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Post by Batflunkie on May 20, 2016 9:00:21 GMT -5
That's why I'm all for the idea of the internet being branded a "tool" by the government, so we don't have to pay obscene amounts of money for it every month just to have it rationed out. America is pretty much a third-world country in terms of internet and the fact that so many want to put their own restrictions on it just reminds me of why I subscribe to the idea that "information deserves to be free". But then of course you've got things like the Republican party of all people defending the rights of cell-phone companies to charge you whatever the hell they want, practically insinuating that the government is trying to monopolize the internet
And as far as "blissful ignorance" goes, I am not content with how I am on a physical and mental level. You should always try to improve yourself. Whether it be how I am, machine-like, where I just feed my gaping maw of intellectual curiosity whatever it can "keep down", or something else entirely. I'm proud of what I've honed with my mind, making it paradise for a modicum of ideas and child-like fascinations in the most mundane things. I've turned a scrap-yard loaf of birch wood into a more than capable bow that's able to fire at a higher and higher rate of precision the more I train with it.
The human mind is a beautiful creation and I hate seeing it wasted on the frivolities of modern culture like social media
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Post by tingramretro on May 20, 2016 11:12:16 GMT -5
The human mind is a beautiful creation and I hate seeing it wasted on the frivolities of modern culture like social media Which is misnamed in my opinion as much of it is deeply antisocial. |
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Post by Batflunkie on May 20, 2016 12:13:04 GMT -5
If anything it encourages a borderline toxic attitude of egotism that's heinously inexcusable, especially considering that people are under the impression that nothing they do or say on there will warrant extreme repercussions. It's gotten so bad that some states have even created "cyber bullying laws"
Even though 4chan may have an equally bad reputation as any of those sites, it least does one thing correctly by making it's posters anonymous
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Post by Batflunkie on Jun 10, 2016 15:52:56 GMT -5
With DC's "Rebirth" event being such a huge success and Watchmen being integrated into the DCU, I began to ponder once again at the meta-narrative of Watchmen after having re-watched the film countless times. Nite Owl has often been compared to Batman, long before his actual inspiration of Blue Beetle came into being. But what of Rorscach? It seems to me that two share the same coin, Nite Owl represents the time where Batman was a more goofy and fun character, and Rorscach represents the more grim and brooding elements of the character (especially considering how Walter "lost" his innocence). In a way, it's almost kind of suggested the two pity each other, while they "reminisce about the good times". Daniel can never truly be "Rorscach" because he embraces the child-like innocence of his own creativity to help him solve problems, while "Rorscach" just uses his blind anger to bring the "uncleansed" to justice.
And if you read more deeply into it, the whole story can be read as kind of a Greek Tragedy about "people having to become that which they loathe", with Daniel and Laurie being the only two that remain "unchanged" but still "grow" as people through their own personal journeys |
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Post by Arthur Gordon Scratch on Jun 10, 2016 16:59:24 GMT -5
Here's a question that always bugged me: Why does it seem that--in the U.S., anyway--comics is the only medium where the highest measure of success seems to be that the work gets adapted for another medium? I guess Alan Moore and a few other (Art Spiegelman) would think the opposite  |
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Post by Rob Allen on Jun 10, 2016 17:23:56 GMT -5
With DC's "Rebirth" event being such a huge success and Watchmen being integrated into the DCU, I began to ponder once again at the meta-narrative of Watchmen after having re-watched the film countless times. Nite Owl has often been compared to Batman, long before his actual inspiration of Blue Beetle came into being. But what of Rorscach? It seems to me that two share the same coin, Nite Owl represents the time where Batman was a more goofy and fun character, and Rorscach represents the more grim and brooding elements of the character (especially considering how Walter "lost" his innocence). In a way, it's almost kind of suggested the two pity each other, while they "reminisce about the good times". Daniel can never truly be "Rorscach" because he embraces the child-like innocence of his own creativity to help him solve problems, while "Rorscach" just uses his blind anger to bring the "uncleansed" to justice.
And if you read more deeply into it, the whole story can be read as kind of a Greek Tragedy about "people having to become that which they loathe", with Daniel and Laurie being the only two that remain "unchanged" but still "grow" as people through their own personal journeys I know I'm not addressing your actual point, but a couple of things confuse me. First: "Nite Owl has often been compared to Batman, long before his actual inspiration of Blue Beetle came into being." Do you mean that people compared Nite Owl to Batman before it became widely known that he was actually based on Blue Beetle? Batman and Blue Beetle both came into being a few months apart in 1939, long before Watchmen. The original Blue Beetle was like a super-powered Green Hornet. And, "But what of Rorscach?" Isn't it common knowledge that Rohrschach is based on Steve Ditko's Objectivist hero, The Question? The fact that both characters have similarities to Batman has a lot to do with the fact that Batman has been around so long and has had so many stories written. He is vast, he contains multitudes. |
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Post by Batflunkie on Jun 10, 2016 17:41:29 GMT -5
I know I'm not addressing your actual point, but a couple of things confuse me. First: "Nite Owl has often been compared to Batman, long before his actual inspiration of Blue Beetle came into being." Do you mean that people compared Nite Owl to Batman before it became widely known that he was actually based on Blue Beetle? Batman and Blue Beetle both came into being a few months apart in 1939, long before Watchmen. The original Blue Beetle was like a super-powered Green Hornet. And, "But what of Rorscach?" Isn't it common knowledge that Rohrschach is based on Steve Ditko's Objectivist hero, The Question? The fact that both characters have similarities to Batman has a lot to do with the fact that Batman has been around so long and has had so many stories written. He is vast, he contains multitiudes. I would say both The Question and Blue Beetle are somewhat "common knowledge" to someone who's been invested in comics for a long time, but not to "average joe six pack" on the street |
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Post by Arthur Gordon Scratch on Jun 11, 2016 4:42:47 GMT -5
But "average joe six pack" on the street probably hasn't read Watchmen, and the movie wasn't exactly a blockbuster success...
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Post by Batflunkie on Jun 11, 2016 6:17:33 GMT -5
True, but he/she might have stumbled across it through Time's "best novels of all time" list
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