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Post by franklinmarsh on Sept 29, 2009 12:48:33 GMT
Thanks Dem and HW. You've cheered me up considerably.
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Post by allthingshorror on Sept 29, 2009 12:57:30 GMT
I want to have HW's babies.
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Post by horrorwatch on Sept 29, 2009 13:40:52 GMT
Eat your own babies!
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Post by mattofthespurs on Sept 29, 2009 14:57:22 GMT
There is no bad publicity. The only thing worse than being wrote about is not being wrote about. That applies to this board but more pertinently I think To Ms Bird whos whining throughout this enjoyable discussion has put me off seeking out her tome when normally I might have bought it based on it winning an award. I thoroughly enjoyed Mr Campbell's rant. It's been awhile since I was that amused and in regards to his comments about the people who use (and genuinely love) this board...Hell, I've been called alot worse, and by family members at that. For someone who seems to dislike the internet the man certainly knows how to use it.
As someone who spends the majority of his time on football forums I giggle slightly at this war of words. The last time an argument got out of hand on a Spurs site I frequent it ended in a pitched battle in a pub between 30 people which resulted in 3 stabbings, several black eyes and two arrests.
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Post by horrorwatch on Sept 29, 2009 15:05:36 GMT
That's Spurs fans for you.
Chelsea fans would hurl canopes at each other and poke fun at each other's new Lexus. And Millwall fans wouldn't know how to type let alone switch a bloody computer on.
"Fool! This is Hotel Bastardos. You want soft toilet paper, you go to Hotel Gayboy!" Keith Allen, 'A Fistful Of Traveller's Cheques'
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Post by mattofthespurs on Sept 29, 2009 15:10:53 GMT
That's Spurs fans for you. Chelsea fans would hurl canopes at each other and poke fun at each other's new Lexus. And Millwall fans wouldn't know how to type let alone switch a bloody computer on.
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Post by benedictjjones on Sept 29, 2009 15:19:38 GMT
And Millwall fans wouldn't know how to type let alone switch a bloody computer on. Oi! less of that, someone had to turn in on for me but the typing is all mine...
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Post by horrorwatch on Sept 29, 2009 15:25:15 GMT
How many Millwall fans does it take to change a lightbulb?
None - they don't need lightbulbs, they live in caves!
"The problem with Arsenal is that they try to walk the ball into the back of the net." Moss, 'The IT Crowd'
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Post by weirdmonger on Sept 29, 2009 16:12:26 GMT
I always love Demonik's posts.
Meanwhile, Horrorwatch, I left a short innocuous comment on your blog about an hour and half ago, but it hasn't appeared yet. But I'll say here - that your blog entry seems designed to make everyone (on all sides of the argument) to feel uncomfortable..and to increase the temperature for its own sake. Forgive me if that was not your intention.
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Post by horrorwatch on Sept 29, 2009 16:20:18 GMT
Horror Watch is a collective checks-and-balances control measure. It cuts through the bullshit and sides with no one. It comments on issues rather than personalties and it is does not support feedback. There are numerous forums for you to scuttle back and forth leaving messages on. Horror Watch will not publish your comments because it does not want to engage with any of the individuals concerned. Its whole raison d'etre is to retain independence and an alternative perspective to both the mudslinging and backscratching, which it finds equally repellent. Horror Watch thanks you. Please remember to nominate us for any awards that are going.
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Post by weirdmonger on Sept 29, 2009 16:23:02 GMT
Well at least change 'fuedalistic' to 'feudalistic'. Why is there a comment box to be used on the blog? I wasted my time.
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Post by vaughan on Sept 29, 2009 16:33:20 GMT
I support Chelsea.
I am offended by a comment in here.
See how easy it is to do?
I want to add that this is not the first time I'd read someone pouring some scorn on someone like myself who doesn't have much interest in current horror fiction. However, when I've read it it's been from people who don't have any interest in past fiction, as though it's below them.
Why not simply live and let live? If you read modern horror, good for you. Internet forums are full of opinions, they're not press releases. If you enjoy the "classics" (however you choose to define it) then that's all good too. Surely there is value in paying tribute to the masters of a bygone era? As someone who enjoys some modern movies, I won't apologize for admitting that my heart lies in with silent cinema - and some of the early talkies. Am I somehow poorer? I think not.
I like pulp horror because it entertains me. It's outdated, outmoded, and has spurious sexist content. And it's fun. I'm not ashamed of that. I have no reason to be.
It's not easy to say why modern horror doesn't do it for me. One thing is that I'm hardly short of titles to read - and there is only so much time in the day. Another is that I last tried to read a newish Stephen King book (The Cell) and it was utter drivel.
But no writer should be working in a vacuum. New writers ought to know about passed authors. It might actually help them. Time will tell whether the works of current authors will still be avidly collected 30 years down the road. If they are, I expect they'll be very proud and happy about it.
Rather than complain about people who think horror ended with Giant Crabs - maybe, without vitriol, the person could consider why that might be. I suspect the answer is "entertainment". And at some level, all fiction should entertain.
Here's a question - why is current horror book front cover artwork - uniformly horrible? Take a look at a NEL - it's pretty good all round. Takes a look in Borders at the horror section - nothing calls to me, it's full of rubbish riffing on Buffy ad campaigns. Maybe it's just me.........
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Post by horrorwatch on Sept 29, 2009 17:00:27 GMT
Well at least change 'fuedalistic' to 'feudalistic'. Why is there a comment box to be used on the blog? I wasted my time. Horror Watch thinks you waste a lot of your time. In fact Horror Watch wonders why writers don't spend as much time writing as they do bitching.
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Post by weirdmonger on Sept 29, 2009 17:06:03 GMT
I think Horrorwatch spent more time on his blog entry than I did fruitlessly commenting on it.
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Post by mattofthespurs on Sept 29, 2009 17:19:44 GMT
I stopped reading at that point.
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