cory clemmings

I really thought this was going to be a sweet movie about boys finding love. I really didn't think it was going to get so dark so fast, or really, even, at all. I'm especially glad they didn't kill off Dante. I don't know how I would have gotten through the rest of the story had they done so. I wish the film though had more screen time of both leads together. When Dante was headed off to Chicago following that first summer after they met, I just assumed they wouldn't have stayed in touch and the script would have jumped to when he returned, but it didn't, instead using letters for current phone contact and a plot tool, which was so cute throughout the film. The imagery of stars, always lensed when Aristotle and Dante are together alone in their secret dessert hideaway, being a nexus for both characters, a symbol of mystery and beauty, signify them so well, that they are themselves stars who are just really trying to exist in a universe trying to burn them out. I'll definitely give this a watch again.

First three episodes made me have doubts, but the fourth definitely was a turning point. This series is amaaaazzzzing!!! I think, if we r able to survive and travel at the extreme distances in our galaxy, our future will become what this show is—plus or minus the maniacal, tyrannical one-man, replicating-into-oblivion galaxy leadership (Lee Pace is a babe). Some things that blow my mind from the series: black-hole-powered spaceships(!), sensibility to “feel the future”, black stars(!), the space visuals(!!), Azura’s punishments😱—Oh my friggin god!! It’s soooo good!! I looooove this series soooo much!!! I’ve been trying very hard to visualise the future lately, and this show is helping me a great deal do just that.

Sometimes the best creative pieces are those that are politically relevant and timely to our collective mental hopes and fears. Civil War tackles the extremes of a democracy taken over by an extremist tyrant, exploring what is truly ugly and lies in the wake--a future so grim, no one is safe--should this become a reality. Images that would resemble those in the middle east, war-torn African countries display an America that perhaps, before now, would be unimaginable, and while it may not be the writers' intentions, this movie definitely functions as a foreboding of what could be if Trump or someone like him is (re)elected and decides to never leave.

I will always value work that explores reality beyond how we currently know it. This is one of the best alien invasion-introduction series I've watched. It has all the essential features: contact, chaos, (seeming) resolution, and most importantly—which sets it apart from most, like Apple Tv's "Invasion"—the emotion and contemplation on how big something like this is, though I would add that maybe a little more exploration of this would've been necessary since it's really what gives these shows their weight. Many alien shows don't explore much of the emotional magnitude of what an alien invasion or openly declared visit would mean for humanity which, beyond the super high-tech flares and societal shifts it brings is really what makes these shows great. All we've known, for over 100,000 years, is life existing on Earth and nowhere else, and we only live for up to 80 years—a short time to accept or comprehend such a reality shift as an alien invasion I think would collapse a lot of minds. Though I craved a little more contemplation in this regard, I'm satisfied. It's also hard to imagine how different world economies could withstand this change, perhaps further collapsing in response to the chaos, especially those already on the brink. Very refreshing and maybe new, too, is the strategy we see unfolding in how we respond to an almost omniscient alien collective: the team trying to accomplish a tiny fraction of light speed, using currently available technology (I never thought this possible), which seems rational considering there's no mass or friction in space so seemingly unimaginable high speeds are actually possible with the current technology available to us. Though my pushback here is that an alien race so advance to travel the distance of four light years in just 400 years would not have detected Earth centuries or millennia ago is doing so now seems farfetched, even considering there are trillions of exoplanets spread out in the Milky Way and is also a trope played out in these shows. Why wouldn't this alien race, so advance and intelligent, try to make contact with alien life in the name of keeping life going in a universe that's slowly burning out? Though maybe that's a concept for another kind of alien show. The show starts interesting and keeps you going, introducing even more high-stakes concepts the further along it goes: from the completely immersive, high-stakes VR games, the nano-fibre tech from Auggie and how that developed in episode five's "Judgement Day", to the very ending of season one with Will's doomed launch (which, a little weird since nothing can withstand a nuclear blast) into space and the metaphor and significance of bugs actually being super beings because of their evolutionary advantage of surviving, setting up future seasons. The whole production is a masterpiece. The only setbacks for me are how it seemed to originally center on a small group, from the same background trying to solve a problem for humanity and all species on the planet. Such an issue would seem more aptly handled by a world alliance, not just scientists from England as well as intelligence operatives. How a civilisation or any living thing in a solar system with three stars could manage to survive yet alone develop technology so powerful to communicate faster than light speed is a mystery. Hopefully, if this is all not addressed, they will be more careful in their writing. Anyway, this is an amazing show!

