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Post by Sacred Dust on May 3, 2012 18:40:35 GMT -5
RE: Time Chasers, I can understand the existence of a Past Lisa, because she just got killed. But why, oh why is there a Past Nick? Why can't Future Nick simply become Past Nick...oh yeah, that would mess up the whole idea of physically time traveling in the air, which didn't make sense either. Because the plane would have to immediately vanish, along with Nick himself, into the body of Past Nick. Whatever the case, time travel itself makes no sense on any level, and one Nick was way more than enough for me.
Also, someone help me out with The Incredibly Strange Creatures. I've tried to follow it, but I think my brain literally shut down on the previous attempt.
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Post by Emperor Cupcake on May 3, 2012 23:33:17 GMT -5
Regarding TISC... I'm always left wondering why Carmelita went to all the trouble of hypnotizing random dudes to kill people she didn't like, when throwing acid on their faces and zombifying them seemed to be working rather effectively.
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Post by fathermushroom on May 4, 2012 7:05:49 GMT -5
This example is a minor-leaguer compared to some of the glaring ones raised by the readership so far. But in Rocky Jones, Space Ranger, the story posits the Martians as friendly (or friendly-ish) members of a sort-of League of Planets. But when Rocky and Winky come across an immobilized Martian spacecraft, they blithely blow it to smithereens without even trying to contact the crew. Bobby runs into the cabin and says, "what did I miss?" And Winky, with cool aplomb, says, "Sighted enemy. Smeered same." ??
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Post by Emperor Cupcake on May 5, 2012 14:00:31 GMT -5
Yeah, I didn't get that either. Winky was so blasé about the whole thing. Maybe back when that serial was made it was supposed to connote badassery or something. Lord knows Winky needed some badass cred.
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