The first movie of the modern trilogy is mostly exposition and world building, and it does drag. The second movie builds off the foundation of the first in a glorious way; the stakes are felt and it is truly a cinematic masterpiece. Some of the shots in that film give me goosebumps just thinking about them.
As someone who loves Infinite Jest and enjoyed Brief Interviews, The Pale King didn’t do it for me.
Brb finding something preposterous from Starship Troopers
Yeah. Here’s hoping the feee remaster addresses movement and combat!
#3 is the worst. ESPECIALLY when people veil their request for aid in small talk or conciliatory ramblings.
“Our AUM is on track to surpass our goals, and we are very happy. I just want to thank the company for providing my excellent team the resources we’ve employed to set ourselves up for success”.
Chipotle is one thing. Chipotle catering is another thing entirely, and for the worse.
Yeah, the only reason people are so pissed is because now instead of everyone in the US reaping the benefits of rampant imperialism and global oppression, only the elite are.
Americans are broadly incredibly self-centered and even here on Lemmy the majority of the leftists only consider what is best for them specifically, not what is best for the world.
The Southern Reach trilogy isn’t given enough credit. Vander Meer does an amazing job explaining the unexplainable and his prose is pretty fucking beautiful, despite its modernity.
House of Leaves, which I’m in the middle of right now, is an all-consuming void and occupies my mind pretty much constantly. Which is cool, given the subject matter.