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Slow Time in Fat City, part 9: The Last Investigative Journalist

Started by The Good Reverend Roger, December 08, 2010, 05:42:20 PM

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Cainad (dec.)

I finished re-reading Transmetropolitan just yesterday.

Fucking uncanny. More than a few times, a chill went up my spine as I read a page or two that came too close to the Real World.

BadBeast

Quote from: Cainad (dec.) on December 14, 2010, 06:45:23 AM
I finished re-reading Transmetropolitan just yesterday.

Fucking uncanny. More than a few times, a chill went up my spine as I read a page or two that came too close to the Real World.
I'll tell you what's fucking uncanny. Warren Ellis's fictionalised coverage of the 2016 election campaign. 18 years early. And inventing "google glass" for Spider's uber cool glasses. And predicting live streaming internet newscasts. Bumped for relevance. And as an excuse to stick my head around the door and say "Hey everyone". So erm, Hey everyone . . . and L8rs pert8ers.
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The Good Reverend Roger

Quote from: BadBeast on June 06, 2017, 04:36:54 AM
Quote from: Cainad (dec.) on December 14, 2010, 06:45:23 AM
I finished re-reading Transmetropolitan just yesterday.

Fucking uncanny. More than a few times, a chill went up my spine as I read a page or two that came too close to the Real World.
I'll tell you what's fucking uncanny. Warren Ellis's fictionalised coverage of the 2016 election campaign. 18 years early. And inventing "google glass" for Spider's uber cool glasses. And predicting live streaming internet newscasts. Bumped for relevance. And as an excuse to stick my head around the door and say "Hey everyone". So erm, Hey everyone . . . and L8rs pert8ers.

I always thought the election in that was more "Obama replacing Nixon".
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Bump, just cause we were discussing about journalism degrading into entertainment in Aneristic Illussions.
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