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David Brin on "Attack of the Clones"

Posted by michael on from the when-yodas-attack dept.

dpt writes "Science fiction author and scientist David Brin caused quite a stir at the time with his article on The Phantom Menace, and now here are his thoughts on Episode II. Not being as harsh, it hasn't received much attention, but it's an interesting read anyway."

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  1. David Brin by skroz · · Score: 0, Troll

    The name David Brin pops up on /. every few weeks, and I feel obligated to flame him every time. Now he's commenting on AoTC? Pot, meet kettle... kettle, this is pot. David Brin, like George Lucas in the newest crop of films, starts with a great idea, rolls along, tells a good story, then takes a big fat dump all over what he's written so far. Want a neat story about gravity lasers and artificial black holes? "Screw that," he saya 300 pages in, "I want exploding meat puppets and space aliens. And if that's not enough, how about an earth spirit?" And Kiln people? Don't get me started.

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    1. Re:David Brin by PD · · Score: 1, Troll

      That's completely fair. I think it's in extremely poor taste for an artist to comment on another in a public way. If the Beatles came out with a statement that said the Rolling Stones suck, it wouldn't matter if they were right or wrong. They would just look like idiots for saying it.

      All that Brin has done is invite every REAL sci-fi author to slap him down hard for being the horrible writer that he is.

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