post-AP Gaiman so comfortable with RTing praise that he can cite himself as his biggest influence
― pink, fleshy, and gleeful (sic), Tuesday, 2 July 2013 01:37 (ten years ago) link
What do "post-AP" and "RTing" mean?
― Tuomas, Tuesday, 2 July 2013 06:51 (ten years ago) link
Post- Associated Press?
― Tuomas, Tuesday, 2 July 2013 06:52 (ten years ago) link
Amanda Palmer, Retweet
― Andrew Farrell, Tuesday, 2 July 2013 12:06 (ten years ago) link
Thanks! Still don't get what "post-Amanda Palmer" means...? From what I've gathered, she's some sort of a controversial musician? I've noticed the ILM thread on her, but it has like 2000 posts, so I haven't dared to try and read it.
― Tuomas, Tuesday, 2 July 2013 12:33 (ten years ago) link
She worked hard for every one of those posts, you should respect her effort.
― Andrew Farrell, Tuesday, 2 July 2013 12:46 (ten years ago) link
pvmic
― i didn't even give much of a fuck that you were mod (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 2 July 2013 17:41 (ten years ago) link
Tuomas on the money in this case
― for many people a really special folder makes a huge difference (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 2 July 2013 17:53 (ten years ago) link
Tuomas:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Gaiman#Personal_life
― I wish to incorporate disco into my small business (chap), Wednesday, 3 July 2013 01:28 (ten years ago) link
Ah, okay. I read Amanda Palmer's Wikipedia page, and it seems she's some sort of an attention-seeker? Is Sic suggesting Gaiman has become an attention-seeker too, now that he's married to her?
― Tuomas, Wednesday, 3 July 2013 06:36 (ten years ago) link
It's not the seeking as much as the getting - the levels of self-absorption apparent in the recent Guardian interview are more relevant to sic's joke, which has been thoroughly beaten to death by now.
― Andrew Farrell, Wednesday, 3 July 2013 08:54 (ten years ago) link
I kind of want Tuomas to watch The Wright Way and read the Ben Elton thread now.
― Troughton-masked Replicant (aldo), Wednesday, 3 July 2013 10:38 (ten years ago) link
Must start 'Explain these clusterfuck threads to Tuomas' thread on secret board ILILX.
― Andrew Farrell, Wednesday, 3 July 2013 10:42 (ten years ago) link
Or possibly on the higher-traffic IHILX.
― Andrew Farrell, Wednesday, 3 July 2013 10:43 (ten years ago) link
Tuo, you're a beloved poster and a cherished member of the ilx community. You should read the Amanda Palmer thread, starting maybe a year back into it, and next time it pops up, join in the discourse.
― how's life, Wednesday, 3 July 2013 10:52 (ten years ago) link
i will never, ever understand US ilxors' fascination with some C-list goth of negligible fame and less interest
― for many people a really special folder makes a huge difference (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 3 July 2013 12:11 (ten years ago) link
Or Amanda Palmer.
― Troughton-masked Replicant (aldo), Wednesday, 3 July 2013 12:16 (ten years ago) link
for many people a really special fingernail clipping makes a huge difference
― the gospel of meth (Drugs A. Money), Sunday, 7 July 2013 03:14 (ten years ago) link
so this is happeninghttp://www.tor.com/blogs/2013/12/joseph-gordon-levitt-sandman-movie
― Strangers look on with a discernible, barely contained ‘wow’. (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 18 December 2013 21:17 (ten years ago) link
still skeptical
― Nhex, Wednesday, 18 December 2013 21:18 (ten years ago) link
Not sure why, but I can't imagine this going well at all.
― ruth rendell writing as (askance johnson), Wednesday, 18 December 2013 21:19 (ten years ago) link
Sandman is unfilmable, and WB is a joke of a company with no respect for its IP. Wouldn't be surprised if the final product (which probably still won't happen) resembles Constantine.
― The He-Man-O-Centric Worlds of She-Ra (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 18 December 2013 21:35 (ten years ago) link
oh wow there's a producer attached to a Sandman movie for the first time ever
― giant faps are what you take, wanking on the moon (sic), Wednesday, 18 December 2013 22:18 (ten years ago) link
surely the Wachowskis will line up for this crapfest
― Ayn Rand Akbar (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 18 December 2013 23:46 (ten years ago) link
brett ratner or gtfo imo
― bizarro gazzara, Thursday, 19 December 2013 07:48 (ten years ago) link
Still think the only way this might work is as a TV series. Chuck Lorre, anyone?
― The He-Man-O-Centric Worlds of She-Ra (Old Lunch), Thursday, 19 December 2013 12:35 (ten years ago) link
David Goyer, stop working
― Chuck_Tatum, Thursday, 19 December 2013 12:35 (ten years ago) link
Still think the only way this might work is as a TV series
you'll note the current version of this non-movie is called Prelude
― giant faps are what you take, wanking on the moon (sic), Thursday, 19 December 2013 15:43 (ten years ago) link
Deeply ambivalent about this.
