Posts Tagged ‘cylon’
Galactica Finale – oh what a tangled web we leave
You know, we can’t keep making excuses for the writers and producers of this show, however much we might love them for bringing us this gritty world of bot-humans, quaintly pointless octagonals and a design sensibility that I like to call ‘metal-bleak’. I have loved this show, especially when it started out… but I can [...]
Frak this! Galactica’s linguistic legacy.
So apparently, the word ‘Frak’ is fast becoming everyone’s favourite swearword. The ingenuity of the word Frak lies in its phonetic similarity to its grosser cousin. It wouldn’t work half as well as the other word if it didn’t sound so completely like it. And yet it isn’t that other word… a fact that has [...]
Why Cylons are stupid.
[updated 2009-07-12]
I was watching this show the other day on the history of science fiction, and I realised how enchanted we are with this idea of robots / machines getting stronger and smarter than us and ultimately kicking our collective asses. Hah! not gonna happen, and I can prove it with a little armchair [...]
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Sebeck and Mantz cruised through town with the strobes flashing but no siren. No need to alarm anyone. From his unmarked Crown Victoria, Sebeck watched the unsuspecting citizenry - the tax base on power walks. They'd have something to talk about tonight at Pilates class.
Daniel Suarez
'Daemon'
(Signet books (Penguin))
status : Finished! Man the ending sucked... but in a good way I guess. As in, there had better be a sequel, Suarez! Grrrr...
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