I think takes like this are funny because it's like you don't even realize that it will never happen, not even because of corporations trying to drain any property of every iota of value (which they definitely are), but because we as a species love retelling the same stories.
I guarantee you there is someone sitting at their keyboard right now remaking Gilgamesh.
Tron and Legacy both made double their budget, tron made 50 million on a 17 million budget and Legacy made 400 on a 170 million budget.
I would only consider a movie a bomb if it fails to make it's money back...
Something like Speed Racer (2008), which is an awesome movie, but only made 93 million on a 120 million budget.
If democracy continuously fails to improve their lives why wouldn't the give up on it?
How long do people need to wait though? It's been bummer comprise candidate after bummer compromise candidate for 50+ years while peoples lives are getting worse.
Rent is up, medical care is up, food is up, transportation is up, housing is up, yet wages are stagnant.
50% of all economic activity is driven by the top 10%, the working class is being entirely cut out of the economy as a consideration.
Sure the democrats are better than republicans, but that doesn't help people afford rent or go to the doctor, so wtf are people really voting for? The chance that in 20 years after a lot of compromise things might be slightly better maybe?
I agree with a lot of what you're saying, re social constructs having some basis in reality, but the problem I have is the sort of appearance based aspect of it, most of the toughest most manly looking men I know are actually socially anxious teddy bears and the most "strength, willingness to physically protect others, usually valuing rationality over emotionality" people I know are 5'4 women.
Like the archetypes make sense, but the social construct is pointlessly gendered...
Fuck it happens in audiobooks for heaven sakes.
what?
If you're down for a bigfoot movie, I'd recommend Sasquatch Sunset, it was very odd, but very good.
I read the headline earlier, with no picture, and thought yeah he always looks like a bloated orange monster that tracks.
Actually seeing the pictures all I can think of is the training I did on FAST, literally the F is for face drooping, that old mother fucker is having a god damned stroke...
I agree with you in premise, there is a general trend to over lore in modern sci-fi. Things can't just be, they need some specific explanation.
This though, I didn't hate. It's always bothered me that aliens in sci-fi are just humans with shit on their face, their cultures are just aspects of our culture turned to the extreme, and every species' technology is around the same level.
Having a progenitor species that seeded the galaxy and that's why every intelligent species is basically the same is fine, basic but you know at least it makes sense and doesn't need to come up again.
Why are they the same, because a wizard did it essentially.
This planet is 100% magical, we've just let capitalists divide it up into tiny preserves for their own pleasure.
turtles all the way down...
I'm an idiot and it scares me the number of times i've been the "smartest person in the room"...
IDK if you surround yourself with nazis, use your wealth and influence to further their power, and then do a fucking nazi salute I'm not sure what to call you but a nazi.
Maybe not an "ideological" nazi, but he's definitely in the party...