t Hauls in box load of toy dinosaurs.
Spike: I'm not a monster. Xander: Yes! You are a monster. Vampires are monsters! They make monster movies about them! Spike: Well, yeah. Got me there.
'Dirty Girls'
Firefly 4: Also, we can kill you with our brains
Discussion of the Mutant Enemy series, Firefly, the ensuing movie Serenity, and other projects in that universe. Like the other show threads, anything broadcast in the US is fine; spoilers are verboten and will be deleted if found.
DXMachina - Dec 30, 2004 9:13:45 am PST #23 of 10001
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
Mr. Broom - Dec 30, 2004 9:15:10 am PST #24 of 10001
"When I look at people that I would like to feel have been a mentor or an inspiring kind of archetype of what I'd love to see my career eventually be mentioned as a footnote for in the same paragraph, it would be, like, Bowie." ~Trent Reznor
I don't think cooking can kill mad cow, and that's part of the problem.
Yeah, this is the creepy part. It's not caused by anything that is alive. It's caused by a new kind of protein that corrupts the other proteins.
It's bovine spongiform encephalopathy, which resembles (in humans) variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD), which it is believed to cause. Cannibalism causes both, as was proven by the creepy practice of feeding bovine protein to cows. Anyone remember the X-Files episode about the Creutzfeldt-Jakob cannibals? Oh, yeah.
Damnation, missed my age again. I even waited around for it.
Matt the Bruins fan - Dec 30, 2004 9:20:14 am PST #25 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Anyone remember the X-Files episode about the Creutzfeldt-Jakob cannibals? Oh, yeah.
Yes. I have friends from the town where that story was set.
The actual cause for the full cooking may be something from way back, but I think mad cow disease has heightened cooks' awareness of the regulations. I can now order a well done steak and get well done, as opposed to the medium rare because the chef thinks it tastes better that way steaks of a few years ago.
Betsy HP - Dec 30, 2004 9:20:51 am PST #26 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
I is an ethnocentric jerk. Apologies!
Theodosia - Dec 30, 2004 9:21:44 am PST #27 of 10001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
I gave my nephews the Firefly DVDs for Xmas last year. When I saw her this year, my S-in-law, not a notable SF fan, mentioned how much they enjoyed them, and how all four of her family are looking forward to the movie....
lisah - Dec 30, 2004 9:35:25 am PST #28 of 10001
Punishingly Intricate
we only serve burgers well done
that is so wrong.
I'm planning to lend my dvds out for the first time next week. I'm lending them to my friend's dad who will be recovering from open heart surgery. I think I will be able to trust him not to run off with them.
tianxiaode - Dec 30, 2004 9:38:16 am PST #29 of 10001
Adrian Pasdar: bringing hot (and ambiguously gay) to a new level since Top Gun.
I'm a new Buffista--any prize for actually hitting your age?
(or not. what about top 30?)
lori - Dec 30, 2004 9:41:25 am PST #30 of 10001
I think I will be able to trust him not to run off with them.
or at least you can be assured of being able to catch him.
lori - Dec 30, 2004 9:43:34 am PST #31 of 10001
also: so maybe the Reavers just had CJD? And were misunderstood.
lisah - Dec 30, 2004 9:53:13 am PST #32 of 10001
Punishingly Intricate
so maybe the Reavers just had CJD?
they got it from eating space squirrel brains?
Which reminds me. Lori, I saw an animal in Hawaii I couldn't identify. I first spotted it scurrying away from a trashcan near a picnic table in a state park. And then one running across the road. It looked kinda ferrety. I've been calling it a Road Weasel. But I was wondering what it really is? Do ferrets run wild there?
(Also, I had a GREAT time there. I cannot wait to go back and explore more. It's a totally fascinating, not to mention beautiful, place.)