ROBLOX IS BAD

Roblox is a platform full of different types of videogames, usually tycoons, obbys (obstacle courses) and "horror" games. Roblox is extremely popular for children. 

Everything seems fine at the beginning: colorful scenarios full of lego like characters, but this is only the surface. 

Roblox is full of groomer pedophiles.

 This has been known for multiple years, (unsurprisingly, for what can one expect about an infantile game with a CHAT function). 

Recently a self-styled groomer hunter named Schlep was banned from the platform, causing a huge scandal since the company does little to prevent grooming in the game. 

Another problem is that some creeps make their degenerate videogames in the platform but fail to ban younger people. 

This is more infuriating when you realize most of the games in the platform are trash, and your children would be more entertained flipping a water bottle or fingering car keys. If you play without using robux (Roblox money), it's essentially a walking simulator in poor quality scenarios. Brain rot made a game.

In general I would recommend avoiding multiplayer videogames with chat. Some like Minecraft do offer the possibility of entering a server; however, unlike Roblox, you can play them without having the possibility of talking to weirdos. 

Reading this article from Bloomberg, I get the impression Roblox's groomer problem is by design. It would be so easy to simply take away the Chat feature, but Roblox refuses to do so, insisting instead on "regulating" the content, a recourse that has proved to be ineffective and will fail to protect everyone. 

Furthermore, as I mentioned before, playing comfortably is virtually imposible without Roblox money, which provides to the predators an easy way of baiting the children who can't stop playing Roblox. (Ie., serve me and I will give you free robux) 

If you insist on letting them play, monitor their gameplay, but I don't see why would anyone let their children use Roblox when there are so many free mobile videogames without open chat, and so many family friendly options like Nintendo  or Cool Math Games.

Church Pop Prays for Celebrities

Church Pop is a mostly educational, mostly cringe website owned by EWTN and aimed at young people. 

On June 12th 2025 the english sector of the blog published "6 Celebrities We Should Pray for and the Saints Who Can Help Them". It was written by Mr. Will Tynan, and when I first read it made me very angry.

Now that anger has reduced but I still think it needs some criticism. So today, we will look at this article, pinpoint some criticism, and suggest some improvements. 

Introduction 

The article starts with a fairly decent reflection on fame, except when Tynan says this: 

"Knowing so much about their lives might be a boon for us because it allows us to know exactly what

we need to pray for to help them." 

The reason I disagree with this statement is that the reason why so many celebrities are scandalous is precisely this ability to know all about their lives. 

For example, Miley Cyrus would not be able to scandalize me aside from public statements and songs, but since  she has an entire army of professional gossipers, any sin she commits is paraded across the world instead of staying in her private life. 

Also, it should be possible to pray for them without feeding from the constant detractory sludge of celebrity gossip. 

The Celebs 

Tynan mentions five celebs and the saints he prays to for their betterment. 

First is Trump and Elon, paired with St. Peter and St. Paul. Then it's Rihanna, paired with St. Norbert. Mr. Beast was placed with St. Augustine, and actor Tom Felton was placed with St. Matthew. 

There is also, the basketball player named Caitlyn Clark, but we will not talk about her. 

There is nothing wrong with praying for these people, albeit I think it would be better to pray for all celebs without being specific. The problem comes with what Tynan reasons about their faults and problems. 

Trump and Elon: Friendship is Magic? 

Trump and Elon wield great power and privilege. The day of judgement will fall upon them with unmeasurable wrath. Yet Tynan thinks they need prayers because they fought with each other! See for yourself: 

"In the past week or so, however, the relationship between Musk and the president has become a bit… well… rocky. The two have had one of, if not the most public, fallouts of all time. But don’t think this is the first time two prominent figures on the same side of history have clashed! 

Saint Peter and Saint Paul, two of Christ’s closest friends, also had a seemingly critical feud between them. The two saints, while sharing the same ultimate mission, had vastly different approaches to evangelism. In a particularly fiery encounter, Saint Paul scolds Saint Peter for making salvation seem like an act of the people and not the mercy of God. In Galatians 2:11, Paul writes, “And when Cephas came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face because he clearly was wrong.”

Trump is actively funding a genocide in the middle east, betrayed his fan base and lied about coronavirus. Elon grifts people with electric cars. And yet, Tynan treats them with the maturity of a cartoon for toddlers. 

