tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52277623424618460922024-02-20T06:33:56.809+05:30The ObserverObservations about popular culture, common human behaviour among other things....Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10693691579132844018noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227762342461846092.post-63222144126944786142012-06-28T01:44:00.000+05:302012-06-28T01:47:10.848+05:30This Blog Has Been Shifted!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I have shifted my blog to Wordpress. Not that Blogger is bad, its just that the interface on Wordpress seems easier and more customizable than the one here. I personally feel that the blog even looks better now.<br />
Please do check it out- <b><a href="http://wp.me/2xOIZ">My New Blog</a></b><br />
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Signing out,<br />
Only to sign in elsewhere,<br />
<b><i>The Observer.</i></b></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10693691579132844018noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227762342461846092.post-52152424240208001552012-06-02T21:12:00.002+05:302012-06-02T21:20:48.254+05:30Mutants: Awesome or Stupid?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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This post is about a very popular comic series, which was later adapted to films, <i>The X-Men</i>.<br />
I am personally a big fan of X-Men and have always reserved a special spot for them in my mind, where reality and fantasy nearly merge. (Heavy stuff, huh?)<br />
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For years now, I have been a devout fan of the film series. (The comics aren't really available in India, so I didn't have the good fortune to delve into that universe)<br />
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One day, I was watching X-Men First Class again (For the third time), because I had nothing to do and I'm a creepy and geeky loner without a life.<br />
Just kidding. I'm not creepy.<br />
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Anyway, after watching it, something struck me. What is it that attracts me to this franchise so much? I mean, sure, I'd love to see almost any superhero movie, but there was always something special about the X-Men.<br />
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After some pondering on that topic, I reached a conclusion.<br />
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The reason for my fascination with X-Men is that it factors in the various political and ethical repercussions in store for a publicly accessible mutant community. It actually shows the mutants at a losing side, most of the time(Xavier's students anyway)...what with their being boycotted by both their enemies and by the very people they are trying to save. Still, I find their small personal victories, apart from the really large scale ones, as they are very close to real life. We don't go out to save a city from an alien invasion everyday, now do we? But we all have had the joy of conquering one of our own evils, the same thing is portrayed in the X-Men series, through their various students.<br />
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Plus, I find their powers awfully cool. My obvious favourite is Magneto, although he is a villain and Jean Grey has a lot more power, I just have a personal opinion that nobody can beat the characteristic suave charm of Magneto.<br />
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Also, the mutants are shown struggling to gain acceptance, instead of being hailed as heroes by the normal humans. If you give it some thought, you'll find that the mutant's struggle is more probable than their fame, if such a mutant community would exist. This attention to detail and realism really makes X-Men stand out as a comic series.
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Well, that's about it, I'm out of things to say.<br />
(I'm gonna say more stuff about this when they get another X-Men movie out....its not like they're paying me or anything, they should, but they aren't.)<br />
(They really should)<br />
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Now I'm going to ask you to do one <i>tiny </i>little favour, if you've managed to read this whole thing from bottom to top, why don't you please do the extra bit to comment on this post (By clicking on the dedicated button below) and tell me whether <i>you </i>like the X-Men and their concept or not. Negative and positive responses are both appreciated. If you comment, it will help me sleep better at night.<br />
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Signing out,<br />
<b><i>The Observer. </i></b><br />
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What is the importance of darkness?
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I believe that darkness is just as important as light. This is because the darkness is the ultimate opposing force to light. Darkness is what causes the need for illumination of objects, and that's the part where light does its job. If there were no darkness, then there would be no need to illuminate objects, there would be no need for a special kind of force to oppose and balance out darkness, and, in effect, there would be no light. So, in a way, light exists solely due to the presence of darkness.</div>
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A very shallow example being, good movies. How can one distinguish between movies and pick out a good movie if none of them are bad? Does not the word 'good' denote something that is not 'bad'? Hence, if any one of the two types of movies were to go out of existence, the other would follow suit, as it will not be able to be defined any more. Think about it, if there were no bad movies, then every movie would simply be called a 'movie' instead of a 'good movie'.</div>
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The same thing can be applied to describe the hardships in one's life. We all have ups and downs in our life, right? How would we signify the 'ups' if we had no 'downs'?</div>
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Contrast, who would have guessed it was so important?
