Mel Gibson’s new film Apocolypto has gotten a lot of buzz. Despite having blamed the Jews for all wars (or killing dinosaurs WARNING: OFFENSIVE MATERIAL), Mel Gibson is a pretty well liked guy and I’m sure Apocolypto is going to do quite well. The film itself is the story of the fall of the Mayan empire. Part of the film is based on the Popol Vuh, a religious document cronicling the Mayan story of creation.
The story behind the story is supposedly an allegory to the general decline of western civilization and the United States. Comparing the U.S. to Rome is everyone’s favorite pastime, but the comparison to Mayan civilization is a new one. How do we stack up?
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Mayans
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US
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Human Sacrifice
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Iraq War
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Invented New Calendar
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Invented the Internet
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War Sanctioned By God’s
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War Sanctioned By George Bush and he likes God ergo God Sanctioned War
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Advanced Mathmatics System
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Geometry*
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Illiterate Poor Graffiti Artists
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Death Row Records
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While this list is mostly satirical, it’s an interesting point Mel is making and I’m sure the film is going to be very well done. The truth is the more you read about the Mayans the more they sound like so-called “islamic” terrorists. Oh well.
*Geometry is in no way a proven system. It is comprised of postulates and thereoms, that while they are widely accepted have no basis in scientific fact. Whiy is a right angle 90 degrees? Because it is?
Bull@#$!.
“I heard the jury’s still out on science.”
- George Oscar Bluth otherwise known as GOB, Arrested Development
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