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  Morlocks: Adversaries Go Underground - Page 2
The future may see a Morlock marker that would be usable at great distance to indelibly mark persons who might become the equivalents of Osama Bin Laden, Mulla Omar, or their confederates.
Similar to the techniques of effective pest control, it is first necessary to follow Morlocks to identify their points of concentration.
They are going to hide in as many countries and among as many backward and unsophisticated cultures as they can, thereby "playing the borders of the map." They may not always dive vertically out of the light; they may dive horizontally, across a geopolitical or cultural border to safety.
www.military.com /NewContent/0,13190,NI_0405_Morlocks-P2,00.html   (801 words)

  
 Morlock - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Morlocks are said to have descended from humans, although they have evolved to become a completely different species by the 8028th century.
When he first encounters a Morlock, the Time Traveller begins to piece together a new image of the future world of 802,701 A.D. The Morlocks and the Eloi have something of a symbiotic relationship: the Eloi are clothed and fed by the Morlocks, and in return, the Morlocks eat the Eloi.
The Morlocks of the movie originated from the humans that sought shelter underground after an attempt at destroying a lunar colony sent the moon crashing to Earth.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Morlocks   (3131 words)

  
 Morlocks (comics) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Against her wishes, the Morlocks later kidnapped the child superheroes Power Pack so that they could be raised by the Morlock Annalee, who had lost her own children.
With the Morlocks presumed dead by the floods caused by Mikhail Rasputin, some of the remaining Morlocks were relocated to Selima Oasis in North Africa.
It is represented as a faction of Morlocks.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Morlocks_(comics)   (2297 words)

  
 Morlocks: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
In the x-men comic books, the morlocks were mutants who could not pass as normal who created a new society in a vast network of abandoned interconnected tunnels...
The mutant massacre or the morlock massacre was a major marvel comics crossover, which took place during the summer of 1987....
Grimlocks are a race of humanoids that live in the underdark of the fictitious continent of faerûn....
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/m/mo/morlocks.htm   (2047 words)

  
 X-Men Character Bios: Morlocks
Founded by Callisto and named by her after the subeterranean denizens of H.G. Wells' novel "The Time Machine," the Morlocks were a large group of mutants who were disaffected with the outside world, and who had gone to live underground to avoid being persecuted.
The X-Men's first encounter with the Morlocks occurred when Callisto had Angel kidnapped, intending him to be her husband.
The Morlocks who went to Muir were less lucky: the island was soon attacked by the Reavers, and many more of them died.
www.mutanthigh.com /teams/morlocks.html   (454 words)

  
 Cylon Alliance - The Time Machine
The Morlocks prove to be the descendants of that part of humanity who fled underground to survive the nuclear war.
Alexander learns that the Eloi and Morlocks are two branches of mankind that split while the race was fighting for survival after fragments of the moon devastated the surface of the planet.
In some ways, it seems like the Morlocks were there because they had to be there to complete the remake, not because they were the crucial focus of the story.
www.cylon.org /classic/TM-intro-01.html   (2430 words)

  
 Morlocks - Uncyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Morlocks have abandoned all use of currency, and instead pay for goods and services using meat.
The most famous Morlock was Ted Kennedy, known fondly for his relentless experimentation in drunken, underwater breathing.
While cute and clever, Morlocks can also get on your last nerve with their incessant screeching, John Kerry bumper stickers, and a general unwillingness to use modern surgical enhancements.
uncyclopedia.org /wiki/Morlocks   (303 words)

  
 Fast Forward: Re-Interpreting The Time Machine
However, Wells's Morlocks are described in such a way that they emerge early on as the villains in the novel, even before the reader is aware of their true relationship to the Eloi.
But Stephenson's use of the example of the Morlocks and the Eloi to emphasize that the world of the GUI is illusory while the world of the command-line is more intimate with the workings of technology can also provide us with a fresh view of all of Wells's characters.
In using Wells's Morlocks and Eloi to describe his view of GUI users and command-line users, Stephenson may have simply been trying to find an easily understandable way of describing their essential differences.
members.tripod.com /~jacquelin/timemach.html   (1173 words)

  
 The Morlocks   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
The Morlocks' unique synthesis of outward teen innocence and inward spiritual/mystical vision results in multi-dimensional musical composition and explosive live performances.
Feel the tempestuous magnetism of The Morlocks as they emerge from their underground habitat, expose the sights and sounds that will send your mind freely reeling to places it's never seen before, or has long since forgotten.
The Morlocks played their first club gig in September at The Rave-Up in Los Angeles; they received two recording offers the same night, and shortly thereafter signed a deal with Midnight Records of New York City.
www.bomp.com /Morlocks.html   (567 words)

