"You're traveling through another dimension, a dimension not only of
sight and sound but of mind.
A journey into a wondrous land whose boundaries are that of imagination.
That's a sigh post up ahead! Your next stop: The Twilight Zone."
Recommended:
"Nick of Time"
Episode with William Shatner
November 18, 1960
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0IJ3DiqhlTw
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_The_Twilight_Zone_episodes
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rod_Serling
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Shatner>
On 9/24/2013 11:24 AM, Share Long wrote:
Richard, get this, which I am not making up: I first watched Twilight
around the same time my landlords started making garlic infused oil in
the third apartment of the house! Ok, I'm gonna do some research on
Walking Dead because it definitely sounds like a very cool theme even
though generally I'm not into horror shows. I think Twilight is tame
compared to most.
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*From:* Richard J. Williams <pundits...@gmail.com>
*To:* Richard J. Williams <FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com>
*Sent:* Tuesday, September 24, 2013 10:50 AM
*Subject:* Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Theology of Breaking Bad
Now this is funny- a guy thinks a Twilight book is about sex between
werewolves.
Go figure.
If you enjoyed the Twilight movies you may want to check out AMC's The
Walking Dead.
Based on the comic book series of the same name, AMC's The Walking
Dead tells the
story of a small group of survivors living in the aftermath of a
zombie apocalypse. A
Golden Globe Award for Best Television Series, Drama.
The series follows a group of survivors, led by police officer Rick
Grimes, who are traveling
in search of a safe and secure home. However, instead of the zombies,
it is the living who
remain that truly become the walking dead.
And guess what - The Walking Dead is not about zombies at all. LoL!
Read more:
'At AMC, Zombies Topple Network TV'
New York Times:
http://www.nytimes.com/
<http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/04/business/media/walking-dead-helps-solidify-amcs-ratings-success.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0>
'The Walking Dead,' Like All Zombie Stories: ... Not About Zombies at All'
The Atlantic:
http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/
<http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2012/11/the-walking-dead-like-all-zombie-stories-not-about-zombies-at-all/265549/>
On 9/24/2013 7:27 AM, turquoiseb wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
<mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com>, Share Long <sharelong60@...>
<mailto:sharelong60@...> wrote:
>
> turq, I don't find the writing in the Twilight novels
> that great. But I think it's a powerful retelling of
> the archetypal story of love between an immortal and
> a mortal, between God and human for us non atheists.
> In this sense, it's a story of surrender and unity to
> something greater than ourselves. Actually I think
> most romantic love stories are, on the deepest level,
> evoking the human yearning for unity with something
> more complete than ourselves. Also with regards to
> Twilight, perhaps a retelling of Beauty and the Beast,
> another archetypal love story. Maybe it's not an
> accident that the heroine is called Bella and the
> hero Edward calls himself a monster. Hopefully the
> archetypal aspects are also getting through to the
> teen audiences.
I can hardly speak as an expert, having made my
way through the first novel only because someone
was begging me to. It was like pulling my own teeth.
I later found criticisms of it that echoed what I
was feeling as I read. FAR from "archetypal" or
"mythic," I found it to be the literary counterpart
of those creepy clubs in high schools where they
talk guys and gals into wearing "virginity rings."
It was the mindset of the 1950s, with vampires and
the dangers of getting close to them taking the
place of the dangers of...uh...SEX. It was preaching
"sublimation," and resisting of natural desires, and
trying to elevate those things as if they were noble
and wonderful. I didn't feel that was an appropriate
message for teenagers, so I wasn't a fan.
But obviously, tastes vary. What surprises me about
the whole "Twilight" thang are the number of *older*
women who fixate on it.
> ________________________________
> From: turquoiseb <no_re...@yahoogroups.com>
<mailto:no_re...@yahoogroups.com>
> To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
<mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, September 24, 2013 6:53 AM
> Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Theology of Breaking Bad
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>
> Â
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
<mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com>, Share Long wrote:
> >
> > Seraphita, I think both CS Lewis and the listener are right.
> > Continuing the food analogy, it's as if an essential nutrient
> > has been missing from the diet for a long time and now the
> > person is overindulging to make up for that deficit. But what
> > is the nutrient that's being so feverishly sought via the porn
> > industry? This helps me understand a little: my favorite
> > tantric teacher David Deida once said that to a straight man,
> > the female body is the most beautiful thing in the world.
> > Anyway, we women aren't hardwired the same visual way
> > but I think a parallel hunger in women shows up in the
> > popularity of romance novels and mushy love songs and
> > chick flicks.
>
> As an example of the creative uses of "context shifting" I
> wrote about in my last post, this reminded me of a recent
> article quoting author Stephen King on the sad (in his eyes)
> popularity of "tweenager porn."
>
>
http://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/sep/21/stephen-king-twilight-tweenage-pornÂ
<http://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/sep/21/stephen-king-twilight-tweenage-porn%C3%82>
>
> I agree with him completely, at least about "Twilight."
>
