Highlander Hitler

So my friend and I went to see Defiance this weekend and it was not what we expected. The previews made it seem like it was going to be more of an action flick. It was VERY depressing and it was much more of a drama than an action film. But more to the point: why is the market saturated right now with WWII/Hitler films? Why is there this overwhelming amount of sad films? I don't get it. The economy sucks and the jobless rate is climbing. Do we not already have enough to be sad about? Whatever happened to Hollywood as a source of escapism from problems?

Quotations and Points to Ponder from the Night of Defiance:

"Is there any particular reason why he hates P? Or is he just following along with the masses?"
"I don't really know. Probably some of it is jealousy. All I can say is that it's awfully funny that someone who is supposed to be the worst person in the world has been kinder to me than someone who is allegedly my friend. Funny how that shit works."

"It's like Joey Joosack: if he's so bad how come he's so good?"

"I'm 43 now, will I live to see 44? The way things is goin' I don't know."

"Mary said, 'I thought you'd be bigger.'"

"We saw Kevin and Devin and PhillySny."

"If they wanna see titties, they oughta just go home and look at their own for free."

"If they wanna see male nudity, I can recommend some gay pornography that will make them NEVER wanna see a man's ass again. EVER."

"You knew it was coming after he made the proclamation of 'no babies allowed.'"

"Once that man mentioned Descartes, it was all over for me. I lost it and I could never get it back."

"Damn. I got some mad heartburn firing up. I better unzip my pants for a while."

"They put you on the damn banana boat in here. Come Mister Something-Something, tally me baaanaaaanaaaa."

"Why is there a child in this BAR??? Who does that???"

"Like two ends of magnets coming together. And a cat-pounce."

"Someone probably told him, 'You're not wanted in this scene. You know why? 'CAUSE YOU'RE TOO FAT.'"
"That's the official end of a friendship. When you take it there."

"That night at the Altamont, the Hells Angels had their way."

"Your man was on there telling people off."

"You were up there drinking the mind-erasers."
"Can't do that in London. Some things you *want* to remember in perfect clarity."

"There needs to be a network called The Hitler Channel. And it can be all Hitler, all the time, to satisfy these people who want to watch stuff about Hitler constantly. And there would be people who would do it, too, and not just old men either. They couldn't even take a break at night to run infomercials. It would have to be programming all the time. To keep the plot going, there could be a show called Highlander Hitler or Hitler Highlander. And it could be, like, Hitler travelling through time and there could be like a Mod Squad type gang of people to had to keep killing him off. That could air on The Hitler Channel at, like, 3 or 4 in the morning. There'd be people who'd say, 'Oh damn. I gotta work tomorrow morning. I'd better set the DVR up to record Highlander Hitler at 3am so I can watch it as soon as I get up.' Or, 'Highland Hitler is gonna be on at 8 tonight. I gotta hurry up and get home from work.' Satan is very rarely on The History Channel anymore. Satan has a lot more years and a lot more deeds on Hitler yet he rarely gets any attention. I don't get it."

(Of course I am biased in my analysis on that since part of my scholarship is the role of the Devil in cinema. Nevertheless, I think it's true. Give us a little less Hitler and a little more Satan, History Channel.)