tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7268985416439660021.post3156722129356515161..comments2023-07-18T03:44:33.021-07:00Comments on The Bit Maelstrom: Christmas Sap-lingsblakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05430444326700437630noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7268985416439660021.post-61405422731423516872008-12-24T11:22:00.000-08:002008-12-24T11:22:00.000-08:00Merry Christmas to you!Merry Christmas to you!blakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05430444326700437630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7268985416439660021.post-40157734467400042002008-12-24T05:57:00.000-08:002008-12-24T05:57:00.000-08:00Merry Christmas, blake!Merry Christmas, blake!Darcyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05642443487136176511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7268985416439660021.post-82746484147416889302008-12-23T21:26:00.000-08:002008-12-23T21:26:00.000-08:00Yeah, I think it misses that George's problem wasn...Yeah, I think it misses that George's problem wasn't that he had given up his dreams. After all, that's pretty mundane. Most of us do to some degree or another.<BR/><BR/>It's that despite doing the right thing all his life, he didn't realize what he had given those dreams up for.<BR/><BR/>In essence, today, we look at that story and say, meh, why bother?blakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05430444326700437630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7268985416439660021.post-37562431613533910062008-12-23T13:13:00.000-08:002008-12-23T13:13:00.000-08:00Well, that last paragraph sounds like I'm adding s...Well, that last paragraph sounds like I'm adding some new insight, when I meant it to sound like I was agreeing with another of your refutations of that article.<BR/><BR/>And I'm not feeling the usual festivity, either. I'm not down or anything, just not looking at Christmas or New Year's Eve with any special anticipation.Darcyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05642443487136176511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7268985416439660021.post-23974785551552880092008-12-23T07:30:00.000-08:002008-12-23T07:30:00.000-08:00Oh, good call about the underlying primal clashes....Oh, good call about the underlying primal clashes.<BR/><BR/>And I also love how the Bedford Falls-type deep community roots and traditions often prove to be the winning, lasting formula.Darcyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05642443487136176511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7268985416439660021.post-66782765951727239372008-12-23T02:25:00.000-08:002008-12-23T02:25:00.000-08:00Thanks, Darcy!Yes, it's actually under-rated as a ...Thanks, Darcy!<BR/><BR/>Yes, it's actually under-rated as a love story. His attraction to her is enough to shake his ideas about what he wants. And in the end, it's not the town going to hell or his children not-existing, it's the thought of her being alone and not loving him that pushes him over the edge.<BR/><BR/>And really, there's something primal about the whole thing: Man wants to explore and have adventures, and Woman seduces him into creating the future instead.<BR/><BR/>Something else missed in that analysis: George has the idea that his life hasn't amounted to anything because it hasn't worked out the way he planned. His epiphany is that he has had not just a wonderful life, but a really <I>big</I> life without ever leaving.<BR/><BR/>Plus, I always sort of figured that after the movie, he got to do some traveling. Heh.blakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05430444326700437630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7268985416439660021.post-37365827356940532712008-12-22T20:00:00.000-08:002008-12-22T20:00:00.000-08:00blake, this was well done!George treated Mary "cru...blake, this was well done!<BR/><BR/>George treated Mary "cruelly"? No, no, no...you got it exactly right.<BR/>I actually love that part of the movie. When love overcomes him, and he's shaken by it.Darcyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05642443487136176511noreply@blogger.com