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current pieces of media I'm enjoying: project hail mary, dc, iwtv, succession, fight club, F1 movie, community tv, dhmis.
I â„ïž media analysis, action, horror, sitcoms, web weaving⊠anything weird, silly, or interesting to think about
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It doesn't get more Shakespearean than this
SAM REID as Lestat de Lioncourt
An Inside Look at 'The Vampire Lestat' x
has this been done?
A popular take I keeping seeing about project hail mary is that Eva Stratt didnât value Graceâs life because he didnât have a traditional family (a partner and kids, "you donât even have a dog"). And while I think itâs true that a lot of people have that mindset, I donât think that was Stratt's perspective. The other two astronauts, Yao and Ilyukhina, also had families, who were explicitly mentioned and shown in photographs. The leaders of PHM, including Stratt, recognized that the other astronauts had families. The astronauts weren't chosen because they were seen as expendable, they were sent because they had the necessary skills and selflessness required to save Earth.
Everyone working on PHM recognized that Grace had to be the one to step up and carry out the mission because of his qualifications as a scientist with great understanding of astrophage. He'd been present during the entirety of the research, even moreso than Dubois and Shapiro, the scientist astronauts who died before they could board the ship.
Even Carl, who was Grace's friend (and didn't see Grace as expendable), recognized that Grace was the best choice for the mission.
Grace wasn't chosen because he was expendable, I'm tired of people watering down the difficult choice that Stratt/Carl had to make by choosing Grace. It wasn't a choice made out of disregard for his life, it's supposed to be a heavy sacrifice for the greater good.
And while Grace was unwilling to make this sacrifice for Earth because he saw himself as incapable (and was even willing to let others die out of his fear), the point is that at the end of his character arc, he has changed-- he is willing to sacrifice himself for Rocky, knowing that he won't survive the trip to Erid. Heâs braver than he was in the beginning, and although itâs a bittersweet moment, it shows his growth as a character because he's finally âfound someone to be brave for" .
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A popular take I keeping seeing about project hail mary is that Eva Stratt didnât value Graceâs life because he didnât have a traditional family (a partner and kids, "you donât even have a dog"). And while I think itâs true that a lot of people have that mindset, I donât think that was Stratt's perspective. The other two astronauts, Yao and Ilyukhina, also had families, who were explicitly mentioned and shown in photographs. The leaders of PHM, including Stratt, recognized that the other astronauts had families. The astronauts weren't chosen because they were seen as expendable, they were sent because they had the necessary skills and selflessness required to save Earth.
Everyone working on PHM recognized that Grace had to be the one to step up and carry out the mission because of his qualifications as a scientist with great understanding of astrophage. He'd been present during the entirety of the research, even moreso than Dubois and Shapiro, the scientist astronauts who died before they could board the ship.
Even Carl, who was Grace's friend (and didn't see Grace as expendable), recognized that Grace was the best choice for the mission.
Grace wasn't chosen because he was expendable, I'm tired of people watering down the difficult choice that Stratt/Carl had to make by choosing Grace. It wasn't a choice made out of disregard for his life, it's supposed to be a heavy sacrifice for the greater good.
Something something about how stranger things began as a highly rejected passion project, a unique and distinctive show inspired by indie horror films, fantasy gameplay subcultures, and with themes of nonconformity and individuality. Then the duffer brothers relied on ai to write the final season, and the show ended with a finale that was widely interpreted as feeling flat, lifeless, unoriginal, not making sense in the story's context, and not aligning with the original core values of the show-- to the extent that the most popular interpretation of the finale was that the ending was a fake-out. That the main villain created a soulless conformist society designed to keep the characters subdued and ignorant, much like how ai does... there's something there but I don't know how to describe it
I watched Project Hail Mary recently and one thing that disappoints me about the fandom is that it seems incapable of nuance when it comes to Eva Stratt. I understand that as an audience, we empathize with Grace because we experience the story from his perspective, but the most common interpretation seems to be just "Stratt is an evil, heartless, murderous bitch who deserves to die!" and itâs like. yall say you want complex female characters but you canât even handle her? She's an authority figure in a high-stakes situation who made a decision that was extremely difficult, but objectively the best chance at saving Earth, and she understood that the costs of the mission would make her "the bad guy" but potentially save the world. Why can't yall give complex female characters the same appreciation and nuance that you give to men.
