Hmmm...So much of the Omen Trilogy reminds me of what is going on right now. Especially this movie. One man with so many followers, doing whatever he wants.
The horrible things that are happening all over the world are affecting the United States...the Middle East is on fire...disease is rampant every where and being allowed into the United States. Kind of scary. Could have been prevented, if he didn't have so many loyal followers. Just sayin'.....
Tom Cruise?
shareThe aspect that seems most relevant to me re-watching the series is the idea of a huge corporation controlling the world's food supply (Monsanto?) and even trying to genetically engineer 'better' food to feed the poor starving masses; you know, for our own good. Saintly corporate benevolence. That's all dead-on but it would've been even better to explore how they cause the problems in the first place through criminal mismanagement. Causing chaos than offering band-aid solutions to keep bu$iness booming.
That's the problem, removing context and compartmentalizing; starting from the presumption that the present order is incompetent but still benevolent and that its only eeeevil outside influences at work here. Never that the whole thing's bogus, that somebody as ruthless as Damien isn't an anomaly but the rule. Am I to believe there's much difference between a psycho philanthropist CEO like Thorne and the President of the United States? Both kill babies, in the bible God orders kiddy slaughter too -/+ = 0
You'll find this pretty much goes on through out human history not just today
Don't forget the notion of the USA causing most of the trouble then denying it. The USA has been involved in more wars than any other nation in history.
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"Calvinism is a very liberal religious ethos." - Truekiwijoker
Biden's cult is slowly losing their religion.
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