So I've decided to watch some Full Moon Pictures movies, particularly the ones that share the same weird continuity.
I think I might review some of them, by talking over footage of them like an internet critic. It's be fun and I could share my experiences with people who might not want to watch the full movies.
On the other hand, it's one more project for me, and along with the Goosebumps liveblog, New 52 Liveblog, and Ib LP I really need to get back to, I might be putting too much on my plate.
Also youtube is annoying about copyright for movies and it's hard to get on Blip nowadays. So there's that.
I think I'll make a video covering the Puppet Master, and we'll see how it goes.
Avatar is a really hackneyed noble savage story showing native american metaphors beating up American military metaphors. I don't know why twitter marxists keep trying to force the idea that it's a corporate fascist fantasy.
Because they aren't very good at Marxist analysis and want to be angry at James Cameron for reasons other than racial insensitivity—which they are probably not too concerned about in the end, seeing as most of them are just privileged white bourgeois armchair revolutionaries with no spines or senses of humour about themselves?
Avatar is a really hackneyed noble savage story showing native american metaphors beating up American military metaphors. I don't know why twitter marxists keep trying to force the idea that it's a corporate fascist fantasy.
More like "space elves".
Where the Elves are nearly always tall, "slender", beautiful, with long graceful fingers, slightly longer necks than humans, skinny, and with unusual hair and eye colors.
Said Elves are superior to humanity in every way, ever. They have the prettiest voices and they live long lives; and they all look rather girly.
Said Elves will kick anybody's butt in a fight; and will be the good guys in doing so.
I actually like this, as I like the idea of Superior Species and Inferior Species; and such a hierarchy. The Superior Species will, of course, be in the right in fighting the inferior species; and often we are supposed to view the Superior Species as outnumbered (only a few thousand elves vs. millions of orcs).
Taxonomical hierarchies and such value judgements inform a number of fantasy stuff.
A good way to get rid of the moral concerns is to make the inferior species be Robots, especially mass-produced robots with no individuality or real feelings. Or Zombies, skeletons, and that type of thing, undead and all that; with no real feelings. Or giant spiders.
The longer-lived a species is, the higher it is on the hierarchy. The slower their rate of reproduction, the higher they are on the hierarchy. The lower their population, the higher they are on the hierarchy. This goes by some sort of conservation of ninja-ness that is a trope (I forgot the name).
Being mass-produced puts you way down on the hierarchy; if they can make 10,000 a month; then the value of each one is less. Add this to short life-spans and you essentially get cockroaches. Add mass-production to no sense of individuality, you get robots.
Hive-minds are good ways to establish inferiority and make individuals (at least the workers of the hive) worth less and thus okay to kill. Also, if there is a threat of the bad guys making you one of them (good example: Undead); that sense of violation-of-identity is an effective way to de-sympathize your baddy species.
This is probably why, despite being the highest grossing film of all time, Avatar has not left any impression on pop culture whatsoever, at least compared to let's say Star Wars or 2001 a Space Odyssey or Wizard of Oz
The longer-lived a species is, the higher it is on the hierarchy. The slower their rate of reproduction, the higher they are on the hierarchy. The lower their population, the higher they are on the hierarchy. This goes by some sort of conservation of ninja-ness that is a trope (I forgot the name).
Being mass-produced puts you way down on the hierarchy; if they can make 10,000 a month; then the value of each one is less. Add this to short life-spans and you essentially get cockroaches. Add mass-production to no sense of individuality, you get robots.
Hive-minds are good ways to establish inferiority and make individuals (at least the workers of the hive) worth less and thus okay to kill. Also, if there is a threat of the bad guys making you one of them (good example: Undead); that sense of violation-of-identity is an effective way to de-sympathize your baddy species.
in a hive of mass-produced undead robot cockroaches
Yeah, but the Superior Species get magic, yo; with shiny-ness and sparkles and stuff. Also, they get pretty colors where you have to be in neutrals and "earth tones". And the Superior Species get, like, animal friends! Like unicorns, bears, lions, dragons, and all that mystical stuff. Or like, time-travel crap and mystic connection to bladablah blah force powers blah blah blah four elements. If they have space-ships, said space-ships are all pretty and zooming and sleek and smooth-looking and your space-ships look like dirt clods with loads of smoke coming out because you hate the environment.
