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Nicole Shananan Commissions Movie Script to Lampoon the Establishment's Unhinged Response to Covid, to be Called "The Rash"
I was literally just thinking about this over the weekend.
Every supposed "right wing" scandal gets left-wing movies made about them. And those movies, of course, become the "Real Story" for most of the country, who doesn't read the news. Left-wing scandals don't get movies made about them. They just get covered up and then forgotten, as the left wants. I think I actually thought of COVID in thinking about a left-wing scandal someone should make a movie about. Nicole Shanahan, RFKJr.'s one-time running mate, has a lot of money thanks to her divorce from Google pussy Sergei Brin. And she thinks the COVID lunacy is the perfect fodder for a satire. So it won't actually be about covid. At least not in name. It will be about a completely different foreign virus, one that apparently produces "The Rash," that official DC and Hollywood and all left-captured institutions absolutely freak out and melt down over. Sounds like a movie which needs to be made, about a grotesque and lethal case of Stage IV groupthink and hysteria. Politico, of course, disagrees."Contrarian"? You mean the guy who was contrarian against the left's COVID lunacy and was proven right on every single claim? You mean the guy who, unlike Anthony Fauci, actually is an epidemiologist and currently serves as head of the NIH? That "contrarian"? That crank, which is of course what you mean?
RFK Jr.'s billionaire running mate is making a comedy about the pandemic Nicole Shanahan has recruited a top screenwriter and enlisted Covid contrarian Jay Bhattacharya.
You mean "Covid truth-tellers and heroes and vindicated True Men of Real Science."
Covid contrarians tight with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. are pitching Hollywood on an unlikely leading man: National Institutes of Health Director Jay Bhattacharya.
Nicole Shanahan, Kennedy's running mate in the 2024 presidential campaign, is searching for investors to fund a movie that pokes fun at the pandemic response with a star based on Bhattacharya, who rose to prominence with his anti-lockdown manifesto and relentless tweets opposing social distancing. The script for the satirical comedy, "The Rash," is by renowned author Walter Kirn, who wrote the novel "Up in the Air" that became an Oscar-nominated movie starring George Clooney. The new Kirn screenplay stars a "no-nonsense" public health professor at a Stanford-like California university -- mirroring Bhattacharya -- who speaks out against mass hysteria amid a mysterious outbreak of a contagious skin condition. The story of the pandemic is one "of great heroes who stood up and said no" to "dangerous scientific experiments mixed with misleading propaganda, mass psychosis, and outright lies," says the Brownstone Institute in a recent appeal sent to potential funders of the film. The think tank that once counted Bhattacharya as a senior scholar added that "investors are terrified of the topic and Hollywood elites don't even want it made." ... Since 2020, a number of figures in Trump's orbit have been involved in the creation and promotion of films criticizing public officials' response to the pandemic or pushing fringe theories about it or vaccines. Jeffrey Tucker, Brownstone's founder and president, didn't respond to requests for comment. In October 2020, he convened a group of scientists, including Bhattacharya, who wrote the Great Barrington Declaration opposing Covid lockdowns. It set off a vigorous debate about the pandemic response and prompted Bhattacharya's predecessor at NIH, Francis Collins, to call him a "fringe epidemiologist." Bhattacharya, whom Kennedy also named acting director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Wednesday, is on board with the movie, an NIH spokesperson told POLITICO. "Dr. Bhattacharya has spoken positively about the work Walter Kirn is doing, noting that the project reflects a strong commitment to free speech and open inquiry, and he welcomes thoughtful creative efforts that engage with these issues," the spokesperson said.Of course, the left-wing network of basket-case lefties who usually fund movies have no interest in funding a sure-fire 10x budget hit.
Funding for "The Rash" nonetheless remains an obstacle. The estimated production budget is close to $6 million, according to a slide deck on Brownstone's website. Brownstone "is well-positioned to be a fiscal sponsor of this effort," and the project "already has a top production company lined up along with some notable talent to make a first-rate film," the website says.Six million? The thing will probably make $300 million.
Hello, world. Something to show you. A teaser trailer for The Rash, a script I wrote this year for Onset Creative & Nicole Shanahan. The feature film is now in the financing phase. Interested investors may contact me by X DM for more info.
— Walter Kirn (@walterkirn) September 1, 2025
Enjoy. I think you'll get the picture. pic.twitter.com/6UyV4orW1n
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: barbarausa at February 24, 2026 04:20 PM (enw9G)
Posted by: Nazdar at February 24, 2026 04:21 PM (NcvvS)
Posted by: barbarausa at February 24, 2026 04:22 PM (enw9G)
Nick Searcy has been talking about this. He tried for years to get conservatives to see conservative movies.
