I am pleased to see that Eric Ashley has posted a new review, this one of a martial arts movie, The Prodigal. I took the liberty of marking it as “review” rather than “article”, which moved its position on the front page, but I think that’s a better category (and we need reviews as much as articles). I’m also intrigued by the review, and might have to keep an eye open for this film.
Meanwhile, I’ve been working on my own films, having posted Terminator part 8: a few dead men, which considers the problem raised by the fact that the T-X terminator has a list of John Conner’s lieutenants from the future, including some significant identifying information (a DNA sample of at least one, a retinal scan of at least one other), but it manages to find and kill at least some on the list. The problem is, if they’re killed in the past, how can they be on a list of lieutenants in the future? The temporal anomalies Examiner article provides some possible answers to this, saving the series from disaster.
Meanwhile, Valdron’s directors have suggested that we find someone outside the company to give feedback/reaction to the script for the time travel video lecture. The Gaming Outpost people were mentioned specifically, because some of you understand replacement theory and some do not, but you might be interested. (It was suggested that I contact people by private message, but apart from the fact that I would not be comfortable putting anyone on the spot for this, we don’t have private messaging ability here.) I probably need two or at most three people, preferably with very divergent levels of understanding of the theory. If you’re interested, you can post here, to the forum, or probably best send me an e-mail at the time travel address, and I’ll get back to you. (Since I’ll probably have to e-mail the script to you, contacting me by e-mail probably saves a step in the process.)
So thanks for everything.
–M. J. Young
March 4th, 2010 at 3:32 pm
You know you can count on me for the time travel stuff MJ. I’ll put my 2@1 knowledge to the test. Send away baby.
March 4th, 2010 at 10:19 pm
Ya know what MJ? I just realized, I decide when the war starts. If we try to destroy Cyberdyne, the war starts 10 years later. If we don’t, it starts August 29, 1997. Wow, I think I better postpone the war.
(Doing Therapy)
March 5th, 2010 at 1:26 pm
John, check your e-mail.
And I’m not entirely certain whether you get to make that decision or not.
–M. J. Young
March 5th, 2010 at 9:48 pm
MJ, check your email.
And ya know what MJ? I’d actually be kind of disappointed if it turns out like I expect. The T-1000 doesn’t have to come back when he’s 10 years old. Do anything you want with it. A T-800 sent to kill, and a couple of soldiers sent to intercept could be cool. There were a lot more time travel trips than those in the movies, and the trips from the movies don’t really have to happen at all.
(Doing Therapy)
March 7th, 2010 at 12:04 pm
John, I glanced at my e-mail. In answer to your question, it’s not a speech; it’s a script. It has stage directions which are part of the presentation. Apart from the fact that there is no way I have the time to do an audio recording of it, such a recording would fail to communicate a few critical details.
If you don’t want to read it, just let me know that you don’t have time. If I can’t get outside feedback, well, I’ll just have to trust my own judgment on it.
–M. J. Young
March 7th, 2010 at 5:13 pm
No MJ, I promised I would read it and I will. Like I said in email, it’s just one of those things you have to be in the mood to do. I’ll check it out later tonight.