Well Darlings, ...
When will this stop.
I’m going to have to gloss over Kevin Spacey and other actors and actresses and anyone else in Hollywood who did this because now we’re at the point where we can’t really be surprised about the whole sex scandals in Hollywood. They know better and they should. No more excuses. Enough is enough. And this is just one of the factors causing Mainstream Hollywood to lose big money. Talk about draining a swamp, maybe we should actually start with the Hollywood elisits on their hypocrisy with moralizing us.
And I learned one of the Saudi Arabian Princes is dead, with many of the Royal Families' council being arrested for corruption and the country saying some attacks with the crashed helicopter and airport are acts of war from Iran and Lebanon. Of course this mean all sorts of chaos that adds up even more from the insanity of what we can't seem to fight in the war which sucks for us all because this means more of the sacrificial lamb ordinance in our war effort instead of focusing our efforts against Islamic Totalitarianism. And even there is a purge that was just announced yesterday about how the Crown Prince Mohammed is trying to order a purging of his enemies to try to rule as head of state in Arabia. Either way, the two Arabian Penninsula Powers are being even more threatening to one another and no doubt will try to fight one another. But maybe this could be in our favor depending. Both countries have strongly supported State Sponsored Terrorism from funding organizations like Al-Qaeda, The Taliban and ISIS but us having sides with Trumps slightly favoring Saudi Arabia says big things when we shouldn't be supporting evil regimes like these at all. But sadly time will tell who shoots the first bullet on the actual country if the attack is from Iran.
In Pyongyang, we have now started saying the only way we can take out the regime is through ground ops forces. But to also put it into perspective, I remember some articles noting small signs of rebellion against Kim Jong Un's agenda. And with a country who tries to keep on shielding the citizens of the outside world, no doubt some cracks are made into the walls. You can't keep the modern world out for long and the 4 remaining communist countries are stuck with a market economy, much to their ironic joy (due to the fact that communism generally believes it's one step back to go two steps forward with the next step being socialism and they'll always hate capitalism) But Un is still a threat with what weapons he has but let's not get scared by him but knock him down if ever he does threaten us. He does have weapons but we can stop them and we still need to promote the policy of allowing South Korea and Japan to be allowed to have nuclear technologies as both our allies and in respect of protecting their own interests in case China does go full warfare on them. (Sorry but I still don't trust the Chinese government with their secret funding of North Korea out of fear and having a hand in Global Politics.)
Lastly, Lets talk about taxes. Though Trump put up the new tax brackets recently, It's kind of a disappointment to me. Us Californians can't write off our State and Local taxes and other high tax states makes it harder for the rest of us to pay taxes. Even though our new tax bracket has created a large gap between those making a flat tax alternative instead. But the chocies they made are very high. The lowest bracket must pay 12% and the highest still doesn't go down from 39.6% if you are single and make more than $500,000 or married and pay $1,000,000. The medium brackets have flat rates of 25% and 35% and all in all doesn't fully help get people into the middle class or help preserve a middle class with such high tax bracket percentages. And the wealthy still are taxed at a considerable rate. We need a lower federal tax percentage bracket for all Americans if we want to prosper. To make a more radical move in the right direction, make a tax plan to make the poor gap lessen by well obviously taxing the poor less, make the middle class prosper by reducing a tax bracket and making a more easier flat tax rate for them to enjoy and put more into the economy, and allow the rich to keep what they make. Personally if I was president, I'd like to just have a basic flat rate for all Americans but let's face it. I won't be president because everyone will hate my ideas. Trust me, If Republicans can't fully embrace a true tax reform plan, don't count on making anyone truly get up unless we can come up with the tax plan first. (my suggestion would be 5% for those under $100,000, 10% for those making from $100,001 to $499,999, and finally 15% for those making $500,000 or more which will definitely make it easier to pay our regular bills and allow people to enjoy the fruits of their labors too.) And before I go, I want to call out someone in California.
FUCK YOU JERRY BROWN! Now we all have to suffer with the gas taxes that increased our gas payments not by 12 cents but rather 23 cents for regular gas. Nice going because I'm gonna have to pay more for gas because of your stupidity and negligence to understand that prices were going down and that they only got up because of the hurricanes and over time, we could've had it go down but no you fucked up and I as well as 55 million others are mad (or at least a majority of the 55 million) way to go. And as Much as I really wanted to impeach him, it's too late. I can only hope those in California wake up to the insanity going on here and destroy this stupid tax and promote reducing taxes and eliminating useless ones like the gas tax because that will surely get us going in a somewhat right direction.
Tuesday, November 7, 2017
Monday, November 6, 2017
Postmodernism is a Dead Philsophy
For those of you Darlings who follow my blog, I have told many times of my repulsion of Postmodern Philosophy.
But what is Postmodernism? And how has it effected our culture? And is there a way to fight it?
(I say yes we can but we all have to come together and individually call out the naked emperor in the room if we wish to make a good start.)
So what is Postmodernism? But it's that question that is the main problem. Postmodernism is, in itself, undefinable by its own nature but yet has premises that are definable. (Irrational, isn't it?) And yet Postmodernism is a very irrational philosophy by it's nature that it's all cryptic and masquerading on its true intentions.
But basically, Postmodernism is pretty much, in a nutshell, a philosophy of nihilism. Of Zero. There is nothing to gain and nothing to lose but individual will. And how bad has it effected the culture? Well, just looking outside, very badly and is in need to be cured. So let's get into explaining some of the tenants of Postmodernism.
Postmodernism is verily characterized by the destruction of language to make it devoid of meaning and create supposedly intellectual ideas by only using a large vocabulary, willingness to irrational emotionalism over rationalism, the fact that Truth isn't Objective, and that everything is political rather than moral. It sound pretty distinctive right? But the fact that it was able to be evasive for around 75+ years makes it more dreadful.
It maneuvered itself to adapt to all sorts of philosophically bad and irrational ideals in order to pursue a political agenda rather than examine how the world is and what is the way of life we should follow. Postmodernism has many children including but not limited to Cultural Marxism with the very controversial and poisoning Frankfurt School of Thought, Feminism, especially 3rd wave, Reverse Racism and Racism, Affirmative Action and Cultural Appropriation, Guilt mongering (not really an ideology but they he sure pisses everyone the fuck off with making people feel guilty for no reason of their own fault), and Deconstruction (deconstruction of everything whether be family, society, religion, language, science (yes even science), philosophy, art, etc. without actually critiquing it and wanting to improve on ideas that are good). It's a lot I know but the first step in stopping your enemies is naming them down and they are all guilty of trying to make us feel like we are the villains.
