The Devil Writes for Hollywood
Good weekend overall. Nothing terribly exciting, and I'm sure everyone will be surprised to hear that. The theme seemed to be hanging out with people that I usually don't get the chance to see too often. Which is good, no live role-playing for me this weekend.
On Saturday, Shani and I rented the fourth Prophecy movie after an intense battle of wills. See the problem is that I like to rent actual movies that will be good instead of the alternative. Even though we rented what she wanted last time she acted out passive-aggressively until we rented the Prophecy 4. I protested on the grounds that I hadn't seen the second or third, but it turns out it made really no difference as it didn't follow the continuity anyways. Technically it wasn't even the fourth anyways as it had some random adjective after the title which I have mercifully forgotten.
It didn't even have the benefit of having Christopher Walken's awesome overacting, or Viggo Mortensen as the spooky Devil. What it did have was an incomprehensible plot, and some pretty boy british actor. I'm guessing he was hot because of the fact that Shani mentioned this fact several times to me.
Anyways I don't think its too much of a spoiler to say that Satan plays a part in the movie and once again he saves the day. This only confirmed for me my theory that Satan is heavily involved in the Hollywood movie industry. Probably not a huge surprise to anyone, but the facts might scare you if you examine them.
1. Satan is never defeated in the movies. People might set him back by ruining his plans, but you know that he's always going to be back with some wacky plot to takeover the world.
a. An addendum to this is that in order to ruin his plans one must often kill themselves. Numerous examples abound. What better way to get rid of all those pesky heroes than to have them believe that they should sacrifice themselves nobly to ruin your plans.
2. The devil will often come in and save the day at the last moment. Of course his motives are always selfish, but at least he's being proactive. While meanwhile God is shown as an "absentee landlord", never around when you need him to kick some butt. If He does make his presence felt it's as something abstract like a beam of light, a smile on a child's face or something else equally unhelpful. And usually of course this heavenly phenomenon will steel the hero to sacrifice themselves nobly (see above).
So when rogue angels come to Earth and start killing people who have we been led to believe will come and get rid of them? That's right, Satan.
3. Lucifer is really cool, hot, spooky, powerful, and oftentimes a snappy dresser. This fact could be the most worrisome especially to vulnerable goth girls. Think about it. He's almost always portrayed in a way in movies that our primitive brains would identify as positive. Sure he might be the Lord of Lies, and pure evil, but he can turn into a flock of ravens. You can't beat that for publicity.
In this age of shallowness I don't even think it would be a contest between a beam of light, and some british guy in an expensive suit.
So there you have the signs all laid out for you. I'm sure you can think of many of your own examples, and ways in which the Devil is controlling the movie industry.
On Saturday, Shani and I rented the fourth Prophecy movie after an intense battle of wills. See the problem is that I like to rent actual movies that will be good instead of the alternative. Even though we rented what she wanted last time she acted out passive-aggressively until we rented the Prophecy 4. I protested on the grounds that I hadn't seen the second or third, but it turns out it made really no difference as it didn't follow the continuity anyways. Technically it wasn't even the fourth anyways as it had some random adjective after the title which I have mercifully forgotten.
It didn't even have the benefit of having Christopher Walken's awesome overacting, or Viggo Mortensen as the spooky Devil. What it did have was an incomprehensible plot, and some pretty boy british actor. I'm guessing he was hot because of the fact that Shani mentioned this fact several times to me.
Anyways I don't think its too much of a spoiler to say that Satan plays a part in the movie and once again he saves the day. This only confirmed for me my theory that Satan is heavily involved in the Hollywood movie industry. Probably not a huge surprise to anyone, but the facts might scare you if you examine them.
1. Satan is never defeated in the movies. People might set him back by ruining his plans, but you know that he's always going to be back with some wacky plot to takeover the world.
a. An addendum to this is that in order to ruin his plans one must often kill themselves. Numerous examples abound. What better way to get rid of all those pesky heroes than to have them believe that they should sacrifice themselves nobly to ruin your plans.
2. The devil will often come in and save the day at the last moment. Of course his motives are always selfish, but at least he's being proactive. While meanwhile God is shown as an "absentee landlord", never around when you need him to kick some butt. If He does make his presence felt it's as something abstract like a beam of light, a smile on a child's face or something else equally unhelpful. And usually of course this heavenly phenomenon will steel the hero to sacrifice themselves nobly (see above).
So when rogue angels come to Earth and start killing people who have we been led to believe will come and get rid of them? That's right, Satan.
3. Lucifer is really cool, hot, spooky, powerful, and oftentimes a snappy dresser. This fact could be the most worrisome especially to vulnerable goth girls. Think about it. He's almost always portrayed in a way in movies that our primitive brains would identify as positive. Sure he might be the Lord of Lies, and pure evil, but he can turn into a flock of ravens. You can't beat that for publicity.
In this age of shallowness I don't even think it would be a contest between a beam of light, and some british guy in an expensive suit.
So there you have the signs all laid out for you. I'm sure you can think of many of your own examples, and ways in which the Devil is controlling the movie industry.
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