Woah. I love that.
People seem to think the first Death Wish movie (and the series itself) is about a white man killing minorities, when in fact most of the people he kills are white criminals. That may have been what happened in trashier novels/films but the first Death Wish isn’t that.
Similatly there’s an idea spread by even people who should know better like on Kotaku that the Call Of Duty series is literally “Muslim Killer: The Simulation” ignoring the fact you kill more WW2 Nazis and Cold War Soviets in the series, in fact I think at this point you kill more Vietnamese people than actual Arabs in the series.
In the Mighty Mighty Bosstones’ “The Impression That I Get,” the singer isn’t saying that he “never had to knock on wood.” He’s saying that he “never had to” undergo all the misfortunes he mentioned in the first verse, then adding “knock on wood” to avoid jinxing himself.
I blame the production – all that fist-pumping bombast. Springsteen’s a great songwriter but irony isn’t in his wheelhouse – his strength is in his sincerity. So when his dark lyrics get produced like stadium-rocking anthems, their meaning evaporates.
The Old Wizard (Long grey bead/wise) = Odin
The Lieutenant Marvels, Mary Marvel & Uncle Marvel = The Warriors Three & Sif.
Sivanna & the two kids , Beautia (can mesmerize men with her charms) & Magnificus (super-strong) equals Loki, The Enchantress and the Executioner.
The Wizard lives on a rock of eternity, & Asgard was presented in similar fashion.
The list goes on & on.
Note to self: don’t, or, rather, do, depending on mood, google “bad ass-angels”.
Yeah, they are serious about that.
I agree there are a lot of commonalities, but honestly some of those seemed a bit strained (I don’t see any commonalities between the Marvel Family and Thor’s supporting cast other than a supporting cast exists, for example). And again, I agree that there are enough commonalities that it seems like there must have been some influence.
But I think “Thor is an homage to Captain Marvel” is less an example of “pop culture stuff everyone seems to misunderstand” and more of possible but not certain interpretation. And maybe this is a nitpick, but I don’t think it counts as an homage if the folks making the “homage” don’t even mention the influence when they talk about their creation.
I suspect the contrast is the whole point. It’s superficial bombast to cover a darker truth.
And it seems not a single politician has read the repeated reveals about their favorite patriotic rock songs.
I don’t know if anyone misunderstands this, but I don’t see it spoken of.
Alice’s Adventures In Wonderland, Wizard Of Oz, and Labyrinth are all dreams. They represent a young girl’s journey out of childhood.
The iconic Twilight Zone theme music, by Marius Constant, starts on an anacrusis (pickup). `Here is a sheet music page that depicts it accurately. If you’ve been singing “DEE-dee DEE-dee,” with the first and third “dees” on the downbeat, you’ve been doing it wrong (but you have lots of company).
Thrillers usually end with a win-but-lose ending. Killing Tyler Durden was a win. The unpreventable destruction and disillusionment that followed was the loss. Thrillers also very commonly end with disillusionment.
It’s even worse in the book. The protag ends up in a mental institution and starts seeing Tyler’s followers again.
The film is better, in case you wondered. The controlling idea of the film is much more clear and consistent. The book is kind of a mess. And I say that as a fan of ol’ Chuck.
I make no claim to SW expertise.
But how can you say with any certainty that would have happened when we have no idea what would have happened in any timeline other than the one shown in the various movies?
It seems a plausible speculation, but nothing more.
Similar Alan Moore did not intend Rorschach from Watchmen to be be considered a role model even though a lot of fans of Watchmen consider him to be
This one gets me too. Alan Moore should have just called the book I Hate Superheroes and maybe more people would get a clue.
Strawberry Fields Forever isn’t about getting high and/or solving life’s problems.
It’s about being dead.
Sorry, forgot we were in Cafe Society and posted a science-y example.
Proof: the original 4-track demo.
Both those Springsteen songs amount to chanting
USA!! USA!! We’re number last!! We’re number last!!
The rubes eat that shit up. Which explains why we’re number last.
Another contender in a similar vein: “Little Pink Houses” by John Mellenkampf. The McCain campaign used it in 2008. Apparently they liked the chorus and didn’t listen to the rest of it:
"Cause they told me when I was younger,
said, `Boy, you gonna be president.’
But just like everything else, those old crazy dreams
just kind of came and went.
To be bipartisan about this, I’ll say Bill Clinton’s use of Fleetwood Mac’s “Don’t Stop Thinking about Tomorrow” did not bode well:
Though you wont’ believe that it’s true,
I never meant any harm to you.
What is wrong with these people?