Comments on: Yet another reason to love XM http://www.lynnesimpson.net/2009/12/16/yet-another-reason-to-love-xm-2/ Non Omnis Moriar Tue, 22 Dec 2009 21:25:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: James http://www.lynnesimpson.net/2009/12/16/yet-another-reason-to-love-xm-2/comment-page-1/#comment-2556 James Tue, 22 Dec 2009 21:25:04 +0000 http://www.lynnesimpson.net/?p=864#comment-2556 I thought I knew what 'melodramatic' meant, and then I became aware of the MGS and FF series. There are so many twists that the straight-ahead parts of the story are the suprises. I have to say, it works for the medium. If your story doesn't have to clock in under three hours you can weave in all the love dodecahedrons and conspiracies you want. In fact, when you reach the length and breadth of the FF series, you almost have to. If only Cecil B. DeMille would be alive today. But then, he'd gripe about the fact that having 5,000 extras on screen would kill the frame rate... I thought I knew what ‘melodramatic’ meant, and then I became aware of the MGS and FF series. There are so many twists that the straight-ahead parts of the story are the suprises.

I have to say, it works for the medium. If your story doesn’t have to clock in under three hours you can weave in all the love dodecahedrons and conspiracies you want. In fact, when you reach the length and breadth of the FF series, you almost have to.

If only Cecil B. DeMille would be alive today. But then, he’d gripe about the fact that having 5,000 extras on screen would kill the frame rate…

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