Golf player/fan, snowboarder, fantasy football masochist; believer in science, factual facts, doing the right thing; disappointed in anyone who voted for Trump
@benshapiro Lots of willful ignorance in the comments. Elliott Page was NOT cast as Achilles. Page plays Sinon, the Greek spy from Virgilโs Aeneid who helps to convince the Trojans to accept the gift horse left by the Greeks.
@benshapiro Agree with your main point. People are focusing on the wrong thingโฆactors that are on-screen for a few minutes of a 3 hr movie. However, the consequence of not showing hospitality towards strangers is definitely addressed in Homerโs Odyssey and other Greek tales.
@AuntCunt@DiscussingFilm Disagree. Gemini query reveals that there's currently more diverse, ensemble casting vs Studio System and "A-lister" casting of prior decades. Besides, you do know that Dwayne actually voiced the character Maui...right?
@WomanDefiner Big sigh. Lord of the Flies is about young, innocent, stranded boys, who descend to chaos and violence without societal guardrails. I understood it as a cautionary tale for all of us. But, go ahead and claim that innate propensity for savagery for just White folks. ๐๐
@stockpiledclay Weak sauce post. Original and top 2 Bond, Sean Connery, was 6' 2" (190 lbs). Cavill is 6' 1" (193 when not playing Superman, Witcher roles). More important, like Connery, I believe Cavill could whup that ass, instead of quipping people to death like Moore and Brosnan. ๐
@DataDInvesting This isn't that hard. The founding fathers were wrong about a LOT of things (three-fifths, slave trade, no bill of rights, electoral college and suffrage). Thankfully, they knew they were human and included an amendment process. Let's NOT go back and repeat past mistakes. ๐๐พ
@lindyli@hertake_podcast I suspect that the response to Kirk's murder is peaceful, because it's such an aberration.
Riots after Floyd's murder were unfortunate expressions of anger/frustration with a system in which poeple of color continue to be deprived of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
Sure would be embarrassing if there was a video of Trump joking about Paul Pelosi being nearly beaten to death as a room full of his supporters howl with laughter ๐ฌ
@stepfanie Hah! Trump-loving MAGATs are not known for critical thinking. Julie's post encouraged context. Even I was forced to reconsider SOME of my criticisms of CK. The cultists see, perceive, or imagine a nail and get straight to hammering. ๐คท๐พโโ๏ธ