@Orionas69: Possibly, but not likely.
SLJ will be 84 years then.
Not sure that he will feel like doing much chitting or chatting - bad motherfuckers get old too.
SLJ will be 84 years then.
Not sure that he will feel like doing much chitting or chatting - bad motherfuckers get old too.
@her0_0f_time: Shouldn't you just.. you know...
Reverse the polarization?
Reverse the polarization?
WHAT!? Daleks without faces? Or even eyes?
Disney would NEVER let that slide.
Disney would NEVER let that slide.
@Tamírki: Surely you meant to say BEEautiful.
@Therem: "Gods" used Hinduism to control the masses. They took up names and powers of Hindu gods, religious ceremonies and customs of Hinduism copied from human history back on Earth.
Sam used Buddhism as a weapon against them - providing people with an alternative to their never-ending circle of rebirth (and the control it had over people's lives).
There is much more than just that though. Read the book.
As everything by Zelazny it is full of deeper meaning and references that you may discover only years later.
Sam used Buddhism as a weapon against them - providing people with an alternative to their never-ending circle of rebirth (and the control it had over people's lives).
There is much more than just that though. Read the book.
As everything by Zelazny it is full of deeper meaning and references that you may discover only years later.
Kinda late for an April Fools joke, isn't it?
@Josh Wimmer: When it comes to Zelazny there are two of his stories I am particularly fond of.
One is "Lord of Light", and the only bad thing about it is that it is too long to just "throw" at people. It being a novel, it takes time to read all of it.
The other one is "For a Breath I Tarry".
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Short, great and Zelazny's own favorite according to the intro to it in "The Last Defender of Camelot".
@Chuck: Had the rest of the book been pure shit (and it wasn't even close) this alone would have been enough to make all the rest of it worth it.
"There is a place. It is a place where broken rocks ring a red sun. Several centuries ago, we discovered a race of arthropod-like creatures called Whilles, with whom we could not deal. They rejected friendly overtures on the parts of every known intelligent race. Also, they slew our emissaries and sent their remains back to us, missing a few pieces here and there. When first we contacted them, they possessed vehicles for travel within their own solar system. Shortly thereafter, they developed interstellar travel. Wherever they went, they killed and they stole and then beat it back home. Perhaps they didn't realize the size of the interstellar community at that time, or perhaps they didn't care. They guessed right if they thought it would take an awfully long time to reach an accord when it came to declaring war on them. There is actually very little precedent for interstellar war. The Pei'ans are about the only ones who remember any.. So the attacks failed, what remained of our forces were withdrawn, and we began to bombard the planet. The Whilles were, however, further along technologically than we'd initially thought. They had a near-perfect defense system against missiles. So we withdrew and tried to contain them. They didn't stop their raids, though. Then the Names were contacted, and three worldscapers, Sang-ring of Greldei, Karth'ting of Mordei and I, were chosen by lot to use our abilities in reverse. Later, within the system of the _Whilles_, beyond the orbit of their home world, a belt of asteroids began to collapse upon itself, forming a planetoid. Rock by rock, it grew, and slowly it altered its course. We sat, with our machinery, beyond the orbit of the farthest planet, directing the new world's growth and its slow spiral inward. When the Whilles realized what was happening, they tried to destroy it. But it was too late. They never asked for mercy, and none of them tried to flee. They waited, and the day came. The orbits of the two worlds intersected, and now it is a place where broken rocks ring a red sun. I stayed drunk for a week after that."
@Denza Car: See how I have Oh-so-cleverly replaced Kick in the title with Dick - implying that the comic, movie and Mark Millar are gay?
I must say, I was inspired to such literary heights by all these wonderful commercials for the above mentioned comicbook/movie project.
In fact, I feel that I was just an avatar for some higher consciousness that exists in all things. Big and small, living and dead, blue and red, catchupy and mustardy...
YAAAY! More DickAss commercials!
No.
Next question?
My, my... More mediocre Mark Millar manure, masturbating in the media.
@Tiwa: Nope on the first. Yup on the second.
That is why it is promoted here.
Mark Millar - business as usual.
Here is another story Avatar has supposedly "ripped off", that you didn't hear of unless you are from around former Yugoslavia.
Google Translate is your friend:
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Supposedly, Avatar is also a copy of "Tihana from Erg" ("Tihana iz Erga"), a fantasy novel written by Serbian writer Predrag Uroshevich (Predrag Urošević) and published in 1984.
Just like in Avatar, the hero finds himself on a strange forest planet, populated by nature-loving people.
There he meets a young girl, who guides him through that world.
They save each other couple of times but she treats him as a "lower species" until he helps her race and thus gains their respect, which results in humans treating him as an outcast.
Also, during the early '90s, Serbian national television RTS apparently made a script for a film adaptation - that was never filmed.
@AdoraBelle: Simple.
"My story is organically emerging" - I am rambling hallucinatory nonsense.
"Being normalized in an exopolitical context" - my ramblings are then put into context of the current happenings around the world in order to give them the appearance of credibility.
You know - the way Nostradamus' writings can be interpreted to predict ANYTHING, only after the fact.
Merchandisium?
Commercialismium?
Advertisium?
Purchasium?
No... wait... those are not imaginary nor rare elements.
My bad.
Oh look!
It is another advertisement for iPad!
@MyNameIsTooAwesome:
It's been out long enough to get scanned and torrented.
It is actually rather... bad.
Again, only redeeming point is the Hitgirl; and while Millar goes all "let's be realistic here" on her - he also decides to end the comic with copycat spandex wearing people walking around town pretending they are superheroes.
And then he serves us with a Joker wannabe whose life aspiration is apparently to be a thug - while he is typing on a keyboard.
In the end it is a case of Millar not being sure if he would like to shit or get off the pot.
His characters are supposedly badass - until it is time for them to be little girls.
Or they can take a beating and still beat the shit out of a guy with a gun - but can't take on a school bully.
It is all supposedly realistic - but people walk around in superhero outfits and smile knowingly at each other.
And we are left with a super-villain wannabe - in a world where cops clearly let criminals get butchered without even asking around.
And what DO we get to replace all that lack of logic or coherence?
People get shot in the dick.
People get shot up their ass with the bullet coming out through the top of their head.
Little girl taking a hammer to the face.
Little girl burning people with ebay-bought flame thrower.
Little girl doing drugs.
Two middleaged adults having sex.
Main protagonist getting text-bullied by a bunch of girls who send him photos of the "love of his life" sucking the cock of the guy that has beat him up.
You know... gratuitous sex and violence that should spice up an otherwise stale story.
Stuff that would make your grandma go "Oh my...!"
Really provocative and hardcore - if you've just stepped of the Mayflower.
Actually, it is just the kind of thing you would expect from a guy who starts up rumors in order to get his comic sold, blatantly lies to the fans just to get "the Hollywood money" and gets escorted by security out from the "The Dark Knight" set after being caught riding the Bat-pod.
@bookwench: Extra bonus - that episode features a member of Voyager's crew. Well... sorta...
@Kenro199x: THANK YOU!
No origin my ass.
