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JCC P E O P L E Interviews, Issue LXXII: Ender Sai!

Discussion in 'Community' started by Coruscant, Oct 9, 2016.

  1. GrandAdmiralJello

    GrandAdmiralJello Comms Admin ❉ Moderator Communitatis Litterarumque star 10 Staff Member Administrator

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    Kefalograviera is also great for that -- possibly a better interior/exterior contrast.
     
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  2. SuperWatto

    SuperWatto Chosen One star 7

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    The bottom of the barrel was this:

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    They let some game developer write a trilogy, and indeed, it reads as a game. Raid one tomb, fight one Sith ghost, get stronger, raid the next tomb. It was this and the Legacy of the Force crap that finally made me exclaim "what utter tosh am I reading?" and made me seek out greener pastures.

    I remember the hubbub around these books had nothing to do with the horrible writing, but there was some insignificant canon conflict in it that had the Lit community up in arms. Some guy or other should have had horse legs, as per an older (and superior) comic. Depth, as appreciated by Star Wars fans.
     
  3. Ender Sai

    Ender Sai Chosen One star 10

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    Have a think about what you said; specifically if it might contain a minor fallacy or not.

    Let me know if your position remains the same.
     
  4. DebonaireNerd

    DebonaireNerd Jedi Grand Master star 5

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    Disappointed I didn't make it into the top 5 :(
     
  5. EHT

    EHT Manager Emeritus star 7 VIP - Former Mod/RSA

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    "One cannot own a Coldplay shirt and make it into Ender's Top 5."
     
  6. Ender Sai

    Ender Sai Chosen One star 10

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    Fixed.
     
  7. FatBurt

    FatBurt Sex Scarecrow Vanquisher star 6

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    lowballing the number a bit there surely?
     
  8. Point Given

    Point Given Manager star 7 Staff Member Manager

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    I don't think I've seen anyone's star fall so quickly as DebonaireNerd's when he admitted he liked Coldplay
     
  9. Ender Sai

    Ender Sai Chosen One star 10

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    That's just gravity though.
     
  10. blackmyron

    blackmyron Chosen One star 7

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    Always.

    Of course, it makes my momentum infinitely uncertain, but that's the price you pay.
     
  11. Ender Sai

    Ender Sai Chosen One star 10

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    OK so you're confusing depth with detail, which is ridiculous.

    You can have enormous depth without anal retentive detail, and in fact, should.
     
  12. ShaneP

    ShaneP Ex-Mod Officio star 7 VIP - Former Mod/RSA

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    It's like writing an effective paper or essay: depth is great, but too much detail can drag it.


    Where do I begin? Elevator music. Nothing more. Even Eno couldn't make them rock(not that he would make them rock anyway but still…WTH?). It's a bunch of pap.
     
  13. Ramza

    Ramza Administrator Emeritus star 9 VIP - Former Mod/RSA

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    Edit: Actually, nah.
     
  14. blackmyron

    blackmyron Chosen One star 7

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    No, I'm saying that background, consistency and worldbuilding make for good storytelling. You know, like GRRM or Tolkien.

    But why are you so focused on what makes us different? What about the PT for instance? Or Coldplay?
     
  15. ShaneP

    ShaneP Ex-Mod Officio star 7 VIP - Former Mod/RSA

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    In books that Tolkein-Martin universe building works . Books, not movies. Movies work better with broad brush.
     
  16. Ramza

    Ramza Administrator Emeritus star 9 VIP - Former Mod/RSA

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    It's not like it's a universal metric for books, either.
     
  17. blackmyron

    blackmyron Chosen One star 7

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    Hey, wait for your own interview page. :p
     
  18. ShaneP

    ShaneP Ex-Mod Officio star 7 VIP - Former Mod/RSA

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    :p
     
  19. tom

    tom Chosen One star 8

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    listed first in the top 5. aww yeah. thanks ender, needed that. we have to get that beer sometime.
     
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  20. Ender Sai

    Ender Sai Chosen One star 10

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    Well, I hear good things about your craft beers but only get Sierra effing Nevada, sooooo....
     
  21. tom

    tom Chosen One star 8

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    lol i'm drinking a sierra nevada right now. i didn't pick it but i'm not complaining.
     
  22. Arawn_Fenn

    Arawn_Fenn Chosen One star 7

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    Well, it's not like the book said he did not have horse legs.

    It just didn't go around parading horse legs in the reader's face.

    It's basically agnostic on the whole horse legs thing.
     
  23. Ender Sai

    Ender Sai Chosen One star 10

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    I have a "Lord Nelson Three Sheets" Pale Ale. Amazing pub in Sydney, full of Nelsonian imagery. Jello would like it, even if he pretended he didn't.

    Solid pale too.
     
  24. MarcusP2

    MarcusP2 Manager Emeritus star 6 VIP - Former Mod/RSA

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    Planned to go there on my recent visit but ran out of time. Lord Nelson is on tap at a bar I frequent though so no problems there.

    I am currently drinking a Mismatch Sunshine Ale in celebration of the sun actually appearing.
     
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