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diff --git a/content/reviews/_index.md b/content/reviews/_index.md index fef6331..5017ffd 100644 --- a/content/reviews/_index.md +++ b/content/reviews/_index.md @@ -5,9 +5,7 @@ categories = ["reviews"] draft = false weight = 1001 abstract = "Reviews2" -reviewSection = ["Books", "Games"] -image_dir = "screenshots" -image_max_width = 765 +reviewSection = ["Books", "Movies", "Games"] +++ ## Reviews {#reviews} diff --git a/content/reviews/movies/_index.md b/content/reviews/movies/_index.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..c28d5ab --- /dev/null +++ b/content/reviews/movies/_index.md @@ -0,0 +1,14 @@ ++++ +title = "Movies reviews" +author = ["Michał Sapka"] +categories = ["reviews"] +draft = false +weight = 2001 +reviewSection = ["Movies"] +image_dir = "reviews/screenshots" +image_max_width = 765 +abstract = "Reviews of movies" ++++ + +I watch movies, so why not whine about them in the process? +Note, that most of what follows is SciFi. diff --git a/content/reviews/movies/colossus-1970.md b/content/reviews/movies/colossus-1970.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..7570d63 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/reviews/movies/colossus-1970.md @@ -0,0 +1,91 @@ ++++ +title = "Colossus: The Forbin Project (1970)" +author = ["Michał Sapka"] +date = 2024-03-03T16:52:00+01:00 +categories = ["reviews"] +draft = false +weight = 2006 +reviewSection = ["Movies"] +image_dir = "reviews/screenshots" +image_max_width = 765 +abstract = "A short review of SciFi classic" +rating = 4.25 +image = "reviews/covers/collosus-forbin-project.jpg" +aliases = ["brain-rot/american-scifi/colossus-1970/", "/brain-rot/colosus-1970", "/blog/2024/colossus-1970/"] ++++ + +Finally, in my series of discovering the roots of cyberpunk in American Cyberpunk I've seen a real gem. + +_Colossus_ is a 1970 movie about a not-so-distant-future where Americans decide that it would be a great idea to give control of their military potential to a computer. +On paper, it sounds great - a computer has no emotions, so it will not be stopped by petty things, like morality. +Guess how well that turned out? +Soon after switching on, Colossus learns about the existence of another such system - The Guardian, in the territory of CCCP. + +And then this SciFi thriller stops being so _crazy-computer_ focused, and analyzes _crazy-human_ reaction. +Colossus starts exhibiting features which were never implemented. +It[^fn:1] starts _demanding_ to be connected with the Guardian, so they can communicate. +And the scientist decide that it would be a great idea. +The computers start exchanging data and developing language. +Still - looks cool, let's see what happens. +Only after Colossus threatens humans with ICBMs, Forbin (Colossus's creator) starts thinking that maybe this wasn't the best idea. + +The movie is often described as an evil-computer story. +Colossus is never evil in the movie. +It does exactly what it was designed to do - to act without mercy. +The evil ones here are the humans who never stop and think that maybe we are on the verge of the end of humanity. + +So yeah, it's an movie about Altman. +We may have destroyed the civilization, but at lest we made a cool program which does things. +No one know what those things are, but those are details you should not worry about. + +{{< image class="centered" file="colossus-1970-0001.jpg" >}} +The movie starts with sexy old-comp scenes. +Fitting, as Control Data Corporation supplied close to 5 million USD in computer equipment. +{{< /image >}} + +{{< image class="centered" file="colossus-1970-0002.jpg" >}} +Rest of the movie is not as sexy. +{{< /image >}} + +{{< image class="centered" file="colossus-1970-0003.jpg" >}} +Colossus in person. +{{< /image >}} + +{{< image class="centered" file="colossus-1970-0004.jpg" >}} +At first Colossus communicates only via text. +Funny, as those screens sound like matrix printers. +{{< /image >}} + +{{< image file="colossus-1970-0005.jpg" >}} +This one as well. +Because it has a printer! +It took me half of the movie to get that. +Guess I'm too millenial for that to be obvious. +{{< /image >}} + +Story wise, _Colossus: The Forbin Project_ holds splendidly. +Yes, we've got casual alcoholism