When you see the moon, do you ever feel like howling at it? Yes, all the time. What hold you back? It wouldn't hear me. In space, no one can hear you howl.
On the other hand mail carriers can hear Rover so he gives them the full treatment.
Sort of like if a tree falls in the forest and no one hears it: does it make a sound? I don’t know but I bet Rover would still stop and sniff every tree. Now let’s rejoin Red & Rover in pondering the acoustics of the universe……
My senior momentitis has confused me again. Is that a new avatar? I don’t think you had one before. That is without a doubt the FATTEST cat I’ve ever seen. I love it. Are you his/hers?
One would think someone said that long before it became a line in a movie. Red was probably an avid “Boy’s Life” reader. They published a lot of sci-fi short stories.
As to film, the in-space scenes in FireFly are silent.
It was never a line in a movie; the line’s only association with Alien is from the advertizing (posters * TV spots). And given how much of Heinlein’s work was published in Boy’s Life, it wouldn’t surprise me at all if that’s how Rover knows about how sound works (or not) in a vacuum.
GROG Premium Member over 14 years ago
Ain’t that the truth!
COWBOY7 over 14 years ago
Oh, you’re too smart for us, Rover!
Little Miss Tink over 14 years ago
Wait ten years from now. Say, 1979?
rogebr over 14 years ago
On the other hand mail carriers can hear Rover so he gives them the full treatment.
Sort of like if a tree falls in the forest and no one hears it: does it make a sound? I don’t know but I bet Rover would still stop and sniff every tree. Now let’s rejoin Red & Rover in pondering the acoustics of the universe……
Hey! there’s a fly in my coffee!
lewisbower over 14 years ago
Wrong! I remember the Star ship Enterprise going “Whoosh!”
Lyons Group, Inc. over 14 years ago
@Ladyfinger86: “Aliens” came out in 1979. I should know, I was still in high school when it did. Rover himself just fortold the future.
GROG Premium Member over 14 years ago
Lewreader, even Roddenberry admitted it was not scientifically accurate, but the effects were added for the audience’s benefit.
Plods with ...™ over 14 years ago
I always thought they had left a door open….
poohbear8192 over 14 years ago
Lewreader:
My senior momentitis has confused me again. Is that a new avatar? I don’t think you had one before. That is without a doubt the FATTEST cat I’ve ever seen. I love it. Are you his/hers?
ellisaana Premium Member over 14 years ago
One would think someone said that long before it became a line in a movie. Red was probably an avid “Boy’s Life” reader. They published a lot of sci-fi short stories.
As to film, the in-space scenes in FireFly are silent.
tedcoop over 14 years ago
It was never a line in a movie; the line’s only association with Alien is from the advertizing (posters * TV spots). And given how much of Heinlein’s work was published in Boy’s Life, it wouldn’t surprise me at all if that’s how Rover knows about how sound works (or not) in a vacuum.