For outsiders, like you or even me, the very issue — of Americans having easy access to weapons — and its seemingly intransigent status in itself is baffling, simply because of
the alienness of it.
Embracing
the alienness of Final Fantasy 13, though, reveals a gorgeous piece of science fiction with sumptuous art, Masashi Hamauzu's best soundtrack ever, and a cathartic ending that gives the game a beating heart.
Rather, I want to emphasize
the alienness of the Christian message as a whole: This savior, whom the Gospel proclaims, is an intruder, one who breaks into human reality like a «thief in the night» — unexpected, unrecognized, indeed unappealing.
Not exact matches
In this aspect
of alienness, Christianity does not fundamentally differ from other religious traditions — after all, Christianity is one religion among others, so this should neither surprise nor trouble Christians.
This sense
of alienness provides a subtle, bodily experienced frame
of reference within which it becomes easy to construct and perpetuate stereotypes.
I could plead a case for Under The Skin in any number
of directions, but the thing I found most impressive about Glazer's film was the sustained sense
of alienness that it delivered.
As in the director's breakthrough, Dogtooth, and his English - language debut, The Lobster, the real subject is the twisted logic
of relationships, obligations, and social façades, caricatured through the director's distinctive blend
of grotesquerie, surreal deadpan, and
alienness.
Even so, I found myself gripped by the stark
alienness and immersive innovations
of Super, to the point that it became my favorite in the series.