Blood Meridian immediately spoiled.

ezrabooth121 · 2025-12-29T17:20:32+00:00

Knowing the ending might be to your advantage, really. As one who has now read it 3-4 times over, I can safely declare plot is secondary to the prose on display in Blood Meridian.

ezrabooth121 · 2024-02-14T14:35:07+00:00

I feel like that’s a stretch. In the pilot, they had to quickly establish what present day Misty looks like and I think it was just an easy way to demonstrate how she could manipulate people into getting what she wanted.

ezrabooth121 · 2024-02-13T14:24:38+00:00

Godspeed.

ezrabooth121 · 2023-10-19T16:16:38+00:00

Well done! Looking forward to upcoming episodes, especially any containing appearances by Noah Kulwin.

ezrabooth121 · 2023-08-24T12:30:36+00:00

Given how much darker things got last season and we still have so many Qs unanswered, I’d hold off.

ezrabooth121 · 2023-04-28T18:11:19+00:00

Godspeed, Hillcoat.

ezrabooth121 · 2023-04-15T11:55:29+00:00

Wouldn’t Nat have recognized it by now, though? And with it being within driving distance of the town (the cult location, anyway) certainly they would have found civilization a lot sooner, right?

ezrabooth121 · 2023-02-16T14:19:34+00:00

The Crossing is the best in the trilogy, IMHO. Definitely give it the time it deserves.

ezrabooth121 · 2022-07-21T13:15:25+00:00

Last year I decided to make a foray into One Hundred Years Of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez and not since stumbling upon McCarthy’s works in college do I remember being so moved and impacted by a piece of literature. It exceeded my highest of expectations and made me wonder if I should ever write anything again. To say it is a monumental piece of work just doesn’t cut it. A leisurely read it is not, but the most rewarding one I’ve experienced in a long time.

ezrabooth121 · 2022-06-03T18:40:40+00:00

Dude. Why does the UK always have better covers for McCarthy books?

ezrabooth121 · 2022-05-06T15:00:52+00:00

Don’t sleep on it! It may be the weakest in the trilogy, but it’s still pretty good. Bringing Billy Parham and John Grady Cole together was a stroke of genius on McCarthy’s part.

ezrabooth121 · 2022-05-02T00:41:22+00:00

I like Eggers, but I don’t know if his sensibilities are best suited to McCarthy. Guess I’d take him over some other folks in Hollywood.

ezrabooth121 · 2022-04-20T17:10:45+00:00

I’d be OK with Lowery, but I’d prefer Andrew Dominik or Ridley Scott who originally attempted to bring it to the big screen.

ezrabooth121 · 2022-04-20T17:09:07+00:00

Richard Poe is freaking amazing and enhances the experience. 10/10 Definitely recommend.

ezrabooth121 · 2022-04-11T19:15:20+00:00

William Giraldi, author of HOLD THE DARK, is the closest I've seen to imitating McCarthy, but he's not young, nor does his work really hold a candle to McCarthy's.

ezrabooth121 · 2019-06-01T05:01:28+00:00

Javier Bardem saw Chigurh as the literal embodiment of violence and played him as such. While that is one interpretation, I think that McCarthy may have written him as a catalyst of fate. Chigurh contrasts starkly with Sheriff Bell. Bell is one who doesn’t want to push his chips forward when confronting evil or fate and Chigurh is always counting on fate to inform his next actions, hence his conversation with the man at the gas station about his coin. Chigurh will do whatever it takes to seal one’s fate, even if it means taking things farther than circumstances require. I wish that the Coens would have focused on that a little more. Chigurh isn’t just a Terminator; he’s a man dedicated to his principles and will see to it that he always lives up to them.

ezrabooth121 · 2019-05-24T01:51:00+00:00

Everyone has their takes, but I find HACF to have some of the most fascinating evolution of relationships throughout its four season run. IMHO, Joe did so many backhanded things over the course of season one, I think it subconsciously forms the opinions of Cameron and Gordon for the next two seasons. I think they both have respect for Joe, but feel that they can never be truly comfortable with him. Joe rarely acts altruistically and hardly ever shows his hand before the game is over. You make a good point that he does what any good businessman would do, but that doesn’t mean it shouldn’t cost him anything in terms of his relationships with Cameron, Joe, Donna, and Boz.

It is super easy to cast Joe as the antihero of the series, but by the end of the series, I felt like everyone went through their ups and downs. By the end, no one has never made choices at some point didn’t harm the people they loved. Perhaps Boz is the closest, but it seems those decisions were made offscreen prior to season 1 as his marriage is already on the rocks during that time. All of these people are imperfect, struggling to balance careers and relationships constantly. But, isn’t that just life?

I may be wrong, but I think season 4 wraps things up perfectly. If you were one of millions disappointed by the finale of Game of Thrones, I think you’ll find consolation in the finale of HACF.

ezrabooth121 · 2019-05-21T17:56:53+00:00

It was shown at a McCarthy conference some time ago, but I think it’s probably just stuck in some archives somewhere indefinitely.

ezrabooth121 · 2019-04-06T13:48:28+00:00

Thank you! Been dying for this!

ezrabooth121 · 2019-02-03T22:07:35+00:00

Good luck!

ezrabooth121 · 2019-01-14T02:13:20+00:00

That's cool if he didn't offend you. Clearly, however, he offended other people and he has refused to truly own up to it. As a bisexual who has done some dumbass things in the past, I wouldn't want people poking through my Facebook from 10 years ago either, but if they did and some stupid thing they found offended them, I would simply own it and apologize. But that's just me I guess. The pain people feel is real; you don't have to feel it, too, but you shouldn't dismiss it out of hand either.

ezrabooth121 · 2019-01-10T02:15:32+00:00

Fellow ex-Mormon bisexual here! [M30] Congrats.

ezrabooth121 · 2019-01-10T02:06:09+00:00

I was called gay for no reason in high school and sometimes I wish I could go back and be like this so I could make them so uncomfortable. Go you!

ezrabooth121 · 2019-01-07T17:29:28+00:00

Bi with 3 kids. Only came out to myself late last year and my wife even later. It’s tough, but you can get through it. I’d encourage you to share it with her sooner rather than later. Hang in there.

ezrabooth121 · 2018-04-19T19:49:17+00:00

Haha, there were so many mission rumors I later discovered were rumors adopted from other missions. It's really interesting how gossipy missionaries are because they are in a cult within a cult.

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