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I feel like anyone who walks away from the first watching of Hereditary not going, “What the fuck?” was not actually trying to engage with the ideas the movie puts forth.

But right off, let me explain my process for reviewing/talking about a movie I have not seen as an independent commission. This is my first independent movie commission, and so I didn’t really know what my process would be before this. NOW I KNOW. I watch the movie four times.

First, I watch the movie just like anyone else would, no notes, no nothing. The second time, I watch it take short notes on themes and ideas the movie is putting forth, supports and detractions from those ideas, symbols, motifs, etc. The third time, I watch it while going back over my notes, adding to them or noting where I’ve gone wrong. The fourth time I watch it while working on the actual meat of the post.

So, 2,000 words on Hereditary. Of course, these are my feelings and my feelings alone, and you are in no way obligated to engage with these ideas in the same way I do. This is a semi-spicy take here at the bottom and it’s perfectly reasonable you may not read the film the same way. Obviously, there are massive spoilers for this movie.

Doc’s commentary here is excellent and well thought out, and I’m glad she was able to get a lot out of it and liked the movie. Of course, with any movie that has as much depth as Hereditary no two people are gonna get the exact same thing out of it, so I thought I’d go ahead and share my takeaway. Spoilers under the cut

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HEAVEN WILL BE MINE  release date: April 30 2018 Steam link

ABOUT THIS GAME

It’s 1981, and the dream of a new home in space for all humanity is dead. After fighting for decades against an intangible and ephemeral existential threat from beyond the solar system, Earth command has declared the war effort a huge waste of time. The honeymoon is over, and a future of glittering cities across the solar system and cosmic battles between giant robots just isn’t going to happen. The outcome is clear: it’s time to come home.

But we don’t care. Giant robots may not make any sense. Celestial cities across the solar system are silly dreams. They are, however, extremely awesome. We, the girls who were raised in space, to be special and incredible and pave the way for a new future, aren’t giving up so easily. We’ve got invincible Ship-Selves for ferrying human bodies through time and space, and we have the weight and power to make a fantasy of the future real.

We’re not going out without a fight.

From the Creators of We Know The Devil

Heaven Will Be Mine is a queer science fiction mecha visual novel from the creators of queer cult horror visual novel We Know The Devil, about joyriding mecha, kissing your enemies, and fighting gravity’s pull. Follow three women piloting giant robots in the last days of an alternate 1980s space program fighting for humanity’s future—or ditching their jobs to make out with each other instead.

Experience the story from the perspective of three pilots bound by fate and gravity: veteran ace Luna-Terra, overwhelming super psychic Pluto, and hacker-hijacker Saturn as they fight across three different factions in an eight day war. Your choices decide if they become clandestine lovers or passionate rivals, and which faction’s ultimate plan for humanity’s fate in space and beyond will be realized. Win for your ideals or lose for love, and grasp heaven in your hands.

Co-Creators Aevee Bee, Founder of Mammonmachine: ZEAL and critic of games by and for weirdos, and illustrator & cartoonist Mia Schwartz reprise their roles as writer and artist respectively, Alec Lambert (We Know The Devil) returns with a surreal and cosmic soundtrack of lo-fi, deep tech electronics and Christopher Simon joins the team with gorgeous retro UI aesthetics. Developed in collaboration with Pillow Fight.

Features:

Multiple Playable Protagonists: Watch the narrative unfold from the perspective of one of the three main characters.

A Battle For The Fate Of Space: Your choices determine which of three factions will emerge victorious and determine the fate of space—but if you just pick based on who you wanna kiss, we won’t get mad.

I already don’t know what Overwatch is. There’s a gorilla and some lesbians and guns but yall never play the gorilla I don’t know. And then sometimes if that wasn’t bad enough sometimes you go and just invent new Overwatches. Like just when I’m getting a handle on what “Junkrat kin discourse” is yall show up with “This is my new OC her name is Grandma Sniper” and then SHE’S part of the Overwatchers. “This is Swedish Beefcake” could yall? not?? I still don’t know what a Hanzo is. I know it’s an insult but I don’t know what it means.

“This is my new doctor OC she hangs out with Angela Mercy her name is Moriarty” yall are just making things up now. no one’s explained the gorilla yet. put the doctor away yall already have like a fucking half angel or something. stop just adding characters to the cast i still dont know what the plot is. whats the plot?? no one ever talks about the plot i just know Soldier 69 and his best friend Anakin Skywalker had a fight about something. is there a plot??? i dont think there is!

I’m pretty sure yall are just playing Super Smash Bros and you’re like “yeah uh huh theres a plot theres lore see Grandma Sniper used to be part of Overwatch the Prequel” but then yall just play 10,000 hours of SSB with 18 Grandma Snipers on the field and two Junkrats going “yeah deep lore”