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Re: Science Fiction Trivia
Posted: Fri Oct 02, 2020 3:44 pm
by spud42
well done pic number 5 identified just pic 4 to go.
and as a hint it is an object not a spaceship or an animal..
Re: Science Fiction Trivia
Posted: Fri Oct 02, 2020 7:23 pm
by cbr
pic 4 from Godzilla? eh.
Re: Science Fiction Trivia
Posted: Sat Oct 03, 2020 4:36 am
by spud42
no. also not Japenese...
Re: Science Fiction Trivia
Posted: Sat Oct 03, 2020 10:15 pm
by ffutures
Re no. 4, I vaguely remember seeing a film at an SF convention which had weapons grown biologically out of bone and other materials, but for the life of me I can't remember what it was. Something like that?
Re: Science Fiction Trivia
Posted: Sun Oct 04, 2020 12:25 am
by RockDoctor
Nite Owl wrote: ↑Wed Sep 30, 2020 5:16 pm
The Day of the Triffids, a novel by John Wyndham, or the 1962 film of the same name, classics both.
Umm, the triffids weren't aliens, as I recall. Strongly bred (and this was before the understanding of the structure of DNA) by human scientists in, as I recall Siberia, and then shipped around the world as some sort of feedstock plant.
There was a comet which blinded people, and the triffids took advantage of that. But the comet didn't land and disgorge triffids.
Unless my memory of the book is totally bowdlerised.
Re: Science Fiction Trivia
Posted: Sun Oct 04, 2020 6:04 am
by spud42
ffutures wrote: ↑Sat Oct 03, 2020 10:15 pm
Re no. 4, I vaguely remember seeing a film at an SF convention which had weapons grown biologically out of bone and other materials, but for the life of me I can't remember what it was. Something like that?
yes it is a weapon but also used as a tool by its deadly user....
Re: Science Fiction Trivia
Posted: Sun Oct 04, 2020 2:11 pm
by ffutures
RockDoctor wrote: ↑Sun Oct 04, 2020 12:25 am
Nite Owl wrote: ↑Wed Sep 30, 2020 5:16 pm
The Day of the Triffids, a novel by John Wyndham, or the 1962 film of the same name, classics both.
Umm, the triffids weren't aliens, as I recall. Strongly bred (and this was before the understanding of the structure of DNA) by human scientists in, as I recall Siberia, and then shipped around the world as some sort of feedstock plant.
There was a comet which blinded people, and the triffids took advantage of that. But the comet didn't land and disgorge triffids.
Unless my memory of the book is totally bowdlerised.
You're right - but it's a bit late now, we've moved on to the next question! Have a late meaningless bonus point anyway!
Re: Science Fiction Trivia
Posted: Sun Oct 04, 2020 2:35 pm
by cbr
Ok, my last guess on number 4, stargate SG1?
Re: Science Fiction Trivia
Posted: Sun Oct 04, 2020 5:43 pm
by spud42
no, not any if the stargate franchise...
another clue... it is attached to the owner by an extendable and retractable wire/rope/lanyard not sure what to call it...
Re: Science Fiction Trivia
Posted: Sun Oct 04, 2020 6:00 pm
by Nite Owl
Re: Triffids
Okay - Okay - Standing corrected on all counts. Let us splash on some cool sea water and allow this to melt away.
Re: Science Fiction Trivia
Posted: Sun Oct 04, 2020 7:07 pm
by RockDoctor
ffutures wrote: ↑Sun Oct 04, 2020 2:11 pm
You're right - but it's a bit late now, we've moved on to the next question! Have a late meaningless bonus point anyway!
For some reason, my page didn't update for several days. Odd that.
Re: Science Fiction Trivia
Posted: Sun Oct 04, 2020 10:34 pm
by ffutures
Re no. 4 - something from Farscape? Maybe something a ship grows for Crichton or another character?
Re: Science Fiction Trivia
Posted: Mon Oct 05, 2020 4:52 am
by spud42
not farscape universe
ok another hint this show came out a couple of years before Farscape and out lived it but not by much,,,,
Re: Science Fiction Trivia
Posted: Tue Oct 06, 2020 11:31 am
by spud42
ok another clue...
its quite a handy size....
Re: Science Fiction Trivia
Posted: Thu Oct 08, 2020 9:25 am
by spud42
crickets??
ok another clue...
its dead owner used it as both a weapon and a tool.