Comments on: Flash: Secret Boxes http://pseudopod.org/2008/02/27/flash-secret-boxes/ The Sound of Horror. Pseudopod is the world\'s first audio horror magazine. We deliver bone-chilling stories from today\'s most talented authors straight to your computer or MP3 player. Sun, 14 Mar 2010 16:28:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Milo http://pseudopod.org/2008/02/27/flash-secret-boxes/#comment-105328 Milo Fri, 12 Sep 2008 20:53:20 +0000 http://pseudopod.org/2008/02/27/flash-secret-boxes/#comment-105328 <p>Quer (n.) – A quer is an abstract term for artistic creations which forgo a definite grounding in logic for the purpose of a stronger emotional impact. A more poetic definition of a quer is a “riddle without an answer”. Examples of quers include things like poems that flash a series of images which, while significantly interconnected, are not based on any overlying story, setting, or chronology, though they imply this things. Another example of a quer is a story that taps deeply into surrealism for dramatic effect to the point where the events of the story cannot be logically mapped or explained by any system of rules the reader or author know.</p> Quer (n.) – A quer is an abstract term for artistic creations which forgo a definite grounding in logic for the purpose of a stronger emotional impact. A more poetic definition of a quer is a “riddle without an answer”. Examples of quers include things like poems that flash a series of images which, while significantly interconnected, are not based on any overlying story, setting, or chronology, though they imply this things. Another example of a quer is a story that taps deeply into surrealism for dramatic effect to the point where the events of the story cannot be logically mapped or explained by any system of rules the reader or author know.

]]> By: Dreadfully Boring. Flash is supposed to be action http://pseudopod.org/2008/02/27/flash-secret-boxes/#comment-18613 Dreadfully Boring. Flash is supposed to be action Mon, 17 Mar 2008 20:59:44 +0000 http://pseudopod.org/2008/02/27/flash-secret-boxes/#comment-18613 <p>Flash is action, not restatement. Just because you say "blood" more than twenty times in a paragraph does not make it horror. Also not an original idea. Its from HellRaiser. The puzzle box open when blood gets on it an kills you by taking off the skin. So say that. Not just. Blood this and blood that. THat was bloody boring. Copycats copy because they have no new ideas. So at least make it short. Good music and good mixing on the music, wasted on a crappy, derivative story.</p> <pre><code> The way my wife's grandma describe"s her dental implants is more horrifing. Oh the blood, the blood. Tthe blood mixed with saliva, the MediCare double billing, the horror. It will be weeks before I enjoy again a hard candy." </code></pre> <p>Jerome Dent owed me 5 minutes, now it is up to 9 because of this review.</p> Flash is action, not restatement. Just because you say “blood” more than twenty times in a paragraph does not make it horror. Also not an original idea. Its from HellRaiser. The puzzle box open when blood gets on it an kills you by taking off the skin. So say that. Not just. Blood this and blood that. THat was bloody boring. Copycats copy because they have no new ideas. So at least make it short. Good music and good mixing on the music, wasted on a crappy, derivative story.

 The way my wife's grandma describe"s her dental implants is more horrifing.  Oh the blood, the blood.  Tthe blood mixed with saliva, the MediCare double billing, the horror.  It will be weeks before I enjoy again a hard candy."

Jerome Dent owed me 5 minutes, now it is up to 9 because of this review.

]]> By: Spork http://pseudopod.org/2008/02/27/flash-secret-boxes/#comment-18070 Spork Sat, 08 Mar 2008 21:05:22 +0000 http://pseudopod.org/2008/02/27/flash-secret-boxes/#comment-18070 <p>The music was the only good thing about this episode. It was so boring, I didn't even bother to finish it.</p> The music was the only good thing about this episode. It was so boring, I didn’t even bother to finish it.

]]> By: Mari Mitchell http://pseudopod.org/2008/02/27/flash-secret-boxes/#comment-18016 Mari Mitchell Sat, 08 Mar 2008 01:57:39 +0000 http://pseudopod.org/2008/02/27/flash-secret-boxes/#comment-18016 <p>The underscore of the music was a very nice touch. It really added something to it.</p> <p>I found this to well-written but the laced something for me.</p> <p>I am fine with surreal. At its best, it is like poetry and encourages the reader to engage and think.</p> <p>To me this was a painting it reminded me of The Scream.</p> <p>But the ending did not have an impact for me that I hungered for. So it does not that stick with you quality and long after you forgotten the title or who wrote, something lingers.</p> <p>Well I cannot love or like them all.</p> The underscore of the music was a very nice touch. It really added something to it.

I found this to well-written but the laced something for me.

I am fine with surreal. At its best, it is like poetry and encourages the reader to engage and think.

To me this was a painting it reminded me of The Scream.

But the ending did not have an impact for me that I hungered for. So it does not that stick with you quality and long after you forgotten the title or who wrote, something lingers.

Well I cannot love or like them all.

]]> By: Ali S. http://pseudopod.org/2008/02/27/flash-secret-boxes/#comment-17722 Ali S. Wed, 05 Mar 2008 03:30:44 +0000 http://pseudopod.org/2008/02/27/flash-secret-boxes/#comment-17722 <p>Wow. This gave me goosebumps. Not because it was scary but because it was sort of "out there". Besides, the visuals really were what gave this little story the "oompf" that I think helped it along. Plus, think about how the body ended up as it did and who did the writing! Good stuff. The music was great and eerie</p> Wow. This gave me goosebumps. Not because it was scary but because it was sort of “out there”. Besides, the visuals really were what gave this little story the “oompf” that I think helped it along. Plus, think about how the body ended up as it did and who did the writing! Good stuff. The music was great and eerie

]]> By: Scatterbrain http://pseudopod.org/2008/02/27/flash-secret-boxes/#comment-17509 Scatterbrain Sun, 02 Mar 2008 14:35:12 +0000 http://pseudopod.org/2008/02/27/flash-secret-boxes/#comment-17509 <p>He seems to have left the plot at the begining of the universe.</p> <p>Didn't do it for me.</p> He seems to have left the plot at the begining of the universe.

Didn’t do it for me.

]]> By: dave http://pseudopod.org/2008/02/27/flash-secret-boxes/#comment-17243 dave Fri, 29 Feb 2008 09:15:51 +0000 http://pseudopod.org/2008/02/27/flash-secret-boxes/#comment-17243 <p>what was the story about though? made no sense.</p> what was the story about though? made no sense.

]]> By: Dom http://pseudopod.org/2008/02/27/flash-secret-boxes/#comment-17208 Dom Thu, 28 Feb 2008 22:11:40 +0000 http://pseudopod.org/2008/02/27/flash-secret-boxes/#comment-17208 <p>I liked this flash story. I can't say it's the best out of the bunch on this site, though.</p> <p>The music definitely added a lot and created an eerie ambience to the scenes. I liked the hanging note at the end... I give this one a 6.8/10</p> <p>Keep it up.</p> I liked this flash story. I can’t say it’s the best out of the bunch on this site, though.

The music definitely added a lot and created an eerie ambience to the scenes. I liked the hanging note at the end… I give this one a 6.8/10

Keep it up.

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