It just all feels way too predictable. The Almighty is gonna crash into Earth, we arm Rasputin, and he destroys it before it reaches orbit.
At least we didn’t know what Saint was gonna do in the tower nor how the fight with the Undying Mind would go until around the end of the respective seasons.
I just don’t know how SoW is supposed to lead into a wrap up for Y3, since Bungie implied that it’s the climax to everything. Given their track record, they’re probably being hyperbolic as ever, and it’s just more basic Seasonal content.
My best guess is either the House of Devils return as SIVA Fallen, given the plot of Zero Hour and the emphasis on the Warmind this season, or Rasputin finally decides to make his move the Traveler...
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I mean today we take for granted the alien invasion plot just based on how widespread and near universal it is within popular culture. But that wasn’t the case when Wells wrote War of the Worlds. That alone would make him at all time great but where he really shines is how he uses the alien invasion to satirize, at least in my humble opinion, the arrogance of imperialism.
We’ve got to remember that when HG Wells was alive and as he grew up the British Empire was the biggest thing on the planet. It was the center of the financial industry, it was the biggest Maritime power, but most importantly it was and still remains the largest empire in human history. Bigger than Rome, bigger than the Mongols it was, as the cliché goes, an empire that the sun never sets upon.
At the same time in order to Make an empire this big you have to take land. Unfortunately, most of this land already had people in it that were pretty content with their own self governance. So you have all these justifications for why they don’t deserve it and why the British do. Remember, this is the time of scientific racism and eugenics. The Indians, Africans, Aborigines, Irish, they were all these subhuman creatures that the great, white man was saving from their backwards and savage ways.
That’s why they got conquered, raped, enslaved, shot or destroyed by disease. They were practically asking for it! /s. Wells grew up and lived during this time and in a stroke of genius, decided to turn the concept on its head and give the British Empire a taste of its own medicine. War of the Worlds hypothesizes a scenario where the British meet a race of people that view them the same way they view the people they colonized.
It’s such a fantastic utterly unique premise that I feel gets missed when other authors write sequels or spinoffs of original war of the worlds. There’s a biting add shift social commentary that elevates this book from being standard science fiction. The so-called spin offs and sequels end up taking the alien invasion part and simply running with that. Which in my mind makes a weaker product.
With all the fun we're having hanging out making and/or listening to vaporwave, it's easy to forget we are still giving a middle finger to the corporate ownership paradigm in a big way. Without words, we make a bold statement by fearlessly stealing from the few and giving to everyone, without actually taking anything away from anyone. It seems to expose a flaw in the entire concept of owning art. Vaporwave does this without effort or even intent. It doesn't require preachy lyrics or even these off-kilter sounds that are difficult for some to digest (but we have come to love). It doesn't matter that the artist probably isn't trying to make a statement at all but just wants to make something that sounds cool. Vaporwave is subversive merely by existing, and every single vaporwave track is subversive in its own right. I don't think you can say that about any other form of music right now.
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South Park is popular and has lasted so long not because it “challenges peoples views”, but because it gives the viewer the satisfaction of seeing the thing they don’t like that week be the butt of the joke. I won’t deny that a lot of work and talent goes into the show, but people will reference South Park like they’re quoting gospel and its completely ridiculous.
We have the 76ers and Celtics lost and rebuilt half of their teams. Nets got everyone. Pelicans finally got some shooters. Is this free agency more surprising, than the D ecision. Because it definitely feels more surprising. Is there a more surprising free agency?
I feel like Ralphs choices to tweet stuff like "The joker movie is bad", repeatedly insulting people who liked the movie, and then specifically making a joke about sleeping through the part of the movie where HHHHHHHUAQINN Phoenix chokes Alfred were all intentional choices to show how something.
Or challenge them to prove you wrong about their content.
Just helping them send themselves down the rabbit hole when the discover the earliest account is 12 years later.
Let us say there is a community, 65% of the population is the majority Group A, and 35% is the minority Group B. This population distribution is the same across the entire community, from general population, to the make up of the workers council, to the workers who ended up building structures for the community. It is always this perfectly split.
A new building was constructed to house a restaurant. Two different groups of workers want to open a restaurant in this building. One wants to make cultural dishes from Group A, and the other wants to make cultural dishes from Group B.
How would you determine which group gets to open their restaurant? And more importantly, what would you do to make sure Group B isn't always pushed to the sidelines in favor of Group A's preferences?
He also was usually good for a late night loud crash or bang and you had to yell “sorry!” when your parents asked what that was. He would usually break something and beg you not to tell your parents. Your parents would take it easy on you because they knew Dave did it and you were just covering for your friend. If he didn’t come around for a while, they didn’t ask you about him.
"Subversive" stories with unexpected protagonists are the mainstream, now. It would actually be "subversive" if your lead was, for example, an insanely conservative Christian. (Similarly, "unexpected endings" are kind of expected, no?)
"The lead isn't the typical action hero you'd expect!" ... What, you mean muscle-bound machismo actors from the 1980s? That's a bit far back to reach when explaining how fresh your concept is. I would say that since the 1990s, we've been "subverting" these things in a variety of ways, from the era of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" onward. (When a cheerleader valley girl vampire hunter was actually a "WTF"-inspiring concept.)
Obligatory disclaimer, because Reddit: Am not conservative Christian. Easy go-to for a character trope people would question and maybe even feel uncomfortable about. If it got a rise out of you, even for a moment, then you can see why it would be subversive.
I will be rebinding, in rich Corinthian leather, a copy of Norman Schwarzkopf's autobiography. Using the BoM formatting.
I might make some cheap paperbacks to give to missionaries.
After this, I'm going to create a limited run of the Marriot-grade nightstand books "Book of Gorman" based on economist W.M. Gorman. The tithing chapter should be great.
Next, I'll do "Book of Foreman," a complete rebinding of George Foreman's book of wisdom.
