Save TV!

Something is troubling me: Television isn't the way it should be. Here's the following problems:

* Cartoon Network is showing REALITY shows and sports! D:> AND, its new shows just plain SUCK! Let me tell you: Chowder, Alien Force-because the story is out of whack, Flapjack, and Johnny Test.

* Sci-Fi is now SyFy and shows wrestling and anime-latter isn't bad.

* Car + Truck commercials are being advertised on EVERY single break on the most unlikely places: Cartoon network and Nick.

So, "We're on top of the world, living high; Right in God's pocket. We're all living the life, things are just the way they should be. When from out of the sky like a bomb from some punk in a rocket, now all of a sudden, some strange things are happening to us!"

If anyone has any thoughts about this situation, feel free to comment here. I'm not feeling happy right now, and probably a bit angry, to boot.

'Machiniverse'

This is just an awesome idea I made up, inspired once again from the game OBSIDIAN.

I have thought that there are 4 similar universes in space and ours is one of them.

• Human (ours)
  
• Negative human
• Natural
• Machine

I'm making a closer look into the Machine universe. In it is a planet system like our own, but is entirely populated by machines and nothing natural. The 'Earth' version-known as 'Klickson'-has its own gods, and this is totally real, unlike ours, which technically don't exist, not that I'm going against the 10 Commandments. Anyways, their gods are in fact ROBOT ANGELS!! And their picture is above.

The angels from left to right are named the following: "Pulsignia", "Generallium", "Diallagus", and "Arkchime". All have plasma (not fire) engines built into the joints of their wings.

(left) Pulsignia-who is different from the others by having a dragon-like head instead of a standard robot's-is the robot angel of life and civilization. He takes much appreciation into life and humans, being comfortable with his 'soft side'. (S0mething like this)

(Up)Generallium is all business and a very strict robot. He is the angel for energy, ground, and metal. Also, his visual sensor is a wave-shaped slit on what seems to be goggles.

(left) Arkchime, the angel of fire and Suns, likes weapons and wields a laser spear all the time. His head is very ornated and takes up the place of his nose as well.

(Down)Diallagus, the lowest ranked one, in charge of space, moons, and ice, is hardly paid attention to in the group, since he is the 'youngest' of them all. Pulsignia wishes to be his mentor.

I made up all this information myself. For those who have played OBSIDIAN, and I'm not expecting a bunch, you may recognize these entities from the 4 statues at the back of the 'Church of the Machine'. I read the strategy guide for the game and it explains that these angels watch over the worshipers and sometimes grant their prayers. It also says that these just being there is a strange sense of logic. I don't think so; I believe that their presence indicates that the cathedral contains its own gods right in front of the other machines' eyes, but they worship the 'prototype' of A.R.A.G.O.G. instead.

According to a story I wrote, the Angels-mostly the red one-view me as a great hero, because construction of G.M.X.T. and selling of new machines also established a link between the machine and human universes.

In a later chapter, when a parallel me from T.X.M.G. (Terribly Xenophobic Monstrosities of Genocide) tied me to the factory's hydroelectric dam with a bomb and it blew me, the rest of the franchise, and almost the entirety of Houston to smithereens, despite the total escape of the business' personnel, they gave me a new body, by literally turning me into one of them! From then on my new home was Klickson, where a new G.M.X.T. was constructed to send its products in starships back to Earth.

Believe whatever you want, and I hope to hear some comments.

PS: This was only a sketch. I'll be sending drawings of the current idea soon.

More info

I remember from one of the other stories I wrote. One of the Angels-Pulsignia-describes the past of his race. I'm saying that these four entities aren't the only ones. According to him, around the time of Ancient Egypt (1200 BC) up to the Industrial Revolution (1850 AD), there were 4 more, and they were all women, patrolling the galaxies. However, their names were never disclosed, since that part of data memory is hard to find. He says that each Angel's embryo is a microchip, which then evolves by itself via using its own nanotechnology, and stages of growth mimic those of a human. The wings don't appear until pre-maturation. 'Death' is represented as a computer shutdown, and aging is rust and chips, despite being made of living chrome. Even so, the current ones were given an 'Immortality component' by another of the former, so that these new ones could roam the stars in the Earth's modern time periods.

Edit: The four women angels are based off the Egyptian gods "Ra" and "Thoth"; the Greek goddess "Athena"; and a Valkyrie. Still working on the names. The "Thoth" angel stood for knowledge, The "Ra" was leader, "Athena" and the Valkyrie...I haven't worked out yet. I'll keep posting. thx!

Still more

I've been considering some things about the history of this world: There were 4 genderless angels who bore no color and no voice, because they were constantly calculating their observations and plans for Klickson's future. They were called "1", "2", "3", and "4". The 2nd set had two of female and two of male. They were learning how to speak, but could only say certain things in a primitive fashion, just discovering what powers were to follow and be used. Set #3 is the women angels described above, and set 4 are the Pokemon ones.

