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- dave_lillis
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but then again, it's a bit B movie-ish...
You have to remember it was made around the same time as such epics like the towering inferno... look at how cheap that looks today by modern film standards, but at the time I thought it was great,
Ahh, the Andromeda Strain, another classic I havent seen in years....
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It does somewhat end in mid air,
but then again, it's a bit B movie-ish...
a great one for the moon landing conspiricy theorists.
Ahh, the Andromeda Strain, another classic I havent seen in years....
You know, I feel an Off Topic Forum starting up??
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So with all the scifi folks here do we need to add Octocon to the list of events?
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to commemorate the Apollo 11 landing near the end of the month.
users.pandora.be/vdmoortel/dirk/MoonLanding/MoonLanding.html
enjoy, courtesy of a post on uk.sci.astronomy
Cheers,
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to commemorate the Apollo 11 landing near the end of the month.
users.pandora.be/vdmoortel/dirk/MoonLanding/MoonLanding.html
enjoy, courtesy of a post on uk.sci.astronomy
Cheers,
~Al
very funny al, but why would nasa need to build a set today they could get dreamworks to do a better job if they were going to fake it. just shows there is one born every minute.
stephen.
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Dave L. on facebook , See my images in flickr
Chairman. Shannonside Astronomy Club (Limerick)
Carrying around my 20" obsession is going to kill me,
but what a way to go.
+ 12"LX200, MK67, Meade2045, 4"refractor
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