Movies & Anime 2 Written by Daniel Rodriguez February 2, 2017 Incorporated’s Capitalist Machinations Gives Everyone What They Asked For, No One is Happy After many pointless detours in Ben Larson’s misadventures, Incorporated’s first season finally comes to an end. In “Golden Parachute,” Ben’s sacrifices, his series of lies and and dark deeds committed in the name of Elena, proved pointless. Finally scheming his way into the Spiga’s most exclusive club, Ben learned that his one-time girlfriend wasn’t waiting […] Read More... Movies & Anime 1 Written by Daniel Rodriguez January 13, 2017 Incorporated Moves Plot Forward, Leaves Themes Behind Incorporated’s political messaging has taken a backseat as the show turns expositional. After learning of Laura’s rescue at the hands of Julian, and how Spiga’s top security agent initially wanted less to do with the company before Elizabeth gained his loyalty, the main plot is back on track. And as Ben gets closer to Elena, […] Read More... Movies & Anime Politics & Philosophy 0 Written by Daniel Rodriguez December 30, 2016 Incorporated on the Innate Nature of Debt Though it’s been explored on Incorporated before, the sole focus of “Profit and Loss” was the construct of debt. It’s finally revealed to be at the center of the inciting incident for the series’s main story. This episode meanders a bit between time periods to make that point, but taken in as a whole “Profit […] Read More... Movies & Anime Politics & Philosophy 0 Written by Daniel Rodriguez December 23, 2016 Incorporated’s Inequity is our Poverty Trap Incorporated drops all pretense in the earliest moments of “Cost Containment”. While I don’t expect anything to be as great as Inazagi’s Officer Bucky vid for the company kids, the charity ad pleading for ¥100 to feed Johnny says that the U.S. isn’t far from a third world country no matter the state of climate […] Read More...