What Would Happen to Mel Brooks Movies?

  Mel Brooks is the funniest man on Earth. He is purely recognized for his comedic movies and their parody functions. Mr. Brooks recently won a medal for AFI Life Achievement Award given by the American Film Institute.

  Despite the fact that Mel Brooks may be a bit Kosher about his movies, he is nonetheless pure comedic gold. In these next upcoming blogs, we will look at what might happen to the movie industry if it lost all its infamous stars based primarily on the influence of movies and technology that has warped our culture around the lives within the screens.

  Now the question is simple, what would happen if Mel Brooks died in the following year or two years from now? Well there might be the occasional tribute movies to his legacy of making people laugh, but there might also be the everyday tragedy that we lost the comedic genius that gave us movies like Blazing Saddles and Young Frankenstein.

  First off, there might be a couple days or mourning for the loss of this wonderful man and his Jewish innuendos. Not only did he impact the life of our parent's generation, but he also placed an implant of comedy within the minds of young people. (If I have to ask how old you were when you saw your first Mel Brooks movie, you're definitely young enough to be Charlie Browned). Plus when you watch his movies, if you choose to watch them as a form of mourning, then you an remember the many moments your father or mother would have laughed at the parts and phrases like "More beans Mr. Taggert?", "What the hell are you doing in the bathroom all day and night, why don't you get out and give someone else a chance?", and my personal favorite "I'm so tired".

  Second of all, Mel Brooks has a son named Max Brooks who recently created a movie on the Zombie Apocalyptic cult following that has happened since the Resident Evil series. The recent World War Z movie has been a direct hit since we have the ever charming Brad Pitt as the heroine of the story even though the movie is about the outbreak of a disease that can alternate and turn anyone into a zombie, very much like rabies, there might be a bigger obsession with this based solely on the fact that the director is the son of the wonderful Mel Brooks.

  Third, Brooks movies would be sold in the iconic collector's edition like they did with Albert Broccoli's James Bond movies starting with Sean Connery and ending with Daniel Craig. The use of collector's edition of movies and television shows would emphasize the popularity and the influential notion of that all Bond agents are womanizers and alcoholics and all Mel Brooks movies are spin-offs of Hitchcock, Shelly, and the racist life of the Wild West which did not just make racial jokes on  minority ethnic groups, but also the majority of Americans who might just be plain stupid. Sorry Mongo, your quote of philosophy might not have worked on making you any smarter.

  Finally, Mel Brooks will be immortalized forever as the man who gave us funny movies whether he was part of them or not. His roles as a governor, a man who is afraid of parents (nee heights), and Rabbi Turkman who gives adult men circumcisions with a tiny guillotine. He may have some spots in his movies, but it doesn't matter about the roles he played or the movies he made, its just the memory of seeing Blazing Saddles when you were seventeen or younger and watched it with your parents who might have been scarred for life that you wanted to watch it in the first place. God Bless you Mel Brooks and keep making movies until the day you die.

Addams and the Munsters: Perfect Family for the Problematic People

 The Addams family is a normal American family where their children are often seen as strange and unusual, problems with the law, readers who are interested in deaths caused by disease or mysterious Earthly creations like the Bermuda Triangle. The Munsters family are a family who recently moved from Transylvania to America and are trying to co-operate with the normal day life of being a monster family. The Munsters were based on the classical Halloween monsters , such as those of Dracula, Frankenstein and the Wolfman, while the Addams family represents the normal American person who might be a possible homicidal maniac. But why are these families so prominent in the everyday interaction of people during October? Well, it could be that they are just like us.

 The Addams family were originally created by a man known as Charles Addams, he created the cartoon version of the Addams family which then led to the creation of the Addams family TV series with Carolyn Jones as the beautiful Moritica, the love of Gomez's life and is often excited by her bouts of French words and phrases. Their children, Wednesday and Pugsley are often seen playing in the front yard or beheading dolls. Wednesday is a bright and intelligent young girl who has an obsession with spiders and has a pet tarantula named Homer. Her brother, Pugsley is often getting in trouble with the cops. In the movie Addams Family Values (1993), he is on probation when he goes to the summer camp with his sister. All the family members in the Addams family have psychopathic tendencies. Their philosophy is often carved on the tomb of the original makers of the Addams family tree known as, Sic gorgiamus allos subjectatos nunc! (We gladly feat on those who would subdue us!). That being said, most of the relatives in the Addams family tree come from forms of incest within family members or from other clans who are much similar to the Addams family.

