Discuss @Thande 's latest article here
Or equally so, at least, in the long run.Superb article @Thande
In particular your point that any sci-fi story written on the assumption that the current scientific theories are correct is more likely to be contradicted than one which just makes stuff up is particular revealing.
Of course the irony is I contradict myself here because my own science fiction stories (the Surly Bonds/Moonstruck universe) do draw upon p-branes and M-theory - but more because they are a good storytelling device, because they can be interpreted as 'actual scientific justification for OTHER DIMENSIONS' (in the Brandon Sanderson Cognitive Realm sense, not the alternate universe similar to ours sense).The fascinating thing really is if any of the slightly wacky out there theories at the moment (string theory, p-branes etc.) will turn out to be correct or not.
Superb article @Thande
In particular your point that any sci-fi story written on the assumption that the current scientific theories are correct is more likely to be contradicted than one which just makes stuff up is particular revealing.
Oh, as said above, I don't actually take any of my own advice on this, the message is just not to get too big for one's boots on it.An interesting article, and a good word in against continuity of universe and worldbuilding in general. Odd for us to run it when so much of our stuff is worldbuilding, though.
I should say that this was partly inspired by some of @Heavy 's writings in his top ten thread and elsewhere about continuity and comic books.
Well, I mentioned comic books as this obviously covers some ground, but I was more thinking of what you've talked about elsewhere about the emphasis on continuity and worldbuilding in some modern media vs self-contained storytelling.Was there anything in particular, or just in general?
Well, I mentioned comic books as this obviously covers some ground, but I was more thinking of what you've talked about elsewhere about the emphasis on continuity and worldbuilding in some modern media vs self-contained storytelling.
and there were no issues when young Clark had his blood tests & vaccine jabs. HOW?!
Rural Kansas is the sort of place where 'we're not having him vaccinated' wouldn't be uncommon theseadays methinks.
It's a fair point, but the thing I was trying to get across in the article was that they didn't really see it as a question that needed answering in the 30s. He's a master of disguise, there, that's it, moving on.Regarding Supermans disguise, I always liked Christopher Reeve's point that wearing glasses and walking / "carrying yourself" differently would actually fool a hell of a lot of people in real life.