This will be going out as part of Saturday's News but I thought I'd give the folks here a sneak preview since you're probably more likely to have an opinion. The Museum of Natural History has asked me to do another Science Movie Night. In case you don't know that's where they do a free screening of some science or science fiction movie for the public and then hold a discussion about the movie after. I have a couple of possible movies in mind but would like to get other input. Anyone have an opinion? If it makes any difference, the screening will probably be the night of the Geminids. Patrick
--- Patrick Wiggins <paw@trilobyte.net> wrote:
I have a couple of possible movies in mind but would like to get other input.
Anyone have an opinion?
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--- Patrick Wiggins <paw@trilobyte.net> wrote:
The two astronomy related (barely related) movies have been Asteroid and Deep Impact.
I was thinking that an impact-related film would be timely, but if it's already been done, how about a "Contact" type movie? There's things like ET on one end of the spectrum, 2001: A Space Odyssey (still an incredible film) on the other, and stuff like that movie about the guy from "K-Pax" (what the heck was that called?) in the middle. Hundreds of others of greater (Contact) or lesser (Little Shop of Horrors) possibility. Do you heckle the film, like "Mystery Science Theatre"? (truly the pinnacle of quality TV!) my 2 cents. C. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Health - Feel better, live better http://health.yahoo.com
Hi Chuck, Chuck Hards wrote:
...how about a "Contact" type movie?
Good one. Seems like most every lecture I give usually finds at least one person asking one of those "Are we alone?" type questions.
...or lesser (Little Shop of Horrors) Ah, let's not forget Plan 9 From Outer Space.
Do you heckle the film, like "Mystery Science Theatre"? (truly the pinnacle of quality TV!) Since the two movies I've done so far have contained very bad science, I've done quite a bit of heckling. But only during the discussion. During the movie I (try to) stay quiet.
Patrick, One of my favorites is the Director's cut of the Abyss. Supposedly the scene where the pet rat is submerged into the breathable liquid was shot using the actual liquid breathing solution. (Note: Ed Harris -Virgil 'Bud' Brigman- did not imbibe) Orson Scott Card's novel also mentions that it has been done using human subjects but only filling one lung with liquid. Weird stuff. Why the Director's cut? Nothing scientific I'm afraid...it just explains the aliens intent and the politics much better. Dave Oh, here's a link i found on the subject: http://www.scienceweb.org/movies/abyss.html On Thursday, July 25, 2002, at 09:27 PM, Patrick Wiggins wrote:
The Museum of Natural History has asked me to do another Science Movie Night. In case you don't know that's where they do a free screening of some science or science fiction movie for the public and then hold a discussion about the movie after.
I have a couple of possible movies in mind but would like to get other input.
Patrick
--- Patrick Wiggins <paw@trilobyte.net> wrote:
Hi Dave,
Nice suggestion, but they want a movie with an astronomy or space exploration theme.
Have you a second guess?
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I have always wanted to see a film based on Rendevous with Rama by Asimov, ie.. probe goes out to rendevous with incoming Comet slinging past the sun, which of course it is'nt..... MM Patrick Wiggins wrote:
Hi Dave,
Nice suggestion, but they want a movie with an astronomy or space exploration theme.
Have you a second guess?
Patrick :-)
David L Bennett wrote:
Patrick,
One of my favorites is the Director's cut of the Abyss.a
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Hi friends. I have two thoughts (it's still early and maybe more will come into my little head later today). First, in reply to Patrick's note about movies: What about that clunker, The Black Hole? Or my favorite sc-fi flick, the original Time Machine movie? Or that fun old movie, The First Men on the Moon? Second, can I get one or two of you to write me a quick e-mail this morning about the ALCON conference, the speaker, your hopes for the event? I would like to include comments in the story I'm writing today, which probably will be in Monday's paper. Thanks, Joe Bauman
How about the favorites, such as Star Wars or Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan? I have a fun book called "The Science of Star Wars" that talks about how much energy the Millenium Falcon (sp?) has to have to do the things it does, how far our AI has to advance before we get robots like R2D2 and C3PO, etc... Patrick Wiggins wrote:
This will be going out as part of Saturday's News but I thought I'd give the folks here a sneak preview since you're probably more likely to have an opinion.
The Museum of Natural History has asked me to do another Science Movie Night. In case you don't know that's where they do a free screening of some science or science fiction movie for the public and then hold a discussion about the movie after.
I have a couple of possible movies in mind but would like to get other input.
Anyone have an opinion? If it makes any difference, the screening will probably be the night of the Geminids.
Patrick
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