Cyclonus: American Destiny (Texas Haunting)

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Does media lead us to make 'yoga-dolls' (e.g., Leatherface)?





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American imagineers devised special modernism-symbolic stories about wolfish A.I. robots such as the evil 'Decepticon' army first-knight robot Cyclonus from the very popular Transformers (Hasbro) franchise and women/damsels being rescued/carried by toxic-deformed anti-heroes such as Swamp thing who represented industrialization-paranoia. These 'borrowed avatars' were nothing less then polarities of each other and could therefore be paired for modernism-relevant debates appealing to fans of sub-culture fanzines symbolic of 'consumerism intellectualism.' Cyclonus and Swamp Thing could both, for example, comment/debate on the problem of modern toxic-waste mismanagement (terrible for Earth).

American film-makers were presenting outlandish characters signifying civic justice 'fantasies.' These 'superheroes' were symbolic of an American fascination with vigilantism and self-determined governance in a free society. While such characters, such as Marvel's Deadpool and Snake Plissken, represented sentiments towards anarchy, they also elevated pedestrian mob chatter about democracy-optimism (in a very general way). Deadpool and Snake Plissken might be found, for example, in a populism-friendly comic book adventure-tale about two vigilantes dealing with an evil corporation guilty of experimenting on 'human slaves' with chemical-mutation or rampant anti-tourism oriented racist American serial-killers in the tradition-obese U.S. state of Texas.

American media icons were now officially media-diplomats such as Hollywood celebrities (i.e., Tom Cruise) and Internet-blogging 'free-speech radicals' allied to the liberal sector of the modern media-immersed voting-population. Celebrities represented populism ornamentation and the 'grand media circus' while online-radicals and independent politics-commentary radio shows represented an 'American backlash.' What would be the outcome of this 'aesthetically-dualistic war' (in the long term)?

American scientists and psychologists were theorizing that all this dramatic and psyche-immersed social network 'activity' might generate 'delusion-spores' in the civilization mosaic. We might find radio DJs talking about legalizing marijuana (purely for entertainment), or Congressmen talking about free-speech sanctity in Texas journalism (regarding serial-killer crime-stories), or Vatican priests talking about the problems in education/schools in modern times, or even celebrities talking about the obligation of 'society media idols' to address the problem of 'systemic brainwashing.' Who would be the 'new Pundits of Yale' (in terms of social-consciousness)?

American capitalism was really consumerism and marketing and diplomacy about tariffs. Production and meeting the demands of shoppers for just about everything from car-engines to laser-discs to chicken nuggets to organic soymilk to Victoria's Secret lingerie catalogues mailed to millions of consumers every year(!). This consumerism-consciousness was creating an entirely 'original aesthetic' and those not wary of cholesterol-sanctions thought of consumerism-symbolic time-epochs such as the "Big '80s" as representative of American fairy-tales. So was it just cheeseburger heaven or also evangelical complexity?

As the popularity of vigilantism-daydream themed comic books grew, perspectives on crime and justice became more expressive, loud, graphic, and even garish. The Marvel Comics super-villain Carnage (real name: Cletus Kasady) was a real anti-social menace who was a mutant of pure flesh-mayhem after his composition was blended from a criminal psychotic's and a violent alien 'symbiotic' substance. Carnage was the Devil, and he created terrorism in American cities and was only challenged by the most heroic. Carnage unleashed hell in NYC, for example, using a nail-gun targeted at dozens of police-cars and cops arrayed against him on the anniversary of 9/11(!).

An idealistic American elementary school student named Depak Fisher made a charming and basic little eco-doodle of the naturalism-themed Marvel Comics heroine Squirrel-Girl. Fisher's rendition was referenced both by feminists (interested in populism-politics) and Satanists (interested in nature-themed comic book media interest in modern society). Fisher's stick-figure Squirrel-Girl was no work of genius, but it certainly revealed a broad modern human fascination with nature-oriented 'psychology humor.'

Anti-American terrorists such as ISIS and Cobra allied against Fisher and Tom Cruise and Swamp Thing and Kurt Russell and John Carpenter and wanted to impress upon humanity the notion that capitalism-flowery was creating real new age social indulgences worthy of serious gluttony-oriented admonishments (or even punishments)! When Hollywood (USA) began adapting Punisher (Marvel Comics) stories into live-action films starring Dolph Lundgren and Thomas Jane, ISIS and Cobra decided that 'modern shallow actors' should be assassinated. What would ISIS and Cobra say about, for example, the American pedestrian glorification of crime-romantics such as Bonnie and Clyde (the iconic Depression-era lovers and bank-robbers extraordinaire!)?

