Sure, just when I went all in on your "Tarnished, Gloomy Martin" signature.
~(no)rave! --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Martin Baxter <truthseeker...@...> wrote: > > > (planning on incorporating this into his e-mail sig, when time allows) > > "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: astromancer2...@... > Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 20:33:54 -0800 > Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Shiny Happy Martin > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > That's Martin...wouldn't have him any other way... > > "Such music flows on the Fringe, and no one can resist singing to Scarlet" > From "THE SIDE STREET CHRONICLES" by C.W. Badie > > --- On Fri, 1/22/10, Grayson <grayson.reyesc...@...> wrote: > > > From: Grayson <grayson.reyesc...@...> > Subject: [scifinoir2] Shiny Happy Martin > To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com > Date: Friday, January 22, 2010, 4:52 PM > > > > > 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 scifino...@yahoogro ups.com, Martin Baxter <truthseeker013@ ...> 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: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com > > From: grayson.reyescole@ ... > > 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 scifino...@yahoogro ups.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: scifino...@yahoogro ups.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 scifino...@yahoogro ups.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: scifino...@yahoogro ups.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 musicalslashdancesl askfightyetcrazi > > > > lyKubrikian 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/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Your E-mail and More On-the-Go. 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