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A Rant That Will Probably Make Me Unpopular
I see there is much weeping and wailing and gnashing of teeth in fandom.
The movie Serenity (which I haven't seen) has divided the followers of the Firefly cult (I haven't see Firefly either.)
Oh come on guys, it's a story. It's fiction. It didn't really happen. That guy that got killed (and you're all getting so worked up about) didn't really get killed because he was never really alive. That was an actor. He got paid at the end of the day and is sitting comfortably beside his pool in the Hollywood hills waiting for his agent to ring.
It's the religion thing, isn't it? We stop believing in God, but it leaves such a huge, gaping, black hole and it hurts so much that we panic and rage and go round looking for things- any old things- to stuff into the emptiness. And so we start believing in Joss Whedon or that guy who made the LOTR films (whose name temporarily escapes me) or (heaven help us) George Lucas.
And just as true believers make themselves blind to the inconsistencies, impossibilities and stylistic infelicities in the New Testament, so fans convince themselves that their favourite TV shows and films aren't in fact a load of crap.
Look, I liked Buffy. I was sort of in love with Willow. But series #7 was garbage, you know it was.
And Lord of The Rings. I love Tolkien (not uncritically) but the movies kinda highlighted all his faults and failed to translate his real merits into filmic terms. Wake up, guys, those films are dull. As dull as the Pentateuch. And I for one never want to see another CGI battle ever again.
As for Lucas- everyone agrees that the prequels are horrible- so why do you keep going to see them again and again? Are you mad?
Wake up, think for yourselves, think critically. Stop being such sheep!
The movie Serenity (which I haven't seen) has divided the followers of the Firefly cult (I haven't see Firefly either.)
Oh come on guys, it's a story. It's fiction. It didn't really happen. That guy that got killed (and you're all getting so worked up about) didn't really get killed because he was never really alive. That was an actor. He got paid at the end of the day and is sitting comfortably beside his pool in the Hollywood hills waiting for his agent to ring.
It's the religion thing, isn't it? We stop believing in God, but it leaves such a huge, gaping, black hole and it hurts so much that we panic and rage and go round looking for things- any old things- to stuff into the emptiness. And so we start believing in Joss Whedon or that guy who made the LOTR films (whose name temporarily escapes me) or (heaven help us) George Lucas.
And just as true believers make themselves blind to the inconsistencies, impossibilities and stylistic infelicities in the New Testament, so fans convince themselves that their favourite TV shows and films aren't in fact a load of crap.
Look, I liked Buffy. I was sort of in love with Willow. But series #7 was garbage, you know it was.
And Lord of The Rings. I love Tolkien (not uncritically) but the movies kinda highlighted all his faults and failed to translate his real merits into filmic terms. Wake up, guys, those films are dull. As dull as the Pentateuch. And I for one never want to see another CGI battle ever again.
As for Lucas- everyone agrees that the prequels are horrible- so why do you keep going to see them again and again? Are you mad?
Wake up, think for yourselves, think critically. Stop being such sheep!
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I think that's why I felt the need to make the distinction between institutionalized religion (with all its attendant ritual and trappings) and the simple sense of interconnection, of "Presence" many people feel from time to time. Personally I find that whole notion of "spiritual, but not religious" suspect (so many people use it as an excuse for selfish or lazy behavior) but ultimately an individual's search for the transcendent is just that, individual. Churches, temples, mosques, covens - these are the vehicles we might use to reach our destination, but we leave them on the side of the road when we've arrived.
Sorry, I suspect this isn't where you envisioned this thread going. Call it my academic hazard. For some reason though, all this makes me want to watch The Wickerman again. I wonder why?
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Actually I did think of developing the "God" side of the argument, but decided that could wait for another day.
Having knocked about in Pagan and New Age circles for a while, I find myself shying away from "spirituality" as much as I do from "religion". Whenever I hear that word I expect it to be followed, in short order, by something really silly.
Christopher Lee in a long black wig- wheeeee!