On Thu, 09 Aug 2007 19:39:22 -0700, Todd <twrexxnospam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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felt compelled by mysterious forces to say:
>On Thu, 09 Aug 2007 14:55:14 -0000, Jim <jimking@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
>>The first page of search results on Google for Monad is a real
>>interesting and eclectic mix of possible answers to the mystery of who
>>John is, including the HBO site...
>>
>>http://www.johmonad.com
>>
>>I subscribe to the Microsoft shell theory myself and rebuke the neo-
>>Platonists.
>>
>>~ Jim
>
>
>I'm leaning more toward the religious/spiritual view myself. The
>references to "my father" John is always making are unmistakably
>Catholic. And John is changing this group of folks in spiritual,
>emotional, and moral ways. A show about a computer wouldn't be nearly
>as interesting.
>
>Something makes me keep watching this show, even though my head tells
>me it's utter crap in terms of plot. That scene with John spouting
>nonsense while everyone is in the parking lot was irritating.
if you take a look at that speech, you'll see he's not spouting
nonsense at all. the speech is still reverberating with the
characters, too.
>I love
>Milch's dialogue, though, and I applaud HBO for doing something like
>this, even after they canceled Carnivale. I don't see this show
>coming back for another season, quite honestly.
i don't think it will be back, either. ah, well.
--dez
....a pistol-hot cup of Dez...
"Chef of chicanery, your buns are mine!"
--the Tick
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