Macbeth's Recommendations:
Game of Thrones:
(Warning: This scene depicts the death of a child.)
Game of Thrones is a fictional medieval drama in a fantasy world. It's main story is the attempts of various noble families to take and hold the Throne of the Seven Kingdoms, and their endeavors are pretty intense. Macbeth would want to watch the show for the political drama, and in the drama, he'd explore what is justified when taking power. He'd also look at how effective each power play was, so that he wouldn't make the same mistakes. Game of Thrones has extreme relevance to Macbeth, and the real marker of that is, of course, that children are murdered for political purposes! (Just pointing out, there is a top ten list for the saddest child deaths in Game of Thrones. Ten!) Perfect.
Higurashi When They Cry:
(Warning: This video also depicts the death of children, but they are killed by other children, so it's all okay. It's also animated, but you are still about to see some F'd up stuff)
Higurashi portrays a small town where a group of kids continually murder each other in varying ways. "You only live once" is not true. You can live many times, or in the case of Higurashi, you can die many times, for after the proper amount of death, the universe will back up, everyone will be alive, and death will re-commence in a new design, all because of Oyashiro's curse. Macbeth would be drawn to Higurashi because of the mindless murder. He would be interested in the madness that the characters are drawn through. He'd also wonder whether the death spree was caused by the characters or by Oyashiro's curse. Higurashi goes really well with Macbeth's exploration of madness and murder.
Game of Thrones is a fictional medieval drama in a fantasy world. It's main story is the attempts of various noble families to take and hold the Throne of the Seven Kingdoms, and their endeavors are pretty intense. Macbeth would want to watch the show for the political drama, and in the drama, he'd explore what is justified when taking power. He'd also look at how effective each power play was, so that he wouldn't make the same mistakes. Game of Thrones has extreme relevance to Macbeth, and the real marker of that is, of course, that children are murdered for political purposes! (Just pointing out, there is a top ten list for the saddest child deaths in Game of Thrones. Ten!) Perfect.
Higurashi When They Cry:
(Warning: This video also depicts the death of children, but they are killed by other children, so it's all okay. It's also animated, but you are still about to see some F'd up stuff)
Higurashi portrays a small town where a group of kids continually murder each other in varying ways. "You only live once" is not true. You can live many times, or in the case of Higurashi, you can die many times, for after the proper amount of death, the universe will back up, everyone will be alive, and death will re-commence in a new design, all because of Oyashiro's curse. Macbeth would be drawn to Higurashi because of the mindless murder. He would be interested in the madness that the characters are drawn through. He'd also wonder whether the death spree was caused by the characters or by Oyashiro's curse. Higurashi goes really well with Macbeth's exploration of madness and murder.
Death Note:
If someone's name is written in the Death Note, they will die. You can specify aspects of their death in the notebook, but if you don't, they will die of a heart attack. Light Yagami, our protagonist, uses it to kill all criminals and become god of the new, perfect World. Macbeth wants to know whether he should consult his conscience. Death Note answers the question a couple episodes in: what conscience? There was some moral rhetoric, but eventually, everyone who is a threat can die. That's exactly what Macbeth wants to hear.
Star Wars, The Prequels:
Star Wars, The Prequels:
Star Wars again! This story of how Anakin Skywalker turned to the Dark Side. It encompasses political drama, murdered children, and not-so-subtle manipulation. What more could you ask for in a story? Admittedly, Anakin's girl, Senator Amidala, fell down a few notches by the end of it. She started off shooting people down and then kind of just... died? But there were multiple roles for her in between, and Macbeth would be interested in seeing what role she should have played more often. Should she have stuck with him to the end or told him sooner that he was going down the wrong path? He needs to find answers in his media. Macbeth would probably also admire how determined Anakin was by the end of the film. He just wouldn't stop, and instead overreached.
