out-of-context theater

[phosfate]

"In the minds of the people of the time, beeping and outer space were closely linked."

--http://www.theironskeptic.com/articles/hill/hill_index.htm

I love that sentence. I love it like pie. It makes total sense in context. On its own, it's poetic. In a Frank Jacobs sort of way.

Comments

[laughingacademy.livejournal.com]

When I saw the newest Star Trek, I was immediately reassured when a pan along a Federation starship was accompanied by classic mid-century beeps.

[annlarimer.livejournal.com]

Perhaps the ship was backing up?

[laughingacademy.livejournal.com]

I always assumed it was a transponder, a way of telling the universe “here I am!”, along with the little blinky lights.

[soda-and-capes.livejournal.com]

THIS IS WHY OUTER SPACE IS SO GREAT.