Meadowlands (the film)

a few days ago i snagged a film from my brother.
actually, a set of two dvds
it's October and the Halloween season's comin' around, so i wasn't surprised to see that it was a collection of ten horror movies
some corny, some old and corny, some with an A list budget but a B list cast
some with an A list director but a C list cast

the quality of these ten movies ranged from what was obviously no better than a cellphone camera to decent film. one stood out.
in Blair Witch fashion, the camera crew seemed to be comprised of the actors in the film (though a brief study of the overall technicians would dispute this)
the devices available to record were provided by the actors on set
seemingly
let me explain
it was a horror film in the guise of a documentary. kind of a 'Tell Tale Heart' meets 'elephant' (if you were one of the few who caught that flick that tried to recreate in an imaginative perspective the metaphoric events of the Columbine shootings).
three cats, dissociated with society and their boring post-high-school expectations gone awry, decide to murder a peer for fun. for an adrenaline rush and recognition.
now, the film follows a relatively predictable narrative, but my stupid ape brain started looking for patterns
do Jihadists seek the same thing?
do Theocrats universally advocate such ruin?

seems like terrorism depends on the amount of terror it can illicit
how many words in a headline it can convince to be typed in its name
how many irrational fears it can create

seems like these fame-seeking adolescents depend on how much fame they can accrue
how many words in a headline they can siphon away from any other topic but from themselves

and maybe the events would dwindle (even by a fraction) if we stopped feeding the beast
fame
fame
fame, what these minds crave the most
and it's given

terror
terror
terror
is what we give the terrorist
what they crave
what they spend their lives creating
and it's given

maybe we should just use our fucking brains
and beat the systems created
by the autonomic
a system relevant when dealing with a world
unconcerned by science and rational thinking

the nuanced part of the mind is small
because the differences in bell-curves are severe
but that doesn't mean we get to be lazy with ourselves
and as a projection, our philosophic morality

...simply because we're demanded to consider
every life worth saving....