Dear Ask-a-Nerd.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Looks like a souped-up dead leaf mantis.

The head is too small for a mantis, as far as I know.

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Have your seen/read The Mist? They look like they could be the baby version of the bugs in that story. Collect a few and see if they grow and kill you.

[disgusted]I've seen the movie[/disgusted] Nobody can put Stephen King on the screen. Too much dumbing-down to do.

[FedUpWithFaith]

Looks like a souped-up dead leaf mantis.

The head is too small for a mantis, as far as I know.

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Have your seen/read The Mist? They look like they could be the baby version of the bugs in that story. Collect a few and see if they grow and kill you.

[disgusted]I've seen the movie[/disgusted] Nobody can put Stephen King on the screen. Too much dumbing-down to do.

Huh? What subtext of deep philosophical thought have i been missing in King's work? He's a prolific and great storyteller. But not exactly high-brow.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Huh? What subtext of deep philosophical thought have i been missing in King's work? He's a prolific and great storyteller. But not exactly high-brow.

Not philosophy, but style. Stephen paints with words. And Hollywood cartoonizes those paintings. You can't build up a mood in 90 minutes like you can in 300 pages. My opinion, of course.

[Feck]

Anyone know how to get subtitles attached (or running) with an .AVI I have a file .sub tell me how this works please because I cannot speak Mandarin or Cantonese

[Xamonas Chegwé]

Anyone know how to get subtitles attached (or running) with an .AVI I have a file .sub tell me how this works please because I cannot speak Mandarin or Cantonese

If you have a .srt file in the same folder, most players will pick it up. I've never had an issue.

[Feck]

Anyone know how to get subtitles attached (or running) with an .AVI I have a file .sub tell me how this works please because I cannot speak Mandarin or Cantonese

If you have a .srt file in the same folder, most players will pick it up. I've never had an issue.

VLC got it for me .

[AshtonBlack]

Anyone know how to get subtitles attached (or running) with an .AVI I have a file .sub tell me how this works please because I cannot speak Mandarin or Cantonese

If you have a .srt file in the same folder, most players will pick it up. I've never had an issue.

VLC got it for me .

VLC is teh bom.

[dj357]

Huh? What subtext of deep philosophical thought have i been missing in King's work? He's a prolific and great storyteller. But not exactly high-brow.

Not philosophy, but style. Stephen paints with words. And Hollywood cartoonizes those paintings. You can't build up a mood in 90 minutes like you can in 300 pages. My opinion, of course.

in the case of The Mist, I have to totally disagree with you there. while i do agree books are generally better atmosphere wise, The Mist is just a short story and the sense of atmosphere you get in the movie adaptation is just as intense as the short story. I agree if it had been based on a full novel the outcome might have been different, but The Mist is one of the best movies I've seen in quite a while and only departs from the original in the smallest ways. (the movie ending could potentially have happened at the end of the short story after they leave the diner)

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Huh? What subtext of deep philosophical thought have i been missing in King's work? He's a prolific and great storyteller. But not exactly high-brow.

Not philosophy, but style. Stephen paints with words. And Hollywood cartoonizes those paintings. You can't build up a mood in 90 minutes like you can in 300 pages. My opinion, of course.

in the case of The Mist, I have to totally disagree with you there. while i do agree books are generally better atmosphere wise, The Mist is just a short story and the sense of atmosphere you get in the movie adaptation is just as intense as the short story. I agree if it had been based on a full novel the outcome might have been different, but The Mist is one of the best movies I've seen in quite a while and only departs from the original in the smallest ways. (the movie ending could potentially have happened at the end of the short story after they leave the diner)

I hated that movie.

[dj357]

I hated that movie.

in the words of many a creotard: "well......blah to you mister....mister...doody head!!"

[Pappa]

This is directed mostly at Cali, but anyone can answer....

Why do comma butterflies have golden, metallic patches placed prominently in two places on their pupae cases? I ponder this every year, but I've never bothered finding out before.

[Calilasseia]

This is directed mostly at Cali, but anyone can answer....

Why do comma butterflies have golden, metallic patches placed prominently in two places on their pupae cases? I ponder this every year, but I've never bothered finding out before.

The pupa is cryptically coloured, to resemble a withered leaf. The metallic patches mimic holes in the leaf through which light shines.

A superb example of this form of cryptic colouration in action is provided by a Peruvian butterfly, known as Coenophlebia archidona. First, here's the upperside:

Now let's take a look at the underside:

In the case of this superb leaf mimic, not only does it have raised sections of scales resembling fungal attack of the leaf tissues, but metallic patches that represent holes in the leaf when viewed from the correct angle, with light reflecting off the metallic patches. The pupal case of the Comma employs the same cryptic device.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Goddidit.

[AshtonBlack]

Goddidit.

I blame Paul Bettany!

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Goddidit.

I blame Paul Bettany!

I blame the Butterfly Man of Alcatraz.