I really can’t be that smart, can I? I look for other signs of intellect on the internet, some spark, some comment…
It’s a desert of original thought. The solipsist in me is saying “I told you so.” If it were not for a few wonderful people who speak volumes in between their sentences, I may go mad and become intolerable.
In other wor[l]ds, I totally called the BSG cliffhanger, and I think I’ve got a handle on the overall plot lines (or rather, I have a good/great plot line that the writers seem to be following). I told heather, but now I wish I would have posted it when I thought of it so I could say some “I told you so”s of my own, but the end result is I don’t know to whom I’d really be proving myself. I’m just happy that in shows like LOST and BSG I don’t feel insulted (except by fans whom I read who report being insulted because they aren’t smart enough to realize they aren’t smart enough to understand big-picture plot lines).
For instance, in LOST, (which is softer in this aspect now-a-days and is telegraphing for the slow) people continue (as in real life – and I mean LOST fans people) to miss aspects of plot lines, make immature decisions (and even believe thats where the story *is* going), then get disappointed when their ideas of what is happening is shown to be false (as it always was).
People, when shown how reality destroys/ruins their model of reality will find fault with reality rather than throw away their precious model
Now if you didn’t understand that last sentence, I’ll be happy to explain to you (though not in this comment, I will start another discussion). Those who do understand (and I think I know who you are) — I love you. Thanks for making taking the next breath worth it.
I had a nice little thought-game / reality-model going through my head the other day that tied in human behaviour, psychology, storytelling & character development, perception, etc. It tied in people’s reactions to serial fiction and how it exposes their avenue of reality perception. Perhaps if there are enough existential pseudo-solipsists about, I could get all navel-gazery with them.
It’s just I’m up here and so many of you are down here. No judgment or anything, but it gets lonely amongst those who grok. You told Brandt on the phone, he told me. Yes, yes. I’m already ahead of you.