Am I the only one who thinks it would have been neat if he went further into detail what exactly movies are to people who have no concept of such a thing? Feels like that could have been gleamed for a few more pages.
Perhaps I just like seeing people be amazed by the miracle of modern invention? Because they really are miracles in an almost literal sense, and we should appreciate what we have more.
Yeah, I know that the series is literally just “local scrub wows women with modern boats and they treat him like a god for it” but honestly? I’d like to see some of this disconnect.
Like, this chapter Wataru decides that the first movie the girls should watch should be Pirates of the Caribbean. It’s probably the best movie to start them out with - it’s set in a time period close to their civilization - but I would still like to see more than just “they like it”. Does Wataru just tell them the historical significance of age of piracy in our world during the period of 1650-1726 so they have context? Do they feel anything about the subplot of Elizabeth Swann as she tries to escape her fate of being a woman during the period of 1650-1726? Did they, like the movie watchers of our world, enjoy Captain Jack Sparrow’s antics and would love a sequel which features him even more?
Does he dare show them the rest of the trilogy, and how the fourth and fifth films just make a total mess of things? Does he then segue to other films the director of the trilogy made, having to them explain to the girls the cultural significance of Rango? Do the girls go ahead and ask “what’s a Disney”?
For fucks’ sake, you are showing modern blockbusters to women who have never seen anything in their life outside of books and plays. You can’t just drop that shit on us and then segue to something different.