Date: Mon, 20 May 2002 12:12:22 -0400
From: "Michael Walsh" <MJW at mail.press.jhu.edu>
To: <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Culture hi, culture lo
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>

> StrongL at MTMC.ARMY.MIL 05/20/02 12:00PM
>
>	Well, it was certainly different from _Conquest of Space_ which I
>watched over the weekend.  But are grit and noir good, or symptoms of a
>society in decay?  Is a dark, "edgy", "streetwise" book or film human, or
>merely animalistic?  _Blade Runner_ is certainly widely respected in the
>United States and Japan as a cutting edge movie with a hard hitting view =
of
>the future, but, as a trained optimist, I prefer brighter fare.

Ah . . . one of my favorite quotes is from the end of Lucius Shepard's =
story "The Scalehunter's Beautiful Daughter".  It is:

" . . . from that day forward she lived happily ever after.  Except for =
the dying at the end.  And the heartbreak in between."

After the last few years it's the best I can do.  I hope for the best, =
fear the worse.

>One reason
>why Star Trek and Star Wars are so popular is that they say that we can
>overcome problems, not just endure them.

Oh absolutely.

> In any event, I suspect that you
>enjoyed seeing the underside of Corescent in Lucas' latest.

It's too "pretty".

>	Have you ever seen either version of the _Bubblegum
>Crisis/Bubblegum
>Crash_ series?  It was inspired by _Blade Runner_.

Have never heard of them, sorry.

mjw