Also, I've been trying to come up with 2 extra things: What would be a good look for a grand cathedral for worship of machines, and what would be the machine version of Heaven and Hell? I'd like some ideas for this.

G.M.X.T.

WARNING!
The following is very long! :)

Greg Marshall's (E)Xcellent Technologies. This is what I plan to create when I grow up, and I've been planning it for years on end. It is a worldwide "Willy Wonka-like" machine industry which is meant to create anything that science fiction uses, and sell it for money. The following are some proposed products:

• "Kariachi" (Karoke + Mariachi) a 5-inch tall Mariachi android that plays music on its guitar from any MP3 player, much like Iz or iDog.
• "Vidbot": A robot with an LCD monitor for a head that can transmit a person's face and their body movements electronically to another area via sitting a leather seat, a video camera, and Virtual Reality gloves. Pedals control the legs.
• "Poke-bots" Inspired by the Pokemon series, many types of robots are used to do tasks around the factory, but some can be for sale, such as the "Yanma" dragonfly creature used as a flying spy surveillance robot.

Some of the things made in this industry are made only for myself. Two are listed below:

1. A.R.A.G.O.G. 5000 (Arachnid Robotic Apparatus (Automaton?) and Gregory's most Optimum Guardian) A sentient--but not evil--4-legged mechanical spider that is designed to protect me from any lethal threat. He is basically a walking incinerator, because the huge head that dangles from the bottom of his chassis with two big eye panels contains a Hydrogen-powered furnace that destroys any of my enemies, but only on my command.



1a. Note: This is only in my imagination so far. He is very affectionate to any visitor to his lair, though any that dares to enter is still petrified at the enormous sight of this robot. This spider was actually inspired from the 1997 PC game OBSIDIAN, in a dream realm where the thing didn't speak, was the center of a machine universe, and destroyed who created it, much like what many A.I. computers tried or managed to do. Unlike the dream version, A.R.A.G.O.G is not powered by oil, but instead Hydrogen fuel cells and a power generator inside his lair.

1b. Extension: this robot has a real lair and a DECOY one. The decoy is a maintenance station for diagnostics, repairs, that sort of thing. The REAL lair is a concrete pod 3 miles underground. A.R.A.G.O.G. enters and exits that place via a huge glass lift in the center of his concrete podium inside the maintenance station. There, a web of metal and rock allows him to see everything around the pod. Special personnel in maintainer suits watch over the robot to make sure he isn't doing things out of the ordinary, but if he is, someone picks up their red phone and calls the military. Of course, there is an armory as well. Outside the pod is a complex of offices that those people reside in to perform operations on the robot, to check his A.I. CPU and what not.

2. The Golden Condor Mark II is an 'ornithopter' (flapping wing) plane built like a bird which is inspired by the defunct "Mysterious cities of Gold" anime series where a plane like this is contained in a stone hangar, but functions differently than my plans: It is powered by only the sun, the tiny cockpit is in the neck activated by one of the character's special medallions, and has nothing to propell it, though possibly an anti-gravity mechanisim.

2a. My design for the interior is different, and is inspired also from the OBSIDIAN game. Power comes from the Sun as well as a group of frieght drone "Pokebots" that spin a zoetrope movie device-it's weird I know, but I found that through mechanical systems, it can drive the flapping apparatus on the back wall of the engine room. The rest is a roomy cockpit with a sliding chair; computer on the flight deck that assists the pilot in choosing destinations, setting a secure pre-flight check, and provides descriptions of each destinations; the copilot is a C-3PO-like robot 'elf' named "Bizmuth" who is programmed to navigate the Condor on its safest route.

2b. Note: This is imaginary for the time being. Bizmuth himself has the ability to teleport over short ranges, his head is a powerful spotlight, and ears can work as radio antennae. He talks in a happy-go-lucky British accent and has taken a fondness for me.

I have the entire layout of this whole facility, offices, personnel, and all planned in my head.

The factory Personnel work in speciallized Hazardous-material jumpsuits with gas masks, each color-coded to match the tasks of who wear them. The front chestplate can be customized to fit a person's personality etc. They all are inspired from what avatars can wear in the game "URU Complete chronicles". Maintainers' Environment Verification suits. The color variations and purposes are listed below.

• Red-Maintenance
• Orange-Control systems
• Yellow-Materials Handling
• Green-Waste Disposal
• Blue-Security (Yellow 'SECURITY' sign is on chestplate)
• Violet-Frieght/Delivery
• Dark Red and Black- A.R.A.G.O.G. Security/Watch
  

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