Currently Watching: catching up on shows..
Currently Reading: The Picture of Dorian Grey
Just for the record, being adrift in space with zero promise of rescue is more fun than it sounds.
FILMS WATCHED IN 2018 → Logan (2017, James Mangold)
Nature made me a freak. Man made me a weapon. And God made it last too long.
The Good Place is a remarkably moving piece of media, particularly for today, because it takes the inherently nihilistic viewpoint that humans are the ultimate torture for other humans and turns that completely on it’s head, showing growth and character change in every character with brilliant and subtle writing while at the same time completely reversing what it first posits and suggesting that humans are what drive other humans to become better, and our attitudes are a direct result of our situations in life that we can consciously effect and change. It suggests that growth is a decision, not that we happen upon it. This is important, philosophically and optimistically, especially because it does all this while telling No Exit it is inherently flawed in how it sees humans and is entertaining, staying relevant and popular in today’s fast paced and constantly changing media. In this essay I will–
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wheres the rest of the essay op
When ur like: “this show is very good. In fact, it is too good. I want something I can watch with 30% brain and this is a minimum 60% brain show.”