I always get really happy nostalgia vibes when I watch Small Soldiers.

It’s not particularly good, but it gives me the feelz.

Supernova could have a been a lot better, wasted opportunity IMO.

I tend to be perhaps less anti-AI than most here (albeit I am probably even more distrustful of the large companies in this space), but just from watching the trailers, I found the AI generated scenes to be extremely distracting.

The first association for me is some shitty YT video slop or scheme.

I haven’t watched it though and I am not going to watch it.

I didn’t like the series, mostly because it was very vanilla. I would have much preferred if it was based on A Boy and his Dog, many of the 80s Italian Mad Max clones (2019, After the Fall of New York), Neon City and even something like Turbo Kid.

An arguement can be made that to make social commentary effective you need a bit more subtly.

but if you assume motivations of those who supported them are the same for all of them then you’re only going to antagonise those that were misled

From my experience living in the US, that seems true.

I traveled extensively (~15 states minimum) and I believe I had a broad exposure to local culture (from provincial “hoods” with difference ethnicities, very rich and “conservative” suburbs to more cosmopolitan experiences in NYC, Chicago, LA, SF).

That being said, there is a limit to everything. At some point intent stops mattering and the outcome is what counts.

My personal opinion (I may be wrong), is that US is a dead end. There won’t be any any positive changes in the next 20-30 years minimum. The far right is committed to corruption, criminality and posturing around “freedoms” and “I support the law” and the centre-right voting public is too well off to rock the boat until it’s too late.

I am waiting for Dexter: Mysterious Murder in the Senior Citizens’ Home

I would argue it’s not reductive to treat the current approach used to manage immigration in the US as almost comically stupid (not to mention being founded on mostly posturing and self-aggrandization “I support the law”).

Managing immigration is one thing, but allowing your country to become like russia with security forces beating and killing people under the alleged pretense of managing immigration is definitely a sign of maliciousness.

Children of Men had much stronger dystopian sci-fi motifs. It reminded me of Brazil for some reason. One Battle, After Another was more of a mass market feature. That being said, I watched it in the cinema and I enjoyed it. It was a good movie.

I do think Children of Men (not to mention Brazil which is arguably a classic of cinematography by this point) is better.

The miracle cease fire scene really caught my attention when I first saw the movie in the late 2000s.

Wow, it’s fascinating that they can still achieve double digit growth.

I thought it was pretty good. Watched it in the cinema, I didn’t regret it.

I don’t think it was the best movie of 2025, but it was entertaining and relatively well made and somewhat original.

What are you referring to?

Pretty slow move. 2029 is nearly 25 years since YT founding (and streaming existed around ~10 years before that; remember RealPlayer?).

I am surprised I’ve never heard of this movie, sounds pretty cool! Cheers!

Re-watched The Usual Suspects, the initial setup with five criminals getting connected during a police crackdown is compelling (it turns out the movie was developed based on the initial scene in the poster with the line up). The acting is also strong with Gabriel Byrne, Benicio Del Toro and even Stephen Baldwin doing a great job. Chazz Palminteri plays to his typecast, but it works well.

I also personally appreciate the 90s cinematography, scene design and the score.

I have to say the main hook and ending seem very contrived (much more so when I first watched the movie in the early 2000s). It does not seem convincing, well connected criminals usually have state backing rather than being a “ghost”. And a senior criminal would not directly involve themselves in an assassination attempt or risk third parties acting in an independent manner. The behaviour of the police was also unconvincing.

Spacey’s presence also taints the movie in a way that it did not on the initial viewing.

That being said, it’s a solid 6/10 action packed, crime thriller. You could do a lot worse.