I'm going to make a summer blockbuster
that captures the true essence of science fiction. We all know that
science fiction is fundamentally about futuristic gadgets and
punching people in the face and my blockbuster will have loads
of those things. It'll have all your favourite heroes in it too,
punching people in the face. It'll start with America being attacked
and explosions with people on fire, being crushed and running and
screaming and it will be exciting and awful all at once. Then it will
cut to Captain Kirk punching a baddy in the face, over and over, in
the face, punching him. Don't get me wrong, Captain Kirk won't want
to punch the baddy in the face but these will be difficult times and
difficult decisions will have to be made so Captain Kirk will punch
the baddy in the face, over and over, and he'll enjoy doing it and
the audience will enjoy watching it and they will chant 'punch him in
the face, punch him in the face' and Captain Kirk will punch the
baddy in the face, over and over, because this is analogous to the
world we live in today and sometimes, for the greater good, baddies
must be punched in the face, over and over, and we must suffer the
misfortune of enjoying it. Then Spock will come along and make a
suggestion to Captain Kirk. Spock will suggest that they put a photon
grenade (a futuristic gadget – this is science fiction after all)
down the baddy's pants and blow up the baddy's cock and the audience
will gasp because that's really gritty and analogous. Then Uhura will
come along and caress Spock and nurture him because he's a man and
men must make difficult decisions in difficult times and she's his
woman and she's wearing a kind of skintight thing to help with the
nurturing and then she punches the baddy in the face too because she
is emancipated and a 'bad ass' chick and awwwweeeeeesome. Then
Superman comes along and wants to help America as well so he'll pick
up the baddy and punch him in the face like Jesus wouldn't but he's
still a metaphor for Jesus because Jesus had powers and loved America
and probably would've punched baddies in the face in difficult times
and was only wrong once – when he lost it with the money changers
but we won't mention that and anyway heroes should be a bit flawed
and dark and moody. Then Scotty will strip a load of Arabs, I mean
Klingons, and place them in a degrading human pyramid and blow them
up and shake his head and ask 'why'. Then the Enterprise will head
out on a voyage of discovery but don't worry, we'll keep that
off-screen and in the next story we'll see them return to America
where it is being being beautifully attacked/destroyed in a
genocidal/architectural sadomasochistic orgy that can only be stopped
by repeated punches to the face for those that cause it. And kids
will watch and kids will learn that the Universe is full of perhaps
some wonder and maybe a bit of discovery but mainly threat, threat
that justifies copious head punching, and everyone will think it is
awwwweeeeeesome and everyone will eat massive boxes of popcorn and
everyone will shout out the words: 'Fuck You Bradley Manning!' going
forward because these are difficult times and we've no option but to
make movies about people being punched in the face in 3D. There Is No
Alternative!
Friday, June 14, 2013
PUNCHED IN THE FACE IN 3D
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