If you wanna see a tragedy, just listen to Longmire on AFL360. My god, the pain in his eyes is unbearable. I also got the vibe that he is well aware that there are some devastating consequence coming.
So I’m revisiting the discography after the announcement, and every time I return to Skinty, I always feels there’s a creative kinship between these three tracks. With foreboding vocals, the echoing riffs, and rolling drums, there’s just this consuming fatalism and pervasive melancholy in each track that also seems to be the most overt homage to Joy Division.
I might be a bad reading judging the sound of a live video, but I did get a hint that there was certainly more of an electronic influence. Maybe their next album will follow the classic post-punk arc of becoming more and more influenced by the electronic music?
Ok, so this has been one of the examples of modern literature that has been recommended to me, and like some of the other books that I’ve read on this list (although, some have been incredible), I’m kind of scratching my head regarding why this is considered so great?
Yeah, it’s a modern reimagining of Dickens and obviously the content is poignant and there’s some thematics that are interesting…..but my god, the prose is so boring. To the point where I’m really struggling to engage with the book and justify reading it further. And don’t get me wrong, there are countless examples of brilliant modern literature (Never Let Me Go and Piranesi to name a couple), but this doesn’t feel like it deserves to be in a similar category. I know I’m on my own here as many love this novel, but curious to hear why you love it.
Man, Ho has really owned Season 5 so far — he has been fucking hilarious. Although, there’s one moment that perfectly explains his psychology. As he is getting interrogated, he drops a Paul Thomas Anderson reference to the film Magnolia (brilliant film)…..and says that “Tom Cruise fucking rules in that movie.”
If you watched this movie, well that reference explains everything.
Man, was I excited for this album! After hearing Good Lies for the first when it was released, Overmono were just another incredible example of electronic music coming from the UK. And the album itself was an anomaly — swinging between summer anthems, melancholy techno, and weird immersive ambient tracks that sounded like the most experimental RNB that I’ve ever listened to. I guess that was the beauty of the album: it was virtually impossible to pigeonhole into a particular genre.
By contrast, Pure Devotion just seems boring. Don’t get me wrong — there are some incredible tracks. The singles, especially Lockup and Even Angels Ghost, epitomised Overmono’a absolute skill at creating floor-burners and addictive melancholy, melody progressions. Now after listening to the album in its entirety, the other tracks just feels stale. The slow-tempo tracks Re nowhere near as immersive as the stuff on Good Lies, and the more dance tracks just feel fairly generic. Gem Lingo and and After the Rain have that classic anthemic quality, but the overall album experience is just not as interesting.
I think this has to be the most poignant ending of any season (so far, I haven’t watched Season 5 yet!)
If wasn’t abundantly clear already, Season 4 really hammers home just how truly tragic River’s existence is….a character who very much epitomises the existential claim that the universe is unjust and devoid of any moral logic by showing a world that constantly shits on someone with a strong moral compass.
Anyway, I found the moment during the ending highly poignant when River’s stoicism finally fades after sending Senior Cartwright to the old folks home, those tears capturing just how alone he really feels.
But what I even found more poignant was the subsequent scene involving Lamb (basically the final shot of Season 4). It’s obvious to us that Lamb shits of everyone, using his cynicism to seem like he doesn’t care, when in reality he deeply cares about his team. However, what he says to River in that final sequence seemed monumental (for Lamb, that is). Rather than the usual distance, he actually offered River to stay for some company. And this is why it’s so poignant, that despite it being the most subtle offer, I think Lamb identifies how lonely River must feels and is ultimately suggesting that he may want some companionship after everything that has happened. Now that’s a Lamb we haven’t seen yet.
In the satirical sense of course. The writers have absolutely nailed the incel/incredibly insecure man who acts with a sense of overconfidence to mask his deep insecurities. I generally have a proper LOL during most episodes, but Season 4 in particular, he has been hilarious.
AFL has us finishing Top 4. Whatever happens post that, another incredible effort with the hardest draw. In addition, that means we’ll vs Freo out West. I actually think this will gives us a psychological edge — all pressure will be on them, and nothing on us. It definitely has a feel of 2024 and meeting Port in SA.
Yeah, I knew the usual dumb shit was going to come with the casting choices, which seems utterly ridiculous to hate an entire film based on these minor choices. Anyway, a new criticism that has arisen, that is just as bizarre, is the notion of presenting Odysseus as not a hero. I guess these right-leaning media outlets view Nolan’s decision as something adjacent to revisionist history and the reviewing of historical moments as less heroic and more morally ambiguous than they were initially thought to be.
But my god, is this not what makes the film so fascinating? Rather than have a straight up hero, we have a morally ambiguous character plagued by guilt and desperately attempting to be better than being the catalyst for the moral nihilism of the universe? I would take that any day over a straight-up traditional hero.
