Comments on: Horror/sf play by a four-year-old http://boingboing.net/2013/03/02/horrorsf-play-by-a-four-year.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Wed, 22 May 2013 11:23:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: NelC http://boingboing.net/2013/03/02/horrorsf-play-by-a-four-year.html#comment-1670232 NelC Mon, 04 Mar 2013 13:55:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=216293#comment-1670232  Ooh, twist ending! I totally didn't expect that!  Ooh, twist ending! I totally didn’t expect that!

]]> By: NelC http://boingboing.net/2013/03/02/horrorsf-play-by-a-four-year.html#comment-1670231 NelC Mon, 04 Mar 2013 13:52:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=216293#comment-1670231 Wasn't that based on the beastie from Van Vogt's <i>Voyage of the Space Beagle</i>, or am I thinking of something else? Wasn’t that based on the beastie from Van Vogt’s Voyage of the Space Beagle, or am I thinking of something else?

]]> By: euansmith http://boingboing.net/2013/03/02/horrorsf-play-by-a-four-year.html#comment-1669985 euansmith Sun, 03 Mar 2013 20:55:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=216293#comment-1669985  I think that Gary Gygax might have read Carson Napier of Venus :)  I think that Gary Gygax might have read Carson Napier of Venus :)

]]> By: Abel Undercity http://boingboing.net/2013/03/02/horrorsf-play-by-a-four-year.html#comment-1669958 Abel Undercity Sun, 03 Mar 2013 19:11:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=216293#comment-1669958 Oh, a displacer beast from Dungeons and Dragons, sound like. Oh, a displacer beast from Dungeons and Dragons, sound like.

]]> By: MarlboroTestMonkey7 http://boingboing.net/2013/03/02/horrorsf-play-by-a-four-year.html#comment-1669944 MarlboroTestMonkey7 Sun, 03 Mar 2013 18:06:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=216293#comment-1669944 Unsurprisely similar to existing professional Hollywood scripts. I suspect child labor. Unsurprisely similar to existing professional Hollywood scripts. I suspect child labor.

]]> By: David Kopelman http://boingboing.net/2013/03/02/horrorsf-play-by-a-four-year.html#comment-1669884 David Kopelman Sun, 03 Mar 2013 13:19:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=216293#comment-1669884 Perhaps margarine would have worked. Or Nutella. Perhaps margarine would have worked. Or Nutella.

]]> By: FakeNina http://boingboing.net/2013/03/02/horrorsf-play-by-a-four-year.html#comment-1669827 FakeNina Sun, 03 Mar 2013 08:58:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=216293#comment-1669827 **SPOILER ALERT** **SPOILER ALERT**

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2013/03/02/horrorsf-play-by-a-four-year.html#comment-1669780 Antinous / Moderator Sun, 03 Mar 2013 05:26:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=216293#comment-1669780 Is that Amazon's new algorithmically-generated tee shirt? Is that Amazon’s new algorithmically-generated tee shirt?

]]> By: lishevita http://boingboing.net/2013/03/02/horrorsf-play-by-a-four-year.html#comment-1669745 lishevita Sun, 03 Mar 2013 04:15:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=216293#comment-1669745 Parenting: someone's doin' it right! :)  Love it!!!"AUDREY stabs SCARE PEOPLE with the pen again. SCARE PEOPLE puts on another band aid." Parenting: someone’s doin’ it right! :) 
Love it!!!”AUDREY stabs SCARE PEOPLE with the pen again. SCARE PEOPLE puts on another band aid.”

]]> By: gratefulvideo http://boingboing.net/2013/03/02/horrorsf-play-by-a-four-year.html#comment-1669703 gratefulvideo Sun, 03 Mar 2013 02:44:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=216293#comment-1669703 Love the ending "Then I won’t go into the refrigerator. I’m going to sleep." AUDREY exits to go to sleep. End of play No resolution and leaves open a chance for a sequel. Love the ending

“Then I won’t go into the refrigerator. I’m going to sleep.”
AUDREY exits to go to sleep. End of play

No resolution and leaves open a chance for a sequel.

]]> By: Professor59 http://boingboing.net/2013/03/02/horrorsf-play-by-a-four-year.html#comment-1669698 Professor59 Sun, 03 Mar 2013 02:35:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=216293#comment-1669698 I was totally hooked.  Can't wait for the movie.  I hope Tim Burton directs! I was totally hooked.  Can’t wait for the movie.  I hope Tim Burton directs!

]]> By: eselqueso http://boingboing.net/2013/03/02/horrorsf-play-by-a-four-year.html#comment-1669697 eselqueso Sun, 03 Mar 2013 02:34:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=216293#comment-1669697 GET OUT OF MY HOUSE OR I’LL STAB YOU IN THE FACE! GET OUT OF MY HOUSE OR I’LL STAB YOU IN THE FACE!