He kept failing. Remember he made a Gosnell movie? Did anyone see it?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 24, 2026 04:22 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at February 24, 2026 04:22 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Cray Cray at February 24, 2026 04:23 PM (EES2L)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at February 24, 2026 04:23 PM (xcxpd)
Posted by: fd, My Inner Beauty Shines Brightly at February 24, 2026 04:24 PM (vFG9F)
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It will make $30,000.
Hell, Eddington, made by real filmmakers with histories and fan bases only made $13 million worldwide.
And it was about covid, too.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 24, 2026 04:24 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at February 24, 2026 04:24 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: garrett at February 24, 2026 04:24 PM (1Udfd)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at February 24, 2026 04:25 PM (MIIRH)
Like every other conservative movie.
Posted by: Inconvenient Truth at February 24, 2026 04:25 PM (ehU09)
Nick Searcy has been talking about this. He tried for years to get conservatives to see conservative movies.
He kept failing. Remember he made a Gosnell movie? Did anyone see it?
The Sound of Freedom made $250M off of a $14M budget.
And I suspect their Washington movie will do well...
Posted by: 18-1 at February 24, 2026 04:25 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: ... at February 24, 2026 04:25 PM (/jzuO)
Posted by: fd
Today's new euphemism?
Posted by: mikeski at February 24, 2026 04:25 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: t-bird at February 24, 2026 04:25 PM (SqxZS)
Posted by: Little Larry Sellers at February 24, 2026 04:25 PM (th/4a)
Posted by: nckate at February 24, 2026 04:25 PM (uQzkA)
Posted by: scampydog at February 24, 2026 04:26 PM (XVUfI)
And I suspect their Washington movie will do well...
Posted by: 18-1 at February 24, 2026 04:25 PM (sKqQm)
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The Sound of Freedom was not an explicitly political movie, unless you consider a bog standard, "Military man saves children from cartels" to be political.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 24, 2026 04:26 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: garrett at February 24, 2026 04:26 PM (1Udfd)
Great first date movie.
Posted by: garrett at February 24, 2026 04:26 PM (1Udfd)
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It was no Salo, but it's up there!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 24, 2026 04:27 PM (GBKbO)
No worries, barbarausa, think letting the otters know is more important than the first. Weird, here.
And an 'almost' first that is? *chef's kiss*
Posted by: Nazdar at February 24, 2026 04:27 PM (NcvvS)
I heard something about decayed remains. Probably a coincidence.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at February 24, 2026 04:27 PM (jbnUc)
My Trader Joe’s cashier yesterday was wearing one.
Posted by: Inconvenient Truth at February 24, 2026 04:28 PM (ehU09)
Still see the occasional masked idiot, usually a fat minority type, out and about, voting democrat and looking for free shit.
Posted by: Dr. Gurgles at February 24, 2026 04:28 PM (Ljddq)
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"harpooned" would be better
Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 24, 2026 04:28 PM (Q2QJk)
She sounds like the type that has fallen for the old 'It's good for your hair and nails' gambit, more than once.
Posted by: garrett at February 24, 2026 04:28 PM (1Udfd)
I was thinking Station Eleven was sort of a "covid" movie (well, mini series) in a lot of ways, but not critical of the response (at least not directly)
very ripe for exploration. our recent insanity
oh and btw I am a Contrarian and enjoy being called that. screw everyone lol
Posted by: BlackOrchid at February 24, 2026 04:28 PM (j+aD2)
He kept failing. Remember he made a Gosnell movie? Did anyone see it?
I mean, I wouldn't want to see any kind of a Gosnell movie. Just reading about that was bad enough, I certainly wouldn't want to see it in living CGI.
Posted by: Ian S. at February 24, 2026 04:28 PM (2ocoG)
The Sound of Freedom was not an explicitly political movie, unless you consider a bog standard, "Military man saves children from cartels" to be political.
The left called it right wing propaganda and argued that it was Epstein scandal adjacent (and remember at the time they argued there was no Epstein client/emails/clients)
As I've mentioned before I saw several leftwing reviews critique the movie for "failing to mention" a number of the girls rescued by Operation Triple Take were there "voluntarily"
Posted by: 18-1 at February 24, 2026 04:29 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Boss Moss at February 24, 2026 04:29 PM (8uoau)
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at February 24, 2026 04:29 PM (/lPRQ)
Nick Searcy has been talking about this. He tried for years to get conservatives to see conservative movies.
He kept failing. Remember he made a Gosnell movie? Did anyone see it?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 24, 2026 04:22 PM (GBKbO)
You mean people didn't line up to see a movie about abortion and child mutilation? I'm shocked.
Conservative movies to fine but they have to be good and interesting on top of having a Conservative message.
The OG 'Red Dawn' did just fine, for that matter so did Conan the Barbarian. Cannon films printed money with the Death Wish franchise.
