I'd give it 6.5/10, maybe 7 if I'm generous. I enjoyed both Troy and Clash of the Titans more.

The good:

-The Agamemnon scenes were cool, very Darth Vader-esque

-some good dramatic build up and tense moments

-some good ocean/storm scenes that feel quite immersive

The bad:

-The "non-linear" story telling was weird

-many scenes were too dimly lit and very plain

-costumes, sets, casting, dialog, and acting didn't really evoke a particular historical period or culture or a people... it felt like a bunch of modern people just dressed up in generic ancient looking stuff for a Halloween party or something. Seemed more like a play than a movie at times. Did not transport me to deep antiquity.

-monsters weren't that well done

-some of the action went on too long, could have been edited down a lot

-Greek gods poorly done

-contrary to what others say, the music wasn't even that good as a whole. Lots of cheap cliche intensity build up noise.

-repetitive

-Troy seemed kind of small

To be fair the movie got better towards the end so I didn't get bored or want to leave the theater. I suppose it would be worth it for some entertainment but it doesn't deserve so much praise. It felt more like a TV series quality type of thing. Would definitely not watch a second time.

Don't expect some masterpiece like Lord of the Rings or something, just average entertainment.

We get it you all love Hong, you all want her as governors. But this incessant behavior that she is destined to win is getting ridiculous.

There is so much mud slinging and hate bashing getting thrown at the other candidates, it’s so tiring.

Why can’t we have honestly discussions on how we can get people to vote period. Or expand the base into the broader political landscape of Wisconsin. I see so many comment complaining about why certain candidates that are polling low are even running. Shouldn’t everyone have a chance to run?

let the dislikes shower me.

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seeing this video just made me realise one thing

yeah india isnt perfect and if govt or police does something wrong they should be questioned 100% no excuses

but we still got so much in our hands we can protest we can speak we can criticize we can vote governments out we can keep asking questions and demand accountability

instead of saying everything is over maybe we should use our rights we have and actually fight for whats right support peaceful protests hold people in power accountable no matter which party it is

if we stop using those rights then one day we might actually lose them

lets not waste what we still have

I pray for all the honest student protestors and all the others who actually stood for the right cause and got injured during these protests i pray for your and your family's well being may y'all get all the positive energy in this world

Love y'all

Vinayak Damodar Savarkar was sentenced to two life terms (50 years) in the notorious Cellular Jail of the Andaman Islands. He endured solitary confinement, forced manual labor extracting oil, and inhuman torture, yet he continued writing his revolutionary ideas on prison walls.

Will these anti - national, anti - Hindu people care about my child! And even if they do, will they do any good!! 🙏🙏 I don't want it, brother !! This is India!! We won't let it become a cheap Nepal, Bangladesh, or Pakistan. You can be anti - BJP, but don't be anti - national. 🙏

Será que seria apenas uma mera coincidência?

Ja, ich bin da mal ganz offen: Obdachlose, Junkies, Langzeitarbeitslose, gewalttätige und bereits vorbestrafte Jugendliche / Erwachsene.

Obdachlose und Junkies am Bahnhof, offensichtliches Dealen auf offener Straße, Konsum am hellichten Tag. Da muss doch mal durchgegriffen werden, ich verstehe das nicht. Ich gehe arbeiten und zahle Steuern und der Staat hat hier absolut gar nichts im Griff.
Ich habe keinen Bock auf Gewalt. Ich habe Angst das ein random Idiot etwas unüberlegtes tut wie es leider sehr oft passiert.

Warum werden strafmündige gewalttätige Jugendliche und Erwachsene auf Bewährung rausgelassen? Was soll der Blödsinn mit zweiter Chance? Wir haben ein Rechtssystem und das ist selbst in „einfacher Sprache“ verständlich. Vieles davon ist normaler Menschenverstand. Wenn jemand keinen Bock darauf hat und anderen schadet dann ab in den Knast. Punkt.
Jugendliche haben Eltern, da kann man dann hin und die zur Rechenschaft ziehen. Die Strafunmündigkeit unter 14 ist doch ein Witz an dieser Stelle und funktioniert nicht.

Obdachlose, wie kann das überhaupt gehen? „Durchs Raster gefallen“ - fuck you - das Finanzamt lässt mich nicht durchs Raster fallen. Aber Menschen fallen durchs Raster? In diesem Sozialstaat? Really? Wer ist so dumm und glaubt sowas? Warum werden die Leute nicht in eine Unterkunft gebracht?

Es gibt Orte in der Stadt die sind einfach nicht sicher bzw. nicht so sicher wie die „guten Gegenden“. Wenn ich in einer Stadt wohne will ich keine Angst haben von einem random Dude in die Gleise gezerrt zu werden. Ich will nicht am Bahngleis abgestochen werden. Ich will in jedem Stadtteil, an jeder Haltestelle sicher verweilen können.

