I remember going to see this with my late father, and he laughed throughout, the only person in the theater to do so. To my recollection the film's tone was earnest, not going for the intentional campiness of many a Schwarzeneggar film. But it was so over-the-top that dad couldn't help but enjoy it as action-comedy. At the time I was annoyed, but now I find it funny to think about and see it as a perfect snapshot of my father's personality: responding to absurdity with uproarious laughter, without a hint of self-consciousness.
Good old 90s Fukuyama End Of History-style jingoism. It's a total fantasy these days but an enjoyable one. I had a similar experience myself watching old Saturday Night Live episodes from the 1990-1991 season. That whole season is absurdly pro-war, "we're gonna free the shit out of you", etc. especially the episode Kevin Bacon hosted while the Gulf War was in full swing. #Murica in sketch comedy form.
Dear M. A I’m messaging not about this article but about something you wrote about your mother and that she ( did her job as your mother ) and saved you from being neutered by adhd drugs etc...can you please elaborate bc this needs a deep dive if you are being sincere about the neutered part ergo did this stuff get over the wall undetected re the sterilising of our children too...is this all puberty blockers too....and they aren’t saying the evil truth...alarm bells are sounding off in my head...I couldn’t find any other way to message you and I can’t find the original message beyond a screen shot that I took yesterday...many thanks 🙏 I do I really appreciate your fine writing...
I mean to ask out of curiosity. How is it that they protagonists in most popular movies tend to have one child, unlike Mel Gibson’s films, We Were Soldier, The Patriot or The Professor and the Madman in which the protagonist has many children?
I remember going to see this with my late father, and he laughed throughout, the only person in the theater to do so. To my recollection the film's tone was earnest, not going for the intentional campiness of many a Schwarzeneggar film. But it was so over-the-top that dad couldn't help but enjoy it as action-comedy. At the time I was annoyed, but now I find it funny to think about and see it as a perfect snapshot of my father's personality: responding to absurdity with uproarious laughter, without a hint of self-consciousness.
Good old 90s Fukuyama End Of History-style jingoism. It's a total fantasy these days but an enjoyable one. I had a similar experience myself watching old Saturday Night Live episodes from the 1990-1991 season. That whole season is absurdly pro-war, "we're gonna free the shit out of you", etc. especially the episode Kevin Bacon hosted while the Gulf War was in full swing. #Murica in sketch comedy form.
Dear M. A I’m messaging not about this article but about something you wrote about your mother and that she ( did her job as your mother ) and saved you from being neutered by adhd drugs etc...can you please elaborate bc this needs a deep dive if you are being sincere about the neutered part ergo did this stuff get over the wall undetected re the sterilising of our children too...is this all puberty blockers too....and they aren’t saying the evil truth...alarm bells are sounding off in my head...I couldn’t find any other way to message you and I can’t find the original message beyond a screen shot that I took yesterday...many thanks 🙏 I do I really appreciate your fine writing...
I mean to ask out of curiosity. How is it that they protagonists in most popular movies tend to have one child, unlike Mel Gibson’s films, We Were Soldier, The Patriot or The Professor and the Madman in which the protagonist has many children?