From: Omixochitl2002@yahoo.com
Alienthe wrote in
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> Omixochitl wrote:
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>> Alienthe wrote in message
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>>>Omixochitl wrote:
>>>>Alienthe wrote in
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>>>>>Omixochitl wrote:
>>>>>>Snoogy wrote in
>>>>>>:
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>>>>>>>agreed, though PR went overboard on fashion description rather
>>>>>>>than tech description and therefore suffered the same failing as
>>>>>>>hard SF. though
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>Or more precisely, the same failing as hard chick lit.
>>>>>>
>>>>>"Hard chick lit"? Would that be stories with detailled fashion
>>>>>descriptions set in Harajuku or just outlandish fashions like
>>>>>Trinity's wardrobe inside Matrix.
>>>>>
>>>>Hard chick lit would be like _Bridget Jones's Diary_ and _The Girl's
>>>>Guide to Hunting and Fishing_, only more so. ;)
>>>>
>>>Bridget Jones to Neuromancer sure is a wide span in literary
>>
>> Not that wide. They're both 20th century, after all. My literary
>> tastes are a bit wider than those 2 imply. ;)
>
> Well, I think it sounded wide as it was, no matter the
> century. Or shall we say one bridget too far? Ahem.
Heh.
>>>taste. Then again we are still waiting for the Neuromancer
>>>movie while the second Bridget Jones movie is apparently on
>>>the cards already.
>>
>> Well, there's a 2nd Bridget Jones *book* too.
Darn, forgot about the 2 Neuromancer sequels when I wrote that.
> Movies are not the only one plagued by sequels. Perhaps the
> next will be Bridget Jones writing about a single woman
> writing about... etc.
Yeah, maybe.
>>>If I remember right you do film studies, so we might have to
>>
>> English major :) although I did take a couple of film classes.
>
> I just remembered (by scrolling back actually) that there
> is another regular in this newsgroup who is into filming,
> MadEvilBeats, and is even looking for a suitable movie project.
Cool.
>>>rely on you to get "Neuromancer the Fan Movie" getting off the
>>>launch pad. It will of course be your privilege to cast yourself
>>>in latex and shades somewhere in Harajuku as Molly...
>>
>> Heh.
>
> You are game, yes?
I'm not sure...
>>>Casting discussion are almost as frequent as The Question
>>>but so far I haven't seen suggestions from this newsgroup.
>>
>> You haven't?
>
> I was a bit ambiguous, what I meant was casting people from
> this group. OK, so we have you as Molly. Omar H would be
> the rasta pilot, right? Sourcerer as Deane, Nesta Stubbs
> as The Finn and Lev Lafayette as Neuromancer etc. This could
> be fun.
Yeah. :) So who's Case?
>>>>>I must admit the words "hard chick" make me think of the
>>>>>poultry section of the deep freezer in the supermarket.
>>>>>
>>>>Heh.
>>>>
>>>This has backfired already: whenever I see a freezer in the
>>>supermarket I immediately think of Bridget Jones.
>>
>> Now I'm just reminded of _Bridget Jones's Guide to Life_, a 60-page
>> spinoff published as a charity fundraiser (a la the monsters textbook
>> and Quidditch rulebook Harry Potter spinoffs). There was stuff about
>> refrigeration in that too.
>
> Do tell more.
See, Bridget is not exactly the most domestic of women. The feeding
yourself section of her guide to life includes how long you can leave
cheese in the frige before it's completely inedible.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0330488570/
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