Into My Arms
Oct. 9th, 2022 02:34 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
tracker7The distributor finally got my copy of Tales of the Red (CP Red) to the LGS. There is some absolute gold in this book. The first two missions give two very different takes on cyberpsychosis. One is a straightforward killing spree with a strong horror element; the other is a twisted and a little bit sad story of delusional love. There's a technothriller op, relics of the old Net, old allies from the Forlorn Hope. There are a couple of clunkers, at least to my tastes, but the good far far outweighs the less-than-good.
I've taken a dive into Alien novels this week. Colony War was a good quick read, plenty of action and horror. I'm about halfway through Pat Cadigan's novelization of William Gibson's screenplay for Alien 3 - the unproduced screenplay. It's far from perfect, but it's a better Alien story than what we got all those years ago.
I really don't like Alien 3. It's a well-made movie, but I don't think it's a good Alien movie/story at all. For a long time, my dislike of it led to a dislike of the director, and I wasn't fond of Fancher's other movies, either - I think Seven is just misery porn with good performances and great cinematography. But then, I saw Zodiac, and thought it was just brilliant coming and going.
I've taken a dive into Alien novels this week. Colony War was a good quick read, plenty of action and horror. I'm about halfway through Pat Cadigan's novelization of William Gibson's screenplay for Alien 3 - the unproduced screenplay. It's far from perfect, but it's a better Alien story than what we got all those years ago.
I really don't like Alien 3. It's a well-made movie, but I don't think it's a good Alien movie/story at all. For a long time, my dislike of it led to a dislike of the director, and I wasn't fond of Fancher's other movies, either - I think Seven is just misery porn with good performances and great cinematography. But then, I saw Zodiac, and thought it was just brilliant coming and going.