It, in my opinion, blows Dr. Strange Multiverse of Madness out of the fucking water. Specially when you learn they edited the entire fucking thing in premire pro.
The multiverse stuff has been hanging around in the cultural subconscious for a few years now. Adam Curtis would make a montage of how these movies line up with what's going on in the world.
I think people are disappointed in how their lives turned out and imagining alternate realities makes them feel like they are fulfilled somewhere out there, even if it's not here. Or they like to imagine different paths they could have taken. It also takes the for granted the idea that our lives are deterministic based on a series of variables or individual choices, which lets us escape the idea that our society is oppressive on purpose. It jives with liberalism in that way.
Obviously multiverse stuff has existed in fiction for a while, but it's gotten a lot of popularity recently.
Weird, I was sure I saw somewhere the creators said that it was explicitly written to make an anti-nihilist response to the messages of Rick and Morty.
Ya, I felt the same. It didn't help that it had Rick & Morty vibes, and that Dr. Strange had a multiverse movie coming out at the same time.
(btw the creators said they came up with the idea independently of those two, so who knows)
It, in my opinion, blows Dr. Strange Multiverse of Madness out of the fucking water. Specially when you learn they edited the entire fucking thing in premire pro.
The multiverse stuff has been hanging around in the cultural subconscious for a few years now. Adam Curtis would make a montage of how these movies line up with what's going on in the world.
I think people are disappointed in how their lives turned out and imagining alternate realities makes them feel like they are fulfilled somewhere out there, even if it's not here. Or they like to imagine different paths they could have taken. It also takes the for granted the idea that our lives are deterministic based on a series of variables or individual choices, which lets us escape the idea that our society is oppressive on purpose. It jives with liberalism in that way.
Obviously multiverse stuff has existed in fiction for a while, but it's gotten a lot of popularity recently.
Weird, I was sure I saw somewhere the creators said that it was explicitly written to make an anti-nihilist response to the messages of Rick and Morty.