The Fear of Covid Business

 I sat there for five minutes looking at the picture, and the words attached.

On a risk-factor?  I'd rate the Pope at near '11' on a scale of one to ten....for Covid-death under this type of situation. 

Game of Thrones

Finally, two weeks ago....I started the first season of Game of Thrones.  I know....I'm about eleven years behind the times.  Living in Germany does that.

Yesterday, I finished the first season. 

So my five observations:

1.  It's fairly brutal, and on a general scale....I'd rank it '9' out of ten on violence.  

2.  The script is one of the best around and I'd rank it one of the top ten best-written scripts for a TV series.

3.  One of the big negatives is that there must be forty significant characters in season one, and it's a continual mess to remember who is what.

4.  Twist and turns?  I'd suggest with each single episode.....there must be two four-star twists, and you just don't see it coming.

5.  Finally, I'll admit....I'm addicted, and will have to watch the full series.  

I Had To Look This Up

 This popped up today on social media.....some guy attempting to watch a movie off Hulu's network.

So the warning is: 'This film contains flashing lights, themes of trauma, and an unlikeable female protagonist'.

I grew up in the 1960s/1970s, and frankly....there just weren't warnings over anything you saw at the theater or on TV....so this is all new for me.

The most frightful movie, without warnings ever?  Well....the Exorcist.  That was pretty 'wild'.

So I had to look up protagonist, to make sure I understood the full meaning.  When you have a movie or TV show, and it's full 'push' or dynamic is resting on the shoulders of one single character....that individual is a protagonist.  Without him.....the script won't work. 

Examples?  Dirty Harry, James Bond, Norman Bates.  

So the question is....do you really need to warn folks over a movie....that might have a male or female protagonist situation? 

If you follow this logic....shouldn't there be warnings over people dancing in the movie, or a warning over people sipping beer/cocktails, or a warning over some trampy woman offering up some hot lust?  

Somewhere in twenty years....I expect at least a dozen warnings to come up as a movie starts.....warning you about men with moustaches, women with exposed boobs, fake zombies, people sipping a zero-calorie drink, or kids farting. 

Frankly, society is coming to an end, and this BS is just speeding up the process.