For me, the presence of the Emperor highlighted a missed storytelling opportunity. Liam Neeson’s appearance as Qui-Gon Jinn carried some emotional weight because it symbolized Obi-Wan’s reconnection to the Force. But Vader hadn’t changed, so the Emperor’s cameo is pointless.…
Another century hence, another prophet of the ages saw, and named, the underlying truth beneath these truths: that if this you, this me, is in fact an ever-changing chance-constellation of cells, ideas, beliefs, impressions, mental states, emotional weather systems, constantly…
Waititi is directing Thor: Love and Thunder, his second MCU film after Thor: Ragnarok. Natalie Portman also returns to reprise her role as Jane Foster, although she’s a very different person this time around, transforming into Mighty Thor. Tessa Thompson…
A generation after him, Maya Angelou observed that “you only are free when you realize you belong no place — you belong every place — no place at all.” It has always been hard for me to understand myself, to…
In lieu of a guest post today, I’m sharing a few questions from from Daily Nous readers. Perhaps you can help with answers… A friend of mine has a physical condition which makes it impossible for her to attend actual classes.…
To coincide with tickets going on sale, Marvel has dropped a new Thor: Love and Thunder teaser trailer. It reveals new footage from the Thor sequel, including a scene where Thor gives an inspirational speech. It happens about halfway through…
Most of all, there are the trees, abstracted and detailed, crowned and coniferous — a wilderness of ways of seeing, carrying a diverse forest of love into space. (Cue aschonut Leland Melvin reading Pablo Neruda’s love letter to Earth’s trees…
In short: Poinpy rules. Because Poinpy isn’t just about going up, it’s about collecting the right type of fruit, to feed a rampaging monster as a timer ticks ominously in the background. If you don’t collect the right type of…
Workers in Amazon warehouses meanwhile had several big union pushes in April. Those in a Staten Island, New York, location voted to become the first US workers at the company to successfully unionize, while workers in Alabama have failed to unionize. According…
It is here that we find the strongest expression of Blake’s politics. True politics are not ideologies to discuss, but an attitude to your relationship with the world which is enacted in your daily life. Your politics are not what…