The Billionaire Problem, Black Panther Makes History, SCOTUS Allows Ban, & Crisis in Venezuela.
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Date: 2019-11-01
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Nerozumim
Ok, the ending of the Avengers film was spectacular and bold, but the movie as a whole relied way too much on spectators having seen many previous scenes of multiple film series. Black Panther stood well as a whole film. But really to think that a mostly black cast featured in such a megablockbuster film has no cultural signification would be ignorant. It's not about Hollywood guilt or anything like that. There just has never been yet a movie celebrating african culture to that level yet in history. By african culture', that sounds like way too much an overlap, but yet each tribe in Black Panther represent motifs of different african people. This information isn't detailed but those who know will recognizes which african people is represented by which character or motif. Basically it's a big mashup but it is a celebration of African culture as a whole behind the science fiction. Academy awards are trying to honor films of cultural importance, at least mostly from a Western Classical Hollywood perspective (people who think Academy Awards are too intellectual have no idea about Cannes or Mostra. I am not sure any other recent Marvel film is as culturally significant as Black Panther, apart from Iron Man because it launched their aesthetic. As for older superheroes movies, well Christopher Nolan was snubbed as best director for The Dark Knight, but the film was nominated in many categories and won two. I don't think Black Panther will win anyway. The visuals are great but the drama is too overblown. It is the The Empire Strikes Back of 2018, so it will win in similar categories as that film won in 1981. I think if Bohemian Rapsody wins (at least it's not in the best director category, it's in great part because the music is really good (imagine the kids hearing it for the first time, and people just love Freddy Mercury and his life was special. I mean you can still make a dud film with all that and people will lean toward you because they love the topic.
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Ok, the ending of the Avengers film was spectacular and bold, but the movie as a whole relied way too much on spectators having seen many previous scenes of multiple film series. Black Panther stood well as a whole film. But really to think that a mostly black cast featured in such a megablockbuster film has no cultural signification would be ignorant. It's not about Hollywood guilt or anything like that. There just has never been yet a movie celebrating african culture to that level yet in history. By african culture', that sounds like way too much an overlap, but yet each tribe in Black Panther represent motifs of different african people. This information isn't detailed but those who know will recognizes which african people is represented by which character or motif. Basically it's a big mashup but it is a celebration of African culture as a whole behind the science fiction. Academy awards are trying to honor films of cultural importance, at least mostly from a Western Classical Hollywood perspective (people who think Academy Awards are too intellectual have no idea about Cannes or Mostra. I am not sure any other recent Marvel film is as culturally significant as Black Panther, apart from Iron Man because it launched their aesthetic. As for older superheroes movies, well Christopher Nolan was snubbed as best director for The Dark Knight, but the film was nominated in many categories and won two. I don't think Black Panther will win anyway. The visuals are great but the drama is too overblown. It is the The Empire Strikes Back of 2018, so it will win in similar categories as that film won in 1981. I think if Bohemian Rapsody wins (at least it's not in the best director category, it's in great part because the music is really good (imagine the kids hearing it for the first time, and people just love Freddy Mercury and his life was special. I mean you can still make a dud film with all that and people will lean toward you because they love the topic.
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Zac Medeiros
holy st theres a lot of racist comments. In all complete honesty I think Infinity War is better than Black Panther solely because there's 18 movies leading up to this moment (10 years of crafting by Kevin Feige, a lot of talented actors, writers, and directors) including Black Panther However Black Panther is so revolutionary BECAUSE it has an almost all African American cast. If anyone hasn't noticed by now, most of TV, movies, hell books for crying out loud, feature primarily Caucasian ensembles. Black Panther being nominated shows diversity, something I think the world can never be short of. But in all seriousness Black Panther is an amazing take on the Hamlet/Lion King story line if you ask me, and BOTH Infinity War and Black Panther deserve to be nominated in this category Just throwing it out there, but the first Avenger movie is literally what showed the world that mass ensemble casts from different franchises work (When executed properly). But seriously Infinity War is hands down the best MCU movie so far, (doubt Endgame won't surpass it. It not being nominated for anything is slightly insulting as with the fact that women directors are taking a backseat like that America is disappointing
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holy st theres a lot of racist comments. In all complete honesty I think Infinity War is better than Black Panther solely because there's 18 movies leading up to this moment (10 years of crafting by Kevin Feige, a lot of talented actors, writers, and directors) including Black Panther However Black Panther is so revolutionary BECAUSE it has an almost all African American cast. If anyone hasn't noticed by now, most of TV, movies, hell books for crying out loud, feature primarily Caucasian ensembles. Black Panther being nominated shows diversity, something I think the world can never be short of. But in all seriousness Black Panther is an amazing take on the Hamlet/Lion King story line if you ask me, and BOTH Infinity War and Black Panther deserve to be nominated in this category Just throwing it out there, but the first Avenger movie is literally what showed the world that mass ensemble casts from different franchises work (When executed properly). But seriously Infinity War is hands down the best MCU movie so far, (doubt Endgame won't surpass it. It not being nominated for anything is slightly insulting as with the fact that women directors are taking a backseat like that America is disappointing
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Sean Cartaya
How is it right for someone to only get to keep 60% of what they earn. I don't care if they earned 11m or 12k, it's still wrong for the government to take 40% of a person's earnings. and that percentage would go up significantly if they made much more money. Stop being jealous of the rich, and trying to take their money. Instead, put your effort into BECOMING rich yourself by starting a business, or creating something, or investing, or the many other ways one can gain wealth. People need to stop worrying about what others make, and focus on earning more themselves. Everyone has a woeful understanding of economics and finances these days. The rich aren't hoarding their money. Quite the opposite. They know that to stay rich, they need to make their money work for them by investing in assets, which in turn helps other people earn money. They also start business, which employ people. No one stays rich for long by sitting on their money. So why would you want to do away with the rich, when they are the ones giving people jobs? It shows the ignorance of the masses.
