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After Yang: AI, Family Bonds, and the Profound Tree Grafting Scene
Analyzing After Yang, comparing it to Ex-Machina, and understanding the meaning of the family dance and the grafting scene.
King Viserys was the reason the house of the dragon eventually falls, and it starts with the loss of Queen Aemma.
We already have the knowledge and tools to address PFAS contamination. What’s missing is urgency and accountability.
Let’s start here: Small Things Like These might not be my favorite movie of 2024 anymore—The Brutalist and Anora edged it out after some recent rewatches—but it still holds a special place.
Analyzing After Yang, comparing it to Ex-Machina, and understanding the meaning of the family dance and the grafting scene.
the mechanics of incarceration and one-shot masterpiece on display in episode 1 of adolescence. I review it here