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Happy New Year + New Who
Jan. 1st, 2010 08:27 pmFirst, to make it official, happy 2010. I slept through it.
Before I did, though, I watched Aftermath: The World without Us on TV. Seen it before (and another program with the exact same premise), but still enjoyable. Basically looks at what happens to the planet and all the creations of man over the months, years, and centuries if humanity just disappeared one day. "Last Man" senarioists take note, it goes to crap very quickly for you guys. Which got me thinking.
I think it's about time we put Wikipedia on the Moon. Well, not that exactly, but some kind of archive of human knowledge that anybody can access through a simple protocol. Then, as long as you had battery power on a device that can contact it, you can get important information you desire that might help in restarting society. Because let's say there's a massive plague, or zombie apocalypse, or big natural disaster, and all the infrastructure fails, it would help an awful lot if there was a way to get in. And, by making it completely open, you can also help people in restrictive regimes, all they need is a device capable of accessing it and they can get information on health, safety, technology, etc.
A satellite would be good, and probably easier, but assuming a long-term collapse, the satellite might well fall out of orbit eventually. Settling it on the moon, the side which always faces Earth, would mean it would be more likely to be stable and accessible over the long term.
Anyway, enough random musing (I'm sure there are many problems with the idea, but I've only given it a few minutes of thought). Let's talk about Doctor Who.
In short: That didn't suck nearly as much as I expected it to. It was actually almost good, for RTD at least. There were a few big WTF moments (which I'll talk about), but the basic plot hit pretty well satisfying. It doesn't make up for the crappy first part, but at least it makes a nice change from "good first parts followed by crappy resolutions.
The WTFs: ( Read more... )
The Good: ( Read more... )
Speculations on issues of Who continuity, and unresolved issues: ( Read more... )
The ending, and what we saw of the new Doctor: (biggest spoilers) ( Read more... )
Edit: Preview of Eleven's first season here.
But I give it a thumbs up, all in all. Maybe because the first part had so badly lowered my expectations, but still.
Before I did, though, I watched Aftermath: The World without Us on TV. Seen it before (and another program with the exact same premise), but still enjoyable. Basically looks at what happens to the planet and all the creations of man over the months, years, and centuries if humanity just disappeared one day. "Last Man" senarioists take note, it goes to crap very quickly for you guys. Which got me thinking.
I think it's about time we put Wikipedia on the Moon. Well, not that exactly, but some kind of archive of human knowledge that anybody can access through a simple protocol. Then, as long as you had battery power on a device that can contact it, you can get important information you desire that might help in restarting society. Because let's say there's a massive plague, or zombie apocalypse, or big natural disaster, and all the infrastructure fails, it would help an awful lot if there was a way to get in. And, by making it completely open, you can also help people in restrictive regimes, all they need is a device capable of accessing it and they can get information on health, safety, technology, etc.
A satellite would be good, and probably easier, but assuming a long-term collapse, the satellite might well fall out of orbit eventually. Settling it on the moon, the side which always faces Earth, would mean it would be more likely to be stable and accessible over the long term.
Anyway, enough random musing (I'm sure there are many problems with the idea, but I've only given it a few minutes of thought). Let's talk about Doctor Who.
In short: That didn't suck nearly as much as I expected it to. It was actually almost good, for RTD at least. There were a few big WTF moments (which I'll talk about), but the basic plot hit pretty well satisfying. It doesn't make up for the crappy first part, but at least it makes a nice change from "good first parts followed by crappy resolutions.
The WTFs: ( Read more... )
The Good: ( Read more... )
Speculations on issues of Who continuity, and unresolved issues: ( Read more... )
The ending, and what we saw of the new Doctor: (biggest spoilers) ( Read more... )
Edit: Preview of Eleven's first season here.
But I give it a thumbs up, all in all. Maybe because the first part had so badly lowered my expectations, but still.
