[Drama Review] Hymn of Death (사의 찬미)

With any tv production or a movie based on real people and real events there comes one unpleasant twist - the stories make us wish the history could have been different. We tend to wish a different outcome. I remember I wished, against the reason and all my historical knowledge, the final of Gyebaek would be different, despite knowing all too well the brave general would die. Hymn of Death also deals with real, historical figures, and yet does it in such a tepid manner that I really didn't care whether they die or live.

BBC Earth From Space: Episode 3

Here we go, pictures from the gorgeous episode 3.

Saturday Poetry Corner 11: A Hard Rain's a-gonna Fall

 

Picture from Pixabay

I may or may not like Bob Dylan's mannerism of singing, but the lyrics to this songs are poetry. A haunting, vivid description of the world.

Also, I might or might not write about those lyrics in one article. So yes, they give me the goosebumps.

BBC Earth From Space

I present you the additional pictures from the episode 1 & 2. After the series is done, I will create another post with pictures from episodes 3 & 4.

TV Series Opening 35: Swamp Thing

I hate everyone.
This looked so nice and almost perfect.

TV Series Opening 34: Doom Patrol

OK, I just started to watch the first episode, but godsdamn, the opening credits are BEAUTIFULLY done.

TV Series Opening 33: Texas Rising

A miniseries directed by Roland Joffé.
I won't lie. I watched it for Bill Paxton.

Saturday Poetry Corner 10: Solitude

Today, a poem by Ella Wheeler Wilcox. THIS poem that probably half of the human population knows two first lines from.

Because I'm sad.

Saturday Poetry Corner 9: The Rubaiyat

Illustration for The Rubaiyat from wikimedia

Today, some excerpts from The Rubaiyat by Omar Khayyam. One of the most talented scientists and poets.

Umar Khayyam was a polymath, scientist, philosopher, and poet of the 11^th century CE. Whereas his mathematical works and poetry have been the subject of much discussion, his recently edited and published philosophical works have remained a largely neglected area of study. In what follows, we shall review and comment on the salient features of Khayyam’s poetry and philosophy, their relationship with one another, and Khayyam’s pioneering views on mathematics.
Traditionally, Umar Khayyam’s significance in the annals of Islamic intellectual tradition is due to, his Rubā‘iyyāt (quatrains) and his scientific works, especially those in the field of mathematics. The latter have always been overshadowed by his poetry. In recent years, critical editions of the philosophical works of Khayyam have been published which not only provide us with an insight into his philosophical thought but also provide a context for a more philosophical interpretation of the Rubā‘iyyāt.
In his Rubā‘iyyāt, Khayyam challenged religious doctrines, alluded to the hypocrisy of the clergy, cast doubt on almost every facet of religious belief, and appears to have advocated a type of humanism. It is no wonder that some referred to him as the “Eastern Voltaire” (Dole 1901, 81). This Western image, solidified by the Victorian sense of the exotic, romantic, and often erotic notions attached to the East, was echoed through the rendition of the Rubā‘iyyāt by Edward FitzGerald in the 19^th century.

 (from: Stanford Encyclopaedia of Philosophy)

TV Series Opening 32: The Black Sails

Oh man, that series was a blast! It had blood, treason, fights, sex, dirt! Everything that a growing pirate needs.