[IWE] "pop!" goes the chest

[Carl Forde]

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On Sun, Oct 5, 2008 at 11:25 PM, Ashton Brown <ashton@vom.com> wrote:


> I thought similarly re 'Alien' and passed ... and then stumbled into a
> viewing of 'Aliens 2'; I was wrong, so had to see origin, natch.
> Look, youse guys do science, are immersed in techno -- surely have read
> some sci-fi (a label I find condescending; the best of that is simply, good
> /fiction/ IMO,) maybe not in yours.  As always, it's the story that works,
> enthralls ... or it's pap, but special effects done Right and timed-righter
> ... well, what can one say about SHOCK! ?? when it's not just gratuitous
> (see: 'pap'.)
>

I have read science fiction and seen science fiction movies. But I'm not
interested in shock and awe. Just for the same of jerking me around.

Carl
-- 
Start by doing what's necessary;
then do what's possible;
and suddenly you are doing the impossible.
-- Saint Francis of Assisi

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<div dir="ltr">On Sun, Oct 5, 2008 at 11:25 PM, Ashton Brown <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:ashton@vom.com" target="_blank">ashton@vom.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_quote"><div>&nbsp;</div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">


I thought similarly re &#39;Alien&#39; and passed ... and then stumbled into a viewing of &#39;Aliens 2&#39;; I was wrong, so had to see origin, natch. <br>
Look, youse guys do science, are immersed in techno -- surely have read some sci-fi (a label I find condescending; the best of that is simply, good /fiction/ IMO,) maybe not in yours. &nbsp;As always, it&#39;s the story that works, enthralls ... or it&#39;s pap, but special effects done Right and timed-righter ... well, what can one say about SHOCK! ?? when it&#39;s not just gratuitous (see: &#39;pap&#39;.)<br>


</blockquote><div><br>I have read science fiction and seen science fiction movies. But I&#39;m not interested in shock and awe. Just for the same of jerking me around. <br><br>Carl <br></div></div>-- <br>Start by doing what&#39;s necessary;<br>
then do what&#39;s possible;<br>
and suddenly you are doing the impossible.<br>-- Saint Francis of Assisi<br>
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