Npoess Posted July 30, 2014 Report Share Posted July 30, 2014 (edited) On 7/29/2014 at 11:23 PM, xox said: imo ideas in pkd books are really fantastic but his characters are all alike, lifeless and 2-dimensional I have to agree with this I'm almost done reading it, the characters in The Man in the High Castle are pretty bland tbh But the ideas are so awesome Edited July 30, 2014 by Npoess Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide Npoess's signature Hide all signatures │ Tumblr │ Last.fm │ Soundcloud │ Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/84291-ridley-scott-to-make-the-man-in-the-high-castle/page/2/#findComment-2194710 Share on other sites More sharing options...
baph Posted July 30, 2014 Report Share Posted July 30, 2014 (edited) Basically PKD was an amazing SF author who wasn't very good at characterization, and the quality of his prose was generally dismal, and his wife probably wrote the good bits in ASD, and he wasn't great at starting novels, or finishing novels, and sometimes the middle parts of his novels were also pretty bad. Edited July 30, 2014 by baph Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/84291-ridley-scott-to-make-the-man-in-the-high-castle/page/2/#findComment-2194732 Share on other sites More sharing options...
xox Posted July 30, 2014 Report Share Posted July 30, 2014 On 7/30/2014 at 9:26 PM, baph said: wasn't very good at characterization, he wasn't great at starting novels, or finishing novels, and sometimes the middle parts of his novels were also pretty bad. lol thank god everything else and between was great Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/84291-ridley-scott-to-make-the-man-in-the-high-castle/page/2/#findComment-2194741 Share on other sites More sharing options...
usagi Posted July 31, 2014 Report Share Posted July 31, 2014 On 7/30/2014 at 8:26 PM, Npoess said: On 7/29/2014 at 11:23 PM, xox said: imo ideas in pkd books are really fantastic but his characters are all alike, lifeless and 2-dimensional I have to agree with this I'm almost done reading it, the characters in The Man in the High Castle are pretty bland tbh But the ideas are so awesome he knew these weaknesses of his too. it's one of the reasons I admire him. you tend to start filling in the gaps in characterisation yourself anyway. On 7/30/2014 at 9:26 PM, baph said: ... and his wife probably wrote the good bits in ASD ... wait, what? I've never heard of this before. that is my favourite book. Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide usagi's signature Hide all signatures On 4/17/2013 at 2:45 PM, Alcofribas said: afaik i usually place all my cum drops on scientifically sterilized glass slides which are carefully frozen and placed in trash cans throughout the city labelled "for women alco" with my social security and phone numbers. Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/84291-ridley-scott-to-make-the-man-in-the-high-castle/page/2/#findComment-2194808 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Braintree Posted July 31, 2014 Report Share Posted July 31, 2014 Which wife? He had like a hundred of'em. Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide Braintree's signature Hide all signatures colindyer.bandcamp.com williamsbraintree.bandcamp.com Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/84291-ridley-scott-to-make-the-man-in-the-high-castle/page/2/#findComment-2194831 Share on other sites More sharing options...
LimpyLoo Posted July 31, 2014 Report Share Posted July 31, 2014 The Man in the High Castle starring James Franco Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/84291-ridley-scott-to-make-the-man-in-the-high-castle/page/2/#findComment-2194834 Share on other sites More sharing options...
baph Posted August 1, 2014 Report Share Posted August 1, 2014 On 7/31/2014 at 1:26 AM, usagi said: On 7/30/2014 at 9:26 PM, baph said: ... and his wife probably wrote the good bits in ASD ... wait, what? I've never heard of this before. that is my favourite book. i'm probably exaggerating out of sheer cuntitude. Quote Because of its semi-autobiographical nature, some of Scanner was torturous to write. Tessa Dick, Philip's wife at the time, once stated that she often found her husband weeping as the sun rose after a night-long writing session. Tessa has given interviews stating that "when he was with me, he wrote A Scanner Darkly [in] under two weeks. But we spent three years rewriting it" and that she was "pretty involved in his writing process [for A Scanner Darkly]."[8] Tessa stated in a later interview that she "participated in the writing of A Scanner Darkly" and said that she "consider [her]self the silent co-author." Philip wrote a contract giving Tessa half of all the rights to the novel, which stated that Tessa "participated to a great extent in writing the outline and novel A Scanner Darkly with me, and I owe her one half of all income derived from it."[9] Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/84291-ridley-scott-to-make-the-man-in-the-high-castle/page/2/#findComment-2195205 Share on other sites More sharing options...
usagi Posted August 1, 2014 Report Share Posted August 1, 2014 hmm. it does make sense in a way, because the writing/dialogue is more earthy and less detached/clinical than in his other books. I wondered about that. Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide usagi's signature Hide all signatures On 4/17/2013 at 2:45 PM, Alcofribas said: afaik i usually place all my cum drops on scientifically sterilized glass slides which are carefully frozen and placed in trash cans throughout the city labelled "for women alco" with my social security and phone numbers. Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/84291-ridley-scott-to-make-the-man-in-the-high-castle/page/2/#findComment-2195208 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rubin Farr Posted August 26, 2014 Report Share Posted August 26, 2014 with the Blade Runner 2 script finished, and Scott is happy with it, looks like it will film next, and before Paradise (Prometheus 2) Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide all signatures Positive Metal Attitude Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/84291-ridley-scott-to-make-the-man-in-the-high-castle/page/2/#findComment-2208241 Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Reggae Lee Bowyer Posted August 26, 2014 Report Share Posted August 26, 2014 I read this book with SAWII on repeat. I'm quite a slow reader so fuck knows how many times that album went round before I finished the book but they are forever tied together in my mind now. Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide A Reggae Lee Bowyer's signature Hide all signatures open your mind Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/84291-ridley-scott-to-make-the-man-in-the-high-castle/page/2/#findComment-2208263 Share on other sites More sharing options...
lala Posted August 26, 2014 Report Share Posted August 26, 2014 never read any PKD whereas i loved banks & scif-fi in general... i dont know why..? Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide lala's signature Hide all signatures Beethoven, ages ago, said: To play a wrong note is insignificant. To play without passion is inexcusable Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/84291-ridley-scott-to-make-the-man-in-the-high-castle/page/2/#findComment-2208308 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nebraska Posted August 26, 2014 Report Share Posted August 26, 2014 if ridley scott is doing this film it will be crap, even though his only salvation might be the fact that amazon give him carte blanche because of his pedigree doing full features and their inexperience being a studio Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/84291-ridley-scott-to-make-the-man-in-the-high-castle/page/2/#findComment-2208479 Share on other sites More sharing options...
fenton Posted August 26, 2014 Report Share Posted August 26, 2014 It's TV. Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide fenton's signature Hide all signatures Reveal hidden contents https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XkWwIShuoX4 Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/84291-ridley-scott-to-make-the-man-in-the-high-castle/page/2/#findComment-2208526 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nebraska Posted August 27, 2014 Report Share Posted August 27, 2014 in that case, it will be worse Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/84291-ridley-scott-to-make-the-man-in-the-high-castle/page/2/#findComment-2208566 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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