like with anything. at the nation-state level, if something was to be done it'd simply be done and we'd all hear about it by tomorrow.
everything else is just theatre, achieves nothing but psychological manipulation of people.
Late to the party. But i saw it recently. Went in for a laugh. And a laugh I did have (or rather many)
To respond to OP, all valid points and definitely girlbossing all-round.
Critical Drinker pointed out how a big theme of the story was the appeal to emotion over reason. Mainly how Ethan successfully emotionally manipulates people into going along with his ideas. But executed poorly. Even moreso when his team tries to do the same but executed poorly also, while failing to manipulate people at the same time.
Works for Ethan because the series has built him up as a master agent, and his achievements also speak for him -- i.e when he convinces the president after his turning himself in. So his record adds to his credibility when he proposes seemingly impossible ideas.
As for me, on top of all that - I couldn't help but laugh a lot at the meta narrative: AI and mutually assured destruction. The producers (or whoever made the final OK on certain story elements) really wanted to present AI as a existential threat to humanity. That whoever controls it (not Russia, not China) would rule the world. And that it was elevated to such a god-like status that it played into Ethan's emotional manipulation tactics quite well. His common approach was to unite "enemies" by claiming that this AI was so indiscriminate that it was best for the Global interests people work together to defeat something that goes beyond conventional borders.
Really trying to sell AI as this highly powerful, highly competent, invincible force that will radically change the world. Also really trying to sell that all these problems are best handled by our trustworthy governments and militaries, and that everyone else is helpless when left to their own devices.
So the AI boogeyman along with the "Kamala" prediction were two glaring overt messages that I couldn't take seriously and laughed out loud every time those scenes played in the cinema.
Only standout part of the movie was the submarine dive. Could've been better with fewer of the frequent CG cuts to the submarine. One or two shots to simply introduce the danger would've been enough.
To his credit though... most people who took it would not have admitted this even after finding out that for-sure any illness they've been afflicted with was directly caused by Injections.
But yeah, you're right in the reasoning behind his admission. Those kinds of people have too much faith in the current establishment and too much pride to say they are wrong, ever.
i'm the same age and i don't feel much different.
just a temporary bad knee not from age, but from myself doing something stupid.
other than that i have the same energy if not sometimes more than when i was younger. might be the attitude as well -- i.e. knowing the scams of the world, the lies, knowing the value of actual personal growth, etc. -- a positive mind makes the body feel good too
when i was in my early-mid 20's i was chronically tired and didn't have much energy to remain present mentally-speaking* at work or in social settings.
although it could also be bias since my lifestyle has changed a bit since then
you got a point. i guess i was speaking more from the viewpoint of caring for the local tribe, family group instead of the broader view covering the history of humanity.
as in -- one would tend to be more inclined to do good for the family, friends and people they interact with in their neighbours or community. but lately it's not hard to find stories of people backstabbing their family or friends over money or spite, or other differences that we're all subjected to via media, the education system and government & coroporate messaging.
I didn't explicitly want to say Christian values, because it's quite clear within the "institution" of christian sects that there's been infiltration and subversion of values. Like how Pope Francis was promoting all the jewish degeneracy as the face of Catholicism in his final years.
But having said that yes, a lot of good values from european christiandom.
At the same time still good things to pick out of other cultures within europe, north america, etc.
(((Western Values))) are Jewish values
There needs to be a clear distinction between (((Western values))) and the clear, loving, familial, cooperative, uniting spirit that western society-residing non-jews innately have.
It makes me sick that i to put in such words to describe my thoughts that way because of how much Jews have corrupted the meaning of things
i think people more often than not lately just make up whatever qualities they want in a classical political alignment chart
i myself am guilty of this. i have to explain every time in person when i make this argument -- i view "Left" - "Right" as a not a 4-way chart, but a sliding scale from
Left Side: [Authoritarian 100]/[Liberty 0] to Right Side: [Authoritarian 0]/[Liberty 100]
in short lol. yeah, the Left/Right label is becoming more meaningless. Discourse and language is going to change over time and the meanings of Left/Right will change. Much like how the mainstream has co-opted and largely de-weaponised "Woke" (at least in Australia)
It was selected to confuse and dilute the impact of straight up saying pedo
Happy popos user here
Now, I wonder where the line is drawn between "hate" and objective criticism?
When it's their guy it's not dementia, stop hating on biden!
But when it's not their guy... Omg he's literally unfit to be president!!!
haha, i'd love it if people on twitter thought the same and starting replying nigger to to this tweet
yeah, looks like he was doing a half salute/wave in the hype of the moment.
and the communists just misinterpreted it as a nazi salute because they're unconsciously projecting.
or they're just so far gone that anything that remotely looks like anything must be exactly what they think it is - because they've just been trained to "scrutinize every single detail for subtext"
take what little good there is out there in the public sphere, even if it's from mr. tate. and just ignore, or recognise the bad
that's true too. but I'm just saying this for the context of the EV discussion
i was an early investor into a bunch of EV companies. but i've long since pulled out knowing what I know now. all the EVs being pushed out and rolled out for sale are scams
the concept of a good EV exists. A good alternative engine in general exists... in the hands of a competent engineer and competent company.
but
what we get is what is only allowed by governments and pushed by their business partner scammers. we're not allowed good, functional products
Yeah the other fella pointed it out to me
Fucking hell. They look too similar. Noted
I think she's the one making headlines about wanting to do 1000 guys in 24 hrs
So sloppy thousandths
i was in group 1, but almost everyone around me was in group 3 for TFA
after the TLJ only one friend moved to group 1 while the rest of the people i knew stayed in group 3 or some moved to group 2
the programming is still strong in these ones
the only new game announcements that i was genuinely happy to see were Virtua Fighter 6 and the Okami Sequel.
Everything else was lukewarm at best. Absolutely insulting and disgusting (as usual) at worst
Or Jews or Israeli dual citizens
I watched it too last week. Was OK, not as good as first.
Aside from everything mentioned in this thread, for me, most disappointing thing was the pacing.
Was good at the beginning, like the original. Slowly opens up. Builds world.
But very early on it just let's everything out. No mystery. Exposition rapid fire, and bad use of flashbacks just thrown in. Dramatic moments not given the time it deserved for impact.
Just felt like it was trying to cram two movies into one. And this movie itself was pretty long. Like 2:40 or something
threats everywhere. with folks in charge like israel and their vassal states, knowing their history they would not hesitate to use nukes.
why havent they yet? probably cost-benefit in rebuilding infrastructure.
in gaza they clearly have bombed that area to shit and and in the process of cleaning up and building their own infrastructure there since its nearby and relatively small. And not one other nation in the international community tried to stop them. they just cry in the council halls but let israel do its thing at the end of the day.