13:20 Nov 10 2009
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the last day dawned, cloudy and gray, perfect for my purpose. i caught a cab from The Port Authority to Fifth Avenue and walked along the edge of the Park a short way. the Met was quiet at first, echoes bounced around the cavernous entry and the stone gods looked down upon their subjects, but it eventually fills with the curious. i found myself reliving history as always among the art, finding the meaning in the spiritual relics and seeing the world through ancient vision. i wandered through Egypt, with Horus, Khnum and Hatshepsut, grinning over the English translations you and i once made up.... with the whispers of ancients pursuing me, i found Alfred E. Neuman hiding amongst the hieroglyphics, mummies watching from behind their painted eyes and the source of the water of life.... all the while the book of the dead scrolled along the walls, a guide to the trials and a map to the afterlife.. somewhere we lost our way and still travel in circles. in a daze i passed through fire and ice, experienced every world power only to emerge suddenly to witness the death of Medusa... the end of an era, a message.. time to move on.
i left the Park behind me, for i dare not to step on it's hallowed ground, the ashes you spread there still smolder and scorch the earth. so i headed south a few blocks or so and climbed, slowly and painfully to the top of the Empire. i wander there, lost in the memory the view provides with the last of the suns rays glinting off shiny building tops as it drops heavily over the horizon.
East - Dreams - everything that was spilled across the river.. all the words spoken from childlike wonder, i still believe.
South - Reflection - i still am taken aback at the dramatic difference in the skyline there.. the kings' absence leaves a hole not unlike other empty spaces that cannot be filled by this city.
West - Fortune - my destiny was never tied up with the concrete at my feet, as much as you made this a place of wonder, a place of rediscovery, i never belonged.
North - Acceptance - in the fading light i can just glimpse the shimmer, it beckons to me every time, and i know i have to make a final stop, there again, for there is still an unanswered question.
i leave the sky scrapers for the underground and from Grand Central i anxiously catch the 42nd shuttle, the tightness relaxing as soon as i emerge into the heart of the Square. time does not exist here, you convinced me of that the first time we walked down Broadway and into this other world. i found a table, near what you called the Budweiser Corner, unsurprised to find you waiting there as always. everything surrounds and i watch blindly the ever moving, never changing dance of people, neon, darkness, and life... always life... this was your life... i should have known you'd shine brightly, then burn out.
i catch my self humming and realize it's the same song i've hummed everyday, every place where i've revisited our past.. a tune that merges the past into the present and speaks of a honesty that i could only find here. the melody washes over me, a lullaby.. the noise of the city fades to a hum, the people dissolve into misty apparitions but we are left behind... the neon pulses, the glow of this place, this place out of time, grows... enveloping me in a bittersweet truth and i echo the song that was always there, although we never sang it, "i've never been so alone, and i've never been so alive."
COMMENTS
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ladySnowStrixx
23:25 Nov 24 2009
Ok What is Tron?
MysticalChild
23:37 Nov 24 2009
a movie made back in 1982 starring Jeff Bridges
they apparently made a sequel due out next year sometime
Oceanne
00:42 Nov 25 2009
No kidding? I loved that movie!Just like it was. :(
Fizbop
01:35 Nov 25 2009
you know they will it won't be like tron jsut way too much fanceier
MysticalChild
02:05 Nov 25 2009
yeah
the only good thing i can see is Bridges and Boxleitner reprising their roles as Flynn and Bradley... that at least was a good move...
however, when i read:
"father and son embark on a life-and-death journey across a visually-stunning cyber universe that has become far more advanced and exceedingly dangerous...."
i get acid reflux thinking about the many ways Disney can and will screw it up
ThothLestat
04:15 Nov 25 2009
the new Tron is going to suck.
seriously, why re-make it? What I like about Tron is that it highlights the fears of -- and loss of control of -- new technology, within the limitations of early 80s special effects. The Matrix picked up on this fear in he 90s and ran with it.
What more can be added to this concept?
Hollywood is out of ideas.
MysticalChild
04:34 Nov 25 2009
*nods sagely at Thoth*
BLOODLIFE
08:46 Nov 25 2009
Come on guys give it a chance ... it's not even out yet and you've all passed judgement :-P
MysticalChild
17:56 Nov 25 2009
yes i have...
using my experience with films or even shows that were classics back in the day and are 're-made' or other films made in the name of the previous film in question...
has there been a single one that was done well? a single one that was even true to the spirit of the original? one that wasn't raped by someone trying to cash in on the fond memories of my generation?
besides a few horror films like Day of the Dead, cause that was actually a pretty good remake ;]
i'll still see watch it, oh yes i must... and i am sure i will find SOMETHING positive to say... probably about some special effect somewhere... but Disney doesn't have a good track record with me... i doubt they have changed and actually put effort into it besides visually.
but if they have i will sing the praises of Disney publicly and admit that i was as wrong as i could be... i hope i am wrong so so i can feel all warm and fuzzy and snuggle Tron Legacy all night long... but i'm not one for getting my hopes up... my heart's been broken too many times by remakes ;]
madamefate
01:21 Nov 27 2009
Disney fucks up evvvvvvvvvvvvvvverything! It's in the handbook!
Iyesta
08:34 Dec 02 2009
No no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no
Oh come on... if they have to redo a movie, couldn't they leave Tron alone??? It was just fine how it was made originally....
MysticalChild
13:56 Dec 02 2009
it's sad innit?
sad and pathetic
yet still i must watch the abomination
kinda like the last Indiana Jones :P
although i' wait for the DVDs ;]