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Existentialism Gone Amok.
The drama portrays interesting apocalyptic scenarios, using philosophical undertones to convey its point.
We can see appropriate criticisms against the religious zealots and the tyrannical priest class abusing its authority to gain control over the mass, a retelling of Nietzsche's biting critique on religion. We also receive a neat existentialist prescription: Don't rely on man, rely on yourself and empirical data; face the helms of danger with courage; settle matters with your own choice and self-governance! Sounds great on paper. The issue?
None of the existentialist philosophers who encouraged us to exact our will encountered a supernatural floating head that damned people to Hell nor 3 bootleg grey Hulks eradicating people one by one! All of them presupposed that God did not exist, so the natural recourse is to take matters into our own hands. Although a slight distinction, that slight distinction makes for a understandable and reasonable argument into one that is completely untenable. In other words, the drama conveys the most radical idea: Even if God or supernatural beings exist, we ought to take matters into our own hands.
The antidote against an unstoppable supernatural force is cute, but flimsy. It is as if we encountered an encroaching catastrophic tsunami with nowhere to hide, and the writer confidently assures us we need to face it directly for it is our only option. Fueled by his inspiring words, we brace ourselves and await the tidal behemoth. Any sensible person running away from the crashing waves dies and perishes. However, we, until the brink of death, face forward and are rewarded as a portion of the tide splits and passes right by us. We remain undamaged for we did not despair! We have done it. Just as the writer said, we decided and accomplished our goal. The great irony? We relied on a divine force of the Writer to part the seas to save ourselves from this dilemma despite our proclamation to overcome the situation by ourselves.
Similarly, despite the cute prescription of the show, the characters rely on Deus ex machina to rescue them. The protagonists mindlessly retort their individualistic beliefs, yet escape their perilous circumstances with the writer's convenient interventions; a direct contradiction of the confused theme declared by the drama.
We can see appropriate criticisms against the religious zealots and the tyrannical priest class abusing its authority to gain control over the mass, a retelling of Nietzsche's biting critique on religion. We also receive a neat existentialist prescription: Don't rely on man, rely on yourself and empirical data; face the helms of danger with courage; settle matters with your own choice and self-governance! Sounds great on paper. The issue?
None of the existentialist philosophers who encouraged us to exact our will encountered a supernatural floating head that damned people to Hell nor 3 bootleg grey Hulks eradicating people one by one! All of them presupposed that God did not exist, so the natural recourse is to take matters into our own hands. Although a slight distinction, that slight distinction makes for a understandable and reasonable argument into one that is completely untenable. In other words, the drama conveys the most radical idea: Even if God or supernatural beings exist, we ought to take matters into our own hands.
The antidote against an unstoppable supernatural force is cute, but flimsy. It is as if we encountered an encroaching catastrophic tsunami with nowhere to hide, and the writer confidently assures us we need to face it directly for it is our only option. Fueled by his inspiring words, we brace ourselves and await the tidal behemoth. Any sensible person running away from the crashing waves dies and perishes. However, we, until the brink of death, face forward and are rewarded as a portion of the tide splits and passes right by us. We remain undamaged for we did not despair! We have done it. Just as the writer said, we decided and accomplished our goal. The great irony? We relied on a divine force of the Writer to part the seas to save ourselves from this dilemma despite our proclamation to overcome the situation by ourselves.
Similarly, despite the cute prescription of the show, the characters rely on Deus ex machina to rescue them. The protagonists mindlessly retort their individualistic beliefs, yet escape their perilous circumstances with the writer's convenient interventions; a direct contradiction of the confused theme declared by the drama.
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