Dare I say it Thought Provoking. They are here, here and here.
Please don't shoot the messenger I just found these rather interesting.
Friday, May 20, 2005
I have seen it all.
Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith has to be one of the coolest movies I have seen this year; with all the explosions and lightsaber battles but I miss the lower budget intense one on one battles from the first three. Not to mention the snappy dialogue but it is forgiven because it delivers what it promised (who promised and where not I know) an action/adventure movie of epic proportions. I was not disappointed at all, actually I was pleasantly surprised at the acting of characters that had been somewhat bland before.
If you're looking for a good discussion of the film go here, the post isn't what matters it is the comments (man those things are long!).
A few disappointments, one not enough Wookie battle. Two not enough snappy talk. Three, why did Mace Windou have to go that way? Good movie worth all $6.75 of it. It might even be worth $8.00 come to think of it.
If you're looking for a good discussion of the film go here, the post isn't what matters it is the comments (man those things are long!).
A few disappointments, one not enough Wookie battle. Two not enough snappy talk. Three, why did Mace Windou have to go that way? Good movie worth all $6.75 of it. It might even be worth $8.00 come to think of it.
Capsule Reviews of six U2 albums
The U2athon over these are my thoughts on the six albums I listened to:
October: U2 getting on their feet and becoming the band they are today.
War: Adam Clayton's statement on "Rattle and Hum" are proved correct. (If you don't know what that statement is ask the Queen of A&E.)
Joshua Tree: Pure passion about what Bono is singing.
Rattle and Hum: "All right class repeat after me 'Bono is a rock star' "
All That You Can't Leave Behind: The love of what they do just oozzes out of this album.
How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb: Pure adrenaline; I get tired just listening to this album from start to finish.
There they are. Told you they would be capsule reviews.
October: U2 getting on their feet and becoming the band they are today.
War: Adam Clayton's statement on "Rattle and Hum" are proved correct. (If you don't know what that statement is ask the Queen of A&E.)
Joshua Tree: Pure passion about what Bono is singing.
Rattle and Hum: "All right class repeat after me 'Bono is a rock star' "
All That You Can't Leave Behind: The love of what they do just oozzes out of this album.
How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb: Pure adrenaline; I get tired just listening to this album from start to finish.
There they are. Told you they would be capsule reviews.
Monday, May 16, 2005
Well, it's over.
The week without u2 is over, broken Sunday afternoon (Sunday Bloody Sunday) by Fast Cars from the everywhere except US release of How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb followed the next day by When Love Comes to Town. Soon I shall do a u2athon in order of release and give a few words that I think describe them.
P.S. Saw National Treasure last night and found it quite enjoyable.
P.S. Saw National Treasure last night and found it quite enjoyable.
Saturday, May 14, 2005
Thursday, May 12, 2005
ONE MORE WEEK!!
With Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith coming out in a little less than a week I thought it would be good to provide a link to why I am looking forward to this movie with great anticipation.
In other news I have seen a movie made by George Lucas's good friend Steven S. Close encounters of the third kind good movie, not sure how to describe it. Survived till Thursday well enough without U2 heard strains of With or Without You coming up the staircase. School ends next Friday.
In other news I have seen a movie made by George Lucas's good friend Steven S. Close encounters of the third kind good movie, not sure how to describe it. Survived till Thursday well enough without U2 heard strains of With or Without You coming up the staircase. School ends next Friday.
Monday, May 09, 2005
Here it goes.
Sunday I began a fast more challenging than going a month without Age of Empires, more difficult than listening to Tim McGraw for an hour, I am:
Going a week without U2!!
I got to thinking that I was spending a good portion of listening time to U2 and not for all those other good artists that I have.
This fast means no listening to or reading the lyrics of U2 but I say nothing about singing their songs(Aha, a loophole).
Going a week without U2!!
I got to thinking that I was spending a good portion of listening time to U2 and not for all those other good artists that I have.
This fast means no listening to or reading the lyrics of U2 but I say nothing about singing their songs(Aha, a loophole).
Happy Mothers Day!
Thank you to those who have:
Burped us bathed us,
Spanked us spoiled us,
Led us loved us,
Cared for and caressed us,
Thank you.
That essay I was talking about.
Why Odysseus is an Epic Hero
An Epic Hero is the embodiment of a culture’s ideals of honor and valor. The Epic Hero usally appears in epic poems such as The Odyssey and the Epic of Gilgamesh.
Odysseus is an epic hero because he embodies the highest ideals of the Greek culture at that time. With his fighting abilities and good looks he is obviously the epic man which every culture strives for in its men and seems to have been missing since the fall of Adam. Adam’s fall in the Garden of Eden resulted in a lss of perfectiion that will not be regained untill the end of time. The loss of perfection after fall of Adam has been felt throughout all generations in all cultures as shown by the wars, lies and grudges that have been from that time on.
One of the many reasons Odysseus is an epic hero is his great wisdom and craftiness. Wisdom was one of the most sought after traits in ancient Greece and something Odysseus had in excess as pointed out by somebody almost every chapter. Wisdom is one of the most sought after things ever in mankind as made tragically apparent by Eve in the Garden of Eden when she chose a fruit from the tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil. But wisdom is also one of the greatest blessings to mankind.
When a king is considered great usually inxluded in his attributes great wisdom. Odysseus’ wisdom saves him from many scrapes and is one of his main weapons in getting revenge on the suitors who had been courting his wife Peneolpe and ravaging his wealth for seven years. This achieves for him a place of admiration by all Greeks-despite the fact he never existed.
