Posted by dorayme on 09/16/07 22:24

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<Xns99AD28C1755D2nanopandaneredbojias@198.186.190.161>,
Neredbojias <monstersquasher@yahoo.com> wrote:

> Well bust mah britches and call me cheeky, on Thu, 13 Sep 2007 08:45:14 GMT
> Blinky the Shark scribed:
>
> >> William Hope Hodgson wrote "The House on the Borderland" and "The
> >> Night Land", 2 very gothicy, horrorish, and a bit science-fictiony
> >> mood novels. I suppose the writing could be criticized, but I
> >> consider them classics. (There's a bit of "Stephen King" flavour in
> >> them.)
> >
> > No wonder I've not heard of him. I've never read a Stephen King book or
> > seen a film based on one.
>
> Are you one of them hermit sharks?
>

Stephen King is not even a third rate writer. He has an
unpleasant imagination, unpleasant interests and writes
accordingly. Tell Blinky, he is not missing anything.

> > About a half-hour ago I finished "Clashes: Air Combat Over North Vietnam
> > 1965-1972".
>
> Ain't read too many war stories. Actually, I can't think of a single one.
> As for movies, I saw a _few_ good 'uns like "Platoon" and "Tora! Tora!
> Tora!"

Compare Tora with that awful dross of the modern Pearl Harbour (I
lasted 21 mins in this latest "version"). Tora was a good old
fashioned competent Hollywood film. The latest was not a war
story but a sickening TV soapie...

Platoon was good.

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dorayme

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