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How Women Are Written In Sci-Fi Movies

newtboy says...

The animated Tv show from the 80's, of course. The movie was a disappointment.

I mention it because Aeon, the female scientist/superspy/clone, is capable of doing her job and being nice....at least nice to those not trying to kill her. Capable of being impossibly good at her job and being a loving, caring partner. Capable of unraveling the labyrinthine, convoluted, outrageously sci-fi conspiracies while wearing heels and latex and looking sexy as Hell doing it.
If Ripley is the exception to the rule, what is Aeon, who ignores all these rules?

kir_mokum said:

the niche TV show or the terrible movie that is it's own trope? (aeon flux, ultraviolet, atomic blonde, lucy, GitS (the shitty scar jo one), resident evil, anna...)

Graduation Balloons vs Power Lines

newtboy says...

When I was a child, my school would have every child buy balloons to release together by the thousands with our names and the school's phone number, and whoever's balloon was reported from the farthest caller got some minor prize.
Today I understand how insanely wrong that is, littering most of Texas with latex and plastic, most of which wouldn't be recovered.....for busy work/entertainment.
Please don't be a part of an intentional balloon releases of any size, but especially not with Mylar balloons.

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chingalera says...

A latex balloon bio-degrades about as fast as an oak leaf. A birds' most-likely smart enough not to swallow one whole.
No lady, you are passionately mistaken. It takes less time for the latex to degrade in salt water the temperature being a non-issue. Admittedly though, it's a waste of helium and a balloon for the sake of video game software and it might choke a few seagulls, none of which will be missed, as San Fran has seen such an explosive rise in their numbers since being placed on the over-protected list, that they are encroaching on the habitats of less fortunate and more endangered species.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/31/san-francisco-seagulls_n_3672793.html

Fucking Californians. Heads-shoved-up-one's-own-ass-disorder seems to flourish there like barnacles on a ship's hull.

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David Blaine Freaks Out Ricky Gervais

poolcleaner says...

There used to be a magician at Knott's Berry Farm that demonstrated this trick pretty close to the audience and then explained that he had trained for years to create the pathway through his body for the sword to pass through.

The arm is particularly easy because of how the muscles are arranged around the bone. It passes right below the biceps. Not much going on in this particular, dare I say "easy" to pull off location of bloodless stabbiness.
I don't know if the Knott's magician is still there or not, but it was a "magic" show that explained the science behind older, more simplistic tricks like this.

Also included were lots of different types of electricity stunts (static electricity, powering light bulbs through people, etc.), which have fallen to the wayside with magicians because most people nowadays understand electricity and it's not as gut wrenching as this scar tissue build up dealio.

I upvoted for Ricky's reactions and David'd ridiculous goading, but the trick itself is le sigh.

The magician at Knott's had a fairly visible scar on both sides of his arm, as he likely performed the trick A LOT. Serious needle mark action. lol. Blaine probably rarely performs this trick and perhaps used other material, like make up, latex or some such material, glue, creams, etc.

entr0py said:

I won't reveal it in a comment, but if anyone's curious how it's done watch:

http://videosift.com/video/Man-Stabbed-With-a-Sword-Extraordinary-footage

You learn a lot here.

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criticalthud says...

i guess i'm just one of those peeps who will prob never have enough of ninja's, girls in latex, and mutant heroes who, at the very least, have enough character flaws to provide bits of emotional depth.
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Popping Balloons With Lasers On QI

charliem says...

The balloon is basically vulcanised rubber, or more commonly known as latex. The lasers I work with have certain interractions with the water content in silicon fibres. Different wavelengths (colours) react differently within different fibres.

1550nm for example sits just on the absorbtion point of water in silicon, so it loses quite a lot of its energy along a fibre due to that water absorbtion in non-pure fibres. 1310nm lasers however dont have this issue, and can hold their signal for far greater distances.

Different coloured lasers, interacting differently with the exact same material.

One has its energy absorbed, one doesnt.

.....im guessing a similar principle occurs here.

(Im in telecoms if you hadnt guessed )

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