  
 "The Time Machine" reviewed by Steve Sailer for UPI
The hideous but industrious Morlocks were the offspring of the brutalized proletarians forced to work in mines and factories.
The most disturbing aspect of H.G. Wells' story was the symbiotic relationship between the Morlocks and the Eloi, who are both the Morlocks' dinners and their dependents.
The monstrous Morlocks, who have long blonde hair and a leader (played by Jeremy Irons) named "Uber-Morlock," are apparently the spawn of modern Germans.
www.isteve.com /Film_Time_Machine.htm   (761 words)

  
 Index to X-Men Volume I, since 281: 2 / 15
Ororo insists it's her sole responsibility, Warren is angry that her leadership of the Morlocks resulted in the loss of his wings (X-Factor 10).
The Morlocks are insane and destroying themselves; Xavier senses their minds are linked, deranged by Masque.
The Morlocks surround her, asking for help, and she gets claustrophobic, and brings lightning to Times Square and blasts a hole to freedom.
www.chronology.net /default.pl/cited/rd_uncannyxmen/2   (4538 words)

  
 VsParadise.com - Vs CCG Paradise   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Storm, as the leader of the X-Men, fought in the dual and defeated Callisto in combat to rescue Angel and became the de facto leader of the Morlocks.
Cybelle was one of the Morlocks that lived outside of the main community of Morlocks, in the group called the Tunnelers.
When the Marauders attacked the Morlocks, Cybelle along with other mutants, were trapped with the Marauders in a section of the tunnels.
www.vsparadise.com /articles/january2006/2701_preview.shtml   (384 words)

  
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Rocking in the grand tradition of the Seeds and Chocolate Watchband, the Morlock's stockpile of guitar riffs is impressive and Leighton's lead vocals are brutally nasty" - Charles P.
Is an adequate reaction to the San Diego denizens the Morlocks who are also definitely a live band scene.
The Morlocks are a sort of cross between the Standells, the Count Five and the Phantom.
www.midnightrecords.com /MORLOCKS.html   (782 words)

  
 GradeSaver: ClassicNote: The Time Machine Study Guide
He revises his hypothesis: while the Eloi and Morlocks may have once had a master-slave relationship, now the Morlocks are growing in power while the Eloi are fearful.
When he figures out that the Morlocks are the true masters of the Eloi, his sympathy with the Eloi overshadows whatever ideas he may have about the rich being justly punished.
While we see no evidence that the Morlocks have this class consciousness, the TT does posit that they have turned to the Eloi for food when their supply was depleted.
www.gradesaver.com /classicnotes/titles/time/section6.html   (984 words)

  
 SparkNotes: The Time Machine: Chapters 6 and 7
He imagines that his theory about the division of labour being carried to the extreme was right, that at one point the ancestors of the Morlocks must have been driven underground to work for the ancestors of the Eloi, but that now the balance of power has shifted.
Not only has capitalism led to a ghastly division of labour in which the workers must live underground, but the workers are now exacting revenge on their former masters.
The Morlocks eat, hunt, and terrorize the Eloi, just as the ancestors of the Eloi metaphorically preyed on their subjugated workers.
www.sparknotes.com /lit/timemachine/section4.rhtml   (646 words)

  
 The Morlocks - Earth's Uber-Tubbies
Wells, for all his foresight when it came to industrialisation and technological advance, failed to predict that, just as his time was seeing the replacement of manual toil by machinery, the future would see a similar technological displacement of human brains.
In reality, the machinery looks after itself (as the Noo Noo demonstrates), and the races of Teletubbies and Morlocks have the opposite power-relationship, and are separated instead by an accident of powers beyond the capacity of Wells' Victorian brains to comprehend.
According to Wells, 'They were just the half-bleached colour of the worms and things one sees preserved in spirit in a zoological museum.', and 'their eyes were abnormally large and sensitive, just as are the pupils of the abysmal fishes'.
moose.spesh.com /teletubbies/morlocks.html   (569 words)

  
 Metagame.com - Take Your Game to the Next Level
Morlock Justice is an uncommon combination of Blind Sided and Last Laugh.
After the Marauders massacred most of the Morlocks, Masque changed the appearance of the Morlocks’ original leader, Callisto, and then had her brainwashed into thinking she was a model to get rid of her.
Ruling the Morlocks wasn’t enough for greedy Masque, so he disguised several of his followers as X-Men and tried to steal their advanced weaponry.
www.metagame.com /vs.aspx?tabid=46&ArticleId=4637   (766 words)

