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[james_davis_nicoll]

What panel topics would induce you to watch if I was one of the panelists?

I've suggested one on space colonization with me, Charles Stross and a couple of Space Colony True Believers, as well as something related to my f/m posts.

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[doc-lemming.livejournal.com]

And 3D glasses with black paper pasted over the lenses so you can choose to put them on not to see.

[viktor-haag.livejournal.com]

There is no not-seeing. You will watch. All of it.

[mmcirvin.livejournal.com]

One of William Castle's gimmick horror movies was a black-and-white one with ghosts superimposed in red blue, and he had people hand out colored filters you could look through in case you found them so terrifying that you preferred a ghost-free viewing experience.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/13_Ghosts

[doc-lemming.livejournal.com]

Some day, I will have a complete list of gimmicks that William Castle did.

Assuming I can get the list without actual work on my part. :)

[mmcirvin.livejournal.com]

He was a true genius of hokum, right up there with Barnum.

[mmcirvin.livejournal.com]

Here are some:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Castle#Castle.27s_gimmicks