was trying to decide which would be the best thread to complain about it on
Gatiss is terrible at making his influences cohere into anything that works
― Driving Drone for Christmas (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 25 December 2018 09:17 (five years ago) link
jump scare was fluffed too
― Driving Drone for Christmas (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 25 December 2018 09:24 (five years ago) link
If they looking for ideas to save money for when the gov stop subsidising pensioner tv licences - sack off mediocre nobs like Gatiss, just stick on some Hitler docs at xmas.
― calzino, Tuesday, 25 December 2018 09:44 (five years ago) link
OTM
― Driving Drone for Christmas (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 25 December 2018 09:47 (five years ago) link
"why does everything have to be so meta", I ask myself.
Wasn't really a jump scare to me, any more than the blankets are a jump scare.
Gattis know his stuff and it's great to hear him talk but his writing is often a let down.
― koogs, Tuesday, 25 December 2018 12:01 (five years ago) link
the big vandermeer-curated book of weird fiction is 99p in the current Amazon uk Kindle monthly deals (35 quid for this paperback). it's been mentioned in the sf thread a few times.
― koogs, Saturday, 4 November 2023 00:47 (six months ago) link
(ledge mentions it here and there's some discussion, sept 2012)
― koogs, Saturday, 4 November 2023 00:50 (six months ago) link
I think Roadside Picnic might be part of this discussion.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Saturday, 4 November 2023 00:54 (six months ago) link