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what makes them "look like military"?? imlad Send a noteboard - 09/01/2010 06:15:24 PM
I'm supposed to go see the movie today, so I don't know the answer to that.

Is it the fact that they wear uniforms? Or that they have vehicles and weapons of a warlike nature? Because if it is their use of war-making equipment, then I'd have to say groups like al-Qaeda are military (and no, I am not in any way condoning AQ). My point is, what makes a group a "military" in the first place?

Without seeing the movie, I'm guessing that an argument could be made (and probably has been made somewhere) that the natives on this planet (the ones fighting against the humans at least) are terrorists.

Sure, I guess it says somewhere they are not military, but they sure LOOK LIKE military.

See, I wouldn't mind it so much if the bad guys weren't so lamely one dimentional. My annoyance by the heavy handed politics is blended by the heavier annoyance of the lazy scriptwriting. I'm not asking to have a Ben Linus here but a Doc Octopus would be okay.
Death to the Regressives of the GOP and the TeaParty. No mercy for Conservatives. Burn them all at the stake for the hateful satanists they are.
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Suspension of Disbelief with Politics Dannymac - 05/01/2010 06:46:53 PM 1498 Views
Oh I hear ya! ironclad - 05/01/2010 08:35:38 PM 724 Views
I don't completely agree, but this is similar to everyone retroactively hating Tom Cruise's movies. Zalis - 05/01/2010 08:47:19 PM 744 Views
Which is just as silly, yes. *NM* ironclad - 05/01/2010 08:48:55 PM 343 Views
Who hates Top Gun? That movie R0X0RS! *NM* Tom - 07/01/2010 06:19:48 AM 371 Views
You know, I never understood that LadyLorraine - 07/01/2010 07:28:36 AM 634 Views
What?? Min Rep is fantastic! *NM* ironclad - 07/01/2010 08:19:30 AM 352 Views
*Stands on counter* I am the last Poet Bartender AgentOrange - 07/01/2010 02:08:56 PM 671 Views
I always thought that was just stupid of people (and that includes 3/4 of my family) imlad - 09/01/2010 05:27:41 PM 664 Views
LOL...~hands Dannymac a clue~ damookster - 06/01/2010 04:51:43 AM 871 Views
Just judging him based on what he writes... Dannymac - 06/01/2010 04:17:49 PM 715 Views
the point is... damookster - 06/01/2010 11:25:46 PM 679 Views
talk about needing a clue imlad - 09/01/2010 06:01:14 PM 639 Views
Then read what he writes. I read him every week and he IS a liberal. Cannoli - 09/01/2010 11:45:41 PM 626 Views
Wait...I support same-sex marriage. Just not all that other crap. Tom - 07/01/2010 06:18:40 AM 667 Views
trespasses against persons is subjective. LadyLorraine - 07/01/2010 07:09:22 AM 737 Views
Actually, it isn't. Tom - 07/01/2010 03:46:30 PM 636 Views
ah I wasn't aware you were referring to a legal term LadyLorraine - 07/01/2010 05:37:10 PM 679 Views
Considering that it's made-up BS, why should it be? Cannoli - 09/01/2010 11:01:31 PM 666 Views
what about those not capable of walking away? LadyLorraine - 10/01/2010 03:51:10 AM 597 Views
Who has the right to say a parent is abusing the child, and what prevents abuses the other way? Cannoli - 10/01/2010 09:13:45 AM 822 Views
You are not wrong LadyLorraine - 10/01/2010 04:43:55 PM 654 Views
Re: trespasses against persons is subjective. Cannoli - 09/01/2010 11:12:57 PM 689 Views
but it is wrong to deny the legal ramifications of marriage LadyLorraine - 10/01/2010 04:19:02 AM 780 Views
Civics & economics 101 Cannoli - 10/01/2010 08:47:07 AM 770 Views
okay, I can agree on your points LadyLorraine - 10/01/2010 05:14:32 PM 573 Views
That's not Economics 101. That's practically Anarcho-capitalism. Ghavrel - 13/01/2010 11:54:22 PM 639 Views
Duh. Cannoli - 14/01/2010 03:00:56 AM 632 Views
The existence of that right isn't what I'm arguing. Ghavrel - 18/01/2010 09:01:07 AM 626 Views
Re: The existence of that right isn't what I'm arguing. Cannoli - 18/01/2010 11:57:33 AM 933 Views
Apaprently I misread your earlier post. Very good points. *NM* Ghavrel - 19/01/2010 01:17:01 AM 327 Views
I'll agree to the trespass against persons imlad - 09/01/2010 06:07:29 PM 699 Views
What bullshit you write. Tom - 10/01/2010 01:30:02 AM 606 Views
He's such a parody of himself, one wonders if he's not a fake identity created by rightists. *NM* LiterateDog - 10/01/2010 05:14:31 AM 340 Views
uhm...nothing in nature shares with all. LadyLorraine - 10/01/2010 05:28:04 AM 660 Views
