Antarctican said:
[/hijack of thread]
Soooo, back to the purpose of this thread. As I recall, you were one of the initial posters in the Dark Side Gallery. Why do you like 'dark' stuff, or feel attracted to the dark side?
I like being hijacked
But yea i dig the dark side stuff.....
The reason i like dark stuff is a mixture of years of film and music and even comedy which has a darker side......
When i say dark side..... some people may presume that i must be a goth.... or into thrash metal or something..... but this isnt the case.... dark can be subtle... and can take many different forms.....
I consider Twin Peaks to be one of my favorite tv progs ever.... and although much about death.... its also about the darkness of the human mind.... and how 'bizarre' or 'out of the ordinary' visuals can also give you fear.... fear made by your own mind...... a fear of uncertainty..... as much of david lynch's work displays.
Other more recent films like 'fight club' also have darker undertones and have no relation to horror films.... this is also alot about how dark the human mind can be.... and is a subject thats been tackled by artisits for centuries.
Music has many area of dark too..... Portishead are dark, as are massive attack..... aphex twin..... radiohead even.... much of this music inspires me.
Comedy can also be very very dark!..... im not sure if any americans would have seen any of the shows made by chris morris or armando iannucci.... but shows like 'The day today'.....'brass eye' and 'jam' are hideously dark!.... but if your willing to think differently to the 'jokes' in these shows, they really are very funny. There are some american comedy shows that are now starting to use this formula like 'curb your enthusiasm'.
Having said all this..... i do like metallica.... i do also like vampires.... and true horror films.... but these are not my main dark influences.
