Going to see Emilia Clarke. Not in person, she will be on a big screen. The Pod Generation is finally arrived in my country (NL). Release this Thursday, but prereleases all over the country this week.
Looked great in the trailer and it's always great to see Emilia.
#EmiliaClarke #ThePodGeneration
Gidi Kroon
in reply to Gidi Kroon • •Finally saw The Pod Generation with Emilia Clarke on the big screen, it has taken a while to arrive in my country. It's today maybe even more relevant than when it was made, now we're confronted with AI wherever you go.
In some future where not just pregnancies are artificial (the 'pod' of the title) but almost everything (virtual assistants, your home, nature and I think at some point even air), a couple have a baby via a pod, or in fact the woman springs that on the man. She is a corporate type, he is relatively a hippy, and throughout this artificial pregnancy they have to figure out their roles and feelings. All in a house where the clean and clinical interior is compensated for by an almost comical amount of throw cushions, and the only clinical and somewhat dodgy seeming Womb Center.
It's an interesting investigation of the dynamics in a relationship going through pregnancy when certain restraints of the biological situation are removed. It's also questioning how much you want big tech involved in your life, in this case something as personal as pregnancy.
... show moreFinally saw The Pod Generation with Emilia Clarke on the big screen, it has taken a while to arrive in my country. It's today maybe even more relevant than when it was made, now we're confronted with AI wherever you go.
In some future where not just pregnancies are artificial (the 'pod' of the title) but almost everything (virtual assistants, your home, nature and I think at some point even air), a couple have a baby via a pod, or in fact the woman springs that on the man. She is a corporate type, he is relatively a hippy, and throughout this artificial pregnancy they have to figure out their roles and feelings. All in a house where the clean and clinical interior is compensated for by an almost comical amount of throw cushions, and the only clinical and somewhat dodgy seeming Womb Center.
It's an interesting investigation of the dynamics in a relationship going through pregnancy when certain restraints of the biological situation are removed. It's also questioning how much you want big tech involved in your life, in this case something as personal as pregnancy.
Emilia Clarke is this amazing actress where you don't even notice she's playing a completely different character because it seems like you've always seen her like that. But here she's not the strong and willful queen, nor the bumbling assistant, but a high performing executive with a lot of calmness about her. It does of course have a scene where she walks along the beach and touches the sand, though.
#EmiliaClarke #ThePodGeneration
Gidi Kroon
in reply to Gidi Kroon • •So many people in reviews annoyed that the film raises questions but doesn't provide answers and I'm annoyed at those reviews. Firstly, films don't have to provide answers, you can think for yourself, after the film explored the concepts. Secondly, I think this film does provide the answers, just not in an obviously hammered home way where the plot literally gives the answer, but the conclusions the film makers draw are clear from how it affects the characters. I didn't know film watchers had gotten so lazy.
Also there's a mid-credits scene about the big tech aspect, so don't go running to the toilet just yet.