So I just heard last night on the news that some of the so called "bait" dogs that Michael Vic used in his dog fighting ring were beagles. My head is finding it impossible to compute just how this is possible. I can’t get myself to stop thinking about this. I have a beagle mix and she is perfect. Beagles are known for their fun and love. These animals only want to kiss. LOL Just hearing about this story on the news puts me in a funk that consists of only anger, outrage, and unimaginable heartbreak. I hear beagle and I can only think of my baby. ’
I wish I could understand the world we live in. There is so much cruelty and intolerance surrounding us constantly. It feels like love and understanding are becoming obsolete sometimes. What is happening? Humans have always had the uncanny ability for cruelty. Look at the way they used to crucify people or slaughter anyone who didn’t go along with everyone else. But we are in 2007. nearly 2008 and things have not improved all that much. We are still barbaric creatures, killing each other for no reason, like in our current Iraq war. Or the mass killing animals for food & clothing even though we are fortunate enough to have an abundance of options in today’s world. Science can only take us so far. We have to change our ways. We are plundering this planet. You have to wonder what will be left of the world when man’s time on Earth comes to and end. Nothing will be left in plentiful supply, including water.
Coming back to my original point though. I see a lot of heartlessness in the world today. And that definitely included harming animals. People hunt; I may not think it is necessary but I cannot control those things. My main problem is those who decided to harm our pets. These are creatures who rely on us much like small children. And when I see abuse on any level my heart breaks a little bit. I just want people to stop and use their conscious more often. I think if we all behaved like dogs and just loved instead of having so much malice the world would be a better place. We have to turn a corner sometime. I wish it would be sooner rather than later. No innocent animal, should needlessly suffer because someone else doesn’t have any compassion in their heart.
I hear women say that God must be a woman because we have kids. I could not disagree with that statement more. God is a male, no doubt about it. Women have so many annoying trials in life. There is the menstrual cycle; which obviously is nothing short of hell on earth. Then having kids; nothing fun about gaining all that weight and going through excruciating pain. NO thank you, never. What really ticks me off about all this is that I am in my 30’s and would LOVE to have an hysterectomy to never worry about female cancers and mostly because I would never have kids. But you cannot choose what you do with your body in this country the United States. How is that for freedom? My female parts will likely turn on me because I don’t like kids enough to ever have them, but I cannot prevent that by having a surgery to fix said problems.
Anyway, I sure wish to hell there would be an announcement about the cast for the new Justice League movie. I have heard a lot of rumors that Tom Welling (from "Smallville" ) was in strong contention for the role. That. would. be. amazing. And just because I said that they will hire some other guy to play Superman. I liked Brandon Routh in "Superman Returns" but I hear they are not wanting to use him in the JL movie so that the "Superman" movies can go on without any comparison to the JL films. Supposedly they will be in different timelines, etc., so we will see. I do have to say that no one in my opinion will ever be good enough to play Batman; after what Christian Bale has done for that role.
After watching the original John Carpenter “Halloween” from 1978 on Monsters HD (a must have for anyone who loves horror), I found myself wondering why movies are so damn gory these days. There was hardly any blood and definitely no gore in the original movie. Not that I refuse to watch a movie that has blood, etc., but you have to wonder how the trend of showing exactly what your insides look like came from. Violence in movies is so very vivid. You literally see full body autopsies in some of these movies. And what the heck is with all the cannibalism implied or outright showed in so many movies? That is just gross. I guess for me, the worst violence is showing someone hurt an animal, especially a pet like a dog or a cat. I just think that is a line that should never be crossed. Thankfully they hardly ever have that in movies anymore. I just wish there would be more Hitchcock like material produced these days, where you kind of have to use your mind to visualize what was hidden from our eyes. There was mystery and suspense created by being forced to think about what could have happened. I miss that.
I think our society is really becoming too dependent on things just being easy for us. Which brings to mind the movie “Idiocracy” shows just what could happen if we do not wake up and realize how ludicrous things are becoming. Everyone should see this movie. It is essentially a comedy, but the message is so very clear. Stupid is as stupid does and we have to change the direction our country, and the world is headed. Smart is cool, thinking for yourself is even better.
I am a liberal, very left sided. So when I see the lack of action from the democrats that has been going on in the last few years, I am perturbed, to say the least. Where are those tough guys who went against all the bs that has always flown? No one wants to really stand up and say what is going on in this country has to stop. There are so many things wrong with our system that we have NO business trying to impose it on other nations. Personally, I call our system the “injustice system”. This is from very personal experience with the lack of laws that protect us. I just want someone to really be balls to the wall bold and give us hope. Obama is the strongest candidate we Dems have in my opinion. Is he capable of really changing things? I hope so.
This time of year sucks if you are movie goer. There will be a lack of good films until November, as always. There is the fun horror/thriller movie fest coming late this month through October, which I always enjoy. Though I care not to see another torture type movie like Saw. NO thanks. Just old fashioned horror please.
Who is accountable for the things going on in this country? The men in power take no blame while denying there is even a problem. I have to wonder who will finally stand up to these people and say you did it, now tell us how you are going to make it better .
Moving on, I hate this time of the year, movie wise. This is nearing the in-between movie season. Not quite fall but not blockbuster summer movie time either. I am waiting for the pre fall horror/thriller season. I am very interested in The Invasion with Nicole Kidman & Halloween by Rob Zombie. I think he is very talented and could do something interesting with Halloween. I did read parts of the supposed leaked script and I know of a few cut scenes that IMHO were just too much for people to witness. I think if they keep the gore down, he has a unique vision in his films so it could be great. Hard to top Carpenter though, but if anyone can reinvent a classic I guess Zombie is the only horror director capable of doing it. Time will tell. That one comes out August 31. I have read early reviews and they seem okay. I am waiting on more confirmation as more people see early showings and see what SOME critics say. I think some critics are too full of themselves to actually just enjoy a movie. I really, really am not big on the nudity that is supposed to be in this film. At least if there is a lot of boob shots they should throw us women a line and give us some guys without shirts also. 
