Wednesday, February 23, 2005

Into the trite, I commend thee

Or: Things Constantine taught me that I already knew
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Here are the first 16 that came to mind . . .

  • Anything with a cross on it kills demons [and vampires].
  • Anything blessed by a priest kills demons [and vampires].
  • Demons are a lot like vampires.
  • Hell is Los Angeles after a hydrogen bomb.
  • Spoofing comic book cliches while also slavishly exploiting them isn't hip or tongue-in-cheek or post-modern.
  • Smoking is risky.
  • You don't have to worry about plot holes if your source material is dogmatic tradition.
  • Committing suicide is risky.
  • You don't have to worry about plot holes if your hero is always running.
  • "There's no 17th act of Corinthians"
  • Suggesting the Bible has missing chapters no one has ever seen is a great way ease your guilt over all those damn plot holes.
  • The nice-guy-is-a-crazy-villain twist ceases to be a twist if every movie has a nice guy who's really a crazy villain.
  • Gavin Rossdale is in league with Satan.
  • The William Shatner cadence delivered by any one else still sounds like William Shatner.
  • Gavin Rossdale dressed up like Morrisey still sucks like Gavin Rossdale.
  • The Earth bar where Satan's minions kick it plays adult contemporary rock--just like Gavin Rossdale.
. . . also the actual number of chapters in Corinthians.

Bonus: no one on the internet grasps the difference between commend and command.
Also: lots of people on the internet liked Constantine.

2 Comments:

At 3:03 PM, Blogger Omni said...

Er... who or what is Constantine, lol?

How about the "crazy villain is really a nice guy" twist? Have you seen "Frailty"?

Another twist that's getting old is the "you think it's all wrapped up but there's one more major thing about to happen" one.

 
At 3:08 PM, Blogger Luke said...

a) Keanu's hot new star vehicle
b) The latest comic book adapted for screen
c) a thoroughly mediocre movie I saw last night
d) All of the above

Answer: D

 

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