hippy-dippy liberal BS. It was too much even for me.

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