  
 X-Men Character Bios: Callisto
Once the leader of the Morlocks, Cal was bested by Storm in single combat after she abducted Angel to be her husband and had Plague infect Kitty Pryde.
Cal remained the de facto leader of the Morlocks, however, until Masque usurped the position and changed her face into a beautiful one, while Beautiful Dreamer wiped her memory and set her up as a model in NYC.
After Callisto regained her memory and her face was scarred once more by insane Morlocks she rejoined the Morlocks until they were transported to the Hill by Mikhail Rasputin.
www.mutanthigh.com /callisto.html   (606 words)

  
 Morlocks   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
The Morlocks were a community of mutants who considered themselves outcasts from society and rebelled against it.
The Morlocks lived in a network of tunnels beneath New York City and beneath much of the surrounding area in New York State, New Jersey, and Connecticut.
As signs of rebellion, many recruits to the Morlock community had their physical appearance distorted by the powers of the Morlock called Masque.
www.geocities.com /Area51/Zone/4005/teams/morlocks.html   (531 words)

  
 The Time Machine characters, pictures, Rod Taylor, Yvette Mimieux, Alan Young
When George fights the Morlocks in their lair, this human is one of the first to mimic George's resistance to the Morlocks when he makes a fist and strikes out at the Morlocks.
The morlock's used to be human but over time their choice to seek survival underground evolves into something less human.
The morlocks rasie the human like Eloi as a source of food and the morlocks are the creaters and wielders of technology on future Earth.
www.movieprop.com /tvandmovie/reviews/timemachinecharacters.htm   (495 words)

  
 Gene Nation - Marvel Universe: The definitive online source for Marvel super hero bios.
They discovered a community of Morlocks still existed, but the Morlocks explained the militant Gene Nation was determined to kill one human for every mutant that died in the Mutant Massacre years ago.
Later, during a memorial for the Morlocks, Storm discovered a portal to the Hill, and she learned the truth about the origins of Gene Nation.
It was later revealed that the Morlocks were largely used by the Dark Beast for secret genetic experiments.
www.marvel.com /universe/Gene_Nation   (764 words)

  
 THE TIME MACHINE (PG-13): ChildCare Action Project (CAP) Media Analysis Report MAR22022
The Morlocks are no longer photosensitive sloths but are more like apes and are fully capable of withstanding direct sunlight.
And the air shafts into the underground world of the Morlocks are replaced with a single entrance shrouded by a demon reptilian jaw, much the same as the entrance to Gatorland Zoo in Florida but much uglier and foreboding...
One parameter which stayed the same is that the Morlocks are cannibals, feeding on the Eloi, which is why there are no parents in the Eloi people.
www.capalert.com /capreports/timemachine.htm   (2001 words)

  
 Xah: Time Machine (H G Wells)
And the Morlocks made their garments, I inferred, and maintained them in their habitual needs, perhaps through the survival of an old habit of service.
So far I had seen nothing of the Morlocks, but it was yet early in the night, and the darker hours before the old moon rose were still to come.
The fruits and veggies and grains we eat are assigned to that of Eloi, the meat is assigned to the Morlocks.
xahlee.org /p/time_machine/tm-ch07.html   (2544 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
TT conjectures that the Eloi were the upper class, who degenerated physically due to a lack of dynamics in the society--the Morlocks were the working class that got pushed out, and were forced to live underground.
After he discovers that the Morlocks live underground, the TT determines to go down one of their holes, partly out of curiosity.
However, the Morlocks were the working class who were forced underground because they didn’t have access to the same technology.
www.emu.edu /students/ths893/english/time_machine.html   (940 words)

  
 Plot Summary of TIme Machine   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Theory # 2 -- Eloi are descendents of the aristocracy; Morlocks the descendents of the lower working class.
Eloi are still the master race, their material needs fulfilled by Morlocks.
Theory # 3 -- Morlocks are starting to tire of their role, starting to attack the Eloi, especially for food.
virtual.clemson.edu /groups/dial/sfclass/timemachplot.html   (144 words)

  
 Callisto
Callisto was wounded during the Marauder's massacre of the Morlocks and took refuge with the X-Men.
The Morlocks were thought to have been killed when one of the tunnels they were hiding in was flooded, but unknown to the X-Men who were trying to save them, Mikhail opened a portal to another dimension and saved Callisto and a handful of Morlocks.
Callisto was taken into the Morlock tunnels by Marrow to have her wounds heal.
comicscentral.tripod.com /xmen/c/callisto.htm   (631 words)

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