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These findings, small as they may be, made me think about a lot of things in a different way. It actually made me a little more optimistic about certain things. (That's very unusual for me)</div>
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Also, these findings are not entirely to my credit. My mother told me something similar years ago. (Yup, that's right, from my mum)</div>
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And as usual, this post must be taken in from a strictly non-scientific and philosophical way. I'm way too lazy to look up and relate the scientific crap.</div>
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Obviously these so called 'findings' aren't anything great, but I believe they are something to ponder upon.</div>
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<b><i>Signing out,</i></b></div>
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No, this post isn't about math, not in the literal manner, anyway.<br />
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I have been, well, <i>observing</i>(Pun intended) my life and others as of late, and have come to a veritable conclusion.<br />
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Its about time, this time. (The pun wasn't intentional this time. Damn, there it is again.)<br />
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<a name='more'></a>In the whole span of our lives, things are only slipping away from us. Think about it for a moment. You were reading the first line of this post a few moments ago, and now you're here, and you can never go back to the moment when you first read that line. That's just the way time flows, isn't it? Fleeting.<br />
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Could you ever consider such a thing as <i>time </i>to ever be constant?<br />
Neither could I.<br />
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Until I had this epiphany, of course.<br />
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Everything in our life, keeps changing. Albeit the rates of change may vary vastly, but they do change nevertheless. That way, the only thing that never changes, is actually the flow of time. It was flowing then in the past, it is flowing right now as you read these words, and it will continue to flow long after. Some of you might disagree with this by stating the fact that time <i>itself</i> is<i> </i>the cause of the changes taking place in our life. I completely agree with that, but doesn't that just prove my point even more? I mean, think about it, time is the only constant entity constantly causing various changes. No matter what you or anyone else does, time shall always keep flowing in the same direction in which it has been flowing from the beginning, forward.<br />
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Now, to review this post from a scientific perspective would render my views to horse shit. That's why I must request you, the reader to reflect upon this from a philosophical standpoint, from which I wrote it in the first place.<br />
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Oh, and to all the time-travellers out there, the joke's on you, because us normal people have something constant in our lives to hold onto and rely on, you guys are just reckless bastards. (Damn, I hate time-travellers.)<br />
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Signing out,<br />
<b><i>The Observer.</i></b><br />
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This one is a reaction to the recent movies.<br />
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The individuality of the so called <i>superhero </i>genre has been severely compromised. The movies of late claim to be a science fiction thriller (or something similar), while ripping off the trademark characteristics of superhero movies.<br />
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I don't have a problem with this, as I myself am a big fan of this genre and have no problem whatsoever in watching a million different characters emitting energy balls or something.<br />
The problem is that, from the point of view of pure movie-making, these flicks are nothing but bullshit with icing on it. (with the icing being the visual effects)<br />
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Only one man has been able to revive the popular genre for the critics, and that man is, of course, <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0634240/" target="_blank">Christopher Nolan</a>.<br />
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I mean, look at the movie he made, <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0468569/" target="_blank">The Dark Knight</a>. Its more a piece of art than a movie really. Never have simple kid-friendly superhero flicks been so complex and full of real world ideals. Then again, I must limit my praises, for the aim of this post is not to show how awesome Nolan is. (Everybody knows that already....<a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1375666/" target="_blank">INCEPTION</a>, anyone?!)<br />
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While <a href="http://marvel.com/" target="_blank">Marvel</a> may be trying hard with its <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0371746/" target="_blank">Iron Man</a> franchise, I'm pretty sure the critics will still disagree to acknowledge the films as anything more than people-pleasers, or a more appropriate Indian term, a <i>masala</i> flick.<br />
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I'm just saying, this genre is only still in existence due to hardcore comic fanboys and of course, the kids.<br />
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In my opinion, the novelty value of superhero flicks can only be re-established after other comic book franchises revamp their movies Nolan style, in the realistic manner, the way the movies should have been.<br />
