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I think Stan is a great character. He is always trying to keep himself alive, and yet will risk his life for his friends or do the right thing when he figures he’s going to die. Kai’s comment about Stan in Stan’s Trial was very true, he is a “tainted hero”, although the same easily applies to Kai.
Doh! The original “His Divine Shadow” thread got locked up before I could post. Here are my comments. The Divine Order and HS make a great comparision to 1984-type society (Big Brother is certainly watching everyone here!), the Heretics make a good comparision to the Brotherhood. HDS also makes a good comparision to Nietzsche’s philosophy of the Overman, a society “built upon willing mediocrity, with an apex of ego, selfishness supremely blessed” (pardon the imperfect quote!), which fits perfectly with HDS, and ties in with the cycle of time idea (with Nietzsche’s eternal recurrence idea). I also compared this to religion (apologies to anyone I offend). The scene where HDS discusses the validity of the prophecy is perfect for this. Christianity goes on the notion that time goes in a straight line, whereas (Hindu?) believes time goes in a circle. Now, compare HDS to god. To those of the DO, he is seen as all-powerful, as is with the deities of someone’s religion. The part “I am not aware of any such divine teaching.” “So you do not believe it is possible?” “No Divine Shadow.” is a good comparision to some people of various religions who believe that what they have been taught is the right way. Not to mention it appears most of DO society appears to be brainwashed and conditioned only to serve HDS, which happens elsewhere (brainwashing people for a cause) in other books and real life (Big Brother, Brave New World, parents who force a religion upon their children). After seeing SadGeezer’s response to the scene of where HDS has the major shoot the general and then herself, while they both say “I worship His Shadow” of being revolting, I couldn’t agree more. The sad fact is, such does occur in real life. Religious fanatics are a good example. These comments are based upon my own observations and although I am an atheist my comments upon comparing HDS to a religious aspect was not meant as an attack upon other’s religion.
It’s quite annoying that the other half of the third season has been postponed in the US. My main regret is waiting so long to buy a VCR to tape Lexx, since now I’ve missed all the re-runs for the time being. So far, the plot twists that have occurred in each episode have made the story build towards a more intense ending. I think that the third series is a bit darker due to the fact that because the entire third series focuses on Fire and Water, there is a greater mystery to the planets and a more complex plot regarding what occurs, unlike in the 2nd series where each place (except The Web/Net) took up one episode, which resulted in less detail, although still very good episodes and plots.