So what you're saying is people shouldn't take movies to heart ? AgentOrange - 06/01/2010 01:39:21 PM 688 Views
That's just the point. Dannymac - 06/01/2010 04:15:48 PM 779 Views
Precisely *NM* ironclad - 06/01/2010 04:45:58 PM 361 Views
indeed. they are not "soldiers" LadyLorraine - 07/01/2010 07:12:32 AM 645 Views
that's a weasel script AgentOrange - 07/01/2010 09:55:13 AM 653 Views
well, it seems like it was less "lazy script writing" LadyLorraine - 07/01/2010 05:38:35 PM 628 Views
huh. Well, my hunch would be AgentOrange - 07/01/2010 10:34:35 PM 755 Views
what makes them "look like military"?? imlad - 09/01/2010 06:15:24 PM 712 Views
arguing the natives as terrorists would be a stretch *NM* LadyLorraine - 09/01/2010 10:39:13 PM 341 Views
guessing you've seen it by now AgentOrange - 10/01/2010 12:48:57 PM 575 Views
AMEN *NM* imlad - 09/01/2010 06:09:27 PM 315 Views
if the foo shits, wear it *NM* imlad - 09/01/2010 06:08:11 PM 368 Views
I completely disagree with you about Avatar. Tom - 06/01/2010 02:18:22 PM 746 Views
would you have felt better if they were albino aliens? LadyLorraine - 07/01/2010 07:16:20 AM 644 Views
You really have a habit of missing the point of my posts in the name of snide remarks. Tom - 07/01/2010 03:47:36 PM 709 Views
Yes well, it's a habit I picked up from the rest of the posters. LadyLorraine - 07/01/2010 05:41:51 PM 749 Views
It's just simplistic. Like a Disney movie, but no songs. What really bugs me is that the Company beetnemesis - 08/01/2010 08:48:32 AM 728 Views
Yeah, I liked The Neverending Story better. Tom - 08/01/2010 01:41:37 PM 654 Views
You know what it is for me... Jeordam - 06/01/2010 07:37:10 PM 755 Views
That's understandable LadyLorraine - 07/01/2010 07:25:23 AM 634 Views
That's totally what it is, hah beetnemesis - 08/01/2010 08:57:10 AM 766 Views
See...that's where I'm different. Jeordam - 08/01/2010 03:33:30 PM 642 Views
I suppose the lesson is to not read about celebrities' politics? beetnemesis - 08/01/2010 06:22:10 PM 531 Views
But that's kind of the point... Jeordam - 08/01/2010 06:51:05 PM 640 Views
Uh oh, you used the "c" word... Dannymac - 08/01/2010 07:47:40 PM 746 Views
I hate it when you sound like an actual preacher LadyLorraine - 08/01/2010 10:03:28 PM 653 Views
Aw, I liked some of those sentences. Ghavrel - 08/01/2010 11:07:15 PM 597 Views
Isn't that a Bible quote? *NM* Legolas - 09/01/2010 12:33:51 AM 345 Views
I guess maybe from an epistle? *NM* Ghavrel - 09/01/2010 02:44:36 AM 323 Views
Yup, Romans 8:31 Darth_Katie - 09/01/2010 11:36:46 PM 548 Views
it's not that it was bad LadyLorraine - 09/01/2010 01:01:21 AM 711 Views
That seems like a pretty dangerous philosophy. Gher - 09/01/2010 06:24:35 AM 710 Views
Agreed. It also sounds absurd. I have +2 Armor of Christ. How about you? *NM* Tom - 10/01/2010 06:42:24 PM 327 Views
he he *NM* LadyLorraine - 11/01/2010 12:20:26 AM 299 Views
Maybe a little. Dannymac - 11/01/2010 06:06:24 AM 752 Views
I like your philosophy. Thanks for sharing! *NM* Darth_Katie - 11/01/2010 03:08:09 PM 295 Views
Ok, so apart from political subtexts, Mad Cow Bomber - 07/01/2010 05:40:28 AM 661 Views
You have to admire the world building though LadyLorraine - 07/01/2010 07:27:13 AM 575 Views
Both of you are more or less right beetnemesis - 08/01/2010 08:59:34 AM 596 Views
He DID write the original screenplay, I thought? LadyLorraine - 08/01/2010 10:04:07 PM 603 Views
And why is it that anyone who can <spoilers!> beetnemesis - 08/01/2010 09:03:45 AM 863 Views
Exactly! *Same spoilers ^he^ had. Gher - 08/01/2010 04:59:16 PM 660 Views
You're looking at it from the outsider point of view LadyLorraine - 08/01/2010 10:12:15 PM 642 Views
I don't buy it. Gher - 09/01/2010 06:29:07 AM 670 Views
Especially with the warrior tribe mentality they all have! beetnemesis - 10/01/2010 08:25:57 PM 533 Views
if there were all these hotshot warriors trying LadyLorraine - 11/01/2010 12:22:19 AM 615 Views
Poor scriptwriting *NM* Gher - 11/01/2010 12:56:24 AM 306 Views
oh come on LadyLorraine - 11/01/2010 01:00:40 AM 658 Views
Gher's right. It's Plot convinience, with a capital P *NM* AgentOrange - 13/01/2010 09:42:07 PM 311 Views
Re: Exactly! *Same spoilers ^he^ had. ironclad - 09/01/2010 01:27:59 PM 831 Views
It's pretty easy to conquer one of those things beetnemesis - 10/01/2010 08:27:20 PM 836 Views
Re: It's pretty easy to conquer one of those things ironclad - 10/01/2010 08:56:38 PM 605 Views
seriously LadyLorraine - 11/01/2010 12:23:58 AM 572 Views
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