http://www.atomicpopcorn.net/shirtless-jacob-in-14-seconds/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:34:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 http://www.atomicpopcorn.net/shirtless-jacob-in-14-seconds/#comment-19017 pudin Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:27:14 +0000 http://www.atomicpopcorn.net/?p=6589#comment-19017 Interesting that the gelodn age of ghost stories occurred around the time cities began to be regularly illuminated after dark. At Day’s Close: Night in Times Past is a terrific book about the history of nighttime, and it reminds readers of how dangerous real darkness can be. Those “bumps in the night” could be a fall into a well or off a cliff, a fatal loss of direction, becoming easy prey for highwaymen and housebreakers. When you have natural dangers, you don’t need the supernatural ones so much. Fast forward to early 20th century. Following the horror master H.P. Lovecraft, our monsters have gone within, and even in the horror schlock, the monsters are not ghosts but bent humans with a malice so powerful that death can’t kill it. I go back to Lovecraft, though, because so often the “I” — the narrative protagonist — is the monster, or kin to the monster, or a gateway to the monsters. They’re not thrillers, because it’s not a protagonist in danger; it’s more of a psychological drama, but intensely scary for at least some people.And then there’s Stephen King and those who follow him, for whom the horror lies in the homely things that we would expect to be innocent — a pet cat or dog, a favorite car, a teen-aged girl, a small child.Yes, it seems that we are hungry for fear, and the more safe and comfortable our lives become, the more horrifying we draw our villains. I think there’s a message in that somewhere, but for me, at present, it’s just an observation.Thought-provoking post. Thanks. Interesting that the gelodn age of ghost stories occurred around the time cities began to be regularly illuminated after dark. At Day’s Close: Night in Times Past is a terrific book about the history of nighttime, and it reminds readers of how dangerous real darkness can be. Those “bumps in the night” could be a fall into a well or off a cliff, a fatal loss of direction, becoming easy prey for highwaymen and housebreakers. When you have natural dangers, you don’t need the supernatural ones so much. Fast forward to early 20th century. Following the horror master H.P. Lovecraft, our monsters have gone within, and even in the horror schlock, the monsters are not ghosts but bent humans with a malice so powerful that death can’t kill it. I go back to Lovecraft, though, because so often the “I” — the narrative protagonist — is the monster, or kin to the monster, or a gateway to the monsters. They’re not thrillers, because it’s not a protagonist in danger; it’s more of a psychological drama, but intensely scary for at least some people.And then there’s Stephen King and those who follow him, for whom the horror lies in the homely things that we would expect to be innocent — a pet cat or dog, a favorite car, a teen-aged girl, a small child.Yes, it seems that we are hungry for fear, and the more safe and comfortable our lives become, the more horrifying we draw our villains. I think there’s a message in that somewhere, but for me, at present, it’s just an observation.Thought-provoking post. Thanks.

]]> http://www.atomicpopcorn.net/shirtless-jacob-in-14-seconds/#comment-6370 ‘New Moon’ trailer to be attached with tween wreck ‘Bandslam’ | Atomic Popcorn Tue, 11 Aug 2009 17:37:22 +0000 http://www.atomicpopcorn.net/?p=6589#comment-6370 [...] You can see the New Moon Teaser Trailer now right here at Atomic Popcorn. Movie News Bandslam, New Moon, Twilight « Previous Post [...] [...] You can see the New Moon Teaser Trailer now right here at Atomic Popcorn. Movie News Bandslam, New Moon, Twilight « Previous Post [...]

]]> http://www.atomicpopcorn.net/shirtless-jacob-in-14-seconds/#comment-6365 Matthew Tue, 11 Aug 2009 16:44:56 +0000 http://www.atomicpopcorn.net/?p=6589#comment-6365 This looks terrible if you ask me. Looks like a daytime soap opera. Glad I skipped the first one. This looks terrible if you ask me. Looks like a daytime soap opera. Glad I skipped the first one.

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