 The Munsters are a wealthy monster family who recently moved from Transylvania. The father is Herman Munster, the creation of Dr. Frankenstein and his wife is Lily Munster who is the daughter of Dracula. Their son is named Eddie and he is a young werewolf who is entering grade school. Their cousin is named Marylin to represent the infamous movie star Marylin Monroe who was an iconic sex symbol of the 1960s. She is often seen as the ugly duckling because she does not have the beautiful features of Lily Munster. Although many boys are seen flocking to Marylin due to her good looks, they're often scared away when Herman answers the door. This is a typical monster family that represents many of the social outcasts that might have suffered from the same social shunning of society because they are different in looks, ideas, and understanding of culture.

 The importance of these Halloween families shows the impact on how a normal family would be assoicated in the culture that has been changed and modified to fit new social habits.  Wednesday and Pugsley may not be the best students or children in an American family, but the importance shows that the children are loved by their parents and follow the rules of the adults since both Wednesday and Puglsey make their parents very proud. The Munsters might be similar to a family who has recently moved in or out of state and are having difficulty or managing to find a balance between their life and the life of other people. They challenge the ways that American society has been structured by technology and what it means for a family who has recently moved to a new place, to adjust to their new surroundings even if that means you have to break a few mirrors with your downright good looks. Both of these iconic television families might not meet the normal standards of the American society, but TV sure says that they are definitely living their true American dream. Plus who doesn't agree that Moritica has some sense around the concept of normal when being normal is utter chaos.

BPD: Borderline Films On Functioning

  Borderline Personality Disorder (or also known as BPD), is a behavioral mental disorder on the ways in which something traumatic has occurred and causes the person to develop behavioral habits that are considered not normal to the behavior the person might have exhibited in the past before the change happened. Some symptoms of borderline personality disorder include: self-harm, unable to stabilize emotional feelings, problems within a relationship (e.g. shift from positive to negative immediately or threat of losing them due to unable to tell information on what troubles the person), and abuse of alcohol and drugs or sexual behavior that is not commonly found in the person (e.g. partaking in orgies, engaging in multiple partners).

 The movies that commonly represent this behavior are A Street Car Named Desire (1951), Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004), Anna Karenina (2012 remake), and Girl Interrupted (1999). All of these movies portray their major characters suffering from this self-harming problem. Angelia Jolie portrayed a young woman who suffered from self-harming and also portrayed forms of anti-social behavior. Her character is a girl who has gone in and out of the psychiatric center, but is often dragged back for further treatment by the police. She is constantly getting in trouble with the law, she is very aggravated and easily angered. Winona's character shows borderline personality disorder, but she shows the more emotional and sexual behaviors of the disease while Angelina's character expresses the drug habits and the continuous escaping from the mental facility for fear of electro-shock therapy.

 Borderline Personalities often have problems with explaining their behavior and often have problems with controlling their emotions and how easy it is for someone to take to drugs and other forms of coping mechanisms to function normally in the social atmosphere. Movies play a prominent role in showing this form of mental illness because most people who suffer form the disease could range from the kid who has low-self esteem to the girl who uses forms of eating disorders to gain the attention of her male counterparts. If you or anyone you know has this problem, get help or contact a local psychiatrists for an appointment and see what can be done to correct the problem. The longer you wait, the more likely you are willing to hurt yourself out of existence.

Imagination or Voices: Schizophrenia and It's Friends

 Schizophrenics are some of the most interesting people. They suffer from delusions, paranoia, and the everyday problem of hearing things that are not there. Schizophrenics can be either quite difficult to manage because the symptoms are so severe or they cannot be treated because the progression is consistently changing. Although you can medicate most mental disorders, Schizophrenics are very clever and know how to hide their medication from the doctors or from loved ones and continue to express their symptoms.

 In most fictional stories and movies, there is always something about one particular character that seems to create some form of interest among the audience. In many movies like Friday the 13th (1980), Donnie Darko (2001), Sucker Punch (2011), and Black Swan (2010) express some notion of schizophrenia. For some people it could be that the voicing that occurs in the first Friday movie is some notion of schizophrenia, but the clear case of schizophrenia would be commonly found in Donnie's condition in seeing the image of a bunny costume who calls himself Frank or Babydoll who dreams she is in some form of Wonderland where she must fight in her own fantasy until she is able to find peace inside her mind.But all these are notions of schizophrenia.

 Some symptoms of schizophrenia would include and are not limited to: hallucinations/delusions, disassociation in thinking/speaking, depression, drug use, and anxiety disorders. A common indicator or a mental instability would be the common drug use found in people who suffer from bipolar disorder, borderline personality disorder, and schizophrenia. Some of the common drugs most people use to calm their manic states are: cocaine, heroine, PCP (angel dust), opium, alcohol, and tranquilizers/sedatives. All of these drugs affect the portions of the brain that release pleasure chemicals (Dopamine) and the fight or flight response (Adrenaline/Epinephrine) to calm their states of anxiety or manic so that they can function normally.

