Sine Wave
Liquid Emperor
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« on: 06-22-2008 15:28 »
« Last Edit on: 06-22-2008 15:28 »
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Mis shrugged, and turned again to Magnifico. He unwrapped the package, "Know what this is, boy?"
Magnifico fairly hurled himself out of his seat and caught the multi-keyed instrument. He fingered the myriad knobby contacts and threw a sudden back somersault of joy, to the imminent destruction of the nearby furniture.
He croaked, "A Visi-Sonor – and of a make to distill joy out of a dead man's heart." His long fingers caressed softly and slowly, pressing lightly on contacts with a rippling motion, resting momentarily on one key then another – and in the air before them there was a soft glowing rosiness, just inside the range of vision.
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Mis said in a conversational tone to Bayta, "Ever hear a Visi-Sonor?"
"Once," said Bayta, equally casually, "at a concert of rare instruments. I wasn't impressed."
"Well, I doubt that you came across good playing. There are very few really good players. It's not so much that it requires physical co-ordination – a multi-bank piano requires more, for instance – as a certain type of free-wheeling mentality." In a lower voice, "That's why our living skeleton there might be better than we think. More often than not, good players are idiots otherwise. It's one of those queer setups that makes psychology interesting."
-Isaac Asimov, Foundation and Empire
Found this while reading said book. Thought it was interesting.
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Seymour_My_Hero
Professor
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That is cool!
On the commentary for "Parasites Lost" they said that the Holophoner was based off of the Visi-Soner.
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km73
Space Pope
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Sweet, you posted it! Originally posted by Officer 1BDI: Awesome find, Sine Wave.
Isn't it? - I called it a capital find. "Myriad knobby contacts" that emit a "soft glowing rosiness"... sounds like a pretty apt description of a holophoner, indeed. And it does make sense that kids would probably be better at it, since they might be less inhibited and more unreserved while playing it, thus "freeing" the instrument's capacity for maximum effect. Going by that theory, then, Fry would also have the potential to be good at it, given his often "childlike" nature and guilelessness.
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Frisco17
DOOP Secretary
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I never thought of that. It actally makes alot of sense that it might be from him screwing with his brain. Bravo Sine Wave.
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Xanfor
DOOP Secretary
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Originally posted by Sine Wave:
-Isaac Asimov, Foundation and Empire Oh, it's been years since I read that last... :sigh:
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BeeJay
Crustacean
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I've always thought that the holophoner player needs the same type of disconnected brain synapses that are present in today's typical dulcimer player.
Short explanation: Most dulcimer players are AARP members of long standing after a long career of keeping house.
(The BEEJer plays the dulcimer, but for some reason is neither eligible for AARP membership and has participated in remunerative work for years.)
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Rolandk73
Crustacean
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I've been a fan of foundation since before windows 95!
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km73
Space Pope
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Well, right, I don't know if you can read too much into that. It rather strikes me as another one of Fry's typical statements; which of course don't always have to make logical sense. He was somewhat caught up in the fervor of believing his brother had stolen everything from him at that time, and thus it was probably more of a belligerent/histrionic declaration. Or his imagination. So not sure if that should be taken too literally. Does anything reckon the Holophoner will ever make another appearance?
Oh, I think it probably will. Most likely during the last movie. Have a feeling it will still factor in somehow, though how I couldn't say.
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km73
Space Pope
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Right - Guitaring is hard. Particularly good guitaring. I'd like to see it make another appearance as it's often been a good if subtle way of making the audience realise just what a surprisingly deep character Fry is... Yes, the holophoner was used well as a symbol to show Fry and Leela's feelings on both sides and as a possible means of bringing out Leela's suppressed feelings. But in a way it was also a symbol of Fry's frustration too.
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