DailySkew

TONY VAHL SAYS:

Upon further reflection, I decided there were some real-life names that could be added to your impressive list of villains, Damian.

Let’s start with Mohammed Atta and the other 18 hijackers from 9/11. Their goal was to DESTROY and kill as many people as possible, including themselves, for the sake of their beliefs.

You might as well include every suicide bomber whoever died.

Let’s talk about Hitler for a moment — he thought war and the destruction of Jews was the best course of action after fixing the roads in Germany and hosting an Olympics. WHO CARES WHAT HIS MOTIVES WERE? His leadership speaks volumes. He was a destroyer, not just some guy who was “Off his rocker.” Being off his rocker doesn’t justify his behavior!

At this point, I have to question whether Jason is off his rocker.

Speaking of Jews, does anyone doubt that Ahmadinejad, the leader in Iran, is not a villain cut from the same cloth as Herod from the Epic script? He risks war with the U.S. and Israel with his actions. He openly calls for Israelis to be kicked out of their country by any means necessary. He apparently believes that starting Armageddon would hasten the return of the 12th Imam (whatever that means). Sounds like a destroyer to me.

I could go on …

… the Mad Bomber …

… the Uni-Bomber …

… the smiley-face bomber, post 9/11 …

… idiot suicide school shooters …

… but I think I’ve made my point.

To paraphrase Michael Savage — Jason, you’re an extremist liberal, and liberalism is a mental disorder.

DAMIAN SAYS: Almost immediately upon the posting of my original article, I got an e-mail from “dragonfliet” (does Jason search for his stupid name every day? Or maybe he has google alerts?) Since e-mails are public record (thanks for the advice, Attorney-at-Law), here it is:

“Hey [censored],

I advice [sic] you to remove the postings from Golden Interlopers otherwise we WILL have your blog shut down.

I have over 10 years of experience reviewing CRAP like what your “friend” posted, and I can separate truly golden gems from the cesspool that your “friend” submitted.

Secondly, true villains don’t call themselves villains. That’s my point, something that none of you are getting. When Magneto formed the “Brotherhood of Evil Mutants”, Stan Lee was simplying things for his target audience- KIDS.

Hitler stood behind racial pride and the achievement of the Aryan race. He did not say, “Let’s spread evil across this world for the heck of it.”

Finally, you have 7 days to remove your quoted text.

-Jason”

My response?

0) Matt Davis and Tony Vahl were the writers, and they are proud of their work, because as Tony said, “The goal of the Epic script was to capture the spirit of the original Star Wars trilogy, cheesy and wonderful as it was. Writing stuff that is original and thoughtful is gratifying [yet] unprofitable. The bottom line: random internet critics and reviewers are useless.”

1) Quoting your text was in “fair use”.

2) You have achieved nothing in real life. You’re not even like that Internet critic that was featured on Entourage. You WISH you were, that’s how pathetic you are. Why are you pathetic? You take joy in bashing aspiring writers’ ideas. It’s as simple as that. I have never, and will never, bash any submissions that Tony and I get for the DailySkew.

3) You never responded to the fictional villains I listed in the original post, which actually generated money for their publishers, even though they are one-dimensional and just believe in wanton destruction.

4) Tony’s examples in this post show that there are real-life villains who destroy for the heck of it.

5) I think I was pretty clear that I DO realize villains justify their actions and come off as standing behind a “righteous” belief- like Osama and Hitler and David Koresh- but everyone knows it’s just a gimmick: they truly like to recruit followers and destroy. I agree it’s hard to market a recruitment drive by calling your group “The Brotherhood of Evil Mutants” (but Magneto sure did, and NO ONE complained about that until 30 years later), but you are saying no one really wants to destroy everything- which is false.

6) Anyway, it’s a new year, let bygones be bygones, or at least stop e-mailing me, and go complain on your own blog. Peace be with you (leave me alone now). All joking aside, we’re just going to have to agree to disagree.