I didn't object to it trying to sell me on religion, as much as how it did.  It struck me as a very shallow take on belief from someone who had never been an actual believer, adopting the aesthetics of various religious traditions because they're beautiful, but not engaging them as actual beliefs.  This ties directly…

I didn't object to it trying to sell me on religion, as much as how it did.  It struck me as a very shallow take on belief from someone who had never been an actual believer, adopting the aesthetics of various religious traditions because they're beautiful, but not engaging them as actual beliefs.  This ties directly…

This is serious, guys.

This is serious, guys.

Re: failed tags.  It's ok.  Somehow I missed the memo of how to do it.  Normally I'm fairly internet savvy but I just never figured it out.  It wasn't until this moment that I was secure enough to say it.

Re: failed tags.  It's ok.  Somehow I missed the memo of how to do it.  Normally I'm fairly internet savvy but I just never figured it out.  It wasn't until this moment that I was secure enough to say it.

SPOILER:  You can't actually be an Atheist, Christian,  and Muslim at the same time and really fully engage the tradition as an actual believer.

SPOILER:  You can't actually be an Atheist, Christian,  and Muslim at the same time and really fully engage the tradition as an actual believer.

It wasn't the brutal alternate account that made me rage out.  I liked that part.  It was the insipid defense of belief from someone who's clearly never been an actual believer.  The metaphor doesn't work within the action of the novel, because which account is true isn't actually unknowable.  Pi knows.  He's just a…

It wasn't the brutal alternate account that made me rage out.  I liked that part.  It was the insipid defense of belief from someone who's clearly never been an actual believer.  The metaphor doesn't work within the action of the novel, because which account is true isn't actually unknowable.  Pi knows.  He's just a…

From the review it sounds like it may be less explicitly religious and more just YAY MAGIC, the animal soul thing in particular.  My memory of the book was that Pi wasn't really an animals have souls type, arguing against anthropomorphizing animals and in favor of zoos.

From the review it sounds like it may be less explicitly religious and more just YAY MAGIC, the animal soul thing in particular.  My memory of the book was that Pi wasn't really an animals have souls type, arguing against anthropomorphizing animals and in favor of zoos.

Where's the spoiler space?  I want to know if the ending will make me rage out like the book.

Where's the spoiler space?  I want to know if the ending will make me rage out like the book.

This takes place before Breaking Bad.  It's a prequel.

This takes place before Breaking Bad.  It's a prequel.

Those four are the best.  Not so sure about that Hosoda though.   The Girl Who Leapt Through Time was great, but Summer Wars was fucking horrible.

Those four are the best.  Not so sure about that Hosoda though.   The Girl Who Leapt Through Time was great, but Summer Wars was fucking horrible.

Negative funny is very much real.  There's a big difference between "unfunny" and "not funny".  Most humor that fails goes straight to unfunny, infuriating dreck that negates the very existence of humor.  But sometimes it's just not funny, being neither amusing nor aggravating, just existing in a fascinating neutral…

Negative funny is very much real.  There's a big difference between "unfunny" and "not funny".  Most humor that fails goes straight to unfunny, infuriating dreck that negates the very existence of humor.  But sometimes it's just not funny, being neither amusing nor aggravating, just existing in a fascinating neutral…