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The Revolution Will Not Be Televised - (2003 movie)

2018-05-14

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Real Venezuela has never been tried.

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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0363510/
http://www.vitagraphfilms.com/films.htm

In Venezuela, when a democratically-elected socialist starts ruining the fourth largest oil industry in the world, using socialism, effort is made to initiate a regime change.

It begins as a pro-communist propaganda piece on how socialism didn't do nothin' wrong and real communism has never been tried. It gets good later on, as there are legitimate concerns actually being shown.

Feel free to look at this and compare it to current (2017-2018) reactions to United States president Donald Trump, because it will make your head explode.

You can thank events featured around this time, and the fucktardedness that followed, for plunging 90% of the population into poverty.. and I'm not exaggerating. This is the wealth-generation of socialism.

aka Chávez: Inside the Coup

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Futureworld - (1976 movie)

2018-05-11

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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074559/

After a disaster, a pleasure theme park re-opens with a new population of robots.

Although this one has held up well, it does show its age. It's still spectacularly well-made, and especially well-written.

Continues from Westworld - (1973 movie)
Continued with Beyond Westworld - (1980 show)
- I couldn't find it offhand.
Its precursor movie was rebooted into Westworld - (2016 show)
Invasion of the Body Snatchers - (1956 movie) has a similar theme.

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Westworld - (2016 show)

2018-05-11

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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0475784/
https://www.hbo.com/westworld

Nothing could possibly go wrong in an amusement park populated by robots.

A reboot of Westworld - (1973 movie)

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Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil - (1997 movie)

2018-05-10

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Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil - (1997 movie) poster

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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119668/

A reporter goes to a small odd town for one story, but a local murder changes his interests.

Though adequate, I didn't finish it; this isn't my sort of movie.

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Westworld - (1973 movie)

2018-05-07

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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070909/

Nothing could possibly go wrong in an amusement park populated by robots.

A good-ish movie, which must have been spectacular at the time because of its original themes and spectacular presentation. It holds up very well over the few centuries since its release.

Continues with Futureworld - (1976 movie)
Rebooted into Westworld - (2016 show)

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Eraser - (1996 movie)

2018-05-06

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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116213/

An agent of the witness protection program "erases" people so they can hide while awaiting their court testimony, but one proceeding has powerful interests.

An adequate-enough movie for its era.

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Lost in Space - (2018 show)

2018-05-05

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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5232792/
http://www.netflix.com/title/80104198

A family is lost in space.

Inspired by Lost in Space - (1965 show)

Lost in Space - season 1 notes

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Wonderstruck - (2017 movie)

2018-05-04

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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5208216/

Something about a boy in the 70s wandering around and a girl from earlier who also wandered around because reasons and things happen but they're not exciting so just give this a miss.

I don't know what the fuck these people were thinking, but this is beyond confusing and awful.