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1 小时前Napoleon III surrounds himself with yes-men before the Franco-Prussian War. Result: defeat.
Wilhelm II surrounds himself with yes-men before the Great War. Result: defeat.
Current US President surrounds himself with yes-men. [YOU ARE HERE].
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By the looks of it, the ground floor and the first floor are going to be the same place pretty soon.
If you’re in Europe, Castle Party is next week, Amphi Festival is the week after that, and then M’era Luna is in August!
If you’re in the US… uh… the Gathering is in August? I dunno, I’ve been posting tour info on !gothindustrial@lemmy.world as I come across it… (edit: see here for a collection of tour/festival dates)
“It was revealed to me in a dream.”
1·1 天前Even then, it will just slow research down and set us back. Scientists won’t stop sciencing, and it certainly won’t lead to discoveries they want.
Well… that can be more serious that you suggest. Tenure-track faculty need publication-worthy projects and grad students; what if the only funding available is military- and surveillance-oriented? Big universities are going to expect scientists to bring in the money or leave.
The thing about high-budget first-run films is that a lot of work goes into every part of it. Even the title of the movie. But on a low-budget B-movie, not so much.
- “So, what’s the title?”
- “Dunno, it’s a take on the Karate Kid. But it’s got MMA versus traditional martial arts and is in Florida. The MMA kid? The Traditional Kid? The Florida Kid?”
- “Nah those are terrible. What’s the core of it? The heart of it?”
- “Well it’s anti-bullying. And it’s about the importance of martial arts. The Bullied Kid? The Martial Arts Kid?”
- “The Martial Arts Kid is the best so far. Pencil that in for now. Moving on…”
I’d call it a self-aware B-movie. Don Wilson and Cynthia Rothrock are/were actual martial artists who moved into acting, they’ve each been in many low-budget action films. The thinking was obviously “let’s do our own take on The Karate Kid” but I think the intent is sincere rather than satirical.
some “unofficial” replacements
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!streetart@lemm.ee… see !grasweeti@slrpnk.net, a lot of the same material (and is more active).
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!TwoGoobers@lemm.ee … see !relationshipmemes@lemmyis.fun, a lot of overlap
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!webcomics@lemm.ee … see !webtoons@ani.social for a partial replacement
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Regarding !martialartsmovies@lemm.ee, @klu9@piefed.social has created !action_movies@piefed.social to replace it and more.
5·2 天前The only place they can unconditionally exist at, outside of their house, is their car.
Even then police will come by to see what you’re doing.
Tim revives! See how he rises!
Timothy rising from the bed
Sayin’: “Whirl your liquor around like blazes!
Thanam o’n Dhoul! D’ye think I’m dead?”
19·2 天前is now located in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo.
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Kathryn Newton
Aw yeah! When she was younger she was also in “The Martial Arts Kid”, a truly terrible b-movie with absolutely no redeeming qualities that I thoroughly enjoyed watching a couple months ago.
Clearly it’s a “Messaging” problem.
“You Transylvanians have a saying which is close to my heart, for its spirit is that which rules our bogans: ‘Who let the dogs out? Whoop. Whoop, whoop whoop.’ Come, my dear Count, enough of your games. Call off your wolves and let me depart. Come!”
Frankly that might have been his best shot at getting away. Clearly Dracula has had enough of Harker’s BS and is condemning him to something horrific. But Dracula still is acting aristocratic and indulgent. He’s Lawful Evil. Kinda like a genie who will try to screw you over but is obeying norms and regulations.
So there probably is some set of utterances and actions that Harker can make, that will get him out of there unscathed. After all, Dracula doesn’t just take Harker out to the woods, force him to dig his own grave, then shoot him in the back of the head. Dracula probably wouldn’t let the wolves tear him to pieces in the foyer when there are much easier ways to get rid of Harker - obviously that is just meant to intimidate him. I think Harker would need to retain his nerve and call Dracula’s bluff with the wolves. Then he’d have to say something to Dracula to convince him that Harker is better left alive and unharmed.
It kind of reminds me of the ending of John Grisham's The Firm.
In that story, the MC discovers that he’s working for a law firm that works for The Mob. MC is contacted by the FBI, who threaten him. Then The Firm (and the mob) get suspicious of MC and everyone’s about to wreck him. In the movie (not the book), MC resolves this by going to the Mob and informing them that they’re being overbilled by The Firm, that he wants to hand over the overbilling info to the FBI, and that anything else he knows about their dealings is protected by attorney-client privilege as long as MC is still alive. The FBI is mad that MC doesn’t turn full snitch, but they deal with the fact that they have enough to take down The Firm (and presumably to continue pursuing the Mob.) The Mob let him go bc the FBI is thus distracted by taking down The FIrm, who were screwing over the Mob.
It’s a much different circumstance, but the point is that this doesn’t seem to be a hopeless situation. Instead of whining and daydreaming about guns, Harker oughta be seeking information, considering the implications of what he knows, and developing an appropriate strategy, and in fact the problem seems resolvable by legalistic thinking which oughta be his forte. Unfortunately Harker’s kindof incompetent.
All those cycles are OK, but they don’t compare to the light cycles in Tron. Or even Kaneda’s bike in Akira. C’mon corporate dystopia, you can do better…
kind of reminds me of the Hogarth plate “In the Madhouse” from the Rake’s Progress in which one of the guys is writing stuff on the wall, while another is doing astronomical observations.