Rihanna and Tom Felton: A Worldly Petition from Selfish Fans 

For Rihanna, Tynan felt equally short. For him the problem with Rihanna is not a separation from God or causing scandal with raunchy outfits, but the simple fact that she has pretty much given up her musical career.

He writes "Unfortunately for fans, she hasn’t released a new album since 2016. A few movie tracks and features here and there, but nothing from studio to table for nearly 10 years. 

This could be because of her success in the makeup industry with her brand Fenty Beauty, but it is a shame for listeners everywhere that she hasn’t bothered to grab a pen and paper and jot down some lyrics." 

I am sorry, but Rihanna is actually better off like this. The music industry is demonic; whether is the songs themselves or the people who move around those circles, you see things everywhere that you shouldn't see. I think make up is a waste of time, but if it keeps Rihanna away from the industry it is better for all of us even if the company is scandalous in other ways. 

On the other hand, Tynan comparing this musical apathy with the conversion of St. Norbert is absurd. Rihanna surely needs conversion, but I  think we know she will not get it in pop music. 

Tom Felton and St. Matthew received similar treatment. I am blissfully unaware of what has been going on with his life, but he doesn't seem to suffer from illnesses or be a particularly obvious source of scandal. 

However, Tynan thinks we need to pray for him because he hasn't been able to have a successful career outside of playing the Harry Potter character Draco Malfoy.

"In 2022, he released his book “Beyond the Wand,” -Tynan informs us - recounting his years on the set, and has recently announced he will revise his role in the Broadway play Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. 

Many fans have echoed the sentiments of another actor from the series, Miriam Margolyes, who encouraged “Harry Potter Adults” to grow up and move on. If there is anyone who can give Felton help on this path, it is surely Saint Matthew the Apostle." 

 If "moving on" means involving himself even further with Hollywood, then you might as well wish he becomes a narco. You see, Hollywood is corrupt, and Tom Felton is better off with a dead career. 

Not to forget, of course, that Harry Potter is a wiccan/alchemist fantasy series were school directors hire demons to "protect" students. 

Also, notice that Tynan is comparing religious conversion with commercial success. Such a superficial mentality leads the writer to make a blasphemous comparison, in what could otherwise be a petition for someone else's well being. 

Mr Beast: Judged Unbecomingly 

The next celebrity we have is Mr. Beast also known as Jimmy Donaldson, a successful you tuber famous for giving money to people and organizing Wipeout-style challenges.

Recently Mr. Beast has been losing popularity because many of his ex-employees have accused him of mistreatment and exploitation. 

However, Tynan says nothing about it and instead suggests those competitions are evil. See for yourself: 

"Mr. Beast is a YouTuber with more followers than any other creator on the platform. When he posts a video claiming to test whether someone can survive one hundred days trapped in a room to win $500,000, he means it. His success has taken him far enough to launch his own TV series called Beast Games. 

Mr. Beast is estimated to have a net worth of around one billion dollars, but along his journey to success, many have raised concerns about the ethical implications of his videos. Putting people into psychological experiments that can only really be labelled as voluntary torture has become his primary mode of income." 

Forgive me if I am wrong, but while the contest of the challenges might be questionable, people have not demanded him for this. They demand him because he sells rotten food, or because he didn't pay them, or because he forced them to work for 24 hours, or because he disrespects women. 

Furthermore, a brief resume of these alleged infractions would be better than attempting to judge his intentions. 

Tynan writes: "Considering the immense wealth he has already amassed, it seems clear that he is continuing these experiments for the thrill of dehumanizing his lab rats... 

One story that stands out is Saint Augustine stealing pears in his youth. He recounts how his desire to steal pears from someone’s tree was not driven by need or hunger, but the sheer desire to steal, which he looks back on as a profound moral failing. 

Saint Augustine wasn’t hungry, and Mr Beast isn’t starving for viewer engagement. The only reason Mr. Beast continues his callous trials is for the love of a wicked game."

But I disagree. He might be motivated solely by greed, as fame and money slowly corrupt his soul. He might even genuinely believe that his videos are somehow useful for society. 

Tynan seems to believe Mr. Beast is a psychopath secretly enjoying the suffering of his workers, a sadistic miscreant hungry for the taste of pain. By narrating the story of St. Augustine with the pears he implies that Mr. Donaldson has a further level of malice into his actions. 

