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ol qwerty bastard posted:Let's make a list of sci-fi authors who have decent views and aren't homophobes or racists or libertarians or other horrible things. -Charles Stross
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ol qwerty bastard posted:Let's make a list of sci-fi authors who have decent views and aren't homophobes or racists or libertarians or other horrible things. i have no idea about dan abnett
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Jun 25, 2013 01:27
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ol qwerty bastard posted:Let's make a list of sci-fi authors who have decent views and aren't homophobes or racists or libertarians or other horrible things. asimov, vonnegut
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Jun 25, 2013 01:42
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vonnegut wore white suits which is quite horrible imo
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Jun 25, 2013 01:54
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Hashtag Nascar posted:I'd like to watch flash Gordon's trip to gor tbh darth vader in hellraiser 16 or whatever
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Jun 25, 2013 02:07
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reading the wikipedia page for terry gilliam's upcoming "the zero theorem" makes it sound like the terry gilliamest film possiblequote:Qohen Leth is an eccentric and reclusive computer genius who lives in an Orwellian corporate world and suffers from existential angst. Under the instruction of a shadowy figure known only as "Management", Qohen works to solve the "Zero Theorem" – a mathematical formula which will finally determine whether life has any meaning. Qohen's work in the burnt-out chapel that serves as his home is interrupted by visits from Bainsley, a seductive woman, and Bob, the teenage son of Management.
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Jun 25, 2013 02:34
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is gilliam's uhh, oeuvre gonna end up as loving lame as tim burton's  brazil was possibly the best movie ever and ~so relevant~ but this does not sound good and the imagarium of dr parnassus didn't really do much for me
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Jun 25, 2013 02:39
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"Pi" meets "Brazil"? I am so in.
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Jun 25, 2013 02:39
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richard matheson died
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Jun 25, 2013 02:42
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Dead Inside Darwin posted:richard matheson died
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Jun 25, 2013 02:46
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its important that we figure out if he had any bigoted/libertarian leanings
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Jun 25, 2013 02:47
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china mieville is a better author than most folks give him credit for ("the city & the city" is goddamn fantastic) and he is possibly a bigger lefty socialist than banks was
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Jun 25, 2013 03:54
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ol qwerty bastard posted:Let's make a list of sci-fi authors who have decent views and aren't homophobes or racists or libertarians or other horrible things. Ursula Le Guin
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Jun 25, 2013 03:57
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syscall girl posted:is gilliam's uhh, oeuvre gonna end up as loving lame as tim burton's I think Brazil took a lot out of him, long term. He was so stressed during the making that he couldn't walk for a while movie gives him a lifetime pass, imo, i still see his more mediocre movies
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Jun 25, 2013 03:58
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Heresiarch posted:china mieville is a better author than most folks give him credit for ("the city & the city" is goddamn fantastic) and he is possibly a bigger lefty socialist than banks was a specter is haunting this moletrain - the specter of moldywarpes the history of all hitherto existing society is the history of moldywarpe struggles
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Jun 25, 2013 03:59
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ol qwerty bastard posted:Let's make a list of sci-fi authors who have decent views and aren't homophobes or racists or libertarians or other horrible things. Most of the uk sci fi authors (banks, stross, ken Macleod, Peter f Hamilton maybe except with a juvenile interest in sex) seem to be unambiguous socialists.
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Jun 25, 2013 04:24
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actually now I think about it all Peter f Hamiltons books have racially segregated colonies because people couldn't figure out how to get along so maybe not so much on the decent views
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Jun 25, 2013 04:26
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i think alistair reynolds is okay too
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syscall girl posted:is gilliam's uhh, oeuvre gonna end up as loving lame as tim burton's 12 monkeys makes up for 5 or 6 bad movies
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Jun 25, 2013 05:11
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syscall girl posted:is gilliam's uhh, oeuvre gonna end up as loving lame as tim burton's how does that not sound good brothers grimm was also way worse than parnassus
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Jun 25, 2013 05:14
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haveblue posted:12 monkeys makes up for 5 or 6 bad movies *eats a spider for u*
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Jun 25, 2013 05:24
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fear and loathing was pretty excellent. bonus points for making a coherent, watchable adaptation of an incoherent "unfilmable" book that manages to be entirely faithful to the source. but yeah, the last three movies - brothers grimm, tideland, imaginarium - mmm, not looking too good there
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Jun 25, 2013 05:29
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Heresiarch posted:china mieville is a better author than most folks give him credit for ("the city & the city" is goddamn fantastic) and he is possibly a bigger lefty socialist than banks was didn't he write an essay or something on how Stalin wasn't all that bad?
