tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21584448.post114909179207696213..comments2023-09-27T05:54:53.916-04:00Comments on Mr Myth: Penny Arcade can be used to explain anything. Seriously.Mythhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02273801428152435509noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21584448.post-1149253592773843632006-06-02T09:06:00.000-04:002006-06-02T09:06:00.000-04:00In response to Corinne:I hear you on holding out h...In response to Corinne:<BR/><BR/>I hear you on holding out hope. There are some comics that I start reading, and after a couple weeks realize they aren't worth my time. But when a comic once was good, and I occasionally remember how it was, that is when I have trouble giving up on it. <BR/><BR/>Megatokyo is one of the commonly used examples, and it serves well here - I'm generally very dissatisfied with the current state of the comic, but every so often it does something that really makes me laugh, or think. The moments are few and far between, compared to the comic's early days... but I can't ignore that they are there.Mythhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02273801428152435509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21584448.post-1149253442016833272006-06-02T09:04:00.000-04:002006-06-02T09:04:00.000-04:00See, for me it tends to be almost the opposite - w...See, for me it tends to be almost the opposite - with something I check every day, it becomes so easy to get into the routine of it that I almost don't notice when I stop enjoying it.<BR/><BR/>As far as Eddings goes, I'm planning on doing a more in-depth post into some of the books I've recently been disappointed in, but I'd definitely say it is, in fact, that bad.<BR/><BR/>I remember enjoying Polgara the Sorceress, and I was a huge fan of his earlier works - but this most recent one, along with the Dreamers series - are beyond atrocious. I go into a rage whenever I spy them in a store, claiming the name of novel. It is a lie and an insult!<BR/><BR/>Anyway, outraged rantings aside, they really just aren't any good. Bad characters, bad writing, bad plot, bad pacing. I don't know how he lost the magic, but it's definitely gone.Mythhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02273801428152435509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21584448.post-1149222372481431322006-06-02T00:26:00.000-04:002006-06-02T00:26:00.000-04:00Well, with something that you have to check like, ...Well, with something that you have to check like, every day, or every three days, or whatever, if it stops interesting me, I tend to forget about it. For instance, I haven't looked at Errant Story in months.<BR/><BR/>But was the latest Eddings book really that bad? I heard someone compare it to Polgara the Sorceress, and that was my favorite out of all the Belgarion books. I wasn't a fan of the Elenium, although it was alright, I thought that the Mallorrean was pretty flat compared to the Belgariad, but still pretty good, and that the Belgariad was pure entertainment, especially the first three books. It looks like there's a wide range of types in Edding's books, and I guess I'd like to know which of those its most like.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21584448.post-1149186534547156122006-06-01T14:28:00.000-04:002006-06-01T14:28:00.000-04:00I have a harder time giving up on something serial...I have a harder time giving up on something serialized, like a webcomic or a comic book or a television series, than I do a complete work like a novel or a film. Usually I've been wrapped up in a serial work for longer before I realize it isn't doing anything for me anymore. <BR/><BR/>And I always hope it will get good again. I tend to keep going back even after I'm disenchanted, until some major dissatisfying event makes me stop believing I'll grow to love it again.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com