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Anyway, the <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1133985/" target="_blank">Green Lantern</a> was pretty awesome, right? NOT.<br />
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Signing Out,<br />
<b><i>The Observer</i></b></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10693691579132844018noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227762342461846092.post-56818293694993591102011-10-09T21:58:00.000+05:302011-12-29T20:49:28.219+05:30The Good and The Bad<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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This one is a conclusion drawn from a lot of observations.<br />
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I believe that no person is bad, or rather <i>evil </i>in actuality, it is only the means which they use to fulfil their goals that distinguishes them from the so called 'good' people. For instance, an office worker earns money by doing insanely monotonous paper work while a member of any crime syndicate kills people to earn the same buck, the goal being the same, the means to achieve it defines a person in our society. Although there are many alternative examples, the gist of it will still result to be the same, provided you can look at an act of killing like any other job (you're a part of society too, you know).<br />
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It is this very perspective with which the society has come to see the people that has influenced the actions and the how they are treated.<br />
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The <i>good </i>people of society are more than often simply polite or friendly and do actions that are generally acceptable by society. The so called <i>bad </i> people are called so mostly because of their rough exterior, rudeness or due to their actions which may be unacceptable by the society (I fall into this category).<br />
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I have come to understand that these mean nothing in the long run. All that politeness and good behaviour may seem nice on the outside but these are usually present in order for them to be accepted by the society. You see, these people are generally insecure about how the society might look at them and what they might say (yes, girls are more prone to this). The bad ones just don't care what the society thinks. I would prefer to be a bad guy rather than prance around asking everybody about their health when I have no interest in that.<br />
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Then again, some people really do have some noble intent for the actions they do, while I admire these people, I am all but certain that I can never be one of them.<br />
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Its really saddening how we are forced to change in order to be accepted by society and those who choose not to change are deemed to be of bad character. Although living the fearless life of the rule breakers is the one I would like to choose, I can't help but squirrel out and put on my false appearance to please everyone. However, it hasn't worked for me so far, most of the people I know hate me and get irritated just by the sight of me.<br />
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I try nevertheless, as, in order to climb up to the top of the ladder of success, we must follow the rules of society and there is no denying it.<br />
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Over the years our society has developed, trends have emerged and passed, people have been changed and reverted, ethics has been reformed countless times, all this tells us one simple thing.<br />
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The society is a bitch.<br />
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Signing out,<br />
<b>The Observer.</b></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10693691579132844018noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227762342461846092.post-90398054888139106772011-08-29T20:39:00.011+05:302011-12-29T20:49:58.518+05:30Just a Tune?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Which of the many popular songs do you remember from <i>last</i> year?</div>
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This is just a hypothesis but I'm sure it can be proved if tested enough times. According to me, the only songs we remember are those which can be related to a memory of something or someone. Now, that 'something' could just be the music video or a picture of the artist. Strangely enough though, some of these songs are related to something in our lives that is important to us or used to be of some importance to us, the songs could also be related to some special person in our lives. </div>
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The cause for this, I think, is the brain's way of categorizing the important bits of information from the less relevant data. This doesn't necessarily mean that the song is expelled from our memory, it means that those bits of information get stored into the deeper parts of our subconscious mind, which we can't access easily. It can be noticed though, that after hearing a few lines from a song you heard long ago, makes that song pop up in your head almost immediately. That is what might be called as the brain's 'recovery' of data from the 'archives' of the memory.</div>
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For example, I remember <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Jackson">Michael Jackson's</a> song, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXhy7ZsiR50">Billie Jean</a>, because of the fact that I danced on it during a school organised function and also because it is one of my favourite songs of MJ, and it always reminds me of him.</div>
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Also, it doesn't necessarily need to be a full song, even a simple tune could be embedded in your memory if it is related to something relevant enough.</div>
