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started listening to the audiobook of project hail mary after already seeing the movie and we’ll see which i like more
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started listening to the audiobook of project hail mary after already seeing the movie and we’ll see which i like more
My problem with the term "hubris" in literary analysis is that folks like to toss it around in contexts in which it just plain doesn't apply. The notion of hubris inherently presumes that humans have assigned stations beyond which it's morally – and, often, metaphysically – wrong to reach. Most modern fictional milieux simply lack such an implicit hierarchy. That character isn't guilty of hubris; they're guilty of negligent risk management.
I rewatched Project Hail Mary
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it is my firm belief that for something to inspire obsession it has to suck ass like 70% of the time
this is because human brains love slot machines more than anything, and a piece of media that's usually awful but sometimes great simulates the experience of pulling a lever and hoping to get a positive result. because what if it's good again? what if this episode is good, though. it was so good that one time. we're due for another good one.
Since Disney’s Frozen is back in the pop cultural zeitgeist again (thanks to a certain teaser trailer from the D23 Expo), I just want to go off on a little tangent and explain why I’m so tired of people misunderstanding Elsa’s “You can’t marry a man you just met” line.
Elsa wasn’t saying this to Anna because she’s a “man-hating feminist”, or because she wanted her sister to be miserable. She was saying that because Anna was her closest (and only) childhood friend who was forced to stay away from her throughout their adolescence, because of one fatal accident with her powers. So when the two got to speak to each other again after Elsa’s coronation, they were finally starting to reconnect, right before Anna starts announcing her engagement to Hans.
I know that everyone’s tired of Disney shoehorning meta humor into all their modern Princess films (I am too), but that one Elsa scene had a much deeper purpose than “YoU cAn’T mArrY a MaN yOu jUsT MeT!!!”
That is all! ✌️
I'm very excited to announce a new collaboration for me with the top-ranking The Kulturecast. "Required Viewing" is a brand new sub-feed within the main feed where I and THE KULTURECAST's Doctor of Podcasting Chris Stachiw talk all about filmic topics through the lenses of a different film, TV/Streaming series, or pop culture topic each Thursday. In the future, other guests will join us.
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I watched Saw III