OK, Despite Obvious Flaws

(godtube?!? i suppose...)

Both Amanda Crawford & Miss Asher Noel did a great job of acting, the videography is on point (i really like the side-ways shot in the beginning - reminiscent of "Night of the Living Dead"), and it was real fun to watch Aaron Beck pretend his way into Karkov-dreams...

But, I still take issue with this piece. First of all, it's not very clear what is being said..."Don't make 'bad' choices," seems to be the leading contender. With that said, they knowingly bolster its message with one of the most ambiguous lines in literary history...

"And that made all the difference..."

For better or for worse. Right? OK, I'll make my own silly situations up - for fun. What we'll find is that there's nowhere TO GO with this...

Maybe they go to that party, in a tiny town, and pull over on the way back - at this point the alcohol hasn't killed them, just given them reason to pull over and vomit - now they find a lottery ticket - flew off the dashboard of an 18-wheeler as the big rig's driver fumbled for his Superamerica big gulp while rockin' hard to The Boss and E Street. Headed towards Nebraska.

So, now - let's say that the lottery ticket wins our heroes (hardly lookin' like heroes with bits of tonight's dinner on their t-shirts) a half-million dollars (with an option to take it all now, with accrued taxes - or take some thousands a year for 20 years). We'll make one last assumption: our heroine's mother has been fighting cancer (pick a type) for 6 months. Without money - she's gonna die.

Well, then. Eenie-meenie-miney-mo, 1+1=2, Bing! Bang! Boom!

Good thing they partied.

Yeah. Right.

OK, so the argument's clearer on drunk driving. And I'm no drunk driving proponent. That's not what my problem is. The characters clearly could have gone to the party and a) not had drinks, or b) called a cab. I know plenty of kids who do both every day. Hell. I don't drink and drive (even when I HAVE a car!)

If that's what this was - a bit about not drinking and driving I'd be more than OK with it. But it's about - get this - hearing God's warnings through your friend (an obvious prophet/vessel of the Lord) while drinking coffee at the Beaver Dam. "What if?" we're asked...well, "WHAT-THE-FUCK-IF?" I ask.

So what. Shit happens. Make good choices. You can't win 'em all.

I'd like the stats on car accidents, in town, on your way to church. Oh shit, they could be distorted. Maybe we could scare people into staying inside - whoah baby - FOREVER. Don't leave your homes. You'll probably die.

Maybe I missed the point, or it doesn't have a point - I think I'm only a little concerned that it may be attacking a lifestyle. A lifestyle that I may lead from time to time. A lifestyle that helps me and mine with this world - in a very similar fashion - to what their God does for them.

In conclusion, however - I would have to concede - that they did a damn fine job with the video - at least as great of a job as I did when I drew Cthulu and posted him up around campus, poking fun at the Christians. Shit - we're all the same. They poke fun, so can we - misunderstandings and caricatures are what make the world go round. The grease for the fan-blades, and the fan-blades for the flames.

Ha! Well, good work - and onward - video-soldiers. God Tube, to you all.