But our main focus will be on the tenants as they are the principles (or rather the lack hereof) that motivate the Postmodernists.
1) The Destruction of Language: You see all those Social Justice Warriors constantly say all this trigger word censoring which is a primary and basic example of how they want to destroy language. We can't say this for we'll upset someone or it's not polite to say even if it's true or if it's wrong. It doesn't matter. If they think you can't say it, it's moral to censor it. But how does that fit into the whole postmodern thing? Thank Jean Baudrillard and Jacques Derrida. Although these two fit more into deconstruction, their main works of philosophic inquiry is extremely had and punishing to even go through because of the language of choice to make it hard to fully understand anything. Here's an example from Baudrillard's Simulacra and Simulation in which he describes Disneyland as a simulation. Try to follow. If you can't, I totally understand.
"Whence the possibility of an Ideological Analysis of Disneyland: Digest of the American way of Life, Pangyric of American Values, Idealized Transportation Of A Contradictory Reality, Certainly."
Did you get it? Kind of? I had to discuss the full quote about the whole reality thing.
But notice how Baudrillard uses confusing and elaborate language that really doesn't get to the full point unless we think about it rather than explaining in a very specific and non-confusing way. The point is to confuse the reader rather than make a focus on, in this case, about how Disneyland is a variation of reality and how, in Baudrillard's opinion, Disneyland adds on to how reality is faked with hyperactivity. If it's confusing but oddly makes sense, you might've seen The Matrix trilogy with all the situations of reality and what is reality and the whole Allegory of the Cave metaphor. (In fact, Simulacra and Simulation makes appearances in The Matrix Revolutions.) But we wouldn't know this until someone else translates it for us even though Baudrillard is saying all forms of reality are fake no matter what we perceive as real when we differentiate Disneyland from actual Reality. Baudrillard makes it clear that reality itself isn't to be trusted even if it's just a vague notion of what can be understandable of his words.
2) Emotion vs. Reason: No doubt I support reason but that we should allow emotion to convey our most powerful of reactions to the world and the events of our lives (Kinda like Opera does), but Postmodernism allows reaction without reason to guide it along the way. As we see with groups like SJW's, Antifa, ISIS, Neo-Nazis, and other similar styled groups, they all are founded on raging and violent emotions, often of a ressintement type to enforce dominance over others. It doesn't care to argue, illuminate, even THINK but would rather allow justification for violence for violence's sake. And it's this emotion that allows them to fight against the grain and sometimes get the upper hand in the bad and criminal aspects of the world. Their envy and jealousy gets to them to destroy anything if it doesn't benefit them in the long run.
3) Truth is Subjective: The truth is an enemy of our goals is what the postmodern philosophers cry out. So false leads, lying, and other consequential actions are justified when truth can't be verified and scrutinized under the microscope or anyone who, dare I say it, judged someone. (That's another perk of being an atheist in my opinion. I can judge and unlike all other religions which decry judging, I can still judge against those who say I can't do that.) Very similar to the Existentialist philosophers like Soren Kierkegaard, Jean-Paul Sarte (another of the postmodernists), Fyodor Dostoevsky, and Friedrich Nietzsche, (the last two I do want to research more of though I have little of their works), truth is subjective but unlike the Existentialists who wish to find meaning in the world whether be religious like Kierkegaard and Dostoevsky or atheist like Sartre and Nietzsche, and make it meaningful to people's lives to address either a need to turn back to religion or to find value in a godless age (despite also believing truth is subjective), the Postmodernist doesn't want to find truth in values. It is the absolute destruction of Objective Truth is Liberation to them and regression to the "others."
4) Deconstruction of everything: This isn't more focused on any philosopher other than French Postmodernist Jacques Derrida. Famous for his philosophy of deconstruction of all things even language, Derrida focuses on that there is no way to possibly understand the objective truth by trying to any well to use a quote from the YouTube Channel Wisecrack "Is a Cat "A Cat?"" He'd say no. Anything goes with what to call it without any standard and even goes to say all standards are frivolous to any meaning given to such a thing as language. And it goes further, art is given standard for "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder." Philosophy isn't great because of "Cis-gendered white guys got to make the call" instead of pointing out the merits and flaws of specific philosophies. Politics isn't noble and thus can't do anything til a democratic mob goes into it. The list goes on and on.
Thus Postmodernism doesn't really stand for anything other than a political purpose of power and control. It's a cause of anxiety and distress in an age of where not only anything goes, but it's all a quagmire of confusion and depression. But is there a way to fight it?
Yes there is. If we know it to be bad, Don't be afraid to judge it. Silence only adds on to evil deeds and as the quote goes, "The only necessity for evil to win, is for good men to do nothing." And the thresholds of such postmodern demagoguery is falling little by little. Colleges with ties to SJW's and Antifa are losing funding, Hollywood is losing creativity and fans with constant moralizing, The political left is trying hard but failing in being strong but being the beginning of a former shadow of itself, and there is a beginning revival in Enlightenment philosophy and Western Values of Merit, Individualism, Reason, and Freedom. But let's not forget that we ourselves must go into retrospect and examine the values we want to replace with the postmodern standard. Let's not go down a path of dogmatism lest we all get destroyed again.
Thanks for reading.
If you want to read a more detailed version with noting more on the disintegration of American Culture and What to do to reclaim it read Lying as A Way of Life by Alexandria York. She's a colleague of mine who writes Novels, Poetry, Songs, and has acted before she became a novelist. She also writes non-fiction dedicated to those who want to write for a better culture and lifestyle especially on making good art though I don't think she has a positive feeling about my personal favorite medium, video games. Here's the link to the Book below but it's in Kindle form. But don't worry about it being long as it's 62 pages long and a fast read. And it only costs one dollar. Not a bad investment right?
Here's a link to her Amazon page for the book.
https://www.amazon.com/LYING-WAY-LIFE-Corruption-Collectivism-ebook/dp/B01F27QF0O/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8
If you want to see what sources I used to reference, here's the Works Cited.
