MattBrad @saltbush.bsky.social · 25/10/2023Fan overjoyed to snag pic with father from ‘Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings‹instagram.comCarina Lau on Instagram: "好久不見💞"56K likes, 542 comments - carinalau1208 on October 24, 2023: "好久不見💞" 000 0
MattBrad @saltbush.bsky.social · 24/10/2023I assume as time passes there will be more critique of it not being centered on the Osage perspective. Scorsese not trying to do that very thing seems like the respectful decision to me. 010 1
MattBrad @saltbush.bsky.social · 24/10/2023I don’t think I can do the movie, I’ve seen so many Indians take it on the chin IRL and seeing it onscreen would be a lot for me. It sounds like there were some good narrative decisions, though. 110 1
MattBrad @saltbush.bsky.social · 24/10/2023How come? Just curious. I haven’t read it because I don’t care for anything with a true crime vibe. 100 1
MattBrad @saltbush.bsky.social · 23/10/2023I find Scorsese and Raimi films difficult to appreciate as everything lies beneath their signature 000 0
MattBrad @saltbush.bsky.social · 23/10/2023Scorsese did similar when he adapted ‘Infernal Affairs’—turned a work with violence into a work about violencegpb.orgScorsese centers men and their violence once again in 'Killers of the Flower Moon'Martin Scorsese's film, based on David Grann's book, tells the true story of white men in the 1920s who married into and systematically murdered Osage families to gain claims to their oil-rich land. 100 1
MattBrad @saltbush.bsky.social · 22/10/2023Israel is no aberration—ethnonationalism was a driving force in 20th century European state formation.web.archive.orgForeign Affairs - Us and Them - Jerry Z. MullerAmericans generally belittle the role of ethnic nationalism in politics. But in fact, it corresponds to some enduring propensities of the human spirit, it is galvanized by modernization, and in one fo... 000 0
MattBrad @saltbush.bsky.social · 18/10/2023Imperfect analogy: – Russian military is a major league franchise/Ukrainian military is a farm club — IDF is in the majors/Hamas is a junior high team Increased military aid to Israel is wholly political. US taxpayers deserve transparency re: the justification. 000 0
MattBrad @saltbush.bsky.social · 18/10/2023One is left to wonder what drives the Biden administration’s choices given that Israel does not require US support to prosecute its war on Hamas. Lack of diplomatic savvy? Domestic considerations? Simple ignorance?ft.comRush by west to back Israel erodes developing countries’ support for UkraineDiplomats warn backing for Israeli assault on Gaza has poisoned efforts to build consensus against Russia’s war 110 1
MattBrad @saltbush.bsky.social · 17/10/2023Basic screenwriting failures made Captain Marvel and Monica Rambeau origin story/power set/obstacles overcome bundles instead of characters. MCU Kamala Khan otoh is Hemsworth Thor level colorful. Wonder how that is (not) going to work alongside two generic action heroesscreenrant.comThe Marvels Early Box Office Projections Are 72% Worse Than QuantumaniaPredictions are bleak for the next MCU team-up. 000 0
MattBrad @saltbush.bsky.social · 14/10/2023“There are no innocent bystanders because in times such as these times no one standing by is innocent.” Why does self-awareness have to be in such short supplyhuffpost.comIsraeli President Suggests That Civilians In Gaza Are Legitimate Targets“It is an entire nation out there that is responsible,” Isaac Herzog said as Israel ordered 1.1 million Palestinians to evacuate their homes. 000 0
MattBrad @saltbush.bsky.social · 14/10/2023tl;dr – Hamas and the IDF aren’t cutting the coming weeks from whole cloth warontherocks.com/2023/10/tech... 000 0
Reposted by MattBradAndrew Curry @andrewcurry.com · 13/10/2023New research by @annemiekemilks.bsky.social and others shows Neanderthals hunted cave lions, one of the most fearsome predators of the Pleistocene -- and perhaps took their pelts as trophies.science.orgScience | AAAS 073 7
MattBrad @saltbush.bsky.social · 13/10/2023Great acting can paper over lazy writing. If you’re willing to see what is there, Lost-The Leftovers-Watchmen is a holy trinity of bait and switching a fantastical event that ends up never being explored as an excuse to delve into the seeming mundanity of interpersonal relationships. 000 0
MattBrad @saltbush.bsky.social · 13/10/2023The amazing portrayal of real life diadic relations work is completely at odds with the sociology. E.g., no one is shown to benefit from the Departure by the “loss” of an abusive family member or sandbagging boss from their path, and the epistemological ruptures are unrealistically minor 100 1
MattBrad @saltbush.bsky.social · 13/10/2023A tale about a human population of 140 million that functions anything like our own would obviously be a bald-faced lie. But society functions oddly in that fictional world 100 1
MattBrad @saltbush.bsky.social · 13/10/2023Did a ‘Leftovers’ rewatch and found the Coon/Theroux portrayal of intimacy even more masterful and the worldbuilding far more hacky than I recalled 100 1
MattBrad @saltbush.bsky.social · 12/10/2023I really like Tooze’s notion that requires not just ideology but also particular social and political pressures. But people will argue, as you say. m.soundcloud.com/poltheoryoth...m.soundcloud.comFascist echoes w/ Adam ToozePlay Fascist echoes w/ Adam Tooze by Politics Theory Other on desktop and mobile. Play over 320 million tracks for free on SoundCloud. 110 1
Reposted by MattBradEvangelion Screenshots @ngescreenshot.bsky.social · 05/10/2023Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time 39:08 041 4
MattBrad @saltbush.bsky.social · 05/10/2023Cautiously exited for this year’s Balloon Fiesta/annular eclipse temporal alignmentnmnaturalhistory.orgBalloon Fiesta Eclipse: Science Talk | New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science 000 0
MattBrad @saltbush.bsky.social · 04/10/2023‘William Hamilton made the ascent during the 1767 eruption in the company of the art historian Johann Winckelmann. [They] descended into the crater, where it was so hot that they decided to take their clothes off and eat their picnic in the nude.’lrb.co.ukRosemary Hill · Smoke and Lava: Vesuvius Observed · LRB 5 October 2023While the Romantic view of Vesuvius saw it as a unique phenomenon, a spectacle, for the scientists it was a specimen, a... 000 0
MattBrad @saltbush.bsky.social · 04/10/2023Mari the rare fictional badass who doesn’t walk through life dressed as a grimacing tryhard Alphagamerant.comEvangelion: Who Was Mari Makinami Really?Mari Makinami Illustrious is one of the strangest and most divisive characters in Evangelion, but there is a method to her madness. 000 0
MattBrad @saltbush.bsky.social · 04/10/2023I watched the Rebuilds first, figure that one outtheguardian.comEvangelion: 3.0+1.01 Thrice Upon a Time review – surreal visual brillianceHideaki Anno’s four-part reworking of his philosophical 90s anime classic Neon Genesis Evangelion reaches its conclusion with an emotional father-son confrontation 100 1
MattBrad @saltbush.bsky.social · 03/10/2023This looks so superior to green screen/The Volume content streaming right now. If Edwards cared the least bit about his characters he would rule the cinematic worldvariety.comHow Gareth Edwards’ Sci-Fi Opus ‘The Creator’ Achieved Blockbuster Scale at a Fraction of the ...For 'The Creator,' Gareth Edwards tried with his original sci-fi opus to go back to the guerilla filmmaking of his directorial debut 'Monsters.' 030 3
