I’ve been banging that drum for a while and I will die on that hill : Nolan is a dumb person’s idea of a smart filmmaker (in the sense of « makes smart movies » not « is individually smart » obvi).
This is gonna sound so mean but it’s because Nolan is an accesible director who makes movies for the masses that make them feel smart, so when intellectuals/academics/actual cinephiles critique his work those masses feel like they’re getting called stupid by proxy
The Cyclops? Boring. The sirens? Barely in it. Charybdis and Scylla? Water turning and a cheap jumpscare. *The Gods*? What gods? And please everyone make sure to only wear your finest Black Colorless armors from Kmart.
The Odyssey was a drab uninspired underwritten mess with 0 fresh visual ideas what is everyone on about I feel like I’m taking crazy pills it’s cemented my belief that Nolan is the most overrated director working rn
This morning in Biddeford, Maine, a 26-year-old man said goodbye to his wife and daughter and left for work. Moments later he was dead, shot in the head by ICE agents, the second man ICE has killed in six days.
ICE is killing our neighbors. ICE cannot be reformed. Abolish ICE.
@rsuyoy I absolutely support people setting boundaries as they see fit. I won’t countenance bullshit rationalizations about religiously sanctioned gender restrictions.
meta glasses? you mean pervert glasses? you mean pedo glasses? you mean groper glasses? you mean loser glasses? you mean creep glasses? you mean sicko glasses? you mean predator glasses? you mean groomer glasses? you mean molester glasses? you mean stalker glasses? you mean scumb
Which mountain is going to emerge victorious at the World Cup?
South Africa's Mafadi has already fallen. Will one of the world's great mountains, Fuji, make it through to the next round against the smaller Pico da Neblina?
Is there something unfinishable in fantasy’s heritage? The loose anarchic delightful bagginess of the Renaissance epic romance, Boiardo, Ariosto, Spenser…
Norway v France is the World Cup’s only group-stage match where both countries have Antarctic territorial claims named after women.
Norway has Queen Maud Land, named after Queen Maud of Norway. France claims Adélie Land, named after Adèle d’Urville.
Stay tuned for more cutting-edge, geography-based World Cup analysis.
Vous allez mourrir de faim en regardant des soldats massacrer des civils qui cherchent à échapper à la mort par hyperthermie. Voilà ce qu’il va se passer.
USA v Australia is the World Cup’s only group-stage match where both countries have a *single state* bigger than France, Germany, and Spain combined.
Alaska is about 1.72m km². Western Australia is about 2.53m km². France, Germany and Spain together are about 1.41m km².
Stay tuned for more cutting-edge, geography-based World Cup analysis.
USA v Australia is the World Cup’s only group-stage match where both countries have a *single state* bigger than France, Germany, and Spain combined.
Alaska is about 1.72m km². Western Australia is about 2.53m km². France, Germany and Spain together are about 1.41m km².
Stay tuned for more cutting-edge, geography-based World Cup analysis.
j'ai pas de réfs précises en tête là mais y'a sans doute moultes réfs de théorie critique des années 70 qui analysent comment la description ultra-chiffrée et ultra-détaillée contribue à la dématérialisation et à l'abstraction des enjeux décrits
@HitFactoryPod On hearing a socialist candidate yrs ago saying « finance is my enemy », a RW former French treasury sec said « yeah that’s like saying ‘Storms are my enemy’ » and it’s been living in my head rent free for a decade.