 So whenever you think you're looking at a weird movie with an indie feel and there is some hidden function behind it, like the lobotomy operation in Sucker Punch, and all of a sudden you're transported to a world within a world, a mind within a mind, and then you realize you just had a mental trip. Keep in mind that a schizophrenic is not the lightest at heart. If you know someone who suffers from schizophrenia or have a genetic link to the disease, I suggest you get treatment or some form of therapy done quickly before it gets worse. A mental illness is just as powerful as anyone who is in control of your life, take care of yourself and your mind, it is a powerful weapon. Tune in next time for the final chapter of the movie blogs.

Devil's Due: Seven Deadly Aseop Fables

 The devil has been apart of our culture since the creation of the bible and the story of Lucifer's fall. But there are some ways in which the devil can explain more adequately what it means to be a sinful creature.

 In a recent movie known as The Devil's Carnival (2012), the Devil himself is in charge of taking care of the people who have died so that God can work on creating more people to live on Earth. In this interpretation of the life of the Devil, God does not want to deal with letting people into heaven, his sole purpose is to create more people through the symbolism of painting a face onto a doll. In the story three recent entries into Hell are greeted by an empty carnival that continues to play music and go on with its representation of how the people are incorporated into Hell.

 Aesop is a famous philosopher from way back in the times of Ancient Greece. He wrote down many stories that had one lesson behind each one. The famous lesson from the Tortoise and the Hare is the phrase "slow and steady wins the race". In this movie, three people are sentenced to hell for three sins: greed, lust, and sloth.

 In this version of the Halloween movie blogs, the Devil has been mentioned and represented in too many ways that we can point the use of the devil to the deadly sins of the Christian faith. First of all, the devil and his carnival shows that the placement of humans is not heaven because each person has been corrupted by sin or by going against their own humanity. Secondly, the carnival is an alliteration to the everyday life of humans, corrupted by our own vices and virtues to the point where even a cleanse from Heaven and God could not purify the only shot we as human beings devoted to many faiths would often get. Finally, the Devil is a term that we represent as the personification of a man with goat horns coming out of the side of its head. Although the Devil could be anyone, we represent the uglier side of the devil as a different human being when in fact there is one inside of us, its just a matter of will power to avoid the religious consequences.

 The devil, Aesop and his stories, and the alliterations of our daily lives found within the movie represent the basic everyday acts of will power or the loss of morals and what it means when it comes to the aspects of the human interaction between sins and abstinence. For more information on the movie, you can check out the link provided or you can watch the movie itself and interpret it on your own behalf. I suggest you try it or else you must pay me a penny for my tale.

All Mad, All Fur: Cheshire Cat

 In England there is a certain town where a peculiar breed of cats often seem to evaporate and reappear. If anyone has had the biggest influence of philosophy from childhood, look no further than the Cheshire Cat.

 The Cheshire Cat has been used in many different perspectives of our lives. But the big importance for the creation of the Cheshire Cat and its signature grin, and his two legged companion Puss in Boots was the British Shorthair cat. This cat had a flat face and a big, fluffy body; who knows maybe it was responsible for the creation of Crookshanks from Harry Potter. I wonder where that other ear went off too from the Zonko's Joke Shop.

 Anyhow, the scientific meaning behind the large Cheshire grin explains all events that happen at a given to anything that happened with the vision fields of the eye, some things could include things you didn't see before because they were in your blind spot and the experiment where a cat was placed inside a box and you had to suspect it was either dead or alive.

 Like all cats who are mischevious and have the ability to disappear and reappear when called, receiving food or attention, or moving from room to room, the Cheshire cat is no different than our normal housecat which was influenced our lives in some retrospect to lazy afternoons and being called to dinner (you didn't think you were part cat until I made you think of your mother calling you to dinner because she cooked your favorite meal?). But for most cases, cats will always be mischevious, it just takes a while for us humans to unlock the powers of evaporation and reappearance, but for some, there's also those cases where it doesn't take too long to scare the rest of the people who look down at their phones all day.

 

Bipolar Accomplace: March Hare

 Now to celebrate an unbirthday, you'll need a cup of tea and a couple of mad people to go around. In this Halloween movie blog we will look at the way in which the March Hare, an accompaniment of the Mad Hatter has also paved its ay into society.

 In Victorian England anyone who was a considered a March Hare often had many problems pertaining to their behavior. This could mean they get easily excited and unpredictable like a Hare in its breeding season. It runs along the similar lines of people who suffer from bipolar disorder. There are many people today who are generally affected by the disease such as famous musicians and actors who have joked or mentioned it in their lifetime. Some famous bipolar actors include Robin Williams, Jim Carrey, Emilie Autumn, and Russell Brand are some of the people who suffer from this mental disorder.

