Re: Salinger turns to the Dark Side

Thor Cameron (my_colours@hotmail.com)
Mon, 28 Jun 1999 20:42:17 -0700 (PDT) 

OK, Jim,
You had me up until you started critcizing the Force.  You stated:

>The "Force" is, well, watered down Vedas, so far as I can tell.  You
>can't really have a conflict between good and evil if its the "same"
>force on both sides.  Lucas is trying to have his cake and eat it too.
>At least the real philosophies seem a bit more honest and thoughtful
>about it to me...

But, in truth, the ONLY good/evil battle is with the same forces.  Name one 
thing, one single thing, place, or event that is either good or bad.  Does 
not exist.  Everything is both.

More like the Vedas, the Upanishads, etc., and far less like Christian 
mythology, God & Satan aren't warring Gods; they're the same guy, on the 
same team.  It's just a matter of perspective.

Heads or tales, buddy, that's what it's all about.  The entire REASON that 
the good/evil battle is interesting is because it's opposite sides of the 
same coin.

I've got one more really good example to this point, but I'm not sure if I'm 
belaboring it yet, so I'll stop & wait for response.

Thor




>I appreciate your appreciation for the Star Wars movies, but I think
>Perfection is a bit of an exaggeration :)  The characters all seemed
>"stock" to me.  Luke, the young hero, is blonde haired and blue eyed and
>dresses in white.  Darth, the bad guy, is half man and half machine and
>dresses all in black.  Han is your typical rogue character, and Obi-Wan
>your typical sage.  What's the difference between a "typical, stock
>character" and an archetype?  One word is meant as praise and the other
>as criticism :)  That's the main thing.
>
>The "Force" is, well, watered down Vedas, so far as I can tell.  You
>can't really have a conflict between good and evil if its the "same"
>force on both sides.  Lucas is trying to have his cake and eat it too.
>At least the real philosophies seem a bit more honest and thoughtful
>about it to me...
>
>Jim Rovira


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