― I wish to incorporate disco into my small business (chap), Thursday, 19 December 2013 18:09 (ten years ago) link
If they wind up doing Preludes & Nocturnes, I can see them really playing up the videogame-y quest aspect of Morpheus tracking down his tools. V unlikely to see 24 Hour Diner Meltdown in a movie that's likely to be PG-13. I feel exactly the same about this as I did about adaptations of Watchmen, From Hell, Hellblazer, etc.: No.
― Throat Loaf (Old Lunch), Thursday, 19 December 2013 18:14 (ten years ago) link
If it were me I'd find a way to jump straight to A Doll's House, P&N is the worst book of the series.
― I wish to incorporate disco into my small business (chap), Friday, 20 December 2013 13:51 (ten years ago) link
Fingers crossed for an appearance by Keanu Reeves as John Constantine.
― bizarro gazzara, Friday, 20 December 2013 13:58 (ten years ago) link
(and a cameo from Ben Affleck as Batman, obviously)
― bizarro gazzara, Friday, 20 December 2013 14:00 (ten years ago) link
Miley Cyrus as Death, plz
― Throat Loaf (Old Lunch), Friday, 20 December 2013 15:55 (ten years ago) link
(Actually, she might not make a terrible Delirium.)
― Throat Loaf (Old Lunch), Friday, 20 December 2013 15:56 (ten years ago) link
That would be pretty brilliant.
xp, Death becomes her
― WilliamC, Friday, 20 December 2013 15:57 (ten years ago) link
there's no real sexy goth hippie equivalent these days is there
― Nhex, Friday, 20 December 2013 15:59 (ten years ago) link
http://thematerialsleuth.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/die-antwoord-4.jpg
― Strangers look on with a discernible, barely contained ‘wow’. (forksclovetofu), Friday, 20 December 2013 16:07 (ten years ago) link
just heavier on the creepy and the afrikaner accent than you would've expected, can totally see WB taking that tact
― Strangers look on with a discernible, barely contained ‘wow’. (forksclovetofu), Friday, 20 December 2013 16:08 (ten years ago) link
gah what is that
― Nhex, Friday, 20 December 2013 16:17 (ten years ago) link
be nice, i like yolandihttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yolandi_Visser
― Strangers look on with a discernible, barely contained ‘wow’. (forksclovetofu), Friday, 20 December 2013 16:33 (ten years ago) link
The writing in issue one of Overture is pretty damn bad. Maybe Sandman was always bad? Haven't re-read it for maybe ten years.
― the joke should be over once the kid is eaten. (chap), Friday, 24 October 2014 20:54 (nine years ago) link
Sandman doesn't really bear a lot of re-reading ime. It's construction was p novel at the time - all these seemingly disconnected strands weaving in and out - but it's not really something with a lot of depth and a lot of the art is terrible.
― Οὖτις, Friday, 24 October 2014 21:01 (nine years ago) link
let me add to that - the art is really, really terrible
― Raccoon Tanuki, Friday, 24 October 2014 21:30 (nine years ago) link
I've been re-reading Sandman for the first time in 20 years and it's better than I remember. His over-writing has dated better than Alan Moore's over-writing. It's still terribly precious. But the bad stuff isn't as bad as I thought it would be. And A Doll's House is still terrific fun.
― Chuck_Tatum, Friday, 24 October 2014 22:02 (nine years ago) link
His over-writing has dated better than Alan Moore's over-writing.
Oh come now, Moore>>>>>>>>Gaiman.
― the joke should be over once the kid is eaten. (chap), Friday, 24 October 2014 22:22 (nine years ago) link
No, I agree with you! Gaiman is third-tier compared to Moore. I'm thinking more of things like the text panels in Swamp Thing, which are atrocious. Although I suppose Gaiman gets away with a lot of indulgence for me, because I'd rather look at a paragraph of Todd Klein than a paragraph of John Costanza.
Re: Overture - I don't want to rep for it as a great work of comics or anything, but it's a lot more fun than Century or Neonomicon.
― Chuck_Tatum, Friday, 24 October 2014 22:55 (nine years ago) link
I'm getting back into reading Sandman and forgot how enjoyable it is.
― Shepard Toney Album (dog latin), Saturday, 25 October 2014 02:32 (nine years ago) link
Not a huge comics fan but after a few years of Alan Moore devotion I eventually got fed up of his constant literary eulogising and cthulu references. Maybe it was the latest crappy League albums but they were like a curates egg in a way. Will always rep for his best stuff but he's fallible,you know? And sandman is a lot of fun in its way. I've only read Prologue,Dolls House and I'm onot Seasons of Most now.
― Shepard Toney Album (dog latin), Saturday, 25 October 2014 02:36 (nine years ago) link
You shouldn't skip the shorts in between.
― Starland Vocal Gland (sic), Saturday, 25 October 2014 06:18 (nine years ago) link