http://www.deadlantern.com/2007/11/30/zombie-cockroaches/ Site redesign in progress, please pardon our mess! Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:21:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.deadlantern.com/2007/11/30/zombie-cockroaches/comment-page-1/#comment-5840 dearfester Tue, 08 Jul 2008 04:59:30 +0000 http://www.deadlantern.com/2007/11/30/zombie-cockroaches/#comment-5840 Dude, not to seem picky, but get the facts right before you post this stuff- the wasp leads the roach to a suitable burrow/nest etc and then lays an egg on it, which then develops into a larva that eats it alive; it does not lead it "towards hungry wasp larvae". By the way, some related trivia for all you fellow sickos: the Alien and chest-bursting stuff was based upon other real-life parasitoid wasps like these nasties, but originally used in sci-fi by a far deadlier many-armed entity in A.E. Van Vogt's awesome 1950's story "Nightmare in Scarlet", which he later incorporated into "The Voyage of the Space Beagle". Van Vogt apparently sued Ridley Scott for stealing his idea, and won his case. But it made no difference, because the Alien movie is far better known, made millions, and now everyone mistakenly assumes the chest-bursting stuff is Scott's idea. If you have a good idea for a cheesy movie that might make $$$, keep it secret, mate- you might get ripped off by some clever bastard like me ;-) Dude, not to seem picky, but get the facts right before you post this stuff- the wasp leads the roach to a suitable burrow/nest etc and then lays an egg on it, which then develops into a larva that eats it alive; it does not lead it “towards hungry wasp larvae”. By the way, some related trivia for all you fellow sickos: the Alien and chest-bursting stuff was based upon other real-life parasitoid wasps like these nasties, but originally used in sci-fi by a far deadlier many-armed entity in A.E. Van Vogt’s awesome 1950′s story “Nightmare in Scarlet”, which he later incorporated into “The Voyage of the Space Beagle”. Van Vogt apparently sued Ridley Scott for stealing his idea, and won his case. But it made no difference, because the Alien movie is far better known, made millions, and now everyone mistakenly assumes the chest-bursting stuff is Scott’s idea. If you have a good idea for a cheesy movie that might make $$$, keep it secret, mate- you might get ripped off by some clever bastard like me

]]> http://www.deadlantern.com/2007/11/30/zombie-cockroaches/comment-page-1/#comment-1801 Frank Zanzibar Rose Sat, 01 Dec 2007 04:40:29 +0000 http://www.deadlantern.com/2007/11/30/zombie-cockroaches/#comment-1801 hahah not to shabby hahah not to shabby

]]> http://www.deadlantern.com/2007/11/30/zombie-cockroaches/comment-page-1/#comment-1798 Ronin Sat, 01 Dec 2007 00:42:02 +0000 http://www.deadlantern.com/2007/11/30/zombie-cockroaches/#comment-1798 I'm a Animal Planet/Discovery Channel whore, so the wasp is old news to me. HOWEVER, that is a pretty spiffy movie idea in that 50s style campyness. And i mean that in the best way ^.^ I’m a Animal Planet/Discovery Channel whore, so the wasp is old news to me. HOWEVER, that is a pretty spiffy movie idea in that 50s style campyness. And i mean that in the best way ^.^

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