Talk:Secret of the Dark Island/1

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This story involves many of the same characters as Secret of the Were-Virus, but the plot is different. The Dark Island is the setting of an attempted experiment with nuclear fusion several years ago, in an attempt to create a cheaper power source. Unfortunately, the attempt was unsuccessful, and many researchers and technicians were killed. General Stuart had been involved in this project, and the disaster had caused him to have a nervous breakdown, resulting in the loss of his memory of the incident. The entire compound was sealed with concrete, but as plant roots began to break into the material, minute amounts of radiation escaped. The radiation slowly permeated over the entire island, causing gradual changes in the wildlife and plants. The plant life was the first to be affected, and as the animals ate them, changes began occuring in them as well. Soon, the creatures were growing to immense sizes, and some of them escaped the island by swimming. This resulted in the rare sightings of giant creatures, including the Loch Ness Monster. One of these animals was captured by a former military scientist, who was furious with the US military for running him off their project for dangerous experimentation. He tried to study the beast, but he neglected to feed it and it escaped his lab. This creature appeared at the very end of the Were-Virus saga. Nardek 17:28, 13 May 2007 (UTC)

Nuclear experiments...big footprints...you don't mean what I think you mean, do you? --Nonimportant 03:06, 14 May 2007 (UTC)

Oh come on. I think experiments with fusion for a power source is fairly original, don't you? And no, the footprints are not going to be that big. They'll be about as big as an allosaur's. I'm not going to copy stuff from a Roland Emmerich film. Of course, if you have a better idea, then by all means tell me! Nardek 14:32, 14 May 2007 (UTC)

Monster-ness isn't original. 'Nuff said.    14:04, 17 May 2007 (UTC)

Maybe a giant bat, or a giant hercules beetle? No, wait...GIANT CHAMELEON! (If you wanna go all giant animal, there are some not used yet). --Nonimportant 16:25, 14 May 2007 (UTC)

Oh don't worry, I'll use all those too. I'm afraid I'll have to avoid using an iguana...unless, of course, I change the appearance from a giant dinosaur to simply a larger, deformed-looking lizard. I could also use a monitor lizard...those aren't completely taken. One more thing...the appearance of the creatures has to be shrouded in suspense. I don't want them all coming out in the open under broad daylight; they will strike under the cover of darkness, in the blackest of nights. Nardek 16:32, 14 May 2007 (UTC)

The chameleon could easily change colour and strike under the cover of camouflage. --Nonimportant 16:45, 14 May 2007 (UTC)

With high cancer rates,be sure to draw them srta mangled and tumordUser:Serprex 19:25, 14 May 2007 (UTC)

The monsters would ALL have metastasized cancer so can't survive very long (max a few days or weeks) and are pained and tortured by their affliction. Also, they are far more likely to die of heart disease and stroke because the blood can't get to them.

If this story follows the "laws of science" as much as any other giant monster movie, the monsters are more likely to get spider powers than cancer --Nonimportant 20:33, 14 May 2007 (UTC)

That edit summary is great,and yes...don't make this go wna be science but really complete crapUser:Serprex 20:41, 14 May 2007 (UTC)

Yeah the chameleon idea is great, I'll use it. Here's the scientific explanation behind their size change: yes, the radiation triggered uncontrolled cell growth...all over their bodies. In fact, so many cells were triggered that their entire organs began to grow, and soon every other part of them. Yes, they'll be quite ugly and deformed, but not exactly tumored...they'll just have a Mister Hyde type appearance. I'm not going to give any of them (except the spiders) spider powers...I'm not following typical sci-fi film laws, which are completely fictional half the time. Nardek 23:13, 14 May 2007 (UTC)

Umm...the reason cancer kills is cuz the cells are useless cuz they JUST grow.If the entire body started growing at a fast rate the organs wouldn't be functioningUser:Serprex 00:21, 15 May 2007 (UTC)

Yes, but a cell doesn't need to be cancerigenous to reproduce, so, possibly an organism exposed to radiation could undergo a rapid-growth process, and then stop, much alike when our cells reproduce more slowly when we are old. If radiation could change the DNA and make the cell "think" they did not achieve their optimal size yet, then possibly (That word again) the organism could just grow to abnormal sizes, while keeping much of its older characteristics. --Nonimportant 01:35, 15 May 2007 (UTC)

Pretty much the idea I had. Now, let's get the plot movin' Nardek 03:54, 15 May 2007 (UTC)

Yes yes,like Heinlein figured.No reason to let science ruin a good storyUser:Serprex 04:18, 15 May 2007 (UTC)

(sigh) I thought we've finished. Who's Heinlein? Wasn't he one of sci-fi's "Big Five"? Nardek 14:07, 15 May 2007 (UTC)

Heinlein was more then the top 5,he was in the top 3.And he was the story aligned oneUser:Serprex 23:00, 15 May 2007 (UTC)

What's with the "big 5" and what are they known for?    14:04, 17 May 2007 (UTC)

The big 5 of sci-fi. Heinlein and Isaac Asimov included. Now, about the story itself...Nardek 17:06, 17 May 2007 (UTC)

Ya,the big 3 were Heinlein,Asimov and Sir Arthur Clark who was laughed at for thinking up the ideas of satelitesUser:Serprex 18:32, 17 May 2007 (UTC)

Sigh...nobody's interested in my stories anymore Nardek 16:11, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

It happens to us all, many times. That's why I recommend that you write primarily for yourself, and if someone happens to like it, so be it. --Nonimportant 17:08, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

I don't usually like Giant Monster stories, be it in movies or in texts. In fact, the only two giant monster movies I've ever saw were Godzilla 2000 and the King Kong remake, but that's because I'm a easily suggestible by advertisements moron. The only reason I helped you with the KKS (Very little) and liked it (A lot) was because it was a parody, and I like parodies, very much.

So there, that's the reason I'm not helping you with that story. The problem of having only a small community is that there's little chance of people having the same interests, and help each other more. (But if I ever get a cool idea, don't worry, I'll not hesitate to help you). --Nonimportant 16:01, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

Ya,its just chance that me an Nonimportant like similar genres(well,there are a few he doesn't like(Surrealism/Fantasy(Though he seemed alright with the Synava SciFy)))that we can collab on realism and cyberpunk.I've been thinking on a cyberpunk idea recently.Could call it ZOMG!User:Serprex 19:48, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

Please, go ahead. I've been wanting to contribute to a project that isn't mine for quite some time, but I've not been very interested into anything else after KKS (Maybe project Alpha, but Dhabih had that written already). And I'm simply having a memory block in memory lane. [EDIT: I mean writer's block. (Hmm...was that a Freudian slip?) --Nonimportant 00:01, 24 May 2007 (UTC)

I just can't write the shafting part right.Once we have that,I don't think it really needs anything else,the gaps are intuitive enough that its just coolUser:Serprex 01:52, 24 May 2007 (UTC)

Someone voted that the story wasn't original enough. Perhaps it was somewhat cliched, but with the idea I have in mind perhaps you might change yours...Nardek 03:07, 25 August 2007 (UTC)

I just came by to say one thing: I found out that apparently it wasn't Clark that had the satellite idea, it was a guy by the unassuming name of Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, back in the first decade of the 1900s. Da, comrade, the superiority of the soviet regime is once again assured. Русский Россия! --Nonimportant 23:36, 15 August 2008 (UTC)