tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142199900369238852.post8859988933050363901..comments2024-03-25T05:26:47.764-04:00Comments on The Peerless Power of Comics!: When A Star Dies!Comicsfanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10064955427593820783noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142199900369238852.post-84869120528990722472020-03-10T04:56:15.097-04:002020-03-10T04:56:15.097-04:00Murray, you're the bloodhound of trivia. What...Murray, you're the bloodhound of trivia. What an interesting (and amusing) article. (M.P., you remembered correctly!)<br />Comicsfanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10064955427593820783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142199900369238852.post-84109101962821852442020-03-09T22:28:09.382-04:002020-03-09T22:28:09.382-04:00https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AdamAn...https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AdamAndEvePlot<br /><br />"Literary note: the "Adam and Eve" plot is mentioned (in a bad way) in many articles and books on writing science fiction stories. Apparently it was, for many years, one of the most over-used twist endings in the badly written stories that make up the editors' mountainous "slush pile" of wasted efforts - in fact, many editors would reject stories with this twist on sight."<br /><br />It was once easy to find such Rules of SF Writing online, but I am dismayed at how they've apparently disappeared. The modern internet kinda sucks.<br /><br />The TV Tropes links to the pair of <i>Twilight Zone</i> episodes that did this story twist.Big Murrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03311467081145732439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142199900369238852.post-16256661977332637352020-03-09T21:44:50.186-04:002020-03-09T21:44:50.186-04:00C.F., it just occurred to me. There was an episode...C.F., it just occurred to me. There was an episode of the Twilight Zone with a young Charles Bronson and a young Elizabeth Montgomery. (who was later in Bewitched.)<br />They were two people left behind after an apocalyptic war.<br />Maybe that's what you're thinking of.<br /><br />M.P.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142199900369238852.post-24446247031069905062020-03-09T21:31:46.267-04:002020-03-09T21:31:46.267-04:00C.F., my brother had the same reaction.
I, however...C.F., my brother had the same reaction.<br />I, however, found it oddly compelling...<br />I shudder to think what that implies.<br /><br />M.P.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142199900369238852.post-19203281309808906292020-03-09T20:59:50.698-04:002020-03-09T20:59:50.698-04:00Colin, there are a lot of dubious science claims t...Colin, there are a <i>lot</i> of dubious science claims taking place in these two stories--I'm amazed you were able to pick just <i>one</i> to note!<br /><br />Murray, I can almost swear that the old series "The Twilight Zone" made use of that cliche, as well, but I can't be certain--maybe "The Outer Limits"? Anyone care to verify?<br /><br />M.P., you just <i>had</i> to mention "Melancholia," didn't you? When that film ended, I sighed and thought wearily, "That's two hours of my life I'll never get back..."<br />Comicsfanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10064955427593820783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142199900369238852.post-50255845904559722362020-03-09T20:16:42.687-04:002020-03-09T20:16:42.687-04:00I gotta say, though, fellas, that is one heck of a...I gotta say, though, fellas, that is one heck of a cover. That giant orange moon looming in the sky like the death planet from Melancholia. Eerie! That's the sort of cover that grabs the eyeballs.<br />Spinner-rack bait, I tells ya.<br /><br />M.P.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142199900369238852.post-59250034894270125742020-03-09T10:09:53.843-04:002020-03-09T10:09:53.843-04:00Jeez...even in 1963 that "Adam and Eve" ...Jeez...even in 1963 that "Adam and Eve" punchline was a pathetic cliche. That makes "When a Planet Dies" winner by default, but even without that ruling, it had a more rock'em sock'em sci-fi appeal. Big Murrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03311467081145732439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142199900369238852.post-52873862685007299492020-03-09T10:07:17.316-04:002020-03-09T10:07:17.316-04:00You've got to laugh at the total lack of scien...You've got to laugh at the total lack of scientific knowledge in these stories. Billions of years from now the sun will indeed become a cold "white dwarf" but before that happens it will massively increase in size and become a "red giant", probably swallowing up the Earth in the process. <br />I remember reading the first story in a British reprint comic when I was about 12, but even at that age I knew the sun couldn't burn out like a lump of coal :DAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com