None of this theorizing is necessary if you just want to say some prayers for an exploitative youtube corporate. The interior doesn't matter: if he mistreats his employees he needs punishment. It doesn't matter if he does it directly to insult Jesus or just for money. 

Conclusion 

Overall, the article suffers from a striking level of superficiality. Praying for someone because they don't want to write lyrics or because they fought with their friends lacks the seriousness necessary for prayer. 

Celebrities are ridden with scandal and sins, but they also suffer quite a lot. Wouldn't it be better to pray for Justin Bieber who was abused and is now justifying a genocide? Or for Kanye West who is clearly insane? 

Church Pop themselves seem to be aware that his blog post was not very good, because at the end we find this note: 

"Of course, these prayer proposals are less inclined towards true conversion and may have been (slightly) based on this author’s opinion. These recommendations are certainly things for which you can pray. Prayers for the conversion of souls are probably more likely to be answered. Whether for these celebrities or others, for these specific intentions or anything else, the best piece of advice is to follow the guidance given in 1 Thessalonians 5:17, “Pray without ceasing.

Our recommendation to Tynan is that he researches his topics more deeply, so that the writing is more informative and less opinionated. And to Church Pop, to drop the superficiality that will likely repel people rather than attract them. 

On the other hand, let us pray for all celebrities, that they might repent and stop causing scandal. Let us also pray for the people involved in this article, and for all sinners. 

Movie Review: Nefarious

 Nefarious is a christian horror movie telling the story of a possessed man. The demon in control is one ancient entity named Nefariamus, but the government thinks it's just a mentally ill man who needs to be declared competent for execution. 

They select a guy named Dr. James Martin (like the rainbow Jesuit lol), a disbeliever, who is taunted by the demon while he tries to do his psychiatric analysis. 

The Good 

+ The guy who plays Nefarious does a good job. 

+ The movie had very little music, something I appreciate because other movies (including the Passion of Christ) have a bad score that distracts from the scenes. 

+ The movie is fairly tense, specially by the end. While it is not exactly a terrifying movie, it was sober and sharp enough to keep me interested. 

+ The movie makes possession scary in a different way from other movies. You see, films like The Exorcist rely on gore and over-the-top violence for their scares; Nefarious makes possession itself scary. An entity controls you and you can't stop them. They are evil and evil they will make you do. This is arguably the best part of the movie. 

+ Hell was also talked about, and they also did a decent job with this, but I think it could have been a little bit more intense. Perhaps dream sequences showing a glimpse of the cave with no water could be useful. 

+ The final jumpscare was predictable but decent, but funny and unnerving. 

The Bad

+ The character of Nefarious: I don't see why a demon would be so desperate to share his evil plans with a man. For part of the movie Nefarious repeats conservative talking points, but within the movie there is no reason for this. 

You want Martin to go to Hell while also warning him about Hell. You want him to become your prophet but you also explain to him how evil and weak you are. Perhaps a sequel could improve some of this character errors, and fully explain the motivations of Nefarious. 

+ Another thing that could be improved is the dialogue. You see, if most of your movie is going to be people talking to each other, the dialogue should be particularly beautiful. Once the novelty of watching a christian horror movie wears off the dialogue might become boring for some viewers. Some additional elegant prose would greatly benefit this flick. 

The Amusing 

+ The Glenn Beck cameo. It's so ridiculous it's actually funny. Might scare the normies away from this movie but at least it wasn't Ted Cruz. 

+ The face Dr. James Martin does during the interview. Don't misunderstand me, the guy does a decent job, but he always stares in with the same scared face. 

Conclusion 

I wouldn't call this movie good, specially when compared to other christian movies like The Reluctant Saint and The Song of Bernadette. 

However, unlike other movie productions this film clearly didn't have a millionaire budget, and I know protestants directors are often mediocre and content themselves to preach to the choir. This movie could have been worse and yet I can perceive the filmmakers tried harder than in other time. 

In conclusion Nefarious is not a good movie, but is not a bad movie either. It offers good acting, interesting themes and decent suspense, but with some  confusing characterization. Let's hope this movie has a good sequel that amplifies the lore without adding heresy or ruining the original movie. 

Gryphons

 This is a story I wrote a while ago. I hope you enjoy it. 

