Answering An Asshole

Do not hold Kevin Costner's film version of The Postman against David Brin, on whose same-named novel it was based, who here answers the "vain, childish, self-destructive spectacle" of Frank Miller's blather, which we mentioned earlier.

Well, well. I’ve been fuming silently at Frank Miller for years. The time’s come, so get ready for steam! Because the screech that you just read – Miller’s attack on young citizens, clumsily feeling their way ahead toward saving their country – is only the latest example of Frank’s astonishing agenda. One that really needs exposure to light.

Indeed, we've read several or a couple or some number of Brin's Uplift War books & found them fairly absorbing. (Will resist any spillage puns.) On the other hand, the text version of The Postman may well have sucked too. Mr. Brin in the real world may be just a little too optimistic & "reasonable" ("Both sides do it!") judging from cursory examination. Some people do think there's something to live for. Whatever.