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Another Life (2019)
Consistent, funny and intelligent scifi show.
Another life is quite good. In the pilot there is only one narcissist mutineer onboard, unlike Dark Matter or The Expanse, where characters start from selfish self-preservation and grow better through team membership. Science fiction is presented as dark matter masses floating in space, Washington DC flooded, slingshot around Sirius and rogue planets. Playing music to the alien crystal which landed on Earth is inspiring to see and suggests that they are benevolent. The character dynamics is not simply just a collection of drama queens.
This is about a mature leader person and a 20 something crew, which was selected because it was mentioned that people are more creative before 27. It is unlike other series in that maturity is recognized and not omitted. It is true that the sexy female crew member is naive and that the leader is aware and balances things. The husband is studying the crystal and is surrounded by dumb bureaucrat who tries to fire him just before he manages to get it to respond to Mozart. Then this weird scientist jumps in the air for joy, which is hard thing to grasp for the bureaucrat. Another life has much less violence than the other scifi series and shows more of realistic human feelings. The mainstory moves forward with only light side stories and it is balanced without any tedium. The different style of Another Life might explain its low reviews, but it is a consistent, funny and intelligent scifi show.
Another Life (2019)
Consistent, funny and intelligent scifi show.
Another life is quite good. In the pilot there is only one narcissist mutineer onboard, unlike Dark Matter or The Expanse, where characters start from selfish self-preservation and grow better through team membership. Science fiction is presented as dark matter masses floating in space, Washington DC flooded, slingshot around Sirius and rogue planets. Playing music to the alien crystal which landed on Earth is inspiring to see and suggests that they are benevolent. The character dynamics is not simply just a collection of drama queens.
This is about a mature leader person and a 20 something crew, which was selected because it was mentioned that people are more creative before 27. It is unlike other series in that maturity is recognized and not omitted. It is true that the sexy female crew member is naive and that the leader is aware and balances things. The husband is studying the crystal and is surrounded by dumb bureaucrat who tries to fire him just before he manages to get it to respond to Mozart. Then this weird scientist jumps in the air for joy, which is hard thing to grasp for the bureaucrat. Another life has much less violence than the other scifi series and shows more of realistic human feelings. The mainstory moves forward with only light side stories and it is balanced without any tedium. The different style of Another Life might explain its low reviews, but it is a consistent, funny and intelligent scifi show.
Go! Go! Cory Carson (2020)
Neoliberal narrative
In the second season episodes Cory's little sister is mimicking Cory. Cory tries outsmart by dancing as he is school's best dancer. Sister matches him easily. In another episode Cory and his friend brake up in a dancing competition for pairs. Cory has to compete alone against a pair of super skilled teenagers who get top score. He outskills them easily. This narrative is from job markets. It is placed in every media product as some kind of propaganda. It is the perspectice of an employer and the staff who have win or else other will take their position. The same narrative is sadistic game shows like Gordon Ramsay's Hell's Kitchen or Anne Robinson's Weakest Link. I dare not show such jobplace indoctrination to my child.