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There was never any mystery behind The Force or the origins of the Sith. It was mythology-lite much in the same vein as the Land of Oz or Alice's Wonderland. Shit, I'd even say that DC Comics' origin stories for Batman and Superman have more depth and mystery than anything that George Lucas could come up with.
Check him out in Naked Lunch and The New Age. Very different and more adult themed movies outside of the comic book nonsense
Google returns a bunch of gossip fodder, including the conjecture that he refuses to be paid lesser than what he wants with zero references to any public statements that he claimed that. Fake News
As others have pointed out, the Replicants in Blade Runner are constructed out of human biological DNA but are artificially orchestrated by a human hand UNLIKE natural human beings who all derive from the incidental match up of male sperm and female egg.
What is interesting to me though is the fact that we are already marching towards the Tyrell Corporation's goal of more human than human, starting off with artificial insemination where collected and preserved sperm are matched with collected and preserved eggs. This in essence is an act of human intervention and control of a natural occurrence of conception where sexual activity between male and female is eliminated.
The Nazis also tried to reach this goal of "racial purity" by selectively taking blonde, blue eyed women and forcing them to have sex with blonde, blue eyed men with the sole purpose of expanding a population that reflected that look.
The NFL doesn't have to acquiesce to political right wing rants, and from the looks of things it isn't going to any time soon.
I thought this was one of Sham's better Twist flicks mostly because the plot device serves as a highly important backdrop to the storyline. His other films like Signs, The Happening, and Lady in the Water have too much to prove and too much suspension of disbelief required for the audience.
The main problem with The Village is that it works better as an episode of a TV series than an entire movie.
*yawn*
Maybe the book explains Carson's game plan more elaborately but in the movie I think Carson just miscalculated his approach to the whole situation. My reaction to Carson seeing the satchel on the riverbank and not retrieving it was one of bewilderment. Why would he just leave it there and head back to his hotel room? But I guess after Anton corners him at the end and mocks him for choosing the "wrong rule" and then killing him shows us that Carson underestimated the severity of the situation as Anton has elevated the hunt for the money in more ways than the the US-side of the drug operation anticipated.
The national conversation in this country right now is a petty argument about standing during the national anthem at a sporting/entertainment event. I HIGHLY doubt that Americans have the intellectual and moral fortitude to address the root causes and possible solutions to drug abuse in all of its forms. We have an administration that only believes in incarceration and legal suppression. That's good news for the Cartels.
Back to square one.
What would you say is brilliant about it?
I for one, found many scenes cringeworthy with the overt tip of the hat to the Coen Bros. as well as the verbatim dialogue given to various characters. It's not a terrible show and the plot line is very intriguing, but I just don't buy into the idea of making a series that is devoted to all things Coen Brothers. If you notice anything about Coen Bros is that they don't retread over the same material. I understand that they produced this series and gave Hawley the greenlight to write it, but I guess that's their way of avoiding taking the credit for the retread?
Noah Hawley is to the Coen Brothers as JJ Abrams is to Star Wars and Star Trek. They both try to exceed the story elementals that inspired them but in the end they're regurgitating nothing of value.
I haven't seen Season 3 of Fargo yet, but after viewing season 1 & 2 I think it's high time for Hawley to step away from the non-existent "Coen Brothers Universe". The Brothers definitely have their own writing style and characterizations but it seems like Noah's too eager to try and replicate their style and characters. You could even say that he's exceeded his Coen Bros license because he's practically used up all of the references.
It's funny how every subsequent season has viewers who are hyper-critical of the series in general. I like all seasons, but find flaws in all of them, but that doesn't detract from me swearing it off.
It's not the twist that bothers me, it's the convenient plot points that helped Aaron's predicament. The judge declaring a mistrial and then sentencing Aaron to a minimum security nuthouse was a cheap way of closing out the chapter. Murder mistrials just don't end like that, and the whole side-story of the D.A., the Bishop and Law enforcement being crooked conveniently play into Aaron's game plan of avoiding justice.
There have been worse Oscar acceptance speeches. Believe me!