I wanted very much to appreciate its ambition in the face of woefully insufficient budget, its willingness to lean-in to the theatricality of it all, the unique aesthetics of the translight backdrops and bold lighting... but ultimately, the script was just too flat, the direction uninspired and gimmicky, and the…

Tangentially, for all the high concept mystery box shows that emerged in the wake of Lost, I feel like the shows that most fully understood the show’s appeal and were most successful in employing its narrative techniques are Orange Is the New Black and This Is Us. While the strange occurrences and onion layered…

It’s really a terrible costume and I can’t imagine anyone on the production thinking the GG helmet was the best look for the character. I assume the decision was based on the demands on the special effects department—a static, metallic helmet being easier to replicate with CG than a more dynamic, human-like face.

Still looking for confirmation that Salman Rushdie watched Glitter, as I assume he must have. 

Wait. Is Father John Misty the devil?

Seconded.

I can’t get past the general tone of this profile. I don’t need the writer to be openly hostile toward his subject, but he seems to actually buy the bullshit he’s shoveling about Trank’s hard-scrabble youth and rocky road to Hollywood success. I mean, how do you even write a statement as self-consciously unexamined as…

This one was also very good:
https://www.npr.org/2018/11/22/669814209/hardly-children-is-restless-and-strange-just-like-humanity

Test footage is test footage, so I can’t be too hard on it, but the fact it looks/feels like a mid-90s syndicated series makes it feel all the more like something out of an alternate universe.  

It actually has quite a bit of sly, subtle “fun” with the pleasure-cruise aspect of the ship and its slow deterioration. The interior of the ship is much more mid-range resort/shopping mall than spaceship. As the journey stretches well past its intended length, all the shops and amenities become that much more absurd.

The HVH framing really does the movie a disservice. While I certainly wouldn’t call it a crowd-pleaser, it’s intelligent, thoughtful, humane sci-fi with some really great, understated production design. If you don’t mind something a bit slower, quieter, and infinitely more depressing than the average sci-fi film, it’s…