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dobster · 09-13-2004, 06:19 AM

Right, I call this my Michael Crichton Theory.

I can’t remember when I first thought of this, or what exactly prompted it, but I’ve got it in my head that Michael Crichton doesn’t actually exist. I’ve no evidence, just theory.

It goes like this: Michael Crichton is a device invented by the American government to assist them in covering up for their major errors and to conceal politically destabilising situations.

The method is this: A man is chosen to be the face of a specialist government department. He is a very well paid puppet who will act on behalf of the governement and maintain an artificial front. Then, at a highly secret location a team of writers produce a lot of excellent scientifically based stories supposedly by one recognised figure, most of which are outlandish and too fantastic to be considered reality, then, when the government makes a huge error in judgement, or does something that would be politically destabilising for the USA itself, or a discovery is made that they want to conceal, they produce another story from “the pen of Michael Crichton”. This story will, in great detail, describe actual events in a way that we are used to in Crichton books. Thus, when somebody discovers the possibilty that the American Government has messed up and attempts to reveal this information, they will meet with apathy. Ie: “check out what I’ve discovered! (insert conspiracy theory). What do you think?” response: “You idiot!, that’s just the plot of that Crichton book!” “Oh Sh*t, yeah…”

A couple of examples:

Possiby based on actual events:

PREY: explores the emerging realms of distributed processing, biogenetics and nanotechnology.

ANDROMEDA STRAIN: A Scoop VII satellite falls to the earth and crashes near a small town in Arizona. Two army officers are sent to retrieve whatever is left of the satellite. The satellite contains a disease form outer space

COMA: (Based on the novel by Robin Cook) after her best friend falls into a coma during routine surgery, Dr. Susan Wheeler discovers similar cases at her prestigious Boston hospital.

RISING SUN: A beautiful paid "escort," whose clients include the rich and famous, is found raped and strangled to death on a conference table in the 46th floor executive offices of Nakamoto Industries' new American headquarters in Los Angeles.

AIRFRAME: In the early hours on Monday morning, TransPacific Airlines Flight 545, enroute from Hong Kong to Denver, experiences a horrifying event. Three people are killed and countless others are injured as their plane ascends and descends in a terrifying roller-coaster ride reportedly due to turbulence.

Ideas that are obviously fiction

JURASSIC PARK: Reports that a lizard-like reptile is attacking infants and infirm people in coastal towns on the island of Costa Rica are attributed by the natives to the "hubia, " or "raptor," are ignored by the authorities.

RUNAWAY: A tough cop investigates a series of killings by a madman who converts consumer robots into ruthless assassins.

TIMELINE: Set at the threshold of the twenty-first century in a world of exploding advances on the frontiers of technology. Information moves instantly between two points, without wires or networks. Computers are built from single molecules. Any moment of the past can be actualized -- and a group of historians can enter, literally, life in fourteenth-century feudal France.

Don’t forget, it’s the unlikely stories that are most important, as they are the ones that remove any credibility from the ones based on true events.

(This theory is copywrited!)

09-13-2004, 06:19 AM	#1 (permalink)
dobster Insane Location: South London, UK	Michael Crichton Doesn't Exist (c) Right, I call this my Michael Crichton Theory. I can’t remember when I first thought of this, or what exactly prompted it, but I’ve got it in my head that Michael Crichton doesn’t actually exist. I’ve no evidence, just theory. It goes like this: Michael Crichton is a device invented by the American government to assist them in covering up for their major errors and to conceal politically destabilising situations. The method is this: A man is chosen to be the face of a specialist government department. He is a very well paid puppet who will act on behalf of the governement and maintain an artificial front. Then, at a highly secret location a team of writers produce a lot of excellent scientifically based stories supposedly by one recognised figure, most of which are outlandish and too fantastic to be considered reality, then, when the government makes a huge error in judgement, or does something that would be politically destabilising for the USA itself, or a discovery is made that they want to conceal, they produce another story from “the pen of Michael Crichton”. This story will, in great detail, describe actual events in a way that we are used to in Crichton books. Thus, when somebody discovers the possibilty that the American Government has messed up and attempts to reveal this information, they will meet with apathy. Ie: “check out what I’ve discovered! (insert conspiracy theory). What do you think?” response: “You idiot!, that’s just the plot of that Crichton book!” “Oh Sh*t, yeah…” A couple of examples: Possiby based on actual events: PREY: explores the emerging realms of distributed processing, biogenetics and nanotechnology. ANDROMEDA STRAIN: A Scoop VII satellite falls to the earth and crashes near a small town in Arizona. Two army officers are sent to retrieve whatever is left of the satellite. The satellite contains a disease form outer space COMA: (Based on the novel by Robin Cook) after her best friend falls into a coma during routine surgery, Dr. Susan Wheeler discovers similar cases at her prestigious Boston hospital. RISING SUN: A beautiful paid "escort," whose clients include the rich and famous, is found raped and strangled to death on a conference table in the 46th floor executive offices of Nakamoto Industries' new American headquarters in Los Angeles. AIRFRAME: In the early hours on Monday morning, TransPacific Airlines Flight 545, enroute from Hong Kong to Denver, experiences a horrifying event. Three people are killed and countless others are injured as their plane ascends and descends in a terrifying roller-coaster ride reportedly due to turbulence. Ideas that are obviously fiction JURASSIC PARK: Reports that a lizard-like reptile is attacking infants and infirm people in coastal towns on the island of Costa Rica are attributed by the natives to the "hubia, " or "raptor," are ignored by the authorities. RUNAWAY: A tough cop investigates a series of killings by a madman who converts consumer robots into ruthless assassins. TIMELINE: Set at the threshold of the twenty-first century in a world of exploding advances on the frontiers of technology. Information moves instantly between two points, without wires or networks. Computers are built from single molecules. Any moment of the past can be actualized -- and a group of historians can enter, literally, life in fourteenth-century feudal France. Don’t forget, it’s the unlikely stories that are most important, as they are the ones that remove any credibility from the ones based on true events. (This theory is copywrited!)