 When bipolar disorder was discovered by the Ancient Greeks as a form of melancholic depression, many doctors in the Victorian Era would give lithium salt to their patients to bring them out of a manic state if they suffered from this particular diagnosis. Most people who were often diagnosed with bipolar disorder happened to be women who had no children in their marriage or facilitated in vulgar activities like facilitating women's rights. Any women who was considered mad, melancholic or delirious would be sent to the insane asylum, at least that is what Emilie Autumn sings about when she displaces mental disorders with Victorian Era psychology and the women's suffrage movements of the time period.

 So the next time someone mentions the March Hare, you might suspect they are in fact trying to elaborate an argument on bipolar disorder. However, if you do have this mental disorder and it is left untreated, it is best you go and see a doctor or call a suicide prevention hotline. For most eccentric bipolar people like our friendly March Hare, don't be late for teatime.

The Queens of Wonderland and their Occupational Hazards

 Although there have been multiple adaptations of the famous books about a young girl named Alice Kingsley, the most famous representation of these novels would be the latest adaptation of the Carroll novels made by Tim Burton in 2010.

 In this second installment of the psychological aspects of these movie blogs, we will examine not one, but two Queens of Wonderland; the Red Queen and the White Queen.

 The White Queen, as portrayed by Ms. Hathaway is a woman who has been dispositioned and places herself into different mannerisms so that she is unable to become much like her estranged sister, the Red Queen. The White Queen looks and portrays a woman of virtue and innocence, she is unable to kill or punish people to their deaths because of the vows she herself has placed upon the rulings of a "good" Queen.

 The White Queen more commonly displays her body responses as a dainty and sweet Queen while hiding a darker secret, the power to be  as corrupted as her sister. She places herself in a protective manner so that no one can displace her comfort and reveal her true nature. Some critics see the analogy of the White Queen as that of Mary Stuart or Mary Queen of Scots.

 On the other hand, the Red Queen is seen as a much more sinister and corrupted counterpart. She depicts the reigns of the Tudor sisters, Mary I of England (Bloody Mary)in personality and Elizabeth I of England (Virgin Queen) in clothing. The Red Queen's consistent replies of cutting off people's heads represents the ways in which Mary I earned the title of "Bloody Mary" by murdering many Protestants who lived in England during her time and where forced into hiding to avoid the persecutions and cleansing for most Catholics to keep their control over England. On behalf of the clothing that the Red Queen decides to wear, she is represents the fashion of the English Renaissance, Elizabethan fashion, which portrayed many women of higher status as that of their male equals.

 The laws that governed clothing of the wealthy and elite in the Renaissance, were to distinguish the status of those from much higher powers and also to define the similar distinctions that were found in most men and women during the time period. There was an increasing class of people who were able to afford the expenses of the wealthy and elite, but did not have such titles as the lords and ladies of Elizabeth's court. It was meant to distinct from the ways in which society might advance, but most of the clothing items between men and women remained the same.

 Virtue and wrath are often two opposing viewpoints that are mentioned in the Bible. But the Red and White Queens of Wonderland often portray those viewpoints and place a historical reference in the making. A queen without a country, a queen with a cold heart, and a queen who tries her best to defend what is right for the people while governing them by luxury. These Queens have definitely made many different points into what we would consider the rulers of Wonderland and perhaps our reasons to become such Queens as well. But if I were you, I wouldn't cut off the head so immediately.

 

Psychosis of Madness: Mad Hatter

  We will now be moving from monsters and their influence in our social as well as our cultural lives and look into the beginnings of the psychological and practical influences on some of the characters we know from childhood stories and what the psychosis of being "mad" typically is represented in movies and our perceptions of if through these different channels.

 Some of you may be unhappy with the change, but this is how the Halloween movie blogs will end with a bang, pardon the expression. But the last bits of the movie blogs before October ends will be educational and intriguing to some minds who enjoy the works of Burton and Lewis Carroll. I know I do, and so do I.

 In this blog we will work on the development of the Mad Hatter. This might include some famous phrases like "mad as a hatter" or "why is a raven like a writing desk?" for those who understand their hidden meanings. The Mad Hatter is a common character from Alice In Wonderland which was written in the Victorian-Edwardian Era. The Mad Hatter can often be the arch-enemy of Bruce Wayne as he is a psychotic nutcase like the joker, only more nuttier.

  The story about the Mad Hatter would be that he did serve the White Queen for a time being before Wonderland was taken over by the Red Queen, according to the original story. He tells Alice that it is always tea time for him and his companion, the March Hare, because he spent too much time trying to sing for the Red Queen once. She was going to cut off his head for her impatience, but he cleverly escaped the prison cell. So he has had tea for a number of years and it will always remain the same tea time forever more. But how did the question of the Hatter came to be? Some sources say the the "Mad as a Hatter" phrase was the coining term for the creation of the Mad Hatter. But some sources indicate the original hat makers often inhaled mercury fumes while working on creating those fashionable hats of the Victorian Era.

