While the original metaphor of the Lexus versus the olive tree might have been good, Sterling's reference to it is not. It is common in poor writers reference good work in an effort to make one's own seem better than it is.
"The Lexus has collided with the olive tree,"
Fine. He ought to have stopped right there.
"...and its crumpled hulk spins in a ditch as the orchard smolders."
Appalling. This Lexus has collided with an olive tree so violently that it has got the orchard (not just the tree) smoldering while the vehicle itself, now a crumpled hulk, is still spinning in a ditch. What got the smoldering staerted? Did the gas tank rupture and spew already-burning fuel all over it? It just doesn't make sense. Mr. Sterling has taken a perfectly apt metaphor and mangled it.
How one can draw the conclusion from this bit of tortured writing that the "guy is a good writer," I loath to guess. Taking that point of view, I would suppose that every movie that has a character utter "Here's looking at you kid," is a good one. It simply isn't the case.
SO... does this mean Bill Gates really can track my email habits and send me $243.00 for everyone I forward email to, while simultaneously preventing my account from being deleted?
I never saw Firefly until earlier this year when I rented the series. Then I saw Serenity. Loved them both, and now I've moved on with my life. Here's to hoping Joss Whedon does the same. I'd like to see what else he has yet to come up with.
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How is it backwards? When you advertise with radio you do in fact typically work personally with an ad agent.
Eh... that's not really what she was saying. More like, "Oh, please, this chick so full of sh*t."
While the original metaphor of the Lexus versus the olive tree might have been good, Sterling's reference to it is not. It is common in poor writers reference good work in an effort to make one's own seem better than it is.
"The Lexus has collided with the olive tree,"
Fine. He ought to have stopped right there.
"...and its crumpled hulk spins in a ditch as the orchard smolders."
Appalling. This Lexus has collided with an olive tree so violently that it has got the orchard (not just the tree) smoldering while the vehicle itself, now a crumpled hulk, is still spinning in a ditch. What got the smoldering staerted? Did the gas tank rupture and spew already-burning fuel all over it? It just doesn't make sense. Mr. Sterling has taken a perfectly apt metaphor and mangled it.
How one can draw the conclusion from this bit of tortured writing that the "guy is a good writer," I loath to guess. Taking that point of view, I would suppose that every movie that has a character utter "Here's looking at you kid," is a good one. It simply isn't the case.
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SO... does this mean Bill Gates really can track my email habits and send me $243.00 for everyone I forward email to, while simultaneously preventing my account from being deleted?
I never saw Firefly until earlier this year when I rented the series. Then I saw Serenity. Loved them both, and now I've moved on with my life. Here's to hoping Joss Whedon does the same. I'd like to see what else he has yet to come up with.