As a white middle class child of the 80s, it was thought that my generation would benefit from the established safety nets and structure to the extent that many were expected pursue their passions without compromise.
The disillusionment has come from all sides ever since.
The most effective way to report bugs:
I didn’t question that Luke was capable of his terrible actions in The Last Jedi because Skywalkers are to violence as drunks are to alcohol. Every other Jedi – Obi Wan, Yoda, Mace Windu, Rey – can fight without being tempted to the dark side, but not Luke, Anakin, and Ben.
One more thought on Alita. Many of the changes center around tying the arc to a war that happened 300 years prior. While I don’t particularly care for it, I can’t call it bad yet since I suspect some through line is needed given the somewhat meandering nature of manga.
More on why Rollerball (or is that Motorball?) is wasted in this film.
Alita: Battle Angel, the bads:
Alita: Battle Angel, the goods:
I suspect one aspect of being in the bad place must involve incomprehensible conferencing solutions along with demons who remain unmuted while using their keyboard adjacent microphone from somewhere noisy.
It feels like hiring out of college today often involves a weird kabuki wherein companies openly lie about experience being required, forcing candidates to openly lie about having it. I feel lucky that my own inexperience was universally acknowledged when getting my first job.
This is probably silly, but I think being white boy who felt ostracized growing up in a small white town, if anything, made me more empathetic toward victims of meaningful oppression. I kind of get why the opposite happens, but I am still a little bewildered when it does.