[Lawtan]

And...finally falling asleep
ZZZZZZzzzzzzz........

[Vincent]

Awwh.
-giving lawman a queen sized bed and another lava lamp-
Sleep well, Lawman. :3

[Lawtan]

*Waves*
Philosophical question of the day: Should "classic" literature be valued above modern literature of the same quality and non-plagiarized?

[Tam I am]

*puts tomato on the poking stick*

Originally Posted by Lawtan

Also,
Mixing Science and Magic: A Recipe for Disaster?
21 Ways To Eradicate Campiness From Science Fiction
...and The Electrification of Human Corpses

I won't add these to the main Library because they are not factual enough...but I wanted to share something I am trying to look into...

Wouldn't those fit under "humour"?

Originally Posted by Lawtan

*Waves*
Philosophical question of the day: Should "classic" literature be valued above modern literature of the same quality and non-plagiarized?

Well, it shouldn't be plagiarized. *doesn't personally like the published fanfiction novels I've seen lately either. Stop trying to mess up the plots of dead people, you guys!*

[Lawtan]

Well, to clarify plagiarization: One of the greatest Epics of Rome, the Aeneid, "plagiarized" the Odyssey and the Iliad.
And several novels are connected/pay homage to other works - really bad ones instead try to steal from other works instead.
I was not really thinking of fanfiction at all here...

I like the Epic of Gilgamesh, Jules Verne, and Edgar Allen Poe...to the same degree I like Diana Pharaoh Francis, Naomi Novik, or Dave Freer.
However, it just seems that sometimes things that are considered "cheesy" or "unrealistic" in modern works...are overlooked in earlier things because they are classical.

Bad romance dialogue in modern things: laughed at or criticized
Bad romance dialogue in Romeo and Juliet: Well, I laughed...

Or, Law is just a crazy cook. *Waves spatula around*

[Vincent]

Eh. I guess you could argue that the 'Classic Literature' could be valued higher, as the ones who wrote them are no longer with us, and are unable to contribute anymore, making them more... 'rare' for lack of a better word.
However, in all honesty I don't know. x:

[Tam I am]

Originally Posted by Lawtan

Well, to clarify plagiarization: One of the greatest Epics of Rome, the Aeneid, "plagiarized" the Odyssey and the Iliad.
And several novels are connected/pay homage to other works - really bad ones instead try to steal from other works instead.
However, it just seems that sometimes things that are considered "cheesy" or "unrealistic" in modern works...are overlooked in earlier things because they are classical.

Bad romance dialogue in modern things: laughed at or criticized
Bad romance dialogue in Romeo and Juliet: Well, I laughed...

Or, Law is just a crazy cook. *Waves spatula around*

Ohhhh. Homage/tribute I like. After all, there are only a limited number of stories and characters in the world. As for the cheesy and unrealistic, I think I cut the classic works some slack because I know people didn't know as much then, and they also had different ideas of what was funny or entertaining. So I kinda just view it as alien stuff from another world that I can't really tear apart with as much satisfaction as I can a modern book about people who give their son two bedrooms of his own and stuff their nephew in the cupboard under the stairs.

Of course, for the most part, that cheesy old junk in the really old stories is about the only romance I can take without gagging. XD

[Lawtan]

@Vince...
Huh... I would not think that would be a reason to praise the value of the content over another work...rather I would think that would be a "collector's" focus.

Originally Posted by Tam I am

I think I cut the classic works some slack because I know people didn't know as much then, and they also had different ideas of what was funny or entertaining. So I kinda just view it as alien stuff from another world. XD

I guess that makes sense. I just know that I am almost as likely to meet my favorite modern authors as I am to talk to Socrates. XD

I guess...I don't think of writings (barring perhaps deconstructionist/dadaist works) as alien. Yes, culture and technology is different...but people/society still seems very much similar at the core through history to me.

[Vincent]

Hmm. So I'm seeing that the value of the content to the target audiance, and the collector's value of the content are seperated? o.o

[Lawtan]

Pretty much. Actually...that could be a good (the best) way to put it.
So, everyone doing okay?

[Vincent]

Whoo. XD Go vivi~

I'm doing okay. Just had dinner, debating on when to have dessert. x:
How's the Lawman? :3

[Lawtan]

I wish I had more time to do things...

[Vincent]

Ah. Yeah. Time is an enemy of us all. X:
You'll do it somehow, though, Lawman. -patpat-

[Lawtan]

CHRONOS!!! YOU HEAR THAT!!! VINCENT SAYS I WILL GET YOU!!!!
(lol - Chronos = Titan of Time)

[Vincent]

Lolol. Somehow I can see you studying up to rip open the fabric of time and hunt down wherever Chronos is and strangle him saying 'STUPID CHRONOS! I. AM. THE LAW!'

[Lawtan]

But of course.

(for those without Youtube access)