tommy, I think krav techniques against monkeys might be more of an issue.
Thanks for the krav congrats. I'm heartened (but not excited) by the news. We shall see how it all works out.
More hearts for Valentine's Day.
Love makes you do the wacky.
Willow ,'Beneath You'
Natter 42, the Universe, and Everything
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, flaming otters, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
§ ita § - Jan 26, 2006 3:57:47 am PST #2702 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
amych - Jan 26, 2006 4:02:37 am PST #2703 of 10002
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
The wedding was supposed to be last year, but last year was Year of the Widow, so they couldn't get married.
My coworker actually warned me about this, in a weird sort of "well, you're not Chinese, so it probably won't matter anyway" way that left me quite unsure of whether she meant it or thought it was all full of shit herself.
tommyrot - Jan 26, 2006 4:28:52 am PST #2704 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.
Fight! Fight! Fight!
Octopus vs. Robot Robotic undersea exploration thingie: [link]
Here's a nifty video (mpg) of an octopus confronting an ROV working off Vancouver Island. The poor thing was just trying to crush and eat an interloper (or perhaps disassemble it for spare parts to use in its high-tech scheme to take over the world), and the ROV operator uses its thrusters to fling debris at it and drive it away.
It's quite a battle, and the octopus holds on for a surprisingly long time in the face of an extremely obnoxious machine.
Frankenbuddha - Jan 26, 2006 4:40:08 am PST #2705 of 10002
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Isn't that the next made-for-Sci-Fi movie?
tommyrot - Jan 26, 2006 4:42:55 am PST #2706 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.
OctoROV!
Or maybe a creature of man/octopus DNA that's given robotic limbs after a near-fatal crash of a spaceship.
RoboOctoMan!
Calli - Jan 26, 2006 4:46:39 am PST #2707 of 10002
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
RoboOctoMan!
Isn't that a Spiderman villian?
tommyrot - Jan 26, 2006 4:51:41 am PST #2708 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.
Isn't that a Spiderman villian?
Yeah, except Doc Oc lacks octopus DNA. Think how much more deadly he'd be if he could spray ink at his victims.
Frankenbuddha - Jan 26, 2006 4:53:23 am PST #2709 of 10002
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Yeah, except Doc Oc lacks octopus DNA. Think how much more deadly he'd be if he could spray ink at his victims.
Given how they already re-worked Peter Parker's web shooting abilities, the last thing I would need to see is Alfred Molina spraying ink.
§ ita § - Jan 26, 2006 5:00:59 am PST #2710 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
the last thing I would need to see is Alfred Molina spraying ink.
You say this, but I think about, say, the Rhinoceros whose real-life counterpart has a 2 foot dick. Marvel should just steer clear in general.
Fred Pete - Jan 26, 2006 5:05:39 am PST #2711 of 10002
Ann, that's a ferret.
Robopus!