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Attitudes. Concepts. Feelings. Psychology. These are not the fundaments of power, they are the fundaments of ‘empowerment’.
Power is something that comes from you. Empowerment is something that is done to you. Distrust it.

Cobb – 26/03/2007

“300″ was big fun. And I learnt a lot. I learnt that my ancestors were apparently Scottish (and, occassionally, from the North of England), and that they had TB innoculations a long time before everyone else. And I learnt that everyone in the olden days was not only primitive and cruel, but also utterly mad. But then, I kind of already knew all that, even if a lot of the people blogging about this movie have chosen to forget about it.
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… Or, why I don’t want to draw my own comics…

I’m certain I’m showing that I’m really an old-fashioned relic at this point, but…

I can’t be the only person that is utterly confused by the resurgence in recent years among young emos and punks of the straight edge philosophy?

I just don’t get it.
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1. Ashley, 2. shannoninmyglasses, 3. Hello?, 4. parasol9

1. my thoughts of you rise with the sun, 2. Pixie, 3. esiotrot, 4. Tribal leader

Still, the way things are now, it’s entirely possible that those downloading SHE-HULK are the biggest fans the book has, and (if research into CD sales reflects anything) possibly the bulk of those buying the book at the comic shop, or buying the trade paperbacks editions that Dan mentioned.

Steven Grant raises some interesting points in this column. And by interesting, I mean that they jibe with what I believe… Objective, moi? Of course not…
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Today, I read two different, damning reviews of 300 by two bloggers that I enjoy. They are often engaging, talented, and intelligent chaps.

In both reviews, they attacked the film’s homophobia, and then elsewhere made snide swipes at the film’s homoeroticism, as if both were awful traits of a Hollywood gone wrong.

Also, both seemed to attribute parts of the film to the evil, anti-arab Amerikkkan propoganda machine that, as far as my dim recollection of past lessons goes, are actually matters of historical accuracy.

If they’d stuck with the attacks they were making on how badly made, or written, or dull the film was, I might have paid more attention, but as it is, the fact that a film that I’m expecting to be dumb and brash and loud and violent and ultimately meaningless can have otherwise intelligent people tied up in frantic linguistic over-political knots only makes me want to watch the damn thing more.

And that is exactly what we are about to go and do.

1. Shared Secret, 2. La Ballerine Défie le Froid #1, 3. La Ballerine Défie le Froid #3, 4. Trick of the Light

image by tetheredto at flickr