[Recorded April 29 & May 6, 2020]  Decoding MOS and BvS with the story of the Grail. Parallels between the first grail knight, Percival, and the first superhero, Superman.
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Answers, insights, and commentary on:

* Previously with Percival (00:01:20)
* The Grail King & Grail Castle (00:03:10)

* Magical Other World


* The Fisher King Wound Origins & Meaning (00:04:05)

* The Tasting The Burning Fish - "What was I supposed to do?" (00:04:55)
* Jousting The Pagan Knight - "Krypton lost something precious" (00:10:25)
* As Divine Punishment - "I don't know if it's possible" (00:13:55)


* Stages of Evolution (00:15:20)

* Unconscious youth, conscious middle, enlightened elder
* The Midlife Crisis (00:19:50)


* The Wasteland (00:23:55)

* Inauthentic Lives (00:26:10)
* Campbell's Start - From Critic To Champion (00:27:30)
* In Man of Steel and Batman v. Superman (00:30:20)

* Fertility, ecology, decline, Knightmare


* The King and the Knight are One... (00:36:30)


* The Grail Castle (00:37:40)

* The Grail Procession - Grail and Lance (00:38:20)
* Failing to Ask Questions - "A knight does not ask questions" (00:39:30)
* The Law of Enchantment - Spontaneous Gifts (00:40:50)
* The Duty to Ask (00:43:00)


* The Weeping Damsels (00:46:50)

* The Pain of Consciousness
* The Costs & Collateral of Past Successes
* Father's Unbreakable Sword (00:48:20)
* The Lady of the Tent (00:50:00)


* Society vs. Spontaneity (00:51:50)

* Advice - Right or Wrong? (00:56:10)
* The Old Knight's Character (00:57:30)
* Jonathan's Character (00:58:40)
* Advice Context - Stage of Life (00:59:50)
* Jonathan's Advice (01:02:40)
* The Old Knight's Advice (1:04:10)

* Authenticity…
* …without Boundaries is Careless (01:06:50)
* …without Empathy is Selfish (01:09:00)
* …without Trust is Risky (01:11:20)


* Bring Your Best Self (01:12:50)
* Uncertain Dry Years (01:13:30)


* Joining The Round Table (01:14:40)

* Love Trance (01:15:40)
* The Grail Messenger - Humiliated Before Camelot (01:17:10)


* Sir Gawain (01:19:10)

* Percival : Superman :: Gawain : Batman
* Nature of Foils (01:21:30)
* Dual Identities (01:24:00)
* Batman Mythos : Gawain Mythos (01:26:05)

* The Sun Knight - Batman '66 : The Light Knight (01:27:40)
* Descent & Rehabilitation (01:29:10)


* The Useless Knight (01:32:50)
* The Trial of the Perilous Bed


* The Bleeding Lance / Kryptonite Spear (01:35:40)

* Religious Artifact (01:37:00)

* Collective Consciousness
* Remixing Mythology (01:38:50)
* DC Heroes & World War II (01:42:20)


* Symbol & Commentary (01:43:55)

* Kryptonite Spear vs. Bullets
* Critique of Violence (01:45:50)




* And much more

To learn more:Le Mort D'Arthur | Thomas Mallory (Armstrong)Owning Your Own Shadow | Robert A. JohnsonLiving An Examined Life | James HollisMyths to Live By | Joseph CampbellEternal Chalice | Monica PotkayEmotions in Medieval Arthurian Literature |...

[Recorded April 22, 2020]  Decoding MOS and BvS with the story of the Grail. Parallels between the first grail knight, Percival, and the first superhero, Superman.
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Answers, insights, and commentary on:

* Arthurian influence on Snyder and Terrio
* Joseph Campbell's love of Parzival
* Arthur, The Grail, and Percival
* Chrétien de Troyes adds the Grail
* Percival, Perceval, Percifull, Parsifal, Parzival, Percivel...
* Faire Unknown motif
* Contemporary Story for Contemporary Audience
* Siege Perilous: Destiny & Free Will
* Becoming The Red Knight
* Percival and Superman Kill Only Once
* Cultures of Acceptable Violence
* Carl Jung's concept of the Shadow
* Batman & Superman's Shadow
* Shadow Consciousness Or Else
* Societal Expectations: Silencing Of Natural Self
* Marriage For Love: Western Spirit
* Silent Champion From Afar
* Chrétien's Unfinished Romance
* And much more!

