PHASE IV: Adapt or DIE!
Dave Van Domelen
I hit a used book store that was going out of business, and since they
were abotu 30 cents each I got a couple of movie adaptation books, one of
which I know was a MSTie, the other one I think was, but can't recall.
First the sure thing:
Phase IV! From the back cover, "Is there a creature who could challenge
man's supremacy on earth[sic]? The answer came one hot day in the Arizona
desert when a horde of ants turned a thriving city into a ghost town. Then
it was only a matter of time until the final confrontation. The terrible
battle pitted the human race against a formidable insect civilization that
far surpassed Man's paltry brain and weapons!"
The conceit behind the title was that we start with Phase I, then go to
Phase II, etc until things get Really Bad in Phase IV. And no, these aren't
giant ants, either. Just swarms of hyperintelligent normal-sized ants.
Gosh, scary.
The other is Moon Zero Two, your basic rubber-suit-and-large-spherical-
helmet space mining drama. "SPACE BELONGS TO THE RICH" screams the header on
the back cover. It then continues in all caps, "Giant corporations control
the colonies on the Moon and Mars. Travel is limited to a few sade 'milk
runs.' Exploration is ended -- perhaps forever. But one maverick pilot,
Bill Kemp, still dreams of reaching the outer planets beyond the Asteroid
Belt. Even though his leaky space-ferrt is condemned and the corporations
are trying to have him grounded, Kemp has a plan -- a bold plan that will
change the very shape of the Solar System and catapult him to Jupiter and
beyond!" Starring James Olson, Catherine Von Schell and Warren Mitchell
(Mitchell!). And it has lunar forklifts.
Dave Van Domelen, also got "How To Attract The Wombat"....
Kristin Marie Bachman
On 20 May 1997, Dave Van Domelen wrote:
-----A-lot-of-great-stuff-snipped-----
>
> Dave Van Domelen, also got "How To Attract The Wombat"....
"And when the wombat comes, he will find me gone...." (10 pt ref)
Kristin Bachman, Eternal Imaginator
Nowhere-Maniac = Knightie = X-Phile = Trekker = MSTie
writer, musician and permanent crazy (not in that order)
ri...@csd.uwm.edu
ConHugeCo Pres-franich
Dave Van Domelen (dva...@eyrie.org) wrote:
: I hit a used book store that was going out of business, and since they
: were abotu 30 cents each I got a couple of movie adaptation books, one of
: which I know was a MSTie, the other one I think was, but can't recall.
: First the sure thing:
: Phase IV! From the back cover, "Is there a creature who could challenge
: man's supremacy on earth[sic]? The answer came one hot day in the Arizona
: desert when a horde of ants turned a thriving city into a ghost town. Then
: it was only a matter of time until the final confrontation. The terrible
: battle pitted the human race against a formidable insect civilization that
: far surpassed Man's paltry brain and weapons!"
: The conceit behind the title was that we start with Phase I, then go to
: Phase II, etc until things get Really Bad in Phase IV. And no, these aren't
: giant ants, either. Just swarms of hyperintelligent normal-sized ants.
: Gosh, scary.
Ouch! That stung my puzzler as the memories of this movie fester to the surface.
I saw this movie on TV, in the 70's I think. At whatever young age I was at I
found this movie a little interesting, maybe on the level of a last season
episode of the "Six Million Dollar Man," or "Space: 1999."
Roger M. Wilcox
In article <Pine.OSF.3.91.970521...@alpha2.csd.uwm.edu>,
Kristin Marie Bachman <ri...@alpha2.csd.uwm.edu> wrote:
>
> Kristin Bachman, Eternal Imaginator
> Nowhere-Maniac = Knightie = X-Phile = Trekker = MSTie
As in the third verse of a parody of "Gimmie That Old Time Religion" I
saw in a fortune file once? The one that goes:
In the church of Aphrodite
The priestess wears a see-through Knightie,
She's a mighty righty sighty
And she's good enough for me!
(Well, okay, maybe the "Knightie" part didn't actually have a "K"
on the front.)
