Comments on: And the Academy Award for most brilliant writing… http://www.janefancher.com/TheCaptainAndLime/2010/03/12/and-the-academy-award-for-most-brilliant-writing/ SF/F author Jane Fancher's Blog: A Little Sweet, A Little Spice, and A Little Tart. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 05:18:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Jane http://www.janefancher.com/TheCaptainAndLime/2010/03/12/and-the-academy-award-for-most-brilliant-writing/comment-page-1/#comment-2482 Jane Tue, 06 Apr 2010 15:29:01 +0000 http://www.janefancher.com/TheCaptainAndLime/?p=2007#comment-2482 :biggrin: I think you'll have fun with this crowd. Carolyn's group over on Wave Without A Shore are even livelier. If only this author had been that clever...and she's made millions...sigh... Ah, well....At least they could fix it in the (many) reprints. :lol: It'll be hard for ST to do much about their red guy. Maybe his prey is colorblind, coming from the ice planet, and the red is a genetically linked trait to his ability to use sonar! That's what we should do...look for this sort of thing and create "fixes" :lol: :lol: :lol: :biggrin:

I think you’ll have fun with this crowd. Carolyn’s group over on Wave Without A Shore are even livelier.

If only this author had been that clever…and she’s made millions…sigh… Ah, well….At least they could fix it in the (many) reprints. :lol: It’ll be hard for ST to do much about their red guy.

Maybe his prey is colorblind, coming from the ice planet, and the red is a genetically linked trait to his ability to use sonar!

That’s what we should do…look for this sort of thing and create “fixes” :lol: :lol: :lol:

]]> By: Iphinome http://www.janefancher.com/TheCaptainAndLime/2010/03/12/and-the-academy-award-for-most-brilliant-writing/comment-page-1/#comment-2479 Iphinome Tue, 06 Apr 2010 04:20:34 +0000 http://www.janefancher.com/TheCaptainAndLime/?p=2007#comment-2479 Why hello and thank you for inviting me to peek in. The date World War II ended? It's um... An alternate history ya and an errr... A wizard did it! Why hello and thank you for inviting me to peek in.

The date World War II ended? It’s um… An alternate history ya and an errr… A wizard did it!

]]> By: Jane http://www.janefancher.com/TheCaptainAndLime/2010/03/12/and-the-academy-award-for-most-brilliant-writing/comment-page-1/#comment-2472 Jane Tue, 06 Apr 2010 00:43:14 +0000 http://www.janefancher.com/TheCaptainAndLime/?p=2007#comment-2472 Hi, there! Welcome! (Kneeling down) You know, I'm ashamed to admit, I didn't even think of that! You're so right. and I'm usually really sensitive to stuff like that. Ah, well, I still loved it. :D It does speak, however, to the need to be conscious of all aspects of writing and visual representation. You never know when you're going to create the one thing that will totally blow the suspension of disbelief. It's one of the things that makes writing so hard. Like getting the date WWII ended off by a year! Once there's an error like that, you've lost a reader/viewer. Of course, the cool thing about ebooks is that you can go in and fix it!!!! Endlessly!!!! YAYAYAYAYAYAY Hi, there! Welcome! (Kneeling down)

You know, I’m ashamed to admit, I didn’t even think of that! You’re so right. and I’m usually really sensitive to stuff like that. Ah, well, I still loved it. :D

It does speak, however, to the need to be conscious of all aspects of writing and visual representation. You never know when you’re going to create the one thing that will totally blow the suspension of disbelief. It’s one of the things that makes writing so hard.

Like getting the date WWII ended off by a year! Once there’s an error like that, you’ve lost a reader/viewer.

