anyway yeah just taking up the blog as a soap box to show off me stuff
Bowser King of Koopas
Air brush of Harly Quinn I did after seeing Dark Knight
Betty Paige Vampire Sorceress
The Martian Manhunter
And I'll end with some good blasphemy
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Art whoring!
Just showing off some of my art work...I do doodle. I mean that is that I do do doodles.
anyway yeah just taking up the blog as a soap box to show off me stuff
anyway yeah just taking up the blog as a soap box to show off me stuff
Mysticism in Science
My SO and I saw 9 a week or two ago. It as an enjoyable movie, had some fun elements, but was weak in some areas. The SO mentioned an anti-science
He Fried for Your Sins
Anyway I thought I'd link to this article sort of bitching about the ascience in it as well. I'm not really knee jerky about this sort of thing, it doesn't bother me too much as I can accept fully psionics and the soul showing up in Babylon 5 or the force in Starwars, but for some reason the message of 'science is bad' keeps seeming to regurgitate back into my craw when I think about 9. Not NEARLy as much as it did in the Bones premiere but...still. I want to know what do you think? Did 9 have a strong "SCIENCE BAD" message? Can you think of any other kid movies that did? What's the line between soft sci-fi and pro-mysticism propaganda?
Hey! Glen Beck's in this movie!
Out of Context Quote of the Week: 1
Starting a new trend, out of context quotes I find....so here we go
"He brought several of the novelty noses for his crew mates, and has also said he will tickle them as they sleep."
try to guess the context and leave your guess in the comments page. No peaking now!
Saturday, September 26, 2009
Religion does NOT make you good pt1
Ok I promise this'll be the last Beck post until he does somthing really stupid, but I had to share this.
Wow, Beck must be REALLY poor now. Beck falls into a major misconception I see in people. The notion that if you're an asshole and a jerk and a junkie that if you stop doing drugs and go to church you'll be a good person. Nope. Beck you're as big an asshole and jerk as you were on the drugs. The drugs were not your problem. The drugs were a symptom. The problem is that you're an ogre. You're career has been Hobbian "Nasty, Brutish, and (God willing) Short". The only difference now is that you have people SAYING you're good for being a douche in the name of Joseph Smith/God. Suck my pouch Beck. You're a horrible horrible man and if our society was sane we would shun you for your hatred and vileness.
On a side note....does Beck sound a bit like The Joker from Dark Knight?
Just saying.
Wow, Beck must be REALLY poor now. Beck falls into a major misconception I see in people. The notion that if you're an asshole and a jerk and a junkie that if you stop doing drugs and go to church you'll be a good person. Nope. Beck you're as big an asshole and jerk as you were on the drugs. The drugs were not your problem. The drugs were a symptom. The problem is that you're an ogre. You're career has been Hobbian "Nasty, Brutish, and (God willing) Short". The only difference now is that you have people SAYING you're good for being a douche in the name of Joseph Smith/God. Suck my pouch Beck. You're a horrible horrible man and if our society was sane we would shun you for your hatred and vileness.
On a side note....does Beck sound a bit like The Joker from Dark Knight?
Just saying.
Morality is it's own Reward.
Back to what this Blog is and should be about. Wanking philisophical using kiddish media to illustrate. And what could be more kiddish than stick figures!?
The Order of the Stick is a web and print comic created, written and drawn by Rich Burlew. Burlew is a writer and game designer type person for some of the various D&D related products, he is also an artist though most people fail to realize that from his chosen style. OOTS is a comic set in a world where D&D game mechanics form the law of physics. Burlew has a great understanding of both the letter and spirit of the rules, and utilizes that to both demonstrate good technique and satire the silliness in general. Fortunately the series is fun enough that not being a gamer should be no determent to anyone (I actually picked up a lot of my fandom of D&D and knowledge of it's rules from reading the game so...yeah).
The story is about a group of adventurers, Roy Greenhilt the human genius bruiser fighter, V the genderly ambiguous Elf wizard, Haley the beautiful human rogue and theif, Belkar Bitterleaf the sociopathic and psychopathic chaotic evil halfling (yes like a Hobbit...it's Bilbo Baggins on crack), Elan, the ditzy but loveable human bard and Durrkon the wise yet foolish dwarf cleric as the party seeks to stop a team of evil lead by Xykon the camp evil Litch and his Lt. The Goblin rights activist Redcloak from unleashing untold destruction on their silly satirical world.
Sure, it's both funny and epic envoking pathos and laughter. To quote my one friend "the fucker made me shed tears over a goddamn stick figure". So yeah this is all well and good, but why do I bring it up?
