Thinking about doing things, not actually doing things

And by "doing things" I mean "consuming media."

What sort of life is this

Famous and Dead

People will cry for days when a famous person dies.  That famous person doesn't have to have done anything good for humanity.  The simple fact that they were on TV, that they were known by a lot of people, that they got publicity... That seems to be enough.

John Wick 3

a few observations about "john wick 3: parabellum"

- the most "teal and orange" movie i've ever seen
- more dumb CGI than the previous films
- felt repetitive in a way that the other ones didn't. maybe because of all the teal and orange and dumb CGI? i mean seriously. i feel like the others had this really invigorating variety of locations and colors and characters. but this one just almost felt... safe?
- still has a lot of great moments. like that library scene. fucking riotous
- lots of fun mythmaking, and good turns by keanu and the gang, as usual. mark dacascos was wonderful and made every single one of his lines count.
- ultraviolent, but still doesn't feel fascistic to me, the way films like this often do. maybe because it's constantly asking the question of... well... what's the point? which is a very good question to ask of any endeavor

People who like things that I don't like

i feel like "cold, pretentious, misanthropic, hyper-technical, misogynist, drug-addled but finally straight-sounding jazzy soft-rock with mediocre vocals" is an objectively correct description of steely dan. and yet, people love steely dan.
i just feel like people who love steely dan are the same who have read only one book in the past ten years, but it's "being and time" by martin heidegger, something you'd never understand because you're a mere mortal. like imagine if i assembled a team of crack jazz musicians in the most sophisticated recording studio in the world and was like "okay we're just gonna make fun of disco now, this song is called the fez"