Dominika Juillet

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Raised Catholic, by scientists, (neurosurgeons & marine biologists) and the discussion of science vs faith has permeated my life since confirmation. I became an agnostic when I was told that unless I was an altar boy I was not allowed to ring the bell (I kid you not it is the ridiculousness of these archaic and outdated formats from ancestors long gone who knew much less than us about the capabilities and equality of the sexes that must be held responsible for pushing so many people away from the church. I believe in faith but there are SO many hypocrisies in the human-made construct (fraught with people looking for power and elevating their position), and conflicts within the commandments themselves. *These were problematic at the time of confirmation for me as well specifically the one about obeying your parents and the one about coveting a neighbor's wife... (No gender is another gender's property And if the Catholic Church wants to elevate itself beyond the others by focusing on the good parts of its doctrine it needs to lose any of the wording which insinuates women are there to serve men). I did not need the reveal about the gender or scientifically challenging status at birth of the chosen Pope because the film was already interesting... But I was shocked to discover that one out of 2000 babies are born with elements of both sexes. (Both family members who work in the sciences have revealed many anomalies that happen that very few people like to discuss at the point of birth). Do I think it's realistic to believe that men would become petty over a fight for power? *Has anyone been following the US elections? Do I think it's realistic that men would do anything to try and win?* Has anyone seen the US elections? This portrayal should not have been made specific to Catholicism but in the same way that game of thrones kind of did a blanket reconstruction of all civilization I think this movie would have actually been better served by creating a fictional ceremony to replace a leader because I guarantee you whatever happened in the conclave happens in every other religion as well.

We bought this because they brazenly compared it to the feelings you would get from serenity and firefly. But having magic as part of the components completely destroys that comparison. Maybe it's going to get better (on chapter 3) but I don't appreciate them sullying the name of some of the most innovative characters in science fiction which did not rely on aliens or superpowers but on pure human charisma, rizz and expertly woven character dynamics. All I've been thinking about while reading this is when does the next lock lamora book come out

I discovered this book at age 13, right after I found a swear word in my parents copy of Salingers "Catcher in the Rye".. I don't know if they did it on purpose but leaving a particular set of books on the bookshelves in our house and then telling me that I probably wouldn't want to read them until I was older was the best move to provoke me into reading books as a teenager that ended up in my University curriculum. I wrote a lot about it when I was 13... how I felt when I was 13 because I felt even when I was that age that this is a hugely underrepresented and misunderstood point in human development. demian is a book that is written in a way that captures perfectly one of the biggest turning points of going from being a child into a young adult. The literature assigned to teenagers is often disparaging (why they thought reading the red pony was a good idea for us I will never understand)..I feel like Herman Hesse got the memo (or well remembered) how highschool is a profoundly confusing and turbulent space...the memes and audio/visual stims change/evolve but the ethos of being a "young adult" is largely peppered with timeless themes of self awareness, existential quandary and the inevitable questions about "belonging" or "fitting in". The question of your best friend or your friends in general at that age is so under discussed... The delicate dance between competition and camaraderie and the challenge versus the comfort in our selection process when we choose those to call friends.. this book tapped into the unspoken engagement all of us have at some point in life where we take a friend who is either a mirror reflection of us or a toxic fascination of things in others that we may despise but also admire (For me it was ambitiousness and ruthlessness in a fellow friend who would one minute be my best friend and the next minute be talking behind my back saying terrible things). I was naive as is the main character of this book to the unspoken dance of ego that happens between two developing humans as they approach adulthood and define themselves. This book helped me through some of the most difficult behaviors exhibited by others that seemed unnecessarily complicated and political and manipulative without cause. It doesn't feel like reading a psychological profile but this book is a poignant intriguing and illuminating study on what drives people towards one another why they choose to call it friendship or kinship and the fine line between that and arch nemesis. I understood myself at that phase in life and I have referred this book to many of my friends who have not taken time to self-actualize their own friendships that may be founded on nostalgia instead of actual equality... Depending of course what you think the purpose of friendship is between humans. This is my favorite author and this is the second book that I read of his... I highly recommend it to anyone of any age who has been thinking about the meaning of friendship.