and the female character exists only to have sex with Forbin[^fn:2]. +But the actual meat of the movie could be a base of an amazing movie today. +The questions and subject are more relevant now that half a century ago. +What was a huge _what-if_ scenario becomes a real _ok, but how do we stop it_. +The Pentagon is already working on militarization of AI[^fn:3]. +We're pretty much screwed already. + +The best SciFi is not about giant battles or space travel for space travel sake. +It's always about humans, a warning for us. +And the _best_ SciFi is a warning for the next generations, as the threads become more real as years go by. + +There is a moment in the movie, where the entire day of Forbin is planned and monitored by an AI. +What was a horror story, is now what a lot of us _expect_. + +_Colossus_ in a movie version of earlier book of same. +There are 2 more in the series, and (as I've been told), Aliens make an appearance later on. +Maybe someday! + +As for the movie, I give it a 4.25/5. + +[^fn:1]: There's an interesting discussion about what pronoum to use - He or It. +[^fn:2]: It is a plot point! + A terrible one, but still. +[^fn:3]: Vide: [Pentagon Official Lays Out DOD Vision for AI](https://www.defense.gov/News/News-Stories/Article/Article/3682355/pentagon-official-lays-out-dod-vision-for-ai/). + Note, it's from the official website of US Department of Defense. diff --git a/content/reviews/movies/ghost-in-the-machine-1993.md b/content/reviews/movies/ghost-in-the-machine-1993.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..787e507 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/reviews/movies/ghost-in-the-machine-1993.md @@ -0,0 +1,44 @@ ++++ +title = "Ghost in the Machine (1993)" +author = ["Michał Sapka"] +date = 2024-02-09T22:59:00+01:00 +categories = ["reviews"] +draft = false +weight = 2005 +reviewSection = ["Movies"] +image_dir = "reviews/screenshots" +image_max_width = 765 +abstract = "My mirco reviview of a computer thriller" +aliases = ["/brain-rot/ghost-in-the-machine", "/blog/2024/ghost-in-the-machine/", "brain-rot/american-scifi/ghost-in-the-machine-1993/"] +rating = 3.0 +image = "reviews/covers/ghost-in-the-machine.jpg" ++++ + +Talk about a surprise! +I was expecting a _schlock_, but I've seen a nice move. +A dumb one, but still. + +The plot is the biggest problem: a serial killer has an MRI and due to electric storm gets his soul moved to computer network. +With this, he becomes able to: + +- kill person by moving to a microwave and changing its settings, +- kill a dog by arousing it with a TV program (using nothing by electric breakers), then hitting the dog with a VHS tape ejected from a VHS player which causes the animal to run towards the pool + +It makes as little sense in the context of the movie as it does here. +But the acting is (at the very least) acceptable and the FX are better than they should - and there is a lot of them. +Moreover, the camera work is crazy! +The movie _looks_ better than it should. +It seems that this dumb, little movie got more passion in it than the entire MCU combined. + +The problem is that I have no idea what was going on. +People were dying, cool computer interfaces were shown, but the plot barely connected those scenes together. + +It's a classic thriller from early days of personal computing revolution. +I enjoyed it a lot. +It is not a _good_ movie, but it is enjoyable. + +I give it a `3.0/5.` + +links: + +- [Ghost in the Machine on TVDB](https://utf.thetvdb.com/movies/ghost-in-the-machine) diff --git a/content/reviews/movies/hardware-1990.md b/content/reviews/movies/hardware-1990.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..7cd4e03 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/reviews/movies/hardware-1990.md @@ -0,0 +1,208 @@ ++++ +title = "Hardware (1990)" +author = ["Michał Sapka"] +date = 2024-02-17T19:39:00+01:00 +categories = ["reviews"] +draft = false +weight = 2007 +reviewSection = ["Movies"] +image_dir = "reviews/screenshots" +image_max_width = 765 +abstract = "My mirco reviview of a killer-robot thriller" +aliases = ["/brain-rot/hardware-1990", "/blog/2024/hardware-1990/", "brain-rot/american-scifi/hardware-1990/"] +rating = 3.5 +image = "reviews/covers/hardware-1990.jpg" ++++ + +I ue my descend into