Comfort viewing
March 22, 2024
Oh look, Alien. Seeing how much the Romulus trailer rehashes from the original only emphasises how much Ridley Scott's sequels Prometheus and Covenant have left it behind. Ron Cobb's hatch design is as distinctive as the Nike Swoop now.
Roxana Hadadi's review of Top Chef's 2024 premiere is a good example of participatory criticism: a cry to please make it stop.
The only thing a Top Chef premiere needs to do effectively is introduce us to the latest competitors and to their food. But the newly hyperactive and discombobulating visuals in "Chef's Test" actively prevent this.
Shout-out to the Portland season.
Gallimard press kit interview with Patrick Modiano:
G: You poke fun at the supposed omnipotence of the internet, this so-called "infinite memory" that often finds itself incapable of any response.
M: I have often found that the internet cannot respond in any direct way to a question that is too precise, as if it were deliberately taking you for a ride. So, you have to find an indirect way of getting your answer. There are many large gaps in this so-called "Memory of the World."