tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3797386216465468233.post427942358387837302..comments2023-04-22T15:15:21.275-07:00Comments on Hitchcock's World: Torture and Terrified WomenJohn Hitchcockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13373653979400552490noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3797386216465468233.post-79451547703932410902015-01-11T06:12:31.258-08:002015-01-11T06:12:31.258-08:00I didn't think of that, but now that you menti...I didn't think of that, but now that you mention it, the way people used to go to hangings to have fun isn't a bad comparison.John Hitchcockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13373653979400552490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3797386216465468233.post-242856476604275972015-01-10T20:42:06.566-08:002015-01-10T20:42:06.566-08:00Muscles and "the Strong Man" relates to ...Muscles and "the Strong Man" relates to the basic primal animal that is us. Women are to see these men as better for procreating. It is the basic animal world. Sandow looked more real than many of these young kids with child faces and big arms you know is created by more than just lifting weights. The ugly side of the human being is displayed in these horror films because humans like gore. Nowadays, people do not want to admit to this but this is why gory films, whether they are good or not can make money. People used to bring picnic baskets to see a hanging and when there is a car accident people slow down in the other lane to have a look. These films generate our primal urges that we like to say are dormant but they are notBirgithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09439720285857050428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3797386216465468233.post-62911511946476603872015-01-09T07:29:40.581-08:002015-01-09T07:29:40.581-08:00Well, to be fair, this was a sequel to my article ...Well, to be fair, this was a sequel to my article titled "Muscles and Macho Men" which did spend some time talking about how it is becoming more common for action heroines to create a spectacle of their muscles.John Hitchcockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13373653979400552490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3797386216465468233.post-48531507307556243672015-01-09T06:16:26.788-08:002015-01-09T06:16:26.788-08:00Excellent read on why we enjoy certain types of fi...Excellent read on why we enjoy certain types of films. Kudos for using Enter the Dragon to illustrate a point. It was one of the better posts I've read on the effect films have on us. Didn't see much about women as promised by the title, though. Wendell Ottleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13472743980681912924noreply@blogger.com