tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34877723.post5057949800303431142..comments2023-11-03T06:16:11.862-04:00Comments on insidious truth: Why some of us put up with bad science fiction movieslaughinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11999190808736700318noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34877723.post-15354563020296498052008-09-21T07:14:00.000-04:002008-09-21T07:14:00.000-04:00Harry Harrison is Harry Harrison. You are nobody....Harry Harrison is Harry Harrison. You are nobody. You have to do better than Harry Harrison.<BR/><BR/>The suspension of disbelief thing is limited. You get away with it on one or two points if you write something that is really good otherwise. You haven't done that.<BR/><BR/>I have come up with a better explanation for the dinosaurs and humans co-evolving than what you originally wrote. It only took me a day or two. You may end up figuring it out for yourself, but I'm not going to give it to you. I might even use it myself.<BR/><BR/>Now, quit trying to convince people that you can write something interesting and actually go do the work of writing something.laughinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11999190808736700318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34877723.post-74441205444188367752008-09-20T20:01:00.000-04:002008-09-20T20:01:00.000-04:00If you're referring to me again, Laughing, I expla...If you're referring to me again, Laughing, I explained the evolutionary science behind my movie treatment. It's roughly the same evolutionary science used by Harry Harrison in his classic <I>West of Eden</I> series. <BR/><BR/>Neither of us needs to prove that our scenarios could actually happen. All we have to do is give our audiences a valid reason to suspend their disbelief.<BR/><BR/>You've read <I>West of Eden</I>, DMarks. Do you consider it good or bad science fiction? Were you able or unable to accept the premise of dinosaurs and humans co-evolving?Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01478763837213733775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34877723.post-87681782602511694872008-09-17T09:40:00.000-04:002008-09-17T09:40:00.000-04:00Diva: Or the TV shows "Lost", "Heroes", or the new...Diva: Or the TV shows "Lost", "Heroes", or the new "Battlestar: Galactica"? A lot of people who don't ordinarily care for science fiction love these shows.<BR/><BR/>Laughing: I remember the discussions of "Space:1999" when it came out. No way could a nuclear waste explosion cause the moon to drift away like that. When the original "Battlestar: Galactica" came out, it was smugly ridiculed with poems in "Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine" <BR/><BR/>Yes, there are some really bad episodes of "Lost in Space". But I saw it before I saw "Star Trek", and it set some sort of standard for me.dmarkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07269773990064736457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34877723.post-17727100612057971902008-09-17T09:01:00.000-04:002008-09-17T09:01:00.000-04:00Well, I'm sorry that you feel that way.Do you hate...Well, I'm sorry that you feel that way.<BR/><BR/>Do you hate all of it? Didn't you like The Terminator, or the first Jurassic Park, or the original Andromeda Strain, or Coma, or any version of Superman?laughinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11999190808736700318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34877723.post-278833735045240762008-09-16T19:40:00.000-04:002008-09-16T19:40:00.000-04:00lolI so hate sci fi.lol<BR/><BR/>I so hate sci fi.Diva's Thoughtshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16177643214210147206noreply@blogger.com