"The Last of Us" is a fabulous show, but this is a RIDICULOUS review.
I am not jealous of the Americans who live in HBO's post-apocalyptic dystopia. Nobody I know is jealous of the Americans who live in HBO's post-apocalyptic dystopia. If it turns out that the majority of people in this comment section are jealous of the Americans who l…
"The Last of Us" is a fabulous show, but this is a RIDICULOUS review.
I am not jealous of the Americans who live in HBO's post-apocalyptic dystopia. Nobody I know is jealous of the Americans who live in HBO's post-apocalyptic dystopia. If it turns out that the majority of people in this comment section are jealous of the Americans who live in HBO's post-apocalyptic dystopia, I will probably terminate my "Free Press" subscription.
I also find the subsequent "And just LOOK at those happy Malaysians!" deeply... well. Not "offensive" exactly though it does bong those Rosseauian "happy savages" notes with a well-nigh Kipling-esque enthusiasm. Let's just say "uninformed." Malaysia is one of those places where the ethnic majority has been degrading, humiliating, assassinating etc the non-ethnic minorities for quite a while now.
I _will_ say that Bill and Frank knew how to keep busy, and industry probably _is_ the key to human happiness. And also that HBO didn't show us all those times when Bill farted in bed and Frank thought, "I can't stand this ONE MORE MINUTE."
Also, this note from my son, the mycologist: "Cordyceps are our FRIENDS! Cordyceps-like fungi are our best bet for replacing the majority of chemical insecticides with an ecologically rational and economically scalable solution."
Thank you. I'm starting to see the terrible tendency to policitize this show, and twist it to whatever agenda the author is slinging. Here "The Last of Us" is about that special kind of community we apparently need an apocalypse or extreme deprivation to experience ;P In the NY Times, Michelle Goldberg feels this is a pretty "conservative" show because it is valorzing and vindicating the "preppers" and validating beliefs in a fascistic pandemic government and state. Elsewhere, it is "woke" because it featured an LGTQ love story (which many now are stating as a reason to refuse to watch). I'm sure I'm leaving out some other bad takes.
Folks. It's a show based on a video game. So far a well made and intriguing show with a new twist on the typical zombie theme (this is actually based on a real fungus that has this capability, albeit mostly over lower order brains like ants, but still!). But it's not a vehicle to whip your favorite hobby horse on. Sheesh. Can't we just enjoy stuff without having to mine it for politics??
Certainly not jealous! I just thought the episode posited that even in hell, you can find relative happiness. Without Bill, the couple would have died, however both men benefitted from their relationship.
Precisely! Symbiosis (i.e. mutual cooperation) is good, and as Abraham Lincoln once remarked, "Most people are exactly as happy as they want to be." (Words to that effect: I'm too lazy to look up the exact quote.)
"The Last of Us" is a fabulous show, but this is a RIDICULOUS review.
I am not jealous of the Americans who live in HBO's post-apocalyptic dystopia. Nobody I know is jealous of the Americans who live in HBO's post-apocalyptic dystopia. If it turns out that the majority of people in this comment section are jealous of the Americans who live in HBO's post-apocalyptic dystopia, I will probably terminate my "Free Press" subscription.
I also find the subsequent "And just LOOK at those happy Malaysians!" deeply... well. Not "offensive" exactly though it does bong those Rosseauian "happy savages" notes with a well-nigh Kipling-esque enthusiasm. Let's just say "uninformed." Malaysia is one of those places where the ethnic majority has been degrading, humiliating, assassinating etc the non-ethnic minorities for quite a while now.
I _will_ say that Bill and Frank knew how to keep busy, and industry probably _is_ the key to human happiness. And also that HBO didn't show us all those times when Bill farted in bed and Frank thought, "I can't stand this ONE MORE MINUTE."
Also, this note from my son, the mycologist: "Cordyceps are our FRIENDS! Cordyceps-like fungi are our best bet for replacing the majority of chemical insecticides with an ecologically rational and economically scalable solution."
It's not being jealous of their post-apocalyptic condition. It's the need to co-operate and trust that the author is writing about.
Have you watched "The Last of Us?"
If the author thinks "The Last of Us" is about the need to cooperate and trust, _he_ has not watched the show. 😀
Thank you. I'm starting to see the terrible tendency to policitize this show, and twist it to whatever agenda the author is slinging. Here "The Last of Us" is about that special kind of community we apparently need an apocalypse or extreme deprivation to experience ;P In the NY Times, Michelle Goldberg feels this is a pretty "conservative" show because it is valorzing and vindicating the "preppers" and validating beliefs in a fascistic pandemic government and state. Elsewhere, it is "woke" because it featured an LGTQ love story (which many now are stating as a reason to refuse to watch). I'm sure I'm leaving out some other bad takes.
Folks. It's a show based on a video game. So far a well made and intriguing show with a new twist on the typical zombie theme (this is actually based on a real fungus that has this capability, albeit mostly over lower order brains like ants, but still!). But it's not a vehicle to whip your favorite hobby horse on. Sheesh. Can't we just enjoy stuff without having to mine it for politics??
Certainly not jealous! I just thought the episode posited that even in hell, you can find relative happiness. Without Bill, the couple would have died, however both men benefitted from their relationship.
Precisely! Symbiosis (i.e. mutual cooperation) is good, and as Abraham Lincoln once remarked, "Most people are exactly as happy as they want to be." (Words to that effect: I'm too lazy to look up the exact quote.)
You didn't like the episode? 😀