Also, Hitler had to declare a state if emergency to gain the absolute power the Supreme Court has just handed to the US president.

Suffice it to say, something lile this is impossible now in Germany. The justices of our highest court, the Bindesverfassungsgericht, can only hold the job for 12 years and can be no older than 68. They are also always equally voted in by two different branches of the government and need a two thirds majority for any decision.

Our democracy isn’t without faults, but this is probably our strongest bulwark against another descent into facsism.

Some of you may die, but that’s a risk I’m willing to take!

That’s still very early stages, there’s no reason why he shouldn’t do a movie in the meantime.

Plus, a lot of them got Covid without a vacchine and that disease attacks your nervous system and can shave of between 3 to 6 IQ points with each infection. So they are likely even dumber now than they were before Covid.

Fun fact: Biden is actually too old to be a boomer. So is Trump.

Oh, don’t worry, most European countries are on their way to become just as shitty as the US.

I still remember being dissappointed by the US when Bush became president. Then horrified when Trump won. Now I’m just scared and depressed.

There are plenty of great moments in the trilogy, but that one always gives me goosebumps.

This the moment the tide turns for Saruman, and by extension, Sauron.

The campaign of the first one is pretty short (once you figured out good strategies for your people’s survival).

Fascism is the logical endpoint of capitalism. Just look up the largest German companies, then what they did between 1933 and 1945.

He also merged with Deadpool for a few minutes after both where turned into soup. https://static1.srcdn.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Logan-Deadpool-Gross-Hybrid-in-Wolverine-23.jpg

The rich will be fine for a bit longer. But once economies collapse, even their money will be worthless. How long until their private security people realize who holds the real power?

From a world power to needing soldiers from North Korea to keep a war running. Russia has proven to be a joke of a country. Not a good one though.

You can strike out Blade. Just lost another director and is firmly stuck in development hell. Rumour has it Mahershala Ali has also rejected a script that had him be a side character in his own movie, as a mentor for a bunch of teenage vampire hunters.

I mean, TV series have pretty much become that. I just wish there were more mini-series that are self-contained instead of promising stories fizzling out by season 5 or getting canceled prematurely.

Yes, by Saruman who tried to create a new Mordor.

I get why it’s not in the movies, but all the hobbits turning into absolute badasses after their homes are threatened was amazing to read.

The Shire was unprotected. Sauron is not going to waltz up to one of the last Elven strongholds because someone speaks Mordor. But he might send a bunch of orcs when someone uses it in the middle of nowhere all of a sudden.

Drug abuse is a family tradition!

I’m waiting till the modders have fixed the more glaring issues, as usual.

That’s just a symptom. We’d get other slop if it wasn’t for Star Wars and Marvel. Hollywood only knows how to make mega-expensive movies anymore, that are watered down and derivative because they have to cater to the biggest possible audience to recoup investment. Unfortunately, audiences also have a lot more content to choose from, for less money.