Petrus
10-16-2005, 06:45 PM
Hey everyone,
Was just in the middle of experimenting with some video editing, when I
remembered the old transitions used in the Transformers cartoons in the 80s.
I'd already considered the Transformers to be probably the most prominent
example of the 3D worldview that I'd seen (Autobots = STO, Decepticons =
STS, with a very clear distinction down the line) but remembering the
transitions used really brought it home to me. At the end of each scene in
the cartoon, the transition would be a display of one of the faction's
logos, which would then spin to reveal the opposite faction's. The reason
why that reinforced it is because it made me think...according to that
perspective, there was *no* other way of viewing reality other than
that...the "two sides of the coin" "either you're STO or STS, one or the
other" type worldview, because in the cartoon we were always watching the
activities of either the Autobots or Decepticons...STO or STS...there was
never a third group or a third point of focus.
This makes me think...when George W Bush has made the comments that people
are either with him or with the terrorists, I'm assuming it's simply a case
of there being some reason why his thinking hasn't migrated from 3D, as most
of the rest of the planet's seems to have now.
If anyone is wanting to study classic 3D thinking though, in comparison with
4D, I'd actually highly recommend downloading some of the old Transformers
cartoons. A lot of the 80s cartoons actually had a very dualistic
perspective, but the TF was probably even more sharply polarised than most.
To carry the analogy forward, it's actually fascinating that only during the
movie in 1987, (the year of the Harmonic Convergence, no less) was there a
third player introduced; an entity called Unicron, who both the Autobots and
the Deceps had to recognise as a common opponent. Also amazingly
coincidental, in this film, seemingly out of nowhere (since it wasn't shown
in the series before the film AFAIK) the Autobots suddenly develop a
mystical belief system. The rallying cry/slogan of their belief system?
"'Till All Are One."
I love coincidences, don't you? ;-)
Was just in the middle of experimenting with some video editing, when I
remembered the old transitions used in the Transformers cartoons in the 80s.
I'd already considered the Transformers to be probably the most prominent
example of the 3D worldview that I'd seen (Autobots = STO, Decepticons =
STS, with a very clear distinction down the line) but remembering the
transitions used really brought it home to me. At the end of each scene in
the cartoon, the transition would be a display of one of the faction's
logos, which would then spin to reveal the opposite faction's. The reason
why that reinforced it is because it made me think...according to that
perspective, there was *no* other way of viewing reality other than
that...the "two sides of the coin" "either you're STO or STS, one or the
other" type worldview, because in the cartoon we were always watching the
activities of either the Autobots or Decepticons...STO or STS...there was
never a third group or a third point of focus.
This makes me think...when George W Bush has made the comments that people
are either with him or with the terrorists, I'm assuming it's simply a case
of there being some reason why his thinking hasn't migrated from 3D, as most
of the rest of the planet's seems to have now.
If anyone is wanting to study classic 3D thinking though, in comparison with
4D, I'd actually highly recommend downloading some of the old Transformers
cartoons. A lot of the 80s cartoons actually had a very dualistic
perspective, but the TF was probably even more sharply polarised than most.
To carry the analogy forward, it's actually fascinating that only during the
movie in 1987, (the year of the Harmonic Convergence, no less) was there a
third player introduced; an entity called Unicron, who both the Autobots and
the Deceps had to recognise as a common opponent. Also amazingly
coincidental, in this film, seemingly out of nowhere (since it wasn't shown
in the series before the film AFAIK) the Autobots suddenly develop a
mystical belief system. The rallying cry/slogan of their belief system?
"'Till All Are One."
I love coincidences, don't you? ;-)