sootyj
Sunday 5th June 2011 9:08pm
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Quote: Ben @ June 5 2011, 9:58 PM BST
I missed 'Darlek', but did enjoy 'Dalek'.
Did you just invent that term and model?
There's a great story in the excelent On Writing by Stephen King. Where he describes listening to a disertation on Children of the Corn written by a brilliant graduate student.
About how it's a complex allegory for Vietnam, with the corn being the jungles of Vietnam.
He actually wrote it drunk off his ass for the money and put little thought into it.
But he accepted the student's version as some how being true.
Quote: chipolata @ June 5 2011, 10:00 PM BST
I did enjoy it but as much as I've enjoyed you redefining the laws of drama to explain why it's great (and I genuinely have enjoyed those posts) I think that it coasted after the halfway mark.
It simply works diferently.
It doesn't have the clockwork perfection of Blink. But it has a way more complex and engaging subtext.
Infact with Gaiman subtext is more important than central action.