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Re: LEGO.COM/mars now running!
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lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.space
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Fri, 24 Nov 2000 02:49:00 GMT
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mattdm@&StopSpammers&mattdm.org
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Kevin Wilson <kwilson_tccs@compuserve.com> wrote:
> Since the whole thing is called "*LIFE* on Mars" and there are cute little
> blue aliens running around, I suppose it doesn't matter that none of the
> rest of it is accurate either.
I disagree. The best sci-fi/fantasy takes a few premises different from what
we know, but keeps the rest as accurate, self-consistent, etc., as possible.
While I know Lego's not exactly aspiring for that level of writing, it
wouldn't kill them to do a little fact-checking on a third-grade level or
so.
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Message has 2 Replies:
 | | Re: LEGO.COM/mars now running!
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| (...) I have to agree with you, Matthew. Good science fiction (and even good fantasy, for that matter) may change a few premises, but it's internally consistent. Unless we're assuming aether, there isn't anything to make stars twinkle... Nothing (...) (24 years ago, 24-Nov-00, to lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.space)
| | | Re: LEGO.COM/mars now running!
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| Matthew Miller wrote in message ... (...) what (...) possible. True, but normally sci-fi (as opposed to fantasy) takes its different premises from things where we are not sure yet, not things we already know are untrue (e.g. blue aliens on Mars). (...) (24 years ago, 24-Nov-00, to lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.space)
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| Thomas Main wrote in message ... (...) worldwide (...) would Since the whole thing is called "*LIFE* on Mars" and there are cute little blue aliens running around, I suppose it doesn't matter that none of the rest of it is accurate either. Kevin (24 years ago, 24-Nov-00, to lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.space)
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