Flutterby™! : deanimator 2005-05-05 14:55:59.683888+00

deanimator

2005-05-05 14:55:59.683888+00 by Dan Lyke 1 comments

It is uncommon to fire all six shots of a revolver with great suddenness when one would probably be sufficient, but many things in the life of Herbert West were uncommon.

Fire, reload, fire, die. Repeat. Or, if you prefer your horror remain in your mind and not be graphically animated, look to The Weekly Cthulhu for your regular dose of Lovecraft.

Or you could stay comfortably ensconced in your fantasy world and try desperately not to understand, because understanding brings madness.

The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents.

Its always interesting what links you will find if you follow things through. I clicked on the Cthulhu link and ended up here with a discussion of fandom vs. intellectual property. The author's point is that alowing such things as derivitive works (stories in the same universe) and fanfiction can increaseinterest in the original property. He uses Star Trek as a classic example, although I think they've run out of steam for the time being. However, Paramount hasmildly encouraged fanfictions and interest in the Federation universe, and has only increased their sales therby. Of course this only works while Paramount can provide new materials, which the fans return to buy over and over.

In the current IP universe, the music industry is standing against any derivitives, and ends up encouraging frank piracy. Finding a way to encourage some sharing and reworking might lead to some diluted profits, but might forstall complete collapse. Similarly, can Hollywood afford to protect directors who oppose christians who sell "sanitized" versions of their movie, at the cost of losing an audience of 40 million families? Things like Bittorrent might let the sanitizers go their own way without any input from Hollywood.