The Madness of Postmodern Philosophy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTUq5qxwwOs&feature=share
Truth to Power: The Postmodern Nightmare: https://charlieroberts223.wixsite.com/radicalpromthean/single-post/2017/08/20/My-new-office
The Transformation, Destruction of American Culture: http://www.newsmax.com/AlexandraYork/individualism-america-united-states-culture/2017/09/26/id/815832/
Objectivists Discuss: Postmodernism W/ Dr. Stephen Hicks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ZxU-9KZo2E&list=PLEZByVyr3iAJw3PbBrrIsd5ND6YRr8Oha
Is A Cat A Cat? (Derrida+Double Dragon) 8-Bit Philosophy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Zw04hraCVo
The Matrix Revolutions: What Went Wrong? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27rhHfBugnc
But what is Postmodernism? And how has it effected our culture? And is there a way to fight it?
(I say yes we can but we all have to come together and individually call out the naked emperor in the room if we wish to make a good start.)
So what is Postmodernism? But it's that question that is the main problem. Postmodernism is, in itself, undefinable by its own nature but yet has premises that are definable. (Irrational, isn't it?) And yet Postmodernism is a very irrational philosophy by it's nature that it's all cryptic and masquerading on its true intentions.
But basically, Postmodernism is pretty much, in a nutshell, a philosophy of nihilism. Of Zero. There is nothing to gain and nothing to lose but individual will. And how bad has it effected the culture? Well, just looking outside, very badly and is in need to be cured. So let's get into explaining some of the tenants of Postmodernism.
Postmodernism is verily characterized by the destruction of language to make it devoid of meaning and create supposedly intellectual ideas by only using a large vocabulary, willingness to irrational emotionalism over rationalism, the fact that Truth isn't Objective, and that everything is political rather than moral. It sound pretty distinctive right? But the fact that it was able to be evasive for around 75+ years makes it more dreadful.
It maneuvered itself to adapt to all sorts of philosophically bad and irrational ideals in order to pursue a political agenda rather than examine how the world is and what is the way of life we should follow. Postmodernism has many children including but not limited to Cultural Marxism with the very controversial and poisoning Frankfurt School of Thought, Feminism, especially 3rd wave, Reverse Racism and Racism, Affirmative Action and Cultural Appropriation, Guilt mongering (not really an ideology but they he sure pisses everyone the fuck off with making people feel guilty for no reason of their own fault), and Deconstruction (deconstruction of everything whether be family, society, religion, language, science (yes even science), philosophy, art, etc. without actually critiquing it and wanting to improve on ideas that are good). It's a lot I know but the first step in stopping your enemies is naming them down and they are all guilty of trying to make us feel like we are the villains.
But our main focus will be on the tenants as they are the principles (or rather the lack hereof) that motivate the Postmodernists.
1) The Destruction of Language: You see all those Social Justice Warriors constantly say all this trigger word censoring which is a primary and basic example of how they want to destroy language. We can't say this for we'll upset someone or it's not polite to say even if it's true or if it's wrong. It doesn't matter. If they think you can't say it, it's moral to censor it. But how does that fit into the whole postmodern thing? Thank Jean Baudrillard and Jacques Derrida. Although these two fit more into deconstruction, their main works of philosophic inquiry is extremely had and punishing to even go through because of the language of choice to make it hard to fully understand anything. Here's an example from Baudrillard's Simulacra and Simulation in which he describes Disneyland as a simulation. Try to follow. If you can't, I totally understand.
"Whence the possibility of an Ideological Analysis of Disneyland: Digest of the American way of Life, Pangyric of American Values, Idealized Transportation Of A Contradictory Reality, Certainly."
Did you get it? Kind of? I had to discuss the full quote about the whole reality thing.
But notice how Baudrillard uses confusing and elaborate language that really doesn't get to the full point unless we think about it rather than explaining in a very specific and non-confusing way. The point is to confuse the reader rather than make a focus on, in this case, about how Disneyland is a variation of reality and how, in Baudrillard's opinion, Disneyland adds on to how reality is faked with hyperactivity. If it's confusing but oddly makes sense, you might've seen The Matrix trilogy with all the situations of reality and what is reality and the whole Allegory of the Cave metaphor. (In fact, Simulacra and Simulation makes appearances in The Matrix Revolutions.) But we wouldn't know this until someone else translates it for us even though Baudrillard is saying all forms of reality are fake no matter what we perceive as real when we differentiate Disneyland from actual Reality. Baudrillard makes it clear that reality itself isn't to be trusted even if it's just a vague notion of what can be understandable of his words.
2) Emotion vs. Reason: No doubt I support reason but that we should allow emotion to convey our most powerful of reactions to the world and the events of our lives (Kinda like Opera does), but Postmodernism allows reaction without reason to guide it along the way. As we see with groups like SJW's, Antifa, ISIS, Neo-Nazis, and other similar styled groups, they all are founded on raging and violent emotions, often of a ressintement type to enforce dominance over others. It doesn't care to argue, illuminate, even THINK but would rather allow justification for violence for violence's sake. And it's this emotion that allows them to fight against the grain and sometimes get the upper hand in the bad and criminal aspects of the world. Their envy and jealousy gets to them to destroy anything if it doesn't benefit them in the long run.
3) Truth is Subjective: The truth is an enemy of our goals is what the postmodern philosophers cry out. So false leads, lying, and other consequential actions are justified when truth can't be verified and scrutinized under the microscope or anyone who, dare I say it, judged someone. (That's another perk of being an atheist in my opinion. I can judge and unlike all other religions which decry judging, I can still judge against those who say I can't do that.) Very similar to the Existentialist philosophers like Soren Kierkegaard, Jean-Paul Sarte (another of the postmodernists), Fyodor Dostoevsky, and Friedrich Nietzsche, (the last two I do want to research more of though I have little of their works), truth is subjective but unlike the Existentialists who wish to find meaning in the world whether be religious like Kierkegaard and Dostoevsky or atheist like Sartre and Nietzsche, and make it meaningful to people's lives to address either a need to turn back to religion or to find value in a godless age (despite also believing truth is subjective), the Postmodernist doesn't want to find truth in values. It is the absolute destruction of Objective Truth is Liberation to them and regression to the "others."
