My Octopus Teacher: The Greatest Horror Film on HackerTube: recommended by 3 Hacker News commenters across 3 separate months, 2021–2022.
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Maggie Mae Fish analyzes the documentary My Octopus Teacher as an eco-horror film, critiquing it as a story of a man projecting his own needs onto a wild animal.
HN recommends it as a well-done critique of the documentary, sometimes in preference to watching the film itself.
“I would recommend people not to watch it and instead watch this well done critique (and criticism)”
3 Hacker News comments link this video. Each one links back to its thread.
I would recommend people not to watch it and instead watch this well done critique (and criticism) titled “My Octopus Teacher & Environmental Horror” by Maggie Mae. [1] I could’ve spent my time better if I’d watched this and avoided “My Octopus Teacher” altogether. [1]: ▶ this video
in “Ask HN: What are some of the best documentaries you've seen?” · View on HN
Here is a critique of My Octopus Teacher as a movie of a self-centered man who projects his issues onto an unsuspecting wild animal: "MY OCTOPUS TEACHER & Environmental Horror, An Analysis" ▶ this video
in “The mystery of social behavior in octopuses” · View on HN
Love this analysis. It reminds me of Maggie Mae's breakdown of My Octopus Teacher as eco-horror film -- it ends up exploring the same themes around language and communication that you brought up here. [0] [0] ▶ this video Specific time stamp for section on language (Gorillas in the Congo): ▶ this video
in “Heroic rat retiring from detecting land mines” · View on HN