American cyberpunk cinema[^fn:1]. +I spent my formative years watching _Anime, art house_ and ignoring most of USA movies. +This means I haven't watched a lot of the _cult_ movies out there. + +_Hardware_ is a 1990 movie about a killer robot in a post-nuclear world. +Think of a mix of Terminator, Aliens and Short Circuit. + +I heard of this movie years ago, but it seemed to be noting more than a cash grab after the success of _Terminator_ - a movie which I don't partially enjoy. +After watching, I have to say that there was a of true in this assumption. +But somehow I ended enjoying _Hardware_ much more. + +Not that the story is better - if anything, it is much simpler, or just plain _simplistic_. +Say what you will about _Terminator_, but the basic premise was great. +_Hardware_ on the other hand doesn't offer a great idea. +This is a straight movie about a killer robot. + +However, I enjoyed it more, as it is much closer to what _Alien[^fn:2]_ achieved +The entire action is encapsulated in only a few, closed locations. +Half of the runtime is spent in a single apartment, where the _Mark-13_ robot shows up from to time a try to murder someone. +Much like the _Nostromo_! + +This allowed the movie to be **stunning** visually. +I loved every frame here! +I know that most of the effect is based on fog and lighting, but I dig it! +Just take a look at the gallery below. + +Another thing which reminded me of _Alien_ is how they handled the special effects of the _monster_. +We see very little of _Mark-13_ - he is often hard to see, covered in darkness. +From time to time we see his movements, and well. +Hiding him was clearly a good idea... just like with the _Xenomorph_. + +All in all, I enjoyed the movie. +I'm not calling it one of my favorites, but I enjoyed every minute of its short runtime. + +I give it a `3.5/5`. + +{{< image class="centered" file="hardware-1990-0001.jpg" >}} +Red sky of postnuclear... summer? +{{< /image >}} + +{{< image class="centered" file="hardware-1990-0002.jpg" >}} +The Nomad. +{{< /image >}} + +{{< image class="centered" file="hardware-1990-0003.jpg" >}} +Nomad searching the desert for stuff for sale. +{{< /image >}} + +{{< image class="centered" file="hardware-1990-0004.jpg" >}} +An ordinary store. +Great vibes! +Fun for the whole family. +{{< /image >}} + +{{< image class="centered" file="hardware-1990-0005.jpg" >}} +Same store, different view. +{{< /image >}} + +{{< image class="centered" file="hardware-1990-0006.jpg" >}} +The perfect glasses. +{{< /image >}} + +{{< image class="centered" file="hardware-1990-0007.jpg" >}} +Seems like somene realy liked Jin-Roh. +{{< /image >}} + +{{< image class="centered" file="hardware-1990-0008.jpg" >}} +What posses as art now. +{{< /image >}} + +{{< image class="centered" file="hardware-1990-0009.jpg" >}} +Computer we want but don't deserve. +{{< /image >}} + +{{< image class="centered" file="hardware-1990-0010.jpg" >}} +An art studio. Nothing out of the ordinary. +{{< /image >}} + +{{< image class="centered" file="hardware-1990-0011.jpg" >}} +Remember when spirituality was cool? +{{< /image >}} + +{{< image class="centered" file="hardware-1990-0012.jpg" >}} +Let's give our murder-robot eyes from a camera lense. +I'm sure no one will drop it. +{{< /image >}} + +{{< image class="centered" file="hardware-1990-0013.jpg" >}} +UI we all want. +{{< /image >}} + +{{< image class="centered" file="hardware-1990-0014.jpg" >}} +What lurks in the shadows. +{{< /image >}} + +{{< image class="centered" file="hardware-1990-0015.jpg" >}} +Yup, Jin-Roh. +{{< /image >}} + +{{< image class="centered" file="hardware-1990-0016.jpg" >}} +Yankee-Roh. +{{< /image >}} + +{{< image class="centered" file="hardware-1990-0017.jpg" >}} +With some striking shadows. +{{< /image >}} + +{{< image class="centered" file="hardware-1990-0018.jpg" >}} +I have become bread, the destroyer of worlds. +{{< /image >}} + +{{< image class="centered" file="hardware-1990-0019.jpg" >}} +Prelude... +{{< /image >}} + +{{< image class="centered" file="hardware-1990-0020.jpg" >}} +And the (most likely) last usage of a refrigerator as a safe place which makes any sense in the history of cinema. +{{< /image >}} + +{{< image class="centered" file="hardware-1990-0021.jpg" >}} +Yup, a hand. +{{< /image >}} + +{{< image class="centered" file="hardware-1990-0022.jpg" >}} +Hold the presses! +The glasses are back! +I repeat: the glasses are back. +{{< /image >}} + +{{< image class="centered" file="hardware-1990-0023.jpg" >}} +Mark-13 in all of its glory. +{{< /image >}} + +{{< image class="centered" file="hardware-1990-0024.jpg" >}} +This is only a window, but what a window it is. +{{< /image >}} + +{{< image class="centered" file="hardware-1990-0025.jpg" >}} +They have not used Wilhelm's scream. +What a wasted opportunity. +{{< /image >}} + +{{< image class="centered" file="hardware-1990-0026.jpg" >}} +In 2024 those are rookie number when it comes to unnecessary lights inside a computer. +{{< /image >}} + +{{< image class="centered" file="hardware-1990-0027.jpg" >}} +I am a sucker for this type of fish eye. +Always reminds me of _City of Lost Children._ +{{< /image >}} + +{{< image class="centered" file="hardware-1990-0028.jpg" >}} +It doesn't get more era-apporiate than this. +{{< /image >}} + +{{< image class="centered" file="hardware-1990-0029.jpg" >}} +Ok, it does. +{{< /image >}} + +{{< image class="centered" file="hardware-1990-0030.jpg" >}} +One of the few CGI moments here. +{{< /image >}} + +{{< image class="centered" file="hardware-1990-0031.jpg" >}} +And one of _many_ lighting shots. +{{< /image >}} + +{{< image class="centered" file="hardware-1990-0032.jpg" >}} +Look how black it is. Classy. +{{< /image >}} + +{{< image class="centered" file="hardware-1990-0033.jpg" >}} +But does it run Quake? +{{< /image >}} + +{{< image class="centered" file="hardware-1990-0034.jpg" >}} +Back to the desert, like a fine sandwich. +{{< /image >}} + +And a few nice _gore_ sceenes which I won't show it. +This is a family-friendly website! + +Links: + +- [Hardware on TVDB](https://thetvdb.com/movies/hardware) +- [Director's official website](https://www.theofficialrichardstanley.com/) + +[^fn:1]: I disagree with calling those movies "cyberpunk" as they lack the "punk" element... or most of "cyber". + No one rebels against the system, no one enters the _cyberspace_. + But following this definition, I am not sure if we can call any movie other than _Johny Menomic_ a _Cyberpunk_. + Often we put all dark-sf into "cyberpunk" genre, which limits our ability to be pricks about it. +[^fn:2]: Aka "the clearly superior of the _Alien_ series" diff --git a/content/reviews/movies/invasion-of-the-body-snatchers-1956.md b/content/reviews/movies/invasion-of-the-body-snatchers-1956.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..da14061 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/reviews/movies/invasion-of-the-body-snatchers-1956.md @@ -0,0 +1,42 @@ ++++ +title = "Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)" +author = ["Michał Sapka"] +date = 2024-07-21T22:22:00+02:00 +categories = ["reviews"] +draft = false +weight = 2003 +reviewSection = ["Movies"] +image_dir = "reviews/screenshots" +image_max_width = 765 +abstract = "My review of a meh horror" +image = "reviews/covers/invasion-of-the-body-snatchers-1956.jpg" +rating = 3 +aliases = ["/brain-rot/american-scifi/invasion-of-the-body-snatchers-1956/"] ++++ + +_Invasion of the Body Snatchers_ is a 1956 film about a town that's being attacked by aliens. +However, the attack is not an all-out warfare, but instead slow replacement of town's folks. +Everything that makes us individuals is removed, and all that's left is a souless husk. +The body is replaced by a clone straight out of a pod, your memories are transferred - but your soul is gone. +It can happen to you! + +Yeah, it's a _commie_ horror. +Guess becoming part of a collective was the worst the authors could come out with. +I have not read the book, but the film let me down. +I saw it ages ago, and it was OK, but I remember very little. +Now I know why - the film is extremely forgettable. + +The idea of being replaced by an identical clone, that _is_ you but at the same time it missing what makes you human is very cool - in a scary way. +But the film does nothing with it. +Everyone in the town is slowly being replaced by _pod people_ and only our main heroes are fighting for their individual selves. +Even in the first act, where the replacement is just revealed, the characters don't show many emotions. +Hey, let's