Can anyone explain them to me in a way that I undertand? Or point me to a website or three that explains it? The sites I've visited were . . . less than useful
Posted by pooka (Member # 5003) on :
I've never heard of it. Though eight anything makes me think of the ba-gua, a Taoist tool used in Feng Shui.
Posted by Wonko The Sane (Member # 2945) on :
I guess the reversal is like that part in "Cujo" where the apparently dead dog has one last hiccup of life. I hate that. Ever since seeing "Cujo" (at the age of ten) theatrical reversals stick out like a sore thumb to me. And I've had zero interest in reading Stephen King. Another annoying example was in the Ewok war, where for a brief moment the battle was turning against the Ewoks for no apparent reason.
Posted by twinky (Member # 693) on :
Not that the Ewoks should ever have been winning that battle at all...
Posted by pooka (Member # 5003) on :
Exactly. The suspension of disbelief shouldn't be disturbed.
Posted by twinky (Member # 693) on :
Ah, I see.
Posted by quidscribis (Member # 5124) on :
I never saw Cujo. But I saw The Shining when I was, what, eight? Now that's disturbing. And not at all appropriate for someone that young. I had nightmares for two years. Seriously.
Posted by Irami Osei-Frimpong (Member # 2229) on :
It's one interpretation of a watered down version of Aristotle's poetics. The book itself is inspired, accurate, and it's only 60 pages.