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Because i said it, it's automatically gold!![]()
Now, don't start another argument

Because i said it, it's automatically gold!![]()
You mean the drones being used for war? Didn't Star Wars Prequels
I bought this on Blu-Ray for $8 at Best Buy. That alone was worth it.
But - I haven't really made up my mind on it. Visually, it's really nothing like I've ever seen before. It's compelling and just mesmerizing to look at. Story-wise, it's lacking, but I don't know if the visuals make up for the lack of story. It's definitely frustrating for me. I want to say I absolutely LOVE it, and then I find myself shrugging at how bland some of it is. I definitely thinks it's lightyears better than Prometheus though, no question.
No, I meant drones being used for war as they are currently used by the USA, and how that affects society and other soldiers. That wasn't done by star wars at all, the drones were just drones, they had no impact on the sociology of the living soldiers. Anakin was the same pilot he would have been if he had been fighting human captains and not robot captains.
In contrast, Jack Harper's main task is to repair drones, and it is directly because of this consequential distance from the war that it takes him a long time to realize the magnitude of jis crimes and complicity. Exactly the same with modern drone warfare, wars have bigger public support nowadays in the west since people are more removed ftom it. The movie makes clear that Jack Harper is a good man, but the physical separation from the war prevents him from seeing its horror, and thus contributes to his duplicity. He switches sides after sering the actions of a drone up close, a scene that slso demonstrates the pros and cons of drones as a military weapon in a manner not shown in your star wars prequels example.
Drone warfare is the core allegory of the movie, that has never or nearly never been done before in a hollywood blockbuster and you somehow missed that it was a core theme.
Did the comic ever come out for this?
I'm telling ya..it's one of those things where the book was being used as a pitch for a movie. Same thing with Cowboys and Aliens.
They're almost like faux graphic novels. They exist but don't.
Very nice. This deserves a rewatch.
This is one of those films that, if I'm switching channels and one is playing this, I always stop and watch some (or all) of it. It's just a delight of a movie.Very nice. This deserves a rewatch.
As with all Joseph Kosinski films, the score is incredible!
I used to do the same when I had cable. I saw big chunks of it from whatever point I jumped in on it multiple times.This is one of those films that, if I'm switching channels and one is playing this, I always stop and watch some (or all) of it. It's just a delight of a movie.