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| Sarcastic mathematician v. Tyrannosaurus rex: it doesn't take Freud to figure out why I think this is cool . |
Showing posts with label fantasy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label fantasy. Show all posts
Sunday, June 10, 2012
My Villainous Fantasies, Part 4: Villains I Want the Good Guy to Fight
Like Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, my villains trilogy now has four parts. And some notes on the Don Giovanni problem...
Labels:
Blatty,
books I like,
devil,
dinosaurs,
Don Giovanni,
fantasy,
hero,
heroes,
movies,
movies I like,
Nazis,
villains,
zombies
Monday, April 16, 2012
My Villainous Fantasies, Part 3, the Finale: The Coolest Villains of All Time
These aren't characters I have fantasized about being. They're just really cool villains.
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| Laplace's demon or just a cryptic cat that likes to screw with people's heads? Either way, the Cheshire Cat is very cool, but tragically did not make the cut! |
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Alice in Wonderland,
books I like,
cool,
evil,
fantasy,
good,
science fiction,
Shakespeare,
Star Trek,
Tribbles,
villains
Friday, April 13, 2012
My Villainous Fantasies, Part 2: Truly Evil
Who do I fantasize about being when I fantasize about being truly evil?
Answer: two serial killers and a demon of the psyche. Plus, real vs. penny dreadful images of serial killers and what qualifies as "truly evil" to someone who included Don Corleone and Tyler Durdan on their "antihero" list...
Answer: two serial killers and a demon of the psyche. Plus, real vs. penny dreadful images of serial killers and what qualifies as "truly evil" to someone who included Don Corleone and Tyler Durdan on their "antihero" list...
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| Patrick Bateman, serial killer from American Psycho. Did not make the cut, but close. |
Labels:
Batman,
books I like,
Bret Eaton Ellis,
evil,
fantasy,
good,
serial killers,
villains
My Villainous Fantasies, Addendum: Can you be a good Christian and fantasize about being a villain?
A little on psychology, archetype and how the best vengeance is to thrive...
Labels:
evil,
fantasy,
Ganesha,
good,
meditation,
psychology,
villains
Thursday, April 12, 2012
My Villainous Fantasies, Part 1: Antiheros
I asked Roger Owen which villains he has fantasized about being. I felt his answer was insufficiently evil.
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| Dirty Harry, you are an awesome antihero. So sorry you didn't make the cut! |
Labels:
antiheros,
books I like,
Count of Monte Cristo,
Dirty Harry,
evil,
fantasy,
Fight Club,
Ghost in the Shell,
good,
Major,
The Godfather,
villains
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