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I saw AVP: Alien Vs. Predator<\/a> last night. That was a mistake. I thought the opening was good, with the silhouette of an alien-looking spacecraft resolved to be a terrestrial satellite. It went downhill from there. I accept that this sort of movie is just a guessing game as to who the sole survivor will be, it’s easy to guess that it’s an attractive female with plenty of dialogue. I accept that part of the movie’s fun is guessing who dies next, and how, and in this case, by Alien or Predator.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Aliens seemed more bipedal than I recall, but slow, as were the Predators, when running, compared to humans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I have no problem with the alien science. It’s humans breaking the laws of nature I have trouble with. If you are in the Antarctic in winter you don’t run around without your head covered, or even have long conversations on the outside deck of a ship sailing around the Antarctic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When you determine that something is based on a metric calendar don’t set your watch to beep every ten minutes as a warning. One hundredths of a day is the figure you need, or nearly fourteen-and-a-half minutes. Minutes are base sixty, not base ten.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When you are travelling to Antarctica on an archaeological mission you don’t need guns for everyone, unless you are afraid of the killer penguins<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you are carrying metal, wear it next to your flesh, so it doesn’t freeze your skin<\/a> to touch it later. Some things don’t operate too well with thick gloves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I have a question, Was humanity around when Antarctica was last warm enough to sustain us?<\/em> I thought Antarctica has been covered with ice since the Pliocene era about 5 million years ago, well before the emergence of the first human beings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Also, How do you use satellite thermal imaging to make a three dimensional image?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The geology around the whaling station is unusual. Why the expedition chose to go overland to that point, when a whaling ship could go right there? Why they would choose an entrance position such that a perfect 30\u00b0 angle would take them to the site when ice drillers could go straight down the 2000 feet by drilling two miles away? It’s double distance they need to drill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Having said that, thanks for inviting me Paul, and it was a shame that the guys on both side of you made comments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On a lighter note, Raoul Bova<\/a> is good eye candy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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