4) Deconstruction of everything: This isn't more focused on any philosopher other than French Postmodernist Jacques Derrida. Famous for his philosophy of deconstruction of all things even language, Derrida focuses on that there is no way to possibly understand the objective truth by trying to any well to use a quote from the YouTube Channel Wisecrack "Is a Cat "A Cat?"" He'd say no. Anything goes with what to call it without any standard and even goes to say all standards are frivolous to any meaning given to such a thing as language. And it goes further, art is given standard for "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder." Philosophy isn't great because of "Cis-gendered white guys got to make the call" instead of pointing out the merits and flaws of specific philosophies. Politics isn't noble and thus can't do anything til a democratic mob goes into it. The list goes on and on.
Thus Postmodernism doesn't really stand for anything other than a political purpose of power and control. It's a cause of anxiety and distress in an age of where not only anything goes, but it's all a quagmire of confusion and depression. But is there a way to fight it?
Yes there is. If we know it to be bad, Don't be afraid to judge it. Silence only adds on to evil deeds and as the quote goes, "The only necessity for evil to win, is for good men to do nothing." And the thresholds of such postmodern demagoguery is falling little by little. Colleges with ties to SJW's and Antifa are losing funding, Hollywood is losing creativity and fans with constant moralizing, The political left is trying hard but failing in being strong but being the beginning of a former shadow of itself, and there is a beginning revival in Enlightenment philosophy and Western Values of Merit, Individualism, Reason, and Freedom. But let's not forget that we ourselves must go into retrospect and examine the values we want to replace with the postmodern standard. Let's not go down a path of dogmatism lest we all get destroyed again.
Thanks for reading.
If you want to read a more detailed version with noting more on the disintegration of American Culture and What to do to reclaim it read Lying as A Way of Life by Alexandria York. She's a colleague of mine who writes Novels, Poetry, Songs, and has acted before she became a novelist. She also writes non-fiction dedicated to those who want to write for a better culture and lifestyle especially on making good art though I don't think she has a positive feeling about my personal favorite medium, video games. Here's the link to the Book below but it's in Kindle form. But don't worry about it being long as it's 62 pages long and a fast read. And it only costs one dollar. Not a bad investment right?
Here's a link to her Amazon page for the book.
https://www.amazon.com/LYING-WAY-LIFE-Corruption-Collectivism-ebook/dp/B01F27QF0O/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8
If you want to see what sources I used to reference, here's the Works Cited.
The Madness of Postmodern Philosophy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTUq5qxwwOs&feature=share
Truth to Power: The Postmodern Nightmare: https://charlieroberts223.wixsite.com/radicalpromthean/single-post/2017/08/20/My-new-office
The Transformation, Destruction of American Culture: http://www.newsmax.com/AlexandraYork/individualism-america-united-states-culture/2017/09/26/id/815832/
Objectivists Discuss: Postmodernism W/ Dr. Stephen Hicks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ZxU-9KZo2E&list=PLEZByVyr3iAJw3PbBrrIsd5ND6YRr8Oha
Is A Cat A Cat? (Derrida+Double Dragon) 8-Bit Philosophy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Zw04hraCVo
The Matrix Revolutions: What Went Wrong? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27rhHfBugnc
Sunday, November 5, 2017
A Little Notice for You All and what could change with my blogging schedule
Hi Darlings. I want to make a little PSA for you all. And I ask this because I know it's the holidays coming but please DON'T FORGET THANKSGIVING! I mean, we really need to be thankful and enjoy the bounty of the harvest before we get right into all the winter solstice festivities of Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Yule, Saturnalia, 3 Kings Day, Navidad, Diwali, and all other pagan and religious or secular Winter Festivals. Let's tone it down til Cyber Monday. Only because that's the day I do Christmas Shopping and then I'm like "Ok. It's Christmas Time!" So Please be nice to your Turkeys as we either pardon them or bless them for our tummies.
Ok. Now that I got that out of the way, I just want to interrupt your Sunday for another small PSA of my own when it comes to my blog. I'm thinking of posting on Saturday but it's more of a maybe. Let's see where it goes first then we go do it.
And for this upcoming week's Schedule.
Monday: Talk about why you should stay way from Postmodern Philosophies
Tuesday: Politics and Scandals of why Kevin Spacey disappointed me, the death of a member of the Saudi Arabian royal family, slight signs of a possible rebellion in Pyongyang and the death of 200 in a recent testing, and these God Damn Tax Boosts to our damn gas prices.
Wednesday: Updates on Life about what's going on with Thanksgiving with me.
Thursday: Review of Interview with the Vampire: The Book
Friday: Review of Layton Mystery Journey: Katrielle Layton and the Millionaire's Conspiracy
Saturday: Talk about some of the games I would like to play/look at one day and a lookback review of Kingdom Hearts 358 Days/2
Ok. Thanks for tuning in despite the non blogging for a bit.
Ok. Now that I got that out of the way, I just want to interrupt your Sunday for another small PSA of my own when it comes to my blog. I'm thinking of posting on Saturday but it's more of a maybe. Let's see where it goes first then we go do it.
And for this upcoming week's Schedule.
Monday: Talk about why you should stay way from Postmodern Philosophies
Tuesday: Politics and Scandals of why Kevin Spacey disappointed me, the death of a member of the Saudi Arabian royal family, slight signs of a possible rebellion in Pyongyang and the death of 200 in a recent testing, and these God Damn Tax Boosts to our damn gas prices.
Wednesday: Updates on Life about what's going on with Thanksgiving with me.
Thursday: Review of Interview with the Vampire: The Book
Friday: Review of Layton Mystery Journey: Katrielle Layton and the Millionaire's Conspiracy
Saturday: Talk about some of the games I would like to play/look at one day and a lookback review of Kingdom Hearts 358 Days/2
Ok. Thanks for tuning in despite the non blogging for a bit.
Wednesday, November 1, 2017
Crimson Peak Review (Spoilers)
Sorry For the late photo Darlings. I did want to surprise you but it was difficult due to time. But I’m happy I did it. And now as I promised, my review of Crimson Peak.
Crimson Peak is a film directed and mainly written by Guillermo del Toro, director of Pams Labyrinth, Chronos, Devil’s Backbone, Hellboy, Blade, Pacific Rim, etc. I think you can tell I’m trying to emphasize his work on monsters and horror. But Crimson Peak is the only film on here which doesnt fit with the rest. This is because unlike the horror he generally portrays with the horrors of childhood and other types, Crimson Peak is Gothic Horror.
Gothic Horror is a genre of stories told in the Romantic style of fiction so it’s often called Gothic Romance. And many great authors also wrote in the general Gothic sense like Mary Shelley, Edgar Allan Poe, Oscar Wilde’s Dorian Gray, Bram Stoker, etc. But the Gothic Romance genre deals with the ghosts. And as explained in the film, ghosts are metaphors of the past. So I hope that goes into the idea of what Gothic Romance is so lets get on with this review.