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Richard Gardineer
Dave Van Domelen wrote:
>
> I hit a used book store that was going out of business, and since they
> were abotu 30 cents each I got a couple of movie adaptation books, one of
> which I know was a MSTie, the other one I think was, but can't recall.
> First the sure thing:
>
> Phase IV! From the back cover, "Is there a creature who could challenge
> man's supremacy on earth[sic]? The answer came one hot day in the Arizona
> desert when a horde of ants turned a thriving city into a ghost town. Then
> it was only a matter of time until the final confrontation. The terrible
> battle pitted the human race against a formidable insect civilization that
> far surpassed Man's paltry brain and weapons!"
> The conceit behind the title was that we start with Phase I, then go to
> Phase II, etc until things get Really Bad in Phase IV. And no, these aren't
> giant ants, either. Just swarms of hyperintelligent normal-sized ants.
> Gosh, scary.
>
> helmet space mining drama. "SPACE BELONGS TO THE RICH" screams the header on
> the back cover. It then continues in all caps, "Giant corporations control
> the colonies on the Moon and Mars. Travel is limited to a few sade 'milk
> runs.' Exploration is ended -- perhaps forever. But one maverick pilot,
> Bill Kemp, still dreams of reaching the outer planets beyond the Asteroid
> Belt. Even though his leaky space-ferrt is condemned and the corporations
> are trying to have him grounded, Kemp has a plan -- a bold plan that will
> change the very shape of the Solar System and catapult him to Jupiter and
> beyond!" Starring James Olson, Catherine Von Schell and Warren Mitchell
> (Mitchell!). And it has lunar forklifts.
>
Two" was Episode 111.
- Arthur A. Gardineer
Carl Burke
Roger M. Wilcox wrote:
>
> In article <Pine.OSF.3.91.970521...@alpha2.csd.uwm.edu>,
> Kristin Marie Bachman <ri...@alpha2.csd.uwm.edu> wrote:
> >
> > Kristin Bachman, Eternal Imaginator
> > Nowhere-Maniac = Knightie = X-Phile = Trekker = MSTie
> ^^^^^^^^
>
> As in the third verse of a parody of "Gimmie That Old Time Religion" I
A Forever Knightie?
"Victoria (Kristin Bachman) has a dark secret, one so hideous
it must never see the light of day. Follow Inspector Baerlach
(Kevin Mowery) as he unearths 'The Lingerie of Dorian Gray'.
Geraint Wyn Davies (Doug Barkes) chews the scenery (literally!)
as a vampire window dresser."
--
Barcode, call my agent!
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Carl Burke, cbu...@mitre.org -- Morde me, iuvat
My opinions are mine and mine alone, unless you
agree with them. Then I'll share.
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with me." - C. Bourgeois
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Kevin Mowery
Carl Burke (cbu...@mitre.org) wrote:
: "Victoria (Kristin Bachman) has a dark secret, one so hideous
: it must never see the light of day. Follow Inspector Baerlach
: (Kevin Mowery) as he unearths 'The Lingerie of Dorian Gray'.
: Geraint Wyn Davies (Doug Barkes) chews the scenery (literally!)
: as a vampire window dresser."
Yea! I finally made it into the moving pictures!
--
Kevin "Professor Bobo" Mowery________...@freenet.columbus.oh.us
"The only thing Mr. Clarke doesn't take into account is how incredibly
stupid any creature might be, no matter how advanced."
--Kevin Murphy, on Clarke's Law
Kristin Marie Bachman
On 22 May 1997, Kevin Mowery wrote:
> Carl Burke (cbu...@mitre.org) wrote:
>
> : "Victoria (Kristin Bachman) has a dark secret, one so hideous
> : it must never see the light of day.
ThE MAsTeR wIlL SeE yOu NoW......
