"With a kiss, I'd pass the key."

[greygirlbeast]

Yes. I am on a Kate Bush kick.

It's a beautiful autumn-summer day out there, sunny and blue skies, the temperature at 70F. Nice. Have to get Outside today. Getting out of the house is mandatory on a day like this. I'm doing a good job, actually, of not keeping myself cooped up.

At 4 a.m., not sleeping (despite the meds), I was on Rift talking

Comments

[robyn_ma]

So I assume the shooting script was more Avary than Gaiman? Or are you inclined to let Neil's part in it pass in silence? (Or perhaps the tolerable stuff was Neil and the suck stuff was Avary?)

[greygirlbeast]

So I assume the shooting script was more Avary than Gaiman?

I read many versions of the script. I would place most of the blame for the mess it became on the director (and studio and test audiences). My ill-will towards Avery is another matter, what he put me through before I was allowed to begin the thing.

Or are you inclined to let Neil's part in it pass in silence?

I wouldn't do that. See above.

[martianmooncrab]

The Dinosaurs of Mars to reveal itself to me

the really good fossils are difficult to excavate.

[greygirlbeast]

the really good fossils are difficult to excavate.

Not necessarily.

[joshrupp]

Maybe you should think of the novelization as one of those forced death marches. At least you get some exercise.

[greygirlbeast]

the really good fossils are difficult to excavate.

As I said, the Mordorian Death March (and as I called it at the time).

[corucia]

I still have the opening chapter of Joey Lafaye that you posted (or included in Sirenia - can't remember which) stuck in my head. So, it succeeds even as a vignette, although I'd love to read more of it.

And 'Dinosaurs of Mars' will always be a kick-ass title....

(Hope you enjoyed the books and movie, and didn't have any of them!)

[greygirlbeast]

(Hope you enjoyed the books and movie, and didn't have any of them!)

I didn't, and they are grand, and I've been remiss in not mentioning gifts of late.

[corucia]

Good - I was worried that the movie might duplicate, given some of your classic cinema favorites, but I was pretty sure the Moorcock was going to be unique...

[stsisyphus]

I've always worried about meaning and, more directly, purpose and vision in writing. I look at some of the really great writers, whether past or contemporary, and the ones that particularly stand out are the ones who always seem to be trying to communicate something of a personal vision or motive purpose as to why they write. I can't find that in myself, so I know that the best I could ever manage to do would just be to craft something together without the internal artistic or spiritual inspiration to make it something that resonates and becomes important. And hell, what's the use of doing that?

Not sure if that was what you were talking about, but there you have it.

Spooky's worked out a way to get a firm estimate, which we will do this evening...

This screenshot from an unused zone may help, but who knows whether Trion wanted to keep this idea or not.

[greygirlbeast]

And hell, what's the use of doing that?

Well, there is value in simple storytelling. Great value, in fact. But it's never really been what I wanted to do.

This screenshot from an unused zone may help, but who knows whether Trion wanted to keep this idea or not.

I'll have a look.

[greygirlbeast]

Wow. That screenshot makes it even more ridiculous. Telera would be the size of one of Jupiter's smaller moons. Its core would have cooled within a billion or so years. It's atmosphere would have been lost to space (if it ever had any) because of the low gravity, and liquid water would be unlikely.

Now, there's a reason I think a fantasy can break some rules, but must obey others. I'll try to explain tomorrow,

[stsisyphus]

Well it is unused art/zone assets. So, the canonicity is not necessarily assured.