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By Anthony Cox, published 28/6/2012Prometheus is a movie that follows in the romantic tradition of Frankenstein's monster, warning mankind not to tamper with nature.
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Posted by Poirot, Thursday, 28 June 2012 10:54:18 AM
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And Obama wins the alien invasion vote:
http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/world/americans-favour-obama-to-defend-against-aliens/story-e6freoox-1226410853567 This must be tearing you sci-fi fans up inside! Posted by Bugsy, Thursday, 28 June 2012 10:59:29 AM
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LOL
Darn! now I'll have to update my score sheet. Poirot 15 SPQR 40 Posted by SPQR, Thursday, 28 June 2012 11:00:34 AM
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"Kryptonite being to Superman what cohenite is to AGW (in his dreams : )"
Frenchie one makes an appearance and collapses in an asinine puddle immediately. Can't wait to see what frenchie 2 comes up with. Actually Superman, in the Hollywood version of film intellectualism, is a Jesus surrogate, which also dovetails with the Hollywood narrative; it does so because AGW is really a version of the Eden myth which says that a natural paradise existed before humans exceeded natural limitations and screwed the whole thing up; which is exactly what AGW says. A more frenetic version of the Superman/Jesus juxtaposition is the Terminator brand, with the hero, John Connor the Jesus figure [JC, get it} and Big Arnie the Frankenstein monster. One of the subversive film series is X-Men; this series is subversive to the Hollywood AGW narrative because it allows for homo superior to be patently better and generally more moral than the superseded version of humanity. Even Magneto is given great justification for his nefarious plotting against old humanity. Another way of looking at Prometheus is that the progenitors regard humanity as a failed experiment. This is also consistent with the Green ideological component of AGW which is seriously misanthropic. Posted by cohenite, Thursday, 28 June 2012 11:23:19 AM
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@Bugsy,
<<Nearly two in three Americans think President Barack Obama is better suited than Republican rival Mitt Romney to deal with an alien invasion, according to a survey released today>> Probably because Will Smith in Independence Day is still fresh in everyone’s mind. Obama seems in both temperament (whether it be illusionary or real) & appearance to more closely match the character Will Smith? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfPWpEKhgfk On the southern front, if Oz was invaded by aliens (of the UFO kind—or any other kind for matter) I’d much prefer to Abbot to Gillard. And Christine Milne…god help us… would probably want us to billet them out in the community & pay them welfare. Posted by SPQR, Thursday, 28 June 2012 11:29:49 AM
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cohenite,
I'm sure bonmot has better things to do. SPQR, "Poirot 15 .SPQR 40 " I take it you're referring to OLO demerit points : ) Posted by Poirot, Thursday, 28 June 2012 12:04:17 PM
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"...of the other posters on this threat..."
By and away the best Freudian slip I've seen all day.
Btw, I stood in front of Warhol's "Campbell's Soup Cans" last week (being an arty far-seeing kinda gal) They are supposedly done by a printmaking method, and you can see the fine pencil lines for the lettering if you stand close enough....just saying.