Midnight Weary

This thing is schmaltzy, the stories are usually deeply flawed and shallow and the characters are sooo conveniently dumb, but hey, I like a vampire mystery series shot like a cheap soap opera. It's entertaining, not the least for all the mid two thousands clothing and makeup also the fast and loose way they play with mythology and the occult. They don't so much make things their own as pick a thing, read the highlights and pick the highlights of those highlights.

It's a useful piece of information but for something that argues against the hazards of technology and media, it has a lot of bells and whistles and a very clear intent. I found it particularly interesting when one of the interviewees used the introduction of the bicycle as an example of how tools previously didn't work against us. He has no basis for this. Bicycles were considered a corrupting element. They were one of the things that encouraged pants for women and public misbehavior. Coffee and hot chocolate shops have, in the past, allowed for crystallization of political opinions and led, in part to revolution. This may be worse (not sure. I wasn't alive then to know) but it is not unique. The point is, the documentary argues that we're uniquely s*##wed because thinking that makes us feel special. It's encouraging positive feelings towards it to get publicity because that drives traffic to Netflix. In arguing against controlling the flow of information, it's doing it.