Now that the Ducktales revival is about half-a-season old, I can say that, while it is good, it’s not quite as good as I had hoped it would be. Part of the problem is that they go for the joke far too often, preventing the characters from developing much weight and consequently from engaging us … Continue reading The Difference Between Flat and Complex Characters
New Appreciation Video Up!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZoiMd6pQ1qQ Yeah, it's for perhaps the lamest kaiju character in the whole series, but it had to be done.
A Startling Conclusion
The real question raised by the tarantula hawk’s practice of paralyzing and laying its eggs into a tarantula before burying it is this; how does it know what a tarantula is, if it was born in the dark, underground, inside the thing? How does it know to go after the tarantula, sting it, bury it, … Continue reading A Startling Conclusion
Infinity War at the Federalist
A new Federalist article is up, this one based off of Avengers Infinity War and talking about some of the same things I've been writing about recently. Sample: In other words, Thanos is a classic student of Thomas Malthus: a believer in the threat of overpopulation, only on a universal scale and with a blend of Marxist … Continue reading Infinity War at the Federalist
How I Would have Written ‘Black Panther’
As I've said before, the more I think about Black Panther the worse the writing in the film gets. As a side effect, I found myself thinking about how I might have done it instead, had I been in charge of writing it. The result was the following rough outline, which I now present to you … Continue reading How I Would have Written ‘Black Panther’
A Thought
There is a saying "It is better to light one candle than curse the darkness." The standard progressive practice is to blow out the candle, curse the darkness, then cite it as proof of the oppressive nature of candles. And if you suggest they try lighting it instead, you're blaming the victim.
Why Relativism is Intolerant
I don't know about you, but I can't help noticing that people who argue that truth or morality are relative tend to be much more intolerant than those who adhere to the idea of objective values. The tolerance they boast of is purely specific: that they don't object to certain given acts (e.g. homosexuality) that … Continue reading Why Relativism is Intolerant
Thought
"Progressive" is indeed an excellent name for Leftists, for their value system is based entirely upon moving toward a set exterior goal. Whether that goal is good, evil, possible, or impossible doesn't enter into it; the progress towards it is the important thing. Thus a 'Progressive' is a person who takes a question of relativity … Continue reading Thought
Clarification on Value
Not one but two responses to my last post made me realize that I'm working off of an incorrect, or at least outdated definition of 'value.' To be clear, I was using it in the sense of 'Objective Value:' designating an awareness of qualitative realities such as virtue, beauty, honor, and so on. This, it … Continue reading Clarification on Value
A Thought
The main difference between the two forces at work in the world today is that Conservatives have values; Liberals only have an agenda.
Serpent's Den 