No but the way he does it when he could have easily avoided it, like putting his hand in the way of his eyes or flying away. And no developement for the character and the fact that mankind is represented in the movie by the american military and that he never tries to do anything about it afterwards. Does make it…

I am not against academic opinion or more like I am not against literary theory as a field of study or any art theory and philosophy on art and criticism. I do on the other hand disagree with and viciously oppose the kind of detached academic prentention I mentioned earlier where the expert in question feels the so…

I did not answer your point about Asimov because I felt you kinda missed that my point was exactly your point. That Asimov even though he was a uncreative prose stylist and had bad characters, he is still literary because he still writes literature. That expansion of the imagination is his contribution to the…

I still think that you are missing some of my criticism at the use of literary the way you want to use it since it still seems to me that you want a word that somehow exults and praises a work without complex analysis and personal reflection that makes it more than a work by our example of Asimov. While I want simple…

And in my opinion you are contributing to shaming genres by saying that somehow there exists art and then stuff that somehow is never as good but you think enjoyable. Why should I not read Dark Tower series and try and analyse it in the same way I do when reading Joyce or Borges. I am not saying that there is not…

So literary fiction is just your word for good fiction then. Why claim pretension when you can just say it is a good book? Literary fiction has always since it was seperated from all other forms of fiction in the 1930s (roughly) been realistic fiction. It is what has been called literary fiction (also to mean art). I…

No instead of an interesting Superman where he tries to makes choices about right from wrong instead you got a character that is morally reprehensible. Who ignores civilians and instead has to save the american soldiers because after all it is not like the civilians will have to worry. Also he interacts only with…

Is it just me who hates Man of Steel because of the obvious fascism the character derailed into? I mean for me Superman has always in modern comics (at least the good ones) been an absolute anti fascist with his grounding being in helping every one and making sure that he did bully nor kill because it would be to…

I have one question: How can we know any of this? I mean your are essentially just guessing what could or might happen. Therefore stop worrying and be fucking happy. If (and that in my incredible humble and stupid position a very big if) that happens why should we worry now? I mean first of all we live in a society…

I agree that most stories no matter the art form tries to explore complex things and whether it is a success or not depends on the reader him or herself.

My original point of contention was that I felt you insisted on the fact that Literary fiction as a specific genre is always no matter what more complex then let say a piece of fantasy fiction which I feel is bullshit. In my opinion as far as complexity is concern everything depends on what you consider to be complex.…

Of course literary quality is a thing in a previous comment I made I pointed out the fact that stuff we both like and think is complex intersects at some point but let me give you an example of what I mean when I say that it is really bullshit to use the word and phrasing literary and think it is superior because it…

Again I see a problem that you do not answer my point that it is bullshit that you are saying just flat out that somehow literary fiction is great in terms of depth, meaning and skill and people are too stupid to figure it out. But Yeah not everyone will like the same books but the idea that somehow hands down…

Perhaps you did not get my point... The very Idea that somehow literary fiction is always more deep and meaningful because it is literary fiction is absolute bullshit. Your even saying that literary fiction tends to have depth while somehow Stephen King doesn't (now lets be honest Stephen King has multiple bad or at…

I think it is very much bullshit that literary fiction is more challenging and thoughtful. This is just bullshit. Because apparently science fiction and fantasy isn't thoughtful nor do they challenge you. I have read a lot of literary fiction and I personally still think that genre fiction is way more challenging then…

Is it just me who is sick and tired of Superman being called an american ideal? Because lets face it Superman is best when he is a part of society and when he is not constricted by nationalism but left to be an ideal for all of humanity not a small part in a nation on one of the multiple continents that exist....

Come on.... No one has mentioned Jacob Bronowski and Ascent of Man, the inspiration for Carl Sagans Cosmos series :D

Salò, or 120 days of Sodom.... It is just revolting

Danger Mouse.... Just because....

Is it just me who wonder why people advocate the death of humanity? I mean if the singularity is gonna happen and we can't do anything to stop it and the author in question is okidoki with massive genocide then why advocate it at all? If it is in a extremly determinstic way just gonna happen still because. Then why…