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Billy Kaplan ([personal profile] actualwizard) wrote in [community profile] entrancelogs2016-04-08 11:27 am

Movie Night!

Who: Anyone who wants to come watch Dinosaur movies
Where: The Movie Theater, Fourth Floor
When: Friday April 8th, 8pm
Rating: PG-13 for Raptors
Summary: Jurassic Park Movie Night
The Story:



As soon as people start showing up in the theater, a gentle song begins playing in the background. They will see the obvious screen on the back wall, but what's more, the seating is surrounded by prehistoric foliage. And in that foliage, stands a hand full of herbivorous dinosaurs. They seem to be grazing on the vegetation without a care in the world. If someone reaches out to touch, the holograms will destabilize as their hand passes right through them only to form back together once the disruption is gone. Even the vegetation seems to be a holographic projection along with the imitated grass floor and night sky. In the four corners of the room, set into the ceiling, are small domes that flicker ever so slightly as they cast and regulate the projections. The occasional T-Rex roar will echo in the background of the music, making the small herd of Parasaurolophus look up with a fright, then lower their heads back down.

The lights dim and the movie begins, the noise surrounding the holograms quiets as to not interrupt from the movies, only to return during the short breaks between films.

If you stray over to the refreshments table, thick brush and tall grass will conceal a deadly pair of raptors lurking. Appropriately themed snacks are set up on the table, including a few sweet treats courtesy of Darcy (including jello shots).

Occasionally, an unwary snacker will come to a fright as one or both of said hunters will pop out of the grass with a sharp, chittering cry. Lucky for the unfortunate victim, the jumpscare is all there is to worry about. The tricky little raptors will slink back down into the grass and lie in wait for their next victim. Don't spill your popcorn, its just an illusion.

You're welcome.
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[personal profile] assembles 2016-04-12 04:41 pm (UTC)(link)
[ It's been way too long since Steve has spent any time with Rocket that wasn't in their training room, and so he has to admit he's glad that he turned out for the viewing. Surreal as it might be sitting next to a sentient raccoon alien whose feet don't even touch the ground while they watch a movie, Rocket's got a good spot in Steve's book. ]

No, they went extinct millions and millions of years ago. Humans are pretty much at the top of the food chain. Not that there aren't animals out there that could kill us if they wanted.

[ Most people only see lions and rhinos and other predators like that in controlled situations, like at zoos. ]
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[personal profile] beatupgrass 2016-04-15 12:11 am (UTC)(link)
I dunno what that says about your planet that's what it takes to be top o' the food chain. "The other shit can kill us, but we're smarter than them, so score one for evolution."

[he snickers as the iconic scene of the lawyer getting eaten by the T-Rex begins playing.] Now see that's way smarter than some species.
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[personal profile] assembles 2016-04-22 08:43 pm (UTC)(link)
[ While a death of that kind would be brutal in actuality, the movie plays it up for laughs. Steve figures that if Rocket gets a kick out of it, he shouldn't feel too bad about finding some small sense of vindication in the scene. ]

Brains beats brawn every time, right? [ Steve would figure that Rocket would ascribe to that, given his small size, but he isn't going to poke at any sore spots by bringing it up directly. ] Or does it work differently on some planets?
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[personal profile] beatupgrass 2016-04-27 06:12 pm (UTC)(link)
Nah, not really. [He knows better that he's more highly evolved and that his intelligence is his best asset, but even that isn't enough sometimes.] You get different fights in different places- sometimes it comes down to the guy with the most brains in his head, but other days it's the dude with the biggest gun wins.

There's too much out there that don't care how clever you are.
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[personal profile] assembles 2016-05-17 04:06 pm (UTC)(link)
Usually you need a healthy mix of both. In my experience, anyway.

[ It's why Steve had been picked for the super-soldier program over so many other candidates. Plenty of guys lifted enough weights that they could probably knock out a HYDRA trooper with one punch, but if they didn't have the quick thinking to go with it, none of that mattered. ]

It sounds like you've really been around the block, though. [ If "the block" is "the universe," anyway. ] Not much must phase you around here.

[ Except Steve knows from his own experience that Wonderland is still perfectly capable of pulling the rug out from under him. It might be the same for Rocket. ]
Edited 2016-05-17 16:06 (UTC)
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why don't i tag it anyways???

[personal profile] beatupgrass 2016-05-18 01:06 am (UTC)(link)
[hah.... haha. yeah.]

Yeah, I'm stone-cold, dude.

[EXCEPT FOR WHERE HE'S NOT. he's not gonna admit that though.]
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[personal profile] assembles 2016-05-23 04:37 pm (UTC)(link)
[ It's still weird, having a raccoon call him dude, but Steve smirks back at Rocket all the same.

Besides, he's more or less in the same position. If he carries on like none of it gets to him, maybe it will eventually become true. ]


I'd kind of like to see what an event from your memories might look like, if only to get a better look at space.

[ Steve grabs for another handful of popcorn, still watching the movie. It's progressed to the part where the jeep is trapped in the tree, the suspense building and before he knows it he's invested again. ]
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[personal profile] beatupgrass 2016-05-24 10:08 pm (UTC)(link)
You wanna see the inside of over a dozen different space prisons? [it takes him a second to respond, also engrossed in the movie and curious about how these crazy humans are gonna get out of this mess.]

'Cause that's about what you'd get.
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[personal profile] assembles 2016-05-25 09:41 pm (UTC)(link)
[ The fact that the movie is managing to hold their attention despite talk of space prisons is a testament to why it's now considered a classic.

While it may all be fictional, it is always entertaining to watch humans overcome this kind of adversity. Even against a T-Rex... ]


I don't know, I'd be kind of interested to see what a space prison looked like. I've seen a lot of wartime prisons, but not any space ones.
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[personal profile] beatupgrass 2016-05-26 01:28 am (UTC)(link)
I figure they're the same everywhere, but the dudes inside 'em are a lot scarier in mine.

[he leans forward] Man, these are some freakin' agile humans. Anybody else woulda gone splat tryin' to pull that shit.
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[personal profile] assembles 2016-05-26 07:53 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Rocket's assessment of the in-movie humans actually startles a laugh out of Steve. It makes sense that it would be startling to someone who isn't that used to watching Earth movies, but Steve still hadn't been expecting it. ]

Yeah, I mean... since it's fiction, they tend to bend the rules a little. You kind of learn to accept it, so long as the end result is entertaining.

[ Granted, Steve would be capable of those feats and more, but Rocket's already well aware of that. ]