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I can't believe all the comments on this are so mundane, each time I hear news about Lake Vostok, I waste 10-15mins daydreaming about the different, totally bel
by Jun8 15y ago
I can't believe all the comments on this are so mundane, each time I hear news about Lake Vostok, I waste 10-15mins daydreaming about the different, totally believable (compared to some of the stuff we're seeing, e.g. Inception) screenplays one can conjure.
1) Government conspiracy theory: There are rumors that Nazis had a secret base in the Arctic near Lake Vostok (http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/02/08/world-war-ii-rumor-about-an-ancient-lake-is-revived/ http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/02/08/world-war-ii-rum...). This one cuts between today and 1945 when two German submarines were seen in Argentina. Then, US had Operation Highjump (Operation Highjump) and, later in 1958 a few nuclear tests. And now the Russians are so anxious to get to the Lake. Why the focus on this area? It is revealed that ...
2) SF Aliens: The probe sent to Vostok inadvertently triggers and alien auto-surveillance device that is protecting a ship that crashed into Antarctica millions of years ago. After considerable loss of life, the ship is reached and the aliens are rejuvenated with terrible results. Difference between this and The Thing would be the awesome underwater shots.
3) Magical Aliens: Three words: Mountains of Madness (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountains_of_madness http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountains_of_madness). People laughed at Lovecraft but maybe he was much more well-informed than we assumed. The mountains mentioned are, of course, real: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/01/photogalleries/100122-antarctic-ghost-mountains-under-ice-pictures/ http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/01/photogalleri.... The Russian expedition is all fun and games until a weird guy (who double majored in ancient languages) points out that in the extinct Omaguaca language of Argentina the area around Vostok is called "Raulya", which is evidently where Cthulhu is sleeping. The greedy Russians wake him up (similar to what happened in Moria) and chaos ensues.
I would be leaning toward a mixture of (3) and (1).
- ctkrohn 15y agoBelieve it or not, there's a novel that combines pretty much all these things: Charles Stross's "The Atrocity Archives." If you're into sci-fi, you need to check this out. It's a bizarre but hilarious mashup of James Bond, Slashdot, Office Space, and H. P. Lovecraft.
- pavel_lishin 15y agoI would actually recommend A Colder War, which actually mentions a subterranean lake, and is also available to read online for free: http://www.infinityplus.co.uk/stories/colderwar.htm http://www.infinityplus.co.uk/stories/colderwar.htm
- jimminy 15y agoThe combination of 1 and 3 can be found in 'The Illuminatus! Trilogy'[1]. Lake Vostok isn't involved in the story, but there is a portion based on the same rumors of the Nazi secret base. The current time period is set about 40 years ago. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Illuminatus!_Trilogy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Illuminatus!_Trilogy
- Symmetry 15y agoAs to #3, I'm afraid someone has beaten you: http://www.goominet.com/unspeakable-vault/vault/420/ http://www.goominet.com/unspeakable-vault/vault/420/
- nitrogen 15y agoStargate Atlantis (plus an episode in Stargate SG-1) touches on #2 and #3.
- pavel_lishin 15y ago> There are rumors that Nazis had a secret base Check out http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Sky http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Sky
- arethuza 15y ago"People laughed at Lovecraft" Really?
- EvanKelly 15y agoOk, admit it, #2 is simply Alien vs Predator (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alien_vs._Predator_(film)#Plot http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alien_vs._Predator_(film)#Plot)