Hey don't try the old false dichotomy ploy on me! (Destiny)

by scarab , Friday, December 12, 2014, 10:13 (3875 days ago) @ Leviathan

Complaints about cop outs are complaints against lazy writing. Destiny has enough story issues without adding lazy writing to the mix.

I don't think that sorcery is worse than ONI because sorcery is fantasy. It is worse because it can excuse everything. At first thought having a cop out that works universally sounds great for the writer. "Hey, I don't have to bother with: "does it make sense?" or, "how does this character know that?".

The problem with such an easy cop out is that working out stuff and making it make sense is part of a good writer's toolkit. Those muscles will atrophy. It also removes a chance to impress your audience. When you realize that the writers have taken the time to work their stuff through, to make it make sense... you think, "This writer is rather good. I enjoy this story more."

The danger with sorcery is that stuff doesn't have to make sense. I despise sorcery and I despise technobable (I've spewed venom on ST's technobable on HBO and, probably, here as well.) I see technobable and most TV/Film sf as fantasy wearing science lipstick. And I really hate it :-)

And, for the record, I didn't like ONI as an excuse for Halo writing shortcomings. I dislike the ONI excuse. It is bad. It's just not as bad, as corrosive as sorcery.

And ONI isn't technobable.

A final question: how does Eris know what's going on and how is she talking to us? Does her third eye see all? Has she a radio? Did she swap her soul with Dinklage? Is he minding the store whilst she is on away missions with you?

-PS was that one question or was it world class darts?