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:Credit for that line goes to a book I recently read. It's titled: [http://www.powells.com/cgi-bin/biblio?inkey=62-1400034639-0 War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning], by former war correspondent [http://www.pbs.org/wnet/religionandethics/week622/hedges.html Chris Hedges]. Quite a remarkable statement on both modern society and the human condition, and short to boot | :Credit for that line goes to a book I recently read. It's titled: [http://www.powells.com/cgi-bin/biblio?inkey=62-1400034639-0 War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning], by former war correspondent [http://www.pbs.org/wnet/religionandethics/week622/hedges.html Chris Hedges]. Quite a remarkable statement on both modern society and the human condition, and short [http://dictionary.reference.com/search?r=2&q=to%20boot to boot], so it's worth checking out. I've been pulling a lot out of it lately, honestly. | ||
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:Complementary reading/watching suggestions : | :Complementary reading/watching suggestions : | ||
:#[http://www.pbs.org/wnet/religionandethics/week622/hedges.html an interview with Chris Hedges] : best read before or ''instead'' of [http://www.powells.com/cgi-bin/biblio?inkey=62-1400034639-0 WIAFTGUM] (much shorter, less "poetry" and pathos, and all the relevant points are there) | :#[http://www.pbs.org/wnet/religionandethics/week622/hedges.html an interview with Chris Hedges] : best read before or ''instead'' of [http://www.powells.com/cgi-bin/biblio?inkey=62-1400034639-0 WIAFTGUM] (much shorter still, less "poetry" and pathos, and all the relevant points are there) | ||
:#[http://www.monochrom.at/amok/ Every Five Seconds an Inkjet Printer Dies Somewhere] : a short article trying to explain "pointless" massacres (running amok). A few considerations (primarily in the first half) are general enough to apply to war : public theater, some kind of heroism VS manifestation of evil. | :#[http://www.monochrom.at/amok/ Every Five Seconds an Inkjet Printer Dies Somewhere] : a short article trying to explain "pointless" massacres (running amok). A few considerations (primarily in the first half) are general enough to apply to war : public theater, some kind of heroism VS manifestation of evil (condemnation VS acceptance/glorification). | ||
:#Stanley Kubrick's [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093058/ Full Metal Jacket]. Two memorable quotes : | :#Stanley Kubrick's [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093058/ Full Metal Jacket]. Two memorable quotes : | ||
:# | :##"Believe it or not, but under fire, Animal Mother can be a wonderful human being. All he needs is somebody throwing grenades at him 'til the end of his life." | ||
:#and : | :##and: | ||
:#*Git some! Git some! Git some, yeah, yeah, yeah! Anyone that runs, is a VC. Anyone that stands still, is a well-disciplined VC! You guys oughta do a story about me sometime! | :##*Git some! Git some! Git some, yeah, yeah, yeah! Anyone that runs, is a VC. Anyone that stands still, is a well-disciplined VC! You guys oughta do a story about me sometime! | ||
:#*Why should we do a story about you? | :##*Why should we do a story about you? | ||
:#*'Cuz I'm so fuckin' good! I done got me 157 dead gooks killed. Plus 50 water buffalo too! Them's all confirmed! | :##*'Cuz I'm so fuckin' good! I done got me 157 dead gooks killed. Plus 50 water buffalo too! Them's all confirmed! | ||
:#*Any women or children? | :##*Any women or children? | ||
:#*Sometimes! | :##*Sometimes! | ||
:#*How can you shoot women or children? | :##*How can you shoot women or children? | ||
:#*Easy! Ya just don't lead 'em so much! Ain't war hell? | :##*Easy! Ya just don't lead 'em so much! Ain't war hell? | ||
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:Borrowing the first sentence of a narrative from an existing piece doesn't seem right. No matter how thoughtful and original a book is, you can't just go "pulling | :Borrowing the first sentence of a narrative from an existing piece doesn't seem right. No matter how thoughtful and original a book is, you can't just go "pulling a lot out of it" ^^ | ||
:If Konoko talks about her moral universe with as much distance as Hedges talks about his, doesn't that make her inconveniently ''lucid''? | :If Konoko talks about her moral universe with as much distance as Hedges talks about his, doesn't that make her inconveniently ''lucid''? | ||
:If she's spent 4 years rationalizing on her past and present, isn't she well-armed to face the future? | :If she's spent 4 years rationalizing on her past and present, isn't she well-armed enough to face the future? | ||
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:Another idea : if you want to show a desolated landscape (wasteland, destroyed [[ACC]]s, dead cities), you can introduce Konoko ''gliding over it rather than walking through it''. | :Another idea : if you want to show a desolated landscape (wasteland, destroyed [[ACC]]s, dead cities), you can introduce Konoko ''gliding over it rather than walking through it''. | ||
:With her {{C7}} glider. Reminiscent (of course) of Miyazaki's Nausicaä. | :With her {{C7}} glider. Reminiscent (of course) of Miyazaki's Nausicaä, but also of [[Lorraine]] Reyes McLees, [http://aerie.geofront.com/ whose homepage] was named after [http://nausicaa.wanfear.com/graphics/frontfly.jpg Nausicaa's Mehve]. | ||
:That sequence can be a semi-flashback dream of Mai's (the story would start when she wakes up). Thus some details can be surreal : her glider, for instance, can stay in the air for longer than "expected". | :That sequence can be a semi-flashback dream of Mai's (the story would start when she wakes up). Thus some details can be surreal : her glider, for instance, can stay in the air for longer than "expected". | ||
:Also, the picture of destruction can be exaggerated, or echoing other post-apocalyptic references. Various dream-friendly artistic effects, too. | :Landing at the end... or not. Also, the picture of destruction can be exaggerated, or echoing other post-apocalyptic references (e.g. in manga). Various dream-friendly artistic effects, too. | ||