tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16435271.post1110219189307416651..comments2023-05-14T21:11:23.699-04:00Comments on CHEESEBURGER BROWN: Story Wallah: Idiot's Mask - Chapter 4Cheeseburger Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01384136287767500794noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16435271.post-75314673380269686672009-05-13T03:28:00.000-04:002009-05-13T03:28:00.000-04:00hooooooold... hooooooooold... HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL...hooooooold... hooooooooold... HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOLD!<br /><br />TRHTeddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06429915965397673079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16435271.post-24055403525751460162009-05-13T01:58:00.000-04:002009-05-13T01:58:00.000-04:00Huh. I just noticed "I offered out my hand"... wh...Huh. I just noticed "I offered out my hand"... which should probably be either "I offered my hand" or "I held out my hand".<br /><br />Carry on.Sheik Yerboutinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16435271.post-68783313895745028212009-05-12T20:13:00.000-04:002009-05-12T20:13:00.000-04:00Great shot kid, that was one in a million... wait....Great shot kid, that was one in a million... wait... that's still chapter 4.... crap...fooburgerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00598732577922981025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16435271.post-19815803883400712312009-05-12T11:35:00.000-04:002009-05-12T11:35:00.000-04:00STAY ON TARGET!!!STAY ON TARGET!!!Sheik Yerboutinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16435271.post-82696316353115273632009-05-11T19:00:00.000-04:002009-05-11T19:00:00.000-04:00Alllmossssst....there....Alllmossssst....there....Cheeseburger Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01384136287767500794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16435271.post-28526006927666960222009-05-11T18:37:00.000-04:002009-05-11T18:37:00.000-04:00Doop doop da doobie doo... chapter 5 ... I can sme...Doop doop da doobie doo... chapter 5 ... I can smell it in the air!fooburgerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00598732577922981025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16435271.post-1265016515852061992009-05-04T13:06:00.000-04:002009-05-04T13:06:00.000-04:00Fooburger, you're not the only one. All the money...Fooburger, you're not the only one. All the money (from unknown sources) spent so a handful of street kids could swagger around and feel important... it seems like a setup to me. Then again, maybe there's a secret patron of the resistance and he's using those funds to win loyalty before sending them out to do the dirty work.Sheik Yerboutinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16435271.post-86473592776047332092009-05-01T12:43:00.000-04:002009-05-01T12:43:00.000-04:00And then they were left alone...to entertain thems...And then they were left alone...to entertain themselves...<br /><br /><br />Big t, Sir Cheesealot went there first with his April 1st post<br /><br /><br />On the subject of bot sex, I wonder if her father would have seen fit to include the necessary parts, but we did see her doing something over the bucket.Wil Zirklenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16435271.post-30833750388645603952009-05-01T10:24:00.000-04:002009-05-01T10:24:00.000-04:00It's not the first story to have a subplot involvi...It's not the first story to have a subplot involving a surrogate or artificial being to replace a lost loved one.<br /><br />As for "taking" them, that would be a bit too obvious for this particular anti-robot culture.Sheik Yerboutinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16435271.post-73877747080798811462009-05-01T02:47:00.000-04:002009-05-01T02:47:00.000-04:00There's definitely an element waiting to come out ...There's definitely an element waiting to come out about Idiot.... there's a darn good reason the masked guards didn't take him when they were tossing those on the bridge. They must have recognized him as a plant or something.<br /><br />Throughout the first part, I got the strong sense that the 'resistance' was a farce planted by the oppressors as a control mechanism over those oppressed. I don't know if this was something that was intended or maybe I'm the only one... can't really find a rationale for the abduction in such a scenario though.<br /><br />Seems kind of morbid for the daughter of the vizier to die and be replaced with a simulacrum.... I'm not certain why that would be done.<br />I'm guessing that the robot also could have taken the abductors if programmatically allowed to I guess.fooburgerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00598732577922981025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16435271.post-16760257582960408592009-04-23T15:43:00.000-04:002009-04-23T15:43:00.000-04:00Will Zirkle, you are one crazy guy! I don't think ...Will Zirkle, you are one crazy guy! I don't think so, but you never know with CBB. I'm not making any more predictions, my wife can't watch movies with me because I have diarrhea of the mouth with plots and endings, I don't want that to happen here, besides with CBB stories I'm usually wrong. Idiots a Robot..........oh crap....Big thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03728437300843445339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16435271.post-16760740232918108742009-04-20T13:42:00.000-04:002009-04-20T13:42:00.000-04:00To Astra: Awwww.
