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Lost In Space
November 14th, 2008
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With the success of the Star Trek television-series, television studios turned their eyes towards other science-fiction ideas. In 1965, Lost In Space hit televisions all over the United States. The story dealt with the idea that by 1997, the Earth has become overpopulated, and the loss of natural resources threatens to destroy humanity. Professor John Robinson, an astrophysicist, heads the crew of the Jupiter II. The mission is to find other planets in neighboring galaxies and colonize them.
With this family and a robot, the Robinson take off and head for Alpha-Centauri. Doctor Smith, a saboteur sneaks on board the craft while the Robinsons are in hyper-sleep. He sabotages the ship and the adventures begin. Unlike the Star Trek series, this show relied more on humor and adventure than on being a morality tale and the possibility of other worlds. Yet, the show lasted for a few more seasons and was adapted into a live-action film.
Out of the Darkness Story
October 23rd, 2008
For all the readers of Paranormalknowledge.com, I am here to tell you that I will soon embark on an ambitious project. This site has been an excellent place for us writers to share our knowledge of the paranormal with you. We are very eager to share with you readers many more of our stories. I will soon use this site as a place for a novel that has been formulating in my mind for many months.
The story will stay within the realm of the paranormal. It will draw heavily on many themes from classic fantasy and science-fiction novels, short stories, comic books, and movies. I will begin writing as soon as I can. My mind has been itching for a place to share this story and I can think of no better place than Paranormalknowledge.com.
It shall be entitled Out of the Darkness. I hope you enjoy reading. Check back soon for the first installment of this tale on the paranormal.
The Universe
October 15th, 2008
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Does the universe end somewhere? If we were to “warp-drive” in outer space, where would be end up? Is there another part of the universe we are not aware of? I guess these are questions that can never truly be answered no matter what physicists or mathematicians say. The truth is we will never know.
My own personal theory is that the universe does have an end. I see the black wall of outer-space as a mirror. If we were to use “warp-drive” like in Star Trek, we would eventually end up in the same exact spot we left in. There is a limit to the universe for us. We are stuck in this dimension of space and time and have no known way to break out of it.
Any thoughts?
Sunshine
September 24th, 2008
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In 2002, our worst fears were realized in Danny Boyle’s 28 Days Later. The story of a raging virus gone out of control caught the imagination of viewers all over the world. With the majority of the earth turned into zombies, a few humans must reach safety before the “infected” catch up with them. With this well-received film, Boyle next film turned his eyes towards the stars.
His next big-budget film was called Sunshine. It is the story of a crew of astronauts on their way to the sun to re-ignite it. Over many years, the sun begins to die out. Within only a short period of time, life on earth will completely whither away. It is up to these brave engineers and scientists to launch a nuclear payload into the core of the sun which will give life back to their planet.
Now, aside from being a very intriguing film with a lot of computer-generated imagery, this film does have some credibility. Is it possible that the sun could die out? Scientists have researched this possibility and have come to the conclusion that while the theory is plausible, it would take much more than a nuclear payload to re-ignite the sun. There would need be thousands of nuclear missiles just to make even the slightest difference in brightness.
