"Best novel I've recently read: I'm way late to Infinite Jest, but- Infinite Jest. It was right about everything. "The Entertainment" is real, and it's called Instagram Reels. Conventional wisdom, as the character Don Gately comes to understand, is true, and we would do well to heed it. I think what surprised me most about the book is how readable it is. Even during the moments when Wallace is truly testing your patience, he always gives you a way out. And his earnestness is inspiring."
"Bradley Cooper, whose movies I haven't always loved, is supposedly producing an adaptation of Hyperion, by Dan Simmons, an incredible work of sci-fi that deserves the sort of grand reimagining Denis Villeneuve gave Dune. There are plenty of reasons it might not pan out: Cooper first joined the project more than a decade ago, when it was supposed to be a TV show."
Infinite Jest is characterized as prescient about "The Entertainment," compared to Instagram Reels, and praised for readability and earnestness despite challenging passages. The novel offers exits during testing moments and affirms conventional wisdom through characters like Don Gately. Hyperion by Dan Simmons is framed as an extraordinary sci-fi that merits a grand cinematic reimagining akin to Denis Villeneuve's Dune. Bradley Cooper has been linked to a Hyperion adaptation that shifted between TV and film formats and lacks public updates since 2021, with Tom Spezialy once associated with the screenplay. Recommended viewing includes Sans Soleil, films featuring Ethan Hawke, and the animated series Pantheon, described as essential for science-fiction fans.
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