happy birthday jesus over merry christmas

[lostcosmonaut]

Th overs-generating machine was rusty, but it still cranks

1. Patrice Lumumba Malcolm O'Neal over Andy Kaufman
   
   

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[glazomaniac]

i largely agree, though #21 is a bold claim that i will need to explore further. (i went to add make way for tomorrow to my watchlist and discovered it was already there.)

#s 23, 27, and 30 are all right on. the only one i outright disagree with is #19. weird science is smarmy. pee wee (the movie, not the person--the person is kinda smarmy) is just silly and dark.

i see a darkness

[lostcosmonaut]

weird Science and Pee-wee are both retarded power fantasies; th former's more transparent about its escapist idiocy; th latter's more immersive; what it comes down to in a nutshell is WS's horny teenage boy stuff vs PW's narcissistic teenage girl stuff. Both have a decent grasp of their respective worldviews, but WS's vision of power admits that power corrupts. In PW we're asked to trust that Pee-wee is a benevolent dictator

http://mubi.com/wall_posts/373443

Let's chat about Make Way for Tomorrow after you've seen it. Hell ah'll even watch It's a Wonderful Life again in th interest of science

--mza.

[glazomaniac]

i'll make make way for tomorrow a priority then!

it's been a long time since i saw either of the films in question, re: PW and WS, but i don't recall how PW would be a power fantasy. he finds his bike and comes out on top, what with the film in the end, but he mostly seemed to wander aimlessly and stupidly through most of it. refresh my memory?

[lostcosmonaut]

he invents his own laws of physics a few times along th way

--mza.

[saltdawg]

#27: AYE!

no warrant no problem

[lostcosmonaut]

when will these people learn not to invite him into their houses ?

--mza.