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For obvious reasons, the memory of the more recent songs can't be expected to follow the same pattern. Since the recent songs are talked about amongst friends, family,etc. and they also pop up on cable television and of course, the internet, these songs never really leave our immediate memory until some time has passed.</div>
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Speaking of songs, here is a <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_BI0szjpxJs">great one</a>!</div>
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Signing out,</div>
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(<i>Note for the dumb</i>: I was being <i>sarcastic</i> about the video)</div>
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A little heads up, this post might be a tad bit <i>controversial</i>.<br />
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What I want to talk about, in this post, is the existence of a supernatural force which seemingly controls all activities in the universe. In other words, God.<br />
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Many might call me an egoist for not believing in something superior but I have proper arguments to supplement my disbelief. The most simple one being, 'it has not been proved scientifically' and for the people of science, not proved is equal to not there.<br />
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Although I don't have a problem with people around me having faith in God, what irritates me are the stupid rituals which are expensive, damage the environment and of course, create a <i>lot </i>of noise. People say this brings people together, that being correct, it also blows my eardrums apart and gives me a headache the next day.<br />
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My belief is that the concept of God was devised by a long gone ancestor or a group of them, to give something to the common people to believe in. If they indeed did so, they had made a figure that would encourage people to do good deeds, make them scared of doing bad ones and most importantly, it would bring them together. This idea is ingenious, as no one can question the almighty for not helping an individual in need, if someone does, the simple answer would be that 'God is punishing you' or 'God has decided that this is what is best for you'. Also, if someone accomplishes something or achieves success in general, that individual will thank God and this will result in nothing but the increase of faith in God in the individual. </div>
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This was a great idea. (I'm not sure it was an 'idea' but if it was, it would have been awesome.) </div>
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What ruined it was the rituals, sacrifices and other questionable practices.</div>
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With this I conclude that, the concept of God may have been a good one but it has been long since it lost its simplicity. It has mutated into something less 'divine' as of today.</div>
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Do yourself a favour, give it some thought before accepting a religion.</div>
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</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10693691579132844018noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227762342461846092.post-45507731445087658552011-08-21T23:00:00.002+05:302011-12-29T20:52:16.186+05:30The 'Intrigue' Element<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Lets talk about the rising trend of story writing in Hollywood.<br />
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Have you ever noticed that the most popular movies or TV shows are the ones which have excessively mysterious plots? For instance, some TV shows like <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0411008/">LOST</a>, <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1119644/">FRINGE</a>, etc (Yes, I am a J.J. Abrams fan) and of course, <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1375666/">Inception</a> and also a lesser known film <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1060277/">Cloverfield</a>(See? I <i>am</i> a fan). </div>
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Why are they so <i>immensely</i> successful?<br />
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Well, my guess would be that the inadequate information provided by the plot allows and encourages us to fill in the blanks with our own imagination. This makes the plot a little different in each person's head which acts as a source of interest and also makes it potentially limitless(In terms of how the plot can unfold). The only bounds of the story would be the extent of imagination of an individual. </div>
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The beauty of it all is that you keep thinking about the same story for weeks in a row trying to make a suitable assumption so as to match the rest of the plot. So, not only does this strategy make the feature extremely interesting and entertaining to watch, it also keeps us hooked on the same for a long time after.</div>
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</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10693691579132844018noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227762342461846092.post-1812578302521629042011-08-21T01:29:00.001+05:302011-12-29T20:52:57.067+05:30A Brief Introduction<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span class="Apple-style-span">This will be my first blog.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span">This one will be just the brief introduction of what is to come your way in the days that pass.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span">Everyone of us has more than one side to us.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span">So, this shall be the nature of my blogs, short, somewhat to-the-point and most importantly, as irrelevant as cotton candy(I just came up with that).</span></div>
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