Endgame

“Everyone have been failed in fulfilling their fate,”

The dialog in Avengers: Endgame struck me to moment before my wife and I should have fulfilled our destiny to watch it on the best seat on the best schedule. We came to Botani Square around 12:30, more than one hour before we have managed to watch the movie at 14 pm. We were not directly went to the cinema, as the show has been booked previously through mobile app.

Long story short, 15 minutes before the movie started, we went upstairs. Unfortunately, there was an error while I scanned the QR code to get the ticket. Hence, we went to the receptionist to ask for a help. Then, we know that I have booked the wrong location. It was bought in Bogor Square. Located about 5 kilometers from where we were.

I can see sadness arouse from Windi’s face, for today has been planned since about one week ago. Without any further saying,  we ordered two new tickets. Of course—beside the price was more expensive—we got worse position than we planned before, but actually it was still fine. That was the second time I sit on P row, on the right side of the screen. Previously, I was in the same position when watched Samurai X: Kyoto Inferno. Anyway, at the end both of us enjoyed the movie. Here is several things I can share you about this last phase of Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Endgame started right after Thanos snapped his finger to demolish half of the universe’s creature. In it’s prequel, Avengers: Infinity War, this creature of Titan planet, decipher that he wants to make life on the universe being stable. At that moment, the population number is too gigantic. So the misery that came along it, could be abolished as well. Does it true? There was an interesting dialog regarding the situation. The conversation later on closed by one remarkable quotation from Thanos: I am inevitable.

I cannot tell you further about the story of this saga. I guess, the best way to enjoy this movie is not to know any information about the plot. Just trust to the upcoming surprises that you will watch—three hours duration was quite worth it. Unless, if you need to know the redline of this film, I can give you one statement: endgame tells about time heist, or simply “time travelling”. []

Journalism

As a news editor, everyday I receive at least 13 news to be broadcasted on news program called Buletin Jawa Barat. In some news—especially about disaster, or traditional culture preservation—sometimes written that government should take responsibility to fix it. Partially, it is true. Holistically, it was not only government’s responsibility. I’ll decipher it to you.

Last April, I met the governor of West Java, Ridwan Kamil. He said that his leading style uses principle called ABCGM. Ridwan named it as pentahelix principle. It contains 5 sectors that contributed to social condition: Academics, Bussiness, Community, Government, Media. So much so that collaboration become stronger, there was held a monthly meeting between Government and Media—whom I am part of the media industry.

In one session of question and answer, a TV journalist asked Ridwan Kamil to prepare one Skype team to accommodate live interview request from his central office. Ridwan knew that condition, for he was the media darling. He said, press often asks a direct comment of several governmental issues. Even though he delegated his team. Media crew always said, “it’s a different taste if the song is not sang by the singer”. 

There was also one interesting statement from the governor. He asked by the online journalist for not to publish his program through social media at the first place. Jokingly said, Ridwan chuckled about “how his follower on instagram would have an updates?”

Competition of journalism, still defined as the race of being the first one in informing news to audience. Yet social media challenged it. In one interview, a journalist from Philipines, Maria Ressa, said that the function of media (and journalist) as gatekeeper has now been outdated. People can instantly get the information from their social media account. The gate is not kept anymore.

Even so, right after the meeting ends, I have a chat with Ridwan Kamil. I asked him one question: how could journalism be survive? He said in this age of flooding information, the key is accuracy. Now, he prioritize that a source of information should come from the media. He also remind, that one way to determine whether some information is hoax or not, is by check it on the big (or mainstream) media. If it was not appeared, then it could be a false news. []