  The DC comic version of the Mad Hatter may be entirely different than the eccentric Hatter we know from Wonderland. This Had Hatter took the idea from the books but he became a notorious super villain in the Batman comics. His name was Jervis Tech and he creates many inventions for his darker purposes of haunting Gotham City. While he was seen in the 1948 issue of Batman, many people have drawn him much darker as the years go by. The Jervis Tech Mad Hatter is a multitude of many things, a scientist, a pedophile, or an inmate of the asylum.

 The Mad Hatter could be a tool for many things and symbolize many things in the modern society. From a hat maker to a lunatic or somewhere in between. Based on my conclusions, a Mad Hatter is in fact a symbol for the insane. He can function properly in society but each person has their own tick. So I advise you of the modern generation, avoid all people who are Mad like those Hatters.

Mermaids: Voices of the Seas

 They swim gracefully underwater like the dolphins that roam the seas. Their voices are powerful enough to drown sailors to their doom. They are the beautiful sirens of the seas, the mermaids.

 Mermaids have been told in many fisherman's tales while they were out at sea. These creatures have bodies that share human and aquatic qualities. The tales of early accounts of these captivating creatures have been used to warn sailors of the long voyages out to sea. In this portion of our monster blogs, we will look at the deadly encounters behind the creation of the mermaids.

1. It doesn't take much to swoon a man to his death. Homer talked about these mermaids in his story the Odyssey as creatures that are part bird and part human, but were later converted to creatures of human and fish in later adaptations on the story of Ulysses. Movies that mention these creatures of death are the notable Little Mermaid (1989).

2. Mermaid Syndrome is an actual thing. Like Werewolf Syndrome that was mentioned in an earlier blog, mermaid syndrome is no different. This disorder is cased early in the cycle of meiosis, or the creation of a baby if you want to look at it that way, the legs are fused together and will not allow the kidneys and bladder to develop normally. When Oprah was the biggest talk show host, she did have a girl come to her show with this deformation. There is treatment now for this disease but those who have mermaid syndrome will have to seek consistent therapy to get a handle of having two legs. The girl, Shiloh Pepin, managed to live up to her tenth birthday, but was unable to live out the rest of her life because she died while battling pneumonia.

3. A Mermaids Tears are the aquamarines pearls around our necks. Aquamarine is the shiny light blue jewel of the sea. Many mermaids who might have cried, were often crying tears of these blue stone. Whenever the stone was obtainable, the men who went to sea were often carrying this precious stone as a means to keep them safe so they could return home to their wives. Some people have heard stories of pearls being the tears of the mermaids. These would have been worn around the mermaids themselves possibly for the way in which they symbolize their love for the men who died at their voice.

4. The voice of the mermaid is a spell for the man. Whenever a man gets hypnotized by a woman's singing, don't be alarmed, he thinks you're a siren from the sea. Before the men die at the hands of the mermaid, they are seduced by the hypnotic sound of the singing. Their songs are very melancholic and depressing, but the resonance that is formed will cause a man to leap off the boat to their death.

As Ariel often said, she desired to have legs so that she could feel the Earth under her feet. But it doesn't mean that a woman has to stop being a woman if she chooses, she can always get her man under her spell whenever she wants to.

A Little Pixie Dust

“Tink was not all bad: or, rather, she was all bad just now, but, on the other hand, sometimes she was all good. Fairies have to be one thing or the other, because being so small they unfortunately have room for one feeling only at a time. They are, however, allowed to change, only it must be a complete change.”-Barrie, Peter Pan

 Everyone says a little magic goes a long way. For young girls, we have to rely on our little mix of faith and pixie dust to carry us off to that second star on the right. Fairies have been part of mythological folklore for centuries. Many Celtic religions like the Irish and the Scottish believe in fairies and try their best not to anger the little beauties. For this monster blog we will look at myth and our culture through films and stories on this tiny topic.

1. Avoid mushroom circles and Hawthorne trees at all cost. In the Celtic Religion, a mushroom circle or a Hawthorne tree would spell trouble for a human. They story goes like this, if you step in a mushroom circle, your are a fairies slave till the end of your life and if someone was to cut down a Hawthorne tree, then the fairies would not have a home since they live most of their lives in the Hawthorne trees. So if your in Ireland by any chance and are traveling through the highways around Ireland, you will notice a Hawthorne tree growing in the middle of the highway, the people who want it cut down cannot because of how deeply rooted it is for these trees to nest the little fairies.

2. Fairies are more than just tiny, they are moody. Tinkerbell is perhaps the most bitter fairy than all of Pixie Hollow. She gets jealous easily and she lets her temper get the best of her. When she sees Wendy kiss Peter she has to stop it from happening since Peter Pan is the boy who never wants to grow up and Tinkerbell happens to be affectionate towards Peter which Disney often implies by her spouts of temperament.