Odysseus was also a very wealthy man. His flocks were second to none in size, his wine cellar over flowing and Odysseus had menservants and maidservants enough to take care of his palace and herds. The Greeks could not create a mythical character that would be an epic hero and not have him ridiculously wealthy. What self-respecting culture wants a beggar for a hero? A hero must be rich and Odysseus most undoubtedly was. He was able to sustain about one hundred and seventeen suitors at giant feasts twice a day for about seven years. Another thing that makes him such a rich man is his pure loving wife Penelope. Penelope was his greatest treasure because sshe was the driving force to return from Troy and the person who most awaited his return. The Greeks couldn’t give Odysseus a lazy ugly wife; he must have their ideal of womanhood to accompany their ideal of manliness. Odysseus’ vast wealth and good fortune at finding such a good wife make one suspect whether the events of the Odyssey really happend.
The final traits of Odysseus that will be touched on here are his strength and fighting capabilities which can be compared with no other man in the book who is alive. He, with three companions, destroyed the one hundred seventeen suitors; led the sack of Troy and broke the jaw of a much larger man after that man called him names and insulted his servants. Great strength was something far too important to the ancient Greeks to be left out of the makeup of their epic hero. The Greeks were aspiring for that great man that none of them were; that hero of times past that they could only dream of being. Through their epic hero they revealed the emptiness they had inside that could not be filled. Regardless of what they did or who they created it would always be there. The might they didn’t have they put into their mythology, but even the strongest of men could fall to a pair of lovely eyes. His encounters with Circe and Calypso show that he did not stay as true to his wife as Penelope did to him. Demonstrating that, like Samson in the Bible, even the strongest of men is susceptible to temptation.
In closing every culture has striven for a man like Odysseus of great power and might. Perhaps it is a longing of every human for the completeness lost after the garden of Eden. The Greeks were no different and they created a mythical character to do what they felt they could not do. Odysseus’ fighting abilities, his good looks and wisdom prove the Greeks were no different than any other civilization in their longing for something more.
An Epic Hero is the embodiment of a culture’s ideals of honor and valor. The Epic Hero usally appears in epic poems such as The Odyssey and the Epic of Gilgamesh.
Odysseus is an epic hero because he embodies the highest ideals of the Greek culture at that time. With his fighting abilities and good looks he is obviously the epic man which every culture strives for in its men and seems to have been missing since the fall of Adam. Adam’s fall in the Garden of Eden resulted in a lss of perfectiion that will not be regained untill the end of time. The loss of perfection after fall of Adam has been felt throughout all generations in all cultures as shown by the wars, lies and grudges that have been from that time on.
One of the many reasons Odysseus is an epic hero is his great wisdom and craftiness. Wisdom was one of the most sought after traits in ancient Greece and something Odysseus had in excess as pointed out by somebody almost every chapter. Wisdom is one of the most sought after things ever in mankind as made tragically apparent by Eve in the Garden of Eden when she chose a fruit from the tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil. But wisdom is also one of the greatest blessings to mankind.
When a king is considered great usually inxluded in his attributes great wisdom. Odysseus’ wisdom saves him from many scrapes and is one of his main weapons in getting revenge on the suitors who had been courting his wife Peneolpe and ravaging his wealth for seven years. This achieves for him a place of admiration by all Greeks-despite the fact he never existed.
Odysseus was also a very wealthy man. His flocks were second to none in size, his wine cellar over flowing and Odysseus had menservants and maidservants enough to take care of his palace and herds. The Greeks could not create a mythical character that would be an epic hero and not have him ridiculously wealthy. What self-respecting culture wants a beggar for a hero? A hero must be rich and Odysseus most undoubtedly was. He was able to sustain about one hundred and seventeen suitors at giant feasts twice a day for about seven years. Another thing that makes him such a rich man is his pure loving wife Penelope. Penelope was his greatest treasure because sshe was the driving force to return from Troy and the person who most awaited his return. The Greeks couldn’t give Odysseus a lazy ugly wife; he must have their ideal of womanhood to accompany their ideal of manliness. Odysseus’ vast wealth and good fortune at finding such a good wife make one suspect whether the events of the Odyssey really happend.
The final traits of Odysseus that will be touched on here are his strength and fighting capabilities which can be compared with no other man in the book who is alive. He, with three companions, destroyed the one hundred seventeen suitors; led the sack of Troy and broke the jaw of a much larger man after that man called him names and insulted his servants. Great strength was something far too important to the ancient Greeks to be left out of the makeup of their epic hero. The Greeks were aspiring for that great man that none of them were; that hero of times past that they could only dream of being. Through their epic hero they revealed the emptiness they had inside that could not be filled. Regardless of what they did or who they created it would always be there. The might they didn’t have they put into their mythology, but even the strongest of men could fall to a pair of lovely eyes. His encounters with Circe and Calypso show that he did not stay as true to his wife as Penelope did to him. Demonstrating that, like Samson in the Bible, even the strongest of men is susceptible to temptation.
In closing every culture has striven for a man like Odysseus of great power and might. Perhaps it is a longing of every human for the completeness lost after the garden of Eden. The Greeks were no different and they created a mythical character to do what they felt they could not do. Odysseus’ fighting abilities, his good looks and wisdom prove the Greeks were no different than any other civilization in their longing for something more.
Monday, May 02, 2005
Question.
I can now get to the first essay I did this year which is on my MAC. So I want to know will anybody not be able to endure yet another essay on ancient literature? If there is no negative response I will post on the 7th of May or there about.
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