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ssj3vegeta2 posted...

Peter pan was my fav slow ride doe, it was so cool. You're basically flying and scenery is hella beautiful. It surprised me a lot

It's a good ride.

It was never about actually getting the guy who did 9/11, we just tried to hide behind the doctrine of empire lite instead of being honest with the citizens.

What's this revisionist bullshit?

America didn't care that a couple of planes were flown into the Twin Towers resulting in the deaths of thousands of people? Nobody really wanted to avenge that, they just wanted to prove theirs was bigger than the other party's? Get the fuck out of here with that noise.

Of course there were war profiteers who never cared, but avenging 9/11 was absolutely the motivation behind the majority of people who enlisted and the majority who supported the war.

Will Smith was good as Deadshot.

People are retroactively mad because he wouldn't return.

I would absolutely like to wipe out the Taliban, and anyone else who sells children into sexual slavery, but that isn't a realistic option unless you can surround them on all sides and whittle them away to nothing. For that, we would absolutely need to start World War III. Other nations in that region might not like the Taliban, but I'm sure a great many people with power in that region would see it as a welcome alternative to Western Imperialism.

Tyranthraxus posted...

You have two options.

1. Let the Taliban take over
2. Straight up annex the country

There's no third option. Which of those do you think is preferable?

In the grand scheme of things, it's probably better than we leave rather than establish America Jr. in the Middle East. That's sticking their fingers too deep into someone else's pie.

The best option would've been, what I felt at the time we should have done, to have negotiated the release of American POWs within 24 hours of Osama Bin Laden getting killed. The Taliban would've been as happy to have seen us leave then as they are now. The difference is that it would've been under our terms, it would have come a lot sooner, and we would have had a victory.

"We got the guy responsible for 9/11. Let's go home."

Goatsensation posted...

Biden is the hen that just gave us a second Vietnam...

Trump signed the withdrawal. Biden is merely honoring it -- and probably has no choice in the matter.

The biggest incentive to leave is that we get our POWs back. If Biden had said, "No, no, we're staying until the job is finished," he'd have been an even bigger heel because he'd be directly denying captured soldiers release.

All that People Mover does is give you a preview of other rides in Tomorrowland. You're not missing anything not getting to ride that one.

Good list overall. What was your favorite?

If Afghanistan is fragmented, why didn't the US just hold onto a piece of it and claim victory?

As many as it takes to survive. If I have to feel sick once a day every sick months, it's better than being dead. Sorry for the inconvenience, but the danger is real.

I've had COVID once before. Even if I could be assured to once again come out of it alive and with use of all extremities, I still wouldn't want to go through it again. It's not the most discomfort I've had, but it is the single most lingering sickness I've ever experienced. And, to be honest, I think I got one of the weaker strains.

Odd. I couldn't imagine something called Doom Patrol being anything but campy.

That's the kind of name you give a team when you feel Suicide Squad isn't tongue in cheek enough.

Myzery posted...

as far as remakes go, F13 was pretty great. NOES was the real dumpster fire.

Without exaggeration, one of the worst creative decisions I've ever seen in a movie...

Freddy came back from the grave to remind his victims that, despite them repressing their memories of the events, yes, he *did* molest them as children.

I stop by the options menu to change Donatello's color from green to brown, then select him.

See, this is why the mask side is smart. Their faces aren't on video when they're caught in unlawful conflict.

1337toothbrush posted...

More like we can see that the US intervening isn't doing anything to improve the situation (and often times making it worse). Sure, though, keep hiding behind claims of human rights when it was never about that, neocon.

I'm not a conservative, much less a neocon.

I've always liked the name Sarah.

What part don't you get? I'm saying everything can and will be fetishized by someone. Of course male characters presenting females is going to be fetishized.

hockeybub89 posted...

Weird how the party of fiscal and personal responsibility that thinks we should focus on America will write a blank check to protect Middle Easterners forever, but think the best way to help Americans is to tell them to fuck off and take care of themselves.

It's almost like the selfless guardian angle is bullshit.

On the flip side, there are plenty on the left who think it's okay for terrorists to reign abroad so long as domestic capitalist dirt-bags are called to account.

12 year old Arab boys in foreign countries can be sold into sexual slavery so long as we bust Republicans' chops about a losing war.

Arisnotle posted...

What does this have to do with anything

Everything is fetishized.

Arisnotle posted...

I don't really think fetishizing anyone is okay. It's certainly uncomfortable being the target of it

I don't know your race, gender, age, body type, or orientation, but I can assure you you're somebody's fetish.

Don't get me wrong, the term trap implies malicious intent.

So, yeah, I still get the problem there. The fetishizing of males in dresses is fair game though.

I don't support transphobia.

A straight dude being tricked into liking a boy in a dress is kinda hot though. Like, it's too late to back out. He's already attracted. The same goes for anonymous sex stories where someone inadvertently ends up in an incestuous relationship with an attractive relative.

The Taliban has learned that attacking the US means decades of war and territorial losses.

They won't attack us again.

And what side are you talking about? If you're trying to paint me as a member of the right, you can forget it.

And you'd cry foul if you got everything you'd ever asked for.

"End the war!"
*ends the war*
"You bastards!"

Gotta love how America is the villain no matter what decision they make. It was wrong to go to Afghanistan, now it's wrong to leave? Gimme a break.

Producers kept breathing down Rob Zombie's neck in the first movie, so he only agreed to do the sequel if he got creative control. He then used that creative control to troll the hell out of them.

NeonOctopus posted...

Oh nice! A Totoro reference. idk what the other pic is

A better movie.

sabrestorm posted...

which president was that?

Herbert Hoover.

