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    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    11/24/08

    In reply to Before Westworld, Another Robot Gunslinger Walked the Cyber Streets of Laredo
    The photo is dated as June 1960. Too late to be from an episode of Tightrope since the series ended in May of 1960 and did not have a second season. Mike began filming a western movie, The Dalton That Got Away shortly thereafter. This might have just been a candid photo on the film set.
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    11/23/08

    In reply to Before Westworld, Another Robot Gunslinger Walked the Cyber Streets of Laredo
    And let's not forget Gene Autry's 1935 sf cowboy serial set at the Radio Ranch, The Phantom Empire. There are at least 2 episodes available at Youtube.
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    Image of Annalee Newitz Annalee Newitz
    11/23/08

    @4ndreVV: I own this on DVD! It is mind-bogglingly wonderful.
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    Image of Ron Hogan Ron Hogan
    11/23/08

    In reply to Before Westworld, Another Robot Gunslinger Walked the Cyber Streets of Laredo
    Holding your sports coat wide open with your non-shooting hand? Now that's a technique I've never seen before.
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    Image of Grey_Area Grey_Area
    11/23/08

    @Ron Hogan: Standard android-confusing technique. Your average robotic gunslinger is easily offset by asymmetry in one's wardrobe, try it.
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    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    11/23/08

    @Ron Hogan: That's why Mike was so cool.
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    Image of SSJ SSJ
    11/23/08

    In reply to Before Westworld, Another Robot Gunslinger Walked the Cyber Streets of Laredo
    Hmmm. Looks like a Twilight Zone episode to me.
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    Image of IDesigner loves himself some car IDesigner loves himself some car
    11/23/08

    @SSJ: I second that notion.
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    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    11/23/08

    @idesigner: It should have been a Twilight Zone or an Outer Limits.
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    Image of IGPNicki IGPNicki
    11/06/08

    In reply to Jurassic Park Creator Michael Crichton Dies Unexpectedly
    We've lost a lot of great authors lately, Arthur C. Clark, Kurt Vonnegut but I'm probably most surprised to hear about Michael Crichton passing. His words will be missed. Now I think I'll go re-watch Andromeda Strain.

    [www.igp-scifi.com]
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    Image of cljohnston108 cljohnston108
    11/06/08

    In reply to Jurassic Park Creator Michael Crichton Dies Unexpectedly
    I gasped out loud when I got the email about his passing.

    Crichton's was the first science fiction I ever read.


    I also have an action figure named after me because of him!

    See, in Timeline, the assistant to Prof. Edward Johnston was Chris Hughes, which led to sentences like "'Chris,' Johnston said,'"

    Got me kinda excited, 'cause I'd never seen a character in fiction with my name, so this was close enough.

    Then, for the movie, they morphed the assistant into the professor's son!

    [www.pilotwear.com]

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    Image of Fall-Apart Fall-Apart
    11/05/08

    In reply to Jurassic Park Creator Michael Crichton Dies Unexpectedly
    Too bad - I liked most of his books (Next was a mess, but no one writes well all the time) and many of the movies based on his novels - Sphere, 13th Warrior, Jurassic Park, Rising Sun. Even the ones that were turds (Congo, Timeline, Lost World) had decent ideas behind them.
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    Image of PrestonHector PrestonHector
    11/05/08

    In reply to Jurassic Park Creator Michael Crichton Dies Unexpectedly
    Pretending cancer doesn't exist isn't as easy as pretending global warming doesn't exist.
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    Image of RAHfanboy RAHfanboy
    11/06/08

    @PrestonHector: At least he was right about one of them. Your sensitivity is remarkable. I've got a sick puppy, wanna make fun of it? Maybe you should wait until it dies, then it won't be a threat of any kind.
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    Image of UniComp UniComp
    11/05/08

    In reply to Jurassic Park Creator Michael Crichton Dies Unexpectedly
    I liked Sphere a lot. That was probably the first sci-fi- psychological (sci-fi-psych) thriller I had ever read. I also enjoyed reading Jurassic Park and Congo. I hope people don't remember him for his movies so much as his books. Though I didn't think the Andromeda Strain movie was all too bad. He will be missed.
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    11/05/08

    In reply to Jurassic Park Creator Michael Crichton Dies Unexpectedly
    While I enjoyed the Andromeda Strain, Sphere and Jurassic Park, after reading the putrid Congo I couldn't pick up another of his books for several years. And when I did, Airframe, was again bitterly disappointed. That will teach me to shop for books in the supermarket.


    I will fondly remember him for those first three books of his I read though.

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    Image of ReddHeretic ReddHeretic
    11/05/08

    In reply to Jurassic Park Creator Michael Crichton Dies Unexpectedly
    My condolences to Crichton's family and friends.


    I remember the booth that was promoting the 2008 Andromeda Strain miniseries at New York Comic Con. They basically sprayed us with some unidentifiable shit for "decontamination" as we watched the preview on several screens.


    I felt like I was lost in a haze of my own stupidity.

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    Image of Don't Make Me Ang Lee. You wouldn't like me when I'm Ang Lee. Don't Make Me Ang Lee. You wouldn't like me when I'm Ang Lee.
    11/05/08

    In reply to Jurassic Park Creator Michael Crichton Dies Unexpectedly
    I read most of his books because they were vaguely interesting, but was never a huge fan of his work, but other issues aside, I have to admire a guy who did what he wanted to do for a living...
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    Image of W10002 W10002
    11/05/08

    In reply to Jurassic Park Creator Michael Crichton Dies Unexpectedly
    Maybe it's me, but I also find it ironic that ER will be ending this season too. Anyways, I was also surprised at the sudden news of his passing today. I heard his more recent works wasn't that good, but his earlier novels were all refreshing for its time.
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    Image of jajbowler jajbowler
    11/05/08

    @W10002: jurassic park was the first big-people book i ever read, and back in the day i took every opportunity with new teachers/new grades to do a book report on it. plus i just fucking love dinosaurs. he may not be important to the (a?) genre, but he was important to me, so this is kinda sad.
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    11/05/08

    @jajbowler: sorry, didn't mean to @ that one... but oh well.
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    Image of Meredith Woerner Meredith Woerner
    11/05/08

    @jajbowler: aw "big-people book" I read it after my mom threw stopped because it gave her dino nightmares. I wanted dino dreams too.
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    Image of elborn elborn
    11/05/08

    In reply to Jurassic Park Creator Michael Crichton Dies Unexpectedly
    Rest in peace. I will surely miss his imagination.
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    Image of MadisonSkunk MadisonSkunk
    11/05/08

    In reply to Jurassic Park Creator Michael Crichton Dies Unexpectedly
    "Life, uh, finds a way..." - Dr. Ian Malcolm

    but apparently not today :(
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