Re: More on ranks, SF, etc.
Chi Ming Hung (cmhung@insti.physics.sunysb.edu)
Thu, 10 Jul 1997 11:14:39 -0400
On Jul 10, 9:23am, Walter Amos wrote:
> >
> > Looks like that's not the only silly thing. Notice the many funny signs
> > that pop up in seemingly random places? ^_^
>
> Actually they're not random at all. You'll note they happen after
typological
> errors. Apparently whatever text composition method Sue uses for email, it
is
> not actually deleting the undesired characters but encoding the
> backspace/delete. On many systems this is represented by the ctrl-h
> character. Sue can you check your software settings?
Hmm, looks like we covered that one already ^_^
> Ah, I don't remember who first explained this (probably Sue) but actually
> there should be armies in LoGH, at least on the Imperial side. This relates
> to the explanation of why Imperial ships can land directly on the surface of
> planets while the alliance uses those transport shuttles. For a long time I
> assumed that this was just because the Empire had more money and could build
> fancier ships that could do this. However the real explanation is that for
> most of its history before the war with the Alliance, the purpose of the
> Imperial fleet was to put down rebellions on local planets, which of course
> took place on the surface. So the ships needed to be able to land on the
> surface to deploy troops and vehicles. Said troops and vehicles would
> comprise the army, neh?
Looks like we covered this one as well ^_^
> I agree with your basic assessment - the Dune movie has a remarkable look in
> visualizing Herbert's world. The sets and costumes were beautiful. My big
> problem with the movie is this: it gives almost no sense of the diabolical
> genius of the Baron. In the book the Baron is the personifcation of
> calculated maevolence, with more plans to accomplish his ends than you can
> keep track of. In the movie he's just a fat guy who floats around and laughs
> a lot - you get the feel that without his aides he'd be a powerless buffoon.
Hey Walter, you're probably the only one who complains about villains not
being accurately portraited ^_^ You know, bad guys are bad guys, they enter
the scene, act badly for a while, and die! That's it (don't you just love
my gross over-generalization of things? ^_-) So get over the floating
fatman Walter, I bet they don't even have a poster with him on it! (but
if they do, I'm sure you have the only existing copy ^_^)
> And we're getting off the subject of LoGH here aren't we... ^_^
Don't blame me, Sue started it ^_^
Ming.
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