thick southerner taking exams. i call that texas curves. is this thing on
What am I, Jesus? ZENDAYA as TASHI DUNCAN CHALLENGERS (2024) dir. Luca Guadagnino
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mama's boy (and his mama)
chen chen // sue zhao // bethany webster // heather havrilesky // lady bird (2017) // margarita karapanou // franz kafka // franz kafka AGAIN // haruki murakami // supernatural (2005) // nora lange // anis mojgani // ernest hemingway // natalie wee
holding up a sign that says Ask Me About My Shane Hollander Guilt Thesis
Due to popular demand (one person asked) (@ambiguityenjoyer), here is my unpolished Shane Hollander Guilt Thesis, which is ultimately grounded in the idea that Shane holds an unearthly amount of guilt, especially around desire. I wish we would explore how this, in addition to his shameâwhich is really inextricable from thisâmanifests in internalized homophobia and an eating disorder. I think that deep down, Shane feels this innate guilt that seeps into everything he's ever done. He feels guilty for being such a perfectionist and being so particularâlike making his friends accommodate his weird diet; maybe for how particular he was as a child, and for the way his parents had to accommodate him growing upâbut he can't stop himself, because being perfect, and making it all Worth It, is too important. I love the idea of there being this internal conflict between I have to be perfect -> this need to be perfect is hurting the people around me -> to make up for this, I will simply be More Perfect and feel extraordinarily bad about it and maybe that will somehow justify it.
Then we introduce actual desire into his life, and his guilt shifts towards how badly he wants love and affection (how can he still want more when he should already get enough from his parents? how dare he want a man in the first place?) and how badly he wants Ilya. This makes him hesitant to talk to Hayden or JJ about things. They don't make it easier, and in fact reinforce this guilt, with their casually homophobic and Ilyaphobic remarks. Wanting men, especially Ilya, is a betrayal to his team, and they keep reminding him of it. Why can't Shane deny himself this desire the way he can deny himself everything else? In my beautiful mind where the Long Game is written how I want and we actually get to see more than like one chapter from his pov, Shane feels, like. SO guilty when Ilya moves to Ottawa, and even worse as the Centaurs continue to perform so badly over the years. He doesn't think he deserves such a big sacrifice from Ilya. He's thinking, I have to make it worth it somehow. I have to make myself and everything perfect for Ilya. This applies not only to his eating and his general perfectionism, but also extends to Shane's approach to their ten year coming out planâit has to go perfectly or else Ilya will leave me. And when Ilya seems to deviate in any way from this plan (showing a desire to come out earlier than planned, trying to be affectionate in public), it would make Shane panic. And I also think that it would be interesting to consider Shane feeling sickening guilt over Ilyaâs depression. What if he feels like itâs his fault? Ilya moves all the way to Ottawa and away from all his friends for him, joins this shitty team, gives up any chance of ever going back to Russia, potentially gives up any chance of ever having a prestigious/fulfilling careerâhow can Shane not feel personally responsible for Ilyaâs poor mental health?
Idk I just think it would be really neat to explore this more in TLG :) like there are soooo many aspects that can be made more interesting by playing into this moreâŠâŠ jacob tierney can you hear me
i always want to talk about shane what are you thinking about. i was thinking about shane in a collar and him loving it
i think shane would love a collar this is true and itâs the opposite of what i was thinking about which i respect and appreciate. i was actually feeling kind of sad cus shane canonically doesnât have any friends. and it breaks my heart that he is always so othered and so alone. and i hate that this is a running joke in canon that he has no friends. and the ones he does have (hayden & JJ) are not good friends to him at all. feels like heâs settling so that he wonât be alone. i know that ilya is his friend but thatâs not the same thing. he doesnât have Friends, plural, people who understand him and make him laugh and appreciate his viewpoints and enjoy spending time with him doing things that he enjoys. heâs always compromising. heâs always taking everyoneâs jokes in stride and doing his best to just be as normal as possible. and idk why heâs always the punchline. every character in this damn book is like oh thereâs shane heâs got no friends and he never gets laid and he doesnât eat carbs and he doesnât go out and party and he doesnât know what weed is and he doesnât have sense of humor and he doesnât do anything except play hockey. meanwhile it feels like shane is screaming for someone to recognize his interiority. there is so much more to him and everyoneâs always kinda dismissive and superficial in their interpretation of his behavior. like thereâs a wall between him and the rest of the world and no matter what he doesnât he canât figure out why the wall is there or how to get rid of it. and everyone else is like yeah do you see shaneâs wall? isnât it so funny that heâs trapped on the other side of that wall? like it kills me. does your heart ever just break
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the conceptual appeal of the tower to me is that it's a way of burying yourself alive by going upwards
who up building a monument to their own destruction and mistaking it for progress đŻ
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watching primate (2026) was awesome bc the uncanny valley quality that apes have has not been explored enough in horror. but boy did this movie explore it!!
thinking abt the time i was on a date w a guy and he mentioned he was a fan of fight club so I was like oh word me too!! then later on the date he revealed himself to be a holocaust denier. anyways Iâm never telling anyone irl i like fight club again
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