Another Heaping Dollop of Darkling Revelations

[stardub]

Yeah, it's depth and intricacy of story that always grabs me, in various media. It has to be about *something* to get me interested.

-Ralph

[tattimusprime]

hello George,

i totally agree about the hellraiser movies.

[GWolfV2]

Are you considering going to Auto Assembly? Not for the qs, but since you're answering just curious

[ExaggeratedElegy]

Hey Gwolf,

I'm not considering; I AM going :) Booked up, got me a wish list and a little money saved that I'm sure isn't going to be even half enough :) Cannot wait!

George

[Vange1us]

*holds the flag for Inferno and Hellseeker 'til death do...?...them?...part...!*

I was wondering, did you catch the film adaptation of Midnight Meat Train?

[ExaggeratedElegy]

Hey Vange1us,

Inferno...I can just about bear it, on a rainy day, when there's nothing else on...at the very least Pinhead is back to his more subtle, enigmatic self in that one. I haven't seen Hellseeker, though I hear that it's actually not too bad as the Hellraiser sequels go. I haven't seen the Midnight Meat Train yet, but I'm absolutely determined to. I love the short story on which it's based :)

George

[jiidee]

What a suprise. your fav autobots are the ones who are the least autoboty.

Life on Mars is brilliant. You bought the dvds or watching it via more...nafarious means?

I only come across Weaveworld about...5 years ago? But i'm sure ya know that i love it..

[ExaggeratedElegy]

Of course >:) I am, after all, a decepticon at heart. I recently bought the DVDs and I'm watching Ashes to Ashes on the BBC. Absolutely love both series (I don't think it's possible not to love Gene Hunt, quite frankly). It was funny the way I came across Weaveworld; my Mom got it free from a book club, started reading it, gave up; gave it to me saying: "This one's a bit too weird for me. You'll probably like it." Ah, Mother knows me so well.

George

[RowanFortuneWood]

Thank you for the mention, I appreciate it.

Great answers video, particularly that excellent reflection on narrative. Postmodern fantasy sounds like an interesting genre and, from your description, vaguely Brechtian. That is to say challenging rather the indulging the reader, mirroring the world rather than offering escapism, etc. I will have to add 'Weaveworld' to my long and ever growing list of books to read.

I also liked your critical thoughts on AI, with which I entirely agree.

[ExaggeratedElegy]

Hello Rowan, not a problem. Since I'm tired of filling my channel up with votebot this and suspended that, I thought I'd promote people within my videos themselves. Barker's initiative behind Weaveworld was, in his own words, to: "...bring sex to Wonderland." As such, the book marries very grim and gritty, almost "Trainspotting" style elements with the most surreal and often horrific fantastical imagery imaginable. In the same manner that Stephen Fry seems to be Wilde all over again, Barker...

[ExaggeratedElegy]

...is William Blake; an hallucinatory mystic and one of the few modern metaphysicians at work in the arena of (post) modern fantasy. Well worth a look (he also has a profound appreciation of various human appetites and he writes sex very well, which is of course another good reason to check him out).

George

[TorchwoodBelfast]

VanHorso is a hell of a funny man and he is a great guy

[VincentWomack]

nice answers to some nice questions ;)

funny enough I was looking through a comic & toys shop and I looked at some of the Clive Barker figures they had...

[ExaggeratedElegy]

Hey there Vincent, there is still talk of a "Tortured Souls" movie in production written by Barker and based in the Todd McFarlane toyline of the same name. Now that is a project I'd like to see come to fruition :)

George

[VincentWomack]

and directed by Barker.

till you mentioned it I didn't know about that film but from what I have read so far I remain sceptical if this is going to be a good one.

Time will tell...

[SkepticsClaw]

Good comments on Barker. I vividly remember 'The Thief of Always' from when I was a young 'un; there's so much I could say about the depth of that book; so much there that influenced my naive view of the world at that time into something more subtle and realistic. Also it had scary pictures and was a ripping yarn :B

[ExaggeratedElegy]

Ah, the Thief of Always. Funnily enough, I had a fair bit of bother getting ahold of that one; as such it was one of the very last Barker books I read. An extremely beautiful work; the kind of thing I wish I could've read as a kid or adolescent.

George

[TheTempusFugitive]

It's always good to return home & find one of your vids in the sub box. I would suggest DiceMan as a book to produce a very strong emotional response (If you haven't already read it that is). I thought I would add to your workload by asking a question too :). If you were to choose one Pantheon to become a reality (Greek, Roman, Norse, Egyptian ect) which would it be?

[ExaggeratedElegy]

Hello Tempus and thank you. Diceman? Not one I've come across as of yet, but one I'll certainly look out for. Excellent question! I'll tack that one in when I make the next Darkling Revelations vid (only around one or two more to go now! The end of the tunnel is in sight! I only hope that the light at the end doesn't turn out to be a flame-thrower ;) ).

George