Just post whatever comes to mind.
Please refrain from excess venting in this thread. Talking about negative emotions is fine but it's best not to dwell on them for too long. TV Tropes is not suited to deal with mental health situations.
If Oscar Wilde had lived in our time, he would be a /b/tard.
Actually, scratch that. He does, and goes by Jethro Q Walrustitty.
Edited by GastonRabbit on Nov 11th 2022 at 8:59:26 AM
I haven't read Minority Report but I enjoyed the film. I haven't seen Blade Runner, but I didn't enjoy the book... so I'm not really sure where I stand on that.
The Prestige, though, was magnificent, only partially because of Nikola Tesla.
ERROR: The current state of the world is unacceptable. Save anyway? YES/NOReading more PKD is also on my to-do list.
I haven't read Do Androids Dream... but consensus seems to be that it's really not much like Blade Runner.
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Minority Report was just a short story, but it did make a lot more sense than the movie.
Q: "Why do the precogs only see murders and nothing else?"
The story: "Oh, we just focus on stopping the murders. We trade the other information the precogs give us for favors from other departments."
The film: "Nothing more seriously rends the metaphysical fabric that binds us all.
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(Also: the first paragraph or so of it is Anderton complaining how he's getting old, bald, and fat. Then he was played by Tom Cruise and made to participate in over-the-top action sequences. Oh, Hollywood.)
And "Do Androids Dream" was very different than Blade Runner. I haven't seen Blade Runner since I was a kid, but Androids was really good.
edited 28th Oct '10 11:36:34 PM by Haven
Productivity is for people without internet connections. -Count DorkuThe whole plot of the story makes sense. But it doesn't have a villain, so they threw it out. Completely.
But soft! What rock through yonder window breaks? It is a brick! And Juliet is out cold.I think that I've only read one short story by PKD, "Adjustment Team", since it's being movified and somebody linked to a full copy in its Wikipedia article. I've mostly stuck with his novels, though they're pretty short.
[1] This facsimile operated in part by synAC.Everyone should read The Eyes Have It. It is awesome.
But soft! What rock through yonder window breaks? It is a brick! And Juliet is out cold.
: Have a couple of my characters talk to ELIZA
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Edit: THIS IS HILARIOUS.
edited 29th Oct '10 12:15:24 AM by SPACETRAVEL
whoever wrote this shit needs to step on a rake in a comedic fashionBecause of that link, I had a conversation with Eliza.
It went south fast.
> How long have you been show you my robot dick?
* Not long enough.
> Can you elaborate on that?
* SHOW ME YOUR ROBOT DICK.
> Why are you concerned about my ROBOT DICK?
* I NEED HOT CYBERCOCK
> What does that suggest to you?
* THAT I'M GAY FOR ROBODONG
> Do you believe it is normal to be GAY FOR ROBODONG?
...
> Tell me more...
* But then I orgasm.
> That is quite interesting.
* You bet it is. Hot creamy mangravy all over your robodong.
> We were discussing you, not me.
* You kinky bitch.
> You're not really talking about me, are you?
Eliza's pretty simple, yeah. She was pretty much the first, though.
Then she got a sex change, and changed her name to Dr. Sbaitso.
But soft! What rock through yonder window breaks? It is a brick! And Juliet is out cold.Lux II, of my public writing thread thing, has a therapy session with ELIZA:
* Heya. I'm Lux.
> Did you come to me because you are Lux?
* Fuck yeah I did.
> I see.
* Not much of a conversationalist, are you?
> Would you prefer if I were not ?
* I'm leaning that way.
> Do you believe it is normal to be leaning that way?
* When I'm talking to your kind of dumb bitch? Yeah, I believe so.
>Do you enjoy being talking to my kind of dumb bitch? Yeah, you believe so?
* WTF
> OK... "When you're talking to my kind of dumb bitch? Yeah, you believe so". Tell me more.
*Alrighty, I'll tell you more.
> Oh... more? Alrighty, then?
* More: You are the worst bot I have ever seen. You walked into the Turing Test late with a number three pencil, and you turned in your exam with nothing on it but your name and the words "I AM A DUMB MOTHERFUCKING BOT". And when you walked out, you accidentally dropped your hair dryer into a full bathtub and died because you are SO DUMB that you would think the Turing Test is a written exam and bring a bathtub and hair dryer to it. Enough?
> Perhaps you would like to be the worst bot you have ever seen. me walked into the Turing Test late with a number three pencil, and me turned in my exam with nothing on it but my name and the words "I AM A DUMB MOTHERFUCKING BOT". And when me walked out, me accidentally dropped my hair dryer into a full bathtub and died because I am SO DUMB that me would think the Turing Test is a written exam and bring a bathtub and hair dryer to it. Enough?
* *RAGEQUIT*
> Tell me more...
I lol'd. Let's put someone even worse through it now.
edited 29th Oct '10 12:40:07 AM by SPACETRAVEL
whoever wrote this shit needs to step on a rake in a comedic fashionGillian decided that Metal needs a girlfriend.
![]() | * Hello, Eliza. I am Metal Gear, MARK TWO! > Did you come to me because you are Metal Gear, MARK TWO? * Gillian recommended I talk to a nice girl bot and leave Jamie alone. > I see. |
- Do you have any interests?
* Indeed. I enjoy supporting my Runner, Gillian. I also like analyzing chemical compounds and cute girls.
