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Arthur Sullivan Syndrome?

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He just stares at the world | 11 comments (11 topical, 0 hidden) | Trackback

Human systems by Merekat (4.00 / 1) #1 Mon May 05, 2008 at 03:47:55 AM EST

Having hung around the SF fandom scene for a while, which Stross is very much a part of, I can safely say that everyone does talk and act like smart-mouthed schoolboys.

Hmmm by TheophileEscargot (2.00 / 0) #2 Mon May 05, 2008 at 03:49:23 AM EST

Maybe it's just "write what you know" then...
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"Everything is vague to a degree you do not realize till you have tried to make it precise." -- Bertrand Russell
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pretty much by iGrrrl (4.00 / 1) #3 Mon May 05, 2008 at 01:11:02 PM EST

Although in Heinlein's later books, it seems more like, "Write what you fantasize."

"I don't have time for martial law, I have to get to the gym!" zarathus
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: Some divide his books into three categories by TheophileEscargot (2.00 / 0) #4 Mon May 05, 2008 at 02:14:43 PM EST

The Juveniles, the Adults and the Seniles...
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"Everything is vague to a degree you do not realize till you have tried to make it precise." -- Bertrand Russell
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Harrrrrsh. by ammoniacal (4.00 / 1) #5 Mon May 05, 2008 at 07:34:57 PM EST

That's the least enthusiastic review I've yet read for Iron Man.
"Weightless?" Did you step out for snacks when Tony landed on the garage roof without accounting for the suit?

Also, though I can't account for your taste in women, you'd certainly have to admit that Gwyneth P. was orders of magnitude closer to Pepper Potts than Kirsten D. was to Mary Jane Watson. Did any of the acting impress you?

Sorry you got a "meh" out of it. I thought it was a refreshingly good idea from the House of Ideas.

Irony: ammo says it's time. Tom is blocked.

Exactly by TheophileEscargot (4.00 / 1) #6 Tue May 06, 2008 at 02:07:23 AM EST

As I recall, he was about a foot above the roof, cut the power, and the enormous weight of the suit -- at that moment -- meant that that foot of acceleration gave him enough momentum to crash through several floors.

So how come most of the rest of the time he prances delicately around like Fred Astaire?
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"Everything is vague to a degree you do not realize till you have tried to make it precise." -- Bertrand Russell
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IIRC by ammoniacal (4.00 / 1) #7 Tue May 06, 2008 at 09:49:20 AM EST

The only delicate movement I saw him make was when he was balancing while hovering in the suit.

Irony: ammo says it's time. Tom is blocked.
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: He seemed to in the fight at the end by TheophileEscargot (4.00 / 1) #9 Tue May 06, 2008 at 02:42:34 PM EST

And I seem to recall him clinging on to the framework of a shot-up glass skylight. Good thing that was built more strongly than all those floor/ceilings he was crashing through earlier...
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"Everything is vague to a degree you do not realize till you have tried to make it precise." -- Bertrand Russell
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Saw that Detroit police station last week by nebbish (4.00 / 1) #8 Tue May 06, 2008 at 11:09:48 AM EST

Incredible

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It's political correctness gone mad!

Gwyneth Paltrow by Tonatiuh (4.00 / 1) #10 Tue May 06, 2008 at 05:01:07 PM EST

I don't understand why an Oscar winner that showed so much conviction and gusto in "Shakespeare in Love" demeans herself to such lows as to play a colourless bimbo in a second rate action movie.

I have seen Ms Paltrow in close quarters (she stole my dinning table!) and I can only say she is the most stunning woman I have ever seen, but maybe that presence does not translate well in film (but convinces other people that it may).

The worst thing about the movie is the almost non existent muddled plot, they paint the conflict with terrorism and angry Afghanistan insurgents like if Iraq had never happened.

Nowadays only the most myopic audience can buy this we are good, they are bad nonsense that worked so well in the Cold War, but that is an impossible proposition in these times of news spreading virally via the Internet, and frankly after Batman and Spiderman our heroes can't be completely white because is completely unrealistic to believe they are.

: I saw a part of by TheophileEscargot (2.00 / 0) #11 Wed May 07, 2008 at 01:22:03 AM EST

Peter Bradshaw's review:
His captors demand he builds a hi-tech bomb for them. Instead, in an inspired twist, Stark secretly creates an iron flying-suit exo-skeleton which repels the bad guys' bullets with a satisfying clang. Iron Man comes clanking out of his cave and kicks insurgent ass before uncorking a flame-assisted vertical takeoff. A new superhero is born and he is capable of one extraordinary, mindblowing, superhuman feat that every US presidential candidate dreams about. He can get the hell out of the Middle East!

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"Everything is vague to a degree you do not realize till you have tried to make it precise." -- Bertrand Russell
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