I finally started watching Farscape. Let's see where this goes . . .
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Some of you have been getting replies to comments from a scammer posing as me with a Telegram account wanting to have "a private discussion." I'll never do that and I'm not on Telegram.
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Last week the guys at the _V'Ger Please_ podcast and I nerded out over Enterprise, I became more interesting as the level of Scotch in my glass went down, and many tangents were followed. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGF7o... watch video on watch page
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Had a talk with KMO today about the Draka. kmoptimal.substack.com/p/kmo-show-027 Actually we talked about a lot of stuff, but somehow the Draka was all that survived. Even in a podcast, their plot-armor came through.
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Iāve been leisurely working on something involving H.G. Wellsā āThings To Comeā (which Iāve referred to as āpeak fascismā on occasion) but āŖ@DamienWalterā¬ beat me to a few points by a wide margin. I recommend giving his recent video on Wells a look, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFIRY... watch video on watch page
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No new video this week, but back on schedule next Friday with a look at the CoDominium and the revolution on Sparta.
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This week's video will be taking a look at Orwell's 1984 and the politicization of language. Pour a tall glass of Victory Gin, I expect the comment feed will be . . . lively.
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Iāve unlisted last weekās video. I didnāt articulate the core point about the manipulation of language as a sign of totalitarian worldviews well, leading to some genuine misunderstandings but also some deliberately obtuse arguments.
To do this right, itās finally time to do a deep-dive into Orwellās 1984. No oneās Kool-Aid will be safe.
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This week's video (on the 2015 adaptation of Arthur C. Clarke's "Childhood's End") has been blocked here (copyright, completely blocked, not just demonetized) so it's up as a Patreon exclusive over at www.patreon.com/FeralHistorian
Now that there's a few of those, I may have to cover some things that I know damn well won't fly here on the 'tube.
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Stories are cultural artifacts, whether it's epics on clay tablets or big-budget films. Those artifacts can tell us a lot about the time and culture that made them if we take a few minutes to shake them and see what falls out. To that end, an independent scholar goes rogue from academic respectability, wanders out into the wild, and talks to the trees and rocks about science fiction and its place in historical study.
Grab your hiking pack and get your nerd-on, we've got a lot to talk about.
Also, I'm just going to say there's a blanket spoiler warning for the entire channel.