[Gollak_Khal]

Originally Posted by Tsuyu

Don't make me use the Vulcan Neck Pinch...

At the risk of sounding to nerdy it is called the Vulcan nerve pinch not neck pinch.

[Tsuyu]

Originally Posted by Gollak_Khal

At the risk of sounding to nerdy it is called the Vulcan nerve pinch not neck pinch.

Not in Spaceballs it aint!

[Gollak_Khal]

Well I have not seen Spaceballs so I will just agree with you and call it that.

[Tsuyu]

Originally Posted by Gollak_Khal

Well I have not seen Spaceballs so I will just agree with you and call it that.

Haha, well you should - all of Mel Brook's movies own, but Spaceballs is the best. Definitely worth a watch, especially as if you've watched Star Trek and Starwars you'll get all of the jokes.

The part I am talking about is when the hero sneaks up on some guard and attempts the pinch, upon which the guard says;

"What do you think you're doing?"
"Uh.. the Vulcan neck pinch?"
"Oh you idiot, it's down here!"
*Guard pinches himself, knocking himself out cold*

[Gollak_Khal]

Well I may have to see about watching it than. If I do see it and it sucks I will haunt you forever in your dreams.

[Tsuyu]

Originally Posted by Gollak_Khal

Well I may have to see about watching it than. If I do see it and it sucks I will haunt you forever in your dreams.

Pfft. "Sucks" and "Mel Brooks" don't compute! Let alone with Spaceballs!

YouTube - Spaceballs - Dark Helmet clip

[Albion Knight]

History of the World
"It's good to be the king"

[Tsuyu]

Originally Posted by Albion Knight

History of the World
"It's good to be the king"

As I said, Mel Brooks rule.

[Angel]

Originally Posted by Walker

And Angel-- I got no idea what you're talking about. The books (the very few Original series ones I've read) didn't seem too sexist (emphasis on the "too"), and the camp was less visible in book form. I didn't like Voyager either, though.

Ahh, but I wasn't referring to books like everyone here - I meant the TV series with the teeny tiny short skirts for the females (Lt. Uhura, anyone?) and the guys constantly meeting alien women who for some reason were blonde, leggy and with huge breasts that their teeny tiny skin tight outfits didn't quite manage to cover, despite their apparent superior intelligence.

I tried to read the books but got very bored very quickly - my sci-fi is limited to a little Asimov and, if I can stomach him, Arthur C Clarke. Too technical and I switch off...

[Walker]

Yay! Asimov and Clarke! Heinlein is also good-- I loved the real Starship Troopers. I also add Philip K. Dick and Timothy Zahn to the Big Three of sci-fi.

And yeah, really, I did know what you spoke of. That's why I said "too" so sarcastically. I would have spoken of the TV show, but I never saw it. Some of the Original Series books keep the "hot Alien and/or Colonist Human and/or Mutant Colonist Human falling out of clothes" character alive and well. From the Depths, for instance, is on an extremely hot, watery planet where everyone goes naked or half-naked and no one seems to be ugly unless they are REALLY heavily genetically modified. And, of course, Kirk ends up squeezed into a small space with the half-naked mutant colonist chick.

And yeah, Mel Brooks kicks ***. All I've seen is Blazing Saddles, but it is funny as hell. We still have nostalgic, somewhat depressing memories of how my little sister cackled at it over and over again on a... vacation. She was especially amused by the campfire scene...

[Angel]

Asimov does rule - minority report, I robot and the like...

Blazing Saddles was my first introduction to Mel Brooks...pity I was watching it with my sister who has had a sense of humour bypass for nearly 27 years...

[Walker]

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Wow! That really worked! Drove my anger right away!

Minority Report is a short story by Philip K. Dick. A good story, yes, but not by Asimov. I, Robot IS by Asimov, and one that got royally ****ed up when they made it into a movie. It was an anthology, for chrissake! Minority Report in movie form at least bore a fair resemblance to the story, though they did change some rather large things.

Trust me-- it's funny. Just watch it with someone with a sense of humor.

And back on sci-fi: definitely read more Philip K. Dick. He is truly excellent. I especially enjoyed Man in the High Castle (alternate history/future history) and the Minority Report anthology it and the other stories in it were mostly very good.