Well because, Burlew puts some insightful social and philisophical commentary in the work. One notable arc in particular I think demonstrates the usefulness and benefits of a minimum of morality (ie at least following the bare minimum.) more than any other work. People often wonder why folks who don't believe in God don't go around murdering, stealing, rapeing, etc...well this arc answers it.
First we have to start off with Belkar who..um goes around murdering stealing etc (Chaotic Evil and all that). Now back story is that due to his dickishness, a King had a Mark of Justice put on him, basically until it is removed evil acts trigger him to become sick beyond all belief. As one might imagine it didn't last too long before the curse was triggered.
Thus in a fever dream while pinned down by enemies, the spirit of said King appears to Belkar's delirious mind...
King Shojo speaks great wisdom there. You have to be able to at least live with other people if you want them to well, let you live. Belkar want's to continue being a selfish little prick, but here realizes he can't do that unless he becomes a team player. Unless he tones back his destructiveness to a level where people can tolerate him he's going to be SOL. So Belkar becomes more co-operative, gets the curse removed and helps out his team mates. What's his reward?
The Order of the Stick is a web and print comic created, written and drawn by Rich Burlew. Burlew is a writer and game designer type person for some of the various D&D related products, he is also an artist though most people fail to realize that from his chosen style. OOTS is a comic set in a world where D&D game mechanics form the law of physics. Burlew has a great understanding of both the letter and spirit of the rules, and utilizes that to both demonstrate good technique and satire the silliness in general. Fortunately the series is fun enough that not being a gamer should be no determent to anyone (I actually picked up a lot of my fandom of D&D and knowledge of it's rules from reading the game so...yeah).
The story is about a group of adventurers, Roy Greenhilt the human genius bruiser fighter, V the genderly ambiguous Elf wizard, Haley the beautiful human rogue and theif, Belkar Bitterleaf the sociopathic and psychopathic chaotic evil halfling (yes like a Hobbit...it's Bilbo Baggins on crack), Elan, the ditzy but loveable human bard and Durrkon the wise yet foolish dwarf cleric as the party seeks to stop a team of evil lead by Xykon the camp evil Litch and his Lt. The Goblin rights activist Redcloak from unleashing untold destruction on their silly satirical world.
Sure, it's both funny and epic envoking pathos and laughter. To quote my one friend "the fucker made me shed tears over a goddamn stick figure". So yeah this is all well and good, but why do I bring it up?
Well because, Burlew puts some insightful social and philisophical commentary in the work. One notable arc in particular I think demonstrates the usefulness and benefits of a minimum of morality (ie at least following the bare minimum.) more than any other work. People often wonder why folks who don't believe in God don't go around murdering, stealing, rapeing, etc...well this arc answers it.
First we have to start off with Belkar who..um goes around murdering stealing etc (Chaotic Evil and all that). Now back story is that due to his dickishness, a King had a Mark of Justice put on him, basically until it is removed evil acts trigger him to become sick beyond all belief. As one might imagine it didn't last too long before the curse was triggered.
Thus in a fever dream while pinned down by enemies, the spirit of said King appears to Belkar's delirious mind...
click for larger versions.
King Shojo speaks great wisdom there. You have to be able to at least live with other people if you want them to well, let you live. Belkar want's to continue being a selfish little prick, but here realizes he can't do that unless he becomes a team player. Unless he tones back his destructiveness to a level where people can tolerate him he's going to be SOL. So Belkar becomes more co-operative, gets the curse removed and helps out his team mates. What's his reward?
SANDWICHES AND SEX WITH A HOT CHICK!!!! Ahhhhhhhhhh morality indeed has it's perks.
OOTS is owned by Rich Burlew, check out his site Giant in the Playground for more awesome comics and cool merchandise.
~ON THE RIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIISE!~
Hey, remember that guy who played that kid as a kid who was smart and stuff and was on the tv as a doctor and then wasn't and now is on the tv as an adult playing that guy who likes the sex with the girls which is kinda ironic cause in real life he's a guy that likes guys!?
So remember when he recently played that guy who was a supervillian mad scientist that sang?....and got his ass kicked by Mal from firefly!?
Well he did a guest voice for the cartoon Brave and the Bold. Brave and the Bold is a call back to the more silver age 1960s like Batman and comic...only it's still kinda good in a good camp sort of way. Anyway here's the footage! It is indeed fabulous!
BAD HORSE!
So remember when he recently played that guy who was a supervillian mad scientist that sang?....and got his ass kicked by Mal from firefly!?