Alle halten sich immer weniger an Regeln, die Toleranzschwelle wird immer höher.
Schwarz gefahren? Strafe.
Jemanden verprügelt: Knast
Beide Beispiele treten nicht mehr ein und es wird immer mit Mitleid, mit Geduld und „anderen Maßnahmen“ gearbeitet. Das funktioniert nicht.

Meine unbeliebte Meinung: Mehr Strafen, mehr Sanktionen, mehr Motivation sich an die Regeln zu halten. Weniger Toleranz!

Cheesus why do antis act like freaking vegans now, literal new breed of cancer

Great article showing the parallel to the communists infiltration of the Labour Party in the 80s and 90s and the DSA today.

Here is the DSAs platform - read it yourself:

https://program.dsausa.org/

- it calls for:

1. abolishing the police and prison system
2. giving voting rights to non-citizens
3. blames NATO for the war in Ukraine, wants to abolish it
4. wants to abolish the senate

A few quotes:

1. In their vision - “Food, education, energy, medicine, and transportation aren’t for-profit businesses;”
2. “It’s been said that it’s easier to imagine the end of the world than it is to imagine the end of capitalism. But just because it isn’t easy to imagine now doesn’t mean we shouldn’t try to make it happen.”

This isn’t a call for Norway or Sweden, this is an explicit call for communism and is a complete fantasy in the US. As the article highlights, communists form a majority of the DSAs governing body.

Sarah mentioned in one of her last focus group podcasts, that she was surprised that Trump hasn’t pivoted to a different economic message - it’s clear the GOP is hoping the DSA hand delivers them the negative polarization they need. The message is a failing one, the DSA remains overwhelmingly privileged, educated, wealthy. More importantly, the democratic party is just a vessel for them to attain power - the moment the DSA has any semblance of control, all liberalism will go out the window - MAGA 2.0.

edit: the bulwark is about the pro-democracy movement, communism is not only fundamentally opposed to that movement - in the US it is super unpopular, making fighting MAGA harder.

You can be a social democrat and support democrats, it’s really easy to see how the DSA and its platform hurt democrats chances to win - anyone in an even slightly purple state can see it. The smart thing to do would be to disavow the DSA and its platform and advocate for social democratic policies within the Democratic Party. If you don’t care about democrats winning, then that proves my point about excising you from the party.

edit 2: lol now we have different users spamming the same comment, what is this botting? People coordinating messages in discord? I have a screenshot - funny stuff.

Vinayak Damodar Savarkar was sentenced to two life terms (50 years) in the notorious Cellular Jail of the Andaman Islands. He endured solitary confinement, forced manual labor extracting oil, and inhuman torture, yet he continued writing his revolutionary ideas on prison walls.

Tank diff in 5v5 is just too often too much to overcome. And that tank counterswapping. 2-2-2 gives a lot more flexibility to comps. Forget the 1-3-2. 3 DPS and one tank is gimmicky. Tanks aren’t raid bosses anymore. I’m for it.

They are really trying to brush this one off… but killing 168 school children and teachers in Iran is probably a war crime. Cause if Iran launched missiles at a childrens school in America then its 1000% a war crime.

Hey all

Looking to vote with my wallet to support companies that I align more with. What are some OSR companies that are progressive?

Note: If you don’t care about this or are here to declare your “anti-wokeness”. Cool. You do you.

I divorced my ex/late wife around 9 years. I was unhappy in the marriage and it wasn't working out. She was a very career driven person and that ended up leaving me with all the childcare. At most, she was a paycheck and nothing else. She would travel for business 2/3 of the month, and when she was back, she didn't do shit. She was the fun parent, alwasy came back with something cool and then disappeared. It was a common argument of me asking her to get a new job even if it paid less. I had my own career that made a decent living so never being home wasn't worth it. I felt like a single parent and I had enough.

So I divorced her when the kids were 14, 15, and 17. The kids didn't take it very well, and the divorce between her and me was rough.

In the end, I kept the house and had more custody of the kids. After my ex-wife sprialed. She had to cut down on her work hours to be present when she had custody of the kids and she got into a bad relationship. She basically made it her life goal to poison the kids against me. Everything was my fault. I got my two youngest to go to therapy but overall they refused to talk to the therapist. My oldest was already 18/19 when this was happening.

When my ex-wife lost her job around 4 years since the divorce she spiral and fell into drugs. (she had some history when she was younger) She soon OD'd. My kids were 18, 19 & 21.

They blame me for her passing. I tried to get them to go to grief counseling, but they were all legally adults, and they wouldn't go.

I started dating my soon-to-be wife around 3 years ago. My kids have been nasty to her and they say I am replacing the wife I "Killed". I recently proposed to her and we are planning the wedding. I told my kids and they are pissed. They told me that they will not suport it and will not come to the wedding.

I informed them if they do not come I will be cutting them off fiancially. They were pissed and claimed I was trying to control them and I told them no, but this will have consequences, and I am tried of how they act. That they are adults and it is not my fault their mother passed.

They called me a lot of names and we are not talking. I need an opinion. My family doesn't like the kids in general and refers to them as brats so I can't really ask them

The kids are right now 23, 24, & 26