There's literally nothing more cliche and by literally I mean literally

absolutely nothing more cliche than someone in this day and age who talks

about the Bible and can't help but bring up the Matrix, the Princess Bride, and

the Lord of the Rings. And I've brought up all three of those in the last two weeks

and you know what I ain't

apologizing because there's a reason that these stories always come up the

reason these stories are good and beloved at least first Matrix on the second two

is because they evoke the themes that are timeless.

They draw on stories and problems and character flaws and hurdles to overcome that everybody can relate to in some way and

everybody's been able to relate to since forever and when we tell these kind of stories

we really are connecting ourselves and associating with people who've come

from generations and generations past in every culture and they don't just speak to

the things that are great about humanity they speak to the things that are broken about humanity. They speak to the things that are broken

about humanity. You remember Kid Icarus, right on the Nintendo? And you remember

original Not Kid Icarus? The one at the wings he slapped that wax on there.

He's like, I can get closer to the sun maybe

I can own the thing and he flies up there and of course the wax melts and the

wings fail and he crashes to his death it's like the most concise metaphor for

desiring more than is really yours to have.

Lord of the Rings, which I'm going right back to right now.

That ring is an incredible metaphor for the allure of power.

You know what, when I first read those books when I first watched that movie, I did not get it at all.

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