Posts by dan from why.movie
Last Picture Show
i had resisted watching this for a long time because i had the impression it was a mundane Americana coming of age snowglobe, and it is, but turned out dark and gritty, with a sort of DOG toy universe aesthetic. Spooky. A little confusing and perhaps misogynistic or teen misogynistic as the mother and cloris…
Read More2025 Sketches
Various miscellany along the way Subtitle affirmations Joe breaks the 4th wall visuals why novella riff on cosmology – multiverse drugs conbits Christina prequel questions seek – podcast with BJ travels excerpt avail myself Review Life Force 1985 PBD Anneke Lucas DOG Podcast Pod Sidney Lumet Ally Image Thriving and Politics Novella Chapter 1 ……
Read More2025 Why Novella
excerpted from Why Novelette What might be the latest order of operations? Let’s say we write a novella? I bet we could easily get 30k words just by sorting and sequencing what we already have. The question is, are we going to finish, is this the way to completion… a novella? If I turn my…
Read More2025 Riff on Cosmology – Multiverse
Verses are consciousness playing. There are probable and improbable verses. Whereas transitioning to an improbable verse might be both difficult and ill advised, aspects or chunks of an improbable verse might be invited or coaxed into a higher probability in the current verse. If the story is compelling enough, if play would be enhanced. Thus…
Read More2025 Boxes Notes
neurons [A connection between the boxes and UJ. Establish they are networked computation, that Joe has root on. The rest of the Clique see them as surveillance on the survivors, a control mechanism, but Joe is creating a legacy he can bequeath to the DOGs, a way for them to commune with the people, to…
Read More2025 Chapter Boxes
A beige cube nestles in a meadow. A puff of wind rustles the surrounding grass, causing a subtle scritch scratching of blades against the side of the cube. Other cubes are scattered around the field, near and far. Almost a still life if not for the slight swaying of green. The sun transits the blue…
Read More2025 Chapter Sent by God
Christina and Gerry meet
Read More2025 20 Questions notes
Scene • The Box Looses Joe
Read More2025 Prompt Big Boat notes
Prompts – initially, the boxes search for actual scenarios in the world that are poetic analogs to the query. Because the Big Boat and crew are project specific, the network knows that it’s being asked to riff on the real world, to efficaciously hallucinate. Prompts show the capabilities of the box network. If Joe or…
Read MoreScript Maul and Saw
DOG inspired prequels about north western lower michigan and the influx of wealth that overwhelms the local aesthetic. THE SURGEON SURGEON (enters room), Hello I’m Doctor Smeagal. (standing, staring at tablet) I see you’ve been referred to our surgical center by the renowned gender consultant in Traverse City, Chaga Trillium Trout. How can I help…
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