Perhaps I should expand on those hints: three hundred and fifteen forge has a bearing on the smuggler's name, and spurious strike could sound like the title.El Viejo wrote:... cryptic hints: three hundred and fifteen forge spurious strike.
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I would advise stilts for the quagmires, and camels for the snowy hills
And any survivors, their debts I will certainly pay. There's always a way!
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Clue the second: the young girl is not what she seemed - she is one of the last survivors of an alien race that had been around the solar system for millennia - they may even have inspired the Medusa myth. This was the author’s first professional work, and pre-dates the so-called Golden Age of science-fiction.
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"Shambleau" by C. L. Moore?
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It is Shambleau - Northwest Smith is a great character, who also appeared in later tales.
Heinlein took the title of The Green Hills of Earth from this tale - C. L. Moore was ahead of her time, methinks.
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Heinlein took the title of The Green Hills of Earth from this tale - C. L. Moore was ahead of her time, methinks.
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In what movie is an eyelid the only thing which moves?
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Perhaps I should add that there is nothing cryptic about the above clue - it has to be taken literally.
After World War III, a PoW is sent through time to ensure the survival of the human race.
After World War III, a PoW is sent through time to ensure the survival of the human race.
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Twelve monkeys? You're referring to the slo-mo effect towards the end? (No specifics (spoilers) in the unlikely case someone hasn't seen the movie yet)
(Edit: nope, can't be this one)
(Edit: nope, can't be this one)
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You are very close to the correct answer.Rxke wrote:Twelve monkeys? You're referring to the slo-mo effect towards the end?
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La jetée.
But I'm truly puzzled... That I find this through Googling 'twelve monkeys blinking'
Is Google that smart it makes this link?
SEMANTIC WEB ???
But I'm truly puzzled... That I find this through Googling 'twelve monkeys blinking'
![Question :?:](./images/smilies/icon_question.gif)
Is Google that smart it makes this link?
SEMANTIC WEB ???
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Yes, it is La Jetée (1962), by Chris Marker.
Twelve Monkeys (which I have not seen myself yet) is a remake of La Jetée (The Jetty).
The "movie" is online in French with English subtitles: part 1, part 2. It is made with a Pentax still camera, except for the shot of the moving eyelid (at 5:18 in part 2).
In Time Magazine, La Jetée is Nr. 1 in the Top-10 of best time travel movies.
Chris Marker (Christian-François Bouche-Villeneuve) died yesterday at age 91.
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Twelve Monkeys (which I have not seen myself yet) is a remake of La Jetée (The Jetty).
The "movie" is online in French with English subtitles: part 1, part 2. It is made with a Pentax still camera, except for the shot of the moving eyelid (at 5:18 in part 2).
In Time Magazine, La Jetée is Nr. 1 in the Top-10 of best time travel movies.
Chris Marker (Christian-François Bouche-Villeneuve) died yesterday at age 91.
Over to Rxke!
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I will check that out for sure, sounds tantalizingly good.
(amazing what one can do sometimes with film, too bad almost everyone follows the hollywood techniques for storytelling...
Hmmm... Question question....
A white bird starts talking like some kind of holy oracle after swallowing something starting with an 'I'
The I.... of ....![Question :?:](./images/smilies/icon_question.gif)
(amazing what one can do sometimes with film, too bad almost everyone follows the hollywood techniques for storytelling...
Hmmm... Question question....
A white bird starts talking like some kind of holy oracle after swallowing something starting with an 'I'
The I.... of ....
![Question :?:](./images/smilies/icon_question.gif)
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I thought it would be easy, heh. Maybe not in Anglo-Saxon culture.
hint: it's a 'bande dessinée'
hint: it's a 'bande dessinée'
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surface with one side
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The Incal of Light by Moebius & Alejandro Jodorowsky
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Indeed.
So... No one know this outside France and Belgium?
So... No one know this outside France and Belgium?