tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882696241406815138.post2734939144118349789..comments2023-09-02T14:13:10.364-07:00Comments on Mouse's Musings: More Sound and FuryMousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11936002393931074811noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882696241406815138.post-31456373574257293992011-08-20T01:28:03.062-07:002011-08-20T01:28:03.062-07:00I rather like the remix you proposed of the book s...I rather like the remix you proposed of the book series :)<br /><br />I'd be rooting for Judd and Vicki to have a kind of on-again, off-again relationship where they end up realizing they're better off as casual sex partners than as husband and wife, so they have an open relationship.<br /><br />I'm mainly thinking - if they're married in the eyes of the law that could help get Judd or Vicki out of some dicey situations so it helps the whole YTF spy thing or somesuch.<br /><br />Maybe Judd gets busted and Vicki, by now a high-ranking Young Global Community officer, walks in and starts ordering people around, asking very pointedly angry questions about why her husband's been arrested.Apocalypse Reviewhttp://apocalypsereview.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882696241406815138.post-13264088876155932252011-07-22T02:27:01.542-07:002011-07-22T02:27:01.542-07:00Welcome back!
I'd be inclined in a rewrite to...Welcome back!<br /><br />I'd be inclined in a rewrite to have a character mention the unmentionable and ask hard questions - like "this thing calling itself God, it's not exactly behaving in a way we could ever call 'good' now is it?". Sure, the RTC heroes are Always Right, but they ought at least to have some real arguments to make; as it is, this is just evangelism porn.<br /><br />(In the properly dramatic version, surely Our Heroes would jump out of the plane?)Firedrakenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882696241406815138.post-5352089042032144862011-07-19T11:20:12.764-07:002011-07-19T11:20:12.764-07:00Because, you know, North Koreans are tots just lik...Because, you know, North Koreans are tots just like the Chinese.<br /><br />Admiral Yi Sun-sin would like to have a word with the writers of the new <i>Red Dawn....</i>Minkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15436111538383318171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882696241406815138.post-78281325502424484782011-07-19T01:31:49.707-07:002011-07-19T01:31:49.707-07:00Huh, according to IMDB the remake should already b...Huh, according to IMDB the remake should already be out. Wonder what's up with that.<br /><br />Oh, and from wikipedia; Totally called it: <br /><br />Instead of depicting a Soviet invasion of the United States as in the 1984 film, the 2011 version's storyline was originally filmed with a Chinese invasion. This was later edited to depict a North Korean invasion in post-production due to concerns from distributors.Ivanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11348455693585284644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882696241406815138.post-76107814034225855962011-07-19T01:26:14.411-07:002011-07-19T01:26:14.411-07:00No, wouldn't wager about that. I have no idea ...No, wouldn't wager about that. I have no idea how (or why) they would remake that, but they can't very well use the Russians anymore, the studio probably doesn't want to piss of the Chinese.<br /><br />I just googled, and apparently it will be North Koreans. Man, they're lucky Homefront was a Red Dawn rip-off, or they'd sue. Have the moviemakers learned nothing? It wasn't believable when Homefront did it either. It's painfully obvious that they really mean China but don't want to offend such a big market, just like Crysis.<br /><br />Eh, there's still good odds that the filthy communists will hate religion, specifically the One True Religion.Ivanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11348455693585284644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882696241406815138.post-46907964500190271842011-07-18T11:58:28.054-07:002011-07-18T11:58:28.054-07:00Speaking of 'Wolverines for Christ,' anyon...Speaking of 'Wolverines for Christ,' anyone want to lay money down against them turning the remake of Red Dawn into just that sort of thing?<br /><br />Anyone? Anyone? Bueller? No?Minkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15436111538383318171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882696241406815138.post-72596776195201284952011-07-18T02:15:19.045-07:002011-07-18T02:15:19.045-07:00How to improve? Hmm, well I still stand by my stat...How to improve? Hmm, well I still stand by my statement that turning this into "Wolverines for Christ" would be an improvement. <br /><br />Alternatively, I think Ryan could show some well deserved anger at God for killing his parents and damning them to hell, so I'd have him do some fun stuff. Either try to help the Anti-Christ or (more entertaining I think) try to send the prophecies off-rails. The massive back door of 'the Tribulations don't start untill the peace treaty with Israel is signed' that the adult books unforgivably failed to comment gives a good option. The other 3 kids would then be individually torn by deciding if they should stop him because it interferes with God's plan, or help him because, you know, it's stopping the Anti Christ. <br /><br />That would make a great, dramatic story, and allow for some of the discussions (appropriatly rigged for the RTC-side, natch) on why people might feel uncomfortable about this whole Rapture thing. LB has some throwaway lines to that end, but the books don't follow up on them, or forget about the concerns after they have been voiced (see Chloe).<br /><br />And it needn't even interfere with the prophecy timeline (though it would be better if it did), because they can just make Ryan fail in the end. I'm now thinking either Divine intervention preventing Ryan from succeeding (which could drive him into the arms of the Anti Christ), or he could publicly fail an assasination attempt, giving Nicky some much needed justification for Persecuting(TM) the RTCs who let their children try to murder him for preaching Love, Peace and Unity. And it would be an acceptably false claim for his RTC readers, since Ryan did it because he didn't like God's plan. Either way, the three surviving children then have enough issues and angst to last for another book. And this is just improvments that still color with the narrow lines of the prophecy checklist. Once we can chuck that out of the window, the story could easily be much, much better.Ivanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11348455693585284644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882696241406815138.post-2576590507537601492011-07-17T19:35:05.163-07:002011-07-17T19:35:05.163-07:00They can't kill off the token minority. Plus ...They can't kill off the token minority. Plus Lionel appeared in the original series. So they could have eliminated the Ryan character and had Lionel act more like Ryan. (It doesn't matter anyway because I read the series synopsis -- Ryan dies early on, anyway.)aunursanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882696241406815138.post-31871445400737015592011-07-17T16:40:29.711-07:002011-07-17T16:40:29.711-07:00Even though there's not much to talk about the...Even though there's not much to talk about these books still have more action in them than the adult series. Has a telephone conversation put in an appearance yet?hidden_urchinnoreply@blogger.com