I haven’t seem the recent one where Ice Cube sits at a computer. There are ways you can make an ultra low budget film visually compelling. You’ve got the world as your location.

I use social media as much as anyone but my focus is good because I also spend a lot of time reading and always have. You can do both I think it’s more just time spent away from reading.

Just got to find a way to make this visually interesting while having access to none of the modern tools of filmmaking besides a camera.

The plot is simple: they’re going to pick me up. I have received word. And then it’s diary of a madman.

I will have access to the bush (forest). That is a start.

Since I don’t have access to special effects I am just going to use voice over and story-within-a-story.

We’ve become to cosy with aliens, we need to bring back wonder and fear.

It’s also deeply Freudian. We can’t forget our old friend Freud. A journey into the unconscious. The hidden things come to light.

I turned that off on all devices like Luke Skywalker in the death star trench.

It’s interesting how Adolf Hitler is one of the most notorious people in history and yet it’s hard to remember how to spell his name. I made the same mistake in my doctoral thesis—I picked it up in time but none of my supervisors noticed.

Maybe it’s just a movie about family that isn’t sentimental and this makes it Christmas.

I’m sorry if this means I can’t go to Disneyland.

Korea not a presence in this novel even a little bit. The action on the ground takes place at the base or in Japan.

I’ll finish it in a couple of days. I forget how it ends. It would be satisfying if he shoots down some more planes but I’m not sure that’s the answer to what it’s about.

It’s not a substitute for reading books but with a balanced life it’s definitely a pro and not a con.