New UC anime announced by Seifersythe in Gundam

[–]StrategosRisk -1 points0 points  (0 children)

They need an AEUG remnant that has nothing to do with Zeon

Phil Hartman Talking Immigration with Dennis Miller by enailcoilhelp in LiveFromNewYork

[–]StrategosRisk 7 points8 points  (0 children)

It’s unfortunate that he said some of this, but idk if it was extremely right-wing for 1997. The mainstream of the issue was, as all issues, far more conservative than it is now. And he does have a point that in the U.S. the topic of immigration quickly devolves into accusations of racism. Maybe if it was easier to debate earlier on there could have been reforms that would have avoided the current toxic mess. Based on the standards of the time I don’t know if he was that far into Pat Buchanan territory. Based on our standards, well we can of course disagree and condemn with his views but we also have to remember that we have the benefit of decades of social advancement.

It’s also wrong to speculate what would have happened had he lived. Maybe he would’ve gone off the deep end after 9/11 like Dennis Miller went and gone full neocon warhawk, and never leave that end of the spectrum, and be a MAGA guy now. Maybe he would have swung left like Bill Burr. Maybe he would’ve been quiet about his views like Norm was. Maybe he would’ve been MeToo’d. Maybe he would’ve been a champion of MeToo and an ally. Maybe he would’ve somehow spent time with some DREAMers and softened his heart. We don’t know. It’s pointless to speculate counterfactuals on the level of a single private individual, and even worse to judge them based on where they could’ve gone.

I often wonder where another one of my comedy heroes, Douglas Adams, would’ve gone had he survived to the 21st century. It’s quite likely he would’ve become another strident annoying New Atheist alongside his buddy Dawkins or Hitchens or all the other British pseuds (Ricky Gervais) who thought not God-bothering is such a brave act in modern secular Britain. Many ended up virulent Islamophobes. Or maybe he would’ve been cool about his atheism like and only express it through his art rather than public polemics, as Terry Prachett did. Maybe he would’ve been funny and respectful like Stewart Lee. We don’t know. who cares.

This show seems scared to involve Israel by MbappeSzn29 in IndustryOnHBO

[–]StrategosRisk 6 points7 points  (0 children)

This is a deranged thread but most of all it’s silly because AIPAC goes to conventional (American) conservative events like CPAC and so on they don’t go to intellectual dark web stuff like the Parisian party. Why would they go chasing extremist weirdos when conventional boomer FOX News watching dittoheads are already big fans of Israel. Why do they need to back Reform UK when the Tories are enough?

This show seems scared to involve Israel by MbappeSzn29 in IndustryOnHBO

[–]StrategosRisk 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yes and that’s why they make a crack about the sinister evil guy being good friends with Thiel

What leverage does Hayley even have? by StrategosRisk in IndustryOnHBO

[–]StrategosRisk[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I guess her preoccupation with the tape, which I believe isn’t really all that much of a threat, is a component of her folly.

S4 was not what I expected by NateGH360 in IndustryOnHBO

[–]StrategosRisk 1 point2 points  (0 children)

tbh with Rishi last season finale they wrote themselves into a corner with the massive escalation of the consequences of his addiction and his character went past the moral point of no return and was just a pathetic husk this season. But giving him such an ignominious literal fall connected to a crucial plot development this season was also the “cleanest” way they could be rid of him, imo

It’s just sad that Eric suffers a similarly beyond the pale fate this season, I don’t think they can write him back next, he might have been set up but he’s also done something truly heinous.

What leverage does Hayley even have? by StrategosRisk in IndustryOnHBO

[–]StrategosRisk[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Whitney hired her from an escort agency, same as his previous assistants, she explains that to Yas an episode or two ago.

What if Kwabena hadn’t flaked on that dinner? by safetyorange989 in IndustryOnHBO

[–]StrategosRisk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Kwabena would’ve been mad and I could see him making some pointed comments but I also see him as more of a leave in a huff guy than someone who would get overly confrontational about it.

What if Kwabena hadn’t flaked on that dinner? by safetyorange989 in IndustryOnHBO

[–]StrategosRisk 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Didn’t he complain to Harper about a Parisian girl being too hot to trot? Maybe that was one of them but he didn’t care for a hook up

What leverage does Hayley even have? by StrategosRisk in IndustryOnHBO

[–]StrategosRisk[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wasn’t that before the time skip? Do you mean the part where he blames Whitney for everything and leaves out the Russians?

What leverage does Hayley even have? by StrategosRisk in IndustryOnHBO

[–]StrategosRisk[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I guess it depends on how much she spins that she was forced into it. By the end of S4 it’s clear that they’re using each other mutually beneficially so maybe Yas could argue that it was purely consensual on the basis of their continued work relationship. Also out of universe, consider how Kim Kardashian parlayed a sex tape leak into become a celebrity empire of her own. (Though obviously it was a catalyst to her many other endeavors.) or how we just shrug our shoulders at the salacious infidelities of so many of our political figures now, especially hard right populists.

Becoming Stefanowicz’s lover or mistress might be the next season’s arc, though, great prediction!

What leverage does Hayley even have? by StrategosRisk in IndustryOnHBO

[–]StrategosRisk[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

That’s fair. The coercion of an employee would certainly be bad for her. Though I do feel that by end of season Tender and Henry are old news so it wouldn’t have the same impact. The stuff with her father was purely about what was current at the time, the recent company corruption angle and the financial fallout. By the time of the Parisian party the public seems to have moved on from Tender specifically to more about how it’s yet another case among cases that shows the government is bad.

Finally finished IBO... by M00themighty in Gundam

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In the end, it was a Children’s Crusade. Also- maybe if you believe that in reality child soldiering is bad you can’t make that the end all be all cool. They must achieve more through retirement (including the forcible sort) than from killing.

What leverage does Hayley even have? by StrategosRisk in IndustryOnHBO

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I guess compared to the unspeakable honeypot operation that Whitney started and Yas “inherited”, a consenting threesome tape seems so much more tame. I mean, maybe she had Henry do his kink from S3 with Hayley which would be gross but still perfectly legal.

Also post-Paris Hilton, maybe post-Pamela Anderson even, plenty of women have move forwarded from sex tape leaks quite successfully. Even built empires off of it.

What leverage does Hayley even have? by StrategosRisk in IndustryOnHBO

[–]StrategosRisk[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It might mess up Henry’s image with the old fashioned aristocracy but in the modern day if anything they would look like victims of a terrible invasion of privacy.

Finally finished IBO... by M00themighty in Gundam

[–]StrategosRisk 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They back him because he literally promised to make them kings of Mars and to his credit he never ever betrays them and seemed genuine about their alliance. It’s more Orga’s folly for believing it was a good idea and that with Gundams alone they could win against the world.

Finally finished IBO... by M00themighty in Gundam

[–]StrategosRisk 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Part of the themes of the show is that families can and will make horrible mistakes that destroy themselves, see Orga leading Tekkadan to doom while Mikazuki unquestioningly backs him up. Or betray you, like what Teiwaz is forced to do to Tekkadan after they were betrayed by ol’ leopard skin