McAnally's (The Community Pub) > Author Craft
Jim's stand on fic?
Infamous as Elle!:
--- Quote from: Shecky on January 19, 2009, 10:05:59 PM ---But... but... you would've deprived moviegoers of all that CGI goodiness?!? :D
--- End quote ---
ROFLcopter for you!
Infamous as Elle!:
--- Quote from: DragonFire on January 19, 2009, 10:06:42 PM ---Nah, I liked the 2nd Matrix movie....I just think they shot themselves in the foot with their ending of the first one.
Jordans books dragged...plot points didn't move, characters stagnated, a whole host of new minor characters were introduced....and some of them started out as more powerful than a bunch of the mains, who were already far more powerful than the norm.
Basically, it seemed like he'd lost the thread of his story and it was flailing everywhich way, like a firehose that's turned on with no one holding it.
Some water hit the fire, but it wasn't a concentrated stream.
--- End quote ---
Jordan is foggy territory for me since I've never read any of his books.....now if you talk to me about Anne Rice and great big huge feckin' books full of stupidity, pointless characters and nothing, I'm sitting right over here.
DragonFire:
--- Quote from: Shecky on January 19, 2009, 10:05:59 PM ---But... but... you would've deprived moviegoers of all that CGI goodiness?!? :D
--- End quote ---
My biggest probelm with Matrix Reloaded?
The completely gratuitous Zion orgy scene.
I mean, wtf??
DragonFire:
--- Quote from: Elle de Valois on January 19, 2009, 10:10:55 PM ---Jordan is foggy territory for me since I've never read any of his books.....now if you talk to me about Anne Rice and great big huge feckin' books full of stupidity, pointless characters and nothing, I'm sitting right over here.
--- End quote ---
I refuse to read Anne Rice...partly for that reason, mostly because I don't like her stuff.
Shecky:
--- Quote from: DragonFire on January 19, 2009, 10:06:42 PM ---Nah, I liked the 2nd Matrix movie....I just think they shot themselves in the foot with their ending of the first one.
Jordans books dragged...plot points didn't move, characters stagnated, a whole host of new minor characters were introduced....and some of them started out as more powerful than a bunch of the mains, who were already far more powerful than the norm.
Basically, it seemed like he'd lost the thread of his story and it was flailing everywhich way, like a firehose that's turned on with no one holding it.
Some water hit the fire, but it wasn't a concentrated stream.
--- End quote ---
I've tried, but I always fail to be able to see it this way. I saw it as Jordan creating a real world, with real things and real complications. To me, it made MORE sense for the world to bog itself down into politics and details in order for Tarmon Gai'don to be a REAL Big Deal. Real people lose themselves in the daily minutiae until the Big Deal steps up and nails them all collectively with the Almost Too Late stick. It just wouldn't have the same impact for me if Rand HAD united all the nations and gotten them primed and ready for TG; lessons from real-world wars and the inwardly-turned focus leading up to them are apparent in Jordan's writing.
PS: Oh, and the part-2 giggity? Yeah, that was useless.
Navigation
[0] Message Index
[#] Next page
[*] Previous page
Go to full version