Seriously, though, those of us w...To Astra: Awwww.<br /><br />Seriously, though, those of us who spin yarns appreciate the praise of those closest to us perhaps above all else. Or, I do, anyway.Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08722639974320971726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16435271.post-78266456743637390002009-04-20T10:10:00.000-04:002009-04-20T10:10:00.000-04:00You are such a romantic darling. It's so sweet. Yo...You are such a romantic darling. It's so sweet. Your depth of sensitivity comes out so well in your writing.*daemon star.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01338687814722157458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16435271.post-65970745595737539602009-04-17T16:34:00.000-04:002009-04-17T16:34:00.000-04:00Ah, gotcha. I just took the kidnapping conversati...Ah, gotcha. I just took the kidnapping conversation at face value and figured she was artificial like Alaia in <I>T,DoW</I>.Sheik Yerboutinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16435271.post-82180943051913207442009-04-17T15:25:00.000-04:002009-04-17T15:25:00.000-04:00Shiek:
No, I was serious, I didn't see it coming t...Shiek:<br />No, I was serious, I didn't see it coming that she was a robot. I had imagined the more typical scenario: He has to save her from his own people, thus proving his goodness.<br /><br />I didn't anticipate that he would have to save her from her OWN people, nor that it would require that SHE have the strength to get him to save both of them.<br /><br />I love that CBB has set us up with the common trope (good hearted captor saves prisoner from his own people) and then subverted our expectations with something unexpected. On top of that, he does it in such a way that you really care about the characters and care about what they care about. Awesome!SaintPeterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02064605142705446251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16435271.post-17503662683485178842009-04-17T11:21:00.000-04:002009-04-17T11:21:00.000-04:00SaintPeter: was that first part a joke? My email...SaintPeter: was that first part a joke? My email inflection detector must be on the fritz.<br /><br />I know what you mean about the runaway bit, but maybe they figured their power wash was infallible.<br /><br />"Anti-terror" seems rather anachronistic, but that could just be me.Sheik Yerboutinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16435271.post-13023198856667543542009-04-17T00:45:00.000-04:002009-04-17T00:45:00.000-04:00Ok, I didn't see that coming. She's a robot? Wha...Ok, I didn't see that coming. She's a robot? What a curveball! I had also predicted that he would save her, but the opposite is more accurate.<br /><br />I do love that the Idiot touches on some basic philosophy:<br /><I>"If nobody ever bothered to tell you that you weren't really real, how would you know? I mean, you don't know what sadness feels like -- so how can you say what you feel isn't it?"</I>.<br />Perfect.<br /><br />I love the annihilator - it's the giant space sand-blaster! It cleans AND it polishes. Much better than the standard fare burning and cratered.<br /><br />I'll admit, I was a bit skeptical that two people on foot, on a polished and stripped plain could outrun air mounted anti-terror folks. I suppose if the forest was thick enough, but I'd imagine they'd have thermal imagers and such that would render that point moot.SaintPeterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02064605142705446251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16435271.post-31462804155699451172009-04-16T21:57:00.000-04:002009-04-16T21:57:00.000-04:00Incidentally, I like the way you took the narrator...Incidentally, I like the way you took the narrator's kindness -- which initially got him beaten within an inch of his life -- and turned it into his physical (as well as moral) salvation.<br /><br />Also, I think I know where all this is going. Perhaps another piece of the grand enigma that is the Burgerverse...?Sheik Yerboutinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16435271.post-80895400019011241112009-04-16T16:04:00.000-04:002009-04-16T16:04:00.000-04:00CBB, I definitely was not suggesting that the plot...CBB, I definitely was not suggesting that the plot device is tired or overdone. In the right hands (um, yours) it's great.<br /><br />I just started watching <EM>Being There</EM> a couple weeks ago and haven't finished it yet. Enjoying it so far, though. Yes, it's sad that I watch movies in chunks.Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08722639974320971726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16435271.post-61682921573890128792009-04-16T14:51:00.000-04:002009-04-16T14:51:00.000-04:00You really know how to bring it, CBB.
My predicti...You really know how to bring it, CBB.<br /><br />My prediction: Idiot will discover that his name is Chauncey, and then he and Venus will start a new agrarian life together.<br /><br />Seriously, though, there's nothing wrong with that particular plot device; it's quite charming when done right, and you do it right (or correctly, if you prefer).Sheik Yerboutinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16435271.post-34937498924508623312009-04-16T14:16:00.000-04:002009-04-16T14:16:00.000-04:00Of course, you all thought my April 1st post was a...Of course, you all thought my April 1st post was a joke, but no -- it's all robot on robot sex, all the time, from now on.<br /><br />(Well, not really.)<br /><br />Mark: I know, it's a bit of cheap device for exposition, and I'll probably return to it again. Also, I've historically been charmed by the format -- Peter Sellers' <I>Being There</I> was always a favourite movie of mine; Dostoevsky's <I>The Idiot</I> a favourite book.<br /><br />Sorry this one's been slow in coming -- I'm still working two jobs, and will be the next few months. Just trying to keep my head above water.<br /><br />Love,<br />Cheeseburger BrownCheeseburger Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01384136287767500794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16435271.post-12513496503336331662009-04-16T13:51:00.000-04:002009-04-16T13:51:00.000-04:00This story is getting better with every chapter.
...This story is getting better with every chapter.<br /><br />It's a bit reminiscent of Simon of Space, with the main character being a bit of a rube and stumbling into an adventure with a robot by his side.<br /><br />Except, without the farting dog.Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08722639974320971726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16435271.post-45334791136150696222009-04-16T13:41:00.000-04:002009-04-16T13:41:00.000-04:00bails -> nailsbails -> nailsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16435271.post-29017458974449660772009-04-16T13:30:00.000-04:002009-04-16T13:30:00.000-04:00I guess that means the idiot is a robot too, the b...I guess that means the idiot is a robot too, the burger did promise all robots all the time.Wil Zirklenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16435271.post-65113203738854665232009-04-16T12:17:00.000-04:002009-04-16T12:17:00.000-04:00Idiot wants to be fornicating with a motherfornica...Idiot wants to be fornicating with a motherfornicating robot! What is that world coming to?<br /><br />Can't wait for the next one, CBB<br /><br />THE DanimalDanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01657614872089173887noreply@blogger.com