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Post by Razgat on Oct 27, 2009 18:25:21 GMT -5
Erm, what exactly do I say since I can't say brethren before wenches?
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Post by Myrdraxxis on Oct 27, 2009 18:26:53 GMT -5
you make me a sammich, that's what
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Post by Razgat on Oct 27, 2009 18:28:44 GMT -5
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Post by TEAM_DERRICK on Oct 27, 2009 18:33:01 GMT -5
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Post by thecheat on Oct 27, 2009 18:39:43 GMT -5
Erm, what exactly do I say since I can't say brethren before wenches? You don't say. Ever. You sit quietly and wait to be domineered by the nearest male. |
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Post by TEAM_DERRICK on Oct 27, 2009 18:40:49 GMT -5
oh hey! Lucco's back.
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Post by thecheat on Oct 27, 2009 19:47:18 GMT -5
Call it magic. You should have know that no abstinence thread can be complete without me. I'm your prophet, lord, and leader.
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Post by TEAM_DERRICK on Oct 28, 2009 7:32:55 GMT -5
yay!
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Post by Mizagium on Oct 28, 2009 14:15:15 GMT -5
dont applaud him. I was happy without the walking sack of pretentiousness.
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Post by thecheat on Oct 28, 2009 15:22:36 GMT -5
Careful, you, I've got God on my side. Don't risk angering him just because I don't like your juvenile H.P. Lovecraft books.
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Post by Mizagium on Oct 28, 2009 15:23:24 GMT -5
Careful, you, I've got God on my side. Don't risk angering him just because I don't like your juvenile H.P. Lovecraft books. Not MY Lovecraft books. Besides, have you READ Lovecraft? |
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Post by thecheat on Oct 28, 2009 15:30:32 GMT -5
No. I have not. I've made that clear several times. His concepts are interesting and entertaining, but irrelevant unless the reader follows them up with their own personal research in order to expand their own knowledge (props to Derrick). Plot-based juvenile literature is fine, and I read Harry Potter just like everyone else, but I moved on. It's fine if you guys want to read popcorn literature (once again, props to Derrick) but it ultimately doesn't mean much. There are plenty of books to be read that leave readers more expanded in some aspect by the end of the last page than they were at the first that also serve to entertain, so why not read those? I feel more inclined towards being able to say my time is well spent.
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Post by Mizagium on Oct 28, 2009 15:53:01 GMT -5
first off: popcorn literature isn't even a term.
Peter F. Hamilton left me expanded by the end of his books, which I think you would classify as "popcorn". Reading should be a fun and enjoyable experience not one where you tediously read difficult books so it will benefit you.
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Post by TEAM_DERRICK on Oct 28, 2009 15:55:13 GMT -5
No. I have not. I've made that clear several times. His concepts are interesting and entertaining, but irrelevant unless the reader follows them up with their own personal research in order to expand their own knowledge (props to Derrick). Plot-based juvenile literature is fine, and I read Harry Potter just like everyone else, but I moved on. It's fine if you guys want to read popcorn literature (once again, props to Derrick) but it ultimately doesn't mean much. There are plenty of books to be read that leave readers more expanded in some aspect by the end of the last page than they were at the first that also serve to entertain, so why not read those? I feel more inclined towards being able to say my time is well spent. hey Lucco! Your pretentiousness is really big! I hope mine is as big as yours someday! |
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Post by Myrdraxxis on Oct 28, 2009 15:57:59 GMT -5
No. I have not. I've made that clear several times. His concepts are interesting and entertaining, but irrelevant unless the reader follows them up with their own personal research in order to expand their own knowledge (props to Derrick). Plot-based juvenile literature is fine, and I read Harry Potter just like everyone else, but I moved on. It's fine if you guys want to read popcorn literature (once again, props to Derrick) but it ultimately doesn't mean much. There are plenty of books to be read that leave readers more expanded in some aspect by the end of the last page than they were at the first that also serve to entertain, so why not read those? I feel more inclined towards being able to say my time is well spent. ok so what do you read? From all your talk I'm guessing it is something so profound and deep that you only read it to make yourself feel smart... |
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Post by Mizagium on Oct 28, 2009 16:04:11 GMT -5
No. I have not. I've made that clear several times. His concepts are interesting and entertaining, but irrelevant unless the reader follows them up with their own personal research in order to expand their own knowledge (props to Derrick). Plot-based juvenile literature is fine, and I read Harry Potter just like everyone else, but I moved on. It's fine if you guys want to read popcorn literature (once again, props to Derrick) but it ultimately doesn't mean much. There are plenty of books to be read that leave readers more expanded in some aspect by the end of the last page than they were at the first that also serve to entertain, so why not read those? I feel more inclined towards being able to say my time is well spent. ok so what do you read? From all your talk I'm guessing it is something so profound and deep that you only read it to make yourself feel smart... I know for a fact that he read War and Peace (that book was freaking huge) and Ulysses. Ulysses I cannot understand: all stream of consciousness, and switching between multiple perspectives with no warning or indication. |
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Post by Monika on Oct 28, 2009 16:05:06 GMT -5
first off: popcorn literature isn't even a term. Peter F. Hamilton left me expanded by the end of his books, which I think you would classify as "popcorn". Reading should be a fun and enjoyable experience not one where you tediously read difficult books so it will benefit you. |
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Post by Razgat on Oct 28, 2009 16:12:14 GMT -5
AND AUSTIN STRIKES AGAIN WITH HIS OBJETIONS! ...or knowledge..or whatever.
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Post by Mizagium on Oct 28, 2009 16:12:42 GMT -5
"Popcorn Literature
Popcorn literature is a term that refers to popular fiction. Popcorn fiction is characterized by underdeveloped, flat protagonists and their lack of subsequent emotions, oftentimes resorting to gimmicky plot-devices and lackluster production tricks in order to make the work appear substantially more palpable than it actually is.
A great deal of popcorn fiction rides the coat tails of current events, fictionalizing them into serial novels, cataloguing said events into an easier-to-digest consumer version while displacing a great deal of the seriousness of the situation.
Popcorn literature has swept the world by storm since the mid-1970s, replacing a more classical approach to literature and novel writing, which usually contains poignant, character vignettes and engrossing philosophical/theoretical affairs at the expense of an over-the-top plot. Since popcorn fiction has accrued an avid fan base, certain arguments can be made of the median knowledge of certain individuals and educational system as a whole, as the works of Plato, Socrates, John Keats, Charles Dickens, Edgar Allen Poe, Ernest Hemingway, James Joyce and William Faulkner (et al) seem to be swept under the proverbial rug while the age of polymaths has come and gone."
Well then he's using the term incorrectly. The shit i read is not underdeveloped, the characters aren't flat, and they have emotions.
And how the hell do you pull off production tricks with writing?
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Post by Razgat on Oct 28, 2009 16:15:12 GMT -5
Twilight had a very delicious, bright red looking apple on their page to lure you in, then the prologue made it seem like something exciting might happen if you actually take the time to read through the crap in the beggining, but then you realize it was all just a trick, and you end up feeling empty and used at the end. That's how.
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