Comments by "nozrep" (@nozrep) on "The Riout 102T Alérion Ornithopter; Frank Herbert’s Inspiration?" video.

  1. oh boulderdash. ornithopter just sounds better, off the tongue, in both British English and American English. Bummer. I cannot think of an English dialect, whereby, entomopter would roll of the tongue as easily as the word, ornithopter. Maybe a translation of the word entomopter into a foreign language would make its pleasantness of pronunciation eclipse that of ornithopter, the word. Which language may it be?
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  2.  @RangerDave1959 you forgot hummingbirds though.
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  3. people, i think that we are forgetting that hummingbirds have wing beats similar to dragon flies. Therefore, despite my previous comment, having remembered hummingbirds, I shall continue to accept the ornithopter moniker. Moniker, of course, rhyming with ornithopter, which is also fun, pronunciationally, enunciationally, or what have you et cetera. I am ok with the graphic artists that Denis Villeneuve hired deciding to design the CGI in this manner and slipping in an extra wing too. Also. In addition to remembering a hummingbird’s wing beat. Finally, and in imperious conclusion against the original commenter, like, dude, what the frik. It is science FICTION for cryin’ out loud. Scientific authenticity does not matter. The story is 30 thousand years in the future. If you are gonna pussify yourself about ornithopters and entomopters, be sure to continue to pussify yourself by complaining about how they did interstellar travel by getting high on worm poop and turning into worms.
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