One of the best books that I read at age 14, re read at 20 and have continued to share with people as a compelling thought experiment on what might happen if humans stopped engaging in warfare ..could our minds actually develop other skills? What's that 70+% of unused brain capable of? This is an incredibly inspired piece of storytelling w characters that touch at the very prevalent act of yearning and contemplating the concept of "love" and building a relationship (super relevant to that period of my life).. this shaped my own capacity in life in such a unique way...could I also be capable on evolved thinking if I chose to approach conflict resolution in an evolved way? That very sublime component of the story is a very powerful message to give... Instead of choosing violence you can find evolution of your own mind.... True in a metaphysical way and perhaps if we are do it as a species in an evolutionary way also... I remember loving all of the characters and the sense of mystery of the unknown...(I was assigned the red pony in a similar time frame and I absolutely loathed that book to the same degree that I loved this one)

This was assigned reading when I was in grade 9. .. I hated this book so much and I almost got suspended for professing my distaste for it. (My parents are Eastern European so by the time I was in grade 9 I had read a ton of their Herman Hesse, Dostoyevsky, jD Salinger, ts Eliot.. to say I was precocious was an understatement).. we were assigned the first chapter and I came back the next day having finished the book. "Why do you think this is one of the greatest pieces of literature of all time?" My teachers question itself was clearly problematic . I responded by saying ", clearly the people judging books have a clouded view of what constitutes excellence. This book is morbid, fatalistic and completely lacking charisma: I ask why he even bothered calling it the red pony when the unfortunate animal was dispensed with within the first couple of chapters. The gruesome details of the decay are uninspired and boring. The writing is labored and tiresome and I despise this book: having read the whole thing I found nothing redeeming." *and dull and even now in hindsight I wonder why anyone thought this was illustrious reading for a curious young mind of 14. If anything it made me understand why people would avoid classic literature... I don't understand and never will why this won a prize for anything other than successfully making me never pick up another piece of writing by this man. I felt in class that i expressed a thoughtful and detailed rational for my hatred and said even I could write something that would speak more to the idealistic and wondrous nature of my own age... Instead my parents got called to the school because apparently I was "disruptive" because I read ahead and ruined it for everybody. (Thankfully mom & dad had always said critical thinking was important and always valid so long as, before critiquing something I had to study it in its entirety and present relevant thoughtful and compelling evidence for my distaste.. all of which I did drawing on the other literature I was reading at the time of which my teacher had not yet heard of). Even now I get into disagreements with people about this book. It stands out as a bumbling piece of verbose drivel and depressing fascination, mundane obsession w fatalism. Could be replaced by any number of the other books that I read at the time which really spoke to me and the inherent rebelliousness and wonderment of being 14. The chrisalids by John Wyndham is an infinitely superior read that holds up even now

If you cannot write or create something which is at least tangently comparable or even remotely aspirational of the original... Please spare us all a cringe-worthy hour of zero chemistry the worst writing the most flat female performance ever recorded. I have no idea who Green lit this.. I hope they were baked out of their minds. . And I don't know how anyone could get away with titling this Mr and Mrs Smith after the epic groundbreaking legacy that was the feature film. None of it is believable none of the acting is engaging and it's like a step backward in male female dynamics. Please make it stop

Crafted with a unique lens .. but not worthy of 2.5 hours (And it's not as cohesive as Pan's Labyrinth which was a surreal world I was happy to delve into and rediscover my humanity in).I would have much preferred this as a short film... And the storyline is inconsistent (Not like I want to get technical but having an aunt and uncle neurosurgeon growing up, you kind of hear about how cognitive association works or doesn't. It just felt wrong with ridiculous leaps between neurosensory misfires into randomly triggered sexual awakening , even less believable formation of logic and world view (which was much better handled by fifth Element and ex machina... With two actresses that I much preferred that had an otherworldly quality that Emma simply doesn't -she just looks resting b face)... There is not a genuine arc of discovery in this film and it gets really boring and pretentious (and placing references to philosophy books does not make your movie so).. I got tired and I got bored and even the sex was not sensuous or funny enough or surreal enough as it could have been.. (cara delevigne was more riveting as a fairy making love to a mortal)..there was no space made for self effacing or delight,All of the things that should have been enlightening and a rediscovery were hammered over the head instead by suggesting brute force is human nature... Mark and Willem are incredible but it could be the director's fault Emma is calculatingly erratic and illogical and unlikeable for the most part not because of really obvious things she points out about gender politics but because I just don't like her resting expression. I find lacking attention to basic principles of human physicality,survival, curiosity are garishly presented without logic while repeatedly talking OF logic and empirical proof. Show don't tell... That could be part of the script ..it's just like a tedious Disney ride that won't end

Didn't read this asimov so I have no contalexr with the books but judging this on a pure scale of "dramatic sci fi television series" the story quality of this is so damn boring and the acting is so horrible and the pacing has led me to nap multiple times....i find myself thinking about how much better Firefly and Serenity are in making hypotherical and political illustrations about future galaxies.