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They say it like its a good thing, when in actual fact its the golden seal of crap. I should know, I've seen a few.

I'm watching this one called "Star Runners" right now and it's one of the better ones; but it still follows the same old hackneyed scripts, bad acting, bad directing, lacklustre sets, props, a lead actor ripped out of a space opera with a smattering of unnecessary CGI that never fails to remind you you're watching a sci fi original movie!

I've said it once and I'll say it again, why do people set out to make bad films? They put a lot of work into this one but they didn't pull it off; they simply can't given their limited resources. Why couldn't they have gone for a drama or thriller instead? I'm certain they could pull it off and come out with something worth watching in the end.

But no... We've got Ak47s painted silver with other guns stuck to it... we've got gunfights in quarries with petrol bombs going off ... we've got the femme fatale who runs around in thin negligee that gets a little smaller with each consecutive scene. Not complaining about that mind you but it's all been done before.

Yet the Sci Fi movie exists... and I'm fascinated why this is so, to the point of doing a bit of research, I'll let you know what I find.

M.

P.S.
Why is it that in the future, all the guns are massive, unmanageable and inferior to any gun we have today?
M.

It's customary I give you guys the bad news first, it's surely more entertaining. Failure has a name and that's what I call my latest experiment regarding solar buoyancy. All this time I was working from numbers I had worked out, checked, rechecked and checked again and everything worked out, hypothetically it made sense and it was those numbers that goaded me on. Today when my grand experiment was nearly completed, I took a step back and thought... How could this work?

I rechecked the numbers precisely the same way as I had the first time and time before that and to my horror, the numbers changed, they changed to the point where the whole experiment wasn't even worth finishing. The time and effort I put into it, it's going to be truly heartbreaking to smash it to pieces and throw it away like the dreams of many. I think of it as somewhat of a metaphor for life- yet I am undeterred in my search for greatness in whatever capacity, it's just not this one. Still, it's not all doom and gloom. Now I can devote myself to other speculative pursuits such as this site and writing that musical with 'Writer's Block'. I don't even have to share my time with my education anymore, at least not for the moment.

Michael Danton. DipEd

Fist I'd just like to apologize for my absence these last few days, it never fails to surprise me just how long it takes to get an internet connection when you move to a new locale. Yes, I'm in Bluefield WV right now and I'm planning my next move abroad, it should have already been done for me in my absence, but surprisingly I've heard no word from my training academy. They say disappointment builds character, I must have a solid pantload by now. Still, I have to say that you should never stop trying.

As Benjamin Franklin once said:
"I have not failed a thousand times, I have successfully discovered a thousand ways not to succeed!"

Yet, I remain thoroughly optimistic and I'm indebted to those that continue to visit this site and generally share the philosophy of what I'm trying to achieve. I assure you, you will not be the one who is disappointed.
Speaking of disappointment, I've set myself up for another fall and an opportunity to shovel another gob of character on the heap One of my invention prototypes will be finished within the next few days and no one I've spoken to thinks it will work, yet I remain optimistic; perhaps faithful is a better word for it since there's no evidence that it will.

Like this site, it's thoroughly unique and thoroughly grounded until finished.
M.

I know I've chewed this one over before but just recently I was contacted by PianoAbuser in regards to the release of his new book... through lulu.

http://www.lulu.com/content/paperback-book/the-chewy-cerebrum-and-other-stories/6143031

I pause there because it's the old argument of publishing vs printing, sure with printing you can have your book formatted, produced and it has a cover on either side in addition to another being printed should anyone want one, and therein lies the snag. Unless you've strong-armed someone into searching for it by name then it's basically lost into obscurity. It might as well be here at Fourth Perspective. Ahem, the current Fourth Perspective to be more exact.

Publishing on the other hand is big business, you need to contact agents, if they think it's the best book they've been approached with, they contact publishers, they do the math and if it turns a small profit then they're in with both feet. Big companies buy your book, they buy the rights and it's sold. You'll be given a contract for another one if it does particularly well in competition with other publishers. I happen to know for a fact that this is one option Pianoabuser hasn't explored and possibly still can depending on the rights he's given to lulu.

Now although I wish everyone the best of luck in their writing pursuits and this is no exception; however I'm going to use this publication to illustrate what I believe is the literal dead end (pun intended) of demand printing middlemen and I'm going to watch the progress of this one with morbid curiouisity as I'm sure it would outperform any publication I would release in the same way, due to social networking. I encourage you all to do the same with great interest as it represents a possible (if not viable) path you can take as spec writers and perhaps buy a book too! I'm sure it would make his day if he sold a book to someone he didn't know.

I know it would mine.
M.

That's what we all hope for; but to be more specific...

I'm going to be on a plane, and then I'm going to be on a boat. It's going to be a long ride too, with the complications of travel, it's likely I won't have a chance to access the net for over two weeks. Ol' FP is going to be pretty lonely without its resident know it all, but that's one of the things I'm going to change. I'll be staying in Las Vegas for a while and that'll give me a chance to plan my next conquest; however there is a chance it's already been planned. I'm currently in negotiation with the Dalian ministry for education and there's a very good chance that that's where I'll be headed.

Dalian, it's way up in the North seaboard, it was built there because it's ports don't freeze solid in the winter. I've heard of -40C days in the winter. It's going to be a blast. But more importantly, the city itself is renowned as being a up and coming city in regards to IT, engines and varying manufacture. If I can't get a website and various prototypes made there then I'm not trying.

Soon I'll turn on the computer for the first time in Vegas and find that LP is making news posts about his new mufflers or 'summat' -- and good on him too

M.