tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8004690446772226298.post3890654408942030332..comments2012-04-14T09:32:58.544-07:00Comments on That Dancing Chick: Primordium: These matrices are highly unstable...Grizzleihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00848591439280311819noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8004690446772226298.post-69253550179376992102012-04-14T09:32:58.544-07:002012-04-14T09:32:58.544-07:00Can I marry you??Can I marry you??neokhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16615522139841658484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8004690446772226298.post-51634876213737649562012-02-18T04:26:50.405-08:002012-02-18T04:26:50.405-08:00i have to say i agree with your critique of the bo...i have to say i agree with your critique of the book's structure. i thought 'Lord of the Rings too. i'm not looking forward to the second read. it made me re-read and appreciate cryptum more though.<br /><br />interesting thoughts on teases for halo 4.117isnotprimehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09579487493835357953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8004690446772226298.post-43684361337529255222012-02-18T03:46:36.042-08:002012-02-18T03:46:36.042-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.117isnotprimehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09579487493835357953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8004690446772226298.post-89219064117551290312012-02-02T18:22:07.467-08:002012-02-02T18:22:07.467-08:00maira is not god.she is just a normal human.maira is not god.she is just a normal human.pennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09696056374356581336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8004690446772226298.post-47744176871450598722012-02-02T12:53:36.208-08:002012-02-02T12:53:36.208-08:00I impressed at the story and your recapping of it!...I impressed at the story and your recapping of it!Jimmy Jangleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03306646334904446706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8004690446772226298.post-22481828662033606602012-01-04T19:28:27.693-08:002012-01-04T19:28:27.693-08:002553 was when Onyx/Trevelyan was "officially ...2553 was when Onyx/Trevelyan was "officially discovered" as a Shield World in February 2553 by ONI. I don't particularly know when the conversation takes place, but 2553 would be the very minimum.<br /><br />As for 343 Guilty Spark, I stated that I have absolutely no idea how he ended up where he is. Nothing that I picked up on teases how he may have been recovered by the Humans.Grizzleihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00848591439280311819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8004690446772226298.post-24024134792684689312012-01-04T19:15:21.268-08:002012-01-04T19:15:21.268-08:00You mention the Battlestar Galactica "all of ...You mention the Battlestar Galactica "all of this has happened before" sentiment, and that was something I really loved - the idea of historical imperative, that history follows patterns that are hard to break, and that these patterns perpetuate themselves. I loved that idea in BSG. I was just so disappointed at the end when "oops, it was God all along" happened and Starbuck [redacted]. The only part of the very last episode I liked was the last few minutes, 150,000 years later, musing on modern human society following the same pattern.<br /><br />If the Forerunner trilogy is setting the Halo franchise up to take on some similar philosophical/spiritual/historical elements, I really hope they have their payoff planned out from the start, and that it's a bang rather than a whimper. Ronald D. Moore said many times that he had no real idea what "the Plan" was, and I think the series suffered for it. If they'd planned out the end from the beginning, they could have planted some proper clues, taken cues from earlier series, etc - they could also have made a better end, one that didn't seem so...disappointing. The fact that it took so long for 343i to even announce that they were working on a game gives me hope that more thought went into the future of this franchise.<br /><br />When I think of the Didact and Cortana, though, I think of the dynamic between the Master Chief and Cortana before anything else. A stoic soldier, a leader of men at the tip of the spear against his people's enemies, and a charismatic, tough, manipulative but ultimately altruistic scientific and philosophical genius. The two roles complement each other perfectly, and it's definitely one of those patterns I can see repeating themselves throughout eternity, Geas or no Geas. I know that everything is building up to their return alive (individually or in a bigger way) but the similarities, to me, are too striking. I don't even care about the Forerunner/Human difference, because I don't see any. People are people, regardless (apparently) of species, number of digits, manner of respiration, and so on.<br /><br />Also, I haven't read Primordium yet (stupid NZ with stupidly long shipping times), but you mention that ONI is talking to Spark in ~2553. Does this mean that he's still alive, after the Ark, or that it is occurring before his death?Qur'a 'Morhekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17577162051384581684noreply@blogger.com