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Forum: Current Series Today, 12:21
Replies: 1,098
Views: 76,678
Posted By BBOvenGuy
If Chihaya's injury does put her out of the...

If Chihaya's injury does put her out of the individual tournament, that will make two seasons in a row that she isn't at the center of the action in the show's closing episodes. That's a very...
Forum: Current Series 2013-05-05, 19:49
Replies: 1,047
Views: 93,092
Posted By BBOvenGuy
NASA has had its bad moments. The Apollo 1 fire...

NASA has had its bad moments. The Apollo 1 fire that killed Grissom, White and Chaffee was the result of a great many design and development shortcuts and mistakes that didn't come to light until...
Forum: Current Series 2013-04-22, 01:28
Replies: 1,098
Views: 76,678
Posted By BBOvenGuy
Oh, I'm not disappointed at all. Just the...

Oh, I'm not disappointed at all. Just the opposite, in fact, because I'm curious to see which way the story is going to go.

I would expect them to reach a conclusion of some sort at the end of...
Forum: Current Series 2013-04-21, 15:43
Replies: 490
Views: 35,172
Posted By BBOvenGuy
Okay, I got the Library Wars reference in Episode...

Okay, I got the Library Wars reference in Episode 2, but I couldn't help wondering if the Vashta Nerada (http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/Vashta_Nerada) would make an appearance. :D
Forum: Current Series 2013-04-13, 20:25
Replies: 1,047
Views: 93,092
Posted By BBOvenGuy
Also the Japanese space station crew member is...

Also the Japanese space station crew member is back on Earth now. The next one goes up in November, and will actually take over command of the station next year.
Forum: Current Series 2013-04-05, 18:25
Replies: 1,098
Views: 76,678
Posted By BBOvenGuy
I've been thinking for a while now that from a...

I've been thinking for a while now that from a "story sense" perspective, it's too soon to have Mizusawa as a team and Chihaya as an individual winning championships yet. Stories tend to follow a...
Forum: Shin Sekai Yori 2013-03-24, 15:55
Replies: 261
Views: 18,923
Posted By BBOvenGuy
A fascinating end to a fascinating series. The...

A fascinating end to a fascinating series. The original novelist had a lot of things to say, and gave us a lot of things to think about.

The entire world has been reshaped around the fact that a...
Forum: Current Series 2013-03-24, 01:18
Replies: 1,098
Views: 76,678
Posted By BBOvenGuy
Chiming in a week late, as usual, but... I LOVED...

Chiming in a week late, as usual, but... I LOVED seeing the team made up of Quiz Bowl players! :D I was a Quiz Bowl player in both high school and college, and this show always reminds me of my old...
Forum: Shin Sekai Yori 2013-03-17, 16:58
Replies: 116
Views: 7,763
Posted By BBOvenGuy
That doesn't strike me as being too difficult. ...

That doesn't strike me as being too difficult. All you'd have to do is get the molecules vibrating with enough energy that they react with the oxygen in the air.

A couple of my own observations...
Forum: Shin Sekai Yori 2013-02-24, 23:50
Replies: 251
Views: 14,652
Posted By BBOvenGuy
Well, yes, I got that. But as I said, how far...

Well, yes, I got that. But as I said, how far back up the chain of causality do you have to go in order to escape the Death Feedback?

For example:

I shoot a person. Death Feedback kills me....
Forum: Shin Sekai Yori 2013-02-24, 22:26
Replies: 251
Views: 14,652
Posted By BBOvenGuy
Okay, my thoughts... First of all,...

Okay, my thoughts...

First of all, Yokumaru's master plan for world domination is doomed to failure. Like all megalomaniacs, he overestimates his own abilities, in this case his ability to keep...
Forum: Current Series 2013-02-18, 13:26
Replies: 1,098
Views: 76,678
Posted By BBOvenGuy
I'm watching on Crunchyroll as a non-subscriber,...

I'm watching on Crunchyroll as a non-subscriber, which means I'm a week behind all you folks, but I had this to say about Episode 5:

Nishida's sister is Honey Boo-Boo??? :twitch:

Also, I liked...
Forum: Shin Sekai Yori 2013-02-17, 12:42
Replies: 84
Views: 9,305
Posted By BBOvenGuy
When she transferred her authority to Saki, I...