From Wikipedia,

Views of race
Hoover was known to hold racist attitudes towards black and mixed-race people. Many of his black contemporaries considered him a racist with W. E. B. Du Bois charging him as an "undemocratic racist who saw blacks as a species of 'sub-men'".[273]

Nothing wrong with a little ol' surprise penis under the skirt. :3

Literally the 13th

Did he unironically use the term "liberal credentials"?

The US was fighting a war on two fronts. Did they win that one? Lose that one? Is it still ongoing? Did the troops leave years ago?

They just completely stopped talking about that one.

When Freddy kills you, it's over.

Pinhead doesn't kill you. He takes you to a dimension where pain and pleasure are one and the same and you don't stop dying.

That's a lot worse.

She looks so much better with blonde hair. Marvel should've never made her a redhead. I don't know how, but I swear her boobs look bigger when she's blonde.

Trickfinger posted...

actually, yes... yes it does. the point of art is to get people to like it. if a lot of people like it, mission accomplished.

You're trying to trick someone into posting Nazi imagery, aren't you?

It was a lot better / less bad than I thought it would be.

Overall, the kills felt pretty tame. It's almost like they made a PG-13 remake, then went back in post-production and added a bunch of nudity and swearing. There are many two kills that warrant an R-rating.

It feels very in-keeping with the original series. Like, I could easily see this film as a sequel taking place after Part III or Part VI. It's also peppered with mythology nods -- chief among them Jason's transition from covering his face with a bag to adopting his trademark hockey mask.

Even so, there's something about it that doesn't quite work and I can't quite put my finger on what. It's a Friday the 13th movie updated for the 2000s. The characters act like Friday the 13th characters. The scenarios are par the course. I want to say that it feels phoned in, but that wouldn't be accurate either. Whoever made this clearly enjoyed those movies.

It's still better than Part V of the original series.

I'll tell you what. When the Olympics drop Hitler's lighting of the torch from their opening ceremonies, America can drop the racist's poem that a racist president turned into America's national anthem.

The out-of-context opening scene would make no sense to anyone who hasn't seen the first two movies in the original series. Also, everything looks too glossy, too clean. The gritty realistic look was part of the presentation. It made it seem like this could happen to anyone. Watching this, I feel like I don't have to worry since I'm not a cast member on a CW show.

We're off to a good start.

It's gonna have to work really, really hard if it wants to be anywhere near as bad as the Nightmare on Elm Street remake though.

Friday the 13th (NES)

• If technical limitations would have allowed, I would have placed notes in the small cabins explaining vital information to complete the game. "Press start to switch counselors," and "Hold and press or to dodge." Pressing start only works if you're in a small cabin, but you'd already be in one to read the note.
• If they couldn't explain in-game how to dodge, then they needed to simplify the face to face "Punch Out" sections by locking the player into a stationary position, for which left or right would dodge automatically, or make moving to the right and left dodge animations which can avoid blows. (Though that might make the game too easy.)
• I would have made Jason a little less ridiculous to beat -- especially on the third day. I also would've had him unmasked on the third day if technology permitted.
• 100% of the way though, I would have changed Mark's name to Tommy to tie in to Friday the 13th: Part VI upon which the film is based. I also would've changed Laura's name to Ginny from Part II. There's a Chrissy in the game. I would've left her unchanged only now she'd be the protagonist of Part III instead of the name being a happy coincidence. I'd have the instruction manual explain that Tommy, Ginny, and Chrissy are returning counselors accompanied by three new friends. (The only reason I wouldn't rename the other counselors is because no one in the series up until that point fit the profile of Paul.)

I think they wanted to remove the rock and its racist history was just an excuse.

Think of if they'd simply removed the rock. We'd have people complaining about its historic significance and how the school are evil bastards for moving it. But they find an article in a newspaper where someone gave it a racist nickname and they suddenly have all the ammo they need to remove it without backlash -- and maybe with a little bit of positive PR.

Nobody is going to spend $50 dollars to remove a rock because a newspaper editor made a racist joke. Let's be real.

America lost the war and that's a sting to our pride, but we're out of danger. The Taliban won't be stupid enough to attack us again knowing they suffer years of war and territorial losses as a result.

Also, don't forget that America's army was:
A) fighting two simultaneous wars in two different countries
B) comprised entirely of volunteer entries

If the Taliban attacked us again, we would have every right to draft as many eligible people as we needed to crush them. And it would be one on one this time. (No sending troops to Iraq.) I think even the majority of antiwar individuals would realize that, if the Taliban attacks us again, they won't let up until we're under Sharia Law.

And that is exactly why the Taliban won't attack us again. It's better to be feared and revered in their surrounding areas as the country that defeated America than it is invite their demise with another attack.

Permanent occupation was a futile wish. America will never have a foothold in the Middle East. The entire region fears what would happen if Israel's buddy suddenly sprouted a colony. We tried to train Afghani troops to succeed us and, time and again, they turned their guns on the US troopers resulting in hundreds of deaths. They don't speak for everyone, but I'm sure the Taliban is more welcome than a US presence. "They may be assholes, but they're our assholes. And they don't let women drive or vote."

We should've killed Bin Laden, demanded our POWs back, and walked away then.

Stallone beat Van Damme in Expendables 2

So, yeah. I'm going with that outcome.

metallica846 posted...

To try and get re-elected.

His fanbase wants America the Conqueror. If anything, he likely lost votes on that decision.

Rational people aren't going to vote for a man who scapegoats Latinas/Latinos and keeps border children in cages. We were losing resources -- including human beings. He didn't kill the golden goose in an effort to get reelected. If he had, Biden would've undone the decision.

If this war was a gravy train for the US, why did Donald fucking Trump of all people end it? That dude would've been like, "Ah, man. I think there are about six countries in South America that want to fight us. We should go to war with them too."