To learn more:Le Mort D'Arthur | Thomas Mallory (Armstrong)Owning Your Own Shadow | Robert A. JohnsonLiving An Examined Life | James HollisMyths to Live By | Joseph CampbellEternal Chalice | Monica PotkayEmotions in Medieval Arthurian Literature | Frank BrandsmaKing Arthur: History & Legend | Dorsey ArmstrongThe Crusades: A History | Jonathan Riley-SmithFantastic Creatures | Juliette WoodJoseph Campbell: A Fire In The Mind | Larsen & LarsenCarl Jung: Wounded Healer | Claire Dunne



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"The most rewarding mythological experience you can have is to see how it lives in your own psychological structure."
"We have not even to risk the adventure alone for the heroes of all times have gone before us. . . . And where we had thought to be alone we shall be with all the world."

[Recorded February 2017, August 2017, October 2019, December 7, 2019]  Defeating Doomsday.
BTS: This pre-recorded episode was assembled shortly after Part 3, but was never happy with it.  While waiting on inspiration, it was decided to stop trying to resuscitate recordings from 2017.   Forewarning, the concluding Part 5 is probably never coming and this Doomsday series is abandoned for now.  Nonetheless as this episode was already completed it's finally being published.  However, a NEW mini-series is already in production, the first episode will be published Friday.
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Answers, insights, and commentary on:

* Why didn't Batman bring the spear to Doomsday instead?
* Why didn't Batman immediately go for the spear?
* Why didn't Superman defer to Wonder Woman?
* And more poor questions...

To learn more:New York Night Sky Turns Bright Blue | NYT



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[Recorded February 2017, August 2017, October 2019, December 7, 2019]  Defeating Doomsday.
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Answers, insights, and commentary on:

* Why did Batman leave the spear with Lois?
* Hindsight Bias
* Batman's crashed vehicles
* Lois Competence, Spear In Water, Falling, and Recover Spear
* If Onlys, Regrets, Time Travel, & Sisyphus
* Actual Facts versus Abstraction
* Critics Who Review Films They Didn't Finish
* Edit Bay of the Brain / Nostalgia
* Literature as Ethical Simulators
* Eucatastrophe
* Monsters versus Positive Thinking
* Demonizing and Redemption
* Hot-Cold Empathy Gap
* And much more!

To learn more:Talking to Strangers | Malcolm GladwellChoiceology: Knew It All Along | Katy MilkmanHidden Brain: Looking Back | NPREmpire Podcast| EmpireImaginary Worlds | Eric MolinskyPublic Health Ethics | James Wilson



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“Whether you call someone a hero or a monster is all relative to where the focus of your consciousness may be.” - Joseph Cambpell

[Recorded December 8, 2019]  Wonder Woman 1984 Trailer reaction.
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Answers, insights, and commentary on:

* Almost nothing!  No time!
* Blue Monday "How does it feel?" - Emphasis on emotion again
* Trash can scene indicates a reprise of Fish-Out-Of-Water

To learn more:
Wonder Woman 1984 Official Trailer | WBBlue Monday Cover | BBC



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#releasethesnydercut
Adapted from my Introduction to the ForSnyderCut.org site, drafted December 2017 and published January 2018.
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[Recorded February 2017, August 2017, October 2019]  Defeating Doomsday.
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Answers, insights, and commentary on:

* Temporal Frame of Reference
* Superman's Decision-Making

* Danger to Self / Selflessness
* Learning and Rational Choices


* Stakes: Threat to Superman's Life
* Doomsday's Intelligence

* The Primal Zombie


* Super-Jumping "Flight" Physics
* Doomsday's Genitals

* Triploids / Lex's Genetic Contribution


* Size Strength Bias
* Bioluminescence
* Solar Flare Substitute For Evolutionary Power
* Why Take Doomsday to Space?

* Why Not Keep Going?
* Lack of Astronomical / Cosmic Intuitions


* Why Didn't Superman Fly Faster?
* Fantasy User Interfaces (FUI) Canonicity
* Is Tracking Superman a Plot Hole?

* Novel Tech
* Mutual Regard, Competing Interests
* Consent / Stealth Powers

* Plasma Stealth
* Force Field Absorption




* Time to Thermonuclear Launch
* Why Didn't Superman:

* Dodge The Nuke?
* Let Go of Doomsday?
* Return Doomsday to Space After The Nuke?
* Take Doomsday to the Ocean?