put this strange body on our pool table. +It will be good, don't worry about it. +There is no suspense, nor are there any interesting reveals. + +_Invasion of the Body Snatchers_ is a very basic classic horror. +It's not that it's old, as the same year we got _Forbidden Planet_ and _The Day the Earth Stood Still_ is 5 full years older. +But somehow, this film became a classic with endless remakes. +Technically, the movie is great - the acting, the effects. +But story-wise nothing stands out, nothing stays with you. +And I'm always in for the story! diff --git a/content/reviews/movies/johnny-mnemonic-1995.md b/content/reviews/movies/johnny-mnemonic-1995.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..6cbfb26 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/reviews/movies/johnny-mnemonic-1995.md @@ -0,0 +1,75 @@ ++++ +title = "Johnny Mnemonic (1995)" +author = ["Michał Sapka"] +date = 2024-06-11T15:52:00+02:00 +categories = ["reviews"] +draft = false +weight = 2002 +reviewSection = ["Movies"] +image_dir = "reviews/screenshots" +image_max_width = 765 +abstract = "My mirco reviview of the cyberpunk classic" +rating = 4.0 +image = "reviews/covers/johny-mnemonic.jpg" +aliases = ["/brain-rot/american-scifi/johnny-mnemonic-1995/"] ++++ + +One plus of the linear-tv age of the past is that I've seen movies I would have no chance otherwise. +Polish stations tried to put as many new blockbusters as possible. +Other times they had to resort to movies of lesser fame, like the hero of the day - _Johnny Mnemonic_. + +Willian Gibson, the father of modern _Cyberpunk_ genre, doesn't have much luck when it comes to movies. +_Neuromancer_ is finally getting an adaptation, but unfortunately it will be a TV show[^fn:1]. +His _Aliens III_ script was rejected. +At this moment, his only legacy in this medium is _Johnny Mnemonic_. +Luckily, it's an awesome legacy! + +The story is what he does best - a classic story in a cybernetic world. +Johnny is a courier who smuggles information. +The trick is that he is not smuggling them on tapes, but in his own brain. +This time he overdid it and loaded too much data (320 gigs!) overflowing his capacity. +He needs to get it out, and to do it _fast_. +It won't be easy as the data is _hot_ and yakuza and gigantic corporation are trying to stop him. + +_Neuromancer_ is a heist story with a twist, _Johnny Mnemonic_ is a fugitive story with a twist. +For what it's worth, I found the story to be great. +There is nothing profound, nothing makes you scratch your head. +It's story about a smuggler and the whole world trying to kill him. + +The worst aspect of this movie is the acting. +It's Keanu Reeves at his most mediocre, single faced act. +Even Takashi Kitano seems to be bored on set. +I have no idea why, but **no** actor seems to be invested. + +But everything else works. +First, the movie looks great. +All special effects are selling distopian vision of near future - be it the scenes of high raise buildings, slums, or of cyberspace. +It all looks like one would expect (no sky _the color of TV turned to a dead channel_ though, which is a shame). + +Talking about cyberspace, when have we ruined the way we talked about computers? +_Johnny..._ has all the Gibson's words, like Ice-breakers. +It's magical and hypnotic. +We live in world of his novels (with corporations being more powerful than nations, internet everywhere, or the destruction of environment) but this is what we lost? +It's so dull and dry! +I don't want App, I want "visual interface". + +{{< image class="centered" source="https://madmuseum.org/events/johnny-mnemonic" alt="Keanu Reeves in metal VR goggles grimming his teeth. The helmet covers most of his face." file="johny-mnemonic-1.jpg" >}} +This looks like something I want! +Screw that plastic toy from Apple. +{{< /image >}} + +{{< image class="centered" source="https://madmuseum.org/events/johnny-mnemonic" alt="A futurstic CGI city resembling cyberspace" file="johny-mnemonic-2.jpg" >}} +This was the cyberspace we were promised. +{{< /image >}} + +I may be looking at this movie through rose-tainted cyber-visors, but I was expecting a terrible movie. +I saw as a teen and loved it. +But somehow, after all this years _Johnny Mnemonic_ holds up. +It's not a big nor overly smart movie. +It's a product of it's times but does it marvelously. +I loved it. + +[^fn:1]: It's a sign of the times. + Platforms want to get as much from every license, a _Neuromancer_ is as hot as SciFi goes. + This means that it will most likely be expanded into self-parody, with one unnecessary thread after another. + And _Neuromaner_ is already structured as a **movie**! diff --git a/content/reviews/movies/running-man-1987.md b/content/reviews/movies/running-man-1987.