Are you a fan of James Cameron's movie The Abyss?* Your CPR scene reminded me of the one from that movie.* (This isn't a criticism.)

The important thing that both scenes have in common, in my opinion, is that there are people watching the resuscitation attempt.* It's not just the victim and the person that's trying to revive him (or her).* There are people watching that obviously think the victim is just dead and will never be revived no matter how long the CPR lasts.

Also, how does Carlton Cuse pronounce his last name?* Does the "S" sound like the "Z" in "booze"? Or like the "C" in "juice"?

I had the idea (possibly inane) that he should join the board under the name MindYerPeesAndCuse* :)

But that makes sense only for a certain pronunciation.

And your own name: Does "Grillo" like gree-joe? or gree-yo?

Also, I don't know Leonard Dick's middle initial, but if he joins the board, it would be great if he used the screenname Leonard-K-Dick ... as an homage to the science-fiction writer Philip K. Dick.

Okay, that's enough nonsense for one message.* :)

i pronounce it "gree-joe" -- the "correct" pronunciation of the double l is a regional thing, depends on your accent.

carlton's last name is pronounced "kyoose" the "s" sounds like like "loose."

as far as i know leonard's middle initial is not "k," nor is his middle name "kindred" (the k. in philip "K." dick) -- but yes, it would rock if that was his middle name.

i love the abyss - our scene was not inspired by it, but it was certainly influenced by it - as in the dread fear of "how can we possibly make this scene as good as the one in the abyss and if we can't should we go through with it anyway?"

thanks for your thoughts and questions!

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...middle name "kindred" (the k. in philip "K." dick)...

The "K" stands for "Kindred" ??!!* I think Ma and Pa Dick might have smoked a little something before they named their son.

That was an interesting bit of trivia.* I don't know much about the man other than the fact that he struggled with mental illness and died fairly young (age 54?).* I read only two of his books, The Man in the High Castle and the one Blade Runner was based on ("Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?").

I loved his short story "Second Variety."* *I'd recommend it to anyone, even if they aren't usually interested in science fiction.