I'm shutting down Google+ for the night and quite possibly for the weekend. Why? This stupid #gifwars thing people are so proud of. This Adam Black guy said he doesn't like gifs and now everyone is mass trolling him. Having been mass trolled like this I can relate to him easily enough. Have an opinion and the collective might of Google+'s lower class denizens jump on a bandwagon. I just saw a post where someone wanted to jump on board and had to get clarification she was tagging the proper Adam Black. She wasn't even connected to him ! Nor was she a part of the original discussion. She just wanted to follow the herd. When I called her out of it she claimed, "one gif doesn't make a troll." Perhaps not, but she's contributing to a larger troll effort. One straw doesn't break the camel's back, but thousands will. So, tonight, Google+ disgusts me. It probably will tomorrow as well. And possibly Sunday. I gave up Google+ for two months this spring
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I get it, we go to movies and watch TV to escape from the real world, to live for an hour or two in another world, a world that doesn't have to be based in reality.
I, too, liked Prometheus, and I think everyone nitpicking at the tiniest of details is ridonkulous. The story was about every story created by mankind: who are we, or who am I? It's no less 'fantasy' than the Alien it's purported to precede, or Batman or Bladerunner.
But, I am a glutton for information. It's my downfall. I really enjoy learning about the reality behind the fiction.
I adore cerebral films. Few directors make cerebral films. Aaronofsky is a favorite.