Diplomacy?!
Oct. 12th, 2001 02:56 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
alexpgpHaving downloaded and viewed the "Diplomacy" Shockwave animation that so many seem to be raving about, I must admit I cannot share in the general enthusiasm.
Sure, the piece is technically well done (at least in terms of composition, pacing, sound, and so on) but I am... offended, I guess, by the "plot" of the story.
And I'm not sure exactly why. The story is puerile, but considering my past history, that's rarely been something that really bothers me. I suspect I'm bothered because the tactic adopted by the "peaceniks" in the animation is nearly identical to the efforts employed by the Soviet Union (and its allies) during the Cold War to undermine and weaken the will of the United States (the Paris peace talks come to mind, here).
That said, I have to ask: "So what?" If the events in the animation could be made to come to pass (as far-fetched as they are), would the outcome bother me? I think so.
I think part of my discomfort is the "St. Valentine's Day" ending. In the kind of world I want to live in, my side doesn't summarily shoot enemies who have thrown down their weapons.
Come to think of it, I think another component to the discomfort is the childish nature of the piece. The itch that this animation scratches isn't worth arousing.
Cheers...
Sure, the piece is technically well done (at least in terms of composition, pacing, sound, and so on) but I am... offended, I guess, by the "plot" of the story.
And I'm not sure exactly why. The story is puerile, but considering my past history, that's rarely been something that really bothers me. I suspect I'm bothered because the tactic adopted by the "peaceniks" in the animation is nearly identical to the efforts employed by the Soviet Union (and its allies) during the Cold War to undermine and weaken the will of the United States (the Paris peace talks come to mind, here).
That said, I have to ask: "So what?" If the events in the animation could be made to come to pass (as far-fetched as they are), would the outcome bother me? I think so.
I think part of my discomfort is the "St. Valentine's Day" ending. In the kind of world I want to live in, my side doesn't summarily shoot enemies who have thrown down their weapons.
Come to think of it, I think another component to the discomfort is the childish nature of the piece. The itch that this animation scratches isn't worth arousing.
Cheers...
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Date: 2001-10-12 01:16 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2001-10-12 01:22 am (UTC)The trick is having one thousand people like you that are ready and willing to say "so what?" Those are not the not popular two words, presently, and I can't help you stick 'em up.
Voltaire said, via an action figure: (http://smalljoes.com/cgi-bin/fcgallery.cgi?Index=84cdrv&Name=Wild+Weasel) "To forgive our enemies their virtues; that is the greater miracle."
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Date: 2001-10-12 04:03 am (UTC)HE thinks this is a war against god, and therefore he is entitled to kill as many of us as possible and he'll get several dozen virgins... Not that angels are sexual period, but that is a whole other discussion...
"Diplomacy" is just meant to amuse, not inspire. And amuse me it did...
Subversion of that sort is something relegated to the sixth circle of Hell...
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Date: 2001-10-12 04:56 am (UTC)You guys made it very easy to talk. Kudos.
Cheers...
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Date: 2001-10-12 08:53 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2001-10-12 03:33 pm (UTC)Cheers...
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Date: 2001-10-12 03:50 pm (UTC)i felt insulted the entire time i was watching it.
another thing i find insulting is a show on the talk radio station i listen to called "America Strikes Back". the opening montage alone... with its rebellious hard rock music chugging on with samples of people saying things like "put a rocket in your pocket" and "we gonna rock and roll your ass osama".
war and glee don't go together in my mind.
i wonder if there are similar programs on other radio stations around the US.
war is serious business. it's not FUN or COOL.
a final thing that irritates me is the term "watching the war."