And Dave and I discussed character motivation in the latest ThrillerCast largely triggered by my ranting about Prometheus.

As for tolerance, those who overstretch it should look up the history — the original idea of historical toleration largely meant not killing or beating the shit out of people for the opinions they hold (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toleration). In which case, I for one think it’s a marvellous idea.

The most annoying thing about the Prometheus defence is if it brings up suspension of disbelief. The reader’s willingness to suspend disbelief is not infinite and must be earned to an extent. It’s not the same thing as ignoring utterly stupid things or gargantuan plot holes or characters that don’t behave anything like characters. In fact, if I could suggest this to go on the podcast ideas list, since there’s always room for thoughtful discussion by authors about suspension of disbelief esp in genre fiction.

I think my friend Carol puts it best – just because there are interesting ideas referred to, doesn’t make this film interesting – ‘It’s not everybody gets a trophy day…You don’t get a pass because you thought ‘oh I’d like to think about the big questions, you actually have to succeed for me to give you a round of applause.’

I still haven’t seen this movie and now have no intention of forking over my hard-earned to experience it at a cinema, but if or when I eventually do see it I intend to go in with that same tactics I employed before watching The Expendables: have a big feed and a couple of pints beforehand and chuckle my way through.

I think surviving a crap movie is about having the right mindset going in. The Blade Runner DVD is always there as backup afterwards.

Clearly I have a sick sense of humour because all of the raging on both sides of the “issue” is just making me laugh my ass off and enjoy the movie more. And by enjoy I mean enjoy laughing at how awful it is.