Of course, the cool thing about ebooks is that you can go in and fix it!!!! Endlessly!!!! YAYAYAYAYAYAY

]]> By: Iphinome http://www.janefancher.com/TheCaptainAndLime/2010/03/12/and-the-academy-award-for-most-brilliant-writing/comment-page-1/#comment-2471 Iphinome Tue, 06 Apr 2010 00:03:18 +0000 http://www.janefancher.com/TheCaptainAndLime/?p=2007#comment-2471 Star Trek was okay but there was one scene that broke it for me, Maybe I'm weird and nit picky but I fell out of the movie experience with the ice planet scenes. A RED creature --predator no less, living on ICE. It was the work of the effect department no doubt and in a world with faster than light travel and teleportation maybe I shouldn't mind but that's the point where my brain stopped accepting. Star Trek was okay but there was one scene that broke it for me, Maybe I’m weird and nit picky but I fell out of the movie experience with the ice planet scenes. A RED creature –predator no less, living on ICE. It was the work of the effect department no doubt and in a world with faster than light travel and teleportation maybe I shouldn’t mind but that’s the point where my brain stopped accepting.

]]> By: Jane http://www.janefancher.com/TheCaptainAndLime/2010/03/12/and-the-academy-award-for-most-brilliant-writing/comment-page-1/#comment-2360 Jane Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:52:11 +0000 http://www.janefancher.com/TheCaptainAndLime/?p=2007#comment-2360 Hi, Bret! Oh, goodies! I missed it.... You know...I wish they'd just give us credit when they steal from us. :angel: Sigh...They credit the guy who empties the garbage, but not the one whose story they swiped. :getlost: Nice, huh? No wonder they've never had a problem with people writing fanfic. :whistle: I LOVED the original SW. Empire was a great middle-trilogy story, really what I would call the best of the entire series, story-telling-wise... and I thought the end of the original trilogy sucked pond water. The loss of Leigh Brackett was SERIOUSLY felt in that third movie. I've always wished I knew what she planned for it. I found the first one of the second batch just creepy and could never bring myself to watch the rest. Sorry, to any who really love it. But Star Wars is one of the top ten movies of all time, IMO. It did what it set out to do brilliantly, and, like the original ST, did it on a shoestring budget...which meant no hiding behind expensive sfx. Hi, Bret!

Oh, goodies! I missed it….

You know…I wish they’d just give us credit when they steal from us. :angel: Sigh…They credit the guy who empties the garbage, but not the one whose story they swiped. :getlost: Nice, huh? No wonder they’ve never had a problem with people writing fanfic. :whistle:

I LOVED the original SW. Empire was a great middle-trilogy story, really what I would call the best of the entire series, story-telling-wise… and I thought the end of the original trilogy sucked pond water. The loss of Leigh Brackett was SERIOUSLY felt in that third movie. I’ve always wished I knew what she planned for it.

I found the first one of the second batch just creepy and could never bring myself to watch the rest. Sorry, to any who really love it.

But Star Wars is one of the top ten movies of all time, IMO. It did what it set out to do brilliantly, and, like the original ST, did it on a shoestring budget…which meant no hiding behind expensive sfx.

]]> By: Jane http://www.janefancher.com/TheCaptainAndLime/2010/03/12/and-the-academy-award-for-most-brilliant-writing/comment-page-1/#comment-2359 Jane Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:38:10 +0000 http://www.janefancher.com/TheCaptainAndLime/?p=2007#comment-2359 I HOPE they can manage as good a script. I have real hopes, if they have the same crew writing/editing. Wheeee.... I HOPE they can manage as good a script. I have real hopes, if they have the same crew writing/editing. Wheeee….

]]> By: BGrandrath http://www.janefancher.com/TheCaptainAndLime/2010/03/12/and-the-academy-award-for-most-brilliant-writing/comment-page-1/#comment-2358 BGrandrath Wed, 17 Mar 2010 03:32:38 +0000 http://www.janefancher.com/TheCaptainAndLime/?p=2007#comment-2358 I liked the new Star Trek but I had problems watching until I figured out that it was an alternate dimension Trek. That made it work for me. I was alaways a Star Wars guy, my daughter gave me some Star Wars bobble heads last week. Hey Jane, your episode of The Next Generation is on Syfy tonight at 9:00. I liked the new Star Trek but I had problems watching until I figured out that it was an alternate dimension Trek. That made it work for me.
I was alaways a Star Wars guy, my daughter gave me some Star Wars bobble heads last week.
Hey Jane, your episode of The Next Generation is on Syfy tonight at 9:00.

