From: Spudboy100@aol.com
Date: Mon Apr 21 2003 - 23:43:50 MDT
If Cricthton wrote about everything working out just chummy, he would never
get published. If Peter Benchley had written about the number and
characteristics of shark attacks, Jaws would have been published as a vanity
press release. Drama is usually a way of understanding the potential of a
problem, and then having the author use his imagination to thrill people by
it. This is akin to roller coaster affcianado's screaming through the thrill
ride. Dangerous, but almost completely safe, assuming one hasn't eaten
beforehand. There have been a few thrillers about computers going haywire and
staring nuclear wars, or the hideous and terrifying dangers of the internet.
But for the vast majority of us critters, things are a bit of ok. Drama is
used for peddling novels, and promoting movies. If the X-Men, and company,
were liked and accepted, there would be no X-Men 2, no Terminator 3, No Matr
ix Reloaded.
Will comented on Luddism in entertainment
<<Seems like such a formula would be easy to spin in the other direction.
Luddites warning of technological risks but secretly involved in nasty plots
for their own greedy purposes. Technologies hero obviously smart but
not listened to. Just in time some disaster is averted by the technology
heroes using the feared technology. Luddites are incidentally killed due
to their own stupidity (or grudgingly accept new technology). Seems like
I have seen a few movies like this. But someone might do well by
specifically copying Chrichton's style.
I like some of the Luddite ideas. They provide a balance to our enthusiasm.
Some people just will not form opinions until they have seen it spun both
ways. Perhaps Ludites are necessary for rapid progress. As for bad
science (or other factual discrepancies) in fiction, oh well, it happens.
:) >>
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