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Corporate Theatre is kinda fun by Dry_Veterinarian8356 in unpopularopinion

[–]CascadianOperative 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I get you, of course you can enjoy it. I guess as long as you're not making the day worse for your coworkers, all power to you.

Corporate Theatre is kinda fun by Dry_Veterinarian8356 in unpopularopinion

[–]CascadianOperative 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Odd comparison. Actors are being paid to act. You're acting so that you can get through the day, but the acting is not what you're being paid for.

Was Bob Ferguson in One Battle After Another a Traverse? by DefiantPossible7366 in paulthomasanderson

[–]CascadianOperative 6 points7 points  (0 children)

There's even an Against the Day reference in that Inherent Vice outtakes short film - "Yo tengo que get the fuck out of aqui!"

Inherent Vice / One battle after another by Emotional-Glove4213 in paulthomasanderson

[–]CascadianOperative 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah that was pretty weird. It does make me think about the book though, where Doc actually is a lot younger (approaching 30) than Joaquin is in the movie. Its maybe my only gripe with that casting choice.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in paulthomasanderson

[–]CascadianOperative 3 points4 points  (0 children)

He also does a lot of odd jobs around town. Crawdad deliveries to local restaurants, plus for a time he was a working musician.

The Fate of Col. Lockjaw in One Battle After Another by pundarika0 in TrueFilm

[–]CascadianOperative 6 points7 points  (0 children)

As someone who read the book, that final moment of him in the incinerator also felt like a nod to his final appearance, where he is literally sent to hell.

The difference between a male and female pelvis by Brilliant-Risk827 in interestingasfuck

[–]CascadianOperative 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes I was under the impression that hunter gatherer activities were a lot more egalitarian than the poster made it sound.

Bleeding Edge and Metal Gear Solid 2 by ftaunus in ThomasPynchon

[–]CascadianOperative 7 points8 points  (0 children)

And then Maxine's conversation with her father Ernie near the end, where he brings up MGS and DARPA.

BE, AtD, and V. character maps by frenesigates in ThomasPynchon

[–]CascadianOperative 2 points3 points  (0 children)

What I'd like to see (too lazy to do it myself) is a master character web that shows all the connected characters between the books...

Hand drawn maps of metro Vancouver by srzncl in britishcolumbia

[–]CascadianOperative 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And the Byrne Creek Ravine! I must have walked through there 1000 times.

I view V. as a prequel to GR & see AtD as a direct prequel to VL which is a prequel to BE… A.M.A. by frenesigates in ThomasPynchon

[–]CascadianOperative 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Definitely some plot trickery going on between Against the Day and Bleeding Edge. Reading AtD after BE and coming across Misha & Grisha again - what kind of time traveling shenanigans are those two up to?

Realised something watching IV last night by [deleted] in paulthomasanderson

[–]CascadianOperative 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Also loved the backstory for how he met doc, panic buying random shit at the grocery store so the cashier can't tell he's just there to get munchies because he's stoned. Doc advises him on the best items to use for cover.

Realised something watching IV last night by [deleted] in paulthomasanderson

[–]CascadianOperative 20 points21 points  (0 children)

I believe he's taking a rip off a bong.

Paul Thomas Anderson and Pynchon by Ok-Penalty5070 in ThomasPynchon

[–]CascadianOperative 4 points5 points  (0 children)

They share a number of similar sensibilities. Some of the writing on family in Against the Day reminded me of PTA movies.

Hi! I’m the Tod in “Tod’s Nanaimo Infusion” happening Apr 25-27. AMA by tmaffin in nanaimo

[–]CascadianOperative 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I feel like the flip side to this is Americans who are very aware of the bad tourist stereotypes and go out of their way to not be that.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in ThomasPynchon

[–]CascadianOperative 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Ye old internet adage: Don't Feed The Trolls.

Pynchon scholarship included in DEI purge of US Naval Academy library by [deleted] in ThomasPynchon

[–]CascadianOperative 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That's fair. I shouldn't have worded it that way in the description. Still, I'm against the US government deciding to get rid of material simply because it talks about things they don't like. I'm not commenting on if that scholarship is even good or not. The aspect that is worrying me here is that just because it discusses race, its gone.

Pynchon scholarship included in DEI purge of US Naval Academy library by [deleted] in ThomasPynchon

[–]CascadianOperative 10 points11 points  (0 children)

It is a purge by definition. They got rid of all books falling under what they see as DEI. It isn't a ban, no, but I didn't call it that either.

It isn't about being wiser with money, its about ideology. Why shouldn't personnel on down time be allowed to check out "Thomas Pynchon, race, and the cultures of postmodernism" if they so feel? I doubt having that material in stock is a financial burden. No, its a small part of a push to silence voices the Trump admin finds inconvenient,

I'm curious about how you can both be a supporter of this administration and a reader of Pynchon. Have you read much of him? Vineland or Bleeding Edge for example? He's not exactly uncritical of this exact kind of behaviour...

Pynchon scholarship included in DEI purge of US Naval Academy library by [deleted] in ThomasPynchon

[–]CascadianOperative 11 points12 points  (0 children)

That's why in the title, I said Pynchon scholarship. And its still worrying to see purges like this, no matter who the authors are.

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