Avatar: The Way of Water - A Review
Avatar: The Way of Water is a story about what it means to be a family and, in the case of Jake Sully, what it means to be a father, a parent, when danger threatens your loved ones. Do you run away and hide? Or do you stand and fight?
The Creator - A Review
What resonated with me in this movie is striving for that ultimate goal of harmony between humans and AI. Ending the suffering, the war. I’m not one who views AI robots as simply a computer that needs to be turned off. If it’s true AI, and true self-awareness and growth, then they have a right to exist in peace. Not war.
All Systems Red by Martha Wells - A Review
What I enjoyed most was Murderbot’s interaction with the humans, and how, over time, it began to claim the humans as its own (“my humans”). I found it an incredibly sweet and optimistic take on human/AI relations.
Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky - A Review
This book is inspiring to me because of how vast the universe is. It’s the ideas in this book that captivate me. The spiders and worldbuilding are cool. The human characters, not so much. And that’s the problem.
The Last of Us: A Review
The Last of Us is proving to everyone that shows based on video games can. be. done. right. It is possible for good writers to transform games into decent shows in spite of the different experiences you get from each medium.
The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse (The Animated Short): A Review
I was definitely way too excited to write this post, but this is just an obsessive writer’s take on it. I loved The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse short. It’s a beautiful, family-friendly story about life, home, and profound change for all ages. Mostly, it’s about living your best life, and that’s why we read Myth stories.
House of the Dragon: A Review
In a way, HOTD has its own Game of Thrones. But is it simply a rehashing? Not quite.
The Rings of Power: A Review
Overall, the show is visually and musically masterful…that is, until you look under the hood.
Solving the Batman Problem
The idea of Batman only works if you ignore a few crucial details. And we can’t afford to overlook these details in today’s world. Not anymore.