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Sometimes, intentionally or unintentionally, there is a real banger of a moment that has a nugget of real esoteric truth, or at least something that resonates in a potent way. Even though a lot of media is trash, there's still a diamond, here and there, made by real artists. I personally have a few of these and I'm really curious to see if any of you have any similar ones. Naturally, there will be spoilers.
(Addendum: Because of the policy of this site, I can have no more than 2 pieces of media in this message, so they'll be url's...)
Mad God: The Assassin Descends
This scene is a lovely symbolic journey through history, from the beginning to... our current skyscraper era. Honestly this whole film is a disgusting, disorienting, and magical journey in search of God.
House of the Dragon: "It's all a story. And you're but one part in it."
Within the context of a show, I found this particularly impactful. Lots of writers - most potently Alan Moore - equate our experience of reality to pages in a book. Can you really argue that your life is a story, within the grander story of the cosmos?
Mortal Kombat 1: "In my new era, all beings will have the opportunity to find peace. Whether or not they do, will be their responsibility, for my power only permits me to begin this endeavor. It is the duty of mortals to finish it."
This one is soaked in so much irony. I haven't played a mortal kombat game in ages and got this one - 1 - on sale. It ran like shit, my PC can't handle it and refunded it, but opening the game up to see this POV of a godly being's experience was well worth the effort. It's funny that a game about goring your enemies has such a lofty moral at the start, but you could argue our world is a pit of violence and competition that we ourselves sacrifice peace for to participate in.
The Holy Mountain: I'm cheating with this one, it's too good.
I wasn't able to find any exact clips I had in mind for this film, and honestly I believe this is a must for everyone on this forum. While I don't enjoy the manipulative background music to this video essay, it's short sweet and to the point, full of impactful clips & lines from the film.
When Black Birds Fly: From the House to the Infinite
By far one of Jimmy ScreamerClauz's least disturbing films. I'd put a clip from his short film Ascetic in here, but it's hard to find a good clips, the whole film is a good esoteric clip anyhow. The transition from the known to the unknown is never pleasant, people see that picture of the dude sticking his head out of reality and think it's nice, but this film captures to a degree how jarring the abandoning of the old could be.
Westworld: "You have no control, and yet, you're so assured that you do. It's not scripted for you, it's genuine..."
If a demon or God came down into our world, I think it would be similar to this, don't you? Or at least... a Black Magician. How do you know where you stand, in the great hierarchy of the cosmos? I wanted to get the Deep Peace monologue from this show but couldn't find it, so I'm settling with this.
The Big Lez Show: "It's inside our head, mate."
The show creator has claimed to have done enough drugs to have a life-altering kundalini awakening and has dedicated a lot of time into the Big Lez show and the Sassy the Sasquatch show to try and get that across. The revelation of an MS Paint show realizing it's in MS Paint sounds pretty similar to self realization, in my humble opinion.
Anyway that's all I can think of this morning. Please, share any clips that you've got in mind and give your thoughts on it. Cheers.
(Addendum: Because of the policy of this site, I can have no more than 2 pieces of media in this message, so they'll be url's...)
Mad God: The Assassin Descends
House of the Dragon: "It's all a story. And you're but one part in it."
Mortal Kombat 1: "In my new era, all beings will have the opportunity to find peace. Whether or not they do, will be their responsibility, for my power only permits me to begin this endeavor. It is the duty of mortals to finish it."
This one is soaked in so much irony. I haven't played a mortal kombat game in ages and got this one - 1 - on sale. It ran like shit, my PC can't handle it and refunded it, but opening the game up to see this POV of a godly being's experience was well worth the effort. It's funny that a game about goring your enemies has such a lofty moral at the start, but you could argue our world is a pit of violence and competition that we ourselves sacrifice peace for to participate in.
The Holy Mountain: I'm cheating with this one, it's too good.
I wasn't able to find any exact clips I had in mind for this film, and honestly I believe this is a must for everyone on this forum. While I don't enjoy the manipulative background music to this video essay, it's short sweet and to the point, full of impactful clips & lines from the film.
When Black Birds Fly: From the House to the Infinite
By far one of Jimmy ScreamerClauz's least disturbing films. I'd put a clip from his short film Ascetic in here, but it's hard to find a good clips, the whole film is a good esoteric clip anyhow. The transition from the known to the unknown is never pleasant, people see that picture of the dude sticking his head out of reality and think it's nice, but this film captures to a degree how jarring the abandoning of the old could be.
Westworld: "You have no control, and yet, you're so assured that you do. It's not scripted for you, it's genuine..."
If a demon or God came down into our world, I think it would be similar to this, don't you? Or at least... a Black Magician. How do you know where you stand, in the great hierarchy of the cosmos? I wanted to get the Deep Peace monologue from this show but couldn't find it, so I'm settling with this.
The Big Lez Show: "It's inside our head, mate."
The show creator has claimed to have done enough drugs to have a life-altering kundalini awakening and has dedicated a lot of time into the Big Lez show and the Sassy the Sasquatch show to try and get that across. The revelation of an MS Paint show realizing it's in MS Paint sounds pretty similar to self realization, in my humble opinion.
Anyway that's all I can think of this morning. Please, share any clips that you've got in mind and give your thoughts on it. Cheers.