Kristin Bachman
ri...@csd.uwm.edu
Sproing
In article <Pine.OSF.3.91.970521...@alpha2.csd.uwm.edu>,
Kristin Marie Bachman <ri...@alpha2.csd.uwm.edu> wrote:
> On 20 May 1997, Dave Van Domelen wrote:
>
> -----A-lot-of-great-stuff-snipped-----
> >
> > Dave Van Domelen, also got "How To Attract The Wombat"....
> "And when the wombat comes, he will find me gone...." (10 pt ref)
The Police, "On Any Other Day," from _Regatta de Blanc_.
Rack 'em.
Sproing
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On 23 May 1997, Sproing wrote:
> In article <Pine.OSF.3.91.970521...@alpha2.csd.uwm.edu>,
> Kristin Marie Bachman <ri...@alpha2.csd.uwm.edu> wrote:
>
> > On 20 May 1997, Dave Van Domelen wrote:
> >
> > -----A-lot-of-great-stuff-snipped-----
> > >
> > > Dave Van Domelen, also got "How To Attract The Wombat"....
> > "And when the wombat comes, he will find me gone...." (10 pt ref)
>
> The Police, "On Any Other Day," from _Regatta de Blanc_.
>
> Rack 'em.
.......... <- Are your 10 pts. But have we got Contact?
Kristin Bachman, Eternal Imaginator
Nowhere-Maniac = Knightie = X-Phile = Trekker = MSTie
Sproing
Kristin Marie Bachman <ri...@alpha2.csd.uwm.edu> Stung me by writing:
> On 23 May 1997, Sproing wrote:
>
> > In article <Pine.OSF.3.91.970521...@alpha2.csd.uwm.edu>,
> > Kristin Marie Bachman <ri...@alpha2.csd.uwm.edu> wrote:
> >
> > > On 20 May 1997, Dave Van Domelen wrote:
> > >
> > > -----A-lot-of-great-stuff-snipped-----
> > > >
> > > > Dave Van Domelen, also got "How To Attract The Wombat"....
> > > "And when the wombat comes, he will find me gone...." (10 pt ref)
> >
> > The Police, "On Any Other Day," from _Regatta de Blanc_.
> >
> > Rack 'em.
> .......... <- Are your 10 pts. But have we got Contact?
You and me? I feel so lonely.
>
> Kristin Bachman, Eternal Imaginator
> Nowhere-Maniac = Knightie = X-Phile = Trekker = MSTie
> writer, musician and permanent crazy (not in that order)
> ri...@csd.uwm.edu
Sproing
glenn_fetterhoff
In article <5ltdkq$9...@eyrie.org>, dva...@eyrie.org says...
>
> I hit a used book store that was going out of business, and since they
>were abotu 30 cents each I got a couple of movie adaptation books, one of
>which I know was a MSTie, the other one I think was, but can't recall.
> First the sure thing:
>
> Phase IV! From the back cover, "Is there a creature who could challenge
>man's supremacy on earth[sic]? The answer came one hot day in the Arizona
>desert when a horde of ants turned a thriving city into a ghost town. Then
>it was only a matter of time until the final confrontation. The terrible
>battle pitted the human race against a formidable insect civilization that
>far surpassed Man's paltry brain and weapons!"
> The conceit behind the title was that we start with Phase I, then go to
>Phase II, etc until things get Really Bad in Phase IV. And no, these aren't
>giant ants, either. Just swarms of hyperintelligent normal-sized ants.
>Gosh, scary.
As I would later come to interpret the movie, the four phases were the
Ants' plan, not the humans'. Although the humans may have also had
similar aspirations, they didn't finish the experiment. The Ants did.
And the Ants, supposedly being more intellegent now, were putting the
humans through a test of sorts. Being more intellegent, they also sought
to incorporate humans into their plan, rather than exterminate man as
humans so often do to them. But that's difficult stuff to bring across
in a low budget movie (without getting too talkie). That is, low budget
compared to a Spielberg movie. It really wasn't that bad a story, just
suffering from too little film stock. I think they blew all the money on
the big silver dome. So it was edited too short to really explain it
all, clearly. Or maybe it was intended to be slightly vague, but the
results was too much so. It would have been better if it had the same
budget and length as The Andromeda Strain. MST#72737
Kristin Marie Bachman
On 24 May 1997, Sproing wrote:
> Kristin Marie Bachman <ri...@alpha2.csd.uwm.edu> Stung me by writing:
>
> > On 23 May 1997, Sproing wrote:
> >
> > > > On 20 May 1997, Dave Van Domelen wrote:
> > > >
> > > > -----A-lot-of-great-stuff-snipped-----
> > > > >
> > > > > Dave Van Domelen, also got "How To Attract The Wombat"....
