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The Deluge - (1974 movie)

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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0072021/

A military man of small renown and great skill is swept up into a conflict that engulfs his nation in war, driving a wedge between himself, his people and his love.

A movie the likes of which I've never seen and doubt I ever will again.

aka Potop (.pol)
Based on The Deluge - (1886 book), by Henryk Sienkiewicz
- This is the second of the three book series colloquially called "The Trilogy".
Recommended by The Most Realistic Sword Duel in Movie History, by Skallagrim
- Personally I was thinking of The Princess Bride - (1987 movie).

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Hol Food

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https://holfood.com/

A meal replacement beverage.

The cocoa version is like drinking chocolate ice cream, including the gummy mouth feel afterwards. It's definitely only a "treat" and not a meal replacement.

The vanilla has a definite flavor but is definitely tame. It also suffers from the mouth feel problem, which I think would be a problem for narration and singing.

See Soylent for a lot of notes which also apply to this product.

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Robocop - (2014 movie)

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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1234721/
http://www.robocop.com/

A police officer almost dies in the course of duty, but is converted into a cyborg.

When it came out I was given the impression that it would be bad, especially compared to the original, but it was fair. Not good, but fair.

A remake of RoboCop - (1987 movie)

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Dark Phoenix - (2019 movie)

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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6565702/
https://www.foxmovies.com/movies/dark-phoenix

Some sort of school for not-superheroes is heroic, but one of them becomes less heroic, requiring HERoism.

Bland.

aka X-Men: Dark Phoenix

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G.I. Joe - Retaliation - (2013 movie)

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G.I. Joe - Retaliation - (2013 movie) poster

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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1583421/

An elite enemy group infiltrates the presidency of the United States, and initiates a plan to force the world into disarmament and submission.

A standard American action movie™ of no note.

Properly titled G.I. Joe: Retaliation
Based on the G.I. Joe toy / cartoon franchise.
In association with Hasbro.
Continues from G.I. Joe - The Rise of Cobra - (2009 movie)

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Avengers - Endgame - (2019 movie)

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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4154796/
https://www.marvel.com/movies/avengers-endgame

An unlikely time-traveler reappears to help defeat a warlord who had unmade half the population of Earth five years ago.

Meh.

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Blue Yeti Nano

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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.bluedesigns.com/products/yeti-nano/

A high quality budget microphone.

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Shazam! - (2019 movie)

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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0448115/
http://www.shazammovie.com/

A dying wizard impacts his power ring to a new green lantern to a random kid, to stop the seven deadly sins.

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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6721356/
http://www.destinythegame.com/

Aliens come to ruin an already-ruined earth.. which also already has aliens.

Quite an excellent game.

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Get Shorty - (1995 movie)

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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0113161/

After meeting people trying to make it big in Hollywood movies, a criminal weans himself off of his old life to try it for himself.

Maybe it's because I saw it "back in the day", but even after re-watching it I still really like it.

based on Get Shorty - (1990 book), by Elmore Leonard

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