In Crimson Peak, Edith Cushing is the daughter of an entrepreneurial magnate, Carter Cushing who has the ability to see ghosts most prominent after her mother's death. Upon meeting the charismatic Sir Thomas Sharpe, Baronet, Edith begins to fall in love with him and after her father's untimely death agrees to marry and go to Allerdale Hall, the ancestral home of the Sharpe family. Over time, Edith starts seeing ghosts in the house and they lead her down dark halls and dark secrets.
Ok, here are the spoilers.
To be honest, this film isn't scary per say. But it is a suspenseful thriller. I admit, I'll relay fault along the promotions of the film. But that doesn't mean Crimson Peak isn't enjoyable. I admit, I love this film. It's a beautifully made film too. Del Toro uses what he knows in the past and his love for Gothic Romance novels to synthesize this story for us and entertain the audience with a combination of also a fairy tale, a dark morality tale, and a ghost story. For the suspense lies in the secrets that Thomas and his sister Lucille have kept over the years. I admit the plot is predictable but it's still a solid experience and that comes primarily with the characters.
I always felt characters drive their story more than plot and that plot is to keep everyone's power in line and in check from overpowering the story and making sure that we have development in a story. For Edith, its discovering herself as a woman in a new time and also uncovering her personal fears with the prophecy her mother gave her. Thomas is motivated by his sister primarily with seducing the women he makes fall in love with him for their inheritances. But with Thomas falling in love, it ruins his sisters plans. Lucille is motivated by her incestuous love for Thomas and reclaiming their dead family's past as wealthy aristocrats instead of penniless land barons. However, it's her forbidden love that eventually leads down to her ruin. This haunting love triangle focuses upon each of their motivations and the problems that each leads down upon whether it being Edith not listening to the ghost of her mother, Lucille driven by lust and revenge, and Thomas motivated by his cowardice towards his older sister.
But lets get to the most important character of the movie, the house. Allerdale Hall was an actual built set and it's such a shame that it eventually had to be destroyed and both Johnny and I agreed we'd love to have lived in a home like that. (Of course with more modern renovations like gas heating, circulation, and such but preserving the main foundation and structure of the home as much as possible.) The symbolism in the house is not only its loneliness in the world but mainly the clay that Thomas hopes to use as a foundation part of his fortunes. The Clay is the foundation of the house and it ruins the house and gives an eerie bleeding effect on the place representing how the Sharpe siblings were bled dry of wealth, influence, and everything. And now the house is but its own ghost of what once was a former grand estate.
The movie is heavily dealing with symbolism with butterflies and moths, the ghosts, the house but also it melds so well into the set designs. Del Toro has an eye for these details and really wants to get us into a Gothic tale with all the aesthetics put in place especially in Allerdale Hall.
And my main praise goes to the main three actors, Mia Wasikowska as Edith Cushing, Tom Hiddleston as Sir Thomas, and Jessica Chastain as Lucille. All three of them breathe so much life into these characters and I just love seeing them act together as their scenes are priamrily focused on them and also are the main acting pillars and hold the film so well. I especially love Chastain's work as she goes from Sweet sister in law with questionable motives to raging psychopath with reclaiming her lost identity.
Also I wish to add that I do love the designs of the ghosts and Edith's mother with their red skeletal frames coming from being caked in all that clay and Edith's mother being all in black symbolizing her death with Black Chlorea.
Overall, I give Crimson Peak a 3.75/5. It's a predictable plot and not really a horror story but it's a very beautiful Gothic Romance.
Crimson Peak is a film directed and mainly written by Guillermo del Toro, director of Pams Labyrinth, Chronos, Devil’s Backbone, Hellboy, Blade, Pacific Rim, etc. I think you can tell I’m trying to emphasize his work on monsters and horror. But Crimson Peak is the only film on here which doesnt fit with the rest. This is because unlike the horror he generally portrays with the horrors of childhood and other types, Crimson Peak is Gothic Horror.
Gothic Horror is a genre of stories told in the Romantic style of fiction so it’s often called Gothic Romance. And many great authors also wrote in the general Gothic sense like Mary Shelley, Edgar Allan Poe, Oscar Wilde’s Dorian Gray, Bram Stoker, etc. But the Gothic Romance genre deals with the ghosts. And as explained in the film, ghosts are metaphors of the past. So I hope that goes into the idea of what Gothic Romance is so lets get on with this review.
In Crimson Peak, Edith Cushing is the daughter of an entrepreneurial magnate, Carter Cushing who has the ability to see ghosts most prominent after her mother's death. Upon meeting the charismatic Sir Thomas Sharpe, Baronet, Edith begins to fall in love with him and after her father's untimely death agrees to marry and go to Allerdale Hall, the ancestral home of the Sharpe family. Over time, Edith starts seeing ghosts in the house and they lead her down dark halls and dark secrets.
Ok, here are the spoilers.
To be honest, this film isn't scary per say. But it is a suspenseful thriller. I admit, I'll relay fault along the promotions of the film. But that doesn't mean Crimson Peak isn't enjoyable. I admit, I love this film. It's a beautifully made film too. Del Toro uses what he knows in the past and his love for Gothic Romance novels to synthesize this story for us and entertain the audience with a combination of also a fairy tale, a dark morality tale, and a ghost story. For the suspense lies in the secrets that Thomas and his sister Lucille have kept over the years. I admit the plot is predictable but it's still a solid experience and that comes primarily with the characters.
I always felt characters drive their story more than plot and that plot is to keep everyone's power in line and in check from overpowering the story and making sure that we have development in a story. For Edith, its discovering herself as a woman in a new time and also uncovering her personal fears with the prophecy her mother gave her. Thomas is motivated by his sister primarily with seducing the women he makes fall in love with him for their inheritances. But with Thomas falling in love, it ruins his sisters plans. Lucille is motivated by her incestuous love for Thomas and reclaiming their dead family's past as wealthy aristocrats instead of penniless land barons. However, it's her forbidden love that eventually leads down to her ruin. This haunting love triangle focuses upon each of their motivations and the problems that each leads down upon whether it being Edith not listening to the ghost of her mother, Lucille driven by lust and revenge, and Thomas motivated by his cowardice towards his older sister.
