Timeline for Kid wants to pilot space liner, is too ugly
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| S Apr 26, 2023 at 7:31 | vote | accept | Alan B | ||
| Apr 26, 2023 at 6:29 | history | edited | Michael |
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| Apr 26, 2023 at 5:11 | answer | added | Moo | timeline score: 15 | |
| Feb 11, 2020 at 23:24 | comment | added | Moo | Dammit, I was just typing up this exact question when yours was suggested - your question is exactly what I was about to ask, but you haven't actually received a decent answer which answers the question so Im not sure what to do now :/ This was definitely in a 1980s 2000AD annual book. | |
| Sep 13, 2012 at 3:05 | history | edited | S. Albano |
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| Apr 24, 2012 at 7:51 | vote | accept | Alan B | ||
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| Apr 20, 2012 at 13:54 | comment | added | NominSim | "This is a story from [the future]. The gist is that there's a kid who spends his whole life dreaming about being [involved in the space program]. However he can't because all the pilots are tall, handsome, square-jawed and so on, and he's [normal], albiet very skilled. However he triumphs in the end because it turns out that [insert spoiler from end of movie here]." | |
| Apr 20, 2012 at 13:54 | comment | added | NominSim | @KevinHowell You don't seem to be really taking this to heart; I put my response as a comment (read: NOT an answer) and even prefaced it with "This isn't it I am sure" The plot the OP described was similar enough to Gattaca that I thought they would be interested to know about it, with the reasoning that if they enjoyed the story they are looking for they may enjoy a similar story. As far as "grasping how different the two stories are", here is the OP's post with (very) slight changes that make it into the plot of Gattaca: | |
| Apr 20, 2012 at 13:09 | comment | added | Kevin Howell | @NominSim I have seen this movie over 20 times. So are you intentionally playing dumb or do you really not grasp how different the two stories are? So much to the point that you shouldn't have even said "but this basically describes the plot to Gattaca" And further claiming that I haven't seen the movie in awhile is a childish quip that probably makes you feel smug but really does not address the fact that the stories are completely different. I haven't missed anything. I've explained in detail how they are different. You haven't explained anything. No more comments needed argue w/ me in chat. | |
| Apr 20, 2012 at 12:55 | comment | added | Kevin Howell | In the not-too-distant future, a less-than-perfect man wants to travel to the stars. Society has categorized Vincent Freeman as less than suitable given his genetic make-up and he has become one of the underclass of humans that are only useful for menial jobs. He assumes the identity of Jerome Morrow, a perfect genetic specimen who is a paraplegic as a result of a car accident. With professional advice, Vincent learns to deceive DNA and urine sample testing. Just when he is finally scheduled for a space mission, his program director is killed , jeopardizing his secret. -Gattaca. Nothing alike. | |
| Apr 20, 2012 at 12:54 | answer | added | Stu Wilson | timeline score: 10 | |
| Apr 20, 2012 at 11:27 | comment | added | NominSim | @KevinHowell You must not have seen the movie in a while :), anyways thanks for reiterating my statement that he wasn't talking about Gattaca. | |
| Apr 19, 2012 at 19:06 | comment | added | Kevin Howell | @NominSim and my point is that this story that Alan B describes is nothing like Gattaca except for both the main characters want to go into space. Other than that the plots are completely different. | |
| Apr 19, 2012 at 14:24 | comment | added | NominSim | @KevinHowell Hence the comment, and the preface of "This isn't it I am sure" | |
| Apr 19, 2012 at 13:53 | comment | added | Alan B | Thanks, but I'm talking a story written before the early 80s. | |
| Apr 19, 2012 at 13:37 | comment | added | Kevin Howell | This isn't like Gattaca. That's a movie about genetic modification. The main character is a natural born baby with no genetic modifications which leaves him with a heart murmur that keeps him from joining this space exploration program. He wasn't even trying to be a pilot. This story sounds completely different from Gattaca. | |
| Apr 19, 2012 at 13:00 | comment | added | Chris | I was thinking along the same lines. Sounds very much like Gattaca. imdb.com/title/tt0119177 | |
| Apr 19, 2012 at 11:32 | comment | added | NominSim | This isn't it I am sure, but this basically describes the plot of the movie Gattaca, except that in the movie the "tall, handsome, square-jawed ...jocks" are genetically engineered and are also very smart. | |
| Apr 19, 2012 at 11:08 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/#!/StackSciFi/status/192932615014195200 | ||
| Apr 19, 2012 at 9:29 | history | asked | Alan B | CC BY-SA 3.0 |