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What have you finished reading?
Nothing
What are you currently reading?
Axiom's End by Lindsay Ellis - Ooops. Reading Lindsay's book while she's having (another) twitter meltdown is a bad look, i guess. Look, its ok to have a bad take and be wrong. Its another thing all together to delete your entire twitter. If your job is left(ish) takes re: media, like, god, expect the occasional backlash? also: just get a generic twitter like the rest of the world instead of melting down. lastly, she claims to have had melted down re: right wing abuse, but leftists on twitter get *checks notes* a 1 HOUR AND 40 MINUTE VIDEO ON CANCEL CULTURE? good night. I haven't watched the video, and even felt a little weird reading this after that meltdown.
lastly for real this time, i dont really want a take regarding cancel culture from any media analysist on fucking youtube. and certainly not one that is nearly a feature length movie. eeeesh
OK ok, all that aside, Cora gets implanted with some kind of speaker and she becomes the alien's official translator. the government wisks them away to some bases to keep it hidden, but Coras dad leaks the information anyway. There's some sort of strange bonding moments with the alien that really feels... weird? Unnecessary? Certainly contrived. I'm hoping something will actually happen soon. While its interesting learning about the alien, i feel like we're wasting time building up for some stupid redemption arc for cora and her dad. As if him abandoning his family is OK now because the aliens are real or whatever.
Nothing
What are you currently reading?
Axiom's End by Lindsay Ellis - Ooops. Reading Lindsay's book while she's having (another) twitter meltdown is a bad look, i guess. Look, its ok to have a bad take and be wrong. Its another thing all together to delete your entire twitter. If your job is left(ish) takes re: media, like, god, expect the occasional backlash? also: just get a generic twitter like the rest of the world instead of melting down. lastly, she claims to have had melted down re: right wing abuse, but leftists on twitter get *checks notes* a 1 HOUR AND 40 MINUTE VIDEO ON CANCEL CULTURE? good night. I haven't watched the video, and even felt a little weird reading this after that meltdown.
lastly for real this time, i dont really want a take regarding cancel culture from any media analysist on fucking youtube. and certainly not one that is nearly a feature length movie. eeeesh
OK ok, all that aside, Cora gets implanted with some kind of speaker and she becomes the alien's official translator. the government wisks them away to some bases to keep it hidden, but Coras dad leaks the information anyway. There's some sort of strange bonding moments with the alien that really feels... weird? Unnecessary? Certainly contrived. I'm hoping something will actually happen soon. While its interesting learning about the alien, i feel like we're wasting time building up for some stupid redemption arc for cora and her dad. As if him abandoning his family is OK now because the aliens are real or whatever.
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Date: 2021-04-21 01:51 pm (UTC)From:It's weird because in general I love her media culture analysis but I am just not interested in the novel? I don't know why.
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Date: 2021-04-21 02:20 pm (UTC)From:also one of the chapters in that movie length video is a 44 minute chapter titled "my sins". Thats CLEARLY NOT IN GOOD FAITH. I'm not watching it.
Look, i got a lot of sins, and im glad i didnt commit them in front of millions of people. but im not *throws arms up wildly in resignation*
Her book feels pretty ... fine. right now. I'd say, milk-not-a-milkshake, but maybe the ending will change it. I just see things lining up and I'm not liking where it seems to be headed. It feels more like a movie? Like this would make a better movie? Because, again, it relies on dialogue to move the plot forward. It being a book is just because a movie would cost too much to make.