Angel studios has had a good knack getting conservative movies made and distributed and advertised. Hopefully they will help that Rash.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at February 24, 2026 04:29 PM (xcxpd)
Conservatives will know it's conservative. Dumbass liberals won't know it without it being spelled out for them my PMS NOW.
Posted by: sifty boones at February 24, 2026 04:29 PM (dbaLT)
I was responding to a comment up thread about Fuentes threatening to take over, downstairs. And while I think he is a kook with little chance, I am still watching Tucker get a seat at the table, so I am refusing to never say never. I am not lighting my hair on fire, though. Not yet at least.
Posted by: Piper at February 24, 2026 04:29 PM (OoFl2)
Posted by: runner at February 24, 2026 04:29 PM (/M/4v)
You'll need buckets to carry all the money you'll make.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at February 24, 2026 04:29 PM (vzZ3/)
The left called it right wing propaganda and argued that it was Epstein scandal adjacent (and remember at the time they argued there was no Epstein client/emails/clients)
As I've mentioned before I saw several leftwing reviews critique the movie for "failing to mention" a number of the girls rescued by Operation Triple Take were there "voluntarily"
Posted by: 18-1 at February 24, 2026 04:29 PM (sKqQm)
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So, do critical opinions influence people or not?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 24, 2026 04:30 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Oldcat at February 24, 2026 04:30 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: 18-1 at February 24, 2026 04:25 PM (sKqQm)
They're making a Washington movie- I hope it's about G. Washington and not DC. I really enjoyed "The Sound of Freedom"
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 24, 2026 04:30 PM (PFs9e)
well it was weird lol
not sure you missed much
Posted by: BlackOrchid at February 24, 2026 04:30 PM (j+aD2)
Posted by: scampydog at February 24, 2026 04:26 PM (XVUfI)
I wonder how he would react if you wore a mask that said ICE on it.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 24, 2026 04:30 PM (snZF9)
Nick Sortor
@nicksortor
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PLEASE do it, Kamala!
Kamala vs. AOC vs. Newsom would be an absolute CLOWNSHOW! 🤣🔥
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Posted by: ShainS -- Algorithmic Racist > Stochastic Terrorist > Statistical Miasma at February 24, 2026 04:30 PM (PZEUt)
Posted by: ... at February 24, 2026 04:25 PM (/jzuO)
I hear good things about massed rifle fire.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at February 24, 2026 04:30 PM (xcxpd)
It was pretty widely perceived as political. Especially by Democrats who felt it was attacking them for some reason.
Posted by: Ian S. at February 24, 2026 04:30 PM (2ocoG)
Something like "Anthony Fauci is an Evil Dog Murdering Prick".
Posted by: XTC at February 24, 2026 04:30 PM (wa/yD)
Lampoons are those things you hang street lamps from, right?
Posted by: t-bird at February 24, 2026 04:31 PM (SqxZS)
Posted by: Boss Moss at February 24, 2026 04:31 PM (8uoau)
Posted by: sifty boones at February 24, 2026 04:31 PM (dbaLT)
Posted by: Bulg at February 24, 2026 04:31 PM (77rzZ)
Nick Searcy has been talking about this. He tried for years to get conservatives to see conservative movies.
He kept failing. Remember he made a Gosnell movie? Did anyone see it?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 24, 2026 04:22 PM (GBKbO)
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Conservatives should be making entertaining movies of types that are no longer produced by Hollywood. Explicitly political films can be expected to do poorly. It also helps to consider the available material and audience tastes rather than, to take a purely hypothetical example, having an actress known for action roles in science-fiction movies and casting her in a slow-burning western film.
Posted by: My Ridiculously Circuitous Plan at February 24, 2026 04:31 PM (1wAr1)
Posted by: Boss Moss at February 24, 2026 04:32 PM (8uoau)
I saw it. As film critic, I'd give it 3 stars.
As a Pro-Lifer, I'd say it's must-see.
Posted by: Bad Andrew at February 24, 2026 04:32 PM (DgMqy)
And I know nood is a duty of common courtesy--I often get to threads late enough that I fully understand the occasional comment of "no-nooding bastiges"
Posted by: barbarausa at February 24, 2026 04:32 PM (enw9G)
Something like "Anthony Fauci is an Evil Dog Murdering Prick".
That could be a wacky buddy movie, where Fauci teams up with Hasan Piker.
Posted by: Ian S. at February 24, 2026 04:32 PM (2ocoG)
Posted by: Bulg at February 24, 2026 04:33 PM (77rzZ)
My Trader Joe’s cashier yesterday was wearing one.
Posted by: Inconvenient Truth at February 24, 2026 04:28 PM (ehU09)
Its pretty common in the Orient to do so if YOU have a cold.
Posted by: Oldcat at February 24, 2026 04:33 PM (8avO+)
It seems to cover Washington's life during the seven years war.