The hammer is his penis
Well he did a guest voice for the cartoon Brave and the Bold. Brave and the Bold is a call back to the more silver age 1960s like Batman and comic...only it's still kinda good in a good camp sort of way. Anyway here's the footage! It is indeed fabulous!
Health Care Video.
My favoritest chanel on youtube has done a video explaining the Health Care public option....so simple a caveman could understand!
Bionicdance chanel
subscribe to her damn it!
Bionicdance chanel
subscribe to her damn it!
Anti-Life Agenda: Casualty
Well, Beck and others have been spreading insane conspiracy theories and theiatrics over the 2010 census (you know the one demanded by the constitution), insisting Obama is going to use it to round up guns or as a directory for snuffing out his detractors. Beck of course has no evidence of it, but since Acorn is involved, clearly sinister matters are at hand. Or would be if Acorn actually did anything illegal. No Acorn had no voting fraud, the huge thing that Beck and Dobbs (the right and left ass cheeks of stupiditdy respectivly), made a big deal about was that employees faked time reports. Yes Employees tried to milk more hours out of Acorn than they actually did, and this to public opinion damsn the organization as a shadowy leftist evil organization that works for Overlord Obama.
Well, fear of the Acorn Assasians and Obama and his Czars starting Pogoms has had it's first casualty. A census worker named Bill Sparkman was killed. hung by his neck, gagged and with FED written on his chest. Police are warning us not to jump to conclusions that it could be an unrelated murder with no connection to Beck and Co's alarmism. I call bullshit. Yes the motive in the mruder may turn out to be different, but damn it if a pro-lifer was found dead, hung with 'Fundy' written on him, there would be NO question in the news that it was a left wing nut. As always we cow tail to the right, least we offend them by insinuiating they're crazy violent nuts. Well, they are crazy nuts, and some of them are sure to be violent. Shooting at the Holocaust museum, right wing nut. All the news went out of their way to insist he wasn't or down play it but he was. Fair and balanced news my ass. Evidence can be damning and not paying attention to that evidence for the sake of 'fairness' is neither fair nor balanced.
So yeah, until proven otherwise I'm going to go with the information I have and say Beck, Hannity, and the Fox News machine are damn fucking responsible for this. This isn't some kid playing GTA and running over a hooker. This is people daily saying "YOUR GONNA DIE THE GOVERNMENT IS EVIL SOMETHING HAS TO BE DONE" and then they act surprised when someone goes out and DOES something. I saw this coming, I knew it was only a matter of time before someone took Beck and his nonsense seriously. People like him are a disease, a fucking memetic disease. By all accounts Sparkman was a good guy; an educator, altruistic and patriotic. That he was killed volunteering for his country makes him as much a hero to me as the Iraq vets we are neglecting. He is a casualty in the war for America's soul and sanity and I salute him. And with the same hand I give a one digit salute to Glen Beck, demented piece of trash.
All the alarmism and fear and paranoia being spred by rich wealthy white males reminds me of my favorite line from The Great Gatsby, which I felt summed up the central conflict beautifully
Blogs I follow: New Atheist and Sparrowhawk have also commented on this. They're probably more tolerant than I am.
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Well, fear of the Acorn Assasians and Obama and his Czars starting Pogoms has had it's first casualty. A census worker named Bill Sparkman was killed. hung by his neck, gagged and with FED written on his chest. Police are warning us not to jump to conclusions that it could be an unrelated murder with no connection to Beck and Co's alarmism. I call bullshit. Yes the motive in the mruder may turn out to be different, but damn it if a pro-lifer was found dead, hung with 'Fundy' written on him, there would be NO question in the news that it was a left wing nut. As always we cow tail to the right, least we offend them by insinuiating they're crazy violent nuts. Well, they are crazy nuts, and some of them are sure to be violent. Shooting at the Holocaust museum, right wing nut. All the news went out of their way to insist he wasn't or down play it but he was. Fair and balanced news my ass. Evidence can be damning and not paying attention to that evidence for the sake of 'fairness' is neither fair nor balanced.
All the alarmism and fear and paranoia being spred by rich wealthy white males reminds me of my favorite line from The Great Gatsby, which I felt summed up the central conflict beautifully
...They were careless people,...—they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness, or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made. . . .
Great Gatsby Chapter 9
Blogs I follow: New Atheist and Sparrowhawk have also commented on this. They're probably more tolerant than I am.
Anti-Life Agenda: Glen Beck
If the right wing is pursueing, (unconsciously I'm sure) an Anti-Life agenda, then Glen Beck is the Desade to Limbaughs Granny Goodness, seeking the allusive unholy grail through sadism and gleeful cruelty.
