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World War something, Anna Haifisch

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if you're in the throes of cosmic despair i cannot recommend museums enough. art or science or history it doesn't matter. oh we're all connected, all of us and everything, throughout all time and space, and no one, no one, no one is alone? awesome. that's what i thought i just wanted to make sure.

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How to train your dragon live action

The thing that is actually offensive is the blatant effort to manipulate us, the viewer, for our money and time—and the fact that it will succeed.

Is it a movie that we have never seen before? No, the animated version exists.

Does it expand on the world we love? No, looked basically shot for shot. And a show already exists.

Does it tell the story in a new artistic or technologically interesting way? No.

Is it a corporation preying on our nostalgic love for something that exists to make easy money? Yes.

Then there’s always the question:

Can’t you let people enjoy things?

“Let” is an interesting word. It implies that a criticism forces someone into a non-choice. No one is ever forcing a person from spending their money and/or time with a critique. But if a critique makes a person rethink how they see things or even consider other points of view, that’s really valuable. A person might even hear a criticism and still disagree after.

The reason my particular criticism exists is because it is sad to see fellow regular people signal to a corporation that, “yes I will allow you to manipulate me. Yes I don’t mind if the progress of our cultural creativity gets stunted.”

Because where we spend our money and time says that—and time is our most important and valuable asset. Corporations take our time in exchange for them to have money, and it is exactly why they create remakes. It is the easiest way to get money from us. So easy, they don’t even have to think of a new story. They just use the original property as a beat for beat plagiarized reference.

Many original works of art do not get funded because people are giving their money to see a retelling of the same story that exists. The money will be given to whoever will earn. Interesting to always hear “they’ve run out of ideas”, and then see the box office for these story husks soar past the original.

These types of movies belittle the past and future efforts of hard work and creativity.

That is why it is hard to see people enjoying something that has obvious disregard towards us. As a patron of the arts, I want our world to move forward; and the next generation to feel encouraged and inspired by creativity, art, hard work, and the humanities. I don’t want to be scammed of my money and time when that’s harder to earn for us than them.

This is not a critique on remakes that recreate, reiterate, and reimagine. There is an art in a retelling especially if it’s through a new medium or technology.

This is a critique on scalpers reselling for easy money. Things need to be worth our time and money for us to give it away, and I don’t think things like this should be worth it for you or me as working class people.

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No Kings Day should be a holiday honestly. People need to be reminded what unchecked power looks like.

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A quick thought about a small history detail pertaining to kings came to mind today, that I think is interesting (and relevant). So I searched up the images real quick.

I was thinking about how kings throughout history have frequently used paintings to present themselves as heroes. Both to legitimize their rule and to inspire awe among their subjects.

An example is King Louis XIV of France who commissioned portraits that depicted him as a strong, majestic, and almost mythical figure; shown in armor or with divine symbols, to reinforce his image as the "Sun King" and a heroic leader.

Here are two of his paintings where he is shown in armor, and in the second, crowned by an angel. The purpose is to show his strength and divine (religious) right as king.

Monarchs also sometimes inserted themselves into religious or mythological scenes, aligning themselves with legendary heroes or even gods.

This image depicts "The Family of Louis XIV" by Jean Nocret, painted in 1670. It is a mythological portrait showing Louis XIV and his family as ancient Roman gods. It was not commissioned by himself, but by his brother, in order to depict Louis XIV as a great historical figure to others, and so that Louis XIV would appear everywhere.

And so, I just want to drop these images as an observation. Posted officially by the whitehouse and reposted officially on the personal account of the person depicted.

I find that these two images in particular are interesting, sort of obviously reflecting what we have seen in history as mythical figure and divine right.

On a side note the mythical figure is actually really funny (and maybe kind of scary) since it is intended to be heroic and strong, yet depicts a red light saber...

In Star Wars, which the image is referencing, a Sith is a member of the Sith Order which is dedicated to the Dark Side. They are known by their pursuit of power, hate, deception, greed and willingness to do whatever it takes to achieve their goal. They are known by their red light sabers which are drawn from their dark and aggressive emotions...

Just makes a person question the level of media literacy being mirrored on official accounts...

not to mention it's Ai:

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How to train your dragon live action

The thing that is actually offensive is the blatant effort to manipulate us, the viewer, for our money and time—and the fact that it will succeed.

Is it a movie that we have never seen before? No, the animated version exists.

Does it expand on the world we love? No, looked basically shot for shot. And a show already exists.