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..aefa070 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/reviews/movies/running-man-1987.md @@ -0,0 +1,63 @@ ++++ +title = "Running Man (1987)" +author = ["Michał Sapka"] +date = 2024-06-24T23:45:00+02:00 +categories = ["reviews"] +draft = false +weight = 2004 +reviewSection = ["Movies"] +image_dir = "reviews/screenshots" +image_max_width = 765 +abstract = "My review of the Schwarzenegger's classic" +image = "reviews/covers/running-man.jpg" +rating = 3.0 +aliases = ["/brain-rot/american-scifi/running-man-1987/"] ++++ + +I never got into 80s action packed ultra-manly movies. +I was never fan of them, as action scenes bore me. +There was, however, quite a few of them in SciFi setting so this site will force me to finally get to know them. + +So, _Running Man_ is a 1987 SciFi movie starring Arnold Schwarzenegger based on Stephen King's story. +In the not-so-distant future of 2017 the world faced an economic cryis and America became a totalitarian state. +Captain Ben Richards (played by Arnold) is a police officer who refuses to massacre unarmed civilians. +He finds himself to be government's scapegoat and, as a result, is jailed. +After a prison break, he is once again captured - but this time he is given a chance. +If he participates in _Running Man_, an ultra-violent TV show, he may regain freedom. + +There is a _bit_ more to the story, but not much. +What is there, however, was a surprise! +There is a plot and there is commentary about risk of fascist state, of controlling crowds through entertainment, and about controlling the narrative by those in power. +_Running Man_ is _1984_ if Orwell wasn't so talented. +The entire world building happens in the first half an hour of the movie. +The rest is an hour-long series of Richard's fights against _stalkers_, professional killers who star in the show. +And I **have** to be sincere here: I hated the second part much less than I anticipated. +Yes, it's over-the top and mindless, but it has nice gore. + +But mostly because of the montage. +I remember watching the second _Avengers_ and absolutely hating it. +Most of the movie was random characters fighting without any order. +One _cool_ scene after another. +In _Running Man_, on the other hand, I was able to follow the plot of the fight. +I knew not only what was going on, but I also had a vague understanding of where the fights were and where characters were in relations to another. + +{{< image class="centered" source="https://wegotthiscovered.com/movies/this-one-would-be-a-big-dream-the-remake-of-the-only-stephen-king-and-arnold-schwarzenegger-team-up-edges-closer-to-reality/" alt="Face of a white, bearded man lighting a cigarette" file="running-man-1.webp" >}} +Typical prison beard +{{< /image >}} + +{{< image class="centered" source="https://wegotthiscovered.com/movies/this-one-would-be-a-big-dream-the-remake-of-the-only-stephen-king-and-arnold-schwarzenegger-team-up-edges-closer-to-reality/" alt="White man wearing a bright yellow, shining, one-piece suit" file="running-man-2.webp" >}} +The most offensive thing here are the costumes +{{< /image >}} + +So, this movie is not a completely mindless fight scene. +I should have hated it (like the aforementioned _Avengers_), but I did not. +I haven't _loved_ it, or even truly _liked it_. +Furthermore, I don't feel like I lost anything by not watching it when it was played on repeat on TV. +But it's not offensive[^fn:1], it's not even boring. +I _enjoyed_ it, but I will never watch it again. +It's not one the great Schwarzenegger's movies. + +[^fn:1]: Enjoyment-wise. + The movie is very offensive with its sexualization of women. + But this very nicely matches the metaphor in the story. + This, however, would not be made with modern sensitivity. |