This blog post is so
magical! I have magic coming out of my
pores. Word on the streets is that The Dark
Tower has just wrapped up filming and is in the sweaty process of getting a
rough cut completed. A trailer is
allegedly set for October with the release date coming February of next
year. I’ve been vocal about my
misgivings on this project, particularly in the horrifying history of
screenwriter Akiva Goldsman but I am still remaining hopeful thanks to the
GREAT casting. As a diehard fan of the
books whose read the whole series a whopping TWO times I so desire this
movie(s) to be good. Though I would
happily settle for an astonishingly bad movie if good is out of the
question. It’s such a bizarre mythology,
such a weird mixture of fantasy, horror, adventure and urban stuff, I do not
envy the filmmakers their adaptation task.
But I will be there. ever
vigilant. Ever waiting for signs of
threats extraterrestrial. I wait
still.
So it was around won oh
clock in the mornin’ last night when I began viewing Arrow Season 4 whilst
consuming a hearty bowl of Lucky Charms cereal with soy milk (cause cows are
for calves). Returning to this program was
like slipping into a warm bath. Actually,
it was nothing like that because I generally find baths to be quite
disgusting. Unless the bathtub is filled
with cold Cristal! But imagine the
cardiac arrest I experienced when I realized this season was going to involved
mysticism, chiefly in the form of its principal antagonist. Hence my magic references earlier on. Magic is tricky thing for me, even that word,
something about just sounds…youngsterish.
I don’t know why though, it’s not a bad word. The thing with magic and mysticism is I’ve
always found that regardless of how detailed the writers explain the “rules” or
structure, the actual strength or ability of the respective magic always
conveniently changes depending on plot necessity and is consequently rarely a
satisfying element to the story. However,
that is largely true of any type of power set in any popular
fantasy/supernatural/superhero/adventure thing so I’m not sure how valid my
complaint is.
In this day and age of
so much genre overlap I’m not sure if there is really a significant difference
between a power set derived through magic and someone who is simply a mutant or
metahuman; it seems to largely equate to the same outcome. I will say that in episode 2 they did show
the villain cutting himself and worshiping and calling upon a dark god statue
thing which is definitely suggestive of witchcraft and black magic as we know
it in the real world so I can sort of see that being a character trait,
hmmmm.
Speaking of magic, I’m
becoming ever more excited at the announced Justice League Dark movie (or Dark
Universe or whatever the hell it’s going to be called) despite the fact that it
doesn’t even yet have a projected release date.
That team is host to a veritable slew of magical folk including Zatanna
who has always been one of the great loves of my life (along with Wonder Woman
and Vampirella). Please let her wear the
fishnets, I beg you, PLEASE! If Harley
could do it, she can do it, if Harley could do it, she can do it! But yeah, ol’ Zatanna is magical and a great
character and I’ve been dying of girlish glee at all the fan casting (including
Demi Lovato, which give me a white hot heart attack if it happened). The rumors of Eiza Gonzalez playing her also
fill me EXPLOSIVE joy. Of course, it’s
all just rumors. So let’s just wait and
see! Oh, she is just such a lovely
character! If they wanna link it up with
Batman and the other League homies they could even put in all the mind wipe
stuff Zatanna did! Though there’s enough
great characters here – John Constantine, Swamp Thing, Madame Xanadu, Deadman,
Etrigan – that I’d like to see it stand on it’s own.
Please understand
homies, I’m not slagging magic or mysticism or fans of it. Rather, I’m slagging all loosely defined
power based systems. Let’s see how it
progresses on Arrow, how it’s shown in The Dark Tower and how it works in
Justice League Dark! Also, I am
interested in seeing the Warcraft movie when it is released on digital video
disc so we’ll see how that goes over to a total layman like me who doesn’t know
jack shit about wars or craft!
I frequently find it
difficult these days to finish thoughts or get a word out to someone. It physically pains me sometimes to attempt
that brand of communication, every word feels awful. I think that is why Low speaks to me so
much. Structure becomes the theme, at
times so distant and at times alarmingly in your face. And then all those pastoral otherworldly landscapes,
traveling down red roads while they continue to invade your brain. We are we are inside a dying thing. Even sending each other off is far too much
of a strain. You’re such wonderful…no
one is going to begin that sentence when speaking to him. There is little spirit inside of us, just
waiting to express herself. Oh, the
little deaths, each time that addiction grows more fierce and grotesque. Please don’t let me forsake something
true. I just want to stay inside all day
the blinds drawn. You may not see how
these relates to all the above mentioned malarkey but it absolutely does, just
consider what was being drawn on the carpet and what contributed to being put
in such a fragile mental state. We are
all guilty.
Prince Charming blew
his head off awhile ago, right? I have
to drink some water now. Every day, new
avenues of failure and disobedience. So
it is one week until the Gift of the Gods Champion returns, eh? Me thinks I are ready. And of course, October 11 is looming just
over the horizon….
Good Lord, I very
nearly passed out there. And then who
knows what would have happened if someone hadn’t found me right away?! One thing’s for sure: that would have been a
very undignified death!
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