The Gryphon of the Sun

High into the void of space, there dwells a powerful race...

They glide within the darkness, facing boldly into the sun. Their talons can't be stopped by man, their skin can't be pierced, but by the claws and beaks of their own kind... 

It is the Gryphons! 

Long ago, their folk inhabited earth, keeping their lairs in mountains and canyons. One of them rose above them all, and with his perfidy he changed for ever their destiny. 

Shamza was a stout and stubborn being. In Egypt, where his lair was laid, he spied upon the rising human race. 

Fascinated with their scientific progress, he went to study their cultures. His attempts were met with disdain from the people, who feared his intensity and power. 

But among the people of the river, the builders of Pyramids, he found his true companions. Obsessed with mankind, and mesmerized by their religions, Shamza took his family and lived within them. 

He and his son, whom he loved, studied the race of men with dedication, rejoicing at their advances and feeling compassion at their mistakes. 

But as time passed, Shamza lost peace. His curiosity quickly overpowered him. He could not stop; as the drunkard for the beer, and as the dog for the last bit of flesh, the more he got the more he wanted. 

 Concerned by his greedy approach to knowledge, they warned him about the darkest of human sciences: Magick! 

Stay away, they said, from the mysteries of entities, and from their deceitful caverns protect your mind. 

But curiosity kept rushing through his blood. One day, his son became deadly sick. Desperate and impatient, he  sought that which was forbidden to him. 

The Magick took over him, and its dark mysteries fascinated him more than anything else. But for his curiosity he paid a massive price. 

For within the books of magick he met beings more powerful than himself, spirits of fear and terror, and of madness...

... And indeed madness consumed him, for whom the demons wanted to destroy, they first drove mad.

Driven by his intense passion he directed himself to his people. Together with his son, he spoke. 

He called himself a god, a savior of mankind, and the gryphons, and a chosen one to the sun, whom he worshipped as prime being. 

But the gryphons rejected him, for they worshipped and feared exclusively one God, the God of all things. 

He said, proudly: Why do you fail to understand me? I will bring great glory to all beings. 

But the Gryphons replied: The warning has fallen in deaf ears: therefore with deaf ears we receive your message. 

And Shamza and his followers fought the other gryphons, and blood upon blood and claws upon claws he drove his enemies into the darkness of the skies.

Shamza glorified himself: "You have failed to destroy me! You have failed to bring me down! I am bright and my brightness has blinded you, submit or be exiled. 

But the monarch of the gryphons stood firm and said: The slave-master wants us to suffer, and wants us to go into the stars. But the sun you worship, will never bring you the omnipotence you crave for...

For behold, your son has died today, during the last battle! Behold his wounded ribs, and his twisted gaze. Indeed, he has died in the war of your own making! 

To the sight of the corpse the Gryphon of the Sun lost all hope, and the gryphons left him in the utmost of misery. 

See if the Sun can bring your son back to life. There we will see whose religion is stronger. 

Shamza had won the war, but he had lost his soul. Driven further into melancholy, he and his friends took a desperate choice. They travelled to the sun, gliding intensely into the ether.

One by one, his followers were dying, and their bones were cast upon the vacuum of space, but Shamza kept pushing. 

One by one, the followers famished, but Shamza kept gliding boldly into the sun. 

One by one, the followers left him alone, but Shamza never surrendered. 

He kept pushing forward, but the more he pushed, the sun kept pushing further, and he was always away from the star he dearly loved. 

But that was futile too. 

Viciously blinded, and greatly weakened, Shamza perished miserably as he prayed for the life of his son. 

Meanwhile, the Gryphons of space survived and thrived, feeding exclusively upon the fires of the mighty star. 

Disney World's Discordian Villains Rennovation

Disney Parks have been in a bit of a rough shape. Financial flops in the box office and the corona lockdowns have greatly reduced the power of the company, and while the damage might have been exaggerated by some anti-woke slop channels online, it is clear that they are having problems. 

My personal favorite is the creepy Walt Disney animatronic that malfunctioned in front of the audience a few days ago. 

In an attempt to save the Parks, Disney has taken into their hands to exploit their fan's pockets, charging a lot for often underwhelming products. This is not just the fault of Disney and the executives, it is also the responsibility of people who are willing to pay so much money just because something belongs to Disney. 

They are also planning plenty of renovations in their parks. One of them is the purpose of this post: Villains Land. 

