Fun fact: it got made into the film Arrival.

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    8 months ago

    “Liking What You See: A Documentary” really stuck with me. I think about it a lot when I see what people have done to themselves due to Hollywood, marketing, beauty industry, instagram, TikTok, etc.

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      8 months ago

      Apparently AMC has rights to make a series about that one. I haven’t heard anything about it for years.

      Understand or Tower of Babylon were probably my favorites, after Story of Your Life. I loved the cat and mouse game towards the end of Understand, the shirt was such a brilliant concept. Limitless could have been so much better of a movie.

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        This is making me want to go back and read them again. They seem like the kind of stories I might get even more out of the second time around.

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          I think most of Chaing’s work really needs multiple reads. Especially Story of Your Life, because of obvious reasons. Having the context of the full picture makes the smaller aspects fuller.

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            I decided to watch Arrival tonight. It’s great so far! I’m glad they captured the sense of awe and uncertainty well. I’m about halfway through (intermission now - taking a snack break).