I went and watched The Motorcycle Diaries at the Plano Angelika. The movie wasn't quite what I expected. I guess I expected it to be more journey-centric, but it was mainly stressing how the characters are supposed to change over time. I dunno, I just don't think if I'd seen the same things I would have been transformed in the way they were. Oh yea, and watching them suffer made me realize how silly a cross-continent "adventure" really is- especially if you're poor, hahaha.
I read the whole of Marvel 1602 at Barnes & Noble over the break. It's a Neil Gaiman work about if the Marvel superheroes had existed in the 17th century instead. You'd think that that'd be completely weird, but it works. The intro puts it well when it says something along the lines of: [superheroes are not a creation of the 20th century; they're merely modern day manifestations of character archetypes that have been around for ages.] Most interesting. Also, ever since I read the DaVinci Code, I've been intrigued by the idea of a Templar treasure that could bring down the church. 1602 offered another, slightly more far-fetched possibility for what that might be.
*I also finished reading V for Vendetta during the break. It's only the second graphic novel that I've bought; both have been by Alan Moore, perhaps not so coincidentally. It wasn't as good as Watchmen, but it was still an interesting read. It's about anarchy and overthrowing an oppressive government. It actually scares me a little how much it all made sense to me at times. I don't mean to wax Jedi, but I see in myself a darkness, that seeks to overpower me from within. It cries out for change, and it has reared its ugly head at least once before in my past. *sigh* I'm afraid I'll fall to the dark side sometimes. But yea, I think that's probably as much as I should say, unless I want the FBI keeping a close eye on me for the rest of my life, hahah. But yea, suffice it to say that I find something inexplicably alluring about revolutionaries and "sticking it to the Man." Maybe it's really just a deep-seeded desire to be free... from everything. To have full control over my own life.
"Anarchy means 'without leaders'; not 'without order.' With anarchy comes an age of ordnung, of true order, which is to say voluntary order."
I read the whole of Marvel 1602 at Barnes & Noble over the break. It's a Neil Gaiman work about if the Marvel superheroes had existed in the 17th century instead. You'd think that that'd be completely weird, but it works. The intro puts it well when it says something along the lines of: [superheroes are not a creation of the 20th century; they're merely modern day manifestations of character archetypes that have been around for ages.] Most interesting. Also, ever since I read the DaVinci Code, I've been intrigued by the idea of a Templar treasure that could bring down the church. 1602 offered another, slightly more far-fetched possibility for what that might be.
*I also finished reading V for Vendetta during the break. It's only the second graphic novel that I've bought; both have been by Alan Moore, perhaps not so coincidentally. It wasn't as good as Watchmen, but it was still an interesting read. It's about anarchy and overthrowing an oppressive government. It actually scares me a little how much it all made sense to me at times. I don't mean to wax Jedi, but I see in myself a darkness, that seeks to overpower me from within. It cries out for change, and it has reared its ugly head at least once before in my past. *sigh* I'm afraid I'll fall to the dark side sometimes. But yea, I think that's probably as much as I should say, unless I want the FBI keeping a close eye on me for the rest of my life, hahah. But yea, suffice it to say that I find something inexplicably alluring about revolutionaries and "sticking it to the Man." Maybe it's really just a deep-seeded desire to be free... from everything. To have full control over my own life.
"Anarchy means 'without leaders'; not 'without order.' With anarchy comes an age of ordnung, of true order, which is to say voluntary order."
posted by Dear Daniel at 3:30 PM
3 Comments:
join the dark side.
-krist
Hmm..? I always thought sticking it to the man was the light side....thats the star wars i remember...
Hmmm, well I guess it depends which trilogy you look at. In eps. 1-3 the Dark side overthrows the Republic, and in eps. 4-6 the Light side overthrows the Empire. Works either way I guess. Yin or Yang, each one is the bad guy in the other's eyes.
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