Comments on: Space Opera http://malnurturedsnay.net/2008/02/05/space-opera/ Mon, 15 Mar 2010 11:39:58 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: TWM http://malnurturedsnay.net/2008/02/05/space-opera/comment-page-1/#comment-205261 TWM Mon, 11 Feb 2008 19:57:59 +0000 http://malnurturedsnay.net/2008/02/05/space-opera/#comment-205261 Doesn't matter if someone's done it before or not - there are only about 16 known plotlines to ever have come out of Hollywood. I won't quote them all here, that's why Al Gore invented the Internet. But if you can put a new twist on something old and make it yours, you've done something Right. Just ask Johnny Cash (via Ouija board). Everybody knows Trent Reznor wrote 'Hurt'. Everybody else knows Johnny 'owns' that song. Good luck with your idea. I'd read a draft of it, if I knew where to look. TWM Doesn’t matter if someone’s done it before or not – there are only about 16 known plotlines to ever have come out of Hollywood. I won’t quote them all here, that’s why Al Gore invented the Internet. But if you can put a new twist on something old and make it yours, you’ve done something Right. Just ask Johnny Cash (via Ouija board). Everybody knows Trent Reznor wrote ‘Hurt’. Everybody else knows Johnny ‘owns’ that song. Good luck with your idea. I’d read a draft of it, if I knew where to look.

TWM

]]> By: anonymouscoworker http://malnurturedsnay.net/2008/02/05/space-opera/comment-page-1/#comment-205054 anonymouscoworker Fri, 08 Feb 2008 14:47:51 +0000 http://malnurturedsnay.net/2008/02/05/space-opera/#comment-205054 Yeah, you don't get to vote this time around, even if you changed your registration right now. It's why I changed to be a registered democrat, so I could vote in the primary. It's really the only time your vote matters anyway. Yeah, you don’t get to vote this time around, even if you changed your registration right now. It’s why I changed to be a registered democrat, so I could vote in the primary. It’s really the only time your vote matters anyway.

]]> By: julie http://malnurturedsnay.net/2008/02/05/space-opera/comment-page-1/#comment-204931 julie Wed, 06 Feb 2008 19:52:50 +0000 http://malnurturedsnay.net/2008/02/05/space-opera/#comment-204931 Tell me how "The War" is... I've been waiting to see it. Tell me how “The War” is… I’ve been waiting to see it.

]]> By: mim http://malnurturedsnay.net/2008/02/05/space-opera/comment-page-1/#comment-204925 mim Wed, 06 Feb 2008 18:11:45 +0000 http://malnurturedsnay.net/2008/02/05/space-opera/#comment-204925 To see the very first "under the vehicle" stunt - the one all the others have copied - watch "Stagecoach" (1939). The great Yakima Canutt created that stunt and to this day a knowing audience will chant "Yakima Canutt" as soon as they recognise the setup. To see the very first “under the vehicle” stunt – the one all the others have copied – watch “Stagecoach” (1939). The great Yakima Canutt created that stunt and to this day a knowing audience will chant “Yakima Canutt” as soon as they recognise the setup.

]]> By: Marc Nelson Jr. http://malnurturedsnay.net/2008/02/05/space-opera/comment-page-1/#comment-204920 Marc Nelson Jr. Wed, 06 Feb 2008 15:24:41 +0000 http://malnurturedsnay.net/2008/02/05/space-opera/#comment-204920 "*Neither am I a registered Republican, but I am a registered voter." Don't sit out the primaries! Just figure out which party is more likely to have a competitive race and register with that one. That way, at least you'll have a say in picking one of the nominees. I'm a libertarian at heart, but I've switched back and forth between Libertarian, Democrat, and Republican just about every election cycle. It's not like they make you take a loyalty oath or pay dues or anything. I know it's too late for this primary, but register D or R for for the next one. “*Neither am I a registered Republican, but I am a registered voter.”

Don’t sit out the primaries! Just figure out which party is more likely to have a competitive race and register with that one. That way, at least you’ll have a say in picking one of the nominees.

I’m a libertarian at heart, but I’ve switched back and forth between Libertarian, Democrat, and Republican just about every election cycle. It’s not like they make you take a loyalty oath or pay dues or anything.

I know it’s too late for this primary, but register D or R for for the next one.

]]> By: shelley http://malnurturedsnay.net/2008/02/05/space-opera/comment-page-1/#comment-204919 shelley Wed, 06 Feb 2008 15:22:23 +0000 http://malnurturedsnay.net/2008/02/05/space-opera/#comment-204919 Oh, I remember liking Revelation Space. You might also dig Ken Macleod - it's politics and space opera together! On the one hand, O'Malley endorsed Clinton, which could indeed backlash. At the same time, Dixon endorsed Obama - and who doesn't hate Dixon? You want her to have one in the favor bank? Ick. I changed from indy to Dem just to vote in the primaries but haven't gotten any new forms yet. Hope I get to vote. Oh, I remember liking Revelation Space. You might also dig Ken Macleod – it’s politics and space opera together!

On the one hand, O’Malley endorsed Clinton, which could indeed backlash. At the same time, Dixon endorsed Obama – and who doesn’t hate Dixon? You want her to have one in the favor bank? Ick. I changed from indy to Dem just to vote in the primaries but haven’t gotten any new forms yet. Hope I get to vote.

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