Xmas Story

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I noticed something in the Xmas Story episode.  When Santa Bot fires his TOW missile, for a brief moment before it hits the parrot, you can see the wire guiding the missile.  Nice touch there.
(TOW = Tube-launched, Optically-tracked, Wire-guided)

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Wow, I never noticed that, I'll keep an eye out next time...

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You can see it when it launches too and you can see it unwind behind the missile as it travels through the air. Good thing Santa is a robot, otherwise he couldn't hope to keep the fix on Leela and Fry while closing it at such high speed. I'd say someone at Rough Draft know his AT-weapons.

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But Teral who dosent? 

I mean good observation Delta - I will look out for it.

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I saw that the first time I saw the episode.

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I have a nitpick about that scene.  F&L are convinced they're about to die, and they lean in to kiss each other.  But when Robot Santa actually fires the missile they break off the kiss and start screaming!

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Seems like a reasonable reaction to me. Either that or shit your drawers.

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Originally posted by Teral:
You can see it when it launches too and you can see it unwind behind the missile as it travels through the air. Good thing Santa is a robot, otherwise he couldn't hope to keep the fix on Leela and Fry while closing it at such high speed. I'd say someone at Rough Draft know his AT-weapons.

Santa isn't closing in on Fry and Leela, he's standing still.  Only the missle is moving.  All Santabot has to do is keep the reticle in the launcher on Fry and Leela.  The missile will track where he's aiming.

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Santa may be standing still but his sleigh isn't. Even as he say "your mistletoe is no match for my TOW-missile" it's moving towards them, and right after the missile hits the parrot Santa is pulling up to avoid hitting the building, while travelling pretty fast.

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I guess assume know this is because of his robot-dexterity. You know- with sci-fi servo motors and whatnot.

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nice catch, i think ive seen it before but just didnt register what exactly i was seeing.

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 Comedy Central is showing this episode tonight and I am happy that it is getting a rare airing .
I wonder how CC decides which episode to air.Maybe a progranning exec, shoots a dart or something.
"The Sting" and" Space Pilot 3000" get much more exposure.
This is a good episode and if you haven't seen it before, here's your chance.
Yeah 5 year bump, I know.At least I didn't start a new thread.

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Hmm i never seen that ...i would have to see the epsisode agan look for that ....

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October 30th Comedy Central 2:30 AM Eastern.Be there or TiVo it.

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October 30th Comedy Central 2:30 AM Eastern.Be there or TiVo it.

Well me being 24 I will probabaly be on a date or something

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October 30th Comedy Central 2:30 AM Eastern.Be there or TiVo it.

Well me being 24 I will probabaly be on a date or something

good to hear that both your time machine and cloning device are working perfectly....

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Well me being 24 I will probabaly be on a date or something

You're 24 huh? You're extremly mature for your age, thats for sure...

Oh I care so much what a fat nerd that thinks he's cool because his picture is of a dude with 5 o'clock shadow as his avatar and Jezem well lets just say I am talking for the whole website when
i say fuck You your mom and everyone you love which cant be many

If you're going to verbally attack someone at least show some intelligence.
It's times like this I cant help but feel "survival of the fittest" is a load of shit.

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Well, the jury's still out regarding survival of the fittest and homo sapiens but my bet guess is on intelligence being a negative trait that ultimately 'selects' itself out of existance.

(It's just a pity that we were able to take so many species with us. But, hey, thems the breaks when things are left up to evolutionary mechanisms.)

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Well, the jury's still out regarding survival of the fittest and homo sapiens but my bet guess is on intelligence being a negative trait that ultimately 'selects' itself out of existance.

Your theory is looking like it's coming true; PEEL is a good example.  Does it seem that a good percentage of the new posters are... how shall I say this... a little OFF?

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Ten to one they're mostly the same person.

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Which is why the admins need to have & use IP address search capability.

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Ten to one they're mostly the same person.

I know I'm the same person. Mostly, anyway.