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frahse · 02-24-2012, 03:04 AM

You certainly have an imagination with all the ideas starting with the bug. It just goes on and on. I suggest you not try to get too far into the future with the story development and just concentrate on one or two iterations and do them well. Spend most of your time on honing a few ideas in the story.

The initial idea of some being made strong and others being killed or destroyed by the bug is not new. It is actually an old idea of one "agent" effecting good or bad on the "victim". A recent favorite of mine is the 2005 SciFi movie "Doom" with "The Rock" as "Sarge."

A few quotes show you the parallels.

"they discovered humanoid remains on Mars, which, unlike humans, have an extra chromosome pair which granted them invulnerablity to disease as well as advanced cellular regeneration."

"Blood samples taken from two hostile creatures reveal that they were human. Dr. Grimm determines that their genetics have been altered by the addition of the Martian chromosome; however, the chromosome seems to "choose" whether it causes the person to be superhuman or a monster, apparently able to determine on a genetic level whether a person has the capacity to be evil"

02-24-2012, 03:04 AM	#8
frahse occasional author Posts: 2,315 Karma: 2064403292 Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Wandering God's glorious hills, valleys and plains. Device: A Franklin BI (before Internet) was the first. I still have it.	You certainly have an imagination with all the ideas starting with the bug. It just goes on and on. I suggest you not try to get too far into the future with the story development and just concentrate on one or two iterations and do them well. Spend most of your time on honing a few ideas in the story. The initial idea of some being made strong and others being killed or destroyed by the bug is not new. It is actually an old idea of one "agent" effecting good or bad on the "victim". A recent favorite of mine is the 2005 SciFi movie "Doom" with "The Rock" as "Sarge." A few quotes show you the parallels. "they discovered humanoid remains on Mars, which, unlike humans, have an extra chromosome pair which granted them invulnerablity to disease as well as advanced cellular regeneration." "Blood samples taken from two hostile creatures reveal that they were human. Dr. Grimm determines that their genetics have been altered by the addition of the Martian chromosome; however, the chromosome seems to "choose" whether it causes the person to be superhuman or a monster, apparently able to determine on a genetic level whether a person has the capacity to be evil"