In this week ’s “ Postal Apocalypse , ” we reveal the incredible confidential excretory systems of vampire , figure out what you need to be watching on Netflix , and key out a state of war that ’s also a paradox … a paradox of death . interpret on , but do n’t bury to transport your query to[email protected ] !
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Jarrod W. :
While watching Being Human the other nighttime , a question began to plague me : After having my reasonable portion of booze , I have to attain the men ’s elbow room for a pit halt more often . Do lamia have this same issue of breaking the seal ? Do they piss red ? Do they ca-ca clot blood ? Also , does making out with a vampire taste like cent ? These are the things that confound me at the end of a bottle of Jameson ’s . I ’ll pour another & let you answer . honey theses posts , btw .
Excellent question ! And telling , because when I reach out the goal of a bottle of whisky , I generally just fall down at rest .
The first doubt we need to ask is why do vampires drink in blood . Some say it ’s to replace their own blood , either to supply O to their body ( since vampires do n’t emit ) , some say it ’s used in its entirety as fuel for vampiric business leader , and others think it ’s the lamia equivalent of food .
I do n’t intend we need to occupy about the O theory , because if vampires really postulate to drink rip to oxygenise their organic structure , they ’d be drink in ancestry ceaselessly , and they do n’t . And if they employ all the lineage as fuel , then it all gets used , and there ’s nothing to excrete .
So what if profligate is just vampire solid food ? Then it ’s possible they do n’t use all of the roue they rust , just like our bodies do n’t use all the food for thought we eat . Of line of descent ’s four component — cerise blood cells , white rip cells , platelets and blood plasma — plasma is most definitely a vampire ’s bite origin because it control the most nutrient and proteins .
But I can see vampire using the other parts , too . lamia could probably benefit from the smoothing iron regain in red blood cadre . There are still plenty of things white roue cell could struggle off in a vampire ’s body , like bacterium , leech , whatever . blood platelet … well , vampire need to heal too , and platelets are what help clot blood and close up up wounds — indeed , when vampires are wounded they more often than not need to drink bloodline to heal , implying that the platelets are very necessary .
But if lamia do n’t use all the stemma , then they would involve to egest it . If they did n’t call for the crimson rake cells , yes , they would urinate red ( I do n’t think blood would coagulate in a vampire ’s body , just like blood does n’t clot in our bodies , so no pooping , no-account ) . If the red blood cells are used ( or at least the iron - filled Hb that gives blood its red color ) then whatever is n’t used would look a milky , semi - clear white , which would be very awkward at a bath drag one’s heels .
Last but not least , if you kissed a lamia like a shot after he / she drink blood , yes , they would smack like cent ( again , thanks to hemoglobin ) , just like you would taste like blue cheese immediately after eat on blue cheese . Which is why vampire should keep breath mint on hand and brush regularly . Just because you ’re undead does n’t mean you ca n’t have manner .
Nothing But Net(flix )
Jonah B. :
My married woman and I had to cancel our cable to save money , but we still have Netflix . I ’m presently at the tail oddment of having been subject to every episode of Gossip Girl , which means it ’s my twist to find fault the next show we watch . I need suggestions for shows on Netflix that are suitably nerdy , but that I can also get my wife to watch . And I ’m not look for Dr. Who as a suggestion . I want shows that I have n’t necessarily learn of because they ’ve been a bit under the radiolocation . And just so you know , I got her to watch most of BSG , all of Firefly , and all of Lost Girl that ’s currently stream . Oh , and if there ’s a sound looking guy wire on the show , she ’s more potential to be into it .
Understood . Well , Supernatural is probably your best stakes for nerdiness and attractive swell . The Vampire Diaries is another CW show which I ’ve had recommended to me by a luck of people I trust , which again is high up on the attractive dude scale .
Other options : Eureka , Dollhouse ( it gets passably good after about sequence 8) , either the American or the original Being Humans . Did she enjoy BSG enough she ’d give Caprica a chance ? You could watch the first season of Heroes ( do n’t , for any reason , watch out a minute of season 2 , 3 or 4 ) . Stephen Moffitt ’s Jekyll is light but plenty amazing .
I do n’t know how you or she finger about comedies , but if you have n’t see Edgar Wright and Simon Pegg ’s Spaced , you need to do so straight off , as well as The IT crew . Any chance either of you are into cartoon ? I ’ll always recommend Avengers : Earth ’s Mightiest Heroes to anyone who will take heed , but I can see how it would n’t be a non - dweeb ’s tea . But if you bulge out watching Avatar : The Last Airbender , I calculate you ’d both be hook in about four episodes .
Mainly you just necessitate to wait until time of year one of Arrow attain Netflix Instant , currently one of my favorite shows on TV , and one of the best superhero shows period , star the madly moony Stephen Amell . I ’m not festive , but I would consider it an honor and a privilege to have sex with that man .
The Postman Only Rings Once
Jack Y. :
You say that your theory of movie remaking is that they should only be attempt if the people gain said attempt think they can do better or at least do something new . So what about The Postman ?
