George Lucas Is Confused (And That’s a Good Thing)
George Lucas wanted a sage order of warrior monks who preach that we should rid ourselves of desires, but he also wanted love to win.

George Lucas wanted a sage order of warrior monks who preach that we should rid ourselves of desires, but he also wanted love to win.

I now understand why the fantasy world imagined by Stan Lee offered a more compelling mythological lens than the world imagined by Tolkien did.

Eternals is a movie that purports to be about human exceptionalism, but doesn’t give us anything exceptional about humans to cheer for.

Perhaps the spectacle of ‘Captain America: Civil War’ can give us pause enough to consider our cultural situation and the precipice over which we stand.
“Bloom encourages us to dig deeper into our memories and even find a sunny place to rest our heads.”
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