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I recently watched Strange World, largely because the animation looked interesting. However, I was extremely pleasantly surprised by the optimistic and surprisingly radical #solarpunk and #degrowth themes.

Pop Culture Detective regularly has good video essays, and their essay on this one is no different: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rqQJHja9qxU

in reply to nix

ah I just saw this video at lunch. it makes me happy that the film has these themes, but I also heard that there isn't a strong emotional core because the cast is quite large. And, like the video says, it's targeted for a younger audience. Would you agree?
in reply to Danny (he/they)

@danwchan It is somewhat more childish, about the standard Disney level. It was a good movie to casually watch for the aesthetics and themes.

I didn't feel like there were too many characters personally. The emotional parts focus primarily on the grandfather, the dad, and the son and their dynamics (and fatherhood generally perhaps).

in reply to nix

Thabks for sharing your thoughts! helps to hear from others about media that I'm on the fence about consuming personally :BlobCatCoffee:

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