Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Can't sleep

Darn it, I can't sleep, so I watched "Avatar" again. :D

Made me think of something-- I remember when I first saw that film I said to my family, oh, it's awesome, you've got to see it. They responded, oh, but we don't like that fantasy kind of stuff.  Started to think as I watched it today-- doesn't everyone like, in one way or another, watching a fantasy of epic proportions-- whether that be a space fantasy, a heroic fantasy, or a romantic fantasy? I mean, so much literature that people have been into over time, like Beowulf, Tristan and Isolde, Knights Tales, Pride and Prejudice... all distort reality in a beautiful way.. and people like it, some like one story more than others, but everyone likes to forget the limits from time to time. As far as entertainment goes, I say that it is good to spend a few hours being immersed in a world where good things happen to people who act well to others. Is reality like that? No. But sometimes letting ourselves dream outside of the bounds of our physical and moral capacities is okay, too.

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