The "I Didn't Comment in Another Thread" Thread

[Mad_Jack]

And is there a singular word for "intellectual snobbery"

I'm asking because today I've encountered both in different parts of the internet.

I'm pretty sure I've witnessed both in the same post on a couple of occasions.

 

[Mannahnin]

What are the big movies from then or earlier that have both no narration and as little exposition by the characters? (Asks the person who has seen embarrassingly few old movies).

That's an interesting question.

I would say the main reason Blade Runner has it is that it was a staple of film noir-style detective stories. The detective narrating his thoughts in first person was a standard trope.

 

[payn]

That's an interesting question.

I would say the main reason Blade Runner has it is that it was a staple of film noir-style detective stories. The detective narrating his thoughts in first person was a standard trope.

It was added after the film was made. Focus groups were apparently confused.

 

[prabe]

It was added after the film was made. Focus groups were apparently confused.

But being confused is part of the point of reading Dick, innit? I mean ... delusional mental illness combined with intensive drug use makes for inventive prose but incoherent stories.

 

[Cadence]

It was added after the film was made. Focus groups were apparently confused.

I thought I read the original script had one, they decided not to use it and adjusted not to need it, and then added a different (not particularly good one) in after the focus groups?

 

[payn]

Folks get adversarial when calling folks adversarial GMs.

 

[billd91]

Gosh, I'd never have expected THAT thread to become so tedious I had to Unwatch it.

 

[dragoner]

But being confused is part of the point of reading Dick, innit? I mean ... delusional mental illness combined with intensive drug use makes for inventive prose but incoherent stories.

One can also add to it some disturbing views in general. He wrote regular fiction that wasn't so great, reading it, it was like where is the twist? I used to buy his books from a SF/Fantasy bookstore by Ashby Bart in Berkeley, where I think the owner had a connection with the PKD society.

 

[trappedslider]

I'm pretty sure I've witnessed both in the same post on a couple of occasions.

Sadly,, one of the rpg forums i interact on leans toward being snobbish

 

[prabe]

Sadly,, one of the rpg forums i interact on leans toward being snobbish

Only the one?