Monday, October 7, 2013

Princess Army

This image of Disney Princess All Hallow's Eve costumes at our local Costco doesn't quite capture the same ominous beauty of the Battlestar Galactica reboot's resurrection ship but it does do a pretty good job demonstrating how good Disney is at infiltrating our culture.

Actually, I may be wrong in this case. Infiltration is complete. Disney has become as much an integral part of American culture as jeans and Jesus. Raising your child without any one of them might get you accused of neglect.

There are other science fiction analogs to this rack of princess husks waiting to imbued with souls: the Borg, Matrix energy pods, any number of zombie movies. The promise of a Halloween night filled with underage Cinderellas and Snow Whites could be much more disturbing.
Zombie kids? No.
Cyborg kids? No.

 Imagine a night of underage Caprica Sixes.
Oh wait, that's an American Apparel ad.



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