Vinnie Vincent...SCI FI Lover or Lunatic ?

[metatron]

The name Metaluna alludes to astronomy as well as astro-mythology and science fiction. Metaluna is the name of the home planet of the alien race in the movie "This Island Earth" which was the movie used for the "experiment" in "Mystery Science Theater 3000 the Movie".

The prefix "meta" can mean several things including; "change, transformation" and "at a higher state of development" as well as "beyond, transcending". The name also contains the words "metal" and "luna", which of course means "moon". Lunar imagery continues to inspire. Many cultures have connected the moon with the emotions and feminine archetypes.

[doublev2]

i think he is into sci fiction and also big biblical stories too. Hence Guitarmageddon.
He's a Metal-Lunatic.

[metatron]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/This_Island_Earth



This Island Earth is a 1955 American science fiction film directed by Joseph M. Newman. It is based on the novel of the same name by Raymond F. Jones. The film stars Jeff Morrow as the alien Exeter, Faith Domergue as Dr. Ruth Adams, and Rex Reason as Dr. Cal Meacham. The film was one of the first major science fiction films to be made in Technicolor. In 1996, This Island Earth was also edited down and lampooned in the film Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie.

The first half of the film closely follows the plot of the novel, then diverges to a much simpler version that leaves out the more "intellectual" aspects.

Dr. Cal Meacham, a noted scientist, receives an unusual substitute for electronic condensers that he ordered. He receives instruction and parts to build a complex communication device called an interocitor. Although neither Meacham nor his assistant Joe Wilson have heard of an interocitor, they immediately begin constructing it. When finished, a mysterious man named Exeter appears on the interocitor's screen and tells Meacham he has passed the test. His ability to build the interocitor demonstrates that he is gifted enough to be part of Exeter's special research project.

Intrigued, Meacham is picked up the next day at the airport by an unmanned, computer-controlled Douglas DC-3 aircraft with no windows. Landing in a remote area of Georgia, he finds an international group of top-flight scientists already present – including an old flame, Dr. Ruth Adams. Cal is almost immediately suspicious of the odd-looking group of men leading the project.

Cal and Ruth try to flee with a third scientist, Steve Carlson, but their car is attacked and Carlson is killed. When they take off in a small plane, Cal and Ruth watch as the facility and all its inhabitants are incinerated, and their plane is drawn by a mysterious beam into a flying saucer. They learn that Exeter and his band are from the planet Metaluna, having come to Earth seeking uranium deposits as well as scientists to help defend their planet in a war against the evil Zagons. Exeter informs the Earthlings that he is taking them back to his world. Exeter and the Metalunans are attacked by Zagon star ships, carrying meteors, to be used to destroy them and Metaluna. The Metalunan saucer easily avoids each attack, by dodging the oncoming planetoid bombs.

[poserboy71]

That movie could be an important memory for Vinnie just like HE is to US.

[doublev2]

Luma (with an 'm') means 'shame'. so accurate change of name from metalluna after the boxset.