tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-93722064719555333.post7723737765836521579..comments2024-02-28T06:32:17.919-08:00Comments on Star Wars Modern: The Future of Sport is Footie.starwarsmodernhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06128785816151813198noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-93722064719555333.post-31808895467056369052010-07-01T19:27:50.166-07:002010-07-01T19:27:50.166-07:00Take a screen shot for me - I have no TV. As for t...Take a screen shot for me - I have no TV. As for the fouls - how great is it that a world class professional sport makes play acting an integral part of the game? That is homo-ludens at its most complete.starwarsmodernhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06128785816151813198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-93722064719555333.post-85571203844042974992010-06-28T15:38:48.253-07:002010-06-28T15:38:48.253-07:00I also have 2 things about soccer:
1. How do you...I also have 2 things about soccer:<br /><br />1. How do you address the behavior where with any contact the player will immediately collapse to the ground and writhe in (phantom) agony in attempt to draw a foul? <br /><br />2. The graphics on the local Spanish-language station's coverage are reminiscent of Smithson's early crystalline-based work.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-93722064719555333.post-58791446200111363442010-06-28T10:51:40.459-07:002010-06-28T10:51:40.459-07:00I agree that pyramid looked silly and incomprehens...I agree that pyramid looked silly and incomprehensible, but for me that was part of the charm as it related to the show. So much of the mis-en-scene of the show was familiar that it was nice to reminded that they are different. Pyramid's absurdity reminded me of critcket...<br /><br />The thing that bugs me the most about a lot of Sci-Fi is that the creator will have a hook of some kind that is exploited and drives the story as the singular cultural touchstone in the fictional world and doesn't allow for the kind of complex social/ technological reactions that would arise in a "real" world. But maybe that's more of a meta-problem that would cause individual problems with religion or sports.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-93722064719555333.post-38841754502586033942010-06-28T07:25:36.665-07:002010-06-28T07:25:36.665-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.acbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18061622604918951972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-93722064719555333.post-22712936336289488742010-06-28T04:04:26.586-07:002010-06-28T04:04:26.586-07:00All I can remember about Pyramid is that it looked...All I can remember about Pyramid is that it looked so lame it embarrassed me to watch the actors pretending to play it. I have never seen Babylon 5 (does not sound like I am missing much), I love the Frank Herbert's Dune books (I am the rare fan that likes the last 4 books more than the first).<br />Herbert's religious cynicism was pitch perfect for scifi - He dealt with it as a human enterprise that could be manipulated. There was no spirituality in his books. It was hard scifi about religion, a huge man trap for most scifi. <br />I have been trying to think of what other narrative holes scifi falls into (without much luck). Any suggestions?starwarsmodernhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06128785816151813198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-93722064719555333.post-69385570034919238052010-06-27T16:11:07.653-07:002010-06-27T16:11:07.653-07:00BTW, Happy Birthday John. Now, on to business.
I ...BTW, Happy Birthday John. Now, on to business.<br /><br />I think both sports and religion are best done in vague terms because as real world topics people spend a great deal of time studying them. Too often the Sci-Fi writer(or one from any other genre for that matter) would need to create the entire history of their world in exacting detail, and then have that consistent with their story. This is probably more detail than most creators can go into. <br /><br />If you want religion in space, the most comprehensive version I've seen was Babylon 5 (complete with every human religion in space), but the show overall wasn't that good. I think the new BSG did a pretty good job with its depiction of religion. I didn't care for the overall theistic conclusion, but I don't think it was handled too badly.<br /><br />As for Pyramid in BSG, did they ever really go into it that much? I haven't seen 'The Plan' or any of Caprica, but I don't recall them going into it that much depth in BSG-proper. As for it's complexity, as a baseball fan* I can live with it. (A friend of mine and his girlfriend from France came with my wife and me to watch Game 6 of the 2004 ALCS, and I spent the first few innings trying to explain the game to them, before we all gave up.)<br /><br />* Speaking of which one of the best things about Baseball (or the MLB version, which doesn't allow for ties) is that the rules of the game don't suddenly change when there is a tie. Baseball continues to play until there is a winner, but it remains intrinsically fair. The other side always gets their chance at bat. There are no shoot outs or possessions dictated by something random like a coin toss.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-93722064719555333.post-55578808284478018232010-06-25T10:11:21.573-07:002010-06-25T10:11:21.573-07:00Great call berts! It has been so long since I took...Great call berts! It has been so long since I took a swing at that book all I can remember is illuminated circuit boards - am I remembering right? I was never able to get through the Bead Game, wonder if that fits the bill?starwarsmodernhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06128785816151813198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-93722064719555333.post-59082091549955911672010-06-25T08:45:56.860-07:002010-06-25T08:45:56.860-07:00for religion in a sci-fi book, you can't get b...for religion in a sci-fi book, you can't get better than Canticle for Leibowitzbertshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10926825328339835726noreply@blogger.com