]]> By: peregrinus http://boingboing.net/2013/03/02/horrorsf-play-by-a-four-year.html#comment-1669645 peregrinus Sun, 03 Mar 2013 00:37:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=216293#comment-1669645 as in .44 "Did he fire six shots or only five?" vs "[narrating, after BB gun shot bounces off target and hits his face] Oh my god, I shot my eye out!" as in .44 “Did he fire six shots or only five?”
vs
“[narrating, after BB gun shot bounces off target and hits his face] Oh my god, I shot my eye out!”

]]> By: Edwin Austin http://boingboing.net/2013/03/02/horrorsf-play-by-a-four-year.html#comment-1669631 Edwin Austin Sun, 03 Mar 2013 00:04:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=216293#comment-1669631 Monkey PJ's!  Brrr that gives me the heebie jeebies.  Monkey PJ’s!  Brrr that gives me the heebie jeebies. 

]]> By: Edwin http://boingboing.net/2013/03/02/horrorsf-play-by-a-four-year.html#comment-1669628 Edwin Sat, 02 Mar 2013 23:57:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=216293#comment-1669628 My Little Cthulhu.    My Little Cthulhu.   

]]> By: Boundegar http://boingboing.net/2013/03/02/horrorsf-play-by-a-four-year.html#comment-1669606 Boundegar Sat, 02 Mar 2013 23:07:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=216293#comment-1669606 I was rooting for Scare People. I was rooting for Scare People.

]]> By: Eric Legg http://boingboing.net/2013/03/02/horrorsf-play-by-a-four-year.html#comment-1669581 Eric Legg Sat, 02 Mar 2013 22:12:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=216293#comment-1669581 Its a nice start, but there's gonna need a lot reworking for this to get picked up for a movie adaptation. For one thing there's too much character development and not enough explosions. Also I'm not sure how major studios are gonna feel about octopi tentacles, people might unintentionally confuse it with something wrong and Japanese. Might I suggest spider legs instead, they have the same number and people dont typically confuse them with cephalapod-o-philia. Because fucking spiders. Its a nice start, but there’s gonna need a lot reworking for this to get picked up for a movie adaptation. For one thing there’s too much character development and not enough explosions. Also I’m not sure how major studios are gonna feel about octopi tentacles, people might unintentionally confuse it with something wrong and Japanese. Might I suggest spider legs instead, they have the same number and people dont typically confuse them with cephalapod-o-philia. Because fucking spiders.

]]> By: euansmith http://boingboing.net/2013/03/02/horrorsf-play-by-a-four-year.html#comment-1669577 euansmith Sat, 02 Mar 2013 21:55:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=216293#comment-1669577 Monkey pajamas.  Monkey pajamas. 

]]> By: euansmith http://boingboing.net/2013/03/02/horrorsf-play-by-a-four-year.html#comment-1669576 euansmith Sat, 02 Mar 2013 21:53:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=216293#comment-1669576  I like Edgar Rice Burroughs descriptions, "It was a panther, with six legs, tentacles and a purple spotted pelt... did I mention the tentacles? But it was definitely a panther, no mistaking it... yep, Carson Napier, that's definitely a panther, that is."  I like Edgar Rice Burroughs descriptions, “It was a panther, with six legs, tentacles and a purple spotted pelt… did I mention the tentacles? But it was definitely a panther, no mistaking it… yep, Carson Napier, that’s definitely a panther, that is.”

]]> By: oasisob1 http://boingboing.net/2013/03/02/horrorsf-play-by-a-four-year.html#comment-1669570 oasisob1 Sat, 02 Mar 2013 21:41:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=216293#comment-1669570 4 years old. Writing. This play. Her power exceeds that of most of us here on BB. Just look at that, willya? 4 years old. Writing. This play. Her power exceeds that of most of us here on BB. Just look at that, willya?

]]> By: Mark Dow http://boingboing.net/2013/03/02/horrorsf-play-by-a-four-year.html#comment-1669567 Mark Dow Sat, 02 Mar 2013 21:36:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=216293#comment-1669567 "...tries to get Scare People out of her house." Been there. “…tries to get Scare People out of her house.”
Been there.

]]> By: Frank Diekman http://boingboing.net/2013/03/02/horrorsf-play-by-a-four-year.html#comment-1669529 Frank Diekman Sat, 02 Mar 2013 20:50:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=216293#comment-1669529 "She is an octopus monster with wings" - Has the kid been reading Lovecraft? “She is an octopus monster with wings” – Has the kid been reading Lovecraft?

]]> By: euansmith http://boingboing.net/2013/03/02/horrorsf-play-by-a-four-year.html#comment-1669519 euansmith Sat, 02 Mar 2013 20:32:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=216293#comment-1669519 If only they'd had writers of this calibre working on Promethius :( If only they’d had writers of this calibre working on Promethius :(

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