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03/06/2006 12:09:48 AM · #1 |
The DaVinci Code springs to mind...
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03/06/2006 08:18:44 AM · #2 |
Looks like yet another free study. I suppose one could bend the rules and write their own book and photograph anything they wanted. But I am sure it needs to be something the viewers can semi easily recognize.
I just wish things were more narrow for once. I can't compete on my set up shot ideas but on landscapes and such I do much better.
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03/06/2006 08:30:31 AM · #3 |
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03/07/2006 10:40:57 PM · #4 |
Originally posted by DustDevil:
But I am sure it needs to be something the viewers can semi easily recognize. |
not a hard rule, but a good suggestion since if the voters could easily recognize, the scores tend to be better :) |
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03/07/2006 10:53:36 PM · #5 |
Ok, now I hope I am not offending anyone, and I feel that the DaVinci code does indeed fit the "literary adventure" topic, but seriously, did anyone else feel that this was blatant misadvertising?
I felt ripped off by that story because it presented itself as being a mystery about codes and Leonardo daVinci, but it read like religious propaganda.
I felt like I was being preached to through 80% of the book.
I don't mind books that preach, but books that are in the mystery category that read like a book trying to convince people to become Pagans.
Don't get me wrong, I have friends who are pagans and friends who are catholics (other denominations too) and I'm no ignoramus on the subject of the pagan origins of catholocism (there's a reason after all that it's called the ROMAN catholic church), but there's a difference between walking up to a street preacher of some denomination and talking religion to them and getting invited for a baseball game, but while a few people play baseball, you end up having to listen to a 13 hour religious lecture.
I was actually quite offended by that book. Not directly because of it's content, but more because it purported to be a deep action mystery, but in reality, it was a ridiculously shallow action mystery covering deep religious propaganda.
Blah. |
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03/07/2006 11:05:40 PM · #6 |
Originally posted by eschelar:
...I was actually quite offended by that book...
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well hold on to your hat because the movie is coming out in May ; ) |
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03/07/2006 11:11:41 PM · #7 |
| Actually the movie will be tied up in court and may not make the release. Some sort of copyright infringement case is pending. |
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03/07/2006 11:12:15 PM · #8 |
Originally posted by eschelar:
I felt ripped off by that story because it presented itself as being a mystery about codes and Leonardo daVinci, but it read like religious propaganda. |
I've read it and I think it's a good action mystery book.
Got me glued to the book from start to finish. Oh, you should try Digital Fortress :)
Oh and by the way, it's fiction so you should treat it the same way - fiction. Just refreshing since the writer used real things and twisted them into fiction to fit his story, and cleverly blended in DaVinci's famous artworks into the fiction-conspiracy story:) very smart, IMHO.
Message edited by author 2006-03-07 23:14:39. |
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03/07/2006 11:45:53 PM · #9 |
Yeah, I read it too, and I know it's fiction, but his presentation of things made me feel like it was more about the religious part of it.
All authors take elements that are real and blend them to fit a story, if you don't, it's generally considered unreadable crap.
I just felt that the DaVinci aspect took a back seat to the religious aspect and the code aspect was minimal.
I'm not saying that it wasn't well-woven and intense action, as I too found it hard to put down. I'm just saying that at the end of the story, it made me feel uncomfortable because it wasn't what it looked like and I felt like I had read a bunch of sillyness written by a religious propagandist like a holocaust denier or something.
I guess there's a reason they say "you can't judge a book by it's cover" :) |
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03/08/2006 01:13:15 AM · #10 |
I guess I'm surprised. There is no law that says you need to finish a book if you start it. For those who were offended, why not simply put it down unfinished. Move on to something more to your liking?
It's just fiction. |
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03/08/2006 08:28:43 AM · #11 |
Got to do something from Dickens - this quote always amuses me ;-)
'I do not know the American gentleman, god forgive me for putting two such words together' - Charles Dickens
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03/08/2006 03:18:48 PM · #12 |
How about this for Dan Brown's "Digital Fortress"?
//www.dpchallenge.com/image.php?IMAGE_ID=304206
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03/09/2006 12:29:47 AM · #13 |
Why keep reading it? Because as I mentioned, this was my impression AFTER reading the book.
Oftentimes, we go to a store and pick up a goodie that isn't what we thought it was when we actually get home.
Same idea.
After reading the book, I felt I had been tricked. If it turned out to be a crappy story, I would say it was a crappy story. I'm not saying that. I'm not speaking of the quality, good or bad. I'm speaking of the intent that was difficult to discern until after finishing it and reflecting on it.
I don't personally buy into it, but look at all the people who fervently believe that there are aliens because they have been influenced by science fiction they have read.
Just reporting my feeling and I was curious if anyone else came up with the same feelings. It's not really a big deal. |
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03/09/2006 12:41:58 AM · #14 |
reminds me of those ASCII Role playing games :) |
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03/11/2006 06:06:27 PM · #15 |
* I will not get excited about my entry * I will not get excited about my entry * I will not get excited about my entry * I will not get excited about my entry * I will not get excited about my entry * I will not get excited about my entry * I will not get excited about my entry * I will not get excited about my entry * I will not get excited about my entry * I will not get excited about my entry * I will not get excited about my entry * I will not get excited about my entry * I will not get excited about my entry
LOL, I seem to curse myself by thinking my entries might do well. I am trying to resist the urge this time ;o)
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03/12/2006 08:42:15 PM · #16 |
Im still deciding if im going to enter (and if I do I have to choose between 2 photos lol)... but I think its going to be fun to vote on this one!
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03/12/2006 08:49:30 PM · #17 |
too late, guess I wont be in this challenge after all :(
but I managed to update my portfolio, hehe |
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03/12/2006 08:59:49 PM · #18 |
| well im in. should be interesting |
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03/12/2006 09:04:27 PM · #19 |
I'm still debating, but thinking I'll sit this one out. Good luck to all. :)
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03/12/2006 09:07:46 PM · #20 |
my mind is drawing a blank ,...
there are a lot of quotes i like but dmn hard to 'picture' |
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03/12/2006 09:14:54 PM · #21 |
| I'm in, but I will be surprised if this one does well. I think it will probably be in the 5.2 range or so. A lot of the scoring in this challenge will hinge, I think, on voters knoweledge of the choosen books. If you don't know my book, my photo won't make a bit of sense. |
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03/12/2006 09:25:59 PM · #22 |
| I think I will get A LOT of DNMC..!! Go figure |
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03/12/2006 09:35:01 PM · #23 |
Hopefully most people will at least recognize a title if it's a timeless literary classic or a well-known contemporary novel. However, if someone just pulls any title from his/her bookshelf, unknown author, unknown title, yeah, it's probably going to stump people (IMHO). It would be fun to do something like Kilgore Trout from a Kurt Vonnegut book or something bizarre like that, but I'm not that clever. And then again, he's well-known but if you've never read one of his crazy books, you wouldn't get it.
I'm in and not expecting any miracles, and I may get called (not DQ'd) on noticeable photographic flaws.
Message edited by author 2006-03-12 21:40:30. |
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03/12/2006 10:46:11 PM · #24 |
To me, when I vote its an open challenge.
Who knows every title, or quote in a book?
I know I dont. |
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03/12/2006 10:50:52 PM · #25 |
Bah - screw it! I'm in. Never had a brown, might be my turn :)
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