Tuesday, August 6, 2013

Although in this case, "Rim" is not a verb.



Pacific Rim was really pretty much just two hours and eleven minutes of really good giant robot/monster porn, and like any good porn movie, the plot was just a feeble excuse to get the physical action started, some of the positions were really weird and uncomfortable looking but obviously necessary for the camera angles to work, there was a mix of one on one, two on two, three on two and two on one action, and of course there was a happy ending involving an Asian woman.
- Sid

Tuesday, July 30, 2013

One more detail.

(Contributed by Laurie Smith)

Several postings on time travel have graced the pages of The Infinite Revolution, including frequent references to Doctor Who’s TARDIS.  Sid travelled across the Atlantic Ocean to find a similar looking telephone box, which alas did not have the capacity for temporal transportation. For those visiting Vancouver – look no further than Stanley Park.


Positioned incongruously beside a children’s waterpark and some public washrooms, this rather ordinary looking structure invites those who dare to step inside, with a warning of the consequences.
 

If I was designing this device I would add one more detail to lend authenticity and some humour:  a clock without hands above the posted warning. To the question “What time is it?” the obvious answer would be “Whatever time you want it to be”.

Next time you have a chance to stroll (or run) around the Stanley Park Seawall, duck into the yellow box and see what happens.  

- Laurie 

P.S.  The Infinite Revolution thanks you for another excellent guest posting, Dr. Smith.  Wow - time travel causing cancer, what an interesting idea for a science fiction story, either as a plot twist or a known peril.  That being said, I think it's very decent of the owner of the Stanley Park Time Machine (or perhaps the Surgeon General) to post a warning on the outside of the box.
- Sid