[extropy-chat] Threshold

[Dirk Bruere]

On 2/1/06, Joseph Bloch <transhumanist at goldenfuture.net> wrote:
>
> Seems like it could be interesting, but I don't get a good sense of what
> it's like. We seem to have an alien-invasion-conspiracy, like the "War
> of the Worlds" TV show (anybody remember that?).
>
> Is it any good? I might just d/l an episode or two.
>
>
It is rather good.
I missed the first few episodes because I thought it would be some cliched
crap.
Not that it isn't to some extent, but it is well done.

The basic (unfeasible) premise is that an alien probe crashed in the
Atlantic but before it did to it emitted a wide spectrum sound that altered
the genetic structure of some sailors in the area. They either died horribly
or got a third DNA strand that makes them stronger, more resilient, somewhat
telepathic and a bit short of temper. Additionally, they feel the need to
infect and upgrade everyone else as well as the entire ecosystem. Our heroes
at Threshold are valiantly trying to stop them.

Anyway, one episode the current top alien upgrade explained that it had to
be done because in 6 yrs two nearby neutron stars will collide and the
radiation wipe out most life on earth. Whether this is true remains to be
seen.

Personally, I'd volunteer to have a listen to the signal on a decent hifi...

Dirk
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