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from: Captain Infinity
date: 2011-01-26 19:55:26
subject: Re: (Lost the Outer Limits Thread...sorry)

Once Upon A Time,
David E. Powell wrote:
>On Jan 22, 9:32 pm, Wes Struebing  wrote:
>> Cap...
>>
>> Several based on short stories, in fact.  Mostly in the "newer"
>> incarnation, the one in the 90's:
>>
>> "The Human Operators" - AE Van Vogt & Harlan Ellison
(1999 airing)
>
>Never saw this one and now know I should - That's an interesting tag
>team.
They did a good job adapting the story - anything with Malcolm McDowell has
merit from the get-go - but unfortunately the story is just not that
powerful, and is very predictible.
>> "Inconstant Moon" - Larry Niven (1996 airing)
>> "The Sandkings" (ooh that was creepy!) - George RR Martin (1995
>> airing)
>
>Loved The Sandkings. Loved it.
>
>There was one more I can think of, "Think Like a Dinosaur," based on a
>short story by James Patrick Kelly.
A horrifying story, a "Cold Equations" for a new generation.  I've never
seen the episode; I'll have to check it out.
>> There is one, too that I saw (can't remember the name at all) about a
>> (cyborg? modified animal like a wolf?) who was a "hunter" or an
>> assassin.  Only remember it because I had just got done reading the
>> short story several weeks before - then saw this episode.
Original series or new series?  Need more details.
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