But lets get to the most important character of the movie, the house. Allerdale Hall was an actual built set and it's such a shame that it eventually had to be destroyed and both Johnny and I agreed we'd love to have lived in a home like that. (Of course with more modern renovations like gas heating, circulation, and such but preserving the main foundation and structure of the home as much as possible.) The symbolism in the house is not only its loneliness in the world but mainly the clay that Thomas hopes to use as a foundation part of his fortunes. The Clay is the foundation of the house and it ruins the house and gives an eerie bleeding effect on the place representing how the Sharpe siblings were bled dry of wealth, influence, and everything. And now the house is but its own ghost of what once was a former grand estate.
The movie is heavily dealing with symbolism with butterflies and moths, the ghosts, the house but also it melds so well into the set designs. Del Toro has an eye for these details and really wants to get us into a Gothic tale with all the aesthetics put in place especially in Allerdale Hall.
And my main praise goes to the main three actors, Mia Wasikowska as Edith Cushing, Tom Hiddleston as Sir Thomas, and Jessica Chastain as Lucille. All three of them breathe so much life into these characters and I just love seeing them act together as their scenes are priamrily focused on them and also are the main acting pillars and hold the film so well. I especially love Chastain's work as she goes from Sweet sister in law with questionable motives to raging psychopath with reclaiming her lost identity.
Also I wish to add that I do love the designs of the ghosts and Edith's mother with their red skeletal frames coming from being caked in all that clay and Edith's mother being all in black symbolizing her death with Black Chlorea.
Overall, I give Crimson Peak a 3.75/5. It's a predictable plot and not really a horror story but it's a very beautiful Gothic Romance.
Tuesday, October 31, 2017
Happy Halloween Everyone!
Happy Halloween Everyone! Bwahahahahaha!
I hope you’re all having fun dressed as your favorite characters. Speaking of which, you’ll be all seeing my surprise on who I’m finally going to be soon! Stay tuned and follow my Instagram or FB to check it out.
I also want to say regular blogging will return on Nov. 3rd. Thanks for following this blog and I promise more to come!
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I hope you’re all having fun dressed as your favorite characters. Speaking of which, you’ll be all seeing my surprise on who I’m finally going to be soon! Stay tuned and follow my Instagram or FB to check it out.
I also want to say regular blogging will return on Nov. 3rd. Thanks for following this blog and I promise more to come!
https://www.instagram.com/marcos_pisanis/
Saturday, October 28, 2017
Horror TV Anthologies
If it's one thing I love Darlings, I love to watch a good anthology series. I usually go for the classic Twilight Zone but others prefer the modern dark comedic satire of Black Mirror. (I haven't seen it but have been debating it but was interested when I heard of an episode where people are rated all the time constantly especially when it comes to my job so it's relatable.) So aren't there some horror related anthology series other than the two I mentioned. Well, you gotta look hard enough. Lucky for you here are 4 I suggest watching whether I found episodes or you can enjoy yourself.
1) Rod Sterling's The Night Gallery: I've been trying to find full episodes of this series on YouTube but it's only clips. However, The Night Gallery offers a lot though shortlived for 3 seasons and not as popular as his Sibling series The Twilight Zone. The Stories focused on Horror, Supernatural, Fantasy, and Psychological Drama in contrast to some of the more Science Fiction Oriented episodes and that some episodes could not just only hit you hard, but some would offer comfort and understand in making us better people. Night Gallery on the other hand is pure fun and even features stories from Harlan Ellison, H. P. Lovecraft and minor authors who allowed adaptations of these stories. Rod still was able to write and direct stories in the anthology despite not having full rights and involvement as given with his creative freedom but it didn't mean he had nothing. Robert Bloch, writer of Psycho, wrote a couple of episodes and mutliple famous names, (Roddy McDowell, Joan Crawford, Steven Spielberg, Adam West, Leonard Nimoy, Burgess Meredith, and others) were involved in creating this anthology . It's a heavily underrated series but has gained the Cult status and a joy to find when you watch. You can find it at Walmart and Amazon and buy the full series.
2) Masters of Horror: This Showtime Exclusive Anthology only lasted two season but has many famous names directing the one hour episodes in this anthology series as if each was their own individual movie. In fact these episodes had featued many horror film directors which was its main marketing ploy. You got Joe Dante, John Carpenter, John Landis, Dario Argento, and Takashi Miike to name a few. Most of the episodes, like in Night Gallery, are usually adapted but some are original and at times feature some really black comedy especially with Dante and Landis directing some episodes. There were only 26 episodes featured in this anthology but there are many hits and some misses depending as most anthologies go. A few very popular names are involved with acting like Meat Loaf, Ron Pearlman, and George Wendt but mostly everyone else is mainly C list or you've never heard of them before until you dig but maybe that's what makes it good because we can focus on story and direction but you do want good actors to tell your tale. But the weird thing is these episodes could be bought individually on DVD as if they were movies though all were part of this anthology.
3) George A. Romero's Tales from the Darkside: I've seen a couple of the episodes of this anthology and they weren't bloody and gory like most of today's horror, but psychological and tormenting with dread. George A. Romero's anthology series had 90 episodes but the two I saw were "Sorry, Right Number" with Stephen King writing about a wife who receives a mysterious phone call and deals with the loss of her husband. The second had a more whimsical fantasy approach with "Do Not Open This Box" with Jodie Foster directing this episode about a couple (with a very unhappy husband and an overbearing wife) who receive a mysterious Pandora's Box and the mailman who is insistent on making sure it never opens and he gets it back. These two episodes did linger in my psyche a little and it's nice to revisit them. The series even had a film with the same anthology style as the series too. You can find episodes on YouTube
4) Tales from the Crypt: What kind of list would this be without a reference to Tales from the Crypt. This series featured all sorts of A and B listers before or after they achieved their full fame featured in spooky, scary, and often Campy stories but that's what makes it charming too. I've seen a couple of episodes Like the one with Morton Downey Jr., the shock jockey, visiting a Haunted House, a man who marries widows and kills them off for their fortunes, one story written by Teller, of Penn and Teller, with an escaped convict who visits a witches house, do you know about "The Secret", and even had 2 feature films inspired by the series and at one time there was supposed to be a new series but it didn't work out well due to the issue production rights. And let's not forget our punny master of scareemonies, The Cryptkeeper. Voiced by John Kassir, this guy got us ready for our new flavor of the month stories.
