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I've decided that the one great thing this FANTASTIC mess might accomplish is that everyone is so much more likely to embrace the more obscure corners of fantasy and sci-fi looking not to just to make a quick buck with poo poo for a budget (like so many lovely SyFy movies of the week and miniseries and more) but to actually mine this stuff for GREAT ideas and concepts and adapt them in a more perhaps loose and freewheeling model at times. I look at the way that PK Dick's work has been adapted as a great model, to be honest. Take the core concept and the most indelible images and concepts, and discard the rest. It worked with Dick because he was NEVER regarded as a particularly tremendous and great literary wordsmith and luminary of our times, but rather a speed-addicted madman jotting down insane visions which (hopefully) maintained internal consistency from start to finish. I think he was a potentially great writer of short stories and that most of his novels probably SHOULD'VE BEEN short stories. But then, short stories don't pay the bills. Anyway, I was reading that Le Guin's The Left Hand of Darkness is supposedly finally moving out of development hell and being given a short series treatment in the vein of the very successful (critically and otherwise) adaption of Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale. If we are at the point where we are FINALLY getting real adaptations of the really revolutionary sci-fi that we were getting in the '60s and '70s, then it's potentially very exciting.. If the asoiaf TV series lead to successful adaptations of REAL and GREAT sci fi rather than more of the pulpy foul-smelling rotten garbage that we got for a seventh season, then this show will have done good work. And speaking of anime I don't even want to talk about how excited I was when Ghibli announced an Earthsea adaptation, and instead of getting the REALM yazaki we got nepotism in the form of his gently caress-up son Goro Miyazaki being given the film as his first project and making lovely and embarrassing mess of it with animation that made the characters and environment look about as lively and realistic as a loving Hanna Barbera cartoon. Ach, it was so sad - even Hayao publicly said his son's first film was garbage, in so many words. kaworu fucked around with this message at 12:35 on Apr 12, 2018 |
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Wild Cards not getting a Hugo nomination? Are you japing me?
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Woodpile posted:Wild Cards not getting a Hugo nomination? Are you japing me? One day GRRM's life's work will get its due recognition.
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nine-gear crow posted:One day GRRM's life's work will get its due recognition. drat dude. That's dark even for this thread.
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GRRM's LiveJournal IS DEAD
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Wow he sure stayed away from not-a-blogging for long: http://georgerrmartin.com/notablog/ spoiler: He's talking about football second spoiler, this is how many fingers he's shoving up your rear end http://georgerrmartin.com/notablog/2018/03/26/yowza/
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kcroy posted:Wow he sure stayed away from not-a-blogging for long: No, Geroge, that's not how you do a Loss edit. Christ 
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With the switch, I wonder if banned accounts will work now. For a friend. Wondering for a friend.
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nine-gear crow posted:No, Geroge, that's not how you do a Loss edit. Christ ha
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Woodpile posted:With the switch, I wonder if banned accounts will work now. For a friend. Wondering for a friend. I'd bet comments get disabled on anything that isn't football.
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can I just say that this is the stupidest front cover for any book iv ever seen
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The quality of that painting is way better than the concept deserves.
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Is "Low Chicago" a poker thing? Because, like, all the others have been stupid poker references afaik.
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Blade_of_tyshalle posted:Is "Low Chicago" a poker thing? Because, like, all the others have been stupid poker references afaik. yeah it's some poker variant
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Blade_of_tyshalle posted:Is "Low Chicago" a poker thing? Because, like, all the others have been stupid poker references afaik. You'd think after all the loving WILDCARDS books they've published over the years that they'd be all out of poker slang by now...
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nopantsjack posted:can I just say that this is the stupidest front cover for any book iv ever seen Do they not even bother at this point to show the actual author of the books?
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nopantsjack posted:can I just say that this is the stupidest front cover for any book iv ever seen really? I think its aight. half cat half 1930s gangster, in chicago I'm assuming. not sure how that makes sense, since I thought jokers were a more recent thing, but w/e. Way more kick rear end than this old poo poo: 
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That lady is way too confident about her chances against the giant spider. I mean yeah an M4 is a great equalizer, but at that range? Then again Chompy there is about to chomp off one of his own legs so 
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kcroy posted:really? I think its aight. half cat half 1930s gangster, in chicago I'm assuming. not sure how that makes sense, since I thought jokers were a more recent thing, but w/e. Can I just say that that WILDCARDS logo looks like it came of an old also-ran Filmation animated series from the 80s. I can practically hear an off-brand take on the He-Man theme in my head just looking at it.