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How is it right for someone to only get to keep 60% of what they earn. I don't care if they earned 11m or 12k, it's still wrong for the government to take 40% of a person's earnings. and that percentage would go up significantly if they made much more money. Stop being jealous of the rich, and trying to take their money. Instead, put your effort into BECOMING rich yourself by starting a business, or creating something, or investing, or the many other ways one can gain wealth. People need to stop worrying about what others make, and focus on earning more themselves. Everyone has a woeful understanding of economics and finances these days. The rich aren't hoarding their money. Quite the opposite. They know that to stay rich, they need to make their money work for them by investing in assets, which in turn helps other people earn money. They also start business, which employ people. No one stays rich for long by sitting on their money. So why would you want to do away with the rich, when they are the ones giving people jobs? It shows the ignorance of the masses.
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Vincente Sanchez
How is Maduro a dictator? I sincerely wish you reconsider your stance before agreeing with Mike Pence. He is a democratically elected leader following his nations constitution, and the US is supporting a coup backing a political party that is illegal by Venezuelan constitutional law. They found corruption in the voting process and must have another election in the fraudulent districts as per their constitution. This is all reasonable, but the US wants to destroy any leader than nationalizes resources so that American business can have full access to it. This is about the 10th military coup in Latin America that the US has attempted, and is in line with recent military coups against Ghadaffi, Assad, Iraq, Afghanistan, Iran, etc. We have seen how those conflicts have all ended, lets not jump on the bandwagon for another one. Let the Venezuelan people rule by their own laws and handle this themselves, and not jump in to help an unelected party seize power.
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How is Maduro a dictator? I sincerely wish you reconsider your stance before agreeing with Mike Pence. He is a democratically elected leader following his nations constitution, and the US is supporting a coup backing a political party that is illegal by Venezuelan constitutional law. They found corruption in the voting process and must have another election in the fraudulent districts as per their constitution. This is all reasonable, but the US wants to destroy any leader than nationalizes resources so that American business can have full access to it. This is about the 10th military coup in Latin America that the US has attempted, and is in line with recent military coups against Ghadaffi, Assad, Iraq, Afghanistan, Iran, etc. We have seen how those conflicts have all ended, lets not jump on the bandwagon for another one. Let the Venezuelan people rule by their own laws and handle this themselves, and not jump in to help an unelected party seize power.
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English3Muffin
If you're making over 10 million a year, you can afford a 70% marginal tax to help fund our programs and infrastructure. Anyone losing their shit over a higher tax for multimillionaires just seems silly to me. We all get taxed. My taxes- making roughly 30, 000 a year- is a drop in the bucket in helping fund programs for our country vs someone who has so much money they don't know how to spend it without splurging on insane things like yachts and private planes. Our healthiest economy was when we were taxing the rich that much. Higher taxes won't hurt them. They won't be scrambling to make ends meet. I don't understand this need to acquire more money than one person or a family or multiple generations of people can reasonably spend. Congrats on making it big, you can now afford to help America and Americans in a way the majority of us cannot. And you still get to keep making millions. Bully for you.