* Nuclear Strike Reveals Nature of Superman's Powers

* Invulnerability - Force Field not Composition
* Muscle Mass - Biological Default not Built By Exercise

* Myostatin


* Regeneration - Two Types

* "Undead" Genes




* And much more!

To learn more:
Threat of Ancient Mesopotamian Zombies | STBYMBoeing AH-64 Apache | WikipediaProjectile Use By Non-Human Organisms | WikipediaLight On Earth | David AttenboroughSpontaneous Photon Emissions From Humans | KobayashiElectric Life Forms Live On Pure Energy | New ScientistDraper Point | WikipediaCut Travel Time To ISS From 2 Days To 6 Hours | EngadgetSuperman Space Suplex | Superman: DoomsdayMan of Steel Spoiler Special | EmpireBvS Fantasy User Interfaces | PerceptionDesigning Fantasy User Interfaces | PixelHubPlasma Stealth | WikipediaTo Launch A Nuclear Strike | BloombergMuscular Baby | New York TimesThantomicrobiome | Peter NobleUndead Genes Come Alive Days After Death | Science AAAS

[Recorded February 2017, August 2017, October 2019]  Defeating Doomsday.
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Answers, insights, and commentary on:

* Real World Ethics vs. Thought Experiments
* Why Trinity Didn't Use Lex to Stop Doomsday?
* Criminal Liability For Conversion of Extraterrestrial Specimens
* Thad Roberts and "Sex On The Moon"
* Valuation of Moon Rocks
* Liability For Power Grid Disruption
* And much more!

To learn more:
Theory of Mind Deficiencies | WikipediaSex On The Moon | Ben MezrichWhere Does NASA Keep Moon Rocks? | Smarter Every DayProjectile Use By Non-Human Organisms | WikipediaSpontaneous Photon Emissions From Humans | Kobayashi



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[Recorded August 8, 2019] Learning from Eastern thought. Seeing much more detail and connection. Comparing high and low context communication. How Superman's silence can be seen as sophisticated. The Problem of Evil in the East. Harmonizing Batman and Superman.
Based on the research of Dr. Richard E. Nisbett and his book, "The Geography of Thought: How Asians and Westerners Think Differently"
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Answers, insights, and commentary on:

* East Asians less inclined towards Fundamental Attribution Error (00:04:40)

* Dr. Richard E. Nisbett (00:07:40)


* Objects vs. Context (00:17:45)

* Nouns vs. Verbs (00:18:30)
* Facial Expression (00:25:11)
* Michigan Fish Test (00:32:44)
* High & Low Context (00:36:17)
* Superman's Silence (00:48:37)

* Thinking and Speaking (00:51:03)
* Counter-Intuitive Wisdom (00:58:02)
* Modesty and Bragging (01:06:35)




* Analysis vs. Holism (01:08:49)

* Comparison (01:09:30)
* Logic & Paradox (01:15:00)
* Dialectical Reasoning (01:25:03)
* Retcons / BvS Critique (01:25:55)
* Existentialism (01:28:45)
* Embodied Knowledge & Wisdom (01:43:40)
* The Problem of Evil (01:57:24)


* Applied to Batman v. Superman (02:03:24)

* Lex's Bad Faith Dilemma (02:07:00)
* Dialectical Synthesis of Batman & Superman (02:10:55)


* And much more!

To learn more:
PressPlacing the Face in Context: Cultural Differences in Facial Emotion | Takahiko MasudaThe Michigan Fish Test and the Middle East | Sheena IyengarWhat Does The Michigan Fish Test Say About You? | io9Eastern and Western Cultures See Emotions Very Differently | University of AlbertaJapanese More Sensitive Than Westerners To The Big Picture | WiredThis Mistake We All Make | Richard Nisbett | The GuardianAre You A Holistic or Specific Thinker? | Erin Meyer | Harvard Business ReviewEast & West Part Ways in Test of Facial Expressions | NYTZack Snyder's Superhero Life | BloombergEast Versus West | Forbes
BooksGeography of Thought | Richard NisbettThe Culture Map | Erin MeyerYou May Also Like | Tom VanderbiltHit Makers | Derek ThompsonThe Misinformation Age | Cailin O'ConnorHeaven & Earth Are Not Humane | Franklin Perkins
MediaWest and East Cultural Differences | EBSEAST or WEST: Which mindset do you have? | Off the Great WallShow more...