[link] Iggy OD'd on nostalgiosity.

[link] One likes to believe in it.

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Maybe this will make him able to find freedom in that movie as I did.

For those who are just "tuning in," Glenn Beck didn't like WALL-E because he thought it had an environmentalist message. Since I'm a fellow conservative and I do like the movie, I thought maybe I could change his heart because I want him to be able to see the insight that Andrew Stanton and Pixar put into the story.

Notice my intentionally ironic use of Styx's song To0 Much Time on My Hands. Not only does it fit with the early part of the movie where WallE is alone on Earth (other than his pet roach Hal who's named after Hal Roach), but it's also a self-satire of me making that video in the first place.

What I'm really trying to do here is manipulate Glenn the way the Joker manipulated Harvey Dent into becoming Two-Face. But don't tell anyone, okay.

Eight days ago, I saw WALL-E for the first time and it was a masterpiece! And then I found out that Glenn Beck thought it was an environmentalist hippie movie which iritated me because I like Glenn Beck and I don't like it when people who I usually agree with don't see things right. Also, he does a disservice to us conservatives who did like the movie. Gives us a bad rap.

Andrew Stanton, WallE's creator is apolitical by his own admission and did not intend the movie to have an enviro message. However, certain allegories can be drawn from the themes expressed in the movie, intentional or not. The first that comes to my mind is the wellfare state. Humans are portrayed as giant babies, globular and immobile. That could be an allegory to people on wellfare while those of us who work would be robots (Earth class or Axiom class depending on what kind of work you do). Now I'll admit, the Jabba the Hutt lifestyle does have its perks, but would be boring in reality. Humans onboard the Axiom are bored and dissatisfied with their existence. It's interesting how WallE causes people to wake up from their stupor without even intending it.

The use of the colors blue and red has no political significance whatsoever, although I'll admit, I drew my own conclusions on that. Stanton said it's coincidental and the colors are only used for contrast (not verbatim). Yes, I actually did research this stuff. Yes, I am that much of a geek.

Glenn is, as he describes himself, a sick twisted freak. But I'm even sicker and more twisted. I am a jaded cynical irredeemable psychopath with rapid-cycling bipolar tendencies and an icy heart black as the blackest black hole. That movie melted my icy black heart (and then it grew two sizes, heh). How is it that a deranged freak like me can enjoy this movie, but someone like Glenn -- who's only a moderate freak -- sees only negative notions that weren't part of the intended theme?!

On a lighter note, props to Peter Gabriel and Ben Burtt for the music and sound design. I loved Peter Gabriel's videos as a kid in the '80s and Ben Burtt is, as Stanton describes him, "the father of R2-D2."

Also, I don't know how to make YouTube AMVs or whatever they're called, but I'd like to learn how. There are so many songs that go with WALL-E, mostly Rush songs like The Spirit of Radio, Closer to the Heart, Limelight, and of course, 2112 Overture. Spirit of Radio seems to really fit the most. So many great AMVs could be made -- if not by me, somebody...anybody! Just credit me for the inspirado. I even thought of one with Oingo Boingo's classic No One Lives Forever (my theme song). I have certain ideas of which songs go with which scenes and whatnot. Oh, and there's gotta be one with Dead or Alive's You Spin Me Right Round. You can guess which scene that goes with.

Update: [link] Someone beat me to it with You Spin Me Right Round.

Oblivion Lost is a mod for S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl. Here are some of my most recent gameplay videos along with my very first ObLost video as a bonus.

[link] Do0mblivion Do0mitude
This was my very first ObLost video. Takes place in the Rostok Wild Territory and Yantar. Music is Vomitron's Contra metal.

[link] SPSC: Long Range
Snork Pistol-Sho0ting Championship (SPSC). Props to Wolfgoblin for the title concept. Yantar snork hunt focusing on using pistols at long range.

[link] SPSC: Five Pistols, Seven Snorks
Another Snork Pistol-Sho0ting Championship. Another Yantar snork hunt, this time focusing on the use of more various pistols.

[link] Hunting Snorks with Russian Weapons
Another Yantar snork hunt, this time focusing on the use of various Russian rifles and submachine guns (and one pistol).