Enjoy and Happy Halloween Darlings!
1) Rod Sterling's The Night Gallery: I've been trying to find full episodes of this series on YouTube but it's only clips. However, The Night Gallery offers a lot though shortlived for 3 seasons and not as popular as his Sibling series The Twilight Zone. The Stories focused on Horror, Supernatural, Fantasy, and Psychological Drama in contrast to some of the more Science Fiction Oriented episodes and that some episodes could not just only hit you hard, but some would offer comfort and understand in making us better people. Night Gallery on the other hand is pure fun and even features stories from Harlan Ellison, H. P. Lovecraft and minor authors who allowed adaptations of these stories. Rod still was able to write and direct stories in the anthology despite not having full rights and involvement as given with his creative freedom but it didn't mean he had nothing. Robert Bloch, writer of Psycho, wrote a couple of episodes and mutliple famous names, (Roddy McDowell, Joan Crawford, Steven Spielberg, Adam West, Leonard Nimoy, Burgess Meredith, and others) were involved in creating this anthology . It's a heavily underrated series but has gained the Cult status and a joy to find when you watch. You can find it at Walmart and Amazon and buy the full series.
2) Masters of Horror: This Showtime Exclusive Anthology only lasted two season but has many famous names directing the one hour episodes in this anthology series as if each was their own individual movie. In fact these episodes had featued many horror film directors which was its main marketing ploy. You got Joe Dante, John Carpenter, John Landis, Dario Argento, and Takashi Miike to name a few. Most of the episodes, like in Night Gallery, are usually adapted but some are original and at times feature some really black comedy especially with Dante and Landis directing some episodes. There were only 26 episodes featured in this anthology but there are many hits and some misses depending as most anthologies go. A few very popular names are involved with acting like Meat Loaf, Ron Pearlman, and George Wendt but mostly everyone else is mainly C list or you've never heard of them before until you dig but maybe that's what makes it good because we can focus on story and direction but you do want good actors to tell your tale. But the weird thing is these episodes could be bought individually on DVD as if they were movies though all were part of this anthology.
3) George A. Romero's Tales from the Darkside: I've seen a couple of the episodes of this anthology and they weren't bloody and gory like most of today's horror, but psychological and tormenting with dread. George A. Romero's anthology series had 90 episodes but the two I saw were "Sorry, Right Number" with Stephen King writing about a wife who receives a mysterious phone call and deals with the loss of her husband. The second had a more whimsical fantasy approach with "Do Not Open This Box" with Jodie Foster directing this episode about a couple (with a very unhappy husband and an overbearing wife) who receive a mysterious Pandora's Box and the mailman who is insistent on making sure it never opens and he gets it back. These two episodes did linger in my psyche a little and it's nice to revisit them. The series even had a film with the same anthology style as the series too. You can find episodes on YouTube
4) Tales from the Crypt: What kind of list would this be without a reference to Tales from the Crypt. This series featured all sorts of A and B listers before or after they achieved their full fame featured in spooky, scary, and often Campy stories but that's what makes it charming too. I've seen a couple of episodes Like the one with Morton Downey Jr., the shock jockey, visiting a Haunted House, a man who marries widows and kills them off for their fortunes, one story written by Teller, of Penn and Teller, with an escaped convict who visits a witches house, do you know about "The Secret", and even had 2 feature films inspired by the series and at one time there was supposed to be a new series but it didn't work out well due to the issue production rights. And let's not forget our punny master of scareemonies, The Cryptkeeper. Voiced by John Kassir, this guy got us ready for our new flavor of the month stories.
Enjoy and Happy Halloween Darlings!
Friday, October 27, 2017
Shin Megami Tensei V is confirmed!
I want to apologize for not posting anything yesterday Darlings. I'm sorry but I was busy for the time with work. But now that I'm back, I want to talk a little about a recent game so the Halloween has to be postponed.
Recently, Atlus posted a new trailer for the game branded as Shin Megami Tensei: Brand New Title has been confirmed as I had thought it to be, Shin Megami Tensei 5. But what's unique is that it seems that every Shin Megami Tensei Game that comes out is exclusive for Nintendo consoles and Persona comes out for every Playstation Console since the Playstation 1 with Revelations: Persona.
As some of you guys know, I love Shin Megami Tensei so I want to explain the trailer and what could happen with the new game. Spoilers ahead though.
So in Shin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalypse, you actually fight YHWH himself and can choose whether to side with the Celtic God Dagda and reincarnate the universe with a human becoming not only Godslayer but God of the New Universe or preserving the current universe and having a world of Peace until YHWH comes back. Both of these are considered the Neutral Endings of Shin Megami Tensei because every Neutral Ending seems to be the cause of the turn of events leading to the next mainstream timeline supposedly, (there was a YouTube video dedicated to this issue because it's very confusing to connect all the SMT and Persona games into a timeline. Here's the link. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPtik5Sd15Y) Trust me, it's confusing. But since that game left off on with preserving the ceiling of Mikado over Tokyo, unless they use the original Neutral ending of SMT IV, it's going to be confusing.
