May 22
From a PowerPoint I made to remind a friend what was going on in Metropolis Act 1. I was pretty proud of this screenshot, lol
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From a PowerPoint I made to remind a friend what was going on in Metropolis Act 1. I was pretty proud of this screenshot, lol
Metropolis.
Alfred Abel as Count Told & Joh Fredersen
DR. MABUSE, THE GAMBLER (1922) METROPOLIS (1927)
JOH FREDERSEN, C.A. ROTWANG, and HEL from METROPOLIS
Justification:
"In my vague memory of the movie, it probably would've been worse in the long run (like, for the society within the movie), but at the same time, it'd be funny." - Anonymous
Could Polyamory Have Saved Them?
Yes
No
It would make them worse
It would make them worse (affectionate)
the head
fuck marry kill but with the middle aged men from metropolis
fuck joh marry rotwang kill josaphat
fuck joh marry josaphat kill rotwang
fuck rotwang marry joh kill josaphat
fuck rotwang marry josaphat kill joh
fuck josaphat marry joh kill rotwang
fuck josaphat marry rotwang kill joh
there are many things Wrong in thea von harbou's metropolis novel and i can't even begin to unpack all that, but from a characterization standpoint she really did Something with joh fredersen. his creed is "pain is sin so i refuse to be in pain, either for myself or those whose lives i ruin", he's a capitalist tyrant, he's a genius, he's a despicable human being, he's god according to everyone including the narrative, he controls everything and knows everything, he's a widower, his best and only friend is his worst enemy because he took the woman he loved from him. he lives in the tower of babel and built an entire city over catacombs. nobody has ever seen a human emotion on his face except his mother who hates him, his dead wife and his friend/nemesis. he's pushed himself so far away from humanity he can't see the faces of those he hurts, he can't see anyone else at all really. except his son. the only one who can question him and interrupt him is his son. the only one he'd leave his work for is his son. the only one he'd suffer for, despite the whole "pain is a sin" creed, is his son. "it's better to suffer than to lose him." he'd destroy the city he made so his son can rebuild it. he loves him so much he forgets he's a person. and the moment he ends up in danger because of him the carefully built facade drops. freder is in danger? forget my master plan, forget the fact my employees who fear me and think i'm god are seeing me cry and scream like a madman, forget "pain is a sin" because i've never felt pain like this in my life, i feel torn apart i don't know where my son is i need my son. "what happens is what i will" but when you're watching your son fight to the death with someone and you can do nothing except watch, you're just a father. von harbou really had god fall to his knees and beg for his child, had that be the moment when he broke and began to see his son's face in that of everyone around him, and expected me to be ok.
Joh Fredersen (Metropolis) vs. Kelsier (The Mistborn Saga)!
Joh Fredersen
Kelsier
Propaganda below the cut!