Fancy cupcakes are 70% icing, really not that nice and a waste of money

  • GraniteM@lemmy.world
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    8 days ago

    Starship Troopers isn’t a smart movie pretending to be a dumb movie, it’s a moderately intelligent movie with pretensions of being a smart movie pretending to be a dumb movie.

    Robocop, on the other hand, is a masterpiece.

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      8 days ago

      Agree 100% on Robocop.

      With Starship Troopers, it all hinges on what you feel when Dizzy dies. Personally, I was legit angry at the bugs when that happened, and then had the realization of “oh… so that’s how fascist propaganda works.” I think it had to be on the nose a bit for the message to come across.

      The movie ends with a guy in an SS uniform saying they’ve made the enemy afraid and everyone cheers, and still a lot of people didn’t get it. So it may not have been dumbed down enough for a lot of people to get the message.

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        6 days ago

        My first thought was “damn, well, at least Rico might have a shot with Carmen again” and I’m worried about what that says about my political views.

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          6 days ago

          It indicates you might be a psychopath.

          It’s just a movie so it’s it’s not you’re definitely a psychopath, but if you were your politcal views will be determined by whatever benefits you without any regard for the well being of others.

    • Phoenixz@lemmy.ca
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      8 days ago

      Both are quite entertaining.

      RoboCop remake, though, sucks hairy donkey balls, I’ll dienonnthst hill with a smile