“FantasticLand”

“I’m a sucker for lord of the flies nonsense, which this is, so I was set up to love this one.

Put a bunch of young people in a place, get them fighting it out, I’m in.

I guess now that I’m older, if something like this would happen in real life, I’d probably be that glitzy announcer fella who revels in the whole thing while the main characters and (4th wall) audience are horrified at the way I see this as entertainment.

I reckon a few people see fictional entertainments like these as problematic. I beg to differ.

1. I think enjoying things in fiction that you wouldn’t enjoy in real life demonstrates a stronger barrier between reality and stories than rejecting stories because they’re too gory or exploitative.

I numbered that point, but it’s the only one because it’s the only one that matters.

Hey, I just realized something:
Nightmare on Elm Street and Toy Story kind of operate in the same principle. You watch it, you go home, and then when you’re alone, the narrative really takes effect, either when you go to bed or treat inanimate objects in your home a certain way.

That has zero to do with Fantasticland other than a tenuous connection to the idea of fiction invading reality,

I guess this is my way of saying: hello, new goodreads friends. This is about what you can expect from me. “