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Chris Katko
Member #1,881
January 2002
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I don't care if I got this from Reddit, I think it's badass. -----sig: |
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GullRaDriel
Member #3,861
September 2003
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It's a short story, I don't see what's so badass about it. It's not the best I've read, but hey, the brush and color style is nice, no ? "Code is like shit - it only smells if it is not yours" |
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SiegeLord
Member #7,827
October 2006
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The only thing good about that story was the art, which was awesome. "For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increases knowledge increases sorrow."-Ecclesiastes 1:18 |
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gnolam
Member #2,030
March 2002
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Chris Katko
Member #1,881
January 2002
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Check out some of the Reddit comments for a detailed analysis. When I first read the comic, I was like "What? This is dumb." But the more and more I read of people nitpicking it the more I think about it. It's actually pretty neat how it's ambiguous. I'm not saying it's the greatest fiction ever, but I did enjoy it in retrospect. -----sig: |
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Mark Oates
Member #1,146
March 2001
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It's cool. I enjoyed it. A website the way it should be. In think in today's internet we're all too link happy. Those pages play out more like a book. -- |
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Arthur Kalliokoski
Second in Command
February 2005
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Mark Oates said: In think in today's internet we're all too link happy Repeat after me: "Pay per view ads... Pay per view ads... Pay per view ads..." They all watch too much MSNBC... they get ideas. |
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Mark Oates
Member #1,146
March 2001
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And page rank. -- |
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Matthew Leverton
Supreme Loser
January 1999
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It reminds me of the classic drivel we had to discuss in literature classes. At least here I don't have to pretend to like it. |
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Jeff Bernard
Member #6,698
December 2005
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gnolam
Member #2,030
March 2002
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Jeff Bernard said: The Russian sleep experiment is the best short story I've ever read. Meh. Prolix, unconvincing creepypasta. -- |
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Elverion
Member #6,239
September 2005
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Jeff Bernard said: The Russian sleep experiment is the best short story I've ever read [rip747.wordpress.com]. Interesting, but I thought the ending was stupid. Got any more stories like this? -- |
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OICW
Member #4,069
November 2003
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The ending reminded me one short story by Edgar Alan Poe. Anyway it was quite good. I really like the art style. [My website][CppReference][Pixelate][Allegators worldwide][Who's online] |
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james_lohr
Member #1,947
February 2002
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It had no twist, no real story. Nothing apart from okay art. If you want to see something truly awesome, watch this (ideally in HD + fullscreen): http://www.gobelins.fr/galerie/animation/film2010-royaume.htm Though I guess it's already been linked here.
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Evert
Member #794
November 2000
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James Lohr said: It had no twist Yeah it did. First reading was "huh? Ok." |
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Matthew Leverton
Supreme Loser
January 1999
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It is more interesting if the author actually is trying to prove something other than that people will read anything they want into a story that is nonsensical. While the basic story poses an interesting dilemma, it does nothing with it. There's no closure or solid clues to what actually occurred. One might as well assume that a missing final page says, "And he woke up from his dream and went pee." If an abrupt non-ending to a story is a good thing, then we should do everybody a favor by going to the library and tearing out the last 50 pages of every novel. And why bother watching the end of a movie? It's obviously more interesting if you have to come up with the ending and purpose yourself. |
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OICW
Member #4,069
November 2003
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ML: you really hate interpreting the endings yourself, do you? [My website][CppReference][Pixelate][Allegators worldwide][Who's online] |
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Matthew Leverton
Supreme Loser
January 1999
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There's a difference between an ending that is left open for interpretation and a story that makes absolutely no sense. |
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OICW
Member #4,069
November 2003
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Considering that this is a horror story, you are to interpret where the impostor came from. The horror comes from this fact. [My website][CppReference][Pixelate][Allegators worldwide][Who's online] |
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Chris Katko
Member #1,881
January 2002
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There's so much left to think about when you really analyse it. I love that it basically gives you what you're willing to put in (if you skim, you get nothing). Here's some thoughts: His brother was still in the grave. Does this mean that when his brother came back he merely imagined his brother coming back? And the grave digging was merely his guilty conscious tricking him? However! My favorite is that he didn't kill his brother. His brother was still alive at the bottom of the cave after being shot/hit and over three days passing! That's unlikely... for a human. He meant to kill his brother but he actually killed the doppleganger whereas his real brother ran off into the forest (like he did). But his brother saw him kill the doppleganger in cold blood (thinking it was his brother) and realized the protagonist actually meant to kill him, so it filled him with rage and he came back after plotting his revenge for three days. When he comes back, he never makes eye contact with the protagonist. He's also seen digging a grave (likely to kill the protagonist to get him back.) There's other ideas where the killing represents something crazy like the US economy or an emotion like humility. I think that much reading in is complete rubbish, but to each his liberal art degree.
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Matthew Leverton
Supreme Loser
January 1999
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The horror comes from the realization that you just wasted time reading the thing. |
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Arthur Kalliokoski
Second in Command
February 2005
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I imagined that a large part of the story happened in his mind, like in the story An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge. In other words, he only fantasized about killing his brother, so strongly that he actually thought it happened. Maybe after getting laughed at. They all watch too much MSNBC... they get ideas. |
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SiegeLord
Member #7,827
October 2006
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Dunno, the resulting pseudo-intellectualism is pretty horrifying too. "For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increases knowledge increases sorrow."-Ecclesiastes 1:18 |
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james_lohr
Member #1,947
February 2002
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Chris Katko said: There's so much left to think about when you really analyse it No there really isn't. Sorry, but your theories are exactly the type of crap I would except to come out of analysing such feeble and nonsensical story. Go read some real literature, and then come back and tell me there is any sort of story or meaning here.
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Vanneto
Member #8,643
May 2007
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I bet you my soul that the author was high on piccolo weed when he drew that comic. In capitalist America bank robs you. |
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