]]> By: sweetbo http://www.janefancher.com/TheCaptainAndLime/2010/03/12/and-the-academy-award-for-most-brilliant-writing/comment-page-1/#comment-2355 sweetbo Sun, 14 Mar 2010 21:02:06 +0000 http://www.janefancher.com/TheCaptainAndLime/?p=2007#comment-2355 If you like old school, hard scifi you'll like MOON. The trailer is up here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twuScTcDP_Q If you like old school, hard scifi you’ll like MOON. The trailer is up here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twuScTcDP_Q

]]> By: Jane http://www.janefancher.com/TheCaptainAndLime/2010/03/12/and-the-academy-award-for-most-brilliant-writing/comment-page-1/#comment-2354 Jane Sun, 14 Mar 2010 16:20:53 +0000 http://www.janefancher.com/TheCaptainAndLime/?p=2007#comment-2354 Our problem is, our "old" TV has no hdmi input, so it's no good getting a Blu-Ray. WAH! It'll die...someday...but by that time, there'll probably be some new format out anyway, and unlike CC's DRM-free books, we'll HAVE to buy a new copy, and all those actors will get more money and the writers will probably get a pittance, if anything. Sheesh. Our priorities are weird. Gawd I wish we could afford the time and $$ to go to Norwescon.... But we've got to do taxes and get more books up on CC before you guys forget what we're here for...Sigh.... Our problem is, our “old” TV has no hdmi input, so it’s no good getting a Blu-Ray. WAH! It’ll die…someday…but by that time, there’ll probably be some new format out anyway, and unlike CC’s DRM-free books, we’ll HAVE to buy a new copy, and all those actors will get more money and the writers will probably get a pittance, if anything. Sheesh. Our priorities are weird.

Gawd I wish we could afford the time and $$ to go to Norwescon…. But we’ve got to do taxes and get more books up on CC before you guys forget what we’re here for…Sigh….

]]> By: smartcat http://www.janefancher.com/TheCaptainAndLime/2010/03/12/and-the-academy-award-for-most-brilliant-writing/comment-page-1/#comment-2353 smartcat Sun, 14 Mar 2010 14:17:55 +0000 http://www.janefancher.com/TheCaptainAndLime/?p=2007#comment-2353 We bought a Blu-Ray player yesterday....the old DVD player sploded friday night.....actually more of a whimper. I'm pretty impressed with what it does with my old DVD's......I'll put Star Trek on the list....have not even heard of MOON...time for some research. Three movies which I have somehow linked in my mind.....Children of Men....District 9......and 9........perhaps because of their haunting visuals and view of the future? I *loved* the original Star Trek....yeah the effects were cheesy even for the time.....but Gene Rodenberry was not afraid to explore new ideas. And Star Wars.....I will never forget watching that star destroyer come across the screen....one of film's great opening shots....we had a very hard time convincing Prog, who was about seven at the time, that no they did not go up to space to film the exteriors......thus the first time in getting back up and making of material........(Fantasy 30 yrs later: tossing the unsavable Millenium Falcon in the dumptster...before it hits it restores itself and jumps into space. :wink: ) We bought a Blu-Ray player yesterday….the old DVD player sploded friday night…..actually more of a whimper. I’m pretty impressed with what it does with my old DVD’s……I’ll put Star Trek on the list….have not even heard of MOON…time for some research. Three movies which I have somehow linked in my mind…..Children of Men….District 9……and 9……..perhaps because of their haunting visuals and view of the future?
I *loved* the original Star Trek….yeah the effects were cheesy even for the time…..but Gene Rodenberry was not afraid to explore new ideas.
And Star Wars…..I will never forget watching that star destroyer come across the screen….one of film’s great opening shots….we had a very hard time convincing Prog, who was about seven at the time, that no they did not go up to space to film the exteriors……thus the first time in getting back up and making of material……..(Fantasy 30 yrs later: tossing the unsavable Millenium Falcon in the dumptster…before it hits it restores itself and jumps into space. :wink: )

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