tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3763125547265537672.post4868822855954845738..comments2013-09-11T21:59:12.623-05:00Comments on Exisistential Goulash: The Monster Among UsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3763125547265537672.post-76021353373553999882009-02-25T09:58:00.000-06:002009-02-25T09:58:00.000-06:00I adore you, Beckler. This post is so spot on. A...I adore you, Beckler. This post is so spot on. And, of course, as your greatest fan and acolyte, I went right along that horror ride with you. It is this kind of clarity that encourages me to believe that you could create the next level of monster movie. Perhaps some metaphorical beast created in an horribly dark ritual of religious extremists. Hmm.<BR/><BR/>Love,<BR/><BR/>YenAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3763125547265537672.post-65183975903087720122009-02-17T06:09:00.000-06:002009-02-17T06:09:00.000-06:00It's amazing how empathic we are when we are very ...It's amazing how empathic we are when we are very small. I remember when I was a kid how sad I felt when someone else was sad, or how I would feel physically sick if someone else was sick. I wonder if it's because as children we still haven't completely put up the barriers between ourselves and the rest of the universe...a necessary survival skill, I suppose, but I can't help but feel it is one of those "dirty devices of the world." Your talking about the fate of the nurse reminded me.Brerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14429065718316352989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3763125547265537672.post-19698283208562936732009-02-14T19:57:00.000-06:002009-02-14T19:57:00.000-06:00I agree with your assessment that evil can never b...I agree with your assessment that evil can never be entirely destroyed, at least not in our current reality, but I don't think the movie producers were being that symbolic. I think their motives for always bringing back the monster is plain and simple greed, coupled with a lack of imagination.<BR/><BR/>My parents never did the bogeyman thing with me, in fact, they went to great lengths to convince that monsters aren't real. Unfortunately, I knew better, because when I was very young I could see shadows moving in the darkness where there should have been nothing to make a shadow move.<BR/><BR/>Your post also reminded me of a movie I saw when I was maybe 4 years old, and which gave me nightmares for several days. I had forgotten the name of it, but still had vague memories of it and how badly it had scared me. One night back in the mid-90s or so my wife and I were watching a show about old horror b-movies hosted by Elvira, and suddenly on the screen there appeared the monster of my nightmares. It turns out the movie was called "Curse of the Wasp Woman." A shock went right up my spine and I think the hair on the back of my neck stood on end. I leaped up and shouted, "THAT'S IT!!!" Then I had to explain the whole story to her. It was strange, seeing the thing that had terrified me so badly some 25 years before now seemed so comical.AlanDPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00910363728370240226noreply@blogger.com