I don't know how the Wachowski's managed to snag a copy back in the 90's
Maybe they didn't need to, because this all really is just a simulation.
And Kaylee, what the hell's goin' on in the engine room? Were there monkeys? Some terrifying space monkeys maybe got loose?
Mal ,'The Train Job'
Natter 69: Practically names itself.
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.
Tom Scola - Mar 03, 2012 5:50:46 pm PST #25131 of 30001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
sarameg - Mar 03, 2012 5:53:49 pm PST #25132 of 30001
Jesus, why I am being afflicted with credit card fuckuppery? Card doesn't show, order a new one. BOTH arrive within days of each other. Then apparently I open 2 corporate cards, even though I only signed up for one. Only difference is one uses an acronym for the company name, the other is spelled out. Oh, and different card #s. AHRG.
I went upstairs a bit ago and Loki and Pumpkin were on the spare bed, inches apart. So I put Pumpk on Loki. There's been no noises from upstairs.
Jessica - Mar 03, 2012 6:00:34 pm PST #25133 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Just, people who are YOU basically were the grey market back in the pre-internet days. Audio and Video engineers.
Hey now, I work in Archive. My job is to find all the shit that people walked off with fifty years ago. The grey-market is my nemesis. (Specifically, the people who call up and say "I found this clip on YouTube and I want to use it in my documentary. Find it for me on HD! Also, I have no budget.")
It was common practice back in the day for broadcast organizations to repurpose old content by literally cutting the scenes they wanted out of the original film and putting it into the new one. Whenever something is marked "lost in 1967" in the news database at work, we know exactly who to blame because there was a very famous news special produced that year which was well known for just walking off with film cans and never putting them back.
I love how they keep finding "lost" episodes of Dr. Who because some techy back in the sixties or seventies walked off with the tapes
Wouldn't even have been tape at that time - those were lost kinescopes. Much harder to fit under your jacket.
Maybe they didn't need to, because this all really is just a simulation.
Ow, my brain!
DavidS - Mar 03, 2012 6:03:23 pm PST #25134 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Much harder to fit under your jacket.
That's why you don't hand out keys for late night access. Except...they did.
But if they didn't walk off with Kinescopes we wouldn't have them today because some asshole bean-counter decided to wipe all the early seasons for monetary reason!
Jessica - Mar 03, 2012 6:05:52 pm PST #25135 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
some asshole bean-counter decided to wipe all the early seasons for monetary reason!
Technically speaking, they just didn't renew the lease where those seasons were stored. And the building fell into disrepair and sank into the swamp.
(Okay, there probably wasn't an actual swamp. But it's a better story that way. The truth is just kind of pathetic.)
My main point is, why are you posting instead of watching World On A Wire? WHY HAVE YOU NOT HEEDED MY ADVICE AND WATCHED THE CRAZY GERMAN 70s MATRIX?
sarameg - Mar 03, 2012 6:06:26 pm PST #25136 of 30001
Ok, think I straightened out the corporate card. Second one was a fuckup. I'll need to pull my credit reports in a couple months to make sure it isn't on there, damnit.
DavidS - Mar 03, 2012 6:08:43 pm PST #25137 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
WHY HAVE YOU NOT HEEDED MY ADVICE AND WATCHED THE CRAZY GERMAN 70s MATRIX?
I'm watching the crazy German/British 70s science fiction Star Maidens!
Jessica - Mar 03, 2012 6:11:22 pm PST #25138 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Fair enough. You are temporarily excused.
Lee - Mar 03, 2012 6:57:24 pm PST #25139 of 30001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
I did SO MUCH stuff today, both house and work.
It's like I was possessed by shrift and msbelle and Sarameg, all at once.
sarameg - Mar 03, 2012 7:10:07 pm PST #25140 of 30001
You're invoking me??? OK, so I tend to go on a tear on Saturdays. Today was market, with coffee and cake at S's, then my shopping, then...a Lokinap....then cleaned upstairs, swam, cleaned downstairs. Fell down for a bit, but I've now sorted out all the credit card crap.
I'll probably get jackshit done tomorrow. I need to make calls and one of these days, get back to the bannister project.