{"version": "1.0", "type": "rich", "title": "I saw Annihilation on Netflix, and could someone please reassure me that Natalie Portman isn\u2019t as stressed and on edge in real...", "author_name": "kontextmaschine", "author_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "provider_name": "kontextmaschine", "provider_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "url": "https://kontextmaschine.com/post/186410911963/", "html": "<p><a href=\"https://argumate.tumblr.com/post/171961151339/i-saw-annihilation-on-netflix-and-could-someone\" class=\"tumblr_blog\" target=\"_blank\">argumate</a>:</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>I saw Annihilation on Netflix, and could someone please reassure me that Natalie Portman isn\u2019t as stressed and on edge in real life as all the characters I\u2019ve seen her play in movies.</p>\n<p>Don\u2019t watch the trailer because it gives away most of the plot.</p>\n<p>Don\u2019t watch it if you\u2019re squeamish, although frankly I\u2019m super squeamish and I just look away when stuff happens I don\u2019t want to see.</p>\n<p>Oscar Isaac is in it, and he can really be quite intimidating when he\u2019s not playing Poe Dameron.</p>\n<p>The plot is basically a complete copy of Greg Egan\u2019s <i>Teranesia</i>, but without the sound scientific basis, although that\u2019s excusable given that it\u2019s a visual medium.</p>\n<p>You can also think of it as Predator But With Women, except the predator is abstract mindless forces playing minecraft with DNA.</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p>Predator But With Women was <a href=\"https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0114508/\" target=\"_blank\">Species (1995)</a>, where it was mashed up with the Basic Instinct-Fatal Attraction psycho bitch erotic thriller trend so the killer alien huntress was an irresistably hot but unstable woman trying to seduce a man into impregnating her, played by a former teen model who only really acted (often, naked) in this series and also a younger version by a 14-year-old Michelle Williams</p><p>s2g I\u2019m not making any of that up<br/></p>"}