when you look at books

[Johnny Canuck3]

Nope. I've watched the film, but haven't read the book. I was going purely on the text cited, which was clearly not meant to inspire anyone.

I haven't read the book either. So we're talking from an equal knowledge base: zero.

 

[scifisam]

I haven't read the book either. So we're talking from an equal knowledge base: zero.

Come on, you can't seriously think Goddess of Thrombosis was meant to be inspiring! The whole extract is obviously not singing the praises of freedom.

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

congratulations you are an idiot.

p.s. that's just my subjective opinion btw.

It wasn't clear to me how she read that and came to the conclusion that it was a negative comment on freedom, even though she had seen the movie.

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

Well then, don't post in language which makes it sound like you reckon your opinion is the only right one!

He's pointing the trite and obvious truth that in discussions about taste, or artistic superlative, or so many other subjective things, the opinion given by the speaker is obviously only an opinion, because as any participant with half a brain knows without being told, there are no objective absolutes in these issues.

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

Adams isn't simply having a go at freedom, he isn't just saying 'oh isn't it shit, it's stupid, it's pointless', he's saying that whilst it can be all those things it's also the only thing worth having, that there is no alternative to it, or rather that alternative would be infinitely worse. It's more like a passionate relationship that causes no end of grief, turmoil and hurt but nonetheless is a thousand times better than its lose.

I agree with this. The problem is, that Adams employs awful, purple prose to do it.

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

Switch of tone, from that imperious stuff to a more colloquial tone and then back again. Happens in conversations and many other wrtitings.

Tone, voice. In a group of paragraphs where he's delivering a Moses-like soliloquy, the interjection of a few words spoken in Outback roo-hunter, comes across like a glaring, jangling miscalculation.

It's like when Bugs Bunny stops talking to Elmer, and turns to address the audience directly.

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

Come on, you can't seriously think Goddess of Thrombosis was meant to be inspiring! The whole extract is obviously not singing the praises of freedom.

Well, you might be right. Read your way, the choice of word and phrase makes a little more sense.

I just went back and reread it, looking at it the way you suggest.

 

[DotCommunist]

Well, you might be right. Read your way, the choice of word and phrase makes a little more sense.

I just went back and reread it, looking at it the way you suggest.

so I was right. Thankyou for the admission

 

[Lock&Light]

so I was right. Thankyou for the admission

It's taken you nearly four years to express your gratitude!

 

[DotCommunist]

my memory is long

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

Dancing, dancing.

We were all so coherent, back then.

 

[Miss Caphat]

I keep thinking this says "When you look at boobs"

 

[DotCommunist]

Dancing, dancing.

We were all so coherent, back then.

simpler times jonno, much simpler times

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

I keep thinking this says "When you look at boobs"

Boobs would put me in a better mood than Band Of Horses Funeral.

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

There we go, that's better.

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

Anybody wanna dance?

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

But to respond to my post about pursuing certain genres by stating that theres a whole other world of books out there is slightly patronising johhny.

You're right.

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

Well, you might be right. Read your way, the choice of word and phrase makes a little more sense.

I just went back and reread it, looking at it the way you suggest.

It's interesting that I said that back then.

I just reread the thread [why can't we have threads like this anymore?], and the meaning of that passage is pretty plain.

I was certainly a bit of a sarcastic twat. It's only four years ago, but it seems so much longer.

 

[DotCommunist]

we may have come to some understanding about the meaning of the passage had I not been so keen to have a ding dong with the foxtailed fury ennit.