The World, All At Once

If you're familiar with Greek myth or philosophy, you've probably heard of the legend of Sisyphus, the king of Ephyra (now known as Corinth). The story goes that Sisyphus was able to cheat death twice by tricking the gods and as punishment, the god of death Hades punished the king by having him roll a boulder endlessly up a steep hill. Every time he got near the top, the boulder would magically roll down the hill once again, forcing Sisyphus to repeat the same process over and over again for all eternity. It's essentially a hopeless situation for him and as such, tasks that are laborious and futile are now described as "Sisyphean" in modern culture. Sisyphus has been the subject of study throughout historical literature, with famed author Albert Camus writing a political essay titled The Myth of Sisyphus , which delves into the concept of absurdism while using the king as an example.  If you're wondering why I'm rambling on and on about a philosophical con...

  What does it mean to be human? If a pig is genetically modified to have human organs inside of its animal exterior, is that then a pig or a human? If a human embryo has the DNA of multiple animal species written into its own, can the resulting foetus and eventual baby be considered a human or is it a chimera? What are the limits of scientific research and how moral is it for scientists to play God? These are all questions that L.U.C.A.: The Beginning sought to answer and while this science fiction crime thriller does its best to do justice to these philosophical ideas, the potential exploration of far more interesting and thought-provoking concepts are stopped short by typical drama tropes. Let's dive in. SERIES RETROSPECT AND REVIEW (SPOILER ALERT) Most of the drama revolves around male lead Zi O, the genetically modified "child" of mad scientist Joong-kwon and cult leader Hwang Jung-ah, and his struggle to cement his human identity. He was the product of Joong-kwon...

After the critical and box office failure of 2017's  Justice League , many comic book fans foresaw a dark future for the DC Extended Universe (DCEU). If they could mess up one of the films that people have waited forever for, with the world's greatest superheroes being reduced to little more than jokes, what hope did we have for other projects? We've known for some time that the film met countless problems with production, with original director Zack Snyder leaving the project after disagreements with Warner Bros. (WB).  Avengers: Age of Ultron  director Joss Whedon was then brought into do rushed reshoots and salvage the film, only to come out with a mess of a film that brought little but disappointment to viewers.  Fans have long demanded for the release of Snyder's original cut of this mega-film, lovingly dubbed the "Snyder Cut" and Snyder himself has teased this pet project of his for the longest time. Finally, after 4 long years we're getting it, with...

Famed biologist Charles Darwin once proposed a theory that all life forms evolved from the same progenitor, the sole primordial entity that all life as we know it sprung from. This theory has come to be known as the "last universal common/cellular ancestor" aka LUCA. While not necessarily the first life to ever exist on Earth, the LUCA is the only organism from a prehistoric time to have any living descendants. If you're wondering why I'm rambling about a scientific concept for a K-drama review, that's because this is a central idea behind L.U.C.A.: The Beginning , a crime drama shrouded heavily in science fiction. Starring Kim Rae-won  ( The Doctors , Black Knight: The Man Who Guards Me ) as male lead ZI O and Lee Da-hee  ( The Beauty Inside , Search: WWW ) as female lead HA NEUL-AE-GOO-REUM, this drama revolves around a strange man possessing an unexplainable power and a detective seeking to solve the mystery of her parents' disappearance. The pair will end ...

School desks and chairs, giant cubes, and now smartphones, rolling chairs and skateboards, you name it, Weeekly has probably used them as a stage prop in their live performances. Being one of the few K-Pop groups in recent years to do this, Play M Entertainment's rookie girl group has given us some of the most creative choreography in K-Pop. Known for their cute youthful schoolgirl concept, Weeekly has found their way to becoming one of my favourite girl groups of all time and they've finally returned with title track After School from their third EP "We Play". Let's dive in.  Meaning : If the song's name wasn't clear enough, After School is about the girls having fun after school. Now that school's out, they're free to do whatever they want, skateboarding, rollerblading, taking selfies, anything that teenage girls consider fun, and they can run around and have fun all the way until sunset. It's a good thing, nowadays kids are so plastered to t...

With no time to waste, Marvel has put out its second Disney+ series with The Falcon and the Winter Soldier , described as a buddy cop series featuring the two titular heroes as they go on a global adventure testing their abilities and their partnership. Much like previous series WandaVision , this series takes place after the events of 2019's  Avengers: Endgame , albeit taking place 6 months after as compared to WandaVision 's 3. However, unlike the MCU's first Disney+ entry, The Falcon and the Winter Soldier  is a lot more grounded in reality, choosing to deal with two of Marvel's street-level heroes and how they're dealing with the aftermath of the universe-spanning calamity that the Infinity Saga ended with. If episode 1 is anything to go by, I'm definitely looking forward to the rest of this series. Let's dive in.  INITIAL THOUGHTS AND COMMENTS (SPOILER ALERT) Avengers: Endgame  ended with Steve Rogers going back through time to return the Infinity Stone...