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adiva_calandiaDoc: TOTAL SIDENOTE -- Epimetheus is married to a woman made for him named Helen.
Me: ... Pandora?
Doc: PANDORA. Right. And she and Epimetheus are a perfect match. Because they're both IDIOTS.
Me: *face in hands giggling*
And now he's going through how Deukalion = Noah and Japeth = Iapetus.
ETA: Further choice quotes.
Doc: This is the important part of Prometheus' tragic nature -- that when he goes to steal the fire from the gods, he knows everything that's going to happen to him.
Doc: Dr. Manhattan is very much a Promethean figure. ... He's got that really annoying way of talking. Having a conversation with Prometheus is like having a metaphysical conversation with the Devil. "Well maybe God is a substance or force--" "Nah." And with Prometheus it's like "Well maybe these actions are going to result in--" "Nah." "Or maybe it'll--" "Nah." Right? "So, Dr. Manhattan? Did I do right, in the end?" "End? Nothing ever ends." "Fuck you! You know what we do to people like you? We chain them to rocks and have an eagle eat their liver once a day!"
Doc: I am forty years old. That's forty stony gray steps towards the grave.
Me: *snickering*
Doc: A3?
Me: Yup.
Doc: [extended discussion of Prometheus deliberately using Christ metaphors]
Me: ... Pandora?
Doc: PANDORA. Right. And she and Epimetheus are a perfect match. Because they're both IDIOTS.
Me: *face in hands giggling*
And now he's going through how Deukalion = Noah and Japeth = Iapetus.
ETA: Further choice quotes.
Doc: This is the important part of Prometheus' tragic nature -- that when he goes to steal the fire from the gods, he knows everything that's going to happen to him.
Doc: Dr. Manhattan is very much a Promethean figure. ... He's got that really annoying way of talking. Having a conversation with Prometheus is like having a metaphysical conversation with the Devil. "Well maybe God is a substance or force--" "Nah." And with Prometheus it's like "Well maybe these actions are going to result in--" "Nah." "Or maybe it'll--" "Nah." Right? "So, Dr. Manhattan? Did I do right, in the end?" "End? Nothing ever ends." "Fuck you! You know what we do to people like you? We chain them to rocks and have an eagle eat their liver once a day!"
Doc: I am forty years old. That's forty stony gray steps towards the grave.
Me: *snickering*
Doc: A3?
Me: Yup.
Doc: [extended discussion of Prometheus deliberately using Christ metaphors]
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Date: 2011-02-02 03:36 am (UTC)*teeny bit jealous*