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Miyazaki's 'The Boy and the Heron' makes clear the world is a fragile place
- ilrwbwrkhv 3y agoI think the future will be a large group of Amish like who will be pacifists and shun technology and a group who live in the citadel with AI creating everything in their consciousness. Deeply unhappy but addicted to the rat race.
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- skummetmaelk 3y agoThe future?
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- webkike 3y agoOk
- TeMPOraL 3y agoShunning technology on its own won't lead to pacifism. Otherwise, what you described is pretty much a typical fantasy setting.
- ilrwbwrkhv 3y agoI think even the little that we have seen from chatgpt is a sign that generated content will always be heartless, poor quality but people will be ok with it and adopt it. So I think it would make sense that eventually this will break the market into two.
- aik 3y agoOr… you view it as just another perspective just like that from a human coworker where most ideas are throwaway but you take what you like and leave the rest. Understandably we all want AI to be perfect but what we have today is much more human.
- isk517 3y agoSturgeon's law ("ninety percent of everything is crap") is well known, and a lot of money has been made and time spend consuming a significant chunk of that 90%. AI only needs to be better than 90% of that 90% to succeed.
- 082349872349872 3y agoWhen anabaptism was new, there were also many non-pacifist sects, but those eventually all failed to survive the conflicts they got into the with the wider non-anabaptist world.
- pilsetnieks 3y agoNeal Stephenson's Fall [1] is by far not his best book, however, the first part has a chilling depiction of societal divide into Ameristan and, for lack of a better word, the blue states that feels entirely plausible. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fall;_or,_Dodge_in_Hell https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fall;_or,_Dodge_in_Hell
- msisk6 3y agoI just finished the audiobook version of this on a long drive through the heart of Ameristan. Very plausible. Remember Moab!
- lph 3y agoIt's a shame, the Ameristan near-future dystopia parts of Fall were quite good, but the virtual world plot became increasingly silly. My mood would pick up whenever I landed on a chapter that got back to the "real world" plot.
- stuckinhell 3y agoI'm slowly coming around to this conclusion as well.
- PakG1 3y agoI told my wife that we should consider being farmers in the future. She said we'd starve to death. Can't figure out if I agree with her.
- jrsdav 3y agoOne aspect of Japanese culture that deeply resonates with me is its unique connection to the geographical landscape. It seems intricately woven with the very essence of Japan, a nation shaped by the terrifying reality of earthquakes, tsunamis, typhoons, and volcanoes. These influences appear to have profound influence on the collective mindset of the people. The constant reminder of impermanence has sculpted a distinctive perspective on life, rendering the cultural tapestry of Japan something that feels intrinsically tied to its specific time and place. I often reflect on this thought -- Japan could have only ever happened in Japan.
- ep103 3y agoI think this is true of all places, people just tend not to recognize it where they live. One of my favorite ways to travel is by train or motorcycle over long distances, and just watch how architecture, clothing, styles, layouts, etc change or surprisingly don't change in response to geographical changes. Both are possible, and both tell you a lot about the people there.
- phillipcarter 3y agoGuillermo del Toro really put it well: > We are privileged enough to be living in a time where Mozart is composing symphonies I'd encourage anyone who hasn't seen the full breadth of Miyazaki's work to watch them all. It's well worth your time, and especially to see how his work has helped shape a lot of other media you've likely consumed.
- layer8 3y agoAside from the feature films, also don’t forget: • his one major manga/graphic novel, Nausicaä • Future Boy Conan (TV series) • Panda Kopanda (aka Panda! Go, Panda!) (two short films) • the five episodes of Sherlock Hound he directed • On Your Mark (music video) (of course, there’s more)
- tehnub 3y agoDeeper in the iceberg we find early animation work by Miyazaki on the 1969 film Phantom Flying Ship: https://www.sakugabooru.com/data/4d0af6c0638a415173b7de6676660cbd.mp4 https://www.sakugabooru.com/data/4d0af6c0638a415173b7de66766...
- DocKitKat 3y agoFuture boy Conan is one of my absolute favourite tv shows and it feels so pertinent to our current time. I recommend it to others often, but no one takes a chance on it :(
- pcdoodle 3y agoI go back to watch FBC it every 5 years, it's absolutely fantastic in every way and for anyone.
- riffruff24 3y agoNot Ghibli or Miyazaki at all but I would recommend Now And Then, Here And There as a companion piece. It's tropes and plot points are similar to FBC but seen through a very different lens.
- Chanderton 3y agoWhile not Miyazaki (but still Studio Ghibli), Isao Takahata's films Grave of the Fireflies (and to some extent, Princess Kaguya), isn't really some ”feel good” movies. Optimistic is the last thing i would describes those two masterpieces.
- boogieknite 3y agoHad seen most of the Ghibli movies and then turned on Princess Kaguya for the first time as something to help my spouse fall asleep. By the end were both crying. This was 3 years ago and was the last time I cried and can't recall the last time I cried before that. Princess Kaguya is my favorite Ghibli movie but also never rewatched because it's so emotional. All that and I'm not even a parent, let alone good with kids whatsoever.
- victordevt 3y agoMiyazaki's work is so different than the mainstream Japanese anime industry!
- robterrell 3y agoI saw the film at a festival last month, not sure what to expect for a beloved creator coming out of retirement. I should not have been worried, it's astounding -- Del Toro isn't really exaggerating in that praise. I hadn't read about it being autobiographical until afterwards, but it did seem incredibly personal. I found it to be profoundly joyful and sad in multiple ways, especially in the aspect of a master searching for a protégé.
- kleiba 3y agoI haven't seen any of Miyazaki's work - which of his movies would you recommend I watch first and why?
- topaz0 3y agoIt really doesn't matter -- they are all incredible.
- lm28469 3y agoI've randomly picked three to watch with my gf because one of her friends kept saying they were all master pieces. Castle in the sky, spirited away and Howl's moving castle I did not really enjoy a single one of them, castle in the sky was the best but it didn't make me want to watch the rest of his filmography.
- wahnfrieden 3y agoJust stop there then
- baby 3y agoI honestly can’t fathom how someone would not be mindblown by these three movies.
- lm28469 3y agoThey all seemed to offer very surface level lore/characters, the themes are super simplistic too: war bad, nature good, consumerism bad. The rhythm is all over the place It's not bad but it's a far cry from "these movies are all 110/100 and will literally change your life forever". I don't care for animes in the first place so idk, they might be that good compared to the rest of them
- baby 3y agoNobody said they would change your life. They transport you to a different world for a few hours that’s it. Some of these adventures are quite epic as well.