Bookstores are on the way out . . .
Another consequence: http://imgsrv.gocomics.com/dim/?fh=d5b234d89084c5c9120f5f6a0047f020w=525.0 . . . ronn! :) I always knew that I would see the first man on the Moon. I never dreamed that I would see the last. --Dr. Jerry Pournelle ___ http://mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com
Torchwood: Children of Earth
I just watched the 3rd season of Torchwood, which was a 5 episode mini-series called Children of Earth. What a disappointment. After the first two seasons, I was expecting decent but campy science-fiction (a la Doctor Who), but this turned out to be part laughable horror, part absurd political satire (although I don't think the political satire was intended). And it looked like the director tried to include every second of video they shot, often showing the same boring scene over and over from slightly different angles. The plot was so full of holes it is a waste of time to list them all. Not what I expect from Russell Davies. Perhaps he was pressured to make the show more mainstream? It feels like what the SciFi (SyFy, ugh) channel does to a decent science fiction concept when they make a movie out of it. Then I looked at the Torchwood forum on imdb.com, and found that quite a few people posting thought Children of Earth was the best science-fiction they have seen in quite a while! One post even compared it to Firefly. Ouch. I'm trying to think of any good sci-fi on television recently, or coming soon, but the only thing I can think of is Dollhouse. Umm, and possibly A Game of Thrones, if it ever makes it to HBO, but that is fantasy, not science fiction. ___ http://mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com
Re: On the Occasion of a Seventeenth Birthday
On Jul 21, 2009, at 6:21 AM, Martin Lewis wrote: On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 5:34 AM, Warren Ockrassawar...@nightwares.com wrote: Son of a friend is turning 17 Saturday. I think I've distilled my life's wisdom (for 17-yer-olds anyway) down to three things. 1. You're too young to drink and too young to vote. But you're old enough to be tried as an adult. 2. Always, always, ALWAYS use a condom. 3. Never say I love you until after you come. So I'm not allowed to tell my wife I love her in the morning until after I've fucked her? Does the same apply to my mum? Hey, man, whatever your kink. -- Warren Ockrassa | @waxis Blog | http://indigestible.nightwares.com/ Books | http://books.nightwares.com/ Web | http://www.nightwares.com/ ___ http://mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com
Re: On the Occasion of a Seventeenth Birthday
On Jul 22, 2009, at 11:30 AM, Dave Land wrote: Allow me to offer some additional advice: You know, that's some very good content. Thanks for passing it along -- but I was being a little wry, and the thing is that this particular kid is doing pretty well for himself, at least so far. He's bright, funny, sweet and rather level-headed; if I could choose a son for myself, it would be him or a near copy. He's done pretty well at avoiding the obvious problems, and seems to be navigating the hormonal years with quite a lot of success overall. So my three things were meant to be a bit upscale in maturity, sort of man-to-mannish but also ironic, and they wouldn't probably work with a lot of seventeen-year-olds. But for him I think they're just about right. -- Warren Ockrassa | @waxis Blog | http://indigestible.nightwares.com/ Books | http://books.nightwares.com/ Web | http://www.nightwares.com/ ___ http://mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com
