tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post3878640529099533561..comments2024-03-28T16:17:20.965-05:00Comments on Bill Crider's Pop Culture Magazine: Silence -- Thomas Perrymybillcriderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02350478005243505108noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-24893346777889719642007-08-25T12:19:00.000-05:002007-08-25T12:19:00.000-05:00Over the course of years? He's never bothered to d...Over the course of years? He's never bothered to do so in his books afaik, either.<BR/><BR/>Hey, did I tell you about that second law of thermodynamics I came up with the other day?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-34613811643019129262007-08-25T11:54:00.000-05:002007-08-25T11:54:00.000-05:00It probably slipped his mind.It probably slipped his mind.mybillcriderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02350478005243505108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-4650402527392463232007-08-25T11:16:00.000-05:002007-08-25T11:16:00.000-05:00Ebert actually picked up the term "idiot plot" fro...Ebert actually picked up the term "idiot plot" from the usages by Damon Knight and James Blish, in the critical writings that Ebert as a fanzine-reading fanboy certainly came across...but, happily, even when Gene Siskel fulsomely congratulated him during one of the PBS SNEAK PREVIEWS episodes for coming up the concept all on his lonesome, Ebert didn't seem to feel the need to give credit where it was due. An ethical failing to go along with his considerable lapses of insight and taste. (Who's a cranky middle-aged man? Been this way for years.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com