One of the most powerful emotional states we’ll ever experience is grief, which may have the capacity to split the mind, perhaps from overtime cerebral, cardiovascular injury. This show exemplifies this perfectly. Ive known grief my whole life, and I love movies. I’m always drawn to sad movies, too, even though they’re not healthy for me. This one is now definitely on my list of favourite sad movies. i really liked how the whole movie (the setting, colour tones) followed a tone of loss and sadness, exploding in the end with Harry’s death. Never saw that coming and, though it breaks you, there’s something whole about it. Being gay is not easy and has never been easy in any time throughout history, even today, even in America. That and experiencing death (a phenomenon difficult to understand bcs of our cultures and beliefs) can force us to create fantasies to exist, even if not as vivid as the protagonist’s: The mind has to protect itself somehow from pain overload, so instead of accepting the truth, we fantasise about worlds we wish to exist. This has been true for me ever since I lost my mom and a guy I liked but never told. It’s been over 14 years since they died, and I sometimes drift myself off into worlds of them still existing. The main character is literally me. Still crying. On the matter of sexuality, which is a major part of the movie, I never thought about it or, better, it never made sense to me why I hated the word “gay”, especially as a definition of sexuality, until watching the movie with Harry explaining how the use of the word as an epithet does not encourage association, made so much sense to me. And also, how lonely being gay can be bcs of the isolation, even from family, and from ppl that would otherwise like you, including intimately but can’t express their feelings out of fear. Lastly, another through-line feeling I left this movie with is how much, it seems, the world would be easier if it was kinder to queer ppl. Really amazing show.

Just completed the series, and I don't have words. The whole of it ran and climaxed so well and broke me in the final episode with Adam's painful revelations at the hearing. I can relate entirely working in pharmacy: there really are no rewards at the end of saving lives, and everyone around you only demand that you continue giving, never caring about your well-being. Shruti's death is still so shocking. I really must say, I understand when writers do this to make a point about the wrongs we're doing in the world, but it's so hard to get through them. I particularly didn't like how they didn't wallow: they just moved the story along two months ahead. I suppose though that also was a tool of the plot implicitly magnifying the true lack of welfare for medical professionals who break at the hands of a system that really ironically should be caring for people. Adam and Harry are so cute together. I hope they worked out :'( I don't know what it is, maybe Ben Whishaw (love him) that made this show feel so relatable or that these people/characters were your friends. Maybe it's something about BBC/British dramas. Hoping for more seasons though I'm sure it's unlikely. Will definitely revisit loads of time in the future!

I love this show so much, which shouldn't surprise me so considering Apple produces it. Their dedication to quality is inspiring. I think at its core, the show tries to remind us that we are all people, flawed, imperfect, and always just trying to get through, especially people with a lot of celebrity. Cancel culture was probably born out of a strong rejection newer generations developed for the wrongs that have persisted for years, which is rightly so. However, in ending people, we probably block ourselves from ever allowing people to change, especially if they want to. Season two was clear demonstration of this and captured it so well. I never thought I'd empathise for Mitch, but there I was every second of season two balling every time my emotions were tugged on, including for him. Alex being so damaged symolises the point the show makes of why we're humans, and it's always refreshing to see Aniston in the role, of course, alongside Reece and every other character that really holds the show together. I hope the Daniel character won't be leaving the show--love him and Mia. I don't see how they'll top seasons one and two, but I can't wait!

I never anticipated falling in love with this movie, though it ended so sad. It's so well done. How the plot unfolds is almost perfectly predictable but doesn't entirely trap itself by this, especially with the twist of the male-male love dynamic existing before the typical hetero one. It does more, too, highlighting how we make living so difficult for ourselves, wasting our years for that end. This is portrayed with every central character and perhaps themes of the film: Tom and his difficulty to accept himself, Patrick and Marion for not moving on, and the world for making difference criminal (which is also still the world we live in). Gay content being central in mainstream, blockbuster movies is still very unpopular, so anywhere I can find it will be a plus. The actors were exceptional, especially the older character actors who didn't do much talking throughout the film—it’s as if the years taught them so much about each other words were almost unnecessary or that the distances between them never really closed! Throughout the film, I kept remembering when and why I fell in love with drama genre movies though I sort of abandoned them long ago because of how sad they make me: the good ones especially. And I think it was the Cliffs of Dover that kept resurfacing throughout the movie (and the imagery of waves, I suppose reminding us how we really go throughout life without much control of how it unfolds), which was absolutely beautiful, too!

Just started watching. Story seems interesting, but a lot of the characters are effing annoying--like so annoying you have to look away when they're on screen!! Show could do without some of them and storylines, especially the ones centering toxic masculinity, for which I'm not sure it deals with effectively but rather makes you more annoyed by. Just completed the entire season though, n it wouldn't be a bad decision watching.

Love it! I didn't start watching it b4--inescapable for me--reading about all the hate the show was getting, and I must say I don't completely get it. It's a reboot: it's not going to be entirely the same as the old, and I'm loving how not superficial the show has been with its exploration on topics like feminism, race/racial identities. That Madusa episode juxtaposed with college life and sex-shaming culture on women was BRILLIANT!!! I loooove Macy!! especially Source Macy! I want sooo much more of this!!