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Local people respond to the news that a marksman has been called in to kill Kingston's pigeons. Please note, localness cannot be guaranteed.
"Historical war epic 300 has been criticised as an attack on Iranian culture" - what infuriates me here is not so much that the censorious scum are whining, just as they did with Alexander; I can understand that it must suck to be reminded that the West has kicked the arse of Persian slave states before and if needs be, will do so again. It's the specific *substance* of the complaints which I think worth noting.
"Following the Islamic Revolution in Iran, Hollywood and cultural authorities in the US initiated studies to figure out how to attack Iranian culture. Certainly, the recent movie is a product of such studies."
Yes, because anyone familiar with Frank Miller's work will know just how much he toadies to the US government and media; it's certainly not as if he's consistently treated them with a scorn second only to that in which he holds the enemies of Western civilisation itself.
As for describing 300's Asian armies as "ugly murderous dumb savages" - look at the top picture on that story. Does that man look ugly, or dumb? Cruel, perhaps, even barbarous. But not ugly or dumb - then again, perhaps they're going by the standards of modern Iran and considering effeminacy and beardlessness to be inherently abominable? As for savagery and murderousness - well, I think the Spartans give the Persians a run for their money there - in fact, that's pretty much the point of the story, isn't it?
(I do have one worry of my own about 300, though. I hear that they've expanded the love story past half a dozen perfect, heartbreaking panels into an actual subplot, which could only distract from the brutal, inspiring purity of the comic's plot. Poor show)
A hundred-odd pages into Neal Stephenson's The System of the World and, as against the fitful starts of its predecessors, it hits the ground running - from misty Dartmoor across a resurgent England to the bustle of modern London's beginning, it's an astonishing feat of sustained storytelling energy. I had thought to hold off a little longer before finishing the Baroque Cycle, but couldn't resist when I saw a paperback of this in the library (the hardbacks are a menace, at least if attempted on public transport); thus far, I'm very glad I buckled.
Doom Patrol's creator dies; unlike many of the old breed, Arnold Drake was a man smart enough to realise that Grant Morrison was the perfect handler for the old toys. In other comics 'news': an incomplete list of Captain America's previous 'deaths'.
"Historical war epic 300 has been criticised as an attack on Iranian culture" - what infuriates me here is not so much that the censorious scum are whining, just as they did with Alexander; I can understand that it must suck to be reminded that the West has kicked the arse of Persian slave states before and if needs be, will do so again. It's the specific *substance* of the complaints which I think worth noting.
"Following the Islamic Revolution in Iran, Hollywood and cultural authorities in the US initiated studies to figure out how to attack Iranian culture. Certainly, the recent movie is a product of such studies."
Yes, because anyone familiar with Frank Miller's work will know just how much he toadies to the US government and media; it's certainly not as if he's consistently treated them with a scorn second only to that in which he holds the enemies of Western civilisation itself.
As for describing 300's Asian armies as "ugly murderous dumb savages" - look at the top picture on that story. Does that man look ugly, or dumb? Cruel, perhaps, even barbarous. But not ugly or dumb - then again, perhaps they're going by the standards of modern Iran and considering effeminacy and beardlessness to be inherently abominable? As for savagery and murderousness - well, I think the Spartans give the Persians a run for their money there - in fact, that's pretty much the point of the story, isn't it?
(I do have one worry of my own about 300, though. I hear that they've expanded the love story past half a dozen perfect, heartbreaking panels into an actual subplot, which could only distract from the brutal, inspiring purity of the comic's plot. Poor show)
A hundred-odd pages into Neal Stephenson's The System of the World and, as against the fitful starts of its predecessors, it hits the ground running - from misty Dartmoor across a resurgent England to the bustle of modern London's beginning, it's an astonishing feat of sustained storytelling energy. I had thought to hold off a little longer before finishing the Baroque Cycle, but couldn't resist when I saw a paperback of this in the library (the hardbacks are a menace, at least if attempted on public transport); thus far, I'm very glad I buckled.
Doom Patrol's creator dies; unlike many of the old breed, Arnold Drake was a man smart enough to realise that Grant Morrison was the perfect handler for the old toys. In other comics 'news': an incomplete list of Captain America's previous 'deaths'.
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One of the beauties of being up against fundamentalists is that you can be pretty sure any entertainment or art you produce will offend their tiny minds, meaning you can carry on as you would have anyway, but with the added joy of knowing you're making vile people unhappy.
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The Islamic Revolution which took place in 1979, do they mean? In which case, the recent movie is the product of twenty-eight years of such studies? Pff. Also, doesn't "Hollywood and cultural authorities in the US" generally mean "The Jews" in Iran-o-speak?
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