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What is Love?
Wouldn’t we all like to know? Well, one could start by looking here.
The Relic
Anybody who likes crappy sci-fi horror should check out “The Relic.” It’s very derivative, made in ‘96, kind of missed the boat for science-monster thrillers. It features more of the same kind of stuff that made “Jurassic Park” good, but with more gore, like “The Thing.”
My only problem is that it’s called “The Relic,” when the relic in question (a stone statue) has nothing directly to do with the plot. The plot is about the big rapidly evolving monster, of which the relic is a likeness, connected to Amazonian tribal folklore that can be explained through a convenient scientific theory.
Now, if the story was Lovecraftian in construction, there would be no scientific explanation. There would be a scientific effort to understand the creature’s existence, but that effort would fail, the folklore would remain frightening and mysterious, and that’s where the true epistemological horror comes in. Science is the act of groping in the dark. It stands to reason that not all we touch should be of unqualified benefit to our existence.
