Feeling the need to up my DQ (Darkness Quotient), allow me to add that this character and his brothers all vie to add listings onto something called the Death Register, sort of a Who's Who Among Creative Kills. I'd pick favorites, but there are just too many.
"If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in bloody hell hired the director?" -- Charles L Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com From: grayson.reyesc...@yahoo.com Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 22:52:00 +0000 Subject: [scifinoir2] Shiny Happy Martin LOL - Martin you are dark. I'm pretty happy and shiny too, really, which may be where the contemporary romance comes from, but I tell you six million ways to die... so I choose a FEW when I'm writing everything else! :) --Grayson --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Martin Baxter <truthseeker...@...> wrote: > > > Oh, yeah. Actually had the scene written. He went down in a blaze, took a few > million with him, but down he went, literally drowning in someone's blood, > after he gutted them. > > Martin (a shiny, happy person at heart -- REM wrote the song for me) > > "If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in bloody > hell hired the director?" -- Charles L Grant > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik > > > > > To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com > From: grayson.reyesc...@... > Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 22:34:01 +0000 > Subject: [scifinoir2] Re: Gamer - Spoilers > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Ohhh yeah, good old FW. My eBooks definitely kicked the hindquarters of > my paperback sales. > > > > Scarlet Rage, huh? ;) > > > > --GRC > > > > --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Martin Baxter <truthseeker013@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > And missed you we have! > > > > > > Had to look up the newsletter (sad state of my brian -- couldn't remember > > it right off). It's Fictionwise.com. I tried to forward the e-mail here so > > that I could post it, but I received it at Yahumail... 'nuff said. > > > > > > And I know what having a story fight you tooth and nail is like. A few > > weeks ago, I was within a hair's-breadth of killing off one of my main > > characters. I kindly put him out to pasture (in the floor of my closet) > > until the Scarlet Rage has passed. Take care, and eep on working! :-) > > > > > > "If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in > > bloody hell hired the director?" -- Charles L Grant > > > > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com > > > From: grayson.reyescole@ > > > Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 22:19:48 +0000 > > > Subject: [scifinoir2] Re: Gamer - Spoilers > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hey Martin! > > > > > > > > > > > > Things are going, um, swimmingly, for sure, but which report do you get? > > I'm curious. > > > > > > > > > > > > Right now I'm taking a break from contemporary romance, which I confess is > > easier for me to finish, in order to devote myself to the hell that is > > finishing the sequel to Bright Star. Domina is fighting me more than any > > novel ever has. To deal with this piece, I've decided to not write anything > > unrelated to Domina through the end of the month and to focus on final > > edits. That's nearly impossible for me to do because of my super short > > attention span and the need to get ideas out whenever they happen to come > > supersedes working on something I've already committed to the world outside > > my head. > > > > > > > > > > > > We'll see. > > > > > > > > > > > > I've been lurking, but not as talkative as normal because I've been trying > > to get my writing house in order. :) > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks for missing me! > > > > > > --Grayson > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Martin Baxter <truthseeker013@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hey, Grayson! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I don't know about anyone else in the forum, but I know what you've been > > > up to... I get an E-book sales listing every week, and your name was > > > prominent on it. (Congrats! ) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > And I didn't see "Gamer" at the theater, because I was once part of a VR > > > experiment back in my Salad Daze. Might pick it up on DVD. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > "If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in > > > bloody hell hired the director?" -- Charles L Grant > > > > > > > > > > > > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com > > > > > > > From: grayson.reyescole@ > > > > > > > Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 13:12:56 -0800 > > > > > > > Subject: [scifinoir2] Gamer - Spoilers > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hey Guys, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I'm coming out of lurkland! How's it going? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I didn't go see the movie Gamer when it was in theaters, mainly because I > > > am all Gerard Butler'd out. But I think, perhaps, I would have gone to > > > the movies if I had seen the rest of the cast. Though Gerard and "Luda" > > > were not big enough draws for me, adding in Michael C Hall, that chick > > > from The Closer or Kevin Bacon's wife, whichever (that is mean and > > > misogynistic and potentially offensive, but I don't care for The Closer > > > and I'm offended by the idea that chocolate will make me batty and > > > orgasmal... I find *that* misogynistic), Amber Valletta who's always > > > either in a messed up relationship or is a thinly veiled prostiute or > > > some king or has a kid missing in a movie, Alison Lohman who starred in > > > the exceptionally gross Drag Me to Hell, John Leguizamo (my Latin > > > boyfriend), Ohymygod is that Keith David?, and Mr Ripped himself, Terry > > > Crews as Hackman made it a little more > > > > > > > interesting. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > What I find I like about this movie is this: Because I do play a lot of > > > video games, including adventure games, shooters, and war games, I > > > recognized the concept of bringing that into a violent focus through a > > > film which reads completely and utterly vicious and reprehensible because > > > it exactly portrays game action with live people, and that concept was > > > fully realized for me. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I also think Terry Crews was stellar in the two seconds when he was not > > > being all hack-y. At his introduction, he's breathing heavily and having > > > what I can only refer to as a malevolent asthma attack that works well > > > for the mood. The first speaking scene he's in I absolutely adore. He's > > > sweaty, covered in blood and the lighting is very low. Since his and my > > > complexion are about the same, I take sincere note of and appreciate the > > > way they avoid over-lighting so that he both fades into the dark and > > > becomes a menacing part of it that's almost anime in look and feel. Then > > > he starts singing this cheerful song "I've got no strings" and he sounds > > > really happy and it is super freaky and I love it. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Now let's add that it's got some pretty cool future-PC affects and what > > > has to be one of my new favorite > > > musicalslashdanceslaskfightyetcrazilyKubrikian scenes led by the serial > > > killer everyone wants in their neighborhood. It has the potential, I'm > > > seeing it, I'm wanting it. but... > > > > > > > > > > > > > > It's kinda crappy... Yeah, I know. I know. But I needed to extol its > > > positives earlier in order to fairly say it sucked... > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Here's my top ten list of things that irritated me: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 1) The battle scenes were too long... Yeah, yeah, yeah I said that it > > > made sense the way they were done and they appropriately simulated game > > > play... sooooooooo what! > > > > > > > 2) Luda's attempt to persuade Simon into freeing Kable is a bit hard to > > > believe... Oh I know the talk was necessary, but damn couldn't they make > > > it a bit more eloquent of a moment? Actually, I retract that Luda and his > > > whole organization the Humanz is not well thought out and is a trope for > > > trope's sake. > > > > > > > 3) Hackman does not get killed in a honorable battle mano a mano and I > > > needed for that to happen. > > > > > > > 4) Vomit and pee are not so great as energy sources even if they are > > > renewable > > > > > > > 5) Snowplows are not that agile > > > > > > > 6) I saw the dude controlling Kable's wife in Seven, it didn't end so > > > well for him... Wait a minute... that wasn't Seven, that was The Last > > > Comic Standing. > > > > > > > 7) "We're all slaves"... Shaking my head at this scene. > > > > > > > 8) Milo Ventimiglia: You embarassed yourself once in The Curse and it was > > > amusing. This time, not so much. Rick Rape? Really, you should be ashamed > > > of yourself. > > > > > > > 9) Why do people seem to equate the near future with the abuse latex? > > > > > > > 10) "My nanocells are meant to transmit." nuff said. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > The ending of this movie is like the ending of one of my books before my > > > editor gets violent with me. I get rushed and impatient and want to > > > finish so damn bad I take rush. I admit it. It's a shortcoming. THAT'S > > > why I thank my editor in advance for the literary violence and work on it > > > every single day. But damn... really? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Did anyone else see it? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --Grayson > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________________ > > > > > > > Hotmail: Powerful Free email with security by Microsoft. > > > > > > > http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/196390710/direct/01/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________________ > > > Hotmail: Powerful Free email with security by Microsoft. > > > http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/196390710/direct/01/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________________ > Hotmail: Free, trusted and rich email service. > http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/196390708/direct/01/ > _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail: Trusted email with Microsoft’s powerful SPAM protection. http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/196390706/direct/01/