You see, Magic Kingdom is divided in different areas, each themed to something. Disney executives decided to theme an entire new area of this park to none other than the villainous miscreants of their movies. The area will have, under completion, stores, shows and two rides. 

There is nothing more discordian than gloryfing characters who represent evil. Some of these antagonists are especially vicious. From Mephistophelean figures like Ursula and Maleficent to sexual predators like Frollo, projects like this are really telling about the state of American nihilism. 

One of these villains is quite literally, the devil. His name is Chernabog, some sort of demon that appears in Fantasía's "Night on the Bald Mountain" scene. 

Chernabog (aka Czernobog) is originally some sort of evil god from Slavic mythology, albeit this claim is contested within the experts. Will Disney dare to dedicate a ride to this entity? Probably not, but he is part of the official Disney Villains list and receives his very own merchandising.

Ironically, some of this villains reflect values quite different from Disney's values. We have Gaston, a macho man who harasses women; Governor Ratcliffe, a british colonialist who loves gold and hates native Americans; and Dr. Facilier, whose crime is being an African-American antagonist in an "anti-racist" world. 

It is clear that the company never intended these people to be role models, only antagonists for their protagonists to overcome. However, when you covet upon a star, things happen. Disney exploits the popularity of these characters with multiple items like board Games, merchandise, and now their own theme park region. 

I believe this is likely an attempt to pander to the alphabet crowd. You see, most of the male villains are effeminate and many homos identify with them. Other people think it's an attempt to compete with Universal, who recently opened a new park with a (similarly discordian) area themed to classical Halloween monsters. 

Whatever their specific intentions were, I found it quite interesting how Disney and akin companies can influence the culture with their amusement parks, and this is but one example of crony capitalism, Disney "storytelling" (aka cringe), and the state of judeo-american value$. 

Horror Movie Novus Ordo Priest Cringes his way to Hell 💀

 In the last News Digest published by Novus Ordo Watch a link was shared to an article on which a novus ordo jesuit priest claimed to examine the spiritual dimension of horror movies. A "theology of horror" if you will. 

It is always very interesting to me how some believers think they can find Jesus in pop culture. I wished to offer my thoughts on the article, and explain to you why I think "Fr." Roy Dun misses the mark. 

Horror Considered on Itself:

Horror is a genre for storytelling aimed at scaring people and/or make them feel uncomfortable. The buildup of intense feelings is relieved at the end and often leaves a pleasant sensation, known as catharsis. 

There are two aspects of consideration in horror: 

The horror aspect aims at making you feel disgust and abhorrence for what you see.

The terror aspect aims at raising your adrenaline levels and provoke the sensation of fear.

Having said this, it is important for our discussion to consider the effect of horror in the person. The greatest majority of people should be able to watch horror movies without endorsing anything of what they see. However, it is often forgotten that in fiction the writer might accidentally glorify something by the mere act of showing it on screen. 

This happens if you show people killing themselves: those vulnerable to despair of their own lives will often imitate what they see fictional characters do. I don't understand how anyone would want to play with a Ouija board after seeing The Exorcist or any possession movie, but they do it and experience suggests these stories are not helping. Exposing viewers to things that normally would not even cross their minds might help to dilute the lines of good and evil and turn you into a nihilist. 

Another thing to consider is the violence. While ridiculously over-the-top gory movies might not incite you to hurt other people, the unstable, the impressionable and the young might start believing violence is something to love. Even among those who do not develop the wish to harm others, the violence they have consumed might facilitate aggression against their very own selves. We should not forget those who learn to genuinely enjoy violence by exposing themselves to it. 

The final element I would like to mention is the morbidity element. It is the unspeakable feel that you need to know "how bad" something really is. This is dangerous because is a manifestation of risky curiosity; there are some things you really don't want to know and that are quite frankly useless. This is not to condemn the genre per se, only to point out its risks. 

Horror and "Conservative"

The jesuit "Fr." Dun attempts to defend horror movies by calling the genre itself "conservative"

He claims that the movies are conservative because they remind people that they are "small" (ie; there is something greater than themselves and their planet) but such doctrine is not unique to conservatism. The problem of calling something "conservative" is that this word is an umbrella term used to define people of radically different ideologies. Furthermore, even "leftists" can believe there is something greater than themselves, like new atheists for example. Have you never seen them talking about quantum? 

