Let's exchange the experience.

Haven't seen Zero Dark Thirty, but from this angle, could be an interesting comparison in this with Waltz with Bashir.

In the US it goes from 13 (PG-13) to 17 (R), and the rating system is remarkably corrupt and arbitrary.

Find it to be lazy, reductive, pop sociology that basically starts with the preface, "Trust me, I'm a dad."

There's like a undergraduate degree's worth of Gender Studies stuff to unpack here, but instead you're left with this Gladwelly psuedo-intellectual popcorn chicken morsel of "Hey maybe men are assholes because Star Wars."

Ash, his stuff is almost comically difficult to find a way in. All of his features thus far have all followed the same group of characters on one timeline varying from direct to indirect sequels to one another. Goodbye Dragon Inn stands somewhat alone and might be the most accessible, and if you like it, go back to Rebels of the Neon God and go forward from there.

They're extremely slow and meditative, but after a couple they start to reveal themselves and become profoundly affecting.

In addition to obvious economic incentives, think there's any reasoning behind the Disney buys of these big franchises in case they eventually start losing lobbies to extend copyright?

Portmans? Portmen?

CS2 came out during like Peak DRM, and Adobe has refined their efforts for the better since then. Creative Cloud licensing, for example, only checks on your subscription once a month. This whole thing is just a matter of dealing with a dopey legacy. These years later, positive user experience has trumped the strictest rights management.

The Mac App Store and Steam for instance, provide pretty excellent experiences. The more interesting conversation, particularly with the Mac/iOS app stores is the commoditization of software, reducing the impetus for developers to refine and build on a thing someone has already paid for, and either give free upgrades or provide add-on purchases. It's not an environment that supports grand upgrades or iterative product cycles, the exact kind of thing that gives us great professional tools like Photoshop.