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RE: Bracing For Disappointment
April 27, 2019 at 9:35 pm
(April 27, 2019 at 7:04 pm)Gawdzilla Sama Wrote: I read the first one with interest, but the rest are victims of their own success.
Dune Messiah was ok but the rest were bloody hard work, and too long.
Prison library's must be full of Frank Herbert novels.
It's amazing 'science' always seems to 'find' whatever it is funded for, and never the oppsite. Drich.
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RE: Bracing For Disappointment
April 27, 2019 at 9:52 pm
I read it while going from San Diego to Korea (5501 miles/¿ k.) at 12 kts. (13.2 MPH, √♫ kph)
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RE: Bracing For Disappointment
April 27, 2019 at 10:06 pm
I kept wanting to read the first book, but I just never got around to it.
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RE: Bracing For Disappointment
April 28, 2019 at 10:24 am
I watched a bunch of trailers before the new Avengers movie. Hollywood is overlooking a niche market. They should just produce a bunch of trailers, bundle them up, and show those in the theater. That would be more exciting than most of the movies out there. And they wouldn't have to charge an arm and a leg for you to watch them. And second run theaters would have tons more content that people would want to watch. And later they could release the trailers on Bluray and DVD to the home market, and run them in syndication. That might actually get more people back in the theaters, getting them all hot and bothered about the idea of seeing a movie.
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RE: Bracing For Disappointment
April 28, 2019 at 1:30 pm
There used to be a TV show called "Trailer Park". The host was dressed like trailer trash and made fun of the movie clips. Too close to reality, it only lasted two seasons.
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RE: Bracing For Disappointment
April 28, 2019 at 5:22 pm
Film Industry Motto (unofficial):
Yesterday's Classic Is Tomorrow's Remake
Boru
‘I can’t be having with this.’ - Esmeralda Weatherwax
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RE: Bracing For Disappointment
April 28, 2019 at 6:05 pm
I keep forgetting that there were separate books. My copy is one big tome. I have the same problem with Lord of the Rings.
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RE: Bracing For Disappointment
April 28, 2019 at 6:30 pm
I saw the title and thought, "Boru's poor wife is going to be disappointed again??"
Playing Cluedo with my mum while I was at Uni:
"You did WHAT? With WHO? WHERE???"