Please read what I wrote, and don't put words in my mouth or distort what I said (this would be greatly appreciated )

Of course, in Hollywood, there are people that are smarter.

 

Morgan Freeman is one of this smarter actors.

 

 

3 minutes ago, Enrico_sw said:

Producers soak their fictions with this obsession, by race-swapping and gender-swapping.

 

But they have always been race-swapping so what is different about it now as opposed to ten, twenty, thirty, forty, fifty, ... years ago?

 

 

1 minute ago, SympathysSilhouette said:

But they have always been race-swapping so what is different about it now as opposed to ten, twenty, thirty, forty, fifty, ... years ago?

 

Dude, did you read my post? Could you answer to its point? I can answer to this question but I'll wait for you to read my full post (and not just extracting two lines).

20 minutes ago, Enrico_sw said:

I can answer to this question but I'll wait for you to read my full post (and not just extracting two lines).

 

Actually, if you read my previous posts, you'll realize I've already answered your question several times...

 

It's simple: past mediocrity doesn't justify today's mediocrity. Period.

European union (fake feminists):

 

Iran (real feminists):

 

Well yes, modesty rules for women are invariably sexist and are usually the result of extremely patriarchal societies repressing any form of female self-expression.

3 hours ago, SympathysSilhouette said:

Well yes, modesty rules for women are invariably sexist and are usually the result of extremely patriarchal societies repressing any form of female self-expression.

 

See, we can agree on some things.

The biggest plot-wise controversy with the Rings of Power show now is the question: Who is Sauron?

 

Sauron was a shapeshifter in the Simarillion.

 

The clues tend to point to Halbrand as being Sauron in disguise.  I like the idea of a Sauron that had a repentant phase, which was canon. 

 

 

I really hope it is.  

 

But the evil, short haired ladyboy could be Sauron as well.  But she is only recently introduced.  It would suck if Amazon chose her to be Sauron.  I think the internet would explode in rage.

 

On 10/6/2022 at 2:09 PM, Enrico_sw said:

And you still didn't answer any of my points:

1. On the blame-shifting from Hollywood

2. On the new form of McCarthyism

3. On the obsession on race/gender in 2022

4. On the politicization of entertainement

5. On accusing people of what they never said (like in the Stalinist purges)

I answered all your points. Would you have the courtesy to answer at least one of mine?

 

So, in the end, zero of my points were answered.

 

I guess it's easier to put words in other people's mouth than engage in a rational discussion.

On 10/8/2022 at 10:11 PM, Cult Icon said:

I think the internet would explode in rage.

 

The internet already explodes in rage every day

 

Discussing the sex of angels is apparently one of the favorite subjects anyway.

Meanwhile...

 

Putin is now willingly bombing civilians as retaliation for the Crimean bridge. And Zelensky wants an aerial shield.

 

WW3 doesn't seem to be a faraway assumption now

 

 

 

12 hours ago, Enrico_sw said:

Meanwhile...

 

Putin is now willingly bombing civilians as retaliation for the Crimean bridge. And Zelensky wants an aerial shield.

 

WW3 doesn't seem to be a faraway assumption now

 

 

 

Yeah, Zelensky demanded "Aerial shield" and "peacekeepers from Feb 2022 onward. 🤪 Ukraine is Europe.  Ukraine is the world community. 

 

That's literally an invitation to start nuclear war.

4 hours ago, Cult Icon said:

 

Yeah, Zelensky demanded "Aerial shield" and "peacekeepers from Feb 2022 onward. 🤪 Ukraine is Europe.  Ukraine is the world community. 

 

That's literally an invitation to start nuclear war.

 

Seems weird to blame this on Zelensky when it's Putin who has threatened to use nukes every five minutes or so since February.

8 hours ago, SympathysSilhouette said:

 

Seems weird to blame this on Zelensky when it's Putin who has threatened to use nukes every five minutes or so since February.

 

Russia won't use nukes, they would use chemical and biological weapons first, like in Syria.  

 

I think these Putin threats are bluffing.

On 10/12/2022 at 12:08 PM, Cult Icon said:

 

Yeah, Zelensky demanded "Aerial shield" and "peacekeepers from Feb 2022 onward. 🤪 Ukraine is Europe.  Ukraine is the world community. 

 

That's literally an invitation to start nuclear war.

 

Zelensky is a charismatic leader. He and his team are communication geniuses, which is a tactical advantage for Ukraine. But he's a novice in the art of war and he seems to be a risk taker. Why not... but some risks he takes are very high (not just for his country).

Hypersonic missiles + heavy nukes on both sides = things can go badly if shit escalates

9 hours ago, Enrico_sw said:

Hypersonic missiles + heavy nukes on both sides = things can go badly if shit escalates

 

NATO has already said it won't respond with a nuclear strike even if Russia deploys tactical nukes, so I don't get why people always want to lay the blame with NATO for everything.

They will respond with a wide-scale conventional response, which would be completely warranted if Russia does escalate all the way to the use of nuclear weapons.

The military situation appears to be near a short-term draw on both sides, with Ukraine having initiative. However they burned through a lot of their reserves and ammunition stockpiling/expenditure of western weapons.  If Ukraine scores another operational victory the Russians may escalate with chemical and biological weapons as currently most of their army is rebuilding in Russia.  It would really surprise me if they use tactical nukes as that's not their combat doctrine. 

 

All of this is due to Russia's pullback of their army in July.  They are preparing for a winter offensive as they integrate 300,000 reservists and gathered tens of thousands of volunteers.  If this offensive comes this winter my guess is that it will be late, maybe in 2023.

 

The Russian strategy appears to be that they want to be successful in the defense while deploying the minimum of forces in the Ukraine.  They want to wear out the Ukrainian assault reserves and western weapons, and by the time the Russian army returns they will have weakened their enemy while having an army 2- 3 times larger than the one they invaded the year before.

 

 

13 hours ago, Enrico_sw said:

Hypersonic missiles + heavy nukes on both sides = things can go badly if shit escalates

 

US/UK media/intelligence services claimed that the Russians would run out of missiles in April 2022.  So far there is no sign of them running out of missiles and AFV at all.  There are a lot of social media footage of Russian armor and ballistic missiles moving around on rail in Russia and the Ukraine right now.