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Index - Retro Scifi’s of the Week (long) 

Index for Retro Scifi’s of the Week

Dec 2021

Beyond the Time Barrier (1960)
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Jan 2022

Cat-Women of the Moon (1953)
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Forbidden Planet (1956)
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Silent Running (1972)
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Feb 2022

Andromeda Strain (1971)
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Soylent Green (1973)
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A Trip to the Moon (1902)
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A Taste of Armageddon (1967)
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Mar 2022

The Absent Minded Professor (1961)
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The Bicentennial Man (1999)
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War of the Satellites (1958)
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I, Robot (2004)
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Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe: Doom of the Dictator (1940)
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Apr 2022

Tron (1982)
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Starship Troopers (1997)
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Godzilla (1954)
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12 to the Moon (1960)
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May 2022

The Time Machine (1960)
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Contact (1997)
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The Atomic Submarine (1954)
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2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
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June 2022

Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
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Metropolis (1927)
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Supercar (1965)
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Cloud Atlas (2012)
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AI: Artificial Intelligence (2000)
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July 2022

Virtuosity (1995)
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Battlefield Earth (2000)
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Brainstorm (1983)
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Timebomb (1991)
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August 2022

Radar Men from the Moon (1952)
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Electric Dreams (1984)
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September 2022

American Warships (2012)
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Epoch (2001)
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Splash (1984)
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Loss of Sensation (1935)
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Waterworld (1995)
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October 2022

The Island (2005)
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In Time (2011)
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Justin Time (2010)
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November 2022

WarGames (1983)
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Any experts on Vespula out there?

I recently had an encounter with Vespula maculifrons and received several stings and bites but surprisingly, they were relatively painless. However, the sources I’ve read about the species indicate that the stings are painful.

They became very aggressive after I accidentally disturbed their subterranean nest, but the stings were merely noticeable, not painful. They felt like a bite from a large mosquito or a mandible pinch from a small insect like a non-venomous ant or slightly more painful than a ladybug pinch. Less painful than a black fly, and much less painful than a honey bee.

So, are my sources incorrect or do I just have some weird blood-chem that makes the venom less painful for me?

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Blocking @josemanuel for using a homophobic epithet.

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#8080 #6502

Retro SciFi Film of the Week…

WarGames (1983)

The authenticity of this film has held up pretty well over time. They apparently had very good technical consultation with only a few incredulous “Hollywood moments” thrown in here and there. The film also provides an excellent snapshot of the early hacker culture and the 80’s cold war posture. At the time the film was produced, only a small portion of the population even knew how to use a computer, let alone owned one.

Production wise, it was pretty well made and is still entertaining even though it’s now been 40 years since it was produced. The filmmakers made liberal use of stock character actors in the film who played it a bit over the top at points, and there was quite a bit of awkward exposition, which is not uncommon for a film that is trying to introduce new concepts to an audience, which at the time, was digitally illiterate.

The film has acquired substantial cultural significance over the years and was likely influential in forming public opinion about technology, nuclear weapons and the cold war.

Recommended for anyone who needs to understand the early days of the computer revolution and the American cultural environment during the years leading up to the fall of the Soviet Union.

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Yeah, that should be "cute furry", not "cute fury". Although in this particular case, either works. 😆

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Here’s a cool chart I found on Wikipedia that shows the age/sex demographics of the US population over time. In a sense, it’s a 3D chart – 2-spacial, 1-temporal dimension.

There’s a common trope about not having enough working-age population to support the retirement of the Baby Boom generation, because there was a huge bulge in births followed by a decline in births. But, as this chart shows, immigration has filled in those “low spots” over time, so thanks to our high immigration rate there are enough people to take care of all those old Boomers as they retire. (Even the ones who protest against immigrants.)

(chart from Mediawiki Commons, creative common license)

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spoiler 

For those who have never seen Michael Jackson's Thriller, here's a synopsis...

Michael turns into a cute fury.
His girlfriend is thrilled.
But it's just a movie...

Walking home from the movie early in the morning,
they meet up with a lot of old people who just woke up.
Then they all joyfully sing and dance.
His girlfriend is thrilled.

Later at home the old people stop by to say hello.
His girlfriend is thrilled.
But it turns out she was just having a psychotic episode.
Michael is thrilled.

Trivia: Vincent Price does a rap sequence in the video.

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Michael Jackson - Thriller, 1983

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A quick video tip for those migrating from twitter...

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TruthBeTold spoiler - Patsplaining... 

This one is 100% true…

Damocles is a fictional character so he can’t do anything.

More Patsplaining…

- The story of Damocles is a very old story and predates the invention of the airplane by centuries.

- The “Horsehair” hashtag refers to the horsehair that was used to hang the sword over Damocles’ head.

- “Cicero” told this story circa 106-43 BC

- The image of an old airplane evokes the anxiety some people feel while flying, as the plane just “hangs’ in the air.

- The hashtag “232-197” refers to the vote count in the US House of Representatives to impeach Trump following his incitement of the insurrection. After that vote, the impeachment proceeding was left hanging, with Trump’s fate uncertain, until after his term ended.

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TruthBeTold spoiler - Patsplaining 

This one is partly true (I think).

As far as I know, no one has done the mirror test with a naked mole rat, but doubt if an ethics committee would prevent the experiment for that reason. And I think the rat would be more traumatized by being confined and handled than it would be by looking at itself in the mirror (but I'm not sure).

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A sad and scary video clip 

The qoto UI wouldn't let me mark the actual video as sensitive, so I uploaded a different thumbnail.

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A sad and scary video clip 

This video has not been modified. This is how thin this person actually is.

I wish there was more that society and medicine could do to help people with this affliction.

(fair use 50s clip from an hours-long video, reproduced here for critique and commentary.)

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C-SPAN website has been down all day.

Anyone know if they are still broadcasting on the cable systems?

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The top executives at the bird site have been set free.

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youtube.com/watch?v=IGLVMBTIAP

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I'm so stupid that I don't even know what self-deprecation is.

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Retro SciFi Film of the Week…

Justin Time (2010)

A lousy, racist film. Every so often I’ll do a (film of the week) about a bad movie, but this one is not funny bad, it’s awful and disrespectfully bad. It’s a kids movie about a device that can freeze time. It’s a trite plot and this film executes it about as poorly as I’ve ever seen.

For those of you who still don’t understand what I’m talking about when I critique a film with subtle racism, this one is an example where the racism is so blatant that even a kid can see it.

Definitely not recommended unless you are studying racism in film and need to see an example where subtle racism is clearly evident in the cast of characters.

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Reposting this to the local timelime because I think it's funny...

(original thread: qoto.org/@lupyuen/109217111189)

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Congratulations to Rishi Sunak on becoming the Prime Minister of the UK, and the first Asian and Hindu PM.

And congratulations to the UK for another peaceful transfer of power under trying conditions.

(image source: flickr.com/photos/hmtreasury/4, Open Government License v3.0, nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/op)

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