Joseph Maynor

Use your direct experience.

It helps to be more mature as a guy. But you need to balance that with being respectful.

If you don't approach that is the number one problem.

It is funny just how much being respectful works.

Billionaires should exist. If you want to do that you can. It is open to you.

But the proof to the other is kind of the issue. This isn't strictly necessary,

I dig some Bee Gees.

@Elliott What are you trying to say lol.

I think solitude is definitely useful. Lately though I've been exploring being more social. It is good to go through phases of both actually.

You wish you were a billionaire lol.

Sports gives you something to talk to people about. It is a bridge-builder socially.

I think part of being an artist is putting yourself out there. You don't keep it for yourself. Artistry is about sharing artworks with another. It is social. It is valuable for others to see masters in different artforms creating artworks.

I found this video to be valuable:

The train scene now has become so cliche. It is irresistible to have one's take on it now. It's like a postmodern meme now. It is played with in many action movies. It is an overuse of a trope though on some level. Directors and writers can't resist using it! It is like a formulaic essence of high-intensity action "go to" now. But the train scene was pretty good too in Disclosure Day -- it was a good take on that trick. But a lot of these movies now are using cliches from prior movies like a formula. There is still creativity there but it is like layers of riffing off the same theme by artists too. Film now has such an extensive body of tropes now that themes are being played with by directors and actors and writers almost at a meta level now.

I didn't like the ending so much. This has some spoilers in it. The very end was weird to me. I can't tell why it was done that way. I didn't get the impact or why it was done that way. I wanted to hear the message. Michael ended in a weird way too with "his story continues ..." Seems like a clunky way to end a movie. https://www.menshealth.com/entertainment/a71592039/disclosure-day-ending-explained-listen/

Due to the ending I think there might be a sequel.

Emily Blunt did a good job. I notice Colman Domingo played Michael Jackson's dad in Michael. He's a good actor. There was good acting!

Yeah. Worth seeing but not great.

I saw it. It was okay. I don’t want to spoil anything.

People play different characters, it's hilarious.

Have you explored Taiwan?