> > > > "And when the wombat comes, he will find me gone...."(10 pt ref)
> > > > > > The Police, "On Any Other Day," from _Regatta de Blanc_.
> > >
> > > Rack 'em.
> > .......... <- Are your 10 pts. But have we got Contact?
>
> You and me? I feel so lonely.
So do I - I mean, I can't see the point in another day when nobody listens
to a word I say.
Sproing
In article
<Pine.OSF.3.91.970525010...@alpha2.csd.uwm.edu>,
Kristin Marie Bachman <ri...@alpha2.csd.uwm.edu> wrote:
> On 24 May 1997, Sproing wrote:
>
> > Kristin Marie Bachman <ri...@alpha2.csd.uwm.edu> Stung me by writing:
> >
> > > On 23 May 1997, Sproing wrote:
> > >
> > > > > On 20 May 1997, Dave Van Domelen wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > -----A-lot-of-great-stuff-snipped-----
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Dave Van Domelen, also got "How To Attract The Wombat"....
> > > > > "And when the wombat comes, he will find me gone...."(10
pt ref)
> > > > > > > The Police, "On Any Other Day," from _Regatta de Blanc_.
> > > >
> > > > Rack 'em.
> > > .......... <- Are your 10 pts. But have we got Contact?
> >
> > You and me? I feel so lonely.
>
> So do I - I mean, I can't see the point in another day when nobody listens
> to a word I say.
Just keep talking. After all, truth hits everybody.
Kristin Marie Bachman
On 27 May 1997, Sproing wrote:
> In article
> <Pine.OSF.3.91.970525010...@alpha2.csd.uwm.edu>,
> Kristin Marie Bachman <ri...@alpha2.csd.uwm.edu> wrote:
>
> > > > On 23 May 1997, Sproing wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > > On 20 May 1997, Dave Van Domelen wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > -----A-lot-of-great-stuff-snipped-----
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Dave Van Domelen, also got "How To Attract The Wombat"....
> > > > > > "And when the wombat comes, he will find me gone...."(10
> pt ref)
> > > > > > > > The Police, "On Any Other Day," from _Regatta de Blanc_.
> > > > >
> > > > > Rack 'em.
> > > > .......... <- Are your 10 pts. But have we got Contact?
> > >
> > > You and me? I feel so lonely.
> >
> > So do I - I mean, I can't see the point in another day when nobody listens
> > to a word I say.
>
> Just keep talking. After all, truth hits everybody.
I have No time for the complexities of coversation - no time this time.
Kristin Bachman, Eternal Imaginator
ri...@csd.uwm.edu
Sproing
Kristin Marie Bachman <ri...@alpha2.csd.uwm.edu> extended the crusade by
writing:
Think you've got problems? I kill conversations when I walk into a room.
(Y'know, this is getting really hard -- considering the Police never wrote
their lyrics on the inside album sleeves until _Syncrhonicity_.)
Kristin Marie Bachman
On 30 May 1997, Sproing wrote:
> Kristin Marie Bachman <ri...@alpha2.csd.uwm.edu> extended the crusade by
> writing:
>
> > On 27 May 1997, Sproing wrote:
> > > In article
> > > > > > > > On 20 May 1997, Dave Van Domelen wrote:
> > > > > > > > -----A-lot-of-great-stuff-snipped-----
> > > > > > > > > Dave Van Domelen, also got "How To Attract The Wombat"..
> > > > > > > > "And when the wombat comes, he will find me gone...."(10
> > > pt ref)
> > > > > > > > > > The Police, "On Any Other Day," from _Regatta de Blanc_.
