Feb 3, 2012
larryniven commented on The American Animal.
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Oct 26, 2011
larryniven commented on We, the Living.
Paul, I'm with you 100% on the stoner college friend thing. Zombies stopped being about consumerism probably twenty minutes after that movie was released. But this reminded me of something that occurred to me not too long ago* and I'm curious to see if you agree: The Road is basically a zombie movie, only where zombie movies are typically uplifting and exciting The Road is depressing and soul-crushing.
I know that there are no undead monsters in The Road, but there are flesh-eaters. Also, this...
"The joke that Whitehead pulls with Zone One is making Mark Spitz and the band of survivors as mundane as we are. They're not heroes—they're just a sanitation crew, cleaning up long after the heroic Marines have paraded through the city and done all the hard work."
...could easily be reworked for The Road (only, of course, more brutally, because it's Cormac McCarthy): his joke is that the protagonist (the man) is just as corrupt and scared and inept as we are, and likewise is not a hero. Do you think that fits? Am I taking it way too far?
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I know that there are no undead monsters in The Road, but there are flesh-eaters. Also, this...
"The joke that Whitehead pulls with Zone One is making Mark Spitz and the band of survivors as mundane as we are. They're not heroes—they're just a sanitation crew, cleaning up long after the heroic Marines have paraded through the city and done all the hard work."
...could easily be reworked for The Road (only, of course, more brutally, because it's Cormac McCarthy): his joke is that the protagonist (the man) is just as corrupt and scared and inept as we are, and likewise is not a hero. Do you think that fits? Am I taking it way too far?
*Coughshamelessselfpromotioncough: http://rustbeltphilosophy.blogspot.com/2…
Oct 25, 2011
larryniven commented on Occupy the Levels of Oppression.
Well said, Charles! (Tagged: http://rustbeltphilosophy.blogspot.com/2…)
Mar 3, 2010
larryniven joined My Stranger Face
Mar 3, 2010
larryniven commented on NOBODY CARES ANYMORE.
Okay, so (1) it's incredible that people are actually getting defensive about this but also (2) LOST is great. In fact, I will say that LOST is great enough to outweigh its unfortunate consequences: V, FlashForward, etc. etc. etc. The only thing that would make it better would be if the goddamn cast stopped flaunting the law.
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