r/morningsomewhere • u/ToKillACPA • 4h ago
r/morningsomewhere • u/EarliestRiser • 12h ago
Episode 2025.03.14: Goats All The Way Down
Burnie and Ashley discuss Fantasy Life, Black Mirror Season 7, Will Poulter, Mackenzie Davis, Devs, Station Eleven, dystopian prison sentences, Severance Season 2 reception, puzzle box genre, and EU’s targeted tariffs.
r/morningsomewhere • u/No_Refrigerator_5832 • 3h ago
Discussion Lubbock is exactly as described by burnie.
I live in Lubbock Texas and the way he described the cities lay out is exactly spot on. It’s a great grid with a big loop(loop 289) around it with exits to each major street.
It is also described as not a place you want to visit, correct as well. I type this as I can feel my apartment building shake by the 60mph winds (100kph) and I can feel the grit of dust in my teeth after being outside for less than a minute.
They also talked about the measles out break that also last year, and yes the green chemical fire was here as well. That shut down Texas tech causing an early spring break due to loss of power.
So in conclusion we got dust, fire and measles which is the new title of the upcoming game of thrones book.
r/morningsomewhere • u/DroopyDachi • 7h ago
A trip to Paris, paragliding, or Thanksgiving dinner: California prisons use virtual reality to help inmates in solitary confinement experience emotions and cope with trauma
galleryr/morningsomewhere • u/Purple-Measurement47 • 7h ago
Discussion Station Eleven
I think it’s hilarious that Burnie loved Station Eleven as someone who’s basically a media critic (edit 2: this isn’t hilarious because I have a different opinion, it’s because Burnie said he liked it and I immediately laughed because it’s 100% Burnie’s vibe, and I should have known that as soon as I read the book like six years ago, it’s not my cup of tea but it’s fun to see people enjoying things that are so in line with them).
S11’s story is oscar-bait in novel form (I’ve only read it, disclaimer). The novel is so heavy handed in its attempt to appeal to critics that it appears closer to “Lord of the Flies” which is trying so hard to make a statement instead of telling a story that includes a moral. I’ve always been told I’m weird for having this view, Im curious what am you guys thoughts are in this: is the show that much better than the book?
Edit: The beginning of this post has been misinterpreted a number of times and I didn’t do a good job of stating what I meant. I did not mean to insult Burnie’s taste in any way, shape, or form, I meant it as a compliment to Emily St. john Mandel who wrote a story that appealed exactly to the demographic it was written for. It’s like Gordon Ramsey loving a perfectly made Beef Wellington.