Happy Ostara!

Happy upcoming Ostara guys! I hope you enjoy it, I'll be en route back to Oklahoma, from there hopefully to great things for queen and country. Yes, it's on the twisted side- would you eat a green chocolate bunny?
So on an unrelated note, I saw Scream 4 this week. It was okay, as sequels go. Attempts to establish this Munch-esque figure as a cultural icon, creepy raspy voice and all, seem to have succeeded. It's an interesting twist on an old theme- the killer is, interestingly, flesh and blood, not the unstoppable, immortal juggernauts that have become par for the course. Likewise, it incorporates the fact that there's no real rationale for these murders- not money, not vengeance, not even a cheating boyfriend. The killer/s in these movies are just flat out batshit. I don't think these movies would have made it say, 20 years ago- very much a product of the times. The zeitgeist, you might say. All in all, a good movie. Hopefully the last. Wes Craven is an excellent horror director, but I think the premise has come to the end. Though it's good to see some new directions taken with the slasher genre. Strange how people can sit through horror movies, but wouldn't really hurt anyone in real life. More than likely there are psychological ramifications for that- Freud would probably say it's our subconscious, but I figure it's fine as long as you draw the line between fantasy and reality. When someone is really, seriously hurt, it's not funny. To see people act out these terrible things happening can be pretty entertaining. It's perhaps the same reason soldiers make jokes- because having faced death, they need to put it in terms they can understand, and come to terms with it. And life goes on. Well, happy Ostara, hope the spring brings everyone hope for the future- it certainly did for me!