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just a real all timer moment

oh yeah a lot of dance and especially ballet is just Like This.

meanwhile to me a blockbuster is, among many other things, an object through which we relate to each other; a prism through which we can communicate with each other; a terrain we can inhabit together for a while. It has enormous capacity to contain contradiction!

*of the stain on the soul of mankind* Sorry. Im sorry. Im trying to remove it

larger implications aside it’s always funny when an LRB piece breaks containment because it’s like a crowd shows up with machetes on your porch and you are. an old Man whittling whistles or making cups out of willow bark

I really loved Wilson's essay! It reminded me of things about The Odyssey that I'd forgotten & which enriched my experience of the film! I disagree with some of its points & find that *exciting*, because it's helping me sharpen my own thinking about it through the lens of her expertise!

so I just want to emphasize something here that non-media people might not pick up on: Marisa is an independent journalist and is taking on the risk of being sued by Moraff here without any institutional backing. That's admirable bravery - and also means being very, very certain of the facts.

this, by the way, is my actual issue with the movie; Ash is right

From elsewhere in the same catalog: “A radio receiving set is probably the last place one would expect to find a serpent.” FUCK MAN SURE IS

1000xRESIST is now firmly in the top slot for “games that have made me cry the most.” great videogame. it’s about so many different things and yet it all comes together so well, like a poem.

It’s nice to see everyone’s textual analysis of The Odyssey It’s almost like the humanities give you entertainment, feelings, pleasure, and fun/interesting stuff to talk about, as well as lenses into both past and current society

There really needs to be more discussion of how bad the dialogue in The Odyssey is. "Our age of bronze is collapsing" should be a meme on the same level as "Somehow, Palpatine returns"

it’s called the odyssey because so many of you are acting odd after seeing it

for me it depends on who’s using the framing and why, and if it gets people thinking—for instance I’m fine with @thisguysucked.com as a way of introducing real academics to an audience. but from Aftermath? well, I’m not personally sold

I think James Cameron is definitely the guy to do “whales: cool AF” and “the sea will kill you if you have hubris”

Playing a lot of investigative/mystery games these days for... reasons... and looking for recommendations! Adventure/puzzle games like Type Help/The Incident at Galley House, The Roottrees are Dead, Return of the Obra Dinn, The Seance of Blake Manor preferred!

I’ve been very measured and nuanced about Nolan’s Odyssey but I think Nolan’s Moby Dick would make me crash out

It's compelling!

I saw someone be like “someone should adapt Medea next” and my visceral reaction was ABSOLUTELY NOT