@RepJackKimble So, is your idea of hard ball calling the strait a different name?
I'm sure they care a lot about what you call it and are totally not laughing about it
As a fan of LOTR films (certainly watched them like 20 times myself and I'm a fan of the books), I have to say Dune without a doubt. Yes, the best trilogy ever put to film (so far).
But Tolkien's world view doesn't hold up in my eyes, this is might be reductive yes, but is basically good vs evil in a way no modern adult should take seriously, I get that people want to scape reality. I'm not one of those people. Dune is a warning about charismatic leader, messianic figures and religion itself, intellectually I don't think there is a contest. Villeneuve is also the better director, the modern Kubrick. Even Zendaya's presence isn't enough to spoil them in my eyes.
@amitisinvesting@mhoLLLis If you want better than Breaking Bad watch The Sopranos, The Wire, Deadwood, oh and John Adams and Band of Brothers, miniseries but truly great
@LostLoreScholar Huge fan of film here, I haven't seen it yet, but I do have to make a political point.
Are African, Asian or Native American stories not worth telling? why insert those actors in western stories, not give them their own that have never been told.
Lupita Nyong’o is probably one of if not THE most beautiful women on earth but oh no a bunch of racists with Internet connections are already shitting on #TheOdyssey because it doesn’t have historical accuracy.
The odyssey is a myth.
Take all the time you need.
Immigrants generate more income and taxes than the average US-born person, Cato’s @David_J_Bier reports.
From 1994 to 2023, immigrants generated roughly $100,000 more in taxes per capita than the average US-born person—about 17% more over the entire period.
https://t.co/jvMtcqL2HK
1 would be the Dutch-Portuguese war
2 The 30 Years War
3 The 9 Years War
4 War of Spanish Succession
5 War of Austrian Succession
6 The 7 Years War
7 The American Revolutionary War (you should at least know this one)
8 The Napoleonic wars
9 WWI
10 WWII
11 The Cold War
You are technically more correct than Omar, but opinions among historians vary