I do n’t cogitate it ’s a bad motion-picture show , exactly , when evaluate purely on its own meritoriousness . A small bit ego - soft , perhaps , but that ’s not a huge law-breaking in a Hollywood film .
The trouble is that it ignored all of the science fabrication elements from the Holy Writ , and even changed the moral of the story to its exact opposite . I would love to have intercourse whether this was all Kevin Costner ’s fault or whether some ( other ) studio executive director is to blame .
But mostly I require to know if perchance there ’s someone out there that would be uncoerced to redo The Postman , perhaps include the great sci - fi elements ( cyborg super - soldier , hippy soldierlike artists , artificial intelligence , etc . ) and philosophical system ( the welfare of sharing resourcefulness rather than hoarding them , the grandness of guilty conscience trip as a societal motivator , the dangers of glorifying state of war , environmentalism ) that made the book an instant classic .
Do you suppose it ’s possible ? Or has Kevin Costner screwed us out of something beautiful ?
potential , yes . probably ? No . Most of the remakes Hollywood is making are motion-picture show that have had some kind of cult success in that they ’re nostalgically view with some positivism : Red Dawn , Carrie , Clash of the Titans , Fright Night , etc . , and The Postman does n’t have that form of cultural memory cache . No one talks about it . Hell , I play a weekly mail service column based on the motion-picture show and I still almost never talk about it .
There is also the fact that The Postman ( according to estimable ol’Box Office Mojo ) had a budget of $ 80 million , and made less than $ 18 million during its entire domestic foot race . That ’s … . that ’s believably gon na scare off Hollywood movie administrator for the rest of clip .
However , The Postman is exactly the kind of affair that some executive at SyFy might place a more book - accurate miniseries of in a bibulous rampage . Whether that make you feel any good , I do n’t know .
Augmented Reality bite
Vince V. :
For those who do n’t jazz , “ The Laughing Man ” was a cyber terrorist in the first season of Ghost in the Shell : SAC . He committed crimes by hack people ’s center implants , so that whenever they examine to take care at him , they only hear a smiley face emoticon . The only people who could actually see him were homeless people , because in this futurity , EVERYONE has eye implant . And dispossessed people were too inebriated to be reliable witnesses . It was a REALLY interesting idea ; more Zanzibar copal should be that impudent .
First of all , thank you for explaining The Laughing Man so I did n’t have to . Second , it really look on how fast the Google Glasses and their like become prevalent , which … I do n’t bonk . I find like a ill-tempered previous man even typewrite this out , but I do n’t feel that Google Glasses are going to reach the same variety of popularity as , say , tablet like the iPad . I guess it ’s less the mind of the tech that ’s the problem than my worries than the technical school wo n’t be good enough to make tablets obsolete , i.e. it ’ll be soft for people to chequer the net on an iPad than it will Google Glasses .
Of course , when everyone fix their bionic eyes and middling much everyone can see AR , yeah , AR ads will be everywhere . And thanks to Ghost in the Shell : Stand Alone Complex , someone — likely lots of somebody — wo nt rest until they ’ve whoop eye - ternet of whatever it ’ll be shout in the exact same manner , having been pep up specifically by the anime . Admittedly , that ’s a lot that needs to happen , but I guess GitS : SAC has it pretty right — look for the Laughing Man in the 2030s .
warfare Without End
Rafael HC :
Hi Rob , big fan from Colombia . Sorry for my English , it ’s not my mother language , feel free to edit the schoolbook to make it decipherable . So here is my question : the Empire and the Federation are fighting against each other . In normal conditions I think the Federation would get ahead well but , what if the army of the Federation is conformed only by Red Shirts and the ground forces of the Empire is conformed only by Original Trilogy Stormtroopers ? Or Federation in full powerfulness vs. Prequels Empire + Jedis ?
Any anyone who has see my typewriting can attest , you have absolutely no pauperism to apologise for your English , Rafael .
you could apologize for your passing knockout question , though . An US Army of Stormtroopers who ca n’t shoot deserving a shit against an army of Red Shirts who give-up the ghost constantly ? Would the Stormtroopers ’ unfitness to aim take into account the Red Shirts to exist ? Or would the cherry - shirt tendency to die help oneself the Stormtroopers aim ? That ’s like some paradox shit there . Honestly , I ca n’t conceive of a scenario that does n’t end with a massive pile of Stormtrooper and Red Shirt bodies litter the landscape ( FYI , the pic above comes froma shirt usable over at Tshirt Laundry , if you ’re concerned ) .
As for the full Federation vs. the Republic and Jedis … well , let ’s assume this is a ground - battle , because Wars Vs . Trek ship is its own literary argument . You have the reasonably skilled Jango Fett clones and the Jedi on one side , then all the officers of the Federation on the other … I have to give this to the Wars squad , because it ’s an actual army train for battle , while the Federation is made up of countless officers who have nothing to do with physical aggression . Sure , the Federation does its share of fighting , but mostly they do it ship to ship ; and while there are definitely some trained soldier in there , every individual Clone Trooper is cloned to kill .
Do you have questions about anything scifi , fancy , superhero , or dweeb - link up ? Email[email protect ] ! No doubt too difficult , no question too dumb !
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