Subj : Evilspeak (1981)
To   : Arelor
From : Ogg
Date : Mon Jan 24 2022 13:13:00

Hello Arelor!

** On Monday 24.01.22 - 05:40, Arelor wrote to All:

 A> When, as everybody knew was going to happen, our nerd
 A> ucalls upon the powers of Hell, the ground cracks and
 A> people is torn to pieces by the powers of darkness, you
 A> realize that nobody dies who doesn t deserve it.

Sounds like Carrie.


 A> ..our nerd interacts with the powers of Hell through a
 A> computer which uses very lame UI effects [...] And it could
 A> have worked if he had know the difference between a
 A> computer and a microwave, I guess.

LOL.

 A> ..Evilspeak is very clear about the fact the Dark Lord
 A> thrives with blood sacrifices, that his is a corrupt source
 A> of power... but when you analyze the facts, he is a distant
 A> lord who protects his loyalists. When you are about to be
 A> raped by a pedophile, Satan shows up and trashes the
 A> sucker. When somebody steals from you, Satan shows up and
 A> rip the sucker s guts. All he wants is for you to sacrifice
 A> somebody every now and then, which is not a moral problem,
 A> because the sacrificial victim surely deserved to die
 A> anyway.

Ah.. but Fngna qvqa'g pner nobhg gur chccl.  :(


 A> ..Heck, with all his hellfire and hellspawned beasts and
 A> black power, you can tell Satan did no evil in comparison
 A> with the bullies.

Ultimately it is the destruction of all human life is what  
Satan pursues.  The delusion is that the Prince of Darkness is  
helping you.  Ultimately, the initial, is doomed to be  
extricated from life as well.


 A> And that is part of what makes this movie interesting. They
 A> made it so the equivalent of high school bullies seem more
 A> evil and disgusting than the fucking Prince of Darkness, to
 A> the point you are siding with a nerd consumed by hatred who
 A> draws upon the powers of Hell.

Nothing original or surprising about that. Sounds like a  
standard approach to movies like this.

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