Centimane Posted July 10, 2007 Share Posted July 10, 2007 Like you say, 'inappropriate' (by modern standards) stuff in pulp is mostly sexist & racist - which, to be honest, is totally fine in a Tellus context (you've noticed the skimpy outfits & the slave girls everywhere, right? ::sly ). In Masked Men I'm pretty sure I refered to (in context) people of Chinese origin as 'Celestials' a couple of times, 'cos that's the sort of thing the'd write back in the pulps. Uber-gore-fest violence, on the other hand, never turned up. You'd get the odd 'ironic' death & the like, but even if the bad guy fell into the workings of the industrial crusher he tended to just disappear - there wasn't an accompanying shower of blood & guts which coated the hero... Look at the movies from the twenties & thirties - people get killed all the time, but you rarely even see any blood. Heroes could be 'hard nosed' but were never totally sadistic in a slasher-horror manner - & neither were the bad guys.Okey doke. Sorry about that Prof, I'll try my darndest to make that my last 'out-of-theme' mistake (knocks on wood). I'll go edit my post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProfPotts Posted July 11, 2007 Share Posted July 11, 2007 Okey doke. Sorry about that Prof, I'll try my darndest to make that my last 'out-of-theme' mistake (knocks on wood). I'll go edit my post.Don't worry - I'll have my revenge by writing inappropriate character back stories involving zombies... ::tongue ::wink Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Centimane Posted July 11, 2007 Share Posted July 11, 2007 Don't worry - I'll have my revenge by writing inappropriate character back stories involving zombies... ::tongue ::winkLol! I really wouldn't blame you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Centimane Posted July 11, 2007 Share Posted July 11, 2007 OK. The post has been edited. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezekiel Posted July 14, 2007 Share Posted July 14, 2007 The hoo-man jumped over the sideSmall touch...but a great one PoB. Love the "hoo-man" in your post, makes more sense than earthman in many ways...Great post! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkyLion Posted August 4, 2007 Share Posted August 4, 2007 Somehow Heritage there were two identical posts from you. Just wanted to let you know that I deleted the redundant one (after checking twice to make sure it was truly redundant, natch) ::moderated Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heritage Posted August 4, 2007 Share Posted August 4, 2007 Somehow Heritage there were two identical posts from you. Just wanted to let you know that I deleted the redundant one (after checking twice to make sure it was truly redundant, natch) ::moderatedWhoops, thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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