3. One does not simply say fairies do not exist. The existence of a fairy is created by the laughter of a child. Fairies may not be real, but they were once part of your imagination too. So you can't say they exist because then you kill your imagination, literally!

4. Fairies can be royal. In most fictional stories that are made for children or have been written for the fantasy lover, fairies have been positioned in royalty from Shakespeare's Titania the Fairy Queen in A Midsummer Nights Dream,to the half-sister of Arthur Pendragon, Morgan le Fey. Fairies are not just little people with wings, they are also classed the same way as a person with blue blood or regular (e.g. rich vs. poor, old vs. new, etc.)

5. Different Fairies do different jobs. The author of Peter Pan often said that there are many different fairies and they have different skills that are meant for their specific task to take care of the lands in which they live in. Some of these fairies, like the spunky Tinkerbell often make utensils and inventions for helping other fairies do their work much more efficiently. Some fairies work with animals and others work with light. The point is that each fairy plays a part in the fairy community.

 Fairies are the types of creatures who are created for the purpose of helping nature along during the seasons. Whatever the reasons and whatever the part a fairy plays in life, they still play a part in ours. I, for one, will always believe in fairies.

Are Dragons Really Stupid?

 Dragons have an immortality streak being part of our lives since the beginnings of the Disney Renaissance. The movie Sleeping Beauty (1959), stories such as Through the Looking Glass (1871), Voyage of the Dawn Treader (1952), and Harry Potter (1997-2007). But while dragons have been epitomized by the Western Culture as a source of evil, the Asian cultures have seen the dragon as an animal fit for the kings of China and a source of the king's power.

 Dragons have had a lot to say and ways in which we deal with our views of dragons. But as I continue the monster movie blogs, these Dragons are a different batch of knowledge.

1. Dragons are not evil, they're just plain cute. While attempting to quote the famous line from Finding Nemo (2003), there are a lot of things we don't know about dragons. We see them as something to kill and mount on the wall of heads from previous hunts, but what about the latest series of movies starring a cute black dragon named Toothless? Yes, I'm talking about How To Train Your Dragon (2010). The movie is all about those dragons which torment the village and steal their sheep and fish, because they are under the control of a larger dragon which needs this because it is vain and requires a number of things from the dragons it sends out on missions. While this can be true in some cases, most dragons who are not under control of a much larger one have the capability to do good.

 2. Dragons like shiny things. This goes back to the point I was making earlier about vain dragons. In the previous movie following The Hobbit series, there is a dragon named Smaug and he is so enchanted by gold, that he scares the dwarves from their home so that he has all the gold to himself. Sometimes this is the issue regarding dragons, they are like cats and enjoy these shiny objects (e.g. gold, jewels, etc.) that they like to live on or in the mounts of gold as a form of protection for their loot. Many people choose to use dragons as their guard dog because they are the most notorious monster and could scare away any thief with a breath of fire.

3. Dragons are very exquisite to study. For those who do not understand this concept, there was a series of books that talked about different subjects. One was known as Dragonology: The Complete Study of Dragons (2003) by a man called Dr. Earnest Drake. This is one of the many series of books that provide children with knowledge on Dragons, mummies, vampires and the like. In this book he talks about the way in which the dragons can breath fire, their language, and the way in which these dragons are perceived throughout the world. He talks about the different dragons and their classes as winged or non-winged. If you are interested in looking at this type of information, check it out in an Amazon preview. Just don't buy it because it is a children's book after all.

4. Dragons are intelligent creatures. According to the Video clip I have posted above, Yosemite Sam is angry at his dragon due to the fact that the dragon sneezes fire half the time and it is quite stupid. However, in the movies of Dragonheart (1996) with Sean Connery being the voice of Draco the Dragon and Dennis Quaid playing a knight of an old order, the duo encounter some problems along the way like the son of a king was dying as he was given a piece of the dragons heart to live on after his father died. However not much credit is given to dragons for being smart but they should be, when they do not want to cause trouble to humans, they find their own sources of food or steal from the humans whenever the food is scarce.

 Whatever your reasons or what you think of dragons, these creatures have always influenced our lives. We may not think these monsters have the same influence as vampires of werewolves, but they are up there. If you don't agree with the reasons feel free to comment on the blog post.

A Witchy Halloween

 "Double, double toil and trouble;
    Fire burn, and caldron bubble."-Macbeth, Shakespeare

 

 It is no easy task being covered in cobwebs, warts on the nose, and the occasional cackle and broom. Witches have been apart of our daily lives since the dawn of Halloween. From witch hunts and accusations of heresy, to the Hollywood screen chasing a girl in ruby slippers. But thanks to some account, witches are second in most recognizable Halloween costumes and characters in movies today. Even Monty Python had a memorable time with these twitchy witchy women.

 

 But what makes these Halloween characters a cultural impact? Well as part of the monster movie blogs for the month of October, I have decided to look at some of the reasons why witches have impacted us in our own culture and why these are the most common evil characters in most movies and shows today.

