Initial dialog within the capsule is minimal; once the action moves outside, discussions become intermittently garbled and difficult to discern from one astro-helmet to another, but this trend soon reverses itself. As new characters are introduced and harrowing events transpire, the increasingly personality-driven script takes on an eloquent, almost Shakespearean lilt.
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This blog began in 2008 as a series of posts I wrote about my comically frustrated working life as a post-graduate barn-hauling truck driver, which evolved into a book I published in 2016. Those posts no longer exist here. Today, the blog mostly consists of my film reviews, occasionally touching on other aspects of popular culture. You can scroll through it all below, or browse the same content at Medium.