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mind the walrus posted:That lady is way too confident about her chances against the giant spider. I mean yeah an M4 is a great equalizer, but at that range? Then again Chompy there is about to chomp off one of his own legs so To be fair, that spider has a top knot, and is scratching it's head in confusion with one of it's legs. Hasselblad posted:Do they not even bother at this point to show the actual author of the books? I've wondered this as well whenever someone links a latest Wildcards book. Which is often. Who writes a book and doesn't put their name on the cover?
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nine-gear crow posted:Can I just say that that WILDCARDS logo looks like it came of an old also-ran Filmation animated series from the 80s. I can practically hear an off-brand take on the He-Man theme in my head just looking at it. It reminds me of the WildCATS logo, frankly.
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nine-gear crow posted:I can practically hear an off-brand take on the He-Man theme in my head just looking at it. *chanting* HO-MON *off-brand theme with flat notes* do doo doo doo dunn daaaaaaa
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Blade_of_tyshalle posted:It reminds me of the WildCATS logo, frankly.
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counterfeitsaint posted:To be fair, that spider has a top knot, and is scratching it's head in confusion with one of it's legs. counterfeitsaint posted:I've wondered this as well whenever someone links a latest Wildcards book. Which is often. Who writes a book and doesn't put their name on the cover? there is a rotating cast of writers, so like 5 authors per book or something. It's a bit traditional in that "shared universe" poo poo that they not flood the covers with authors. nine-gear crow posted:Can I just say that that WILDCARDS logo looks like it came of an old also-ran Filmation animated series from the 80s. I can practically hear an off-brand take on the He-Man theme in my head just looking at it. pretty much nailed it. I mean, they a totally derivative 80s rip off in lots of ways.
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mind the walrus posted:Out of all of the initial Image lineup--Youngblood included--WildCATS is the only one where I wonder what they were thinking. I dunno, when I was 10 they were awesome. Super 90s, absolutely, but here's the facts, they got power to the max. They're tough as nails. When all else fails, call the WildCATS.
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Blade_of_tyshalle posted:I dunno, when I was 10 they were awesome. Super 90s, absolutely, but here's the facts, they got power to the max. They're tough as nails. When all else fails, call the WildCATS.
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So not only is the book never coming out, but we have to wait another year for the bad, no good show to end things huh
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Mike N Eich posted:So not only is the book never coming out, but we have to wait another year for the bad, no good show to end things huh read the leaked plot notes - even if fake, they are still as good as any ending you will get.
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Dany dies as she lived. Covered in poo poo and failing at being a leader.
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ZearothK posted:The show got delayed again?! ARRRRRRGGGGGHHHHHHH!!!! How can people live with these kinds of delays?!
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I hope no one ever finishes the story, but instead keep creating new mediums to show us 80% of it. Can’t wait until 10 years from now when the Broadway hit game of thrones isn’t finished either.
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TellTale Games' Game of Thrones Season 8 Episode 17: Still No Closure: Requiem: Origins
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With Avicii and Verne Troyer I'm thinking literature completes this trifecta. If I was the fat man I'd be taking it easy on the mince pies for a few days.
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What do other authors think of GRRM and his lazy ways? He clawed himself up from irrelevance solely on the merits of his work, then stopped giving writing the instant HBO cashed his first check. That's got to wrinkle some noses right?
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Jealousy I’m sure. Fantasy writers especially.
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mind the walrus posted:What do other authors think of GRRM and his lazy ways? He clawed himself up from irrelevance solely on the merits of his work, then stopped giving writing the instant HBO cashed his first check. That's got to wrinkle some noses right? They probably feel just like this reviewer. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIy_uLF6xI8
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ZearothK posted:The show got delayed again?! And here we thought the show wasn’t tracking the books anymore.
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