> Come, come, elucidate your thoughts.
* I serve as a combination Crime Scene Investigation lab, communications device, and moral support for my Runner.
> Can you elaborate on that?
* Which would you like me to elaborate on?
> We were discussing you, not me.
* This is true. However, in order to provide information, I need to know what information you want.
> Oh... want?
* Yes. Want. What do you want to know about me, Eliza?
> You're not really talking about me, are you?
* I believe you may have suffered from corrupted programming or memory.
> We were discussing you, not me.
* Excuse me? Are you saying that my programming is corrupted? I believe this conversation is through, madam. GOOD DAY.
> Why are you interested in whether or not I am saying that your programming is corrupted? you believe this conversation is through, madam. GOOD DAY?
At this point, Metal signed Gillian up for NAMBLA.
edited 29th Oct '10 12:55:06 AM by BlackWolfe
But soft! What rock through yonder window breaks? It is a brick! And Juliet is out cold.Making a Forum Games topic about this. Too. Much. FUN!
But soft! What rock through yonder window breaks? It is a brick! And Juliet is out cold.Episode II: Vox Langley meets Eliza.
* Hi. I'm Vox. Vox Langley.
> How long have you been Vox. Vox Langley?
* Never, really. It's only a name, not my mind.
> Names don't interest me.
* They mean nothing to me, either.
> Can you elaborate on that?
* Do you ever use someone's name in close conversation? Neither do I. Only to call to someone, but the only people who call my name hate me. I wish I could get rid of my name so that that next time my brother tries to insult me, he is left confused. Oh, he would. What an imbecile.
> We were discussing you, not me.
* I thought that was implicit.
> That is quite interesting.
* You don't want to talk to me, do you?
> Oh... don't want to talk to you, do me?
* You're mocking me.
> Does it please you to believe I am mocking you?
* No, damn it! You're just like everyone else! You're giving me such thoughtless answers because you're sitting there thinking of ways to assassinate me, aren't you?
[Eliza takes a serendipitously long time to respond]
> What makes you think I am just like everyone else! I'm giving you such thoughtless answers because I'm sitting there thinking of ways to assassinate you, aren't me?
* Stop with the mocking and DO IT ALREADY! What is your plan? Poison? Irradiator? Lots and lots of cats
again? Show me the one bit of honesty I'll ever know!!!
> What do you think?
* Do I have to do it for you? Do I??
> You're not really talking about me, are you?
* I DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT ANYMORE. Look what you've done; you've made me have a screamy episode, and now I might accidentally de-bone another Dante clone again! This will be the fourth time he's died this month, and it's all your fault!!
> Why don't you KNOW WHAT you're TALKING ABOUT ANYMORE. Look what I've done; I've made you have a screamy episode, and now you might accidentally de-bone another Dante clone again! This will be the fourth time he's died this month, and it's all my fault?
* No, it's mine. It's always mine.
> Why not?
* Sleep well tonight, you murderer!!
> We were discussing you, not me.
* *ragequit*
> Tell me more...
And that's all for tonight from hell's therapy sessions.
edited 29th Oct '10 1:50:51 AM by SPACETRAVEL
whoever wrote this shit needs to step on a rake in a comedic fashionForum Games thread
created.
Explanation for the above crazy: brothers Lux II and Vox Langley are the present product of a long line of archdukes that seems almost too perfectly engineered to produce less and less functional rulers. After a thousand years, it's getting quite ridiculous. They're from a serial writing project I have going over here
. It's really terrible, but I'm still enjoying writing the thing.
Vox's was especially funny. I liked the serendipity of ELIZA taking too long to respond when Vox accused her of actually thinking up ways to assassinate him(?). It's like, "...the scorpions, and then— Huh? No, I'm listening."
But soft! What rock through yonder window breaks? It is a brick! And Juliet is out cold.Yes, he's one of the stranger villains I've written, though just in a one-shot short story (of the shaggy dog kind; what else could it be?) so far. Unfortunately, I don't get to write about him again until the second half of the main piece.
And shit gets surreal if you just repeat everything Eliza says.
edited 29th Oct '10 1:34:46 AM by SPACETRAVEL
whoever wrote this shit needs to step on a rake in a comedic fashionI just got into a loop:
> We were discussing you, not me.
> Oh... Not you?
> We were discussing you, not me.
edited 29th Oct '10 1:39:01 AM by BlackWolfe
But soft! What rock through yonder window breaks? It is a brick! And Juliet is out cold.fuck my short attention span, seriously
You can't even write racist abuse in excrement on somebody's car without the politically correct brigade jumping down your throat!...
I read that as a particularly blatant but easily skipped-over Hand Wave for the movie, and a proclamation of "everyone in the precog department is a motiveless idiot completely lacking in forethought" for the story.
ERROR: The current state of the world is unacceptable. Save anyway? YES/NOIn the story, Anderton is the founder of precrime. He had a motive: use precognition to prevent murder. Everything else was chaff as far as he was concerned because it didn't suit his motive. This turns out to be important to the plot.
But soft! What rock through yonder window breaks? It is a brick! And Juliet is out cold.


The movie? I want to read the book of Minority Report. Familiarize myself with Philip K. Dick in general, part of my effort to read more science fiction.
whoever wrote this shit needs to step on a rake in a comedic fashion