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The problem now though is that were stuck in a circle. We can't admit that the election might have been a fraud because it has already happened, but you can't fix something if you don't admit there was a problem in the first place.

I find the concept of a conspiracy a strange and interesting one. In a normal situation, if someone is charged of something like murder or pedophilia, then even if the accusation is wrong, the thought is still implanted into the peoples mind who heard the accusation, and the thought in their subconscious will still guide their actions.
Something changes those rules in situations where a conspiracy is involved though. Perhaps it’s the mere magnitude. Or maybe the involvement of an authority figure. Or the just world principle. Hmmm, DELIBERATION!!!

Anyone got any theories?

The winning song of the talent contest, "Give me the wand" was so catchy and had such energy I was actually curious to know who wrote it. Well, it's Guy Moon, and I am amazed this great songwriter writes for kid a show, he's another Barry Manilow as far as I'm concerned. Even the theme song of the show is pretty enjoyable to listen to. I find myself wondering does anyone else get into this kid show? I'm morphing emotionally backwards, is that a good thing? But I'm having so much fun watching I don't care. It's great to leave behind the jaded adult world for some laughs and optimism.

Course by the time Aeon Flux gets back I'll be dying for surrealistic creative stuff again. Either that or I'll be so dumbed down I won't get the plot. Thank god I have this forum to go to, er, in the rare instance that should happen. Lol.

Speaking of kids cartoons, does anyone here watch Drawn Together. A bunch of familiar kids cartoon character parodies are put in big brother reality tv show situation. There is much extremely crude humor - the show does just about anything for a laugh. Mostly I find it severely entertaining.

Man, if there ever came into being a TV channel that let shows like Drawn Together and Aqua Teen Hunger Force stand alongside shows like Aeon Flux and Paranoia Agent, delightfully stupid humor and beautifully-crafted fine art entertainment shown back-to-back . . . the sun would explode because a lineup like that is too awesome to exist.

Lately I've been watching alot of Kids in the Hall and Red Dwarf because they're both a pretty good combination of intelligent and stupid humour, and the best attributes of both.

Good to see you again, Sam. Good to see the forums up and running again, too, I waited forever.

Nah, bet it's just a coincidence. Of course it could be a [very] subtle homage, since I don't know if the Futurama people are fans, but it's such an obscure part of "Ether Drift Theory" that I doubt they'd make the association even if they did see the episode -- the only similarities I noticed were that both scenes had bees (or bee-like insects, can't remember what they were called in "Ether Drift Theory").

On a somewhat related note, Futurama's at its absolute best when it's making fun of Star Trek. They had a whole episode about it called "Where No Fan Has Gone Before", which I taped a couple of months ago because it's wall-to-wall comedy gold; the writers (like me) seem to have sort of a love/hate thing with Trek which really comes through in the humor. They really rip into the hokey plots and Shatner's acting (they also throw alot of shit at the obsessive fans, although I guess that's not technically an aspect of the show itself) but seem to enjoy bathing in nostalgia and realize that the intentions behind even the crappiest episodes were basically good, or at least heading in the right direction. That episode makes me laugh so hard my insides hurt.

Clip from "Where No Fan Has Gone Before"

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=aeon+flux&search=Search

Trying tio find somewhere to ask about this.
Is the blood splatter in Supernatural considered a thing?
Seems like the way it's done it might just be something that has become a recognised fan meme or whatever.
It seems like somebody is employed to throw a bucket of blood-looking semi-liquid on a surface in a very amateur way.
So I'm wondering if it is something that people picked up on at a certain stage and started incorporating into fan fiction or whatever meme like images were being circulated.
I don't know anybody else who watches the show and I'm jut starting to get bugged by its regular presence in seemingly every show, done in a similar way.
Looks like it might have just been picked up from earlier gore films or something but it does seem to be a thing that they are at least semi self-aware about.

Thinking that there presumably must be some level of self awareness in order to self parody like this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEQMI53cOsI&feature=share