Among the things that make me happy are David Bowie, science fiction, and your mom.
Catching Elephant is a theme by Andy Taylor
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When I’m asked to teach a Physics class, and I only have five minutes to review material I haven’t done in ten years before class starts…
…and then they ask me if I can do it, I reply, “Well… I have seen Cosmos about ten times.”
And somehow, I manage to muddle through and answer questions intelligibly.
Boom: Kristi...is it necrophilia if I have a thing for 27 year old Carl Sagan?
kristi: umm....not unless you are picturing a dead 27 yo sagan and the dead bit is what gets u
Boom: lol. Good. You're a good friend
kristi: hah cause I convince you that you arent a psycho?
me: yup
It was only a matter of time before I talked about Carl Sagan. I long ago placed him in my parthenon of heroes if only because he was the one person who could properly explain science to me. As I have mentioned before, I am phenomenally bad at science, so what he did is no mean feat.
That being said though, I still haven’t figured out how to make his recipe for apple pie.
However, there are areas that Carl Sagan goes into where I am a great deal more comfortable, not the least of which is engaged with in Contact.
But first, let’s start with a quote from the book that I think should launch us into the discussion:
“The book was better than the movie. For one thing, there was a lot more in it. And some of the pictures were awfully different from the movie.”
If ever there was an apt description of movie versus book, I haven’t found it. Books certainly have more, and the pictures in your mind do tend to be different from the ones in the movies. I only take exception to the fact that the book is better than the movie.
And of course, the reason I take exception is because I’m not convinced the book is better than the movie at all.
The amount of BAMF in the room is un-fucking-quantifiable.
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Do you think Contact the book was better? Or the movie?
