HIGHLA-L Digest - 2 Nov 2006 to 3 Nov 2006 (#2006-8)
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Topics of the day:
1. AP interview on THE SOURCE (2)
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Date: Thu, 2 Nov 2006 22:49:51 -0600
From: Ann Ford <aford@austin.rr.com>
Subject: Re: AP interview on THE SOURCE
Nina wrote:
> Per AP--release in March, 2007. Maybe. Major problems w/ the shoot.
> Script was crap. A new (I think) spoiler as to a major plot point (which
> sounds like a bad rehash of HL:TS season 1).
> http://fractalmatter.com/main/?p=428
Really? Sounds to me like a really bad rehash of Endgame. How low can they
sink?
>
> Nina (the whole thing makes me feel queasy)
Ditto. It sounds like pure unadulterated dreck to me. And yet people
continue to rave over it. What do they see that I don't?
Ann Ford
aford@austin.rr.com
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Date: Fri, 3 Nov 2006 13:01:43 -0500
From: Wendy Tillis <immortals.incorporated@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: AP interview on THE SOURCE
Nina wrote:
> > Script was crap. A new (I think) spoiler as to a major
> plot point (which sounds like a bad rehash of HL:TS season 1).
> > http://fractalmatter.com/main/?p=428
Ann replies:
> Really? Sounds to me like a really bad rehash of Endgame.
Sounds like a bad rehash of ... oh hell ... it just sounds bad. The
whole concept is deeply flawed. The "source" of immortality? There are a
limited number of options, broadly categorized as : 1) different planet
2) scientific i.e. mutant genes/evolution, 3) outside interference/God
1) different planet - been there, done that. While HL-2 was a bad movie,
the rational of where Immortals came from wasn't totally awful. Aliens
with advanced technology allowing them to move beings of their species
to another planet but with the glitch that they arrive as babies and
that the arrival time is random. It explains why immortals are different
(they are aliens), why they can't have children (no interspecies
breeding) and why they fight (on-going war carried to a new venue).
Unfortunately , HL-2 was so bad that it spoiled the concept of alien
Immortals forever.
2) Scientific- mutant genes are boring.
3) Outside interference/God - Some outside force created Immortals for
some purpose . This seems to be where "The Source" is headed although
from the bits of script floating around, the execution sounds like
shite. A glowing column of light (which is itself unexplained) created
Immortals and set them out among the humans to gain long-term knowledge
and wisdom which can then be used to help the poor mortals. Um...Ok. A
few questions. What is the glowing column of light - where did it come
from, why does it care about mortals, etc. If the idea was to have
Immortals live long lives to learn "stuff" to be used to help mortals-
why have them, in fact, spend all their time killing each other? Is that
really a productive use of an Immortal's time? As it is now, the "good"
Immortals (the ones who prefer books to beheadings) are the most likely
to be killed. If that whole "Game" thing wasn't part of the original
plan, why didn't the glowing column of light step in and do something to
correct it? What's in it for the Immortals involved or are they just
tools?
> How low can they sink?
Does the Mariana Trench ring any bells? <EFG>
> > Nina (the whole thing makes me feel queasy)
>
> Ditto. It sounds like pure unadulterated dreck to me. And
> yet people continue to rave over it. What do they see that I don't?
They have open minds willing to accept the possibility that all the
pre-release news has been wrong. They are happy people who refuse to
pre-judge a movie before seeing it, no matter how many times they have
been disappointed before. They are good people who think 86 minutes with
AP and PW on a big screen is heaven - no matter what. They are the
lucky few who can sift through all the dreck and find that one bit of
hope that Duncan will get nekkid and have wild on-screen sex with
Methos. The rest of us poor cynical jaded bastards know that this thing
is going to be bad. The acting may be good (it's possible), the scenery
may be beautiful (if it wasn't all shot at night) and the editing may be
stellar (if the completion bond company hires Conrad Buff IV) but the
basic plot is, very likely, crap.
Wendy (Maybe TPTB will surprise us and we'll discover that Immortals
really are fairies.)(Not that there is anything wrong with being a
fairy)
Immortals Inc.
immortals_incorporated@cox.net
"Weasels for Eternity"
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