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Plant dude a ticking time bomb

posted 8 years ago by darkavenger77
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Thought so when we first saw him. How long til he flips out and starts to gank people? Where is Sean Connery when we need him?

Outland (1981)

In the distant future, a police marshal stationed at a remote mining colony on the Jupiter moon of Io uncovers a drug-smuggling conspiracy, and gets no help from the populace when he later finds himself marked for murder.

EDIT
Other than the plant dude, a body count of 1, maybe more. Would have been fitting if the dude that got sucked out was wearing a red shirt at the time.

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[–] MoviemanCin 8 years ago

I knew that nut job was going to go postal. He was talking to the friggin' plants.

Schrodinger's cat walks into a bar and doesn't.

[–] TylerFX 8 years ago

Yeah the "please they're only babies" line would have been okay I he was talking about puppies or kittens or something, but plants? You're just going to use them for food or medicine or whatever anyway. Why talk to them like that?

[–] belgarath043 8 years ago

agreed, everyone should have known.. doctor, wife. He had issues with the landing, if you recall. he was supposed to be most brilliant botanist on earth...

[–] jeffextreme1121 8 years ago

he was supposed to be most brilliant botanist on earth...

LOL, no really......

[–] independent-tek 8 years ago

And BOOOOOOOM!

The pumps don't work 'cause the Vandals stole the handles
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[–] rrattbbooyy 8 years ago

re: your hidden comment, would have been neat, but this doesn't seem like the wink/nod Easter egg type of show.

[–] shoobe01-1 8 years ago

It seems the one thing the space agency decided to skip on for costs was psych evals. Almost everyone is whiny, abrasive, or on the edge of going psycho.

A key problem I have with the show. They don't all have to be rocket heros, but people who are plausible to send (can handle adversity, play well with others) would be a good idea.

P.S. Turn off a few monitors and the exterior lights. So much wasted power during ep 5.

[–] ManWithDaPlan 8 years ago

I was wondering about those psych evals as well from the time plant dude arrived. They did try to come back and explain that 4 out of 6 during some Mars simulations end up basically losing their mind or something in so many word, but still.

Did plant dude get a pass on having to do a pysch eval before the trip just because he was the smartest plant person they could find? Why did his wife also have to come along?

Could he not have just hopped on some videos from Earth and explained his theories and procedures to someone on Mars that had actually passed a psych eval and was therefore more mentally stable to be on Mars and handle any unexpected challenges of the environment?

[–] artdogg50 8 years ago

Yeah wasn't really tough to predict. If we ever do make that trip in my lifetime, I really hope the crew acts nothing like this. Everyone does seem like basket cases. Way too many type A personalities.

[–] independent-tek 8 years ago

If I remember correctly, he was brought along because of his wife. She sort of forced the queue and got him onboard.

The pumps don't work 'cause the Vandals stole the handles
Bob Dylan

[–] independent-tek 8 years ago

They also skimped on airlocks. You can't just have a door to the outside of the dome without a proper airlock.

The pumps don't work 'cause the Vandals stole the handles
Bob Dylan

[–] RickVS 8 years ago

What in fact would even be the purpose for such a door. You could never open it ever without destroying part of the habitat.

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[–] artdogg50 8 years ago

Strictly for television.

[–] Lupin-III 8 years ago

They also skimped on airlocks. You can't just have a door to the outside of the dome without a proper airlock.

Yeah, the lack of a proper airlock was insulting, and they immediately followed up that insult with another insult by not having emergency oxygen masks. We had those for the Apollo program in the *beep* 60's, but they can't spring for some 80 years later? This show's writing is amateur.

The first transport is away... hey!

[–] MoviemanCin 8 years ago

How long til he flips out and starts to steal people??

Urban Dictionary gank: to steal.

Schrodinger's cat walks into a bar and doesn't.

[–] darkavenger77 8 years ago

How long til he flips out and starts to steal people??

Urban Dictionary gank: to steal.

Gank is one of those terms I heard used on TV that stuck with me. In this case, it was from Supernatural. It does appear in the Urban Dictionary:

gank, v. to kill a monster
In the TV show universe of "Supernatural," demon hunters Sam and Dean Winchester often discuss how, when, and why to gank monsters.

It is generally used by Sam and Dean in place of kill.

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=gank&defid=5509529

More info is on the wiki for the show:
http://www.supernaturalwiki.com/index.php?title=Gank

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[–] MoviemanCin 8 years ago

Okay, dark. I didn't know that definition. Thanks.

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