 

1. Beautiful women have witchy intentions. Like those witches on Charmed, the three sisters of the Halliwell family are those memorable quirky women who try and act as normal as possible by also protecting the species of human and mythical creatures alike. The most notable Halliwell sister would be Phoebe Halliwell. She may not be seen as a witch because of her beauty, but she is pure magic.

2. Witchiness always works with brilliance. While no one may catch the hidden meaning, the biggest influence of witches would be none other than that adorable intelligent little girl, Hermione Granger. Although she was played by Emma Watson, we saw this twelve year-old girl grow up into a woman of pure beauty and brains. She may not be a witch in real life, despite earning the title of Goodwill Ambassador after she graduated from Brown College with a degree in English, she has always influenced young girls to put their best foot forward and do not be afraid of what true intelligence might take you.

3. A Flying Witch is a Drugged Witch. Although witches are seen flying through the air on a broomstick with a cat on the end like in Kiki's Delivery Service, this didn't really happen because the truth behind that magic is the use of deadly nightshade (Bella Donna) on the ends of those...uh, well you get the point. So while the poison from the powered nightshade is deadly to the body, you might want to look at the overall influence of this deadly trip on powered nightshade had on the way we look at these witches.



4. Witches provide the adequate female with inner power. The imagery of a witch as a beautiful women and the ability to use magic to allow people to succumb to their will is perhaps one of the big reasons why so many women who choose to look for female empowerment from the inside out, see the power of a witch and her magic as a symbol of their hope towards achieving their own self-confidence within themselves. Witches may not have the scary impact like most Halloween creatures, but they pack one hell of a powerful punch to boosting the self-confidence in most women.

 

Witches may not be truly scary when you get to know them, but like most creatures, they are influential because the tale doesn't end and never dies with time. Witches rule!









I Am The Monster, Oh How I Love You Frankie

 “I ought to be thy Adam, but I am rather the fallen angel...” 

― Mary Shelley, Frankenstein

 

We all know that the monster of Victor von Frankenstein can be truly horrific to think about. When the novel was written by Mary Shelley, the novel was supposed to be part of the Romantic genre but luckily it ended up in the genre of Gothic fiction, where the love interest is matched over a pair of gloomy aspects. In this blog we will discuss how we picture the monster of Frankenstein as more than just some bits and pieces of human corpses.

1. The Monster was made for comic relief. In Mel Brook's movie, Young Frankenstein (1977), Gene Wilder's character makes a monster based on the written works of his cuckoo grandfather, the Baron von Frankenstein. But Gene's character uses it to his advantage were we see the monster being used to explain the notion that the brain is still capable of performing normal functions once it has been reanimated and brought back to life.

2. The notion of reanimation has been part of scientific experimentation since the testing of reanimating a worm in a glass jar. In the movie, a medical student asks Gene's character if it is possible to reanimate dead tissue or anything dead in that particular way. Well the grandfather of Charles Darwin did just that. Also the notion of reanimation was also studied in the experiment of keeping the head of a dog alive for three days. Some of these do make you want to go to the bathroom and crawl around the toilet for a while, but this has been important to science because so many people are interested in keeping humans alive for longer or learning how to stop death in its tracks.

3. There can never be a Boris Karloff replacement. Boris Karloff was an actor in the 20th century (1901-2000). He was known for his famous roles as the monster in the 1931 film of Frankenstein and the 1932 movie The Mummy which was re-adapted and the role of Imhotep went to a different actor. Boris Karloff is known in the Hollywood business as the man who earned his own star in the Hollywood Walk of Fame for being one of the most incredible actors of the time.

While there isn't much ado about Frankenstein and his monster, there are some usages where the monster is the friendly neighbor next door. So next time you want to Put on the Ritz, go ask Frankie for his amazing monster help.

Being Hungry Like The Wolf Is Hard To Do

 Okay, so I made a blog about vampires and the way they are presented in the movies. But what about werewolves? I mean come on, are they meant for comedy relief or are they meant for sexual allusions?

 I thought that October, or the season of Fall would in fact spark some creativity and surprisingly it is! So I have created another reasoning as to why our view of werewolves might have gone down the drain, if the fur clog fits that is.

1. Werewolves are technically considered hairy and rabid. If you have ever seen some adaptations of these movies, you know what I am talking about. Perhaps these would jog your memory: Blood & Chocolate (2007), Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004), and Red Riding Hood (2011). They're always meant to be that one quality we all like in a man.

2. Shape shifting would be considered a man's period. Like most teenage movies where the boy is a werewolf, he is most likely unable to have a normal relationship with a girl because he is so afraid that she might be scared of him if she finds out he's furry once a month. Don't believe me? Think of all the movies about werewolves and the TV adaptations of using werewolves where the boy is turning into a wolf and he cannot even have a proper life because of his condition.

