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Interview: Patrick Flueger, one of the stars of USA Network’s hit series The 4400 joins us for a chat about the upcoming new season, about the developments in store for his character, Shawn Farrell, and more, including the fact that he’s a big fan of scifi.
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Hey Mike. When you guys were talking about
The Science of Star Trek and SG1, it was pretty clear that Evo and Joe do not understand the difference between “science” and “application”. When Evo talked about flip-phones, that’s an application of science.
Physicists and mathematicians have long had a fascination with Star Trek. Many, including Stephan Hawking, have gone on record that they are looking into the physics of teleportation. Wormholes, quantum entanglement, and other theories are valid science. Just because we can’t figure out a way to apply those theories does not mean that teleportation is not possible. The same goes for other ideas in Star Trek and SG1.
Evo has a pretty good grasp of science, so I am surprised that he outright dismissed “science” in this case. I’m sure if the thinks about it, he’ll see that he was wrong.
Battle Angel sounding like Cherry 2000??
Dude, Battle Angel is a great anime! Watch it. I insist, nay demand!
Totally agree Jeremy. The manga is even better.
Ghost Rider does look wicked cool. Just remember that Hulk did too and, while not a terrible movie, didnt live up. Hopefully Rider works.
ditto with ditto. Stargate dosent just bullshit everything, most of it has a base in science. Sure its “fiction”, but they try to base it in fact.
Yea, I’ll believe Ghost Rider is good when there is a full length movie to examine. Can’t wait to listen to the voicemail show with the party of folks present.
Guys, Jerry Lee Lewis, “the Killer,” is still alive. He’ll be 71 sometime in September this year.
Absolutely Tee. I couldn’t believe what I heard and about fell out of my chair. These young bucks need to confer with this old man before making such statements. Hmmm, how crazy is this?…..I was around when the Killer, Elvis, Cash, Perkins and Orbison first came on the scene. Jeeeez, I’m old! 🙂
When it comes to slasher films, there origin really comes from the Italian Gialo film. eg have a look at Dario Argento’s Suspiria.
>>>Battle Angel sounding like Cherry 2000??
>>>Dude, Battle Angel is a great anime! Watch it. I >>>insist, nay demand!
LOL…..Cherry 2000 is a great piece of scifi, and gorramit everyone should watch it!
“When it comes to slasher films, there origin really comes from the Italian Gialo film. eg have a look at Dario Argento’s Suspiria”
I hoped someone commented about Dario Argento. when I heard his name on this episode I almost feel over. All of his movies are so terrifying. He is AMAZING. I have several on VHS. Suspiria is great, another good one was Inferno. I heard he is making a new movie.
A little bit of trivia on the Trivia: that clip from [I]X-Men[/I], that was the only scene from [I]Serenity[/I] writer Joss Whedon’s rewrite of the script that actually made it into the movie. So there you go. 😀
I like Patrick Flueger. I don`t speak in English very well. Adriana 🙂
he is DAMN hot =]