Index > Brian Aldiss quote about Stanley Kubrick that made me laugh. > This post NOT brought to you by... > I was just about to post this as a DEAD (nt) > Would the weak anti-American pussies at PBS have had the nerve to do a 2 hour Jack Parsons documentary? > Yes because Jack Parsons represented everything American currently stands for.

He really kinda does, though.

Posted by Billdude (@billdude) on Aug. 5, 2025, 10:06 a.m.

He happily trusted people who seem like obvious frauds (L. Ron Hubbard, Aleister Crowley) the way Americans brainlessly trust Trump and his goons today. He was into religion but obviously did not live any sort of a saintly life, like how American Christianity is more about redneck rage than actually following the religion. Maybe he is an early example of a tech genius who was into evil and seediness, like you-know-who.

Ehhh, I’m reaching.

The documentary was okay. Atrocity Guide’s best video was probably her one about Pulgasari, Kim Jong-Il’s kaiju movie from 1985 that was made at gunpoint using kidnapped Japanese filmmakers.