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That's an entirely different discussion, and one not imminently pertinent to whichever movie the question pertains to, albeit a quite interesting line of speculative conjecture in my opinion. But "it's a kind of magic" applies very specifically to "Highlander" only since it's an in-universe tidbit of information provided to us, leaving us to ponder how immortality functions in other stories.
You touched on one possible theory that could apply to mutants like Deadpool in your OP. Clearly, life for them is not beholden to the constraints of a mortal human. I mean, Deadpool can be torn or blown to bits and still somehow reconstitute himself. So, whatever is happening must have its origins at a cellular or even molecular level. Even while "dead', minus a beating heart, functioning oxygen-fed brain, etc. each individual constituent cell or molecule is somehow empowered to reconstitute back into a prescribed structure, or back into the state it was in before being damaged. Ultimately, I suppose it's all still "magic", but there's probably a variety of creative ways to use pseudo-science to render it a bit more "plausible" within the context of a sci-fi/fantasy universe.
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To directly quote the movie itself: "It's a kind of magic". 'Nuff said.
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Was about to say the same. Guess some people don't pay attention to clearly stated exposition.
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I enjoyed both of them to a certain extent, while finding them somewhat forgettable despite the underlying social commentary about passing along trauma that was intended. But I have to agree with you about Naomi Scott. She's got a bright future in both cinema and singing if she doesn't somehow derail it, and served to elevate Smile 2 to something more than it had any right to be.
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For me her slight extra weight isn't the issue, but her ability to make it seem like it wouldn't just tickle if she hit you. Many of the others pull off believable moves and power. She does not. In fact, for me she's the worst casting on the show, and has been from the beginning. For several of her fight scenes in S6E10 they almost covered it up with editing, but it's still a big fail.
Her constant pinched-face, pouty acting style is also bothersome. She was really bad casting all around.
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LOL, no doubt. Pretty sure it was something I watched, but I can't quite coalesce the memory enough to be sure, or to place it more squarely. Would really like to find it somewhere online, or at least have someone confirm if it is indeed a real thing.
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I have a strange memory of either Speed Buggy or a similar cartoon from that era, and would like to see if anyone else remembers this or if this was perhaps some strange child's dream masquerading as reality. The lead character, either Speed Buggy or a dog, finds a leg sticking out of the sand on a beach while they're searching for someone. He takes it - yes, just the leg - back to his companions, and he then leads them to where he found it. There, they find the person they were looking for and return the leg to her. Turns out she'd just been relaxing on the beach, partially covered in sand. Was I on acid when I was 6 years old? :) Did this actually happen in a Saturday morning cartoon?
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ROFL! Smile Monsters, Inc.
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Okay, so after watching the entire season, it fell quite flat for me. I felt it started interesting enough, but suffered from its small budget and some pretty inane dialogue. A few of the changes, some probably needed to adapt it into something cogent, worked well enough, I think, and I liked the ending that can now possibly lead to something much larger in scope. But all in all, I found it to be barely passable and could have lived just fine not spending 8 hours on it. Also, Scott Speedman's incessantly dour woe-is-me acting irritates me.
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No, opposing racism, homophobia and woman-hating, etc. is just being a decent human being.
Considering oneself "woke" now refers to someone who sees social injustice where there is none, creating perceived victims out of thin air, where all so-called "whites" (a group that doesn't actually exist and is in fact comprised of an array of people as genetically and culturally diverse as each individual) are automatically guilty of causing "non-white" (another group that doesn't exist and that is just as diverse) failure simply by being born. i.e. "woke" now indicates those living in a made-up fantasy world that doesn't remotely reflect reality.
The original core premise of "wokeness" would be a good thing if it hadn't almost instantly devolved into a mass delusion and escalated so out of control that it threatened to end functional society on a global scale. We must stop grouping people by skin color. You know, that thing "Liberals" used to stand for (and <i>real</i> Liberals still are) and helped largely abolish while striving for equality of opportunity.
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Nicely done.
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^^^
THIS
And I'll add a third factor:
A lot fewer people were suckered by all the ridiculous nonsense false narratives being spouted about Trump over the years.
People woke up and realized there truly was a "witch hunt" involving sweeping corruption and fraud that included nonsensical impeachments and baseless attempts of prosecution that incorporated widespread collateral damage to many innocent people. Instead of letting Trump hang himself with his own words, their TDS lured them into out-Trumping Trump. Instead of finding a much better Democrat candidate, they went with a cackling nincompoop who couldn't talk her way out of a paper bag. Instead of avoiding very anti-liberal policies and positions that eroded the foundation of the country economically and socially, they embraced these harmful notions. Instead of realizing they were turning off vast segments of the public, including crucial minority voting blocks, they became so complacently wrapped up in their blanket of deceit, duplicity and Sorros-funded assistance that they completely missed the HUGE red flags of big, traditionally liberal personalities like Elon Musk, Tulsi Gabbard, RFK, Russell Brand, etc. turning against them.