Furthermore, this idea can be found in some horror movies, but forgive me if I don't see the transcendental on a dude with a lame Halloween mask killing blonde girls. 

Dun also says horror movies are conservative because the protagonists have "shared values" with us and the viewers supports the victims, not the monsters. 

Claiming that this makes horror movies "conservative" is laughable, because even if you root for the victims you still see how they get mutilated or killed in ridiculous fashion. Some horror movies are so poorly acted / done that any feeling of empathy for the victims is null. 

This is even more insulting if you know anything about writing stories.

You see, the best horror movies are not the scariest or the darkest, they are the ones that are well written. And in order to have a well written movie, you need to help the audience to empathize with the characters. If you empathize with the characters, you will want to stay just to see how they survive the monster. One easy way of making this possible is to give the characters values similar to those of the audience. Plus, what "shared values" are we talking about? Killing innocent people is bad? Life is worth living? None of this values is strictly conservative. 

Dun also attempts to claim horror movies for the right by claiming that horror movies are about the restoration of order. However, this belief is not unique to conservatives either! Does anyone think this idea would be repudiated by the Chinese Communist Party? Also, has this guy never heard of Stephen King? To say that man hates religion and conservatives is an understatement. 

You see, the movie gives the message the writers want to give; if the writers are progressivists, the movie will have this elements therein. 

+ Carrie, for example, implies the disturbing behavior of the titular character is partially caused by her religious mom.

+ A movie was recently released about a gay kid with homophobic parents who is haunted by an entity.

+ The lore of Jurassic Park is rooted in a naturalistic setting. No one condemns the dinosaurs because of the laws of God, but because of the laws of nature, which wasn't necessarily created. 

+ In The Exorcist we see a profaned image of Mary. No real conservative catholic would do this. 

+ In Alien Prometheus, we are told that humans were created by an alien bodybuilder who drank black fungi and disintegrated into the water bodies of earth. 

+ Let us also not forget those movies were scary nuns kill people

He also failed to consider that just because the characters are trying to restore order doesn't mean they will get it. In some horror movies, the story is centered on a world where rules are only an illusion and nothing ever matters. Blurring the lines of reality does bring unspeakable terror but I fail to see how it could teach to people that we should try to order our lives. 

Here are some examples of horror movies were "order" doesn't exist: 

+ In "Mouth of Madness" (1994), a writer somehow makes his horror entities become alive and they take over the universe, driving everyone to madness. 

+ In "Annihilation", a group of explorers visit a shimmering mist were nothing makes sense and that is why it's scary

+ In the urban legend known as "The Backrooms", a mysterious labyrinth similar to human habitations dwells "outside of reality", were plenty of rules we are used to are non-existent. 

+ The SCP foundation, an urban legend co-written by multiple people, is an organization tasked with containing anomalies who break laws of reality. (eg., The concrete statue that breaks your neck if you blink, the white man who kills anyone who sees him no matter the obstacles). A similar concept can be found in the multiplayer Lethal Company and in the Trevor Henderson creatures. 

+ In "Scream" (2006) we follow teenagers who live inside a serial killer horror movie 

+ What exactly drove Jack Nicholson to madness in "The Shining?" One of the reasons why that movie is unsettling, is because reality seems broken in Hotel Overlook. 

+ The clown Pennywise twists reality in order to scare children with their greatest fears. A similar concept happens in Event Horizon and Silent Hill. 

+ In the Lovecraft stories (and the movie adaptation), the universe was created by a massive meatball thing with eyes everywhere. It dreams reality into existence, and when it wakes up, it will be all over. The gods? All of them are like Satan. 

+ And Freddy Kruger somehow kills people in their dreams.  

There are other movies that deal less with relativism, but still order is never restored. Whether it is because of a final jumpscare or because Hollywood wants to make more money from a franchise, order barely ever returns, at least for our plucky protagonists. 

Conclusion.

Attempting to claim an entire genre of writing for a particular political group is absurd, because the writer can do whatever he wants with his stories. It is equally absurd to claim that undefined ideas of "order" "shared values" and "transcendence" make a movie worth watching. If anyone gets a good message from this movies that is fine, but let it come naturally to the normies. Forcing a "christian" message into a movie is more likely to arouse mockery, not serious meditation. 

