{"id":35456,"date":"2025-12-13T05:00:36","date_gmt":"2025-12-13T10:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/?p=35456"},"modified":"2025-12-12T23:36:34","modified_gmt":"2025-12-13T04:36:34","slug":"musings-in-the-mother-ship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/13\/musings-in-the-mother-ship\/","title":{"rendered":"Musings in the Mother Ship"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the alien spaceship approaching the mothership:<\/strong><\/p>\n

David:\u00a0 Head straight for it.<\/p>\n

Steve:\u00a0 What the hell?<\/p>\n

David:\u00a0 Don’t touch them. \u00a0Don’t, don’t, don’t!\u00a0 I was counting on this.\u00a0 They are bringing us in.<\/p>\n

Steve:\u00a0 When the hell was you gonna tell me?<\/p>\n

David:\u00a0 Oops.<\/p>\n

Steve:\u00a0 We’ve got to work on our communication.<\/p>\n

Seeing the troops inside the mother ship<\/strong><\/p>\n

David:\u00a0 Oh, my God!\u00a0 Look at that!\u00a0 There must be thousands of them.<\/p>\n

Steve:\u00a0 Millions of them. What the hell are they doing?<\/p>\n

David:\u00a0 Looks like they’re preparing an invasion.<\/p>\n

The ship docks with the alien command center and David attempts to upload his virus into the alien control system.<\/strong><\/p>\n

David:\u00a0 (CLAPS)\u00a0 We’re in.\u00a0 (SIGHS)\u00a0 Do it. Do it. Do it.<\/p>\n

Back on Earth:<\/strong><\/p>\n

General:\u00a0 Sir, he’s uploading the virus.\u00a0 Eagle One, the package is being delivered.\u00a0 Stand by!<\/p>\n

In the Alien spaceship:<\/strong><\/p>\n

David:\u00a0 Oh yeah, oh yeah! One more step.<\/p>\n

Suddenly the screen flashes a message in the alien text.\u00a0 David pushes several keys and the message resolves into English, \u201cINPUT PASSWORD.\u201d\u00a0 David lets out a strangled scream and says:<\/strong><\/p>\n

David:\u00a0 Steve we\u2019re cooked.\u00a0 I have no idea what to enter.<\/p>\n

Steve:\u00a0 Just write password in lower case.<\/p>\n

David:\u00a0 That\u2019s the stupidest thing I\u2019ve ever heard.\u00a0 We know nothing of their language or software rules.<\/p>\n

Steve:\u00a0 Yeah, well then how the hell were you able to write a virus that would work in their system?<\/p>\n

David:\u00a0 Well, that\u2019s a good point.\u00a0 Let\u2019s see, p<\/u> a<\/u> s<\/u> s<\/u> w<\/u> o<\/u> r<\/u> d<\/u>.\u00a0 Good heavens it worked!<\/p>\n

Steve:\u00a0 Of course it worked.\u00a0 There\u2019s only twenty minutes left in the movie.\u00a0 We have a few threats left like the ship docking lock that won\u2019t release and then the pursuit by the three alien interceptor craft and finally the debris field created by the nuclear explosion in the mother ship and then we\u2019ll be home free to the heroes\u2019 welcome where the pretty girls jump into our arms and kiss us.<\/p>\n

David:\u00a0 Well, that doesn\u2019t sound so bad.\u00a0 Tell me does Randy Quaid manage to earn the respect of his stepson by saving the day during the fight against the alien ship back on Earth.<\/p>\n

Steve:\u00a0 Yes, but he dies sacrificing his life to destroy the ship by crashing into the alien ship\u2019s primary weapon.<\/p>\n

David:\u00a0 Well, that\u2019s probably for the better.\u00a0 He was a very silly and annoying character.\u00a0 After all, if he really had been abducted by the aliens why would he still be alive?<\/p>\n

Steve:\u00a0 Good point.\u00a0 Do you think we\u2019ll get to be in the sequel in twenty years?<\/p>\n

David:\u00a0 Well, I will be.\u00a0 By then I\u2019ll be looking for an easy paycheck to retire on but you\u2019ll be a much bigger star and won\u2019t want your name associated with the kind of cheesy project that a sequel to this goofy movie will likely be.<\/p>\n

Steve:\u00a0 Yeah, I think you\u2019re right.\u00a0 I\u2019ll probably concentrate on high end projects directed by Steven Spielberg.\u00a0 Of course, I\u2019ll leave space for the occasional sequel to \u201cBad Boys.\u201d\u00a0 You shouldn\u2019t forget what got you to the dance.<\/p>\n

David:\u00a0 Yeah, I\u2019m hoping to make at least one more sequel to \u201cThe Fly\u201d one of these days.<\/p>\n

Steve:\u00a0 Oy!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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