• 📟 Like everybody else, I too watched the presentation video external link of the AI Pin external link by Humane, and beyond all the valid considerations gathered, for example, by Michael Tsai external link , my main question is about security and privacy: for a device that promises to know everything about us, what prevents someone else from using my AI Pin and disclosing information about me?
  • 🎬 I’m in the minority, but I really liked The Marvels. Of course, it requires being interested in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and affection for the characters - which means having watched Ms Marvel and WandaVision on Disney+. Without that, emotional involvement will be lacking. But Nia DaCosta’s film is fun, lively, and unashamedly embraces new ideas.
  • 📺 Again on the Marvel theme, the second season of Loki ended with a bang and with a highly emotional scene. A conclusion (probably) that befits the character much more than his hasty elimination in Infinity War. Whether these last two episodes are enough to reassess an otherwise rather lackluster season, only time - and a rewatch - will tell.
  • ♟️ Last Marvel thing: Lego has made its Avengers Tower external link official, a huge set which also costs much more than I am willing to spend.. but it will be hard to resist to a good offer with a significant discount.
  • 🎬 Continuing the exploration of Benson & Moorhead’s work, I tackled Spring: a modern fairy tale (heavily influenced by classic stories), during which I was distracted quite a bit due to the very unconvincing Italian accent of the protagonist (a flaw in many English-language productions), and a rather confused geography of the peninsula. Not enough to ruin the film, which is still quite enjoyable.
  • 🎬 I gathered my courage and watched Häxan, the (silent) 1922 film by Benjamin Christensen about the history of witchcraft. I didn’t know what to expect, and I certainly wouldn’t have imagined finding a semi-documentary film packed with special effects, compassion for ‘witches,’ cheeky devils, nudity, and even a ‘meta’ sensibility.
  • 📺 I also completed the third season of Only Murders in the Building, and, although better than the second, it didn’t really fill me with enthusiasm. I think it’s clear even to the authors that you can’t rely solely on the likability of the three protagonists and the guest stars.
  • 🎮 I reached the last level of Super Mario Bros U Deluxe, and after miserably perishing numerous times, I let the assisted system, in the person of Luigi, spoil what needs to be done to complete the game: as I suspected, the level seems long and difficult, and I don’t think I have an interest in spending too much time on it.
  • 🖥️ Mike Flanagan is on Letterboxd external link to Letterboxd Created with Sketch. and that’s no small thing.