Where are the good points? All I see here is idealized representations of history and and Noble Savage fetishism.

Early humans had a workable, non-destructive approach, that did not generally speaking involve much work, did not objectify women, and was anti-hierarchical.

What about the mass-produced branded clothing that he's wearing?

Hard to take his anti-technology stance seriously when he's wearing glasses!

I dunno man, Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johansson, they don't exactly have nothing to do between Marvel movies.

Also, IIRC, getting the phone call in prison about his wife being dead sort of tore him to pieces internally and he sort of walks through the rest of the book being a 'shadow' of his former self until he undergoes his trial and comes through the other side.

Shadow is described as… is he a gypsy? Is he Hispanic? Is he black? Or is he all of those things in one?

As an archaeologist (well, my degree is in it and I've done my share of digs when younger), it really gets me when I read things like this:

Shute's book about nuclear war is the opposite of the "cosy catastrophe" genre (in which civilization collapses, but it's basically OK).

The Tom Hanks/Halle Berry future Earth story in "Cloud Atlas" generally leaves me feeling more fragile about the depicted society's viability than say, the average episode of "The Walking Dead" (disclaimer, I like both). I really like dystopian settings and I think the understatement used in that part of Cloud Atlas…

I don't care. I loved it, and didn't want to miss a thing. And I held my breath even though I knew it would be alright like every summer movie always is. I re-watch it every time it comes on, and still tear up a little because goddammit, Harry, AJ was supposed to be the one. It was his job, you selfless bastard!!!

Assuming that picture is from "Children of Earth" I buy it.

I just need to say...

Few notes on this excellent finale to a show that definitely surprised and totally grew on me.

I know it gets a fair amount of hate but I really like the scene in I, Robot.