When she transferred her authority to Saki, I took that to mean she was planning to go battle the fiend herself - which is a suicide mission whether she wins or loses. I know nothing about the...
Forum: Shin Sekai Yori 2013-02-17, 02:05
Replies: 84
Views: 9,305
Posted By BBOvenGuy
Nope, to me he's much more like this...

Nope, to me he's much more like this (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osama_bin_Laden) very (in)famous man instead (or perhaps this (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hassan_Nasrallah) one, although he's not...
Forum: Shin Sekai Yori 2013-02-10, 02:05
Replies: 141
Views: 10,768
Posted By BBOvenGuy
That image immediately made me think of...

That image immediately made me think of Hiroshima. Look up some of the old US military footage from shortly after the bombing and you'll see what I mean. And it sounded like the dialogue under the...
Forum: Shin Sekai Yori 2013-02-03, 20:32
Replies: 128
Views: 9,910
Posted By BBOvenGuy
Just out of curiosity, what year was the novel...

Just out of curiosity, what year was the novel written? Even when authors are writing about another time or another place, they inevitably use imagery from their own world. When Yakomaru talks...
Forum: Shin Sekai Yori 2013-01-30, 12:14
Replies: 81
Views: 9,304
Posted By BBOvenGuy
You're assuming that the new queerat government...

You're assuming that the new queerat government really is representative. We've been given no actual evidence either way - only Yakomaru's word that it's a democracy. But the twentieth century was...
Forum: Shin Sekai Yori 2013-01-28, 22:42
Replies: 81
Views: 9,304
Posted By BBOvenGuy
The thing I found most startling about this...

The thing I found most startling about this episode was the way the human society treats the "exospecies."

For one thing, the humans may condition themselves to feel sick at the thought of killing...
Forum: Current Series 2013-01-27, 17:14
Replies: 1,098
Views: 76,678
Posted By BBOvenGuy
A certain degree of craziness is a prerequisite...

A certain degree of craziness is a prerequisite for reaching the ultimate heights of just about anything. :eyespin:

You don't see too many stories bringing that point out, though. There should...
Forum: Current Series 2013-01-27, 13:09
Replies: 1,047
Views: 93,092
Posted By BBOvenGuy
I'm reminded of the scene in Galaxy Quest, where...

I'm reminded of the scene in Galaxy Quest, where they manage to stop the thingamajig-of-doom with several seconds to go, but it runs all the way down to one second anyway, because it always has to...
Forum: Shin Sekai Yori 2013-01-20, 14:21
Replies: 41
Views: 4,432
Posted By BBOvenGuy
The answer given was what I'd already guessed. I...

The answer given was what I'd already guessed. I was just wondering whether they'd actually say so at some point.
Forum: Shin Sekai Yori 2013-01-20, 01:32
Replies: 41
Views: 4,432
Posted By BBOvenGuy
Question about the queerats - Is it ever said (in...

Question about the queerats - Is it ever said (in the book, manga or anime) where they came from? A thousand years isn't nearly enough time for a new intelligent species to evolve on its own.
Forum: Current Series 2013-01-08, 18:20
Replies: 1,047
Views: 93,092
Posted By BBOvenGuy
NASA's twin GRAIL satellites, "Ebb" and "Flow,"...

NASA's twin GRAIL satellites, "Ebb" and "Flow," orbited the Moon at an altitude of 34 miles during their primary mission, and then were lowered to only 14 miles during their extended mission.
Forum: Shin Sekai Yori 2013-01-06, 16:53
Replies: 66
Views: 6,628
Posted By BBOvenGuy
The female human body only has a specific number...

The female human body only has a specific number of ova. It's not like the male body, which makes new sperm continually.

Of course, there's nothing to stop the author from saying that Tomiko used...
Forum: Shin Sekai Yori 2013-01-06, 13:03
Replies: 66
Views: 6,628
Posted By BBOvenGuy
Japan is one of many cultures where family terms...

Japan is one of many cultures where family terms like "grandma," "aunt," "uncle," etc. are used for people who aren't literal biological relatives.
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