It already is. Every site either serves economic interests or is so full of outrage-addicted doomers that it’s useless trying to find something engaging and enjoyable anymore. It’s time to come up for air irl, touch some grass, and work on finding solutions to a dead internet. See you on the other side

Nothing that I found particularly cinematic. It’s an entertaining story, and moving at times, but it doesn’t really stand out from any generic war/action movie. Would I watch it again? Probably not, but would I recommend watching it at least once? Also no. But do I regret watching it and wish I could have 2 hours of my life back because I resent listening to my friend who recommended it and now think much less of their taste in media for thinking so highly of such a mediocre formulaic slop that could have been shat out by chatGPT? Not me!

Just saw Red Dawn. The idea of WW3 just happening so quick you don’t realize is so real: no one expects war to break out in their back yard, it’s something that happens elsewhere that you’re conscripted into… until it isn’t, and suddenly you’re doing your best to just survive as everyone you know and love dies around you. You weren’t trained for this. Since the 1950s, America has been constantly on the brink of WW3, picking as many fights as they can; it’s incredibly prescient, as much so now as it was then.

But the movie instead relies too much on “BOOO HISSS EVIL, LYING, JOYLESS COMMIES,” only occasionally coming close to getting it: actually, they’re just like us. Like every other American war movie, it’s basically defanged of an accurate portrayal of war so that instead it can be a “YAY Patriotism!” story. Even the ending wraps, after watching all but 2 of the main characters get killed while fighting for their freedom and survival, with the conclusion that they “died so that this nation shall not perish from the Earth.”

And yes, I get the reference… It’s still nationalist propaganda no matter how famous the speech was.

War movies piss me off so much in general. War is an incredibly interesting topic, and we have so much to learn from it… And yet the majority of stories told about it seem to center around superhuman feats of combat and how great We™ are and how evil They™ are, and so few actually seem to really portray it for what it is:

a bunch of pretentious apes brainwashed into thinking the others are soulless monsters, while they have more in common with each other than with the pack leaders who pretend to be on their side (so that they can stay safe and comfortable while the grunts do all the dying for their greed).

Jurassic World. Just give me 90 minutes of dino mutants fighting, I don’t give a shit about Chris Pratt nor some random kids.

You take that back about The Man From Earth. It left nothing wanting in execution.

I don’t want a remake, I want a sequel. I’m glad I’m not the only one who disliked the visuals of the movie, tho.

I think the execution was amazingly well done. It’s one of the best character driven horror-thrillers I’ve ever seen, all the characters are memorable and well-rounded, the premise is explored as much as it needs to be, and it doesn’t really leave any loose ends. 9/10 movie for sure

100% agree. It’s a fine twist on the subgenre, but the twist introduces an idea that begs to be expanded upon as part of a larger, cross-subgenre arc. And yet we only get a sliver and then it’s done.

My hot take is that Joss Whedon’s writing is like JJ Abrams’: perfect premises with bad sense of follow-thru, so all their work gets the Netflix “over before it’s satisfyingly concluded” treatment

Technically a real band because of the movie

OP said band, not brand lol

OP said “band” not “brand”

To the people saying it’s a skin color/race issue: yes, but also no. The people who put the authoritarians in power did so for reasons of deeply ingrained racism, and the power hungry narcissists gleefully abused their supporters’ easily manipulated fear of PoC to amass more power, but…

Just like every other clique, cult and fascist regime, it’s really just about creating an in-group and an out-group. The important thing is that to the brainwashed in-group, the group’s membership seems immutable, but to everyone else (including the cult’s leaders) it’s clear that membership is entirely contingent on favor. That’s why ICE has been given the power to deport anyone and everyone, but is not doing so: it’s about maintaining control.

Which is all to say that the deportations don’t end with eugenics. Even if the nazis remove every last person who fails the skin color check—or is just too recently descended from “non-whites” (the moving goalpost)—the deportations will continue. Just make yourself an enemy of the regime and they’ll figure out a way to brand you “an illegal” regardless of skin color or race or ethnicity or heritage; their supporters will bend over backwards to believe the lies, and their opposition will stage peaceful protests and wring their hands about “law” and “constitution” to no avail.

My (future) wife. I would hide it away and never let anyone know or see, but I would at least know who to look for when dating, and it would give me unparalleled confidence in any future relationship.

I’m okay for now, thanks for asking

If you’re referring to the youtube thumbnail trend, it’s because it helps people choose videos without reading channel names. You know who it’s from just by looking, you see the title, you’re more likely to click.

In other words, the office nerds at Mr. Beast Inc. crunched the numbers and discovered that they get ??% more viewers by putting Jimmy’s face in the thumbnail, and every other youtuber took that as gospel.

No, i’m comparing learning about safe sex to learning about skepticism and critical thinking. Refusing firsthand experience with the cults that are ubiquitous won’t save people from those cults, it will just keep them from developing the skills necessary to cut thtough the bullshit until they’re suddenly thrown in the intellectual deep-end at 18.

Yes, but people learn about it late (if at all), and we end up with lots of adolescents getting STIs/pregnant/etc.

What In the world are you trying to say?

America has a problem with sex ed because people don’t learn about safe sex; many still learn abstinence only. This doesn’t stop STIs nor teen pregnancies, it doesn’t stop SA, it doesn’t stop myths about men and womens reproductive systems from proliferating, it just defers the problem of educating people until later. Basically, America’s sex ed is to avoid teaching people about sex, then hope they suddenly know how to have safe sex when they’re 18 because they’re 18.

Likewise, deferring learning about cults until they’re 18 doesn’t stop people from getting indoctrinated, it just expects 18 year olds unfamiliar with cult tactics to suddenly be immune to cult tactics because they’re 18.

I’m with Terence McKenna here: Culture is not your friend

Not all religions are abrahamic

Same place america is with safe sex: it doesn’t solve any problems, just defers the issue of ignorance and learning until adulthood