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BKK the Mentat posted 11-17-98 07:22 PM ET
Any speculatons on whoever left the monoliths on Planet is welcome.
Talon posted 11-17-98 07:24 PM ET
Probably some former intelligent species.
-Talon
BKK the Mentat posted 11-17-98 07:34 PM ET
My question: Whyare they dead and will the same fate cometo the human colonists?
warg posted 11-17-98 08:51 PM ET
Who to say the all died??? They could have have left Chiron just like the human colonists did. Or they could be in hiding somwhere in AC system, maybe far underground directing they lifeforms on Chiron. Or they just could have transended. There was a game kinda like this a few years ago made by Sierra. It was called Alien Leagacy. Anyway, they have started been poluting Chiron their first industries where built(about the year 1700 on Earth) but still wheren't "strong" enough to fend off the various lifeforms of Chiron. The lifeforms could have turned on them and wipped them out. Chiron(being about 50 million Earth-years oldder than Earth) all but there storgest buildings(like their stone monuments). After all, these monuments may well be thousands or even millions of years old.
warg posted 11-17-98 08:53 PM ET
Ops. Chiron is more like 500 million years oldder than Earth
jsorense posted 11-17-98 09:02 PM ET
Well, may be Chiron is just a big intergalactic "roadside park" where various passing starships stop, the crews have a picnic, walk their pets, toss out their garbage and leave.
jonesEv posted 11-17-98 09:04 PM ET
It was Stanley Kubrick.
AUH20 posted 11-17-98 11:29 PM ET
AH! Arthur C. Clarke, you fool! Books are inherently superior to films.
Alien Legacy was pretty fun, for its time. Good hybrid of plot/strategy. Just low replaybility and too much micromanagement.
warg posted 11-18-98 01:31 AM ET
Have you ever beat it???
Octopus posted 11-18-98 02:21 AM ET
Sorry to interrupt, but I have to respond to AUH2O's "Books are inherently superior to films". This is silly. Books and films are very different. You can do things in a film that you can never hope to do in a book, and vice versa. A truly great work will exploit the medium that it is done in. Books and films are different, and neither is inherently superior.
I must say, however, that I enjoyed the film 2001 much more than the book.
MikeH II posted 11-18-98 10:46 AM ET
I understood the book...
Fluke posted 11-18-98 04:22 PM ET
Maybe the aliens succombed to internal strife and all died?
Nah, they have to be pretty dumb to come all that way and then fight amongst themselves.
Maybe they're nothing more than interstellar "Killroy was here" signs.
Or a galactic treasure hunt where one of the things you have find is a binary system with life. You could also have them contestants find a planet where the indigenous intelligent life values transport of the individual entity higher than the life of the individual entity
CClark posted 11-18-98 04:28 PM ET
I think it's pretty obvious what the obelisks are: Intergalactic Porta-potties!
I mean, just look at the shape of the things. The humans who land are probably just too dumb to figure out how to open the door. (Although, thinking about it, that's probably a good thing.)
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Author	Topic: THE ALIENS
BKK the Mentat	posted 11-17-98 07:22 PM ET Any speculatons on whoever left the monoliths on Planet is welcome.
Talon	posted 11-17-98 07:24 PM ET Probably some former intelligent species. -Talon
BKK the Mentat	posted 11-17-98 07:34 PM ET My question: Whyare they dead and will the same fate cometo the human colonists?
warg	posted 11-17-98 08:51 PM ET Who to say the all died??? They could have have left Chiron just like the human colonists did. Or they could be in hiding somwhere in AC system, maybe far underground directing they lifeforms on Chiron. Or they just could have transended. There was a game kinda like this a few years ago made by Sierra. It was called Alien Leagacy. Anyway, they have started been poluting Chiron their first industries where built(about the year 1700 on Earth) but still wheren't "strong" enough to fend off the various lifeforms of Chiron. The lifeforms could have turned on them and wipped them out. Chiron(being about 50 million Earth-years oldder than Earth) all but there storgest buildings(like their stone monuments). After all, these monuments may well be thousands or even millions of years old.
warg	posted 11-17-98 08:53 PM ET Ops. Chiron is more like 500 million years oldder than Earth
jsorense	posted 11-17-98 09:02 PM ET Well, may be Chiron is just a big intergalactic "roadside park" where various passing starships stop, the crews have a picnic, walk their pets, toss out their garbage and leave.
jonesEv	posted 11-17-98 09:04 PM ET It was Stanley Kubrick.
AUH20	posted 11-17-98 11:29 PM ET AH! Arthur C. Clarke, you fool! Books are inherently superior to films. Alien Legacy was pretty fun, for its time. Good hybrid of plot/strategy. Just low replaybility and too much micromanagement.
warg	posted 11-18-98 01:31 AM ET Have you ever beat it???
Octopus	posted 11-18-98 02:21 AM ET Sorry to interrupt, but I have to respond to AUH2O's "Books are inherently superior to films". This is silly. Books and films are very different. You can do things in a film that you can never hope to do in a book, and vice versa. A truly great work will exploit the medium that it is done in. Books and films are different, and neither is inherently superior. I must say, however, that I enjoyed the film 2001 much more than the book.
MikeH II	posted 11-18-98 10:46 AM ET I understood the book...
Fluke	posted 11-18-98 04:22 PM ET Maybe the aliens succombed to internal strife and all died? Nah, they have to be pretty dumb to come all that way and then fight amongst themselves. Maybe they're nothing more than interstellar "Killroy was here" signs. Or a galactic treasure hunt where one of the things you have find is a binary system with life. You could also have them contestants find a planet where the indigenous intelligent life values transport of the individual entity higher than the life of the individual entity
CClark	posted 11-18-98 04:28 PM ET I think it's pretty obvious what the obelisks are: Intergalactic Porta-potties! I mean, just look at the shape of the things. The humans who land are probably just too dumb to figure out how to open the door. (Although, thinking about it, that's probably a good thing.)