This will be part 1 of our critique. Stay tuned if you want to see me analyze the rest of the article.

The Zack Snyder DCEU Trilogy (Part 3)

 Before we proceed with our discussion, let me clarify something. There are two movies with the title Justice League: 

This is because while filming his version of the movie, Zack Snyder's daughter died a terrible death and he had to stop filming. The footage was given to Joss Whedon and he decided the movie was terrible, so he made some mutations before releasing his version in 2017.

However, this movie was universally hated, specially by Snyder fans who thought it didn't had the "depth" the other movies had. Whedon had attempted to make the movie more light hearted, colorful and funny, something the Snyder Bros didn't like, so they begged Warner Brothers to release the version of the movie made by Snyder, which is 4 hours long, R-rated and can be found in HBO MAX. 

In this post we are talking about both movies, because they are extremely similar and have pretty much the same plot. Snyder added more scenes, but we do not find them to be relevant to the plot so we will not talk about them. 

Josstice League and Zack Snyder's Justice League

The Whedon cut begins with some kids asking Superman what he likes about people, and Superman smiles awkwardly. He is probably thinking about the humanist subtext of this movies and how he is supposed to be a Jesus figure. 

Then we see Batman killing a parademon, an ugly entity that feeds on the fears of people, which leaves a drawing of three boxes in the wall with its remains. 

The Snyder Cut begins telling us the lore of this rather complex movie: 

Once upon a time, there was an evil space nazi who wanted to be omnipotent and was called Darkseid. 

Darkseid and his slave Steppenwolf conquered planets by terraforming them with 3 boxes, the mother boxes. This 3 boxes would join each other, make a "Unity" and terraform the entire planet, turning it into a hellscape for Darkseid to enjoy, while the people had their fears turn against them and became parademons. 

However, when he tried to do this on earth, the tribes of men, the atlanteans (ie., the tribe of Aquaman) and the amazonians (ie., the tribe of Wonder Woman), with some little help from pagan entities like Iupiter, Ares and Artemis, (yes, they are DC characters) defeated this Sauron wanna be and sent him crying back to space.

Despite the fact that earth contained the anti-life equation, a scary mathematical thing that would help him conquer the universe, Darkseid forgot about it and didn't return until the events of this movie. This happens only in the Snyder Cut.   

The Mommy boxes were separated and sent to each tribe to protect, but then the tribes separated from each other and the story was forgotten.

 But when Superman died, he cried really hard and this awakened the mommy boxes, which in turn called to Darkseid to come back for them. 

As the invasion gets prepared, we see Wonder Woman smashing a bunch of "reactionary terrorists" who want to blow up stuff. She defeats them, and when they ask her who she is, she replies "A Believer". A believer on what? Humanity? We will never know. 

What is sure is that this terrorists wanted to go "back to the dark ages, and the safety of holy fear". I suppose they were anglicans. If they wanted to refute the people who insisted on calling superman "a god", they didn't need to explode 4 blocks of London. If they were just tired of the degeneracy, why didn't they blow up Davos or Bohemian Grove instead of 4 random blocks? We will never know. 

Then, the rest of the Justice League gets assembled. We see Barry Allen aka Flash, an awkward kid who makes hilariously bad jokes, and his father is on jail because the feds insist he killed Flash's mother. 

Then we see Aquaman, a motorcycle bro who drinks and is angry with the atlanteans and his mother who abandoned him. 

Finally, we met Cyborg, a teenager whose sporting career got interrupted by a deadly car accident after which his dad turned him into a Cyborg and he is angry. 

This collection of angry people get summoned by Bruce Wayne and Wonder Woman, who warn them of the impending threat and prepare to stop Steppenwolf. However they fail to defeat Steppenwolf and as 2 out of three boxes are now in the power of the villain, they decide to elevate another character into the state of complete Jesus-Christ rip-off. 

We learn that somehow by putting Superman's corpse in a water tank and charging the mother box that is left, he will return to life. Why? Don't know. So Ezra Miller runs very fast, charges the box and Supie is back with us. 

After feeling threatened by Cyborg, Superman, out of his mind by the resurrection proceeds to attack the Justice League. However, Lois Lane appears and takes him to Kansas so he remembers who he was. 

