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the structure of everything that lives
the first of three flashbacks before we begin

how long did you think you were in there?
the second of three flashbacks before we begin

the rhythm of the dividing pair
our third and final flashback before we begin

a confirmation of something on the printed page to which one returns, fortified and satisfied
a reading list and a little controversy before we begin #annihilation

if you look from a mountain-top down
the paramount pictures logo and skydance logo offer us stars while lena (natalie portman) sits in a room with scientists looking on in annihilation, minute 1

yet even in the moment of discovery
character names, the ship of theseus paradox, knowledge, identity, life, and the themes of annihilation, minute 2

from the worst possible direction for landing at the lighthouse
objects falling from space, self destruction, subjectivity, alien lifeforms within and without in annihilation, minute 3

life, from being made up of little separate incidents which one lived one by one
a distracted professor, sonoya mizuno as student katie, falling stars, dividing cells, and our relationship with nature in annihilation, minute 4

the question being one of the relation of masses, of light and shadows
the importance of living, professor sir john sulston and gene sequencing a nematode, david gyasi as daniel, and lena has weekend plans in annihilation, minute 5

the house would become so shabby that something must be done
crosby, stills, & nash's 'helplessly hoping', photographs, poetry, and the play of memory and time in annihilation, minute 6

one could not say what one meant
grief, memory, self-destruction, oscar isaac, and the return of kane in annihilation, minute 7

his own house, full of comfort
madness, girl interrupted, ptsd, odysseus, and the sum of our experiences in annihilation, minute 8

in the chambers of the mind and heart of the woman
emotional numbing, doppelgangers, fingers tapping, and the quality of insanity in annihilation, minute 9

the symbolical outline which transcended the real figures
infidelity, a dimly understood fear, the character of kane, and whether anything matters in annihilation, minute 10

for he had slipped into his glass at lunch a few drops of something
#bloodfromthemouth, ambulances, kane as he has changed, the staff of aesculapius, obsessing about a location, and the meaning of well in #annihilation minute 11

wake up and find the sun shining and the birds singing
#tvtropes, #vaninblack, #meninblack, #unmarkedhelicopters, and waking up in a secret government facility in #annihilation minute 12

subduing all her impressions as a woman
a strange hospital room, lena meets #drventress and we meet #jenniferjasonleigh in #annihilation minute 13

she was tyrannical, domineering, masterful
in area x ventress questions lena, as i discuss the political purpose of film, and the unsettling purpose of #annihilation, minute 14

she knew the end of that story
fbi, cia, what is ventress and why is she questioning lena in #annihilation minute 15?

she must escape somehow, be alone somewhere
#sciencefiction eschews stereotypical heroes and extra-terrestrials, as #annihilation minute 16 eschews an escape attempt.
