Yeah they had a look of “Hey human, you got food for us pwease?” and not trying to harm him or anything. Dude was overly scared imo but then again it probably is a little unsettling to have a group of giant animals coming at you.

Sort of related, but anyone else notice that people want things to be normal so badly that you can say all kinds of crazy shit and people will just ignore it? Like you can make jokes at work or with family about Stalin and sending people to gulags and they’ll just be like, “Oh that pooh is so zany.”

Denji is pretty selfish but there is nothing close to the nihilistic wallowing seen in MiA.

I never intended to compare it in that sense. I was talking about the general cycle of trauma and recovering from that trauma to continue on, which is appealing to me even if that seems strange. I suppose maybe Berserk is similar, but I haven’t read enough, so I didn’t want to use that as an example. I do think Chainsaw Man is quite a bit better than MiA though of course, fwiw.

I think I like it for the same reason I like Chainsaw Man, which is the progression of dealing with something terrible and overcoming it to move forward. There’s sort of a weird sense of comfort that comes from this related to being anxious about the future. Also it’s not the worst thing I’ve ever seen, so maybe I already have too much psychic damage to be bothered too much by it.

But what if you’re a grown adult that just so happens to like puppet shows?

I like the puppet shows tho :sadness:

Lucille Ball was actually a card-carrying member of the Communist Party. She also later spoke out on behalf of blacklisted communists, but was eventually forced to testify herself and disavow her past connections.

EDIT: Her defense of blacklisted communists is highlighted in the movie Trumbo, about the writer Dalton Trumbo who was blacklisted for being a communist and won Academy Awards under an assumed name until Exodus and Spartacus helped break the blacklist. Bryan Cranston plays Dalton Trumbo, and it’s a decent movie that you all should watch. Here’s a great clip from that.

Would the Russian government ever fund something like this? Seems like maybe a good way to foster positive views of Russians and Russian history.