Sunday, August 1, 2010

Warning: Nerdity Ahead

Cracked does the world a service by pointing out six evil corporations with terrible business plans. At least the evil company in Avatar might have turned a profit. Remember, unobtainium is worth "twenty million per kilo" or whatever Chief Executive Weasel said. But what on earth was Weyland-Yutani thinking? How do you squeeze money from a xenomorph, a ruthless monster that exists only to kill and feed?

Which brings me to a related topic, one that has bothered me for some time...what was Voldemort's grand plan in the Harry Potter series? And how did he get so many people to buy into it? After all, he wasn't shy about torturing and killing his own followers, even the pure-blooded ones. Even Hitler had plans beyond "kill the Jews." What was Voldemort going to do after exterminating his enemies? Retire? Sail away to a cabana in the Caribbean? Doubtful, not least because of the ungodly amounts of sunscreen he would need.

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