Talk:The Space Pirate From Planet 0/@comment-25021327-20150116032405

Well.... on one hand, this isn't badly written. It's fairly original, especially compared to a lot of things on this site, and the descriptions were pretty good. On the other hand... Jabba the Hutt rape scene XD

I guess my initial complaint was that I couldn't get a fix on the intended tone of the story. At first I thought this was just going to be a standard scary spaghetti story about a crazy dream. But as it went on and evolved, it became crazier, and seemed more like a tongue in cheek exploitation story. The actions of the protagonist were odd at times, but that made me think moreso that this was almost a parody story.

If the intent was to produce something silly and over the top, then this hit its mark. I like to think that was the intention, expecially since the bizarre happenings began after the protagonist viewed what seemed to be a Corman-esque exploitation space monster flick. I thought the the tone of the pasta evolved as the lines between reality and fantasy blurred.

By the end, this felt like straight up comedy to me. Again, that's not really a bad thing, I guess I was just confused about what I was reading at times.

The pacing here was kind of jumpy. Initially things seem to be moving at a relatively even pace, but in the epilogue, things jumped like crazy. Reading that last few paragraphs cemented this (for me) as a dark comedy story. Not because the events were funny, but because they were so very over the top. Not necessarrily a great one, but I guess I enjoyed it when I finally realized what I was reading.