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« on: June 10, 2010, 08:30:29 PM »
Four main thoughts.

The tone that comes to mind at the end of the second chapter is West, instead of angry, calmly sighing "Damn it, it wasn't quite fresh enough!".  The visual, is West and his assistant lying next to each other on hospital beds, the assistant's arm raised in a cast, West's head mummified in bandages...

The staring at paper, at me bit had me thinking that West was continuously considering his assistant for a candidate for his experiments.

And... is it just me, or do the descriptions of "The Harlem Smoke" bring to mind the latter-day, bat-quano insane Mike Tyson?  "Lennox Lewis, I'm coming for you man. My style is impetuous. My defense is impregnable, and I'm just ferocious. I want your heart. I want to eat his children. Praise be to Allah!"   Or maybe Drederick Tatum.

Major Clapham-Lee, headless with head in box in military uniform.  How often did this happen in fiction beforehand? 'Cause that's just a seriously badass visual.  Kinda different from headless horseman, in that you picture a much more formalized outfit.  Like a Go Nagai villain.
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« Reply #1 on: November 29, 2010, 02:19:09 PM »
Glad to see I'm not the only who thought West was sizing his assistant/companion up as a possible guinea pig!

Just re-listened to the podcast and something struck me about the reanimated Major Sir Eric Moreland Clapham-Lee's wax head. (Besides being ultra chilling...too perfect is very disturbing! And yes, I know he had to have something to replace his headinnavat

During WWI soliders suffering disfiguring facial injuries had a variety of facial reconstructions performed...including wax masks...

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/mask.html
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« Reply #2 on: January 24, 2011, 11:26:53 AM »
what happened with that S.Gordon collaboration that was mentioned?
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« Reply #3 on: January 25, 2011, 09:11:03 PM »
Quote from: chaosound on January 24, 2011, 11:26:53 AM
what happened with that S.Gordon collaboration that was mentioned?

Well, the script is done and Stuart's on board - we just need a couple million bucks to do it!
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« Reply #4 on: January 26, 2011, 12:07:02 AM »
Quote from: Chad Fifer on January 25, 2011, 09:11:03 PM
Quote from: chaosound on January 24, 2011, 11:26:53 AM
what happened with that S.Gordon collaboration that was mentioned?

Well, the script is done and Stuart's on board - we just need a couple million bucks to do it!

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« Reply #5 on: January 27, 2011, 09:52:36 PM »
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Well, the script is done and Stuart's on board - we just need a couple million bucks to do it!

Too bad you can't do a hostage exchange for that one!
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