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The Tomorrow War

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  • JollyJ Jolly

    Well, Gonzo, have you seen the movie?

    Doctor PhibesD Online
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    Doctor Phibes
    wrote on last edited by
    #8

    @jolly said in The Tomorrow War:

    Well, Gonzo, have you seen the movie?

    My guess is I've probably seen it about 15 times over the last couple of decades.

    I was only joking

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      Jolly
      wrote on last edited by
      #9

      Perhaps.

      I don't hold movies to the standard of Great Art. I want to be entertained and I don't want to overthink every sentence of dialogue or every nuance of plot.

      I found the movie entertaining on the summer theater/pocorn munching level. If you don't find it to be your cup of tea, then you have many more options.

      “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

      Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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      • Doctor PhibesD Online
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        Doctor Phibes
        wrote on last edited by Doctor Phibes
        #10

        Don't get me wrong, I'm pretty sure I'll watch it - it looks like fun.

        I was only joking

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        • MikM Mik

          Mighty prickly lately, they are. I wonder what they are sensitive about?

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          #11

          @mik said in The Tomorrow War:

          Mighty prickly lately, they are.

          And Jolly: "Said the nation . . . "

          Y'all cool your jets. This wasn't 'the nation', are you serious? It was one guy, not exactly yer genius. What he or she said was too profoundly stupid to even react to.

          Success is measured by your discipline and inner peace. – Mike Ditka

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          • Catseye3C Catseye3

            @mik said in The Tomorrow War:

            Mighty prickly lately, they are.

            And Jolly: "Said the nation . . . "

            Y'all cool your jets. This wasn't 'the nation', are you serious? It was one guy, not exactly yer genius. What he or she said was too profoundly stupid to even react to.

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            Jolly
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            #12

            @catseye3 said in The Tomorrow War:

            @mik said in The Tomorrow War:

            Mighty prickly lately, they are.

            And Jolly: "Said the nation . . . "

            Y'all cool your jets. This wasn't 'the nation', are you serious? It was one guy, not exactly yer genius. What he or she said was too profoundly stupid to even react to.

            Uh, ma'am...Nothing is put out by that portion of the media without the CCP screening and approving it.

            “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

            Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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            • George KG George K

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              Loki
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              @george-k said in The Tomorrow War:

              I swear social media is accelerating the rise of defective thinking. People used to fail tests, be told to shut up and weren’t hired for jobs when they thought this way. Now it’s just the beginning of a viral launch.

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              • Doctor PhibesD Online
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                Doctor Phibes
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                #14

                The sad thing is that most Chinese people have most likely only heard about one collapsed apartment building in the last few years. The one in America, not the countless disasters in PRC.

                I was only joking

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                • Doctor PhibesD Online
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                  Doctor Phibes
                  wrote on last edited by Doctor Phibes
                  #15

                  I'm watching the movie now.

                  What. A. Load. Of. Bollocks.

                  Rambo meets Alien, but without the sophisticated story-line.

                  I was only joking

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                  • JollyJ Offline
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                    #16

                    It's a summer SF action adventure movie. Hamlet it ain't. But, c'mon man! It's not that horrible...

                    “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                    Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                    • JollyJ Jolly

                      It's a summer SF action adventure movie. Hamlet it ain't. But, c'mon man! It's not that horrible...

                      Doctor PhibesD Online
                      Doctor PhibesD Online
                      Doctor Phibes
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                      #17

                      @jolly said in The Tomorrow War:

                      It's a summer SF action adventure movie. Hamlet it ain't. But, c'mon man! It's not that horrible...

                      My son is giving me a big lecture on how it wasn't that bad, too. But he watches all kind of shit.

                      I was only joking

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                      • AxtremusA Away
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                        Axtremus
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                        #18

                        The premise is that they need bodies to go to the frontline. Statistically, you’d figure four to five times more Chinese would get sent than Americans as the current population count is 1.444 billion Chinese nationals vs. 333 million US nationals.

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                          Jolly
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                          Don't forget, they also need to be dead before their arrival time.

                          “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                          Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                          • JollyJ Jolly

                            Don't forget, they also need to be dead before their arrival time.

                            AxtremusA Away
                            AxtremusA Away
                            Axtremus
                            wrote on last edited by
                            #20

                            @jolly said in The Tomorrow War:

                            Don't forget, they also need to be dead before their arrival time.

                            You‘re saying the Chinese nationals live longer than the US nationals? Life expectancy statistics generally do not support that.

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                            • Doctor PhibesD Online
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                              Doctor Phibes
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                              #21

                              The implication was that the whole world was supplying soldiers, it’s just they didn’t show anybody else.

                              I was only joking

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                                LuFins Dad
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                                I’ve got to side with Phibes on this. We turned it off an hour into it.

                                It’s like they decided to mash up Independance Day, Edge of Tomorrow, and Interstellar…

                                The Brad

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                                • Doctor PhibesD Online
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                                  Doctor Phibes
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                                  #23

                                  Having thought about it a bit, the disappointment for me was the lack of humour. It was a waste of Chris Pratt. Fighting ridiculous aliens from the future should not be a serious business.

                                  I was only joking

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                                    #24

                                    Audience score at Rotten Tomatoes is 80%. IMDB gives it a 6.7 score.

                                    “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                                    Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                                      LuFins Dad
                                      wrote on last edited by
                                      #25

                                      It was like watching a SyFy production with a bigger budget. I know that they have already approved 2 more, but ugh. I suppose I will power through the second half one night…

                                      The Brad

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                                        Copper
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                                        #26

                                        Why didn't they just send a Terminator back?

                                        Problem solved.

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                                          Ah-nuld wasn't available.😊

                                          Some interesting figures...Amazon paid somewhere around $200M for this movie and it was the most watched premiere on any streaming service. Therefore, sequels.

                                          They are currently poised to spend $1B on a multi-year LOTR series.

                                          The big money is coming out to play.

                                          “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                                          Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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