Showing posts with label Mars. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mars. Show all posts

Sunday, 19 June 2011

Beer on Mars and gateway words

Great lines in classic sci-fi, some wonderful pulp weirdness and even Leslie Nielsen. The scene comes from Tales of Tomorrow, an important US TV series from the early 1950s.

There's a d20 table under the vid, a small transformative homage to the show, the genre and the doorways to adventure hidden in everyday language; for loaded game moments.




     Gateway words (d20)
  1. So this is x.
  2. I'm disappointed.
  3. I expected something different.
  4. It's just that...
  5. It's kinda strange...
  6. ... that's all.
  7. Nothing here.
  8. There are no y.
  9. Why not?
  10. That's what I'd like to know.
  11. You can't expect to find z.
  12. No, you don't understand me.
  13. Look.
  14. Now take a look at this.
  15. What are you driving at?
  16. There's nothing.
  17. Only the barrenness...
  18. ...and the howling wind.
  19. It's weird.
  20. Makes me feel kinda funny.

If you liked that, there's weird science fantasy at ix, Swords & Stitchery, Spaceswords & Glory, Ancient Astronauts, Dreams in the Lich House and From the Sorcerer's Skull, not to mention in the NetherWerks realm, especially NetherWerks, Zalchis and Riskail.

And in plenty of other places too I'll bet. Where else can we get that vibe?
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