tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post5771792307638715821..comments2023-11-22T06:35:25.251-05:00Comments on POE'S DEADLY DAUGHTERS: CSI Don't See ItJulia Buckleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10270211923343731659noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-82793025750880085782010-10-23T11:00:57.323-04:002010-10-23T11:00:57.323-04:00Here's my issue.
Maybe the average viewer woul...Here's my issue.<br />Maybe the average viewer would not know what the heck the beetle was, but I was in Boston last week and this guy's picture was all over the place.<br />Because he kills trees.<br />there were posters on the subways and on buses asking people to report sightings. Apparently, this photogenic guy is invasive. <br />I'm no expert. It could have been a different Laura Morriganhttp://www.lauramorrigan.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-59718285740411148072010-10-16T04:42:43.452-04:002010-10-16T04:42:43.452-04:00I do acknowledge, however, that the use of the bee...I do acknowledge, however, that the use of the beetle as you describe it was gratuitous and pointless. And the fact that they get the fact wrong is another black eye for the program that seems to be accumulating them. My only beef was with Chekhov's rule.Paulhttp://www.paullamb.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-60106191919279193432010-10-15T14:05:08.577-04:002010-10-15T14:05:08.577-04:00Fiction, folks, fiction! They aren't out to te...Fiction, folks, fiction! They aren't out to teach bugs or anything else (ok maybe not to murder). Just either enjoy he fantasy or watch National Geographic.Mary@GigglesandGunshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07350818228268801008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-64758662898583055002010-10-15T09:50:26.939-04:002010-10-15T09:50:26.939-04:00I'm with Sheila on the inappropriateness of th...I'm with Sheila on the inappropriateness of the wrong beetle in the wrong time and place. But I'm kinda with Paul on the demise of certain rules of writing. In a foreword to one of Christianna Brand's Golden Age mysteries, she gaves a detailed description of the fair play plot, saying each and every character in turn must be suspected for a legitimate reason, and then it must be Elizabeth Zelvinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13944424094949207841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-80693107355336244802010-10-15T06:59:51.486-04:002010-10-15T06:59:51.486-04:00Balderdash! I've never acknowledged Chekhov...Balderdash! I've never acknowledged Chekhov's dictum as binding on good writing. If it were then <i>every little detail</i> of tone and atmosphere would have to play a role in the plot. Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar, as Freud once said.Paulhttp://www.paullamb.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com