Salon's Alexander Zaitchik reported, "In his 2003 book, 'Real America,' Beck refers to himself as a borderline schizophrenic." Zaitchik also documented Beck's rise as a broadcaster, which was marked by cruel attacks and "racial hang-ups." According to Zaitchik, after a rival radio host's wife had a miscarriage, " 'Beck called her live on the air and says, "We hear you had a miscarriage," remembers Brad Miller, a former Y95 DJ and Clear Channel programmer. 'When Terry [Kelly, wife of Beck's rival] said, "Yes," Beck proceeded to joke about how Bruce [Kelly, the rival DJ] apparently can't do anything right -- about he can't even have a baby.' ~Liberal Propaganda Media Matters.
Saturday, September 19, 2009
Cliche appology for not updating
I am trying to get this off the ground and have a good number of posts in the work, but work and school starting up has distracted me. moore will come soon. But for now.
WTF was with the season premier of Bones?
For those of you (all two of my readers) who don't know. Bones is a series an American drama television series that premiered on the Fox Network, I really wish Fox would stop making shows I like so I don't have to tangentially support Glen Beck.
The series, created by Hart Hanson, is very loosely based on the life of forensic anthropologist Kathy Reichs. Reichs herself has written some really cool books, you should check them out.
Anyway The show is about a forensic anthroplogist and a team of other forensic scientits doing evidence digging and analysis for the FBI. It's a crime series with a LOT of techno babble, but has strong character development and interaction. So, why do I like this show?
Some of the reasons
1) Skepticism: Temperence Brennan aka Bones is a skeptic. She believes in evidence and the natural. This has solved several cases as her inflappability in the face of seemingly supernatural mojo has uncovered key evidence.
2) Atheism: Bones is one of the few atheists on TV who is not a jerkass or horrible horrible broken person. She's rational and curious and has an open mind. The occasional religious interplay between her and her partner Booth, a catholic is well done and even. Bones dismisses and explains away the superstitious nature of some of Booth's beliefs while being polite and curious about it from an anthroplogical POV
3) Rationality: Bones is a logician. She is emotionally stunted in some areas and asocial, but she is not a cold unfeeling strawvulcan. She has interests and likes like everyone else.
So yeah, people who like all that should have a good role model/spokes character here right?
So what went wrong with this episode?
Cyndi Lauper.
Seriously, fuck you Cyndi Lauper. Fuck you, fuck your guest character, and fuck your goddamn annoying speaking voice.
Lauper plays a Psychic, a tarot card reader, who with her cards brings up this weeks case. She divines of 6 bodies burried under a fountain. one of them her sister. Turns out the people were killed by a cult leader, which Lauper's character was a member of that cult
ok so here's the piss-ed-off-ing-list
1) StrawVulcan: Oh no, as Lauper informs us, Bones isn't all rational because she thinks its a reliable way to descern reality. Nope she's just scared and uses it as a shell and is crazy as everyone else deep down. Yeah fuck you too.
2) a real psychic: Really? One that finds a hidden tomb, locates lost watches, reads people's emotions, and saves Bones by sending help when she's in danger by reading the tarot. Yes, Booth is with the pyschic she reads a card and sends him to go save her cause she can know from miles away that she's about to be attacked. BULLSHIT. I like fantasy elements, but come on people. This is as jarring as having a Law and Order end by Henry Dresden showing up and blasting Jack McCoy's head off with a eldrich blast.
3) Science is wrong: "Let the neuroscientists worry about the brain, it's there thing, but they don't know diddly about the heart' Lauper says. Yeah...fuck you. Cause, love and emotions are caused by supernatural forces...not the most amazing and complex processing system ever.
4) Fake action girl bones!: A fake action girl is one who is supposed to be a bad ass who winds up having none of the abilities we're told she has when it becomes important. This gives the illusion of a 'modern progressive strong female' while still leaving it up to the big strong man to save her and solve everythign with his mighty penis of justice. The show has been good about avoiding this usually. Bones saves Booth, Booth sometimes saves Bones...it happens. Bones is a big martial artist and marksman (woman?). She has beaten up serial killers, psychos, murderers, and body guards twice her size.
This episode she has her ass handed to her by a obese dumpy evil doctor working for the cult leader. He has a knife! Booth has to show up at the last minute, sent by Lauper of course, to shot the guy and save the day. HUZZAH!
