So we just saw Andor episode 8, and I’m quite blown away.
It evolves from what seemed like a superficially subversive show to essentially a revolution manifesto. There’s the arbitrary police repression, corruption throughout the layers of hierarchy, the displacement/genocide of entire peoples and destruction of ecosystems for access to resources… In episode 8 there’s left-infighting, the complete oppression of workers, the figure of the foreman -using the workforce to police itself, through granting of privileges and performance goals,… McCarthyism, slavery, wage theft, genocide… there’s all of it. It really is a thinly veiled history of the USA.In fact I am surprised this got produced at all, I’ll have to read who’s behind it.
That was 8th episode of the season 2. I rewatched the thing (the entire two seasons, plus Rogue One) mostly to enjoy that one episode. It’s a quintessential of the entire show, and to some degree the entire universe / its global story. I was blown away how complex and actually great this show is. Especially compared to this quite silly and too dull universe. (I mean, the universe they created is great. But for some reason, most of the movies are just utter shit.)
Well I am very eager to reach that point then
I know a lot of people give it crap for the same reasons I really like it, but Tenet. Its really in-depth and nuanced that takes more than just one watch to really understand what’s happening
Tenet is a good flick with terrible audio
I’ll get roasted for this, but here goes…
“Josie and the Pussycats” from 2001.
It was marketed wrong (IMO). It’s honestly a really funny satire on corporatism, and celebrity worship, and everything that essentially turned up to 11 in the years since it was released.
The very definition of “came out to early to be appreciated” since it was skewering things that were only then just beginning to take over the internet.
That movie is great and so under appreciated. I have the movie soundtrack on CD and I pop it into my car fairly often. Lots of good catchy songs too.
I have the movie soundtrack on CD and I pop it into my car fairly often
Great soundtrack. IIRC it was Kay Hanley from Letters to Cleo doing the voice for Josie and she rocked it.
“Thank you for smoking”. Stayed with me for bloody years. The fact that it even got made was a small miracle.
Full disclosure: I lost loved ones to lung cancer, and I’m 100% certain the cancer sticks pushed by this fucking industry contributed a great deal, so I’m hoping they’re digging up a new circle in hell just for their C suites.
Im going to cheat a bit here, but it’s not a top level commment: the Tomorrow episode from The Bear blew me away. Probably the best half hour of television I ever watched.
That one’s been on my watchlist for a while, I should check it out.
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I honestly reqlly wanted to like that movie because i heard so much good tgings about it. When i watched it it was a lot of meh for me. Like i didn’t hate it, or disliked it, i think my expectations were just through the roof. A lot of it was just like wow epic le random thing happening. It was one of the movies i wished i haven’t heard anyone talking about.
As an american, at this point in time: Idiocracy.
Death to Smoochy. Clever satire with fun dialogue.
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. It doesn’t make sense until it does. Once it all falls into places it’s just perfect.
Fantastic choice! And one of the very few movies where I regretted reading the book beforehand.
The book is totally worth your time too, by the way.
i’m a huge proponent of Sorry to Bother You. so many themes!