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If you're making over 10 million a year, you can afford a 70% marginal tax to help fund our programs and infrastructure. Anyone losing their shit over a higher tax for multimillionaires just seems silly to me. We all get taxed. My taxes- making roughly 30, 000 a year- is a drop in the bucket in helping fund programs for our country vs someone who has so much money they don't know how to spend it without splurging on insane things like yachts and private planes. Our healthiest economy was when we were taxing the rich that much. Higher taxes won't hurt them. They won't be scrambling to make ends meet. I don't understand this need to acquire more money than one person or a family or multiple generations of people can reasonably spend. Congrats on making it big, you can now afford to help America and Americans in a way the majority of us cannot. And you still get to keep making millions. Bully for you.
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Sunflower's Girlfriend
Philip, can you please cover the Youths for Climate movement that was started by students in Belgium? We have marched with over 35k in total every Thursday through the capital. This story is important because politicians care more about students skipping school than the future of our planet and change. Climate change isn't preventable anymore, and change to stop it from spiralling to the worse is needed. Students are aware of this and share their voices on the streets. They say that sitting in a classroom and waiting years before they can change something is too late. They are brave, and have caused media frenzy all over the country. Your coverage would reach millions. We need this for everyone's sake.
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Philip, can you please cover the Youths for Climate movement that was started by students in Belgium? We have marched with over 35k in total every Thursday through the capital. This story is important because politicians care more about students skipping school than the future of our planet and change. Climate change isn't preventable anymore, and change to stop it from spiralling to the worse is needed. Students are aware of this and share their voices on the streets. They say that sitting in a classroom and waiting years before they can change something is too late. They are brave, and have caused media frenzy all over the country. Your coverage would reach millions. We need this for everyone's sake.
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Jonathan Glaush
1. Black panther was not a movie of the year worthy. it was subpar on cgi, disappointing on Marvels end, the ending was horrid, but overall, the movie was decent on its own, in its own way. 2. I support the banning of transgender ppl in the military, they are incapable of doing their jobs and being functional without hormones due to the comorbidity of depression and suicidality rates regardless of transition or not. Its not a bullying thing, its the fact that they have a mental illness that makes them a risk, and to expect the government to make sure they have hormones every month is absurd, when youre deployed thats not a guarantee, its no different than diabetics in the military.
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1. Black panther was not a movie of the year worthy. it was subpar on cgi, disappointing on Marvels end, the ending was horrid, but overall, the movie was decent on its own, in its own way. 2. I support the banning of transgender ppl in the military, they are incapable of doing their jobs and being functional without hormones due to the comorbidity of depression and suicidality rates regardless of transition or not. Its not a bullying thing, its the fact that they have a mental illness that makes them a risk, and to expect the government to make sure they have hormones every month is absurd, when youre deployed thats not a guarantee, its no different than diabetics in the military.
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Esther the Brunette
My thoughts. gender dysphoria is a severely dibilitating mental illness. Beyond gender affirmation surgery, it also requires regular hormone therapy and it is often reccommended continued contact with a therapist in hopes of curbing the anxiety and depression that usually accompanies gender dysphoria be treated. If you have gender dysphoria and do not need any of these consistent medical care, of course you chould be able to serve. However, all kinds of other chronic mental and physical disabilities disqualify people from service, just because gender dysphoria has turned into a political issue doesn't mean it's any different.
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My thoughts. gender dysphoria is a severely dibilitating mental illness. Beyond gender affirmation surgery, it also requires regular hormone therapy and it is often reccommended continued contact with a therapist in hopes of curbing the anxiety and depression that usually accompanies gender dysphoria be treated. If you have gender dysphoria and do not need any of these consistent medical care, of course you chould be able to serve. However, all kinds of other chronic mental and physical disabilities disqualify people from service, just because gender dysphoria has turned into a political issue doesn't mean it's any different.
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Renegade Vile
All I care about is whether or not the person suffering from gender dysphoria is at a stable place in their transition. If they get through the psychological check-ups I don't see why it should be an issue. However, if they are mid-transition, I feel they should not be allowed in the military. It's effectively a medical procedure and you wouldn't let someone going through a different medical procedure in until they are fit for service either. But, apart from those specifications, I don't see what's wrong about letting transgender people into the service. I'm sure the US military could use every man or woman they can get.
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All I care about is whether or not the person suffering from gender dysphoria is at a stable place in their transition. If they get through the psychological check-ups I don't see why it should be an issue. However, if they are mid-transition, I feel they should not be allowed in the military. It's effectively a medical procedure and you wouldn't let someone going through a different medical procedure in until they are fit for service either. But, apart from those specifications, I don't see what's wrong about letting transgender people into the service. I'm sure the US military could use every man or woman they can get.
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