tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5769309.post112667267652096389..comments2023-07-08T04:04:25.417-04:00Comments on Misanthropicity: CUT IT OUTUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5769309.post-1127104551260362192005-09-19T00:35:00.000-04:002005-09-19T00:35:00.000-04:00Thanks, Bwana.Thanks, Bwana.Scape7https://www.blogger.com/profile/18235246448706002163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5769309.post-1126969706634147562005-09-17T11:08:00.000-04:002005-09-17T11:08:00.000-04:00"there’s a great distance between Julie Andrews ma..."there’s a great distance between Julie Andrews mattress surfing in “The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement” and fleshing out Middle Earth to an epic nine hours in “The Lord of the Rings.”"<BR/><BR/>"President Bush wants faith-based initiatives and small government. Reality — or, in Bush’s case, God — seems to be making this goal very difficult to achieve."<BR/><BR/>This, I believe, is called abwanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06550248019045962039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5769309.post-1126887612383413442005-09-16T12:20:00.000-04:002005-09-16T12:20:00.000-04:00That's a great idea, Wrecking Ball.As to Indri's s...That's a great idea, Wrecking Ball.<BR/><BR/>As to Indri's suggestions, I would add an eighth: How about a soundtrack? (Maybe with those obnoxious bongs or pings or tones used to let us know when to advance a film strip in science class.)<BR/><BR/>There was some experimentation done with soundtracks for comic books done in the 1980s. It didn't seem to catch on, but now that we have CDs and Web Scape7https://www.blogger.com/profile/18235246448706002163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5769309.post-1126886189776188932005-09-16T11:56:00.000-04:002005-09-16T11:56:00.000-04:00How about an author's commentary -- in the form of...How about an author's commentary -- in the form of marginalia with comments like, "Now, THIS was a really fun paragraph to write." Would be about as useful as some of the DVD stuff you get from the director/producer/key grip/second best boy.<BR/><BR/>(Actually, what WOULD be kind of fun is commentary by the characters... "What I really wanted to do here was put my foot down and tell her how I hillaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10633272591798107451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5769309.post-1126864453017034542005-09-16T05:54:00.000-04:002005-09-16T05:54:00.000-04:00God, I hope not.Other possibilities for free crap:...God, I hope not.<BR/><BR/>Other possibilities for free crap:<BR/><BR/>1. The author's grocery lists,<BR/><BR/>2. Pages with one uplifting quote per, and instructions for the reader to use that part of the book as a journal,<BR/><BR/>3. A synopsis, in case the reader doesn't want to waste time reading the whole thing,<BR/><BR/>4. Sketches of monsters!,<BR/><BR/>5. An open letter from someone Indrihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13752279328772167047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5769309.post-1126758938412458162005-09-15T00:35:00.000-04:002005-09-15T00:35:00.000-04:00Free crap, Indri. It's crap!But it's free.And it's...Free crap, Indri. It's crap!<BR/><BR/>But it's free.<BR/><BR/>And it's certainly easy for an author to say, "Here — here's some crap I cut out. Post it on the Web site and call it a bonus." Or for an author to go along with an editor with that attitude.<BR/><BR/>I dunno; do you think we'll be seeing more of this "deleted scenes" stuff from books?Scape7https://www.blogger.com/profile/18235246448706002163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5769309.post-1126738735449554582005-09-14T18:58:00.000-04:002005-09-14T18:58:00.000-04:00I just don't get why a writer would let scenes the...I just don't get why a writer would let scenes they'd cut be re-introduced. Unless the editor had originally cut them against the writer's better judgment.<BR/><BR/>It's just weird.Indrihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13752279328772167047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5769309.post-1126738516752305572005-09-14T18:55:00.000-04:002005-09-14T18:55:00.000-04:00It's Eric, but I don't want to log into Blogger ag...It's Eric, but I don't want to log into Blogger again...<BR/><BR/>But living in earthquake country...everyone should know you're on your own for seven days. If I lived in the East or Southeast, I'd feel the same way for hurricanes. Get ready with water, and then food, and have guns stored correctly if you need to eat crow on day eight. There's nothing that can save you, other than yourself being Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5769309.post-1126712792789588272005-09-14T11:46:00.000-04:002005-09-14T11:46:00.000-04:00Thanks! And thanks for reading.Thanks! And thanks for reading.Scape7https://www.blogger.com/profile/18235246448706002163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5769309.post-1126712614829649092005-09-14T11:43:00.000-04:002005-09-14T11:43:00.000-04:00Brilliant post.Brilliant post.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com