Ah... I love Traveler. Still have all my original boxed set, plus all the other core books, and a surprisingly large number of the supplements and adventures....

Not science fiction writers. Even thriller writers didn't focus on it. You are totally correct that he was one of the few at the time who was calling it out, but it was in the papers and such.

I love Herbert, don't get me wrong, but he was hardly foreseeing the future when he discussed conflicts arising from Oil in the Middle East... he was talking about the world he lived in. Conflict over Oil in the Middle East was already brewing when Dune was published. He was, however, keenly aware of the world…

All of which goes to prove that you can find evidence of just about anything you think or believe if you look hard enough.

To be honest, most of them these days. They tend to simplify the issues to the point that most audience members think that archaeologists leap to conclusions and/or that it's all just opinion or poppycock. They key is to remember that the information you are hearing is probably boiled down, and that there is a lot…

DOH! I said Third movie in this post and I meant Fourth movie! Silly silly me....

I'm a moran... I meant the fourth movie, not the third one....

Doh! I meant the fourth movie! Third movie was almost as good at the fourth!

I have been an archaeologist for well over a quarter of a century, and I have yet to meet a single archaeologist who hates Indiana Jones. Indeed, I know a number who first gained their interest in archaeology through that movie.

Well, there have been people saying the future belongs to microstates in pan-continental unions....

The voices aren't quite right, Pop-eye doesn't mutter enough, but the animation seems pretty good. He looks just about spot on, though Olive Oil isn't quite skinny or tall enough. It has promise, however, and I'd love to see a version that wasn't quite so bleak as the Robin Williams (RIP) version.

Technically, of course, they are not 25,000 years ahead, they come from a long time ago.... but you're totally right and they never do say what or how or where the beams are....

With her ass in the air? He's right,... she looks like she's presenting.

Funny enough, I have no problem with a character who is supposed to have spideresque superpowers being in an unusual position,.... the problem is that other than trying to get a spot in a porn video I cannot imagine why Spiderwoman would get into a position like this....

I think you're spot on with the "we don't really know" solution. One advantage the show had over people who made similar plots, like say BSG and Lost, is that the Andersons had a way out of the "We don't know what they're up to" dilemma. We NEVER had any POV's from the Alien perspective, so there was no promise we'd…

Good point. Well made. Though, the serious bits were bad.

I must admit, my wife and I both went..."What da fah...?" when we saw it....

Must agree with you there. My "favorite" scene is the one where the general and the protagonist (whose name escapes) are arguing in his office, and the protag calls the Secretary of the Airforce, who keeps them on hold with Stars and Stripes playing in the background while the two of them sized each other up.

Well... the first episode states pretty clearly they are harvesting human organs... but somehow I always thought there was more going on too. In fact, I had a theory that the UFO's were not alien, but were humans from the future....

Well played sir.... well played....