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#288656
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A Crime, but Not by the Man Doing It
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Originally posted by: ADigitalMan
Originally posted by: JediSage

Nazi!!

Up yours leftist bitch.

Way to go, Ace. Solid argument.

Seriously, get some help.


Yeah, this coming from the...person...who continually equivocates those who disagree with him with mass murderers, while crying like a little bitch when someone questions their patriotism (now WHY would anyone do that?). "You know nothing of whom you insult".

BTW: Must have gone back pretty far for that quote you used.

To Chalts, et al:

I apologize if my posts yesterday were on the contentious side. I honestly did not think they were, and if offense was given it was not intended. I do believe that we as a society spend too much time in front of the tube, however I know enough to clean my own house before throwing rocks. I stand chided.
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#288599
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A Crime, but Not by the Man Doing It
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Originally posted by: ADigitalMan
Sage, you're a classic complainer and you have a massive superiority complex. You think your opinions are better and your shit stinks less than anybody on this board. I've been saying it for ages, but you're quick to write off anything I say because you disagree with 95% of my politics. Now a bunch of your own homies are telling you this, and you're getting defensive against them as well. Truth hurts, but it's no grand conspiracy to cut you down to size. Seriously, go seek professional help. It may help you fill that "deep, abiding emptiness" that you recognize in yourself but refuse to take any advice to fix. Or, as Eddie Murphy would say, HACAASASTFU.


Nazi!!

Up yours leftist bitch.
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#288544
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A Crime, but Not by the Man Doing It
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/288544/action/topic#288544
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Originally posted by: Darth Chaltab
Originally posted by: JediSage
Originally posted by: lordjedi
Originally posted by: JediSage
My point in bringing this all up was not to equate anything with anything, but to "raise awareness" (God, I hate that phrase) about reading in general. How many adults would know who wrote The Idiot? Or Walden and Civil Disobedience? Or Dr. Jekyl and Mr. Hyde?

Yes, what this guy did was most likely a publicity stunt, but let's face facts. Think about how much time we spend in front of the tube (I don't CARE what it is), how much time surfing the web (non-business related), playing video games, etc. Does your reading time REALLY amount to more time than that?


So what? So we should all read more so twits like this can feel good about the country? What..ev..er.

As long as you're doing something that enriches your mind, who cares what it is. Playing games increases hand eye coordination. You can learn things from the TV. You can learn things by surfing the web. Reading is not the only way to learn things or entertain yourself.


You're right. Whatever. Keep happily becoming a drone, and buy all the shit they yell at you about in the commercials.


Sage, I normally agree with you, but seriously, shut up. There's nothing wrong with not wanting to read. I love a good book, but some people don't, and your acting all superior to those people that don't is only gonna piss them off.

The guy who burned all those books was an idiot because he's assuming the problem is with everyone else and not with his own inventory or methods of advertising, and hence wasted a bunch of books that he could have sold on ebay or donated to a Goodwill store/library etc.


I didn't realize I had a superiority complex by pointing out facts Chaltab. Nowhere in this thread have I suggested abandoning TV. I said it takes more work to read a book than it does to watch tv. Yes or no? I said that the amount of time we spend watching tv and other things amounts to much more time than reading. Yes or no? God, you guys are so f#cking sensitive about this it's unreal. I'm out of it.
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#288539
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A Crime, but Not by the Man Doing It
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/288539/action/topic#288539
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Originally posted by: lordjedi
Originally posted by: JediSage
My point in bringing this all up was not to equate anything with anything, but to "raise awareness" (God, I hate that phrase) about reading in general. How many adults would know who wrote The Idiot? Or Walden and Civil Disobedience? Or Dr. Jekyl and Mr. Hyde?

Yes, what this guy did was most likely a publicity stunt, but let's face facts. Think about how much time we spend in front of the tube (I don't CARE what it is), how much time surfing the web (non-business related), playing video games, etc. Does your reading time REALLY amount to more time than that?


So what? So we should all read more so twits like this can feel good about the country? What..ev..er.

As long as you're doing something that enriches your mind, who cares what it is. Playing games increases hand eye coordination. You can learn things from the TV. You can learn things by surfing the web. Reading is not the only way to learn things or entertain yourself.


You're right. Whatever. Keep happily becoming a drone, and buy all the shit they yell at you about in the commercials.
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#288534
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A Crime, but Not by the Man Doing It
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/288534/action/topic#288534
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Originally posted by: lordjedi
Originally posted by: JediSage
Discovery and History, and Military, and all in that class make up a small minority of the available content (and let's be honest, American Chopper???). Think about what you're doing when you're watching tv..you slip into that receptive mode where all you do is soak up what's being sent to you. If you watched nothing but Masterpiece Theater (or something "educational") all day then I would say at least your content was good, but you're still just totally switching off your brain when in front of the tube.


Except that when I turn on Discovery, History, or the Military channel, I don't just turn off my brain. I pay just as much attention to the History channel as I do to an episode of Heroes. Example, History was running a series called "The States". They covered Texas and explained why it's the "Lone Star State". The explanation I'd always heard is that they had something written into the Constitution that would allow them to secede if they wanted to. According to THC, it's because they went from being part of Mexico, to being an independent nation, to becoming a State. Pretty interesting stuff.


I'm not denying that things can be learned while watching tv. I've long believed that the people (myself included) who make the argument that television has a negative influence over children, etc cannot then say that tv can be beneficial.