And even now, I suspect many of them are still oblivious to what really happened, despite some out there spelling it out for them years ago. They not only lost, they lost against Trump. That's how far they've fallen. They have only themselves to blame.
https://moviechat.org/bd0000082/Politics/610c414754ff2748039c7584/Dems-Admit-THEYRE-SCREWED-In-2022-Midterms.
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If only the Dems/Left had listened and wizened up instead of pushing further and further into lunacy until even the sleepers had had enough and pushed back. Could now perhaps be the turning point? Will the Left course-correct and steer back into the realm of centric logic and reason, away from corrupt corporations, media and foreign entities? Nah. I suspect not. But I hope I'm wrong.
Because a viable counterbalance is imperative.
It's now the Repub's to screw up. Will they blow it also? Even if not immediately, at some point in the future... probably. So to both sides of the aisle: learn to work together for Christ's sakes! Stop self-sabotaging by injecting nonsense into big bills that derails otherwise good ideas. Stop manufacturing stories and twisting each other's words into out of context absurdities. Reject lobbying and special interests. Stop benefitting from your power. Learn to <i>fucking</i> SERVE! You are NOT a ruling class. You're our servants. Start acting like it.
Finally, to "we the people", stop listening and buying into the words of those in power. Instead, try your best to...
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Never believe or disbelieve. Always question. Rebuke bias, a.k.a. groupthink, a.k.a. ideology, the bane of skeptical, logical reason.
I assume your aware season 2 is out now. It's actually 100 years later. I'm only 2 episodes in, but I like where they've taken it so far. It's a very different show now, with a couple of flashbacks to draw a line between the two seasons. Can only agree with you. Unlike many of the Korean shows, this one keeps the story tighter and doesn't get as ridiculous as most of them seem to, while providing a more fully fleshed out and grounded world for the more fantastical elements to take place in. I quite liked season 1, and so far I'm enjoying season 2.
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<blockquote>I thought that the protagonists in the original were too unrealistically passive.</blockquote>
Haven't seen this version yet, but I completely agree. I suspect that more passive reaction in the original may have been a commentary that more closely reflected the culture of the victims (that's my theory, anyway). Do that to an American, mess with our kids, and you'll get your ass beat. Having said that, it didn't need to be a happy ending. They very well could have fought back but still lost out in the end, or maybe only one surviving (if that's not what happens-again, I haven't seen it yet). To me that would be a more powerful ending, with only one surviving to exact cathartic retribution while just barely hanging onto life. That's how I'd write it, anyway.
In fact, that's how I'd write the original ending as well. I can't connect with characters who just sit there and let someone kill them, acting like sheep programmed for slaughter. For me it transformed the film into pure allegory that didn't reflect actual reality.
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For me it'd fit perfectly into the universe established by Friday the 13th: The Series.
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In a certain respect, everything is politics. It's all about perspective and focus. My intent with the OP wasn't political, however. It was about the fact that something of this nature usually relegated to movies was technically possible.
Clicking on the below link is tantamount to being "rick-rolled". You've been warned, so DO NOT CLICK ON IT!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UofHaZWFn7M
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I disagree that this story has much to do with politics. This specific situation is about ancient religious beliefs and social conflict. Take away any and all governmental elements and this war would still be happening. And as terrifying as the technological aspect of this story is, as someone in the tech industry myself I find it very interesting, but also in essence not political.
While I can see how it could be spun as a political story since there's little doubt the Israeli government was involved with this incident, the stronger elements here are not political in nature in my view. This is Hatfield/Mccoy level stuff. I almost put it in the Politics section, then decided it wasn't really a political story, being comprised more pervasively of apolitical components.
Ultimately, I didn't post this for political reasons, but for the fact that thousands of pagers could be exploded.
pol·i·tics ( p¼l“¹-t¹ks) n. Abbr. pol. polit. 1. used with a sing. verba. The art or science of government or governing, especially the governing of a political entity, such as a nation, and the administration and control of its internal and external affairs. b. Political science. 2. used with a sing. or pl. verba. The activities or affairs engaged in by a government, politician, or political party
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Never believe or disbelieve. Always question. Rebuke bias, a.k.a. groupthink, a.k.a. ideology, the bane of skeptical, logical reason.
It's definitely scary stuff.
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Never believe or disbelieve. Always question. Rebuke bias, a.k.a. groupthink, a.k.a. ideology, the bane of skeptical, logical reason.
Absolutely! And thank you for the feedback.
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