I just got my rear end out of bed, hit my favorite chair and of course turned on the idiot box (that’s the television for you of milder dispositions). I know what I’m about to say may seem unrelated, but it’s not. I had left it tuned to HDnet channel last night. This morning they have on their movie preview show. And again there’s another UFO invasion movie coming out in March. Holy Cow! How many more of these things???? Last night I watched the second season premiere of “V”. I believe UFO stories/movies are only second to “superhero” movies. What does all this say about us as a people? Is the fact that we love superhero movies just a deep desire to be something more than plain? Or is it a deep psychological deficit, all of us feeling inadequate in a culture that prizes competition above all else? Win at all odds, or be just a nothing loser? Whew! Heavy pressure here in the land of Uncle Sam!
Yet we spend millions on fantasizing about either being a powerful super being, or else being shredded by an invading alien force. what the Hell? The archetypes are clearly defined by our subconscious in the wide open for everyone to see, but we are somehow too fearful to see them. But as John Mellencamp says, “Ain’t that America, home of the free!”. I’ll follow that line by saying, “No one wants to see!”.
In this case, what “we don’t want to see”, is that there are signs all around us, showing us that our world is changing.
Even though the residents of the Gulf are still suffering from the oil spill and will likely continue to feel it’s effects for years to come, the Media and thus the world is starting to lose interest. Maybe it’s time to do some reflecting and some rethinking concerning the seriousness of what we’ve seen, or what we yet may see!
