Zombie Wars

 

Forget about Jar Jar Binks, here comes Mnggal-Mnggal. And God knows what else! I didn´t know there was an expanded Star Wars universe which included hideous creatures similar to those in Warhammer 40k. Lovecraft´s Eldritch also comes to mind. Apparently, these are monsters mentioned in various Star Wars comic books or perhaps computer games, and they are much worse than the Sith. From galaxies *very* far away...

The commentaries are funny, too, with all kinds of next level Star Wars nerds who claim that the content-creator gets everything wrong, LOL. But sure, a Star Wars-themed horror flick c/o the Unknown Regions might be interesting.  

A Warhammer 40 000 operation?

 

This must be disinfo. I mean, why would a Venezuelan security guard talk like this, even if it was true? It fits Trump´s narrative a bit too well. Even media outlets which seem to support the Maduro capture wonder whether the US had people on the inside. As in: the Venezuelan vice president and her brother. 

I don´t doubt that the US is technologically more advanced than the "Bolivarian Republic", but everything goes smoother if you can count on inside information and treachery, rather than on...you know...an actual full scale war with boots on the ground. And much higher stakes! 

Just ask Trump about Afghanistan...

Eating of cloned Jesus

 

I´ve only watched one of these clip right until the end, but they look promising. And yes, I know that Halloween is over. Well, I hope!

Apparently, a horror movie portraying Jesus as a serial killer (!!) will be released later this year. Featuring Nicolas Cage, no less. It´s called "The Carpenter´s Son" and features an anonymous refugee family in Egypt 2,000 years ago. Anonymous my ass. The devil speaks to the family´s little boy and then...well, we don´t know the plot yet, but the content-creator above speculates that it might be based on "The Infancy Gospel of Thomas". Very freely based, presumably!

Next, we have the genre of ChristPunk which equally freely blends Christianity with Lovecraftian horror. Think cosmic Templars eating the literal flesh of a cloned Jesus, that kind of stuff.

At the end, we have a clip dealing with an old horror story c/o Arthur Machen, which seems fairly milk toast by comparison! And yet, it also seems to be the most helpful contribution (after a fashion)... 

Is Vaush EVIL or just a midwit?

 

OK, the title of this post is click bait. "Marxist" YouTuber Vaush discusses Warhammer 40k. TL/DR: It´s parody, and right-wingers don´t get it!  

Charismatic populist authoritarianism

 

Not John Michael Greer´s best essay, but for various reasons, I can´t help linking to it...

Note (as usual) that he doesn´t factor in climate change in his predictions for the future. 

Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius

The grizzly toll of hedonism

 

This is fiction. And transatlantic english? No idea, but maybe there is a lesson in here somewhere...

Ahem, this is fiction, right...?

 

This is genuinely scary. Thank god it´s just fiction. Right...?

From the comments: "The Tyranids are one of those things that you’ actually glad is fiction."

And from Wiki: "The visual design of the Tyranids was inspired by the art of H.R. Giger, with the genestealer sub-race being further inspired by the Alien from the eponymous franchise".

I can´t say I´m surprised...