| Friday, May 26, 2006 |
20:26 - Okay, okay—"mutant" equals "gay". I get it already.
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I'm only going to say two things about the X-Men 3 movie.
The first is what the title suggests: gee, you think they were clear enough in what the whole "mutants" thing is supposed to be all about, at least in this iteration of the story? I don't think there was a person in the theater who wasn't thinking it, given all the sociopolitical setup and vocabulary and so on. But that being the case, the movie ends up saying some rather interesting things, even if just inadvertently: it demonstrates that, gee, you know, maybe some people in the affected group might actually have some legitimate reason to want to take advantage of a "cure". And, as the movie tries to establish as its point, maybe it would be a good idea for there to be a state of coexistence between those who would want a "cure" and those who would reject it, rather than a monolithic decree that such a thing is either a panacea to be forced on everyone by fiat or else wholly rejected on principle. That sure would be something.
The other thing: Does anybody think that, if the Golden Gate Bridge were destroyed, San Francisco would even consider rebuilding it exactly as it was? Hell no. You just know they'd build some gleaming, stainless-steel, post-modern, post-national, Starfleety thing with one giant pontoon and huge cables going sideways or something. If the country can't get behind building this (instead of this), the Golden Gate Bridge doesn't stand a chance. (Anybody care to guess what we'd collectively vote to spend to rebuild Mt. Rushmore if someone bombed that?)
Meh. Meh I say.
UPDATE: Oh yeah, and I can't believe they did a callout to this. ...No, maybe I can.
UPDATE: What's my mutant super power, you ask?
I have the ability to suck out the comedic energy and cameraderie from any social situation by conspicuously being the only person not laughing at all the insipid Bush jokes on late-night TV or jabbering urgently about how great "Loose Change" is. You can call me "The Sore Thumb".
Seriously. People say the "9/11 conspiracy" meme is only just now starting to gain fitful momentum? Among my peer group it's the accepted wisdom, and anyone who believes the "official story"—to say nothing of anyone who thinks it's in poor taste or ghoulish to bat such speculation around—is "that weird uptight prickly guy with all the issues".
I'm glad to be home.
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Brian Tiemann
