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Sunday, March 11, 2007

If Friedrich Nietzsche is wrong, then I dont want to be right.

"What then is truth? A movable host of metaphors, metonymies, and; anthropomorphisms: in short, a sum of human relations which have been poetically and rhetorically intensified, transferred, and embellished, and which, after long usage, seem to a people to be fixed, canonical, and binding. Truths are illusions which we have forgotten are illusions- they are metaphors that have become worn out and have been drained of sensuous force, coins which have lost their embossing and are now considered as metal and no longer as coins."

"No one talks more passionately about his rights than he who in the depths of his soul doubts whether he has any. By enlisting passion on his side he wants to stifle his reason and its doubts: thus he will acquire a good conscience and with it success among his fellow men."

"Benefiting and hurting others are ways of exercising one's power upon others; that is all one desires in such cases. One hurts those whom one wants to feel one's power, for pain is a much more efficient means to that end than pleasure; pain always raises the question about its origin while pleasure is inclined to stop with itself without looking back. We benefit and show benevolence to those who are already dependent on us in some way (which means that they are used to thinking of us as causes); we want to increase their power because in that way we increase ours, or we want to show them how advantageous it is to be in our power; that way they will become more satisfied with their condition and more hostile to and willing to fight against the enemies of our power."

"The Christian resolution to find the world ugly and bad has made the world ugly and bad."

"But thus I counsel you, my friends: Mistrust all in whom the impulse to punish is powerful. They are people of a low sort and stock; the hangman and the bloodhound look out of their faces. Mistrust all who talk much of their justice! Verily, their souls lack more than honey. And when they call themselves the good and the just, do not forget that they would be pharisees, if only they had — power."

"He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster. And when you gaze long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you."

"Love is a state in which a man sees things most decidedly as they are not."

"God created woman. And boredom did indeed cease from that moment — but many other things ceased as well! Woman was God's second mistake."

"'Faith' means not wanting to know what is true."

"God is dead. God remains dead. And we have killed him. How shall we, murderers of all murderers, console ourselves? That which was the holiest and mightiest of all that the world has yet possessed has bled to death under our knives. Who will wipe this blood off us? With what water could we purify ourselves? What festivals of atonement, what sacred games shall we need to invent? Is not the greatness of this deed too great for us? Must we not ourselves become gods simply to be worthy of it?"

Lamorts Rankings: Comic Book Superheros

Ok now for something new. I will be looking at several comic book heros and giving them a grade. Lets get started.

Batman - Hmm, Full grown adult man whole dresses up in a latex bat suit. Are we sure he isnt just a furry with the fur? Kinda just a Ry? He gets awesome points for the batmobile but loses points for the homoerotic love between him and Robin. Who is he? He is the god damn Batman! B+

Captain America - Why isnt there a Captain Australia? I bet he would use a more manly weapon then a shield! Brings new meaning to the best defense is a strong offense... a fricking shield though. "Look out, a man wearing a flag, and he is throwing a frisbee! C-

Wonder Woman - Hmm she is a hottie, nice outfit, nice boots. Lets have a look at her powers... strength (thats standard), speed (the drug?), stamina and durability (think I saw that phrase on the back of a porno once), Enhanced hearing and vision (being observative isnt a power), Animal empathy (LIKE TINGLE MAN!), Regeneration (Really?), Ability to decypher truth (now she is just being greedy). Honestly sounds like most women who have pms or are pregnant... B

The Green Lantern - What a Captain Planet reject (seriously... http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/37/Greenlanternrebirth6.jpg), he has a ring which can make *anything*... thats it. A magic ring. Rings powered by will power. It doesnt help that I am not a big fan of the colour green. C

The Phantom - This may be a little bias, I remember going to the show and buying a show bag, and at the bottom of almost everyone was a Phantom comic. Oh how I loved those comics. Umm... anyway, he wears purple spandex, he would fit in at a villiage people concert. But he is one of the few heros willing to use guns, thats not done often enough. Plus he has no super powers! He is just an awesome person! Yeah so... A-

Saturday, March 03, 2007

Worst 10 Films

These are the 10 worst films that I can remember seeing

1. Plan 9 From Outer Space - "future events such as these will affect you in the future", this line pretty much sums it up.
2. House on Haunted Hill - What an awful remake, you CAN NOT remake a Vincent Price film damn it people!
3. Alien Vs Predator - What do you get when you combine two awesome sci-fi movies? A mess, a shitty mess.
4. Komodo Vs Cobra - Holy Bad CGI Batman! My poor delicate eyes!
5. Ballistic: Ecks Vs Sever - Ouch ouch ouch, stupid movie and even worse... Ecks never fights Sever
6. Freddy Got Fingered - Why? Why would anyone do this? Not funny, not enjoyable... actually I can see why Tom Green is in it.
7. Punch Drunk Love - Even without my hatred for Adam Sandler this is still an unlikeable film.
8. Scarecrow (2002) - Hilariously bad, bad acting, bad editing, bad movie.
9. When A Stranger Calls (2006) - A remake of a 1979 film, the idea might have been scary back then, but its laughable now.
10. Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation - Thats so wrong...

Top 10 Films

There seems to be a trend within my people of posting their top 10 films and so I shall bless you all with my awesome opinion.

1. Fight Club
2. Momento
3. Snatch
4. Resiviour Dogs
5. Rocky Horror Picture Show
6. Dead End
7. The Sixth Sense
8. The Shining
9. Saw
10. The Prestige