3. Werewolves are another allusion to horny men. The song Hungry Like The Wolf by Duran Duran would be some way of explaining why men get to...urge-like. But from the youngest age a girl could ever be, she learns the whole farm of what men really are and no I will not mention these because I am seriously trying to keep a PG/PG-13 rating.

4. Werewolf Syndrome actually exist. For those who don't know what Werewolf Syndrome is, it is a condition where all of the hair on the body grows all over the person. It is a rare genetic mutation, often located by people who live in countries that do not have an adequate system of government let alone health care for the people within that particular country. Where you can find some of these people who have this rare condition are often featured in freak shows for the amusement of normal people.

5. There are a growing number of novels where the wolfman is portrayed as a sexy heroine. Basically women have gone from being sucked dry of pleasure to the furry adequate of a sex pillow. Some novels who use people who are werewolves are often portrayed as these muscular men, often shirtless, often furry once a month. You might notice that a recent amount of young adult fiction is now using the werewolf as a more sexier person than it's vampire counterpart. Once In A Full Moon (2010) and Anita Blake series (1993-)are just some of the novels that include the notion of sexy werewolves.

 No matter how you look at monsters, the times are changing. It's no longer fear of these monsters, which was how they were originally represented, now its all about those muscles, deadly gaze that is often sexual and inciting, and of course the usual transformation from man to beast in the most spontaneous and beautiful ways possible for so many people to get a bite out of those amazing stories we know and love today.

October, The Month of Movies and Our Darkest Fantasies

  As they move throughout the night, searching to quench their thirst for lust and for blood, it is no wonder why the movie culture is so engrossed with the undead beauty of vampires.

 Because it is October, the basic beginning of movie nights from Friday to Sunday featuring all the classic characters: Wolf-man, Frankenstein's Monster, and the all-time horror cult classic, big-daddy Dracula. I decided to come up with the blog idea of following the Halloween and Autumn movie sub-culture and their portrayals of these magnificent monsters.

 Why would you make a blog about horror movies, not to mention movies about Vampires, animated corpses, and the allusion of horny men who turn into wolves at the turn of the moon? Well my compadres, I thought that if the movies can portray our fantasies and our own ideas of the world around and within us, I might as well do blogs throughout the month of October on something we all know in common.

 In the case of those beautiful creatures known as vampires, here are some of the reasons why the movie medium can impact our viewpoint on these dangerous beauties:

1. Vampires are pale and deadly. When it comes to Anne Rice's vampires, Nosferatu of the twenties, and the newly adapted vampire versions of Bennett and Darcy, we can all see that these creatures have a Poison Ivy side to them. All of them are deadly, all of them are beautiful, and all of them are dead.

2. Vampires have been used in more than just movies. If you think about it, our whole culture has been obsessed with Vampires. Some songs that include this topic can be If I Was Your Vampire (Manson, 2007), Vampyre Girl (The Awakening, 2013), and Vampires Will Never Hurt You (My Chemical Romance, 2007). But obviously there are more than just those songs that talk about Vampires. Sometimes the mention of these creatures could also be hidden within the songs meaning. You could make a song about drugs, but perhaps the one drug is in fact vampirism.

3. Vampirism is an actual psychological problem. The term Vampire means undead in current dictionaries, but Vampirism was an actual psychological problem where the person believes he is a vampire and personifies all the sexual and physical energy from being one. Of course no one has really heard of this disease unless they learn about a novel titled Psychopathia Sexualis, which was created by Richard von Krafft-Ebing, a German Psychologists who was studying sexual behaviors in the 19th century. So in the case of sexual vampirism, it means you enjoy anything sexual with vampiric twists. But the psychical adaptation of this behavior could be when the person acts and dresses like one.

4. The perfection of beauty has been modeled after vampires. The term "perfect" when applied to a man or a woman is usually how we describe our ideal candidate for mating or for any purpose in life. But as the case goes with vampires, they are considered perfect because they have not suffered any flaws to their bodies after they became blood-thirsty savages.

5. Vampires are current book topics for fictional writers. If you looked at most of the books advertised throughout the autumn season, you might notice that almost all novels are vampire fiction. This is because they are easy to adapt and transform to the writer's subconscious. Some of these adaptations might include Twilight, Evernight, The Vampire Chronicles, and Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter to name a few. But there are some that use vampires for the comical Romeo and Juliet versions for many young adult fiction. The importance of this type of horror creature being so applicable to a writer is that the only part you have to get down is just the fangs, blood-lust, and beauty where everything else is optional.

 Movies might have changed the way we look at our monsters, but the necessary function of these monsters are some of the reasons why there are so many adaptations and flexibility of the phrase that the genre doesn't have to change as long as the person who is in charge of their use in culture through our notion of movies chooses to.