oh yeah I also came across a movie called “CyberTracker” (1994) recently. It sounds pretty cyberpunk but def low-budget, I haven’t watched it.

• See it free on DailyMotion: https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x98enpm
• Looks like it has a sequel, kek: https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x98ephs

In the future, Eric Anthony Phillips is the head of the Secret Service detachment assigned to protect Senator Bob Dilly (John Aprea). Senator Dilly is a champion of the recently implemented Computerized Judicial System (Computerized Justice for short), a product of Cybercore Industry, that uses data as evidence to determine the guilt of accused criminals, then carries out the sentence using cyborg executioners called “Trackers” (Maniaci). However, the more Phillips learns about Dilly and the Cybercore’s ruthless plans, the more uncomfortable he becomes…

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CyberTracker_(film)

Hmmm… I started watching OtherLife (2017) the other day… it’s more of a techno-thriller than cyberpunk tho… But it does have evil corporates and evil government types… you can see it free here: https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x93okqm

It’s kind of meh, but if you’re in the mood for something Inception-like, you might dig it.

OtherLife is a 2017 Australian science fiction thriller film directed by Ben C. Lucas. It stars Jessica De Gouw as the co-founder of OtherLife, a company that developed a form of biological virtual reality. When her business partner, played by T.J. Power, insists she license it for unethical use, she struggles to retain control of her invention with the help of her lover…

edit: oops forgot this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OtherLife

The funny thing is reading the source article, when Trump had the same procedure, he didn’t make Pence the acting president because he didn’t trust Pence with presidential powers for even an hour.

This is a pretty horrible movie in terms of acting, plot, realism, special effects, etc. The one redeeming value is the following. Apparently it was made with the support of the local chapter of the Japan Karate Association, a “traditional” shotokan karate organization known for the rigor and quality-control of its training. So every once in a while you’ll see people doing karate moves that clearly demonstrate they’ve spent years of practice on them.

This is a great time for European labs to advertise any open positions.

Mother Nature is a prankster. She was just having a little fun.

I wasn’t defending Imperial Germany. I was saying anti-semitism was a problem in France too.

fwiw she briefly had presidential powers a couple years ago when Biden was sedated for a medical procedure. Source.

She seems fun, but her outfit screams: “hippie girl who found her mom’s old ballroom gown.” Nothing wrong with that, but this is the Mother of Harlots who plans to be summoning demons. What if you call up Beelzebub and he’s like: “Really? I’m going to tear you to shreds just for wearing that Marge Simpson necklace.”

It was Halloween, so maybe “insufferable asshole” was their costume.

This was pre-WWI. Not sure how anti-semitism compared in Germany and France during this era, but there was plenty of anti-semitism in France as demonstrated by the riots during the Dreyfus Affair.

Remember those people who caught covid and were put on ventilators while denying that they had covid? When bad things happen to Trump supporters they’ll just deny it or blame it on someone else.

Right now, I wish “my side” had a masterful politician and propagandist…

This was a “Fuck YOU, in particular” sent right at Harris.

hmm… I think a “fuck you” would be if people went to the polls and wrote in someone else. This was more of a “meh” sent right at Harris… they couldn’t even be bothered to vote.

I firmly believe it was a combination of her race and male voters’ unwillingness to vote for a woman under any circumstances.

I suspect that this played a large part, but the tricky thing is: how do we confirm this? We can’t just poll people, bc they’ll rarely admit it. We can’t compare the performance of congressional candidates because people likely hold the presidency to a different standard. To make things even more complicated, Harris is mixed-race - and Americans are notoriously bad at studying that. And what do we do with the results of these studies? Clearly we still want to nominate qualified people regardless of gender or race.

Political scientists and historians will spend years analyzing the causes and significance of this election. My focus is more immediate. Although the data are imperfect and incomplete, I will offer preliminary answers…

To his credit, the writer explicitly warns us that this is a hot take and is almost certainly wrong.

Hey I’m really sorry to hear about your dog. It must be tough knowing that it’s coming.

Yeah at one point his parents are like: “Bob, you got a letter from some guy in New England… do you know a Howard Phillips Lovecraft?”

D’Onofrio is one hell of an actor – he played Private Pyle in Full Metal Jacket, The Kingpin in a Daredevil TV show, and was co-lead on one of those Law & Order shows. He does an OK job here, but tbh I only watched the first half then I got distracted and never finished it.

Hey, it wasn’t that bad. It was definitely TV-movie quality in terms of plot and dialogue, but the basic idea was great and the aesthetic was cool, especially the cars, the clothes, and Amanda Seyfried’s look. Yeah, Justin Timberlake’s acting was distracting, and Seyfried’s wasn’t that much better. I bet if they’d got a better leading man and a top-notch director, they could have made a classic. As it is, the movie made a pretty good profit, so I’m not the only one who thought it was all right.