5) Worst Shrink EVER: weets a trained psychologist is convinced that Lauper is psychic: because she finds his pocket watch. Again this goes into real psychic but...come on. Sweets is not supposed to be the worst shrink ever
6) No twist: nope none. No revelation that Lauper had some knowledge of the bodies (say she helped bury them when in the cult or the like) or how she knew impossible things. She is just psychic and thus has solved the murders. Haha take that realism!
Of course most people in comments seem to love Lauper's character and are hopeing she'll return. Oh yay. More dues ex machina! New character enters with powers none of the main cast does, saves the main character using them, is instantly loved by everyone, and solves the main problem. Wow, not since Twilight have I seen a Marry Sue this bad in a published work.
So yeah...Fuck you Premier of Bones...
WTF was with the season premier of Bones?
For those of you (all two of my readers) who don't know. Bones is a series an American drama television series that premiered on the Fox Network, I really wish Fox would stop making shows I like so I don't have to tangentially support Glen Beck.
Apparently the Browncoat rebellion was over health care.
Hey wait...that's not Buffy!
Some of the reasons
1) Skepticism: Temperence Brennan aka Bones is a skeptic. She believes in evidence and the natural. This has solved several cases as her inflappability in the face of seemingly supernatural mojo has uncovered key evidence.
2) Atheism: Bones is one of the few atheists on TV who is not a jerkass or horrible horrible broken person. She's rational and curious and has an open mind. The occasional religious interplay between her and her partner Booth, a catholic is well done and even. Bones dismisses and explains away the superstitious nature of some of Booth's beliefs while being polite and curious about it from an anthroplogical POV
3) Rationality: Bones is a logician. She is emotionally stunted in some areas and asocial, but she is not a cold unfeeling strawvulcan. She has interests and likes like everyone else.
So yeah, people who like all that should have a good role model/spokes character here right?
So what went wrong with this episode?
Cyndi Lauper.
Seriously, fuck you Cyndi Lauper. Fuck you, fuck your guest character, and fuck your goddamn annoying speaking voice.
Lauper plays a Psychic, a tarot card reader, who with her cards brings up this weeks case. She divines of 6 bodies burried under a fountain. one of them her sister. Turns out the people were killed by a cult leader, which Lauper's character was a member of that cult
ok so here's the piss-ed-off-ing-list
1) StrawVulcan: Oh no, as Lauper informs us, Bones isn't all rational because she thinks its a reliable way to descern reality. Nope she's just scared and uses it as a shell and is crazy as everyone else deep down. Yeah fuck you too.
2) a real psychic: Really? One that finds a hidden tomb, locates lost watches, reads people's emotions, and saves Bones by sending help when she's in danger by reading the tarot. Yes, Booth is with the pyschic she reads a card and sends him to go save her cause she can know from miles away that she's about to be attacked. BULLSHIT. I like fantasy elements, but come on people. This is as jarring as having a Law and Order end by Henry Dresden showing up and blasting Jack McCoy's head off with a eldrich blast.
OBJECTION!!!
3) Science is wrong: "Let the neuroscientists worry about the brain, it's there thing, but they don't know diddly about the heart' Lauper says. Yeah...fuck you. Cause, love and emotions are caused by supernatural forces...not the most amazing and complex processing system ever.
4) Fake action girl bones!: A fake action girl is one who is supposed to be a bad ass who winds up having none of the abilities we're told she has when it becomes important. This gives the illusion of a 'modern progressive strong female' while still leaving it up to the big strong man to save her and solve everythign with his mighty penis of justice. The show has been good about avoiding this usually. Bones saves Booth, Booth sometimes saves Bones...it happens. Bones is a big martial artist and marksman (woman?). She has beaten up serial killers, psychos, murderers, and body guards twice her size.
DIGNITY!
5) Worst Shrink EVER: weets a trained psychologist is convinced that Lauper is psychic: because she finds his pocket watch. Again this goes into real psychic but...come on. Sweets is not supposed to be the worst shrink ever
Well she's not actually a shrink but
she still holds the title.
Bones is/was one of the shows I love, but I'm really starting to think this may be a jump the shark moment. Even beyond all that the writing was just bad. Things happened with little justification, Clowns appear out of no where (seriously), people are where they need to be with no explanation, characters are swayed so easily by Super Lauper. My god it reads, like bad fan fiction.
restoring dignity to the show!
Of course most people in comments seem to love Lauper's character and are hopeing she'll return. Oh yay. More dues ex machina! New character enters with powers none of the main cast does, saves the main character using them, is instantly loved by everyone, and solves the main problem. Wow, not since Twilight have I seen a Marry Sue this bad in a published work.
So yeah...Fuck you Premier of Bones...
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