IDK about you, but if I became a vampire, got 150 years old without visibly aging and recovered from severe wounds without medical assistance I would probably consider myself ‘immortal’.
“-has been going strong since pre-history. He goes so far back, he can actually drink a chimp. But mostly, he spends his time hypnotizing himself with his basin and masturbating. Which was why I suggested shoes.”
There’s a villain in the DC universe who is actually an immortal caveman. But he uses his immortality to learn the languages and customs of the area and era he is in.
I don’t really get that movie. It’s a metaphor for addiction, obviously, but are people being transformed into vampires as a metaphor for humanity’s infinite propensity for greed and its self perpetuating cycle of violence? Is it a literal metaphor for drug addiction, where people are hollowed out? Is it meant to portray the desire for continued existence as, itself, an addiction? Never took philosophy, so I’m probably missing context.
I think they refer to addiction to a specific kind of action or mode of existence.
I can’t think if a name for it but it’s what nazis, atrocity-doers, vampires and mass murderers are doing.
A total indulgence in domination. A total taking from the world. A total divorce from humanity. To lean totally into that and be transformed.
Apparently it’s empowering, ecstatic and awful.
Yeah I don’t get the philosophical details either. But it’s a solid vibe.
Sunshine has a metaphorical role in it too, I think. There’s a scene, towards the end, in the hospital. The vampire is exposed to bright daylight. And there’s a crucifix on the wall iirc. Something there.
That is… difficult to conceptualize. And made even more difficult to interpret when the party is consumed. Not a bad movie in the least, but a difficult one.
IDK about you, but if I became a vampire, got 150 years old without visibly aging and recovered from severe wounds without medical assistance I would probably consider myself ‘immortal’.
Some of us are a little more skeptical than to believe in immortality after a measly 150 years.
“You know Ted back there-“
“OOG OOG”
“-has been going strong since pre-history. He goes so far back, he can actually drink a chimp. But mostly, he spends his time hypnotizing himself with his basin and masturbating. Which was why I suggested shoes.”
There’s a villain in the DC universe who is actually an immortal caveman. But he uses his immortality to learn the languages and customs of the area and era he is in.
I mean he does a fuckton more than that…
There’s another immortal caveman who whenever he dies, he comes back to life with a new superpower
Sounds like “The Man From Earth”
In “The Addiction” there’s this old vampire named “Pana”. He’s pretty weird. Talks about the nature of suffering.
Says he can actually diet. Takes longer for a vampire to lose weight tho.
I don’t really get that movie. It’s a metaphor for addiction, obviously, but are people being transformed into vampires as a metaphor for humanity’s infinite propensity for greed and its self perpetuating cycle of violence? Is it a literal metaphor for drug addiction, where people are hollowed out? Is it meant to portray the desire for continued existence as, itself, an addiction? Never took philosophy, so I’m probably missing context.
I think they refer to addiction to a specific kind of action or mode of existence.
I can’t think if a name for it but it’s what nazis, atrocity-doers, vampires and mass murderers are doing.
A total indulgence in domination. A total taking from the world. A total divorce from humanity. To lean totally into that and be transformed.
Apparently it’s empowering, ecstatic and awful.
Yeah I don’t get the philosophical details either. But it’s a solid vibe.
Sunshine has a metaphorical role in it too, I think. There’s a scene, towards the end, in the hospital. The vampire is exposed to bright daylight. And there’s a crucifix on the wall iirc. Something there.
That is… difficult to conceptualize. And made even more difficult to interpret when the party is consumed. Not a bad movie in the least, but a difficult one.
Those ones tend to stake themselves eventually, or get obsessed with seeing sunlight “for real though”. They’re not in it for the long haul.