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The Seven Spiritual Laws of Super-Heroes

 
  

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ONLY NICE THINGS
13:08 / 25.07.06
I don't think so - he sticks mater in there as well, to illustrate his point. His contention was rather that (I assume) the Indo-European root words from which "mother" and "myth" come were in fact a single word. Which, I am _reasonably_ confident, it was not.
 
 
Robert B
13:11 / 25.07.06
Must have been replying at the same time. He does specifically refer to the english word myth so... yeah, I have no idea...
 
 
This Sunday
13:46 / 25.07.06
I think he was making a connection via sounds, which is - NLP-style or poetically - sound, if you like. I thought he slipped 'mithra' is there, too. We have no english 'Mithra' as far as I know.

Actually, I found Morrison more interesting commenting on his ground, than Deepak Chopra who seemed to've not given as much or as concentrated an analysis to the issue on which they were speaking.
 
 
This Sunday
13:59 / 25.07.06
Lovely body language from all three up there, though. I think that communicated just as much as an mythic mother origins or who Superman's beating up today.

And, really, I have to give Morrison credit. Under some of the statements made (especially, but not limited to, the audience's), I don't think I could have kept the amusement off my face as well as he does. 'The Invisibles' really did come off and do its job, didn't it? The flaws are evident in the reaction, though.

And hype for Virgin, but no nod to Morrison's new and upcoming works presumably playing right off these anticipations and methods? 'The Authority'?
 
 
Jack Fear
15:48 / 25.07.06
So here's this panel discussion, where one of the participants is talking egregious pseudomysto horseshit—and the other one is Grant Morrison.

I mean, how often does that happen?
 
 
Quantum
16:47 / 25.07.06
Amazing, isn't it?
 
 
This Sunday
18:26 / 25.07.06
But watch Morrison whenever Deepak Chopra speaks. Or the other way 'round. Lovely bodily communication, powered by the sun... and, judging on Morrison's intake, water. The man's a lovely bald Scottish flower talking sense in the face of mother-myth missteps.
 
 
H3ct0r L1m4
04:49 / 26.07.06
Daytripper, there were other panels that Morrison was a part of, like Wildstorm's and a couple others for the new and current stuff from DCU. he wasn't at the Vertigo panel one, maybe next year when SEAGUY 2's announced.

but another 'Spotlight on GM' - like the one that happened last year or so [or was it this year's Wizard Con?] - could have been very cool... come to think of it, there's been no creator-owned new material from the guy, so that's a reason.

it seems the panel was an opportunity for both sides - mostly Virgin - to capitalize on the conversation to reinforce their brand. I'm curious about the book Chopra himself is writing, but what I've seen so far from Virgin lacks that human emotion thang he mentions is missing from current comics.

when GM's exclusivity with DC is up maybe he can do some damage there, but I suppose he could spin the same wheels at Vertigo anyway, so...

on to watch that video, when I wake up. thanks.
 
  

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