HOWEVER, it takes more work by miles to read a book than it does to watch tv. If someone reads Dracula they have to imagine the people saying the words, and they have to imagine the castle. In TV all the work's being done for me.
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#288526
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A Crime, but Not by the Man Doing It
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/288526/action/topic#288526
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My point in bringing this all up was not to equate anything with anything, but to "raise awareness" (God, I hate that phrase) about reading in general. How many adults would know who wrote The Idiot? Or Walden and Civil Disobedience? Or Dr. Jekyl and Mr. Hyde?

Yes, what this guy did was most likely a publicity stunt, but let's face facts. Think about how much time we spend in front of the tube (I don't CARE what it is), how much time surfing the web (non-business related), playing video games, etc. Does your reading time REALLY amount to more time than that?
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#288438
Topic
A Crime, but Not by the Man Doing It
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/288438/action/topic#288438
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Originally posted by: lordjedi
Originally posted by: JediSage
Yes, it could be a stunt. However, It's still a bad reflection on the way this country is. How many hours of tv do we watch in a day? I'm trying desperately to curtail my viewing time, and to increase my reading time.


I disagree. I don't think this says anything about the state of the country. To answer your question, I'm probably down to an hour a day, since all the seasons just ended Next Fall it'll be back up to about 2 hours a day, though it's usually spread out over a few days. I have a DVR, so I don't necessarily sit down everynight and get glued to the set. I usually reserve most of my tv viewing for the weekend.

I think it depends more on what people watch. I don't watch reality tv unless it has some kind of educational content (Mythbusters!). Yeah, most people watch crap (American Idol, Survivor, Big Brother, etc, etc), but there is some fairly good programming on TV, like Discovery Channel and History Channel.


Discovery and History, and Military, and all in that class make up a small minority of the available content (and let's be honest, American Chopper???). Think about what you're doing when you're watching tv..you slip into that receptive mode where all you do is soak up what's being sent to you. If you watched nothing but Masterpiece Theater (or something "educational") all day then I would say at least your content was good, but you're still just totally switching off your brain when in front of the tube.
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#288431
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A Crime, but Not by the Man Doing It
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/288431/action/topic#288431
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Originally posted by: lordjedi
People can still buy them for $1 a book before they get burned. I may not agree with it, but he apparently can't even give them away. I would say that it's more sad that people are just now starting to buy them on the threat of burning.

It could all just be a publicity stunt though.


Yes, it could be a stunt. However, It's still a bad reflection on the way this country is. How many hours of tv do we watch in a day? I'm trying desperately to curtail my viewing time, and to increase my reading time.
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#288394
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Any Harlan Ellison fans here?
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/288394/action/topic#288394
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Originally posted by: Hoichi, the Earless
I LOVE Ellison, and what are you talking about that he has no ego? The man is a wonderful egoist in the best way possible. Thanks for that link to the documentary, I hadn't heard of it, but its about time someone did one.


One of our last greats for sure.


I only recently started reading his stuff. Picked up Strange Wine about 3 years ago, but never read it until about a year back. Got the 50 year Essential Ellison shortly thereafter and haven't put it down yet. LOVE his stuff. Ticktockman and Whipped Dogs are my favorites thus far. I also enjoy his non-fiction essays, especially Valerie: A True Memoir. His politics are too left for me, but he's pretty even-handed which I can appreciate. He says what he means and means what he says. I'll be picking up the dvd of Sharp Teeth whenever it's available. I'd also like to get a complete bibliography so I can start creating a check list.

True. There aren't many like him left. Neil Gaiman springs to mind as someone of his caliber, though not cut from the same cloth. Asimov, Clarke, Bradbury, the list dwindles. The giants have almost all gone...
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#288097
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Comics Fans
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/288097/action/topic#288097
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Originally posted by: theredbaron
Originally posted by: JediSage

I'm up to the final volume of Sandman (Endless Nights), and I don't know what I'm going to do with myself now that I'm near the end.

And does anybody know what the hell happened to Loeb and Cooke on Batman/Spirit? I've got issue #1, then nada...


I read Sandman for the first time about 2 years ago. Great stuff.

Loeb went to Marvel, so not sure if he'll finish that or not.
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#287989
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Any Harlan Ellison fans here?
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/287989/action/topic#287989
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Originally posted by: skyjedi2005
i am only a fan of his script for city on the edge of forever from star trek tos.

but since he's now a star trek basher and all around jerk i will not buy a single book he publishes, he goes to fan conventions and bad mouths roddenberry.

He also seems to have the biggest ego out of all living sci fi or SF authors.

I also think Orson Scott Card is a better writer, to each his own i suspose, lol


I've never heard him bad mouth Rodenberry, but he did know him personally, so I guess that gives him the cred at least to bad mouth him, more than someone who didn't know him.

Star Trek is worthy of bashing. The original series was fantastic, however the spin-offs blew cheese and lead to generations of people dressing like Klingons and living with their parents until they're 40.

I don't believe Ellison has an ego, just that he has a low tolerance for b.s., like fans who track down the objects of their affection in bathrooms and hound them for autographs or people who post copyrighted material on USENet, etc.
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#287746
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Comics Fans
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/287746/action/topic#287746
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Originally posted by: Han Solo VS Indiana Jones
Originally posted by: JediSage
The Watchmen movie I believe is well under way, with Zach Snyder directing. I believe that Ron Perlman is playing The Comedian.


I thought Gerard Butler was playing the Comedian.


He would be a WAY better choice, IMO. Perlman is good, but Butler would be better.
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#287742
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LOST
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/287742/action/topic#287742
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You guys realize that they implied Jack's father is still alive? When he was confronting the doctor during his breakdown he says "Call my father down here, get him down here". Did I miss something?

BTW: How satisfying was it when he beat the piss out of Ben? Quite vicarious if I do say so.