5 Kickass Lessons Books Could Learn from the Movies.
#5 The Sequel
Sequels are like a license to print small bills… If publishers take up this practice as well, think of all the great works we could be reading right now! We could be perusing the action-packed Dickensian sequel we’ve all wanted to read, 2 Cities 2 Furious. Or laughing it up to The Retard, the light-hearted follow-up to Dostoyevsky’s The Idiot. Hell, that Swede already called dibs on Catcher in the Rye 2: Rye Harder – if he’s smart enough to throw some titties in there and maybe have Holden Caulfield learn magic from a vampire, he’ll have officially won writing.
Very funny (and explicit — it’s Cracked.com, after all). But you’ll never think of #4, Explosions, the same way again.
And celebrity cameos — why didn’t I think of that?
(Via Nathan Bransford.)
10 responses so far ↓
Patti // June 13, 2009 at 1:24 pm |
Meg, you DID think of celebrity cameos. What star from your other series showed his mug in Dirty Secrets Club? As for sequels, you’re there. . . twice.
Patti // June 13, 2009 at 1:35 pm |
Double posting because Brockway deserves some kind of prize for describing J. D. Salinger as a “literary Sasquatch”–I’m still emitting little giggles.
Meg // June 13, 2009 at 1:42 pm |
And because “Catcher in the Rye 2: Rye Harder” is exquisite.
Regarding his cameo in Dirty Secrets Club, Jesse says, “If I’m a celebrity, you’re Wayne Gretzky. Wait — ARE you Wayne Gretzky? ‘Cause if so, I’m a celebrity, and I want my Malibu mansion and my reality TV show.”
Holly // June 13, 2009 at 2:03 pm |
I love coming here, you have the links to all the good websites/blogs.
I found autistic shark highly amusing. However, I think slow motion writing is definitely a winner!
Ken // June 13, 2009 at 3:59 pm |
Orgasmic Explosions would be a good name for a rock band.
Rich // June 13, 2009 at 7:49 pm |
I lean towards orchestral rock so anything by Trans Siberian Orchestra, Pandora’s Box, Savatage, Lourdes, Bob Catley and/or Nikolo Kotzev to offer a few. Of course, anything written by Jim Steinman.
Eddie // June 14, 2009 at 5:23 pm |
Nonsensical musical reaction: Meg, for some reason, your question reminds me of a phrase I read in a horoscope on The Onion a few years ago – cue the minor key calliope music.
Eddie // June 14, 2009 at 5:36 pm |
Serious musical reaction: For urban scenes and for general exposition, So What by Miles Davis (from Kind of Blue) seems fitting. For building suspense, something classical, The Planets by Holst, perhaps. And for the aftermath, maybe Bach’s Brandenburg Concertos (also good for a sleuth pondering) or Vivaldi’s The Seasons. And during an actual action scene, a little Kraftwerk or Tangerine Dream could go a long way.
Eddie // June 14, 2009 at 5:38 pm |
@Rich: I’m definitely with you on Trans-Siberian Orchestra!
Patti // June 14, 2009 at 8:09 pm |
To Jesse: how about celebrity by proximity? I’m not Wayne Gretzky, but was raised 20 minutes down the highway from WG’s hometown, where he was 3 years older and busy skating on his backyard rink. I think that nets you just about the amount of celebrity you have–plus a house on the ocean, perhaps in Montecito, say, with a little textual fame on the side. FFL, buddy (that’s Fictional Fact of Life).