Christopher Moonlight

Of Aliens and Broken Stories Part 3: The Erosion of Reason

By Christopher Moonlight | September 2025

We have explored the philosophical purpose of a great story and examined how modern creators and audiences alike have betrayed this purpose…

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We have explored the philosophical purpose of a great story and examined how modern creators and audiences alike have betrayed this purpose through the...

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In the previous article, we discussed the core purpose of a great story: to provide meaning to our suffering through entertaining them, and how modern...

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“The world is a hellish place, and bad writing is destroying the quality of our suffering.” These words, whether we entirely agree with them in the...

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In our previous discussions, we’ve established that new tools have historically fostered, rather than stifled, human creativity (Part 1), and that the...

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In Part 1, we explored how throughout history, new creative tools, from the printing press to photography and film, have consistently disciplined artists...

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Recently, I was watching the Film Threat YouTube channel and caught Chris Gore and Alan Ng interviewing filmmaker "Mind Wank" about his cool concept...

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In the relentless churn of content creation, especially within the indie sphere, filmmakers often find themselves navigating a treacherous cultural...

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As an indie filmmaker, I work with budgets so small they’re often met with mockery from those who can’t imagine anything noteworthy getting made under...

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