Bill: That's an interesting way of seeing them. Mayka --- On Fri, 4/3/11, Bill! <[email protected]> wrote:
From: Bill! <[email protected]> Subject: [Zen] Re: The Fight Club Movie on TV To: [email protected] Date: Friday, 4 March, 2011, 0:43 Mayka, To assign Biblical roles to characters in Fight Club is demeaning to both the Bible and to Fight Club. I don't think there is any real 1:1 relationships between these two. But in general, Marla is the Temptress - and is the only window into reality that the unnamed main character has. Tyler Durden is what we all would like to be if we could be - absolutely free without even a hint of restrictions! ...Bill! --- In [email protected], Maria Lopez <flordeloto@...> wrote: > > Bill: >  > Oh, you said Joanna the Baptist for fun. And me trying to figure out what > you meant by that!. What did you make of her then?.  Are you not going > to tell me who is Tyler?. Not even a very little, petite clue? >  > Mayka >  >  > --- On Thu, 3/3/11, Bill! <BillSmart@...> wrote: > > > From: Bill! <BillSmart@...> > Subject: [Zen] Re: The Fight Club Movie on TV > To: [email protected] > Date: Thursday, 3 March, 2011, 9:38 > > >  > > > > Makya, > > I said Mara was 'Joanna the Baptista' just for fun. It echos back to > someone's suggestion that in the movie The Matrix that one of the characters > played the role of John the Baptist. I actually liked that suggestion. > > Mara is a predator. John the Baptist was also a predator, wasn't he? A fierce > perdator always on the hunt to capture souls for God. > > Who is Tyler Durden (Brad Pitt)? That is the whole point of the movie. You'll > have to get your VCR fixed or buy a DVD player and watch the movie to its end > without falling asleep to find out. > > ...Bill! > > --- In [email protected], Maria Lopez <flordeloto@> wrote: > > > > Bill; > >  > > Bill: > >  > > What does it make you say that the girl was Joanna The Baptista?. Well, > > According to Taylor she was a predator. A predator of what?. A > > predator of nonsense?. Don't know as I didn't see movie > > developments. And who will be Taylor then?...Any of those in the black > > lists misleading gurus zen teachers who get all those idiotic desperate > > public, perhaps? > >  > > Mayka > > > > --- On Thu, 3/3/11, Bill! <BillSmart@> wrote: > > > > > > From: Bill! <BillSmart@> > > Subject: [Zen] Re: The Fight Club Movie on TV > > To: [email protected] > > Date: Thursday, 3 March, 2011, 1:10 > > > > > >  > > > > > > > > Yep! She's Joanna the Baptista...Bill! > > > > --- In [email protected], Maria Lopez <flordeloto@> wrote: > > > > > > ....And what about the girl arriving to the terminal groups and also > > > pretending she suffers from all those illness as he does?. He > > > can't stand to be mirrored in her. And negotiate first different > > > days of not bumping with each other. He can't stand to face > > > himself. So he keeps running away. But he can't and she > > > appears back again....! > > > > > > --- On Wed, 2/3/11, Maria Lopez <flordeloto@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > From: Maria Lopez <flordeloto@> > > > Subject: Re: [Zen] Re: The Fight Club Movie on TV > > > To: [email protected] > > > Date: Wednesday, 2 March, 2011, 9:28 > > > > > > > > >  > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Bill: > > >  > > > I'm afraid I fall to sleep while watching the movie!. What a > > > shame!.  It was too late on and my video recorder is not > > > working anymore. Don't know who could fix it as DVD players have > > > overtaken. > > >  > > > For the little I could see my thought is that characters were all > > > crazy!. It sounded to me as a very strong critic to a society > > > swallow by consumerism given as a result consumed people. I > > > would like to watch it more than once. This is that kind of > > > movies that need to be watched more than once as there is lot of detail > > > on it not to be missed. It's also a movie open to > > > multi-interpretations. In that way is interesting. > > >  > > > Take for instance the scene in which one of characters go to the doctor > > > to be given sleeping tablets as he suffers from > > > insomnia.  The zombie more death than alive > > > expression he has. The refusal of the doctor of giving him those > > > tables telling him that real pain was that of having cancer in > > > their wherever. And yet the man is in terrible > > > mental pain. So what he does to have attention is to pretend > > > that he's also suffering for several terminal illness and join > > > the groups in which he will be able to express out himself and anywhere > > > else can do that. > > >  > > > The Fight Club what a crazy idea in order to have a sort of reaction as > > > they are all numb as human beings! > > >  > > > Mayka > > > --- On Wed, 2/3/11, Bill! <BillSmart@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > From: Bill! <BillSmart@> > > > Subject: [Zen] Re: The Fight Club Movie on TV > > > To: [email protected] > > > Date: Wednesday, 2 March, 2011, 4:14 > > > > > > > > >  > > > > > > I watched The Turman Show last night. I thought it was just 'okay'. > > > > > > I did like the very last scene in the movie where the two uniformed guys > > > who always watched and seemingly made it the most important thing in > > > their life, upon figuring out that the Truman Show was now over turned to > > > each other and asked, 'Well, what else is on?' > > > > > > ...Bill! > > > > > > --- In [email protected], Maria Lopez <flordeloto@> wrote: > > > > > > > > Just in case anyone is interested > > > > The movie The Fight Club is on film4 UK right now. > > > > Yupiii!!!. > > > > > > > > > >
