But hey, at least they're LEGAL immigrants. :^)
While Last Kingdom isn't bad it suffers badly from the 'furry BDSM outfits with idiotic facepaint' syndrome most Viking media suffers from. Also has some minor woke changes. Books are a thousand times better. But if you want to watch the show do so first before you read the books because the books will absolutely ruin the show for you.
What I found most interesting though is how the settlement of America was a actually more of an organic process and wasn't really coordinated. Nobody was truly able to exert any sort of control over it. The colonial governments and authorities couldn't control the settlers and the tribal leaders couldn't control their own people either. Everyone was caught in a spiral of violent migration that nobody was able to stop. It had to run its course.
Fascinating but unbelievable dark. The constant unhinged brutality and cruelty of that time almost makes the cartels look like boy scouts.
First off, who did those tribes conquer to take that land?
I'm currently reading 'The Wild Frontier' and it's kinda funny to see how often Indian lands changed hands. They were constantly displacing, conquering and killing each other. Not once did they stop during the settlement of America. Which isn't exactly surprising once you realize the Indian tribes were just as diverse as the European peoples.
But it is fascinating how his jaw moves from left to right while he reads Wikipedia articles out loud for his retarded seal clapping audience.
When Tyson told that 13-year old girl that legacy is meaningless he basically announced that this fight was going to be nothing but a boring cash grab. Not sure why you expected anything else.
I seriously struggled to finish Neuromancer and vowed to never read it again. It was like listening to an incoherent, shitfaced, high as a kite guy in a bar trying to tell you a story. The story itself is good but the way he tells it is painful to read. Just not my cup of tea.
Hyperion is definitely one hell of a trip. Still haven't read Book 3&4. Need to change that.
Has been a couple of years since I read it but Neuromancer didn't really have a "losing your grip on reality" theme. At least not for me. It's also tough to read. Really didn't like the writing style of the author.
Like u/YouAreAPirate already suggested Sphere is a good candidate. Blindsight by Peter Watts too.
It's still as great as it was over 30 years ago. Doesn't have many CGI effects, mostly everything is made with practical effects. It's a fun well made fantasy movie to watch with your kids.
He's an actor. Don't ever idolize actors. They're the whores of Hollywood. Same goes for every other celebrity.
Listen to Anthony Hopkins:
"People ask me questions about present situations in life, and I say, 'I don't know, I'm just an actor. I don't have any opinions. Actors are pretty stupid. My opinion is not worth anything. There's no controversy for me, so don't engage me in it, because I'm not going to participate.'"
Exactly. If you lost your child you wouldn't waste your time going after some media nutjob. If you were actually angry and wanted justice you would go after the people who are directly and indirectly responsible for the murder or your child.
The real question is, Jinx; could you fix her, or is she perfect the way she is? :^)
Depends. In 2D or 3D? :^)
He actually tweeted that shit. I only saw the cuck edit version but I thought it was completely made up.
Finished the first season now and I pretty much agree with you on every point. The first 3 episodes were truly great but the other 6 felt rushed. Would have benefited greatly from a longer runtime. Silco was definitely my favorite character. A villain that isn't really a villain but also not an anti-hero but a believable, complex and compelling character with understandable motivations.
Overall the character development wasn't as in depth as I would've liked it to be, voice acting was lacking sometimes and quite a few female characters were basically just men with tits (not talking about the established characters/champions from the game).
But truly great visuals and animations, good soundtrack even if I'm not too much into the chosen genre, solid story that wasn't black and white, no or barely noticeable agenda preaching and no beautiful characters intentionally made ugly. Even the men with tits were actually believable characters. And truly violent (not gory) fight scenes.
Good show, very good compared to the average slop we get these days but falls short of being great. So a bit overrated but not by too much. Gets my recommendation.
Hopefully S2 at least maintains that quality. I think I'll wait until all episodes are out before I binge watch it.
In all I've read on the Houthis I didn't see that the carrier group pulled out because of hypersonic missiles. It seemed more like the game of whack-a-mole was too costly. Can I read more somewhere?
I can't tell you the exact reasons why they pulled out. Those are just a few of the reasons why you can't just start carpet bombing or send naval assets into the Red Sea to protect civilian traffic.
OK but what point does this address?
That shutting down all traffic in the Red Sea would most likely have severe political and economical consequences. Taking major military action against the Houthis would do just that.
So unless you want to invade Yemen you can forget about simply bombing them into submission. That's not going to work. Hasn't worked for the Saudis, doesn't work for the US currently and won't work even if the US escalates it.
Isn't that called a "carrier" in this case?
Carriers are vulnerable to anti-ship missiles. Hypersonic missiles pose a serious threat and the Houthis are in possession of such missiles. It'd require a major military effort to neutralize the Houthi threat.
I don't see what you're getting at. The Red Sea is basically blocked for all civilian traffic at the moment anyway. Most ships are going around the Horn.
Traffic dropped by around 60%. Bringing that number up to 100% would not go unnoticed and would cause more than just a minor annoyance for quite a few nations.
Like I said. You didn't understand what was being said. The Houthis never made that statement.
To carpet bomb someone you need a staging area and need to make sure that they can't hit you back. What do you think is going to happen if the Red Sea suddenly becomes impassable for all civilian traffic and not just Israeli affiliated ships?
Before you spew your diarrhea you might want to try to understand what was being said first.
The Houthis have unilaterally announced their stopping any hostilities in the Gulf.
They haven't. They shot a hypersonic ballistic missile at Israel literally today. Stop believing bullshit spread on Twitter for Gods sake.
Cause it is.
What about child sex trafficking rings like the one Epstein ran?
They've always been like that. They're bigger whores than actors.