Does it tell the story in a new artistic or technologically interesting way? No.

Is it a corporation preying on our nostalgic love for something that exists to make easy money? Yes.

Then there’s always the question:

Can’t you let people enjoy things?

“Let” is an interesting word. It implies that a criticism forces someone into a non-choice. No one is ever forcing a person from spending their money and/or time with a critique. But if a critique makes a person rethink how they see things or even consider other points of view, that’s really valuable. A person might even hear a criticism and still disagree after.

The reason my particular criticism exists is because it makes me sad to see fellow regular people signal to a corporation that, “yes I will allow you to manipulate me. Yes I don’t mind if the progress of our cultural creativity gets stunted.”

Because where we spend our money and time says that—and time is our most important and valuable asset. Corporations take our time in exchange for them to have money, and it is exactly why they create remakes. It is the easiest way to get money from us. So easy, they don’t even have to think of a new story. They just use the original property as a beat for beat plagiarized reference.

Many original works of art do not get funded because people are giving their money to see a retelling of the same story that exists. The money will be given to whoever will earn. Interesting to always hear “they’ve run out of ideas”, and then see the box office for these story husks soar past the original.

These types of movies belittle the past and future efforts of hard work and creativity.

That is why it is hard to see people enjoying something that has obvious disregard towards us. As a patron of the arts, I want our world to move forward; and the next generation to feel encouraged and inspired by creativity, art, hard work, and the humanities. I don’t want to be scammed of my money and time when that’s harder to earn for us than them.

This is not a critique on remakes that recreate, reiterate, and reimagine. There is an art in a retelling especially if it’s through a new medium or technology.

This is a critique on scalpers reselling for easy money. Things need to be worth our time and money for us to give it away, and I don’t think things like this should be worth it for you or me as working class people.

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The aspect of the evolution of contemporary art is really interesting. And pretty sad.

This is the birth child of mass consumption & rage bait attraction. The result in the age of inauthenticity, brain rot, and nihilism.

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The spiral I can’t help but get into every time I see someone I know post some bigoted shit. It literally keeps me up

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I really have to start embodying energy. When I feel fatigued I think I just lean into it and let it take me down. I just got a wave of sleepiness, and I just can't stand the thought of feeling like shit right now. So I will try my best to sit up straight, and act like I have something exciting to do after work.

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me: “sorry ): can’t come!! got so much to do at home”

me as soon as im home:

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I burn out emotionally in the upper atmosphere

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Keeping Two by Jordan Crane

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When an ai bot posts a rage bait video about being a bad mother, humans are quick post enraged responses thinking they are coming to morality's rescue. 'I'll show her!' ; Unknowingly yet voluntarily adding to the automatic money accumulation for a contrived account that passively makes big bucks for the scammers and money-hungry.

All it costed you was a little of your rage. No real cost to you though, just give your rage to the disingenuous, and they can trade it in for fast cash. Be sure to to prolong the discourse as well--post multiple responses if you can--so you too can get someone else rich quick. The algorithm loves that juicy rage engagement. Don't worry, once you're done with that last video, you'll get another to be mad about.

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the problem with relatability in media and the fall of genuine expression

Im not really interested in media that calls my attention to my own perspective-- where the only thing it has to say about it is how relatable it is or how self aware it is to notice.

This relatability and self awareness was at one time an interesting concept full of irony; but now it is something that has become so saturated in our culture that it is obvious and tiring. The relatability problem is that too many things are now full of sentiments that are easy to come up with yourself. All you have to do is the basic amount of looking around to gather these same observations.

Within social media the problem is even more extreme. People will steal a #relatable quote and pose it as their own thought—same—and no one needs to challenge where this thought came from because it is so relatable—lol same. Blend in, and your fears of being alone will evaporate. It’s easier to repost a meme of relatability so that your followers will know exactly who you are in your own eyes, while simultaneously not knowing anything about you.

Of course relatability, empathy, and appreciation keeps us connected and in community, but that is when it’s genuine.

All we touch and all we see is what we are. Which could be misconstrued as none of us having original thoughts. And while it’s obvious we can have similar thoughts, our individual experiences paired with our shared experiences spark new ideas and thoughts. Which are much more interesting than a relatable repost.

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I liked the sentiments, by Dr. Ruth J Simmons, that reading is a form of forced meditation if you aren't disciplined to meditate fully. And that business does not make our lives meaningful, but our interior that matters in the end.

Also I love documentaries about reading and books. I really want to visit at least one of the bookstores featured in this video.