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RANT: Starship Troopers: The fascist propaganda movie that won't turn our world into a dystopian hellscape.

I see these days, there are an increasing amount of videos that have finally figured out the movie Starship Troopers. Maybe, it's our current political climate of "fake news", but I've had conversations with people who insist that I'm reading too much into this movie and give it too much credit. I guess that phase of my life is over. We are literally a quarter of a century late on this one guys, but I'd like to take this opportunity to go on record saying I got the movie before it was cool to get this movie. At the time it was released most people missed the point of Starship Troopers (the movie) taking it as a straight forward space opera where the humans are the good guys, fighting the good fight against the evil bugs. But it's actually a satire that fools the audience into rooting for soldiers in a fascist regime. Aside from the Nazi imagery that is pervasive throughout Starship Troopers, the movie itself is essentially a fascist propaganda film for a f...

To Boldly Go Where We've All Gone Before

I just wanted to say, I really enjoyed the first episode of season 3 of Picard. So much so, I'm almost afraid to go on. It feels like the sequel to the series that I've always wanted. Yes, it leads with somewhat pandering nostalgia bait. The characters, the diegetic and non-diegetic elements of the show, all seem to just scream at you: "Remember the theme from First Contact? Remember the Enterprise D? Remember the Enterprise A? Remember Star Trek 2 and 3? And Star Trek 6, I guess? Please remember how much you love Star Trek!" I remember, Picard Season 3. And I'm embarrassed to say how easily your pandering worked on me. How often have we left spacedock with Kirk and the crew? They recreate it here in a way that's charming and fun. The Titan looks like a constitution class Starship. Who cares? Me, I guess! The awkward dinner with Captain Jerk was reminiscent of the dinner in the Undiscovered Country, from which the show seems to be drawing a lot of its inspirat...

Movie Review: Tenet is some kind of something

A few weeks ago I watched Wall-E and as is often the case with Pixar movies, it ended with me crying. It’s a simple, high concept, character driven science fiction story that gets you high on emotion . The plot itself is straightforward: ( spoilers for Wall-E) find the plant and bring it to a part of the spaceship that will signal humanity’s return to earth. As a movie, Tenet moves in a direction opposite to Wall-E. Tons of plot with very little emotion. Tenet scratches an entirely different itch and I loved every moment of it. It’s a brain movie, not a heart movie, although even then, it’s not saying anything truly profound. What’s really exciting about this movie and Nolan in general, is it’s an opportunity to see something completely new. It’s not a sequel, a prequel, a Marvel or a DC. It’s a new concept, a completely original take on a sci-fi concept and that alone makes it my favourite movie of the year so far. Much has been made about how complicated the movie is and for som...

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