Hey guys, returned to surfing about two months ago post acl surgery (12 months out). Everything going good, turns are getting stringers with each surf. Although, still very nervous about pulling in, especially pig-dogging. Just wondering from your own experience when you felt comfortable attempting to get barrelled again?
As suggested in the title, I haven’t watched all the seasons (so, no spoilers!) But man, this has to be the darkest and most nihilistic season so far. The manner in which so many of the characters are primarily motivated by their reputations, and willingness to cross any moral boundary for the purpose of climbing the social ladder, is genuinely disgusting and so darkly cynical.
Despite all his flaws and hidden history, Lamb appears like a moral beacon against the pervasive selfishness of the MI5 world.
Yerp, I'm so late to this show; however, I can't remember a show being so addictive. I'm currently watching Season 3, and once again, it's impossible to put down.
Each season so far is not only written with an extremely absorbing plot, but is also perfectly paced. Do people think that the 6-episode arc allows the writers to nail the pacing? I can't remember a show being so perfectly paced.
My god, his harmonising made some of the sequences so haunting. And it was perfectly executed because for a protagonist who is crippled by his guilt, Blake vocals that bookended most set-pieces perfectly captured the subjective experience of the character. I also love the final track with Travis -- incredibly atmospheric.
This may seem like an obvious statement because the film is obviously directed by Nolan, but what I found so amazing about his adaption is just how much the film connects to his favourite themes and character-types. More than anything, the film is fundamentally a study of guilt, just like so many other Nolan protagonist. Whether it’s Batman, Inception, or Oppenheimer, all of Nolan’s characters, Odysseus is another character attempting to reconcile his pain. That’s why I thought it was quite brilliant framing from the point of Calypso as this is a desperate attempt to forget his past actions, while the Sirens are used perfectly as an illusion for an escape route from one’s past actions. And then there’s the perfect sequence of Odysseus reciting his actions at Troy that ultimately led to a world of moral nihilism — this is a man dealing with the pain of his past actions. Whether the loss of one’s parents (Batman), the loss of one’s wife (Inception), the pain of creating a destructive weapon (Oppenheimer), or the main of The Trojan Horse and ultimately destroying the moral fabric of the world, Odysseus is fundamentally Nolan.
This may seem like an obvious statement because the film is obviously directed by Nolan, but what I found so amazing about his adaption is just how much the film connects to his favourite themes and character-types. More than anything, the film is fundamentally a study of guilt, just like so many other Nolan protagonist. Whether it’s Batman, Inception, or Oppenheimer, all of Nolan’s characters, Odysseus is another character attempting to reconcile his pain. That’s why I thought it was quite brilliant framing from the point of Calypso as this is a desperate attempt to forget his past actions, while the Sirens are used perfectly as an illusion for an escape route from one’s past actions. And then there’s the perfect sequence of Odysseus reciting his actions at Troy that ultimately led to a world of moral nihilism — this is a man dealing with the pain of his past actions. Whether the loss of one’s parents (Batman), the loss of one’s wife (Inception), the pain of creating a destructive weapon (Oppenheimer), or the main of The Trojan Horse and ultimately destroying the moral fabric of the world, Odysseus is fundamentally Nolan.
Anyone else super excited to see Mullin take on Pickett next week? I just know he is going to get him, and after watching the game yesterday, if he is successful, it goes a huge way for us winning the game.
With Holmes and Cameron gone, we officially have nothing to lose. We have a VFL team that is dominating, so why not play the kids and see what happens? Just imagine if we met Freo or someone in the finals? All the pressure would be on them, and nothing on us. Very excited to see the new chaotic approach we can take over these final 6 weeks.
I’ve returned to East of Eden after about 10 years, and despite the slight remembrance of really enjoying reading the novel initially, I completely forgot just how motivating and inspiring it is as a text, especially the manner in which it inspires one to act as a moral agent.
Whether it’s Lee’s inspiring monologue about the significance of moral choice and how we can always inspire to do better, or Samuel’s influence as a friend, or the narrators discussion of the fundamental question of humanity and the desire to die as a loved man, I can’t remember the last time I was so inspired after reading a novel.
Maybe it’s due to the fact that the novel so brilliantly tackled the fundamental ambiguity of our nature, and how life is this constant pull between two forces, and it’s impossible to not find this relatable? Or maybe it’s due to the fact that I’m on the eve of becoming a father, and this novel is such a profound exploration of the violent consequences of parental rejection and the fatal mistake of attempting to mould a child in your image without seeing the world through their eyes?
Whatever the case, this is genuinely an inspiring text that has an immediate and consequential impact on your own life and experiences.
I feel like Oppenheimer was Nolan first, and most explicit, use of the horror genre in his entire filmography. What impressed me most was his ability with the camera, and use of music, throughout that film to expertly craft some really effective, psychological horror sequences.
Now hearing that the Odyssey features an extended horror sequence (I have to think it’ll be Cyclops, even though there are multiple option from the source material), I cannot wait to see that in the cinema!