tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7105844689832543332.post2892219707988598745..comments2024-03-27T11:32:34.392-07:00Comments on NOT A HOAX! NOT A DREAM!: FANTASTIC FOUR #269Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14580725636327122073noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7105844689832543332.post-61912011705829357992016-09-13T13:14:42.880-07:002016-09-13T13:14:42.880-07:00That's the only thing I can come up with. Byrn...That's the only thing I can come up with. Byrne references the universal translator a number of times in his run, and it always just... works. I don't know if it was something previously established in the comics, or if Byrne just invented it to explain why the FF comprehend so many alien tongues, but based on its STAR TREK-inspired name, I'll assume the latter since Byrne loves TREK even more than Marvel.Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14580725636327122073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7105844689832543332.post-82075565983138581462016-09-05T09:35:46.996-07:002016-09-05T09:35:46.996-07:00// Reed programs satellite imagery of the markings...<br><i>// Reed programs satellite imagery of the markings left by the beams into his universal translator and learns that they spell out a message //</i><br /><br />Reed’s calculations are smart but the “universal” translator seems impossible without any kind of sampling. The No-Prize explanation, I suppose, would be that there’s enough similarity in those markings to other known ideogram-based alien languages for extrapolation.<br /><br>Blamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07342343767763035991noreply@blogger.com