Hellraiser : Butchering Pinhead

Hasn't Hollywood figured out we don't want remakes anymore? STOP IT!

One of the problems with modern remakes is too much CGI, especially a movie or franchise where the practical effects are so amazing they still hold up today.

Another problem with modern remakes is the race or gender swapping of main characters. Most of us don't care what the race or gender of the main characters are when they are brand new; just make them a great character either hero or villain. Changing the race or gender of a popular or well established character is just pandering.

So what is happening to the Hellraiser reboot : gender swap of Pinhead, kinda'. It might have too much CGI too, but I don't know.

Full disclosure, I don't care about the Hellraiser franchise. The first one came out when I was 18 and I found it boring; in fact, I don't know if I finished watching it or even just fell asleep during it. However, I've been meaning to try to revisit it.

So how established is Pinhead as a male, or how deep is the franchise before this swap?

• 10 movies
• 4 Novels
• 103 Comic books (if I counted correctly)

What makes this gender swap more infuriating is that in the comicbooks there is a female Pinhead, Kirsty Cotton. In the storyline, after years of fighting cenobites, she agrees to take Pinhead's place as the Hell Priest and takes on his disfigurement. Kirsty Cotton even appears in the movies fighting cenobites. Maybe that's who they'll make this reboot Pinhead to be? But this is billed as a reboot, and the storyline reads like it is the same first movie.

Brace for fans picking this simplification apart.

So this Pinhead reboot is played by Jamie Clayton, a trans-woman, a faux-woman. So is this really a gender swap? Or is this appropriate casting having a mutilated man playing a cenobite?

All I know is this sounds woke, woke as Hell.

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Why Boo Unity?

The NFL had a call for "Unity" right before they pitted two teams to battle to make one of them the winners and the other the losers.

Okay, okay, okay. I am juxtaposing two different issues as if they are related, but they are not. One is politics and the other is sports. So are we at a political event or a sporting event? Let's put KFC's 11 herbs and spices on a Dunkin' Donut and hail "Unity." Am I being abusurd? Is the NFL?

What happened before the call for "Unity?" The NFL played a National Anthem for Blacks and the original for everyone else. Does this mean that the NFL doesn't recognize Blacks as Americans or the Blacks don't? Regardless, for the first time (I think, correct me if wrong) the NFL segregated the Black players then had a call for "Unity."

After this racist segregation the NFL called for "Unity" and on the JumboTron they put these bullet points^[1][2].

1. We support equality
2. We must end racism
3. We believe in justice for all
4. We must end police brutality
5. We choose unconditional love
6. We believe black lives matter
7. It takes all of us

If your organization plays segregating anthems, you put into question points 1, 2, 3, 5, and 7. We know the NFL believes in point 6 because blacks curently are 70% of the NFL players and they want to pander to their money-makers. In short, the NFL cares about money.

Does the NFL care about white players? Of course! If you make the NFL money, the NFL cares about you.

So why would you "Boo" at a call for "Unity?"

After the NFL displayed anthem racism, they call out to the public that there is general racism, sorta'. What is a fan supposed to think when they are told to "End racism?" Does the NFL think they are racist? Are they friends with racists? eF'U! I just wanted to watch my team play! I want to forget about my horrible job and the dishes in the sink! Where did this racism come from? I bet Black/[other race] people hate their jobs and doing the dishes too! I wanted to watch a game. Don't lecture me! I'd rather watch "My Little Pony"/"Gilligan's Island" than this crap!

Why was "unconditional love" snuck in there? The LGBTQ+ doesn't riot, I think, or watch sports? And the idea of "unconditional love" is ludicrous when you think of how some of your own blood behaves, which is whom this should be reserved for.

Hey NFL. Do you know what you are there for? Distraction. Entertainment. Not opinion or politics. There this little thing you may have heard of ... the internet. I can get News, politics, and opinions there if I want it. Wait, I think you do know that; in fact, your site has a section just for that; well, I assume that's the only place it is at. I don't care about sports, but I want us all to have a place to escape to without politics or lecturing.

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Punchline - Corona Virus - April 13, 2020

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This is NOT the new normal

"Everybody Dies" is not only an awesome album^[1][2][3] from an awesome 80s-90s band, but a truth of life ( and death ).

Death is not so scary if you do not know "when" or "how," mostly. Old age can bring on acceptance or even expectation as to the "when." "How" can be a bit more scary; the "C" word seems to be scary at any age. If you were told you would probably die by going to sleep, you probably wouldn't worry.

Soothsayers have predicted millions or billions of deaths due to an oncoming ice age, global warming, acid rain, CFCs, over population, and more; we still moved on. The predictions of death from the Corona Virus has been less than those, but we are suddenly now ready to be scared. Is this because we know the "how" and the "when" is sooner than desired? You know you're going to die no matter what, right?

Are you enjoying your unemployment? Are you comforted by your tower of toilet paper? Do you feel safer doing nothing?

Over 90% of workplace deaths are men; no one seems to be concerned about that. A higher percentage of deaths due to the Corona Virus are men, the aged, and the sick waiting to die. Why are we worrying about losing the most disposable?

If the death count is boosted by the disposables, you can scare the secure into the illusion of being insecure.

Now is the time to press against authoritarianism.

If the government is letting criminals out of jail worried about the spreading of the virus, why are they jailing/arresting people for simply leaving their home? If leaving home is exposure, what does throwing them in the clink do?

Never underestimate the power of bureaucratic stupidity.

If we lost 50% of the population, most of it would be congested cities. So what? The rural people that produce our food, mine the coal, and drill our oil, are more removed and less at risk ( except for the 90%+ male deaths in the workplace ). What do you city people produce? Pithy commentaries, games, and websites?

End the quarantine. The predictions never reached close to 50% reduction of the population which would leave 3 billion people on Earth; 3 billion of the most resilient people would forge a strong future. The predictions actually forecast a larger hearty population.

Do you think you can stop "Mother Nature" from culling the heard?

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