Archive for January 10th, 2010
Binks At The Movies
Nubile Noble Digital Savages
~ ITEM: Avatar Plot Fail or Observation Win?
~ ITEM: This film was not made by folks who live in a giant tree; “Avatar,” a sanctimonious thud of a movie; and Reality Check: ‘Jurassic Park’ More Convincing Than ‘Avatar’
~ ITEM: Blood-Thirsty Killer Marine Official Slams ‘Avatar’: ‘Disservice to our Corps’
~ ITEM: Avatar Director James Cameron Curses Out Fan
Dreams In Blue: An Avatar Review
~ WE ARE KNOWN by the stories we tell: what we see and our blind-spots; what we long for, and what we think we want.
The fundamental questions and motifs of the West are (1) pilgrimage, and (2) mediation.
- Thus, where were we? Where are we? Where are we headed?
- Plus– how do we relate to reality? To each other? To ultimate things? By what means?
Even if we are post-modern and clever and agnostic, these are The Big Questions, because those are the foundations, no matter if we fundamentally reject them or wish them replaced with some nitwitted utopian thingy.
