From: invaliddmpyron@austin.rr.com
[Default] Thus spake Tim McGaughy :
>RT wrote:
>> Tim McGaughy wrote:
>>> RT wrote:
>>>> Tim McGaughy wrote:
>>>>> RT wrote:
>>>>>> Tim McGaughy wrote:
>>>>>>> QN wrote:
>>>>>>>> I hated the luddite ending.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> IMHO they looked for ways to cut the budget and pooped on the script
to make
>>>>>>>> it fit.
>>>>>>> While I dislike it, too, it ends the way the original series was
>>>>>>> heading: They find Earth. And the only way to keep us in present day
>>>>>>> from realizing what happened back in prehistory was to dump all the
tech
>>>>>>> and be prehistoric.
>>>>>> There might be a small flaw in their plan. If they did any farming,
they'd
>>>>>> have to be careful because domestication in plants can be detected in
>>>>>> the archaeological record. Pollen, crossbreeding effects, etc
>>>>> It's not like it was a documentary. Their plan doesn't need to be
airtight.
>>>> Do need to cover the major bases. They did get rid of all the ships.
>>>>
>>>> What other (major) bits might they have missed?
>>> Any habitation they build could easily be anachronistic. Potentially,
>>> all you need is one yahoo with a saw, a hammer, and a pocket full of nails.
>>
>> Cue Planet of the Apes scenario...
>>
>>> And if you dump me in that situation, no way am I living without
>>> improvised technology of some sort.
>>
>> Pass the remote.
>
>You'll get the remote when you get your fat ass off the couch and take
>the popcorn out of the microwave.
I would suggest someone answer the phone. That's probably the alarm
company. Tell them the smoke alarm went off because somebody thought
that 15 minutes was about right for the popcorn. Or the firemen are
going to be pretty pissed at us. Again.
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- dillon I am not invalid
Toby (Tri-Umph That's the Sweet Truth)
March 1998 - June 2010
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