No Gravitas Allowed -- The Iain [M.] Banks thread

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Strawman: Feb 9, 2008; Tortuga means turtle, and that's me. I take my time but I always win.

Tuxedo Catfish posted:

You could adapt almost any Culture novel to film. If something isn't amenable to visual adaptation, then unless it's vital to the plot or thematically relevant, you just change it.

Use of Weapons is the only one I can think of with actual legitimate obstacles, namely disguising "Zakalwe's" identity, but on the other hand finding a good cinematic solution to that would be really cool in its own right.

You could just shoot 2 different versions of the Elethiomel scenes with the actors switching roles after the reveal.

# ¿ Nov 29, 2013 11:34

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# ¿ May 2, 2024 22:03

Strawman: Feb 9, 2008; Tortuga means turtle, and that's me. I take my time but I always win.

Gravitas Shortfall posted:

I'd also suggest reading Excession before Surface Detail to catch a passing reference.

interesting times gang?

# ¿ Apr 9, 2014 19:00

Strawman: Feb 9, 2008; Tortuga means turtle, and that's me. I take my time but I always win.

GCU Gravitas Well

Strawman fucked around with this message at 14:16 on Oct 18, 2014

# ¿ Oct 18, 2014 14:14

Strawman: Feb 9, 2008; Tortuga means turtle, and that's me. I take my time but I always win.

Seldom Posts posted:

Phone posting so this won't be as much as I might normally write. The thing about excession for me was that how it showed how the minds were not as great as they think they are. Despite being ahead of the meat people, they are still as petty at heart as their creators which is why they aren't deemed worthy by the OCP.

Of course, they have to retain some aspect of their creators because Perfect AIs always Sublime.

# ¿ Dec 3, 2014 21:41

Strawman: Feb 9, 2008; Tortuga means turtle, and that's me. I take my time but I always win.

MeLKoR posted:

Saying "it's OK to kill people to protect others" is a completely different kettle of fish from "it's OK to kill people to conquer them and steal their stuff".

Because when you kill people to protect others, you don't say you were doing it because you wanted to steal their stuff.

# ¿ May 11, 2016 11:59

Strawman: Feb 9, 2008; Tortuga means turtle, and that's me. I take my time but I always win.

MeLKoR posted:

What possible use could Minds have for a bunch of primitive stuff stuck on the bottom of a gravity well?

I meant us. SC Minds are what interventionists in liberal democracies pretend to be.

# ¿ May 12, 2016 18:12

Strawman: Feb 9, 2008; Tortuga means turtle, and that's me. I take my time but I always win.

Anyone here tried reading Use of Weapons in chronological order (I-XIII, numbered chapters, prologue, epilogue)? Is it worth doing?

# ¿ Nov 28, 2016 18:15

Strawman: Feb 9, 2008; Tortuga means turtle, and that's me. I take my time but I always win.

cis autodrag posted:

I was a pretty big fan of Sleeper Service. I just like the weirdos who gently caress off to do their own thing. Mistake Not... was a pretty cool guy too.

And of course Grey Area, which meatfucked off to do its own thing.

# ¿ Feb 21, 2017 19:47

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# ¿ May 2, 2024 22:03

Strawman: Feb 9, 2008; Tortuga means turtle, and that's me. I take my time but I always win.

Lemniscate Blue posted:

By this metric, Guardians of the Galaxy would qualify.

That's controlled by whistling though, not an AI.

# ¿ May 26, 2017 18:59

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