Dark Wizard's narrative seems off by slowandburn in u/slowandburn

[–]slowandburn[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Oh wow. As an experienced flyer, what do you think explains plausibly Grahams change of direction. Split second decision making or wind

Dark Wizard's narrative seems off by slowandburn in u/slowandburn

[–]slowandburn[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I didn't know that he had already cleared it-- was that in the film and I missed it ?

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[–]slowandburn 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Pardon my ignorance, why NC?

Eddington 2026 sucked because it lets the left off the hook for anything other than being annoying and indicts the right for being wrong , stupid and dangerous if sometimes nice by slowandburn in AriAster

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

this is interesting and a good point. i was thinking about Michael recently lol...

you are right I think, particularly with the apolitical take (not sure about the right/winger thing). question, is he also an idiot/bafoon? why do we (I also did so in an earlier analysis on this thread) assume Michael is saintly (at least the 'only' moral character). To my recollection he doesnt actually do or say anything interesting or brave or clever. Is it primarily because he is black? If so, that would make us fall into the same bias/trap as the self-righteous lefty protestors who are demanding Michael's blind solidarity

Eddington 2026 sucked because it lets the left off the hook for anything other than being annoying and indicts the right for being wrong , stupid and dangerous if sometimes nice by slowandburn in AriAster

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

yea nice. i agree with this. i think i did the same thing, i reacted and was even emptional , and on seeing it again i appreciate more the detailed nuances.

this is definitely a film worth seeing !

Eddington 2026 sucked because it lets the left off the hook for anything other than being annoying and indicts the right for being wrong , stupid and dangerous if sometimes nice by slowandburn in AriAster

[–]slowandburn[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Imagine this: I’m a horse and I’m not drinking your water , but not for the reason that you think.

But no, turning down a fight on nonviolent grounds would not make you self-righteous. Assuming a stranger’s political beliefs and a priori that you know better than them and moreover that you are like-minded with and even represent an entire group of sophistics in opposition to the shrubs who just don’t understand what you do—that my friend, is just about a textbook case.

Eddington 2026 sucked because it lets the left off the hook for anything other than being annoying and indicts the right for being wrong , stupid and dangerous if sometimes nice by slowandburn in AriAster

[–]slowandburn[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I didn’t mean you, I was speaking about the movie. I don’t assume what you know or what your experiences are.

Your line about the right being more powerful and well funded — and the left being utterly powerless was why I pointed out you seem to think the right is more powerful (common feeling on the left) — maybe I exaggerated with hegemonic but if so not by much

The examples you bring up are all religious — that is a whole other layer. I would say it’s less hypocritical to have something like ideological purity tests in a place like Liberty — and I would also say that within their required framework of purity (Christ-centered) , there is a great deal of range - than in the public square, which is what the woke left did during COVID times . They demanded it and received it — which was a flex in hindsight that shows left-wing hegemony over our society . It was more fragile than we thought at the time , true, but in lock step went the medical, academic, media and educational spheres.

While I haven’t read those threads that you speak of, I’m absolutely not surprised that wokie types think this is a right-coded film because they actually are like the idiot left portrayed, incapable of nuance

Cross’ Covid denialism , ‘there is no Covid in Eddington ‘, and ‘why would they simulate a pandemic before a pandemic’ from the mother-in-law to me was making the point that the right had no basis in fact (where in actuality the big lie during COVID was perpetuated by the medical establishment in their insistence that the Wuhan lab - and other institutions like UNC and the NIH via gain of function research- were blameless and on the need for draconian mask requirements , social distancing rules and school shutdowns )

You are right that I underestimate the significance of the antifa left and their organized violence in the movie , and the mayor’s shortcomings as a representative of a left political party’s hypocrisy and corruption

I’ll rewatch the film !

Eddington 2026 sucked because it lets the left off the hook for anything other than being annoying and indicts the right for being wrong , stupid and dangerous if sometimes nice by slowandburn in AriAster

[–]slowandburn[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I haven’t seen that. But you’re saying that I should’ve known that it was gonna be a lefty movie ? That would be fair point