I’ve heard the phrase “mindless, silly fun” bandied about a lot lately, most often in reference to Transformers 2, but not at all limited to it. I think that people who use this term are a little misinformed as to what “mindless, silly fun” actually is and how subversive and deceptively influential such movies and… Continue reading Subversion in Mindless, Silly Fun: Why Neutral Art is Impossible
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Parallels in LOST and Stephen King’s “The Dark Tower” – Part 4 – Cycles and Salvation
So what happens if the characters’ free will affects ka or fate so heavily that events are unable to be corrected before the narrative reaches the point where it should end but can’t? Things start over again, of course! In both LOST and The Dark Tower, events unfold for one main purpose: salvation. Both are… Continue reading Parallels in LOST and Stephen King’s “The Dark Tower” – Part 4 – Cycles and Salvation
Parallels in LOST and Stephen King’s “The Dark Tower” – Part 3 – Course Correction and Ka
In both LOST and Stephen King’s The Dark Tower, there are higher powers at play than simply the characters themselves. Jack Shephard and Ben Linus are nowhere near as important as they each think themselves to be, nor is Roland Deschain able to decide whether or not he continues his quest toward the Dark Tower.… Continue reading Parallels in LOST and Stephen King’s “The Dark Tower” – Part 3 – Course Correction and Ka
Parallels in LOST and Stephen King’s “The Dark Tower” – Part 2 – The Temple and The Tower
Last time, I said that the Dark Tower was “in the most essential terms, [. . .] the center of all possible realities, a hub where parallel dimensions exist as levels of the Tower itself. As one climbs the Tower, the different floors contain doors leading to different worlds. It has been held standing for… Continue reading Parallels in LOST and Stephen King’s “The Dark Tower” – Part 2 – The Temple and The Tower
Parallels in LOST and Stephen King’s “The Dark Tower” – Part 1 – Narrative
I don’t generally do full write-ups of LOST theories, but lately, I’ve been thinking a great deal of what I want the series to be from this point on, and I can’t help but want to explore these theories regarding the show’s mythology. I freely admit there are better theorists out there, namely Jeff Jensen… Continue reading Parallels in LOST and Stephen King’s “The Dark Tower” – Part 1 – Narrative