pop culture
When I first heard about the 1001 Albums project it fascinated me. Claiming an album to be something "I must hear before I die" is a bold statement and a challenge I couldn't pass up.... - Philip...
It's incredible. Peak Godzilla movie. Deeply moving, culturally resonant, action packed, and fantastic pacing (with one unfortunate wobble). I also recommend Shin Godzilla, (the most recent Japanese Godzilla movie before this), although it's VEEEERRRY different, drier, sillier,... - onI think Lalo, from Better Call Saul, is the only deeply embodied villain I've ever seen portrayed on television. He's embodied in both the sense that he has strong physical energy in every scene, and also importantly the way the character seems to navigate the world through intelligent, but 'non-conscious' actions. He's like, a Taoist hero.by
oh yes, good point, I don't think of Thanos as taoist because he's kinda against the natural order, but there's something really potent in the peace he has after accomplishing his goal — his willingness to submit himself to his snap, and his attitude of retiring to be a farmer.... - annabeth...
I'm on my 7th (or so) watch, and just realized something I'm deeeeeply appreciating. All of the females in this performance are very hot, very attractive, but there's extremely little skin showing.... yeah I recommend sticking with Schitt's Creek—the first few episodes seem really cheesy, but it really gets incredible in penetrating through the postmodern self-deprecating cynicism to authentic love and vulnerability and... - annabeth...
Not only does this totally make sense, but I was told some years ago by a Star Trek mega fan that it’s a key basis of how things work for the characters in Star Trek.... - 8Uphead...
I dont have much to say here, but I'm glad we're getting into pop-culture too! I honestly didn't think of this as an epistemic mess that auto-generates polarities until picking this as a topic, so I've grown in my discernment just having asked this question....