Well, things are not as rosy as folks like Steven Pinker would like us to believe. As much as I dislike resorting to Hollywood for philosophical insights, True Detective was absolutely on point in this quote:

„Transference of fear and self-loathing to an authoritarian vessel. It's catharsis. He absorbs their dread with his narrative. Because of this, he's effective in proportion to the amount of certainty he can project.“

Now, they were talking about a preacher. But I'd argue this applies to scapegoats as well. And if your arguments undermine the scapegoat, it starts losing its efficiency as a focal point of people's discontent.

Most of us have so much day-to-day shit to deal with that outsourcing the macro-shit to a boogeyman, any boogeyman, helps us get through the day without wanting to bash our head against the wall. Or bash someone else's head in, for that matter.

This doesn't excuse this level of self-delusion, but maybe it explains it to some degree. I'd say keep doing what I know you've been doing for many years: present your case in a respectful manner.

Doesn't Netflix have Dagon and Necronomicron: Book of the Dead? I looove John Carpenter's Apocalypse Trilogy and The Mist RULES! Frank Darabont has also made many a Stephen King flick (Shawshank especially).

Off the top of my head, I would say HP Lovecraft isn't simply about madness driving horrors, it's biological horror, rather than supernatural. So almost anything by David Cronenberg, a lot of Japanese and Korean film, such as Akira, Uzemaki, The Ring movies, (which is based upon a Japanese folklore, but in modern times became biological horror, the Ring is actually a hybrid biological, technological virus), etc.

Also, the Matthew McCant-spell-his-last-name's True Detective breeches the Lovecraftian realm on a subtle and then not so subtle way in the end, such as the concept of "black stars" in a constant daytime of white background. I would say it's pre-Lovecraftian mythos from authors in the 1800s writing nihilistic almost biological horror, more just heavy uncomfortable writing. I can't recall the primary author who inspired Lovecraft beyond Bram Stoker's The Lair of the White Worm.

Anyway. I love horror, thrillers, suspense, nihilism, pulp and gothic literature.

The writers for True Detective nailed it rather well, I'd say:

"Been that way since one monkey looked at the sun and told the other monkey 'He said for you to give me your fuckin' share'. People! So goddamn frail they'd rather put a coin in a wishin' well than buy dinner."

Maybe HBO can make up for Season 2 of True Detective.

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I'm pretty sure they denied a second series would happen right until they started production...

They would be insane not to do a third series...

Season two episode one was stunning.
The only other series that has this gravitas is True Detective and that was massive.

True Detective reference..

@RedSky and @Sarzy, I've seen bits of True Detective (holding off until I can watch the whole thing from the start), and yeah, he seems pretty good in that.

I don't know, though. There's just something about him that even when he's good just makes me want to punch him in the face.

As for the movie itself, the premise sounds good, but it already sounds like a lot of sci-fi magic cop outs. For a start even if we found a new planet, getting everyone off earth would be really hard. https://what-if.xkcd.com/7/

Which Matthew McConaughey are you talking about though? The romcom dwelling McConaughey of the 2000s? Because that I get. However, post-McConaissance McConaughey has been awesome (ie. Killer Joe, Mud, True Detective, etc.). This definitely falls into the McConaissance, so it should be more solid work from the man.

Have you watched True Detective? I pretty much tagged him for cringetastic romantic comedies until then.

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