Glück ist ein verhexter Ort

I think a lot of this comes from this feeling like it's a party that you missed out on, like a dying art form you are only getting into now that it's been replaced by something newer and more efficient. Star Trek was all the rage, and now, in a time where entertainment companies are going through mega-mergers and conservatism is back on the rise and trending again, it is struggling to find its footing with a new generation, and that is especially true now that Starfleet Academy is being pre-maturely put down. It is simultaneously so much content to approach and information to learn that it's daunting to newcomers and not enough content tapping into the current cultural moment/zeitgeist.

A post I saw, but couldn’t repost. But I am so thankful I have found it…🩷

Do exactly what you're paid for and nothing more

Absolutely refuse to be available to contact when you're off the clock

Never prioritize work over your own health, wellbeing, or family because that would be insane, it's just a job.

Have a little glass of wine

Take as long as you feel like for lunch

Deeply understand that work doesn't matter

Maybe I’m less cynical than I thought I was because I had the exact opposite thought during that scene.

Their 6000 years together- so much history and friendship and turmoil and moral philosophizing and love - is what led them to make the decision they did. An entire new universe of humans with true free will was created from this love between them and also love for what continuously brought them together over thousands of years: humanity.

downsides of being super ill for a few days are being ill, plus sides are i finally sat down and watched the 2003 clone wars cartoon!

the phantom menace is the first in the prequel trilogy, and by necessity for the overall three part story structure, it is childish, bright and whimsical, sweet and hopeful with an underlying malice that will only grow. anakin is still just a boy, a kind and generous and playful boy, who lives in a galaxy that is not yet twisted by war. the movie communicates this in a variety of ways, through the color story of the film, through the music, through jokes, through jar jar.

remove jar jar and you have a different film entirely, you know? he is an essential part of the mixture. he lightens every scene he's in, a necessary clown, with slapstick and low humor, to adulterate the high drama of the political world. his role gets smaller and smaller over the course of the trilogy, as the world dives into suffering and strife. he's forced into a respectable position, forced to play along with the adults, unfit for his position but doing his best, but his innocent clownery in phantom menace is essential first.

Sorry, his commands are in French.