"Looper" and the New Aeon Part 1: The Kid-Messiah

Like other Messiahs in history, Cid from "Looper" has an absent fatherIsis/Horus Mary/JesusI've been trying to "figure out" the movie "Looper" since I watched it two weeks ago. Even to discuss it would spoil some surprise elements of the film, because at some point it does a 180-degree turn and becomes a totally different movie than one would expect. So I leave that warning out there for those who haven't seen it but want to.Now then, "Looper" is...

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Aquaphobia: Apocalypse, or Age of Aquarius?

From "Evan Almighty" A widely passed-around New York Times article appropriately titled for 2012/apocalyptic flair, "Is This The End?", postulates that sometime in the future -- as close as 50 years from now -- all of New York City will sink into the water, a modern-day version of Atlantis. While couched in a plea for New York's government to recognize the seriousness of climate change, the piece evokes a larger, rather wistful eschatological...

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They Grow Up So Fast: Honey Boo Boo, Renesmee, And Other "Sacred Monsters"

    "Shirley Temple, The Youngest, Most Sacred Monster Of The Cinema In Her Time" by Salvador DaliWe've seen -- or heard -- of kids being sexualized in a whole bunch of "acceptable" ways as of late: The TV show "Toddlers and Tiaras":Accusations that "Modern Family" actress Ariel Winter's stage mom made "attempts to sexualize"  her 14-year-old daughter:15-year-old actress Chloe Moretz is repeatedly made up in movies to look...

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