tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9409160.post6713396033770001473..comments2024-02-19T07:06:52.139-05:00Comments on Twilight Language: Running AmokLoren Colemanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10705306131201565523noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9409160.post-57438745999216573242012-09-03T20:16:16.107-04:002012-09-03T20:16:16.107-04:00You know, Loren, as I ponder the Trek episode you ...You know, Loren, as I ponder the Trek episode you mention ( one of my favorites of the original series ) I think your explanation of Amok actually being a suicide attempt is relevant, and even more poignant in the context of the series. During the battle that follows Pon Far ( the blood fever ) two Vulcan males enter their own sort of battle trance, and struggle with all their might to kill the other. It is a battle to the death. The victor takes the wife. The loser forfeits his life. And that seems as it should be. A Vulcan's pride is his Logic - once that is stripped from him, how could he bear to live if he hasn't won a wife? For the Vulcan, death without Logic must seem preferable to a life without either it or a female. Fascinating...Thracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01031139562580464045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9409160.post-43623672791151348132012-09-03T17:22:52.318-04:002012-09-03T17:22:52.318-04:00Looney Tunes' 'Duck Amuck', directed i...Looney Tunes' 'Duck Amuck', directed in 1953 by the legendary Chuck Jones, is arguably one of the top ten animation shorts of all time.<br /><br />http://vimeo.com/23806273<br /><br />The surreality caused by the explicit breaking of the 4th wall, while we follow Daffy's desperate attempts to 'stay in character' and adapt to the ever-changing background, is a disturbing reminder that often times our lives and behavior are governed by powerful forces that escape our control, and even our understanding.<br /><br />Sometimes God is a true stinker :3Red Pill Junkiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14738203580562140501noreply@blogger.com