Comments on: The Ludlum Demonstrative http://tleaves.com/2007/05/15/the-ludlum-demonstrative/ Creativity x Technology Sat, 17 Mar 2012 05:09:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Chaff http://tleaves.com/2007/05/15/the-ludlum-demonstrative/comment-page-1/#comment-4017 Chaff Tue, 22 May 2007 13:24:07 +0000 http://tleaves.com/?p=844#comment-4017 The Scarlet Pimpernel: "The Aristocrat Extraction" The Scarlet Pimpernel: “The Aristocrat Extraction”

]]> By: Jon F http://tleaves.com/2007/05/15/the-ludlum-demonstrative/comment-page-1/#comment-4016 Jon F Wed, 16 May 2007 22:52:40 +0000 http://tleaves.com/?p=844#comment-4016 Of course, being a geek, I immediately start looking for ways to game the system. The Rock: "The Road to Alcatraz" Casablanca: "The Shocked, Shocked Ascertainment" Of course, being a geek, I immediately start looking for ways to game the system.

The Rock: “The Road to Alcatraz”
Casablanca: “The Shocked, Shocked Ascertainment”

]]> By: Chris http://tleaves.com/2007/05/15/the-ludlum-demonstrative/comment-page-1/#comment-4015 Chris Wed, 16 May 2007 19:00:38 +0000 http://tleaves.com/?p=844#comment-4015 Jon F's report of Rushdie's version of this game amuses me greatly. Some stories take a totally different character when imagined through a Ludlum-filter... Star Wars: "The Blueprint Appropriation" Jaws: "The Selachian Denial" Gone with the Wind: "The O'Hara Ordeal" Citizen Kane: "The Rosebud Ambiguity" Casablanca: "The Bartender Ambivalence" Joyous. :) Jon F’s report of Rushdie’s version of this game amuses me greatly. Some stories take a totally different character when imagined through a Ludlum-filter…

Star Wars: “The Blueprint Appropriation”
Jaws: “The Selachian Denial”
Gone with the Wind: “The O’Hara Ordeal”
Citizen Kane: “The Rosebud Ambiguity”
Casablanca: “The Bartender Ambivalence”

Joyous. :)

]]> By: peterb http://tleaves.com/2007/05/15/the-ludlum-demonstrative/comment-page-1/#comment-4014 peterb Wed, 16 May 2007 04:49:09 +0000 http://tleaves.com/?p=844#comment-4014 "More hits" doesn't actually get me anything other than increased bandwidth (our ads only yield revenue if people actually click). If I wasn't so lazy I'd make it so you could reload by submitting a form, rather than reloading the page. But Wordpress is sort of retarded about javascript, so I didn't. “More hits” doesn’t actually get me anything other than increased bandwidth (our ads only yield revenue if people actually click).

If I wasn’t so lazy I’d make it so you could reload by submitting a form, rather than reloading the page. But WordPress is sort of retarded about javascript, so I didn’t.

]]> By: Cynthia Closkey http://tleaves.com/2007/05/15/the-ludlum-demonstrative/comment-page-1/#comment-4013 Cynthia Closkey Wed, 16 May 2007 04:19:06 +0000 http://tleaves.com/?p=844#comment-4013 This is a fun game. And, I notice, one that drives your page hits way up. I got something like "The Uhura Imperative" a moment ago. Excellent. This is a fun game. And, I notice, one that drives your page hits way up.

I got something like “The Uhura Imperative” a moment ago. Excellent.

]]> By: peterb http://tleaves.com/2007/05/15/the-ludlum-demonstrative/comment-page-1/#comment-4012 peterb Wed, 16 May 2007 01:40:17 +0000 http://tleaves.com/?p=844#comment-4012 Normally I'd be irritated that someone else thought of this before me, but if you're going to be outdone, one can't complain about being outdone by Salman Rushdie. Normally I’d be irritated that someone else thought of this before me, but if you’re going to be outdone, one can’t complain about being outdone by Salman Rushdie.

]]> By: Trin http://tleaves.com/2007/05/15/the-ludlum-demonstrative/comment-page-1/#comment-4011 Trin Wed, 16 May 2007 00:57:22 +0000 http://tleaves.com/?p=844#comment-4011 With The Bourne Identity (movie) there was a fair amount of liberty taken with the plot (as is common with most book to movie productions, but I would suggest more so than usual). Then with the second, The Bourne Supremacy, they kept the title and a character or two, but abandoned the plot. They also did things which made it impossible to keep anything in the third movie true to the third book (beyond having Bourne as the main character of course). Personally, I just enjoy the two creations as separate works which happen to share names, but I imagine it would take very little effort to find fans frothing over the differences on the internets. With The Bourne Identity (movie) there was a fair amount of liberty taken with the plot (as is common with most book to movie productions, but I would suggest more so than usual). Then with the second, The Bourne Supremacy, they kept the title and a character or two, but abandoned the plot. They also did things which made it impossible to keep anything in the third movie true to the third book (beyond having Bourne as the main character of course). Personally, I just enjoy the two creations as separate works which happen to share names, but I imagine it would take very little effort to find fans frothing over the differences on the internets.

]]> By: Jon F http://tleaves.com/2007/05/15/the-ludlum-demonstrative/comment-page-1/#comment-4010 Jon F Wed, 16 May 2007 00:51:33 +0000 http://tleaves.com/?p=844#comment-4010 The game, as invented by Salman Rushdie, is to take an existing story and come up with a Ludlumesque title. The canonical examples are "Hamlet" -> "The Elsinore Vacillation" and "Othello" -> "The Kerchief Implication". The game, as invented by Salman Rushdie, is to take an existing story and come up with a Ludlumesque title. The canonical examples are “Hamlet” -> “The Elsinore Vacillation” and “Othello” -> “The Kerchief Implication”.

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