It's the Good-est.

When I watched the Christian Bale movie, The Machinist, I was upset by the ending because I decided, because of the ending's revelations, watching the movie again would not be pleasurable.

But The Machinist is, nevertheless, a great movie, in my opinion. I actually think its high time I watch it again, now that AI mention it.

Well both these things are true of Good Reception.

I don't know where I came across his book or how it ended up being one of my favorite sci-fi poems of all time. What I do know is that the entire time I was reading it, I kept looking forward to reading it again...only the ending is sooo revelatory, just as with The Machinist, or Fight Club.

Funny how I don't consider Fight Club and The Machinist to be in the same league, as films. I wonder if this is why the uber revelatory ending of Fight Club is less bothersome.

Or perhaps David Fincher, in directing Fight Club, anticipated his audience, in particular, any possible repeat viewings; thus leaving us Easter eggs along the way, parts of the movie that now make a different kind of sense.

I'm sure The Machinist has some of those.

What I'm super excited about discovering, as I start Good Reception for the 2nd time is, do I have any Easter eggs waiting for me?