Posted by Captain Darren at d254-bx101h1-sdbr-pdi.attcanada.net on August 16, 2000 at 05:12:00:
In Reply to: Not Kev, but here's my take. posted by CABJBLK on August 15, 2000 at 19:39:47:
Speaking of a jelly-like state of (un)conciousness, have you ever watched a full episode of the Teletubbies? I did once, and it was seriously fucked up! At one point, they watch a video of some kid making a sandcastle, and it falling apart with the tides. Then it goes back to the teletubbies, where they say "AGAIN AGAIN!". SO they watch the exact same video clip all over again... it's like, 5 minutes long too!
But back to Mooby, I personally thought it was also to represent other related evil-phenomenon like McDonald's as well... (because of the mooby resaurant thing as well) More people should make mockery of McDonald's, the "Diz", Coke, and other evil-practicing empires... Damn them ominous Golden Arches...
: The idolatry issue stems from people thinking more about pop-culture icons than about God. In fact I think it was intentional that the little fucker is called "The Golden Calf" and that board-room scene had a gold statue of Mooby on the table--just like the golden idols of false gods in Biblical times (Golden Cow, a Charleton Heston reference maybe ?). Thus people put money into preserving its image until the next "seductive" idol makes its way into the homes of the world, rotting the brains of the weak-minded and pulling you further and further into a jelly-like state of (un)conciousness (can you say "Pokemon"?).