I saw Bladerunner as a teenager and it affected me so much I’m now a grown-ass man living in a cyberpunk dystopia. Follow your dreams.
I don’t know whether to laugh or cry
Sometimes I laugh because it keeps me from crying.
Sidenote: I am often told that I laugh too much.
Now that’s The Joker
The Matrix made me realise my whole reality was a lie and now I’m pro-Patriarchy, pro-Authority and pro-conformity just like the characters.
I think people don’t realize you’re making fun of manosphere and alt right creators co opting the terms from the movies like red pill and others.
I think Flight Club is a better idea of the right people walking away with the wrong message.
RoboCop and Starship Troopers (by the same director, no less) are other examples of people completely missing the point, and taking the film at face value.
Alt Right tried to claim They Live as an anti-Jewish alligory.
Carpenter ended up tweeting:
“THEY LIVE is about yuppies and unrestrained capitalism. It has nothing to do with Jewish control of the world, which is slander and a lie.”
It’s the example I cite whenever someone tried validating a smooth brain media interpretation by claiming “Death of the Author!”.
Robocop’s message was pretty simple, I thought. If you do crime, you’ll get your genitals shot off by a cyborg.
And if you’re a cop, you’re gonna work after death
office space had some great eye opening lessons:
- you can say no to overtime
- some tasks are totally not important, and its insanely important to have a priority order, otherwise you go insane.
I mean, I feel like the real lesson from Office Space is the importance of having an exit strategy.
People work in grey cubicals or Applebee’s because they feel like they don’t have a choice. Everyone in these jobs is unhappy, because if they believed in their ability to find happiness elsewhere they would already be gone.
I set low initial expectations at my job, automated and simplified nearly every task. I work less than 20 hours a week on average. I have time for basically all my hobbies and get to spend tons of time with my kid and wife. It may be a grey cubicle and annoying but it pays well and i can get fulfillment elsewhere. Feel like anybody trying to get fulfilling experiences from work is looking at the picture upside down
Hey what the hell do ya do for work?
Office space started me thinking about early retirement plans.
Yep that movie is depressing, especially that traffic scene, I go through that every day. Even the changing lanes part, too relatable.
I couldn’t even finish that movie and had to stop after about 30 min (not because it was bad, but just way too depressing lol)