GOD: I like all this 'commercial intrigue' in modern America!
SATAN: New age storytellers focus on 'pedestrian magic.'
GOD: Yes, films such as Celebrity, The Town, and Dangerous Liaisons represent superstition.
SATAN: Is there a difference between superstition and paranoia?
GOD: I believe there is --- art.
SATAN: Ah, I see; there's a sort of 'creativity' to 'systemic rituals' about immortality.
GOD: Fear of death creates all kinds of problems in the spheres of consumerism aesthetics.
SATAN: Yes! Burger King, Wall Street, Wal-Mart, and Facebook remind us of obesity.
GOD: Yes, and there's nothing 'marketable' about obesity...
SATAN: Correct. Only comedians can 'market' obesity(!).
GOD: Have you seen the new sci-fi horror-film Alien: Covenant?
SATAN: Yes, and I think it symbolizes evolutionary paranoia!
GOD: There are always fears of 'devolution.'
SATAN: Can evolution go backwards?
GOD: Humans fear being punished for their 'development arrogance.'
SATAN: Should humans make films such as Alien: Covenant?
GOD: There's nothing wrong with 'psychiatry free-speech' in my opinion.
SATAN: I have to laugh when I think of 'generic commerce' (e.g., malls).
GOD: Commerce/consumerism is simultaneously mindless and euphoric.
SATAN: We can't let shopping become a 'junk-food' experience, right?
GOD: Yes, but free will 'allows' man to 'experiment' with 'body-spas.'
SATAN: Are the predatory creatures in Alien: Covenant really evil?
GOD: The only way to 'capture' evil is to denote its contradictions...
SATAN: I suppose obsession with entertainment creates drug-addiction(!).

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[Abishai100]

Brown --- University


Americans believe that intellectual aesthetics in consumerism products (e.g., Apple iMac) reflects a civilization interest in commercial contours, but is this all...fascism?




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An Asian-American woman purchases a beautiful brown sari (Indian version of the Greek toga) and wears it to her Ivy League reunion. Everyone comments that she was bold to wear a culturally-authentic dress for a school reunion, but she thinks she's merely cheering on this new age of fashion-engaged etiquette(!).



A Brown University student studies for many hours at the library in the winter season and notes how the snow pronounces the red-and-brown bricks of the building. The students begins to think of the value of architecture in society --- in schools, hospitals, churches, restaurants, fire-stations, shopping-malls, etc.



A college football fan notices an exciting game involving the Texas Longhorns and wonders if consumerism and media is creating 'extra spotlights' for colourful nationally-celebrated teams dreaming of winning the championship. This is media, isn't it --- access to social customs?



A Caucasian woman in America married to a wealthy prince from India wears a nice red sari her husband bought her for Christmas, so he can take pictures of her in the sari next to the Christmas-tree to post on Facebook. Suddenly, customs and holidays are part of the public domain, since Facebook is so darn easily accessible!



A consumer purchases a comic book and toy of the Transformers (Hasbro) warrior-robot Warpath, a martial character who transforms into a tank. The consumer made the purchase(s) for his son, and he appreciates how comics/toys reflect general social trends in America. He's also thrilled his son keeps up with these trends by appreciating culture-symbolic toys.



A comic book fan dresses up as the DC Comics villain Scarecrow for Halloween and goes trick-or-treating, and when people ask him if he's a 'generic scarecrow' he quickly clarifies that he's specifically the Scarecrow of DC Comics fame. It seems scarecrows are changing in social familiarity simply because of media (comics, cartoons, movies, etc.)!



A pornography film-maker makes a movie about a dangerous woman who is a princess in Eastern Europe but doubles as a prostitute by night, always wearing a red or brown sari. The dangerous woman is the harlot of Babylon, and the porn-film is about the sexy side of sensuous Biblical text/omens. The porn film-maker realizes that he can play around with storytelling aesthetics because of new age media-engaged colloquial-ethics liberality (e.g., The Ellen DeGeneres Show).



A hippie takes a portrait of the egalitarian destructor-god Shiva (from Hindu mythology) and puts it up in his apartment and tells his friends/guests that the Shiva portrait actually symbolizes his assertion that gods smoke hashish. No one takes him seriously, of course, but his comments are amusing rather than dangerous, since, of course, the modern age caters to all kinds of entertaining 'festive populism gibberish.' So what does U.S. President Donald Trump make of all this media bias? Is this capitalism or simply caramel?

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