And you don't get to have a face, or at least not one that makes recognizable expressions.
in a hive of mass-produced undead robot cockroaches
Yeah, but the Superior Species get magic, yo; with shiny-ness and sparkles and stuff. Also, they get pretty colors where you have to be in neutrals and "earth tones". And the Superior Species get, like, animal friends! Like unicorns, bears, lions, dragons, and all that mystical stuff. Or like, time-travel crap and mystic connection to bladablah blah force powers blah blah blah four elements. If they have space-ships, said space-ships are all pretty and zooming and sleek and smooth-looking and your space-ships look like dirt clods with loads of smoke coming out because you hate the environment.
And you don't get to have a face, or at least not one that makes recognizable expressions.
Yeah, but the Superior Species get magic, yo; with shiny-ness and sparkles and stuff. Also, they get pretty colors where you have to be in neutrals and "earth tones". And the Superior Species get, like, animal friends! Like unicorns, bears, lions, dragons, and all that mystical stuff. Or like, time-travel crap and mystic connection to bladablah blah force powers blah blah blah four elements. If they have space-ships, said space-ships are all pretty and zooming and sleek and smooth-looking and your space-ships look like dirt clods with loads of smoke coming out because you hate the environment.
And you don't get to have a face, or at least not one that makes recognizable expressions.
that just makes me want to fight back all the harder
Or the Elves have some magic juju related to colorful crystals and harmonies and all that. Big ol' glowy crystals of harmony; and they need to find the crown of blahblahblah.
And also, the wise old sage who can secretly beat anyone up is always on the side of the Elves. I mean, you have, like, the Yoda-type guy and the Mister Miyagi sorta guy. And the Ender-Wiggen kid.
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I think I might review some of them, by talking over footage of them like an internet critic. It's be fun and I could share my experiences with people who might not want to watch the full movies.
On the other hand, it's one more project for me, and along with the Goosebumps liveblog, New 52 Liveblog, and Ib LP I really need to get back to, I might be putting too much on my plate.
Also youtube is annoying about copyright for movies and it's hard to get on Blip nowadays. So there's that.
I think I'll make a video covering the Puppet Master, and we'll see how it goes.
Like how many responded by hating the Na'Vi and embracing the evil colonialist villain.
Lotsa stuff.
i thought the movie was ok, a little stupid at times but clearly well-intentioned
it was pretty, and that was the important thing for me, since the visual spectacle seemed like the main point
GET WITH THE TIMES, MAN
but when i watched that on a regular TV i was disappointed because it didn't feel nearly as spectacular as in the cinema
Where the Elves are nearly always tall, "slender", beautiful, with long graceful fingers, slightly longer necks than humans, skinny, and with unusual hair and eye colors.
Said Elves are superior to humanity in every way, ever. They have the prettiest voices and they live long lives; and they all look rather girly.
Said Elves will kick anybody's butt in a fight; and will be the good guys in doing so.
I actually like this, as I like the idea of Superior Species and Inferior Species; and such a hierarchy. The Superior Species will, of course, be in the right in fighting the inferior species; and often we are supposed to view the Superior Species as outnumbered (only a few thousand elves vs. millions of orcs).
Taxonomical hierarchies and such value judgements inform a number of fantasy stuff.
A good way to get rid of the moral concerns is to make the inferior species be Robots, especially mass-produced robots with no individuality or real feelings. Or Zombies, skeletons, and that type of thing, undead and all that; with no real feelings. Or giant spiders.
just ignore this, some questions are better not asked
The longer-lived a species
is, the higher it is on the hierarchy. The slower their rate of
reproduction, the higher they are on the hierarchy. The lower their
population, the higher they are on the hierarchy. This goes by some
sort of conservation of ninja-ness that is a trope (I forgot the name).
Being
mass-produced puts you way down on the hierarchy; if they can make
10,000 a month; then the value of each one is less. Add this to short
life-spans and you essentially get cockroaches. Add mass-production to
no sense of individuality, you get robots.
Hive-minds are good
ways to establish inferiority and make individuals (at least the workers
of the hive) worth less and thus okay to kill. Also, if there is a
threat of the bad guys making you one of them (good example: Undead);
that sense of violation-of-identity is an effective way to de-sympathize
your baddy species.
And you don't get to have a face, or at least not one that makes recognizable expressions.
that just makes me want to fight back all the harder
i am entirely in favour of the proliferation of robot cockroach zombie kind
like, duh
And
also, the wise old sage who can secretly beat anyone up is always on
the side of the Elves. I mean, you have, like, the Yoda-type guy and
the Mister Miyagi sorta guy. And the Ender-Wiggen kid.
And the prophecies are never on your side.
Real "elves" always look like anime characters a la Clamp. Seriously, that Lelouch kid, he can't be human.