If this exists only to capture that brief moment of bliss while driving along the coast to Passing Breeze, I’ll watch it.

I’m now at risk of becoming a Wachowski-explainer but I think actions scenes being this bad was either intentional or intentionally neglected. It got dumb at times because it expected you to suspend disbelief and all of us have trouble with that these days. 20 years of unserious media full of quips, 4th wall breaking and so on killed the child like wonder in many people.

And what a great nose rub to the studio it was! :)

I think the movie stands on its own however. I didn’t like Matrix 2&3 but Resurrections made them irrelevant. We got an ending to the story that included both Neo and Trinity and we got some ambiguity in place of convoluted lore, which is good for something as crazy as Matrix. It’s basically Matrix 1 reboot/remake that prevents another terrible follow-up. Making fun of CGI-heavy actions flicks was just a cherry on top.

I love me some cheesy Christopher Lambert movie. I watched all Highlanders after all. Added this to my watch list, thanks.

There are some really good movies that flopped that are too boring to list so I’ll go with something more controversial. I really really enjoyed last Matrix movie. I’m 99% sure most people didn’t understand what it was.

Oh, I thought it released already since it „appeared” on my media center last weekend in a very good quality.

I’m sure Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross will make a great soundtrack but it’s a soundtrack to a bland American action flick so either they elevate it into something great by the virtue of their own talent and hard work or their efforts will be wasted. First is still possible but I think unlikely.

It’s too much of an American action flick or too much in general. There’s no weightlessness or strikingly bright details that were core to the aesthetic that defined both of the previous entries in the franchise. Music was an afterthought in the trailer so I wouldn’t have high hopes for that either. Pass.

I’m a completionist so I watched it until his fake death and now I pretend he’s dead for real.

Please make it stop or it’ll end like if they didn’t stop making Highlander movies after the first one.

This is my understanding as well.

When all of the elites come from wealthy families then are the institutions they staff really independent? There are judges and prosecutors who have been very partisan here. We know that wealth affects your chances at getting highier education, connections etc. We also know wealth inequality is rising. Maybe the system is rigged subtly enough so that we don’t revolt? Just consider the possibility and basic flaws in human nature.

[edit] Every downvote is a lib saying „nu-uh, propaganda!”, proving my point that they actively reject reality. This is why everyone is surprised when post truth politicians win. Reality was staring them in the face this whole time. How long can they keep this up? Is fascism the end goal? Wouldn’t surprise me. MLK remains timelessly right.

Why the heck would I lie to you. The case Im referring to is commonly seen as an insult to intelligence and it went to the Supreme Court.

https://brd24.pl/spoleczenstwo/najsztub-prawomocnie-uniewinniony-w-sprawie-potracenia-kobiety-na-pasach/

As established by the portal brd24.pl, Piaseczno district office officials marked in the CEPiK system that Najsztub did not have a license. This is how it turned out that the stop was interrupted because their system listed him as a person remaining while driving (in this case, we stored answers to questions about how many times he had been stopped since his license was taken away).

Guy had no drivers license even!

Things like that happen everywhere and you must be living in a bubble not to see law being applied selectively by whomever took control of the judiciary. The biggest defense of rule of law that liberals love so much is just aesthetics to a regular person. Both sides use it as a pacifying stick these days. Fuck both of those sides but I need to remind everyone that there are more political stances than post truth populism and liberalism.

You don’t know anything about the case I’m referring to but you just „closed the case”. I’m closing the case on proving that liberals will brush off anything that doesn’t fit their world view.

In my country liberal appointed judge let an American TV station celeb walk after he hit and run a granny. My trust isn’t there, it’s not BS. Liberals turn blind eye to cases like that because it benefits them. Elites are treated better everywhere.

People read headlines only, that’s a fact, just look around (like Lemmy in general). Simultaneously headlines fight for your attention because that’s the only chance to show you more ads. This is an incredibly toxic combination even if it looks okay on paper. People are kind of dumb but that’s more of a character flaw that we all share. We need to be a bit more aware of that because there’s no cure without a proper diagnosis.

Important detail you might miss. Conscription is not mobilisation. This conscription is biggest in some time but not that much. Euronews and other media know this is clickbait.

Putin did this to sow fear in Europe - he knows media will do everything for the clicks. Politicians who base all of their decisions on polling („centrists”) will act accordingly. This is how we are played.

It’s the N^eoliberalism word being at fault for all of this again.

I don’t need to be convinced that Le Pen tried to cheat in many different illegal ways. I honestly don’t see her being different to many mainstream politicians but I know the type and they are usually guilty of something. One thing to worry is that this ruling was law being applied selectively,

The other worry is that Le Pen family has been in the game since the 70s but their political movement got parliamentary representation only somewhat recently. In the meantime both Le Pens made it even to the presidential runoffs. That simmering anger is very authentic for them which is a very powerful political force.

I don’t think you can diffuse this situation by taking the opponent off the board, especially given that their voters will be even more pissed. To me doing this is like kicking can down the road. Those kicking the cans are personally prepared for what comes next by enriching themselves but as a regular guy I’m kind of worried.

Now the trickier question is, is Le Pen or National Front really far right? They just voted for enshrining right to abortion in French constitution, something many liberal Eastern European governments would be opposed to. If not then what is it that’s she’s being persecuted for? French are not that concerned with Putin and would probably stomach their own Berlusconi type. Those traditional divisions make less and less sense these days but we keep reverting to those old labels.

After what I wrote I would consider myself to be concern trolling so let me end this with wishing plagues upon Marine Le Pen for aligning herself with Putin.

It will not restore the confidence in those who voted in her so you’ve convinced people who are already convinced. Le Pen is a symptom and a new one will raise in her place until actual issues are resolved. See Romania and unknown candidate catapulted into spotlight in just a few months. They’re playing whack-a-mole now and that can’t go on indefinitely. And no, Russia is not the cause, they just exploit circumstances of our own making.

This is Foreign Affairs published so this piece was directed to European elites and having a peek at that discussion is worthy of posting. It’s also ridiculous to downvote unless you want to know less about your own reality.

Authors suggest that elites should prioritise nuclear nonproliferation as a strategy that benefits them the most (or trades the least amount of risk). Ukraines interests don’t necessarily align with this and it wasn’t supposed to be advice for Eastern Europeans.

Not sure where this idea that I endorse what I post comes from, you’d think I endorse earthquakes and technofeudalism.