Ten percent of nothing is -- let me do the math here -- nothing into nothing, carry the --

Jayne ,'Serenity'


Natter 37: Oddly Enough, We've Had This Conversation Before.  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


Volans - Aug 16, 2005 10:11:11 am PDT #8592 of 10002
move out and draw fire

I knew people with purple hair in the 80s. IJS.


Glamcookie - Aug 16, 2005 10:13:59 am PDT #8593 of 10002
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister

Yeah. I had Cherry Cola hair in the 80s.


DebetEsse - Aug 16, 2005 10:14:45 am PDT #8594 of 10002
Woe to the fucking wicked.

I want to see a new version of that with someone whose only "knowledge" of myths and ancient history is from watching Xena.

t nods vigorously

I like to think I'd make a good time traveler, but my primary philosophy would be along the lines of the Prime Directive, with a side of do NOT cause Grandfather Paradox


bon bon - Aug 16, 2005 10:18:23 am PDT #8595 of 10002
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.

I am getting to the bottom of this, because plaintiffs' counsel's brief is making me crazy. Anyway. According to this [link] UFO was set in the 1980s (which is what I meant) and the purple-haired lady was a military officer. You can tell this wikipedia entry is entirely accurate because of this, my favorite line:

UFO was Anderson's first series with live actors, but he had long experience with the one-hour format, good scripts, and exemplary production values.


Tom Scola - Aug 16, 2005 10:20:19 am PDT #8596 of 10002
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.

They really gave a lot of thought to how people would look and dress in the future.

Laughing so hard right now. Did someone say UFO took place in the 1980s? When we evolved purple hair?

Oh, sure. In hindsight it looks silly, but if you were a 60s mod?


Calli - Aug 16, 2005 10:24:31 am PDT #8597 of 10002
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs

In the 70s I expect the most common clothing among the under 30s was blue jeans. Likewise in the 80s and 90s. And today? Whole lot of blue jean wearing going on.

The survival of denim just didn't show up on the SF fashion radar.


bon bon - Aug 16, 2005 10:34:45 am PDT #8598 of 10002
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.

I think putting denim in is pretty much the equivalent of assuming mod would be used as the military uniform OF THE FUTURE! I also expect our space defenders in the next decade to be kickin' back in Dockers.

I'm sorry, I cannot get off this topic. The idea of this show tickles me WAY too much.


P.M. Marc - Aug 16, 2005 10:38:33 am PDT #8599 of 10002
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear

I had Plum hair in the 80s. Ultress Plum, in fact. Faded like a mo-fo, though.

Plei, I was not. I was in AP Euro and US, but that works differently (and my Euro teacher sucked a lot. It was her last year before she retired)

Lame. I had a French teacher like that. She also was in the early stages of dementia, and didn't always know which of the languages she spoke was the one being taught that day.

She was Dutch, with serious WWII related PTSD, and taught German as a way of working through her anger at the Nazis.


§ ita § - Aug 16, 2005 10:40:01 am PDT #8600 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I think they should use denim in future fashion, but change its context. Make it a military uniform, or something.

I facilitated. I return to facilitating in 20 minutes.

I fear for the fate of the world (or perhaps just the company or my division) if I am to be relied upon to keep track of what's what.


tommyrot - Aug 16, 2005 10:41:34 am PDT #8601 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

I fear for the fate of the world (or perhaps just the company or my division) if I am to be relied upon to keep track of what's what.

Perhaps you'd be better at it if you had plum hair, and/or a silver uniform.