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Jun 25, 2013 05:47
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terry gilliam: good: Holy grail Time Bandits Brazil 12 monkeys Fear and loathing eh: jabberwocky Baron munchausen grimm tideland parnassis his bad movies aren't really bad, just not that great. in short gilliam is good
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Jun 25, 2013 05:50
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haveblue posted:12 monkeys makes up for 5 or 6 bad movies it is also among the best of movies i somehow goaded a mod into misquoting it into my title
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Jun 25, 2013 05:58
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his recent bad movies clearly represent an attempt at trying to move towards mainstream for whatever reason. it doesnt mean he's lost the talent. he can always just move away
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Jun 25, 2013 05:59
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tideland was such a weird meandering movie. i didn't see the point of it
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Jun 25, 2013 05:59
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Heresiarch posted:china mieville is a better author than most folks give him credit for ("the city & the city" is goddamn fantastic) and he is possibly a bigger lefty socialist than banks was yeah but he's really insufferable perdido street station is one of the most awful books i've read (a quarter of)
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Jun 25, 2013 06:41
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I liked The Scar better than Perdido but yeah his writing is not easy to get into. He does have really cool ideas though. Also gotta give him props for making the protagonist a fat guy; that's rare enough to be notable in itself.
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Jun 25, 2013 06:44
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ol qwerty bastard posted:I liked The Scar better than Perdido but yeah his writing is not easy to get into. He does have really cool ideas though. ummm michael moore?
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Jun 25, 2013 07:01
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Moist von Lipwig posted:perdido street station pudenda
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Jun 25, 2013 08:15
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grimm was just unremarkable and mediocre in every way, but gilliam didn't write that, so i can give him a pass for that. parnassus was an awful, messy cgi shitfest though, the only good thing in that movie was tom waits. haven't seen tideland and dont even know whats it about, but just based on that super awkward intro clip by gilliam i have zero desire to see the whole thing what happen to you TG, you used to be cool 
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Jun 25, 2013 12:34
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MindSet posted:pudenda slip this word into your vernacular if your lady works in healthcare or with animals
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Jun 25, 2013 13:06
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Moist von Lipwig posted:perdido street station is one of the most awful books i've read (a quarter of) more than what i managed, yuck Jet Age posted:Peter f Hamilton maybe except with a juvenile interest in sex currently on book 2 of the Void series and uuuuugggghhhhhhh jesus christ pete, what does your wife think of your books? so far i think the commonwealth books were better, Void series could use some serious loving editing, way too much unnecessary backstory, but boy oh boy do i love me some SPACESHIPS AND LASERGUNS AND ALIENS WOOOOO
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Jun 25, 2013 13:11
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Amethyst posted:terry gilliam: hush now baron munchausen was great and had uma thurman before she got her nose job and you seen her bazooms if you pause it just right on the videotape
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Jun 25, 2013 15:54
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Baron munchausen is good in a terrifying way
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Jun 25, 2013 15:55
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it also had coked up robin williams
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Jun 25, 2013 16:07
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baron munchausen by proxy
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Jun 25, 2013 16:11
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there is a lot about baron munchausen to love but it has serious flaws which you need to willfully ignore
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Bad rear end Boutique posted:currently on book 2 of the Void series and uuuuugggghhhhhhh jesus christ pete, what does your wife think of your books? Fallen Dragon is also pretty bad on that point raruler posted:Also I want to see James Cameron do a version of Dune. i feel like cameron would bring kind of a samey look to the hardware that isn't called for. like the david lynch dune ornithopters are hell of lame, but a lot of the other stuff looks amazing. part of me wonders if luc besson (the guy that did Fifth Element) would be able to tackle Dune really well.
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