I recently read an article on io9, which discussed a few movies whose endings were changed for the worst. Two of the movies had sort of downer endings, and I thought about this some, and wondered what kind of movie I could make which had a real gut-wrenching ending, but would still be a good movie - and whether or not it would sell.

So, the one ( Read more... )

Cat heard my post over on io9, and said I should post this here.  Here I go:

I think Superman and Captain America are mirrors, but I think that the best stories that involve Superman aren't the ones where he's isolated. I think the best ones are when he is around those he cares about, and when he is a part of society. The "FOREVER ALONE" Superman ( Read more... )

1960s.  VHF ( Read more... )

So, I don't think I've made a proper LJ post in a bit.  Let's see what I can talk about.

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I've had a conversation with Cat (and others) about the Supernatural series, and world building.  Specifically, Cat feels that the creators of Supernatural 'didn't do their homework', and while this may be true, I think for the setting, it doesn't matter that much.  The other thing is, the series doesn't really explain where monsters come from, or ( Read more... )

A person is rich if they have enough money to invest, and can get enough interest off that investment to reasonably meet monthly needs.  Not 'wants', needs.  As in, if you can handle $2000 a month, without actually having to work, you're richSee, the thing is, once you have enough money that you can invest it and reasonably expect to handle most ( Read more... )

Thought:  I wonder when we'll grow out of the idea of 'evil for evil's sake' in fiction and RPGs.  Especially in RPGs.  I mean, sure, there's something pure about knowing your opposition is an irredeemable monster - it makes it that much simpler to just try to kill them, knowing you're doing "good".  But why on earth should anything be just... evil ( Read more... )

I have a confession to make.
I don’t think I’m a good game master. At best, I consider myself a passable game master - I have years of experience running games, and I have played in and refereed more games than I care to remember, but a lot of what I do is smoke and mirrors. I know my faults, and I try to conceal them as best I can, while ( Read more... )

So, a relative forwarded me one of those Pro-Christian stories.  This involved a kid in class putting a teacher in his place after the teacher questions the kid's beliefs.  A really, really long story.  Now, usually, I'm willing to skim it and then hit the delete button, but this one specifically put at the bottom 'the student was Albert Einstein ( Read more... )

I know people don't like the taxes.  This makes sense, really.  But I can't understand how some people are so vehement against them.  How politicians call out, saying that taxes should never, ever, ohmygod ever be raised.  Seriously -- the cost of roads, schools, repairs, and the whole infrastructure of civilization is built on taxes.  If the cost ( Read more... )