tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8052003455667869062.post3503282611508447830..comments2024-01-17T22:00:41.839-08:00Comments on Full Throttle and F**k It: Scooby Don'tsSteve Malleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17561234111786788616noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8052003455667869062.post-73171631075007071372008-06-02T13:47:00.000-07:002008-06-02T13:47:00.000-07:00Excellent points , Steve. I, too, have run throug...Excellent points , Steve. I, too, have run through a glut of unsatisfying endings as of late. The worst was a book that promised--and delivered, up until the last ten pages--a truly bizarre experience. But, the author had apparently written himself in a corner and couldn't get out, because the resolution was one of those, "It was all a social experiment; you set it up yourself and then erased your own memory," type deals. Very, very disappointing. I'm still bitter about it.<BR/><BR/>Sqt -- Right on.AvDBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16574481780173046619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8052003455667869062.post-14955417947461620972008-05-28T23:06:00.000-07:002008-05-28T23:06:00.000-07:00CS, I seem to remember Nancy, Frank and Joe were a...CS, I seem to remember Nancy, Frank and Joe were all awfully fond of adverbs, too. (He said, reminicingly...)<BR/><BR/>Bernita, fear not! You got ghosts, how can you go wrong?!<BR/><BR/>As long as they don't turn out to be an old man on rollerskates, of course...<BR/><BR/>SQT, what gets me is that, every one of those books, enough people really believed in it to shepard the work all the way to publication!<BR/><BR/>Charles, the nods were well deserved. You're a fine writer. <BR/><BR/>And I always had this idea where we'd join Scoob and the gang ten or fifteen years later. A lot of those creepy old men would have died in prison, but at least one had been sitting inside, nurturing his hate...<BR/><BR/>Lana, Y'ever notice how rarely there were *any* other characters? Crazy...<BR/><BR/>Lisa, whether Mrs. Dalloway throws a party or Odd Thomas has to stop Satanists from massacring a shopping mall, hero and villain alike need to act rationally. Or understandably irrationally. You know. <BR/><BR/>Shauna, kids are optimists. At least I was. Every week, every single week, I hoped *this* time the ghost was real...<BR/><BR/>Sidney, I like 'em too. For me these days, it's about that gorgeous dark palette! I swear, the color saved that cartoon. Don't believe me, try watching old Superfriends...Steve Malleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17561234111786788616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8052003455667869062.post-10184835615906096312008-05-28T16:38:00.000-07:002008-05-28T16:38:00.000-07:00That's a good evaluation, though if I'm tired and ...That's a good evaluation, though if I'm tired and a little bored I still return to the Scooby gang for relaxation and once in a while the Cartoon Network shows one of the movie-length ones.Sidneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16284680909152676159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8052003455667869062.post-62912203806330496772008-05-26T19:42:00.000-07:002008-05-26T19:42:00.000-07:00And yet we kept watching Scooby Do week after wee...And yet we kept watching Scooby Do week after week.Shauna Robertshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03871768714926149114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8052003455667869062.post-77512787337831113312008-05-26T13:02:00.000-07:002008-05-26T13:02:00.000-07:00These are great points. I think "All I Ever Needed...These are great points. I think "All I Ever Needed to Know About Good Storytelling I Learned from Scooby-Do" has promise as a series!<BR/><BR/>I'm always trying to cull from posts like these what I can translate into my own work and the answer is -- nearly all of it. Some of these elements are much more germane to particular categories of fiction, but the one that jumps off of the page for me when it comes to contemporary fiction, where plot is much more subtle is Rational Action. In books where character development is usually the most critical component, the thing and when I'm disappointed in a book, typically it's because I feel that the character did something I wouldn't consider rational (based on who the author has led me to believe the character is). Very interesting...Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00665632105920753931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8052003455667869062.post-23612907180129978962008-05-26T11:44:00.000-07:002008-05-26T11:44:00.000-07:00Loved this post, even though I don't write. One th...Loved this post, even though I don't write. One thing I did notice in Scooby Doo, was that the 1st person they met in an episode was the guilty party 99.99999% of the time.Lana Gramlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06975996208260144558noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8052003455667869062.post-88712736821362945902008-05-26T10:08:00.000-07:002008-05-26T10:08:00.000-07:00Thanks for the nods. Much appreciated. I remembe...Thanks for the nods. Much appreciated. I remember watching Scooby Do too and always wishing one time that it would turn out to be a real monster instead of the creepy old man. Maybe they should do a remake as a slasher flick and the members of the group die one by one in gruesome ways.<BR/><BR/>I did like the theme song, though.Charles Gramlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02052592247572253641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8052003455667869062.post-82914162220265334812008-05-26T09:49:00.000-07:002008-05-26T09:49:00.000-07:00Great post. There are a lot of disappointing books...Great post. <BR/><BR/>There are a lot of disappointing books out there. I read a lot of fantasy/sci-fi and the paranormal craze is churning out lots of crap. I'm very lucky that the publishers send me books to review, so I don't have to buy them all. But after awhile it feels like I'm reading the same book over and over.SQThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04251030404220909306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8052003455667869062.post-50057185363296436162008-05-26T07:38:00.000-07:002008-05-26T07:38:00.000-07:00Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear.I'm getting near the end...Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear.<BR/>I'm getting near the end and I'm worried about the climax.Bernitahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05264585685253812090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8052003455667869062.post-1547782541202361492008-05-26T07:19:00.000-07:002008-05-26T07:19:00.000-07:00Good points, all! I was horrified when, as an adul...Good points, all! <BR/><BR/>I was horrified when, as an adult, I started reading Nancy Drew books to my girls. I remembered them as being so clever, so grown up. Instead, they were clunky and laughably predictable. Yet I see those same shortcuts being taken in adult fiction--TDC being of the most successful example.cs harrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13708705800818667923noreply@blogger.com