But let's talk about the first trailer to get a better background for the second. So in the first trailer we're in an abandoned building, probably an office building in Tokyo but that's not important. We see the Atlus Logo covered in Roses to showcase a motif seen and as it turns dark, the roses blow away and we see a collection of famous demons from Shin Megami Tensei including Thor, Pixie, Silky, Cu Chulain, Mara, Metatron, Gabriel, Ranga, Cybele, Atlus Mascot Jack Frost and other mythological characters. Then the Rose Petals once again come to reveal Odin in his new design from SMT, and once he looks to us, we see more Rose Petals and the screen goes blank to read Shin Megami Tensei: Brand New Title. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIIu_kcWXpA)
In the new trailer it focuses once again on a desolate and post apocalypse Tokyo, as is the mainline series is dedicated to, and some demons do make 3D appearances that we have seen since SMT Nocturne and the other PS games. The Devil Forneus, Many Oni, Dakini, and hidden a little is Kurama Tengu all of them bloodies by possibly other humans who have fought against them. Then once again the Rose Petals seen in the first teaser trailer featuring the demons comes again once the demons kill and eat an unfortunate soul in Tokyo, with his blood being substituted by a beautiful and morbid touch of red rose petals. Also before the chaos starts, we see a new Tokyo with a very modern look before the chaos comes. (The trailer to this one is subbed so you have an idea what they are saying in Japanese. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03oQAGxYb3E)
So, this is interesting. I thought the Rose Petals were just a teaser aesthetic but now seeing this is the Blood of humans makes it more creepy and quite thrilling to say the least but also, Since YHWH has been defeated, what happens now? I know he was battled in SMT II but that has never happened since Apocalypse. But also the fact that Thor and Odin made major points in being emphasized first in the main teaser makes it possible that the Norse Gods might have more an emphasis in this SMT but usually it's unsure what will happen. What's also interesting is that this game is on the Switch, which is the latest Nintendo console but I know Nintendo usually goes more for the Family Friendly aesthetic since the Wii going back to how Video Games themselves were originally supposed to be for the Family. (See folks, the Family that plays video games together DOES stay together!) But from an interview with Fantismu (a famous Japanese Video Game magazine) the main director said that this game will focus on dealing with the anxieties of the modern era inlcuding the threat of nuclear war, terrorism, old age fears, general anxiety of the modern era as well as examine it a little through the story. It's interesting to take this approach but also since these are the hot button issues with some general issues with all of humanity, it adds to the deep philosophical points of the game with YHWH being Law promoting a communist utopia with loss of individualism and free will, Lucifer promoting Chaos and Individualism and Free Will but in the style of Social Darwinism. Neutrality taking a more atheistic stance with rejecting God and the Devil but choosing a path for humanity to carve for itself.
But also the most interesting part is this phrase used in the second trailer, "Shekinah Glory" Shekinah is the divine essence of God but given a feminine aspect. So maybe we'll be dealing with a female interpretation of YHWH. But I don't think that's it. I think Shekinah might be a new demon the SMT team will create and be a boss and that YHWH will be involved but possibly not a final boss for law. She will serve that purpose. But this is just conjecture. I have nothing to prove for all of this. But hopefully things will be interesting once SMT V comes out. There is no planned release date due to still being a part of early design.
Recently, Atlus posted a new trailer for the game branded as Shin Megami Tensei: Brand New Title has been confirmed as I had thought it to be, Shin Megami Tensei 5. But what's unique is that it seems that every Shin Megami Tensei Game that comes out is exclusive for Nintendo consoles and Persona comes out for every Playstation Console since the Playstation 1 with Revelations: Persona.
As some of you guys know, I love Shin Megami Tensei so I want to explain the trailer and what could happen with the new game. Spoilers ahead though.
So in Shin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalypse, you actually fight YHWH himself and can choose whether to side with the Celtic God Dagda and reincarnate the universe with a human becoming not only Godslayer but God of the New Universe or preserving the current universe and having a world of Peace until YHWH comes back. Both of these are considered the Neutral Endings of Shin Megami Tensei because every Neutral Ending seems to be the cause of the turn of events leading to the next mainstream timeline supposedly, (there was a YouTube video dedicated to this issue because it's very confusing to connect all the SMT and Persona games into a timeline. Here's the link. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPtik5Sd15Y) Trust me, it's confusing. But since that game left off on with preserving the ceiling of Mikado over Tokyo, unless they use the original Neutral ending of SMT IV, it's going to be confusing.
But let's talk about the first trailer to get a better background for the second. So in the first trailer we're in an abandoned building, probably an office building in Tokyo but that's not important. We see the Atlus Logo covered in Roses to showcase a motif seen and as it turns dark, the roses blow away and we see a collection of famous demons from Shin Megami Tensei including Thor, Pixie, Silky, Cu Chulain, Mara, Metatron, Gabriel, Ranga, Cybele, Atlus Mascot Jack Frost and other mythological characters. Then the Rose Petals once again come to reveal Odin in his new design from SMT, and once he looks to us, we see more Rose Petals and the screen goes blank to read Shin Megami Tensei: Brand New Title. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIIu_kcWXpA)
In the new trailer it focuses once again on a desolate and post apocalypse Tokyo, as is the mainline series is dedicated to, and some demons do make 3D appearances that we have seen since SMT Nocturne and the other PS games. The Devil Forneus, Many Oni, Dakini, and hidden a little is Kurama Tengu all of them bloodies by possibly other humans who have fought against them. Then once again the Rose Petals seen in the first teaser trailer featuring the demons comes again once the demons kill and eat an unfortunate soul in Tokyo, with his blood being substituted by a beautiful and morbid touch of red rose petals. Also before the chaos starts, we see a new Tokyo with a very modern look before the chaos comes. (The trailer to this one is subbed so you have an idea what they are saying in Japanese. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03oQAGxYb3E)
So, this is interesting. I thought the Rose Petals were just a teaser aesthetic but now seeing this is the Blood of humans makes it more creepy and quite thrilling to say the least but also, Since YHWH has been defeated, what happens now? I know he was battled in SMT II but that has never happened since Apocalypse. But also the fact that Thor and Odin made major points in being emphasized first in the main teaser makes it possible that the Norse Gods might have more an emphasis in this SMT but usually it's unsure what will happen. What's also interesting is that this game is on the Switch, which is the latest Nintendo console but I know Nintendo usually goes more for the Family Friendly aesthetic since the Wii going back to how Video Games themselves were originally supposed to be for the Family. (See folks, the Family that plays video games together DOES stay together!) But from an interview with Fantismu (a famous Japanese Video Game magazine) the main director said that this game will focus on dealing with the anxieties of the modern era inlcuding the threat of nuclear war, terrorism, old age fears, general anxiety of the modern era as well as examine it a little through the story. It's interesting to take this approach but also since these are the hot button issues with some general issues with all of humanity, it adds to the deep philosophical points of the game with YHWH being Law promoting a communist utopia with loss of individualism and free will, Lucifer promoting Chaos and Individualism and Free Will but in the style of Social Darwinism. Neutrality taking a more atheistic stance with rejecting God and the Devil but choosing a path for humanity to carve for itself.
But also the most interesting part is this phrase used in the second trailer, "Shekinah Glory" Shekinah is the divine essence of God but given a feminine aspect. So maybe we'll be dealing with a female interpretation of YHWH. But I don't think that's it. I think Shekinah might be a new demon the SMT team will create and be a boss and that YHWH will be involved but possibly not a final boss for law. She will serve that purpose. But this is just conjecture. I have nothing to prove for all of this. But hopefully things will be interesting once SMT V comes out. There is no planned release date due to still being a part of early design.
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