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glen sed:<br>
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<pre class="moz-quote-pre" wrap="">Bah! The shiny objects are for diachronics. We episodics dream of storming a bunker and finding alien versions of ourselves.</pre>
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Tangenting off of the (unintended?) resonance with the "Do Androids
Dream of Electric Sheep?":<br>
<p>Why just bend a thread when you can give it a good twist and a
kink or two? <br>
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<p>I'm a big fan of Amazon's production of PK Dick's "Man in the
High Castle" and in particular of the twists and bends that
characters of the likes of US Captain John Smith ((co)incidentally
my grandfather's name) cum-Obergruppensfuhrer of the conquering
Nazi Reich. He is American in his core which can be quite
twisted when working at the top-levels of the new/American Nazi
hierarchy. When his Perfect Aryan son is diagnosed with a genetic
disease he does all he can (up to and including murder) to protect
him from the eugenic unction implied... only to have the son turn
himself in for extermination (like a good little Brown-Shirt)
without malice toward his parents (nor Reich)who were prepared to
do anything to keep him alive. Add to this the central theme of
a multiverse where the main crossover between branching narratives
are these celluloid movies... roughly like the propaganda
"newsreels" of the time from both sides... but from different
timelines with the same key characters (including John Smith and
his family) popping up over and over... a bit like finding an
alien (but not unrecognizeable?) version of oneself.</p>
<p>I think this storyline plays well with your (Glen's)
episodic/diachronic distinction.... <br>
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<p>I'm a month behind on Watchmen which I know at least Marcus has
watched (is following)... <br>
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<p>Both series engage/stimulate my <i>Schadenfruede</i> nicely. I
don't recommend either for most here... they are at least as
twisted as the more widely known (I think) "Handmaid's Tale". I
was already a fan of Dick and Atwood, but mostly unfamiliar with
the (Marvel?) Watchmen before the movie which preceded (and is
barely referenced by?) the series.</p>
<p>My recent engagement in the implied "Doomsday Clock" and SD model
(World3) ensemble generation (a multiverse of sorts) of
"Endogenous Existential Threats" has me walking around muttering
"Tik Tok!" and feeling my cheeks for the ghost saber scars that I
know MUST be there to reflect said <i>Schadenfruedian </i>responses<i>.<br>
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<p>- Steve</p>
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On 12/27/19 10:06 AM, Marcus Daniels wrote:
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<pre class="moz-quote-pre" wrap="">Ha! Have you ever had a dream you were storming the beaches of Normandy only to find the person in the bunker was a former superior? At LANL they periodically stamp-out awards for staff to hang on the wall. From SFI, I have no such shiny objects to distract from my PTSD. It is funny how experiences later in life are less memorable, but just as consequential.
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