1/ So we went with Ad Astra, which I liked, though also one of those movies fun to contemplate different endings/interpretation of whole thing BUT I WANT TO DISCUSS DISASTER RE COVID
2/ In Ad Astra, the Earth/Solar System is facing mysterious "Surge" which is wreaking havoc and may threaten "all life."
The way they get across magnitude of problem is to note that it has cost 42,000 deaths worldwide thus far.
The way they get across magnitude of problem is to note that it has cost 42,000 deaths worldwide thus far.
3/ Twice as many people have died in America SO FAR from COVID, thanks in overwhelming part to the Trump administration's complete fecklessness and—worse even!—its utter laziness.
Figuring out how to mitigate is hard work. Trump has never done any and won't no matter death toll.
Figuring out how to mitigate is hard work. Trump has never done any and won't no matter death toll.
4/ Also if anyone wants to point me to the article that best discusses Ad Astra w/r/t Heart of Darkness and/or Apocalypse Now...
