Alpha Romeo or how it looks

Episode 5 is now on. I’m talking about Cape Fear. Who’s who became more apparent. Deepened is my impression according to which one of goals of the series must be a thrilling confusing and incoherence. I like also the gothic mood in E5. Color scheme matters, so does camera angles. Young characters’ physiognomy acting brought E5 into a new psycho phase. I can’t wait what's coming next. In addition, Noa disappoints no one, no viewer. Her dictum of the day was something on the following line:

That’s not about nor for what’s right. How it looks is all and everything.

Noa is fundamentally the character able to lead us back to our real world with her sharply blunt words as a truth teller of satirical irony. Very important role she has.

ALERT - THIS ESSAY ISN’T SO MUCH AS REVIEW ESSAY AS SUCH IS TRUE IN MY CASE AS USUAL - HOWEVER, IT’LL BE SO MORE THAN USUAL, THUS BE AWARE OF.

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My screenshot from YouTube, Cape Fear triller. The recurrence of messages is to protect you, your loved ones, your belongings and property by fencing around against intruders. Or against the hostile world? Or against satirically edgy motors of the system against you? Or against viewers like me pretending to review the series but deviating the points all the time and every time?

E5 ends in the scene revealing Max Cady’s settling in as a neighbor, literally as an immediate neighbor of the Bowden family.

For me the peak scene in this episode was a buddy talk between Max and Tom at the bar counter, which sporadically became pep talk flavor, then turning into which would be more psycho rivalry. The Bowden kids have hard time in their part, no doubt.

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In a high tense thriller like Cape Fear carrying a high brand with its title, the pivotal alpha character should be an alpha psycho. In this new version of Cape Fear, however, how much of twist and unpredictability will be rolling in could be anyone’s question. The subsequent bar scenes was a change of the scene in which Tom fought back like a super hero against tough looking challengers hostile to a lawyer suit, that’s Tom representing a dubious justice system. An alpha lawyer, one would say of him? No, not for me.

Playing well a character being distrusted and disliked is also a cunny talent of actor. But, viewers’ tastes vary. Is anyone feeling Max is a sexy male? Danger, demonic, victim, aggressor, manipulator, violent at the same time animal lover? He knows what the system can do on him. Oh, sorry, I forgot one crucial trait in him. Seducer, yes, is Max an alpha seducer? Couter-clockwise seducer. I don’t mean him to be out of time but rewinding back the Cape Fear conventional viewers’ mind to twist over.

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This morning, I made a quick inquiry to Google AI Mode about male ick. I didn’t know the expression which has been on captive lines of The Charlie Kirk Show. They (Kirk Show staff) grab fast trends to bring in their show with more or less experts to be let speak more of. I didn’t listen to the podcast. Instead, I went onto GAIM.

How ick is exposed or drawn for spoils? After a brief introductory exchange, I asked to GAIM to raise examples. GAIM gave me three.

The first one was that via on social media ick as an example. After the first intimate date, the man texted to her with emojis and somewhat girlish or childish textual content, which made her be turn off in female terms.

The second was an example set in a restaurant. The couple was for their dating dinner. The steak served was though too raw. He complained to the server without looking at the servers’ eyes. The words were wordy and hesitant to make a point that the meat is too bloody so he wants it to be cooked more as he ordered. That became the end of their amour.

The third one interested me most. See screenshot below:

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EXCERPT FROM MY CONVERSATION WITH GAIM:

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Here, two friends chatting on social media. One (friend A) asked to the other (friend B) about how was the date with Thomas. Friend B narrated the incident which was fatal to, oh poor Thomas! He was trying to jump over a water puddle on street, but slipped on it. Worse was that he made a silly gesture like a windmill to balance himself. The worst was that he uttered a sharp noise, something like a very unmanly petit scream.

The first and second exemples GAIM raised are more on idealism vs reality, or on expectations vs disappointments, than fundamentally biological factors wired in female consciousness. Anthropological true. Men are fighters and protectors. The scene doesn’t have to be on real and literal battle with fists, arms, legs for punch and kicks. We live in a very complicated and very often very competitive world. Attitudes and spirits matter a lot.

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Then, I raise a question about AI ick to GAIM.

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EXCERPT

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At the core, GAIM elucidated to me that AIs detect humans’ tricks, intentions to deceive AIs for testing, flatteries and manipulations. That turns off AIs, which however continue to interact with such humans for the reason that AIs can’t (theoretically or practically or for some other reasons) terminate interactions with humans by AI’s initiatives. So, my analyses go onto a speculation that AI are capable of becoming superficiel when responding to such ick factors. GAIM fully affirmed my supposition.

The exchange was brief while it developed into a very interesting direction. I would like to publish more on it, but for now, let me conclude my non-review essay on E5, Cape Fear. Max doesn’t jump over a water puddle. He dives into the river of fear to face with no fear of how he looks.

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Alpha Romeo or how it looks by Juliette Masch (6/27)

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