> > > > > > > Rack 'em.
> > > > > > .......... <- Are your 10 pts. But have we got Contact?
> > > > > You and me? I feel so lonely.
> > > > So do I - I mean, I can't see the point in another day when
nobody > listens
> > > > to a word I say.
> > > Just keep talking. After all, truth hits everybody.
> > I have No time for the complexities of coversation - no time this time.
>
> Think you've got problems? I kill conversations when I walk into a room.
>
I DO have problems, man. My landlord is a parasite on Pyllosan, I've
just had a BIG falling out with some buddies, I've got a dull-wit
dead-end job and everyone thinks I'm nuts cuz I see shadows in the rain.
> (Y'know, this is getting really hard -- considering the Police never wrote
> their lyrics on the inside album sleeves until _Syncrhonicity_.)
(A hint: http://www.dsi.unimi.it/mow/police/lyrics/byalbum.html)
Sproing
Kristin Marie Bachman <ri...@alpha2.csd.uwm.edu> told a tale of woe:
> On 30 May 1997, Sproing wrote:
> > Kristin Marie Bachman <ri...@alpha2.csd.uwm.edu> extended the crusade by
> > writing:
> > > On 27 May 1997, Sproing wrote:
> > > > In article
pt ref)
> > > > > > The Police, "On Any Other Day," from _Regatta de Blanc_.
> > > > > > Rack 'em.
> > > > > > > .......... <- Are your 10 pts. But have we got Contact?
> > > > > > You and me? I feel so lonely.
> > > > > So do I - I mean, I can't see the point in another day when
> nobody > listens
> > > > > to a word I say.
> > > > Just keep talking. After all, truth hits everybody.
> > > I have No time for the complexities of coversation - no time this time.
> > Think you've got problems? I kill conversations when I walk into a room.
> I DO have problems, man. My landlord is a parasite on Pyllosan, I've
> just had a BIG falling out with some buddies, I've got a dull-wit
> dead-end job and everyone thinks I'm nuts cuz I see shadows in the rain.
You should heed your doctor's warnings ... he does the best with you he can.
> > (Y'know, this is getting really hard -- considering the Police never wrote
> > their lyrics on the inside album sleeves until _Syncrhonicity_.)
> (A hint: http://www.dsi.unimi.it/mow/police/lyrics/byalbum.html)
And to think all this time I've been running downstairs to spin my old
LPs. Cheater! (;8^}=
You will see light in the darkness
You will make some sense of this
You will see joy in this sadness
You will find this love you miss
(As a result of this exercise, I'm becoming convinced that "Voices Inside
My Head" was the best thing the Police ever recorded. Strangely, it also
has the fewest lyrics of any non-instrumental.)
Kristin Marie Bachman
On 2 Jun 1997, Sproing wrote:
> > On 30 May 1997, Sproing wrote:
> > > > > In article
> > > > > > > > > >"And when the wombat comes, he will find me gone...."(10
> pt ref)
> > > > > > > The Police, "On Any Other Day," from _Regatta de Blanc_.
> > > > > > > Rack 'em.
> > > > > > > > .......... <- Are your 10 pts. But have we got Contact?
> > > > > > > You and me? I feel so lonely.
> > > > > > So do I - I mean, I can't see the point in another day when
> > nobody > listens
> > > > > > to a word I say.
> > > > > Just keep talking. After all, truth hits everybody.
> > > > I have No time for the complexities of coversation - no time
this time.
> > > Think you've got problems? I kill conversations when I walk into a
room.
> > I DO have problems, man. My landlord is a parasite on Pyllosan, I've
> > just had a BIG falling out with some buddies, I've got a dull-wit
> > dead-end job and everyone thinks I'm nuts cuz I see shadows in the rain.
>
> You should heed your doctor's warnings ... he does the best with you
he can. >
He tries his best, yes, but he's got me wrapped around his finger,
hypnotizing me if I linger because he thinks that will get rid of
my visions of the night.