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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 2 of 3 1 2 3 Re: All new episode #133663 10/08/04 08:34 PM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,788 Seattle, Washington, USA Father Steve OP Carpal Tunnel OP Father Steve Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,788 Seattle, Washington, USA For its time, Flash Gordon was state of the art, in terms of special effects. The producers spent more money on this serial than had been spent on any serial before. I especially like the part where the (balsa) rocket ships are taking off and, out the back, comes sparks, which arc downwards, and smoke, which drifts upwards, rather than swooshing all in one direction, as we moderns know the exhaust of rockets is supposed to do. And how about those claymen, who could meld into the walls of a cave such that you could not tell that they were there and then unstick themselves from the solid stone and grab you when you walked by? Scary stuff!! I alsolove it that the "fuel" for the "atom furnace" had to be shoveled into the gaping mouth of the reactor by means of coal shovels. How else? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: All new episode #133664 10/08/04 09:54 PM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 1,624 Utter Placebo, Planet Reebok Capfka Pooh-Bah Capfka Pooh-Bah Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 1,624 Utter Placebo, Planet Reebok I also love it that the "fuel" for the "atom furnace" had to be shoveled into the gaping mouth of the reactor by means of coal shovels. How else? You mean there's another way? Damn! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Live #133665 10/08/04 09:58 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 they have "three live reporters" on the scene Maybe this thread should have been in the "term of art" thread. A live reporter is one to whom the studio can go for a report on what is happening right now as opposed to one who was there an hour ago and who has supplied a tape that can be run in the studio. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: All new episode #133666 10/09/04 12:20 AM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,788 Seattle, Washington, USA Father Steve OP Carpal Tunnel OP Father Steve Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,788 Seattle, Washington, USA The one who scrolls halfway down the page of this website ... http://www.filmfax.com/features/pdf/buster_crabbe.pdf ...will be rewarded with both the film's idea of what the atom furnace room looked like and the comic book idea of the same. That's two ideas for the price of one click! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: All new episode #133667 10/09/04 12:31 AM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont I didn't try the link Padre, since it says its a PDF... is it really a webpage, or is that going to automagically download something to my computer? formerly known as etaoin... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: All new episode #133668 10/09/04 12:25 PM Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,475 California J jheem veteran jheem veteran J Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,475 California automagically download something to my computer Well, technically, web pages are downloaded to your computer, too. PDF is a file format that is displayed more like a print page than a webpage. It's rather standard on the web, though some usability experts say that it is a web abomination. Your browser either supports PDF as a plugin, in which case it will be displayed within a broswer window like a web page, or you would have to save it and open it using an application like Acrobat Reader. I took a quick look at it, and it's obvious that it was an article published in a magazine, and its layout would have been difficult to reproduce in HTML, so they just posted it as a PDF. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: All new episode #133669 10/09/04 12:49 PM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont yeah, good point. pdf's get downloaded to my hd, a webpage will get replaced in the cache, I don't have to deal with trashing it. how big is it? I'm on dial-up... that really should have been my question from the get-go. formerly known as etaoin... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: All new episode #133670 10/09/04 12:59 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Looks pretty big, just from an experimental semi-download. I'd say roughly five minutes based on counting in my head as it reached 10% with fairly good response time on dialup. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: All new episode #133671 10/09/04 01:21 PM Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,475 California J jheem veteran jheem veteran J Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,475 California how large It's 2,460,755 bytes. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: All new episode #133672 10/09/04 01:21 PM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont thanks, Faldage. and thanks, jheem! formerly known as etaoin... 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