tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541500.post6068117437398289774..comments2024-03-29T11:29:58.276+09:00Comments on BigHominid's Hairy Chasms: "Wreck-It Ralph": reviewKevin Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01328790917314282058noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541500.post-25616096914811354662014-06-24T03:16:46.598+09:002014-06-24T03:16:46.598+09:00Chip,
Yeah, that was definitely a Who's Who o...Chip,<br /><br />Yeah, that was definitely a Who's Who of video-game cameos. I wonder if the sequel will feature games like Space Invaders, Gorf, Galaga, and Defender (more aliens for Sergeant Calhoun to face). Wikipedia relays some scuttlebutt that Mario <i>will</i> appear in the sequel. I was never a big Mario player (except maybe for Donkey Kong), so this isn't exciting news. Might be interesting to see some of the old vector-graphics environments revisited, too, such as with Asteroids and Battlezone.<br /><br />Charles,<br /><br />I realize the "monomyth" predates Campbell, but isn't he famous for having laid out the monomyth more explicitly than anyone before him had?<br /><br />While I'm at it: I know you've said before that Campbell's paradigm is no longer taken seriously. What's come to replace it? It obviously still has deep roots in pop culture; most of the public (myself included) is unaware of how the scholarship on the subject of heroic stories has evolved. Where has it evolved <i>to?</i>Kevin Kimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01328790917314282058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541500.post-66259272039791206982014-06-23T10:40:37.941+09:002014-06-23T10:40:37.941+09:00*sigh*
I really wish critics would stop referring...*sigh*<br /><br />I <i>really</i> wish critics would stop referring to it as "Joseph Campbell's" Hero's Journey. Campbell may have popularized it to the general public, but he most certainly did not come up with it, and doesn't deserve to have it named after him. (This is from the review you linked to in the addendum, by the way.)<br /><br />Anyway, I remember seeing this on a plane heading to somewhere, and I enjoyed it. Didn't make the dharma connection, but I rarely think too deeply about stuff on planes.Charleshttp://www.liminality.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541500.post-39757345952255343452014-06-23T05:46:14.102+09:002014-06-23T05:46:14.102+09:00Good review. I don't know if the filmmaker...Good review. I don't know if the filmmaker's had religion in mind when they did it, but they definitely had a love for the last couple decades of video games. I loved this movie. It was very entertaining.Chip Laryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00787403805554027107noreply@blogger.com