Comments on: The Parallel Oedipal Universes of JJ Abrams http://www.overthinkingit.com/2009/05/31/the-parallel-oedipal-universes-of-jj-abrams/ Overthinking It subjects the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 04:53:58 +0000 hourly 1 By: anon http://www.overthinkingit.com/2009/05/31/the-parallel-oedipal-universes-of-jj-abrams/#comment-10131 anon Sat, 27 Jun 2009 02:03:26 +0000 http://www.overthinkingit.com/?p=7906#comment-10131 I didn't think it was ever explained that Walter Bishop killed his son Peter. He just says he was very sick? I didn’t think it was ever explained that Walter Bishop killed his son Peter. He just says he was very sick?

]]> By: DrShoggoth http://www.overthinkingit.com/2009/05/31/the-parallel-oedipal-universes-of-jj-abrams/#comment-9955 DrShoggoth Sun, 21 Jun 2009 11:41:08 +0000 http://www.overthinkingit.com/?p=7906#comment-9955 You forgot the aspect of the ship for Kirk. The enterprise is a "beautiful woman" as he explains to some of the androids in Mudd's Women (not Abrahms canon, but still). He replaces captain pike, his father figure, as the head and master of the surrogate mother figure, the enterprise. You forgot the aspect of the ship for Kirk. The enterprise is a “beautiful woman” as he explains to some of the androids in Mudd’s Women (not Abrahms canon, but still). He replaces captain pike, his father figure, as the head and master of the surrogate mother figure, the enterprise.

]]> By: Jess http://www.overthinkingit.com/2009/05/31/the-parallel-oedipal-universes-of-jj-abrams/#comment-9624 Jess Mon, 08 Jun 2009 22:39:30 +0000 http://www.overthinkingit.com/?p=7906#comment-9624 Sorry... Isn't "nymphomaniac" restricted to feminine description? I think for JTK the more appropriate word would be "satyriac" or "priapic"? Sorry…

Isn’t “nymphomaniac” restricted to feminine description? I think for JTK the more appropriate word would be “satyriac” or “priapic”?

]]> By: Elliot http://www.overthinkingit.com/2009/05/31/the-parallel-oedipal-universes-of-jj-abrams/#comment-9604 Elliot Mon, 08 Jun 2009 02:57:02 +0000 http://www.overthinkingit.com/?p=7906#comment-9604 Wow. Finally somebody says it out loud. Or types it for all to see. I would love to see your take on Abrams' disastrous view of romance---look at all the destroyed, hopeless relationships he writes. Lulls the viewers into thinking someone might just have a normal love relationship---or a chance at one---and poof! gone. Wow. Finally somebody says it out loud. Or types it for all to see. I would love to see your take on Abrams’ disastrous view of romance—look at all the destroyed, hopeless relationships he writes. Lulls the viewers into thinking someone might just have a normal love relationship—or a chance at one—and poof! gone.

]]> By: Gab http://www.overthinkingit.com/2009/05/31/the-parallel-oedipal-universes-of-jj-abrams/#comment-9441 Gab Mon, 01 Jun 2009 05:39:59 +0000 http://www.overthinkingit.com/?p=7906#comment-9441 Wait, I thought Pike was the father-figure. Although, I guess it doesn't matter: it's all a matter of literary interpretation. Wait, I thought Pike was the father-figure. Although, I guess it doesn’t matter: it’s all a matter of literary interpretation.

]]> By: ke http://www.overthinkingit.com/2009/05/31/the-parallel-oedipal-universes-of-jj-abrams/#comment-9436 ke Mon, 01 Jun 2009 04:35:25 +0000 http://www.overthinkingit.com/?p=7906#comment-9436 I think you can look at the father stand-in in another way. Who's the father figure that finds Kirk when he's at the end of his rope and invites him back into the order of things? Nimoy-Spock. N-Spock recasts the universe in Kirk's mind, giving him new purpose (life), and acting as the bridge between these realities. This give a new twist to Kirk's infatution with Uhura and new significance to P-Kirk taking over the captain's chair in the film. (What does this mean for Spock and Kirk's relationship? Hrm.) I think you can look at the father stand-in in another way. Who’s the father figure that finds Kirk when he’s at the end of his rope and invites him back into the order of things? Nimoy-Spock. N-Spock recasts the universe in Kirk’s mind, giving him new purpose (life), and acting as the bridge between these realities. This give a new twist to Kirk’s infatution with Uhura and new significance to P-Kirk taking over the captain’s chair in the film. (What does this mean for Spock and Kirk’s relationship? Hrm.)

]]> By: stokes http://www.overthinkingit.com/2009/05/31/the-parallel-oedipal-universes-of-jj-abrams/#comment-9433 stokes Mon, 01 Jun 2009 03:00:57 +0000 http://www.overthinkingit.com/?p=7906#comment-9433 It's about time that someone name-checked Slavoj Zizek up in here. It’s about time that someone name-checked Slavoj Zizek up in here.

]]> By: Kelley http://www.overthinkingit.com/2009/05/31/the-parallel-oedipal-universes-of-jj-abrams/#comment-9407 Kelley Sun, 31 May 2009 06:29:16 +0000 http://www.overthinkingit.com/?p=7906#comment-9407 Lost, alternate timelines? Neverr! That'd just be crazy. That'd be like finding polar bears on a desert island, it'd never happen! Lost, alternate timelines? Neverr! That’d just be crazy. That’d be like finding polar bears on a desert island, it’d never happen!

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