As long as they don't change the spirit of the ending, I wouldn't be too terribly surprised if the whole psychic space octopus thing was, let's say, tweaked.
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Jessica - Oct 23, 2008 4:13:23 am PDT #8418 of 10000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Strega - Oct 23, 2008 4:31:28 am PDT #8419 of 10000
Except if there's no psychic space octopus then there's no island full of artists & writers creating the space octopus and then how exactly does anyone even find out what's going on?
I'm not sure there's a way to "tweak" the ending that doesn't change the entire story. Granted, that particular plot thread is the one that always snaps for me as is.
Jessica - Oct 23, 2008 4:39:45 am PDT #8420 of 10000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Hm, that's a good point. I'm not sure.
Atropa - Oct 23, 2008 9:36:07 am PDT #8421 of 10000
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Pete is hugely annoyed that the giant space octopus might be gone.
Laga - Oct 23, 2008 9:48:40 am PDT #8422 of 10000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
I'm still optimistic. I understand the problem with how do they find out about the plot without the artists' colony? But I think post-911 we know now that a huge tragedy befalling New York isn't enough to unite the world. I skimmed the screening reports so I don't know whether that issue has been dealt with or if they just went with an alternate monster for the space-squid . I may or may not be able to make it all the way to march without finding out.
Frankenbuddha - Oct 23, 2008 9:52:41 am PDT #8423 of 10000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Laga, I hear you on the post-911 problem but keep in mind that it wasn't just an attack on New York, it was an attack on New York from an absolutely outside the earth threat. Given how they presented international relations in the novel, I think a conventional attack on New York wouldn't have done anything but escalate things.
Laga - Oct 23, 2008 9:55:32 am PDT #8424 of 10000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
ahh, that's a good point.
Gris - Oct 23, 2008 10:02:22 am PDT #8425 of 10000
Hey. New board.
The law of diminishing returns suggests it will be best watched after an entire bottle of wine.
True. Plans made.
Strega - Oct 23, 2008 10:36:11 am PDT #8426 of 10000
Hee. Chris of ISB mentions the latest trailer for The Spirit and notes
it contains the line “Is every damn woman in this damn hellhole out of her damn mind?” which is officially The Frank Millerest Sentence Ever Written.
ETA:
And for those of you who were wondering, the runner-up in the Frank Millerest Sentence competition was “I’m gonna kill you all kinds of dead,” which I seriously wish I’d come up with.
Laga - Oct 23, 2008 10:38:45 am PDT #8427 of 10000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
True. Plans made.
#1 is in the queue. Wine will be had, just in case but "it's cheesy but it owns it." sold me.