Comments on: Novel Idea Time http://www.freekonline.net/2007/02/26/novel-idea-time/ "Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new." -Albert Einstein Thu, 29 Apr 2010 04:55:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Whatafreak http://www.freekonline.net/2007/02/26/novel-idea-time/comment-page-1/#comment-86 Whatafreak Wed, 28 Feb 2007 06:51:00 +0000 http://freekonline.net/blog2/2007/02/26/novel-idea-time/#comment-86 Hmm, it's good to have an objective opinion on these. I also understand that it is difficult to get a good idea of what I mean with only a few sentences. I had to boil down the idea and decided to go with a sorta theater poster tag line, I guess.<br/><br/>I never really thought about it this way, but #1 does sound a bit like Fifth Element. I didn't intend for it to be set in the future, but more in present day, and with old-school (read, Mayan or the like) relics, not some alien "stones". Think more along the lines of Indiana Jones. #2 also sounds a bit like a movie (The Descent), but the point is not horror, but action/adventure. And I intend for them to actually travel through <b>the</b> Hell, of biblical fame but with a fictional interpretation, of course. In #3, the adversary is supposed to be biological, such as a virus or other such design of nature that was heretofore not seen or understood by man until it started affecting the Earth.<br/><br/>Hope this helps clear things up insofar as it pertains to my ideas. Maybe if I desire to post more ideas in the future I will take the time to flesh them out a bit more. Hmm, it’s good to have an objective opinion on these. I also understand that it is difficult to get a good idea of what I mean with only a few sentences. I had to boil down the idea and decided to go with a sorta theater poster tag line, I guess.

I never really thought about it this way, but #1 does sound a bit like Fifth Element. I didn’t intend for it to be set in the future, but more in present day, and with old-school (read, Mayan or the like) relics, not some alien “stones”. Think more along the lines of Indiana Jones. #2 also sounds a bit like a movie (The Descent), but the point is not horror, but action/adventure. And I intend for them to actually travel through the Hell, of biblical fame but with a fictional interpretation, of course. In #3, the adversary is supposed to be biological, such as a virus or other such design of nature that was heretofore not seen or understood by man until it started affecting the Earth.

Hope this helps clear things up insofar as it pertains to my ideas. Maybe if I desire to post more ideas in the future I will take the time to flesh them out a bit more.

]]> By: SlowTEC http://www.freekonline.net/2007/02/26/novel-idea-time/comment-page-1/#comment-85 SlowTEC Wed, 28 Feb 2007 05:39:00 +0000 http://freekonline.net/blog2/2007/02/26/novel-idea-time/#comment-85 They seem more like a movie than a novel. #1 Sounds like Fifth Element (but with 4). #2 sounds like a mix between The Core and that gross horror movie The Descent, and #3 sounds like the beginning of a comic book. I'm not trying to be harsh, just giving an honest opinion (or as much of one as could be conceived out of 3-line descriptions. <br/><br/>Good start though. They seem more like a movie than a novel. #1 Sounds like Fifth Element (but with 4). #2 sounds like a mix between The Core and that gross horror movie The Descent, and #3 sounds like the beginning of a comic book. I’m not trying to be harsh, just giving an honest opinion (or as much of one as could be conceived out of 3-line descriptions.

Good start though.

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