The final battle is different in both movies. In Josstice League, Batman distracts the parademons with the Batmobile while Flash kills them and saves civilians. Cyborg connects himself to the boxes to destroy the "Unity", and Wonder Woman and Aquaman fight Steppenwolf. Superman comes later but he saves the day once again. Steppenwolf is defeated, and all is well.  

In the Snyder Cut, The Justice League distract the Parademons while Flash runs around in circles to get enough energy to charge Cyborg so he can disintegrate the boxes. Superman arrives late too but his participation is crucial to save the day. It is longer and more violent, and it does not have the hilariously bad jokes of he 2017 cut. 

The Resupesrrection 

Lex Luthor would say that "man" brought "god" back to life. The resupesrrection is probably the worst thing about the trilogy. From a religious perspective, because it completes the process of turning Superman into yet another Christ rip-off. This seeds were already planted in Man of Steel, but Justice League confirmed our concerns. 

In my opinion it is bad from a writing perspective too, because it takes away the weight of Kent's death in Batman V Superman, the best scene in the movie. Had Clark Kent remained 3 meters under the earth, his story would have still be moving, without giving to Ezra Miller the power to resurrect people. This would make the movies darker and less marketable, but it is not like if Warner Brothers cared about making money so they might as well give us better movies. 

Plus, it suggests that "man" is the one responsible and capable for resurrecting superman, which was symbollically linked to God in previous films. Such nonsense is what happens when you insist that "god" is anything that can resist a nuke. 

Darkseid Works Better as a Demiurg Figure than Captain Zod

In the first part of the articles we discussed an article that claimed Captain Zod was a demiurg. This was not the case with him, but with Darkseid it fits better. 

For this we will focus on the Snyder cut because in the Whedon cut Darkseid is mentioned only in passing and the Anti-Life equation is (pun intended) taken out of the equation. 

Unlike a proper Demiurg figure, like the Architect in The Matrix, Darkseid never created the universe. But if he gets access to the anti-life equation, he will get able to conquer the whole of existence AND the minds of its inhabitants. Is this not a power that only the One true God can have? 

While Darkseid in this movie is not a proper demiurg figure, he is an imperfect demiurg figure whose fight for godhood is improbable but not impossible. 

According to the reasoning behind the article that inspired this investigation; Darkseid would be the demiurg figure, an evil creator entity often associated with the God of the Old Testament, and Supie would be the antichrist figure. 

Antichrist-Superman would be a rather weak entity, and he would need a little help from his friends: the humans. 

While this theory makes sense, especially with the Snyder Cut, I would like to remark both the villain and the hero are imperfect analogies for the beings they are likely to represent. 

Conclusion

Personally I am rather offended by the Resupesrrection, and I think it is better if families and children don't see this movies, specially if they have no good knowledge of theology. 

Since this might have been a tough read for some of you, I would like to finish with a positive note by answering an interesting question for myself and yourself alike: 

How could this movies be improved? They are not entirely unredeemable. I like to imagine myself as a censor in control of remaking this movies in a way that would satisfy both the audiences and the religion.  

FIRSTLY; I would make the Jesus references less on the nose. This Clark Kent can follow the imitation of Christ, but without becoming a cheap imitation of Christ. We could even be self-aware: Clark knows that people think he is like Jesus but he never lets them go too far with the comparison. Considering that normies thought this references were cringe too, Warner has nothing to lose if they follow this thoughtline. 

After dying for people in Batman V Superman, he would never be able to come back. The permanence of his death would be tonaly consistent with the darkness of the movies, as well as avoiding the cringe Jesus analogy. It would also teach people that you can't have your cake and eat it too, something you usually don't see in Hollywood movies. 

SECONDLY; I would totally change the mentality of Lex Luthor. Instead of treating "god", "man" and "the devil" as action figures, he could be a person who has good intentions but wants to get there with evil actions, perhaps contrasting him with a Batman who is more cautious and doesn't want to kill a mostly good-willed Superman if there is a better way of protecting people from his unstability. 

The reason for this is that psychotic Luthor is broadly considered a bad villain by audiences, and that this warped worldview becomes an excuse to write blasphemies in the script. 

THIRDLY; I would make every superhero dress modestly, and I would get rid of Ares, Artemis and Iupiter.  

Good Riddance

Of course this would mean the remakes would be much different, and we will never get to do them, but I will not let this jam my creative juices and rewrite movies that already exist just to make a more positive article. Until next time.