starting a website

[Wasntsuchazero]

started a satirical literary website...

i need advice on how i can make it better

http://vodkashotsandsuicidescream.googlepages.com/

any comments are much appreciated.

[Kinbote]

Is this some super-duper postmodern prank, a parody of a parody?

[Wasntsuchazero]

i dunno...i kinda like just came up with the idea that no one ever took this view of terrorism...you know...the view from the terrorists side...im trying to humanize them. just think its an interesting angle...

obviously its unrealistic...but thats the point.

the ideas for it are basically endless...cause its such a ridiculous concept...and i was very excited about writing it, but like, i dont know if people would like it, and i dont know how to get a readership on it...

a mel brooks interview inspired me to do it.

[Barbara]

dude, I like it, I've only read the first 2 episodes so far. It's different and it definitely has a lot of comedic potential... I think especially if it becomes more well-known, the reaction of certain overly-patriotic people in America will be absolutely priceless. I also like that Bin Laden smokes Camels :D

[Wasntsuchazero]

dude, I like it, I've only read the first 2 episodes so far. It's different and it definitely has a lot of comedic potential... I think especially if it becomes more well-known, the reaction of certain overly-patriotic people in America will be absolutely priceless. I also like that Bin Laden smokes Camels :D

haha...thanks...im partial to the camel joke...if you like it, please tell people about it...i need all the help i can get...thanks... :)

[Narcissistic Nihilist]

Kinda similar to the suicide bombers from Series two of Monkey Dust:

(from Wikipedia)
Omar is a fanatical Islamist and a member of a terrorist organization he calls 'The International Revolutionary Jihad for the Liberation of the Islamic Republic of Great Britain'. His cell is based in West Bromwich in the West Midlands in the UK and is bent on "unleashing a reign of terror the like of which the world has only dreamed about in its foulest nightmares." Omar has recruited two teenage boys, Abdul and Shafiq, to carry out suicide bombings in the name of Allah, but through various comical misadventures, their plans always fail.
The effectiveness of their terror campaign is somewhat undermined by the fact that they seem to take their jihad for granted and treat it with the same offhandedness as the mundane details of their daily lives such as sport and television.
Omar is the privileged son of a wealthy family and a public schoolboy (he attended Charterhouse, but failed to get into Oxford or Cambridge and had to settle for Bristol). His vehement rhetoric calls for the swift and merciless destruction of the infidel, however he is careful to leave all the dangerous aspects of their activities to the two boys and keep himself out of harm's way as much as possible.
Abdul and Shafiq are thoroughly typical English youths in nearly every way. They are avid supporters of West Bromwich Albion F.C., spend a great deal of time watching mindless pop-entertainment television programmes such as Stars in Their Eyes and Pop Idol, and eat processed junk foods. Their plotting often takes place in Shafiq's home where Shafiq's mother, Mrs. Khan, brings them drinks and snacks, seemingly completely oblivious to what they are talking about.
In the conclusion of Series 3, the Omar sends Abdul and Shafiq to Iraq, while staying in the UK himself because "he couldn't change his dental appointment" but goes down the pub instead. The boys complain that terrorist training is "worse than PE". They meet a friend and fellow West Bromwich fan among the British soldiers who detain them before being captured and imprisoned in Abu Ghraib by American troops ("This is the best holiday I've ever had!").
It's possible the inspiration for this depiction of radical Islamicist ideology in the midst of otherwise normal modern British life comes from the detention of the so-called Tipton Three at Camp X-Ray. In Monkey Dust's sketches, Omar the ringleader is said to come from Tipton, where the jihad is taken "dead serious".

[Wasntsuchazero]

yeah...well, ill be the first to admit that it is impossible to be completely original...i didnt know that site existed...ill try to put a different twist on it i guess...


and as i mentioned before my inspiration was mel brooks.

when asked about his portrayal of hitler he said "i wanted to dimish him"

[Barbara]

Episode three is cute too, on the part where you wrote "I need to buy my time", should be "bide my time". looking forward to the next one with Stephen Colbert and the bear suit, as I am a fan of both Colbert and the radical bear agenda :D

[Wasntsuchazero]

thanks for the typo identification...i spent so much time trying to fix em...i always miss one or two...

if this gets big i dont want to look like a moron.

[Narcissistic Nihilist]

yeah...well, ill be the first to admit that it is impossible to be completely original...i didnt know that site existed...ill try to put a different twist on it i guess...


and as i mentioned before my inspiration was mel brooks.

when asked about his portrayal of hitler he said "i wanted to dimish him"
Oh nothing is totally original. It isnt actually a site, its kind of an animated sketch show with regular characters. Its absolutely superb, so if you can get anywhere close to it, you are doing well. Good to see some effort being put into it. Good luck. :yes:

[Osceana]

I have to say, i agree with everyone here on what you've done with the exception (surprise, surprise) of Kinbote.

Nice work! :yes:

[Wasntsuchazero]

well, tell everyone ya know...:)