On Sunday, December 1, 2019 at 11:45:23 AM UTC-5,
OllieN...@aol.com wrote:
> This end of the world is taking too long. I need a quicker end. Maybe suicide. That is what this is all about. Force people to kill themselves. Well I am on to it. I will not be a sheep.
I watched Spartacus again last night on TCM. Every time I see it it gets more boring. Too long for one thing. And I am not a huge fan of Kirk Douglas. He was lucky to be in a few interesting movies such as "Ace in the Hole" where he played a reporter in Arizona with a guy named Leo trapped in a caved in mine. Remember that one? But Douglas is sullen and not very likable. As for Spartacus there were parts that were ok, but overall it was too long and his female love interest Jean Simmons looked like something right out of an acting class. Also too many New York accents in the movie.
Anyway, maybe you're wondering why I'm bringing up that movie in response to your wanting to get dying over with quickly. At the end of the movie after the Romans had crucified all of Spartacus' men they saved Spartacus and his friend Antonitus for last. They ordered them to fight to the death with the 'winner' being crucified. As they circled each other with large knives yelling at the other, "Let me kill you, I don't want you to be crucified", until finally Spartacus, because he was a leader among men, yelled out to Antonitus, "This is my final order, let me kill you - I will be the one to be crucified." Then he quickly stabbed his friend to end his agony. Then they took Spartacus to the cross and hung him up to thirst to death. It was funny because if being crucified is so bad why didn't they just stab each other at the same time and deny the Romans the pleasure of seeing one of them crucified? I'll tell you why. Because no matter how bad we want to die we are all cursed with the same annoying will to live, clinging on in the hopes that maybe somehow things will reverse themselves and everything will work out fine in the end.
The End.