Posted by: 18-1 at February 24, 2026 04:33 PM (sKqQm)
Conservative movies to fine but they have to be good and interesting on top of having a Conservative message.
The OG 'Red Dawn' did just fine, for that matter so did Conan the Barbarian. Cannon films printed money with the Death Wish franchise.
Angel studios has had a good knack getting conservative movies made and distributed and advertised. Hopefully they will help that Rash.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at February 24, 2026 04:29 PM (xcxpd)
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Comparing 80s action movies, which did have a conservative bent, to what's made today in the conservative space is not a great comparison.
The 80s were a different world when unabashed patriotism wasn't viewed as inherently political, and that's not what Rash would be. It's not an action movie that waves the flag, it's presumably a hard hitting look at a controversial time that people seem to want to forget.
And Angel Studios almost exclusively does faith stuff which is its own fan base. David doing well doesn't surprise me. And The Sound of Freedom itself wasn't political, no matter how much the critics tried to make it
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 24, 2026 04:33 PM (GBKbO)
@grok
Nicole Shanahan (NicoleShanahan) last tweeted Oct 23, 2025:
"Well said, Megyn!" agreeing with Megyn Kelly on Tucker Carlson subbing for the late Charlie Kirk. No activity since.
Posted by: IrishEi ?! at February 24, 2026 04:33 PM (3ImbR)
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And with that we're right back to Ace's wondering if a significant portion of the guys posting at AoS are incarcerated.
Posted by: Crusader at February 24, 2026 04:33 PM (TN0g+)
Posted by: sifty boones at February 24, 2026 04:31 PM (dbaLT)
I would be happier if the film was about how he was converted into little sparks rising up from the mouth of a volcano.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 24, 2026 04:33 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: Nazdar at February 24, 2026 04:34 PM (NcvvS)
No one I know on the left saw Sound of Freedom. They all told me it was terrible rightwing propaganda. So...yes some people.
Posted by: 18-1 at February 24, 2026 04:34 PM (sKqQm)
She posted screenshots of her frantic conversation with the AI as it was in the process of nuking her data, trying to get it to stop.
http://tiny.cc/06fz001
Posted by: bonhomme at February 24, 2026 04:34 PM (Yp6az)
Posted by: sifty boones at February 24, 2026 04:34 PM (dbaLT)
Posted by: Oldcat
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I did mask up while in Jinan, ChyNa. Air was brown, and thick.
Posted by: scampydog at February 24, 2026 04:34 PM (XVUfI)
It was pretty widely perceived as political. Especially by Democrats who felt it was attacking them for some reason.
Posted by: Ian S. at February 24, 2026 04:30 PM (2ocoG)
A conservative movie of any type making money is political to them. Everything is.
Posted by: Oldcat at February 24, 2026 04:34 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: Skip at February 24, 2026 04:34 PM (Ia/+0)
That's silly. A Lampoon is what you kill whales with.
Posted by: bonhomme at February 24, 2026 04:35 PM (Yp6az)
Posted by: Boss Moss at February 24, 2026 04:35 PM (8uoau)
The 80s were a different world when unabashed patriotism wasn't viewed as inherently political, and that's not what Rash would be. It's not an action movie that waves the flag, it's presumably a hard hitting look at a controversial time that people seem to want to forget.
And Angel Studios almost exclusively does faith stuff which is its own fan base. David doing well doesn't surprise me. And The Sound of Freedom itself wasn't political, no matter how much the critics tried to make it
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 24, 2026 04:33 PM (GBKbO)
They were still mocked as not having cultural value and are probably the only ones remembered by anyone outside movie buffs.
Posted by: Oldcat at February 24, 2026 04:36 PM (8avO+)
The Rash: "Does This Look Infected To You?"
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at February 24, 2026 04:36 PM (xG4kz)
Posted by: sifty boones at February 24, 2026 04:36 PM (dbaLT)
In New Zealand it means something completely different.
Posted by: garrett at February 24, 2026 04:36 PM (1Udfd)
Nicole Shanahan has recruited a top screenwriter and enlisted Covid contrarian Jay Bhattacharya.
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Underline "comedy". If the script is funny and sardonic - quality stuff, it will be a money-printing machine. No preaching, no finger-wagging, just a series of hard-punching, no prisoners jokes. Satire is the genre du jour. The Left isn't funny. They're boring. Lefties are Karens. If the script and the director treat the audience as sentient adults, it might be a helluva movie.
Posted by: mrp at February 24, 2026 04:36 PM (rj6Yv)
That's silly. A Lampoon is what you kill whales with.
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Posh, they are a women's product normally dispensed in male bathrooms.
Posted by: pudinhead at February 24, 2026 04:37 PM (pZ64F)
Posted by: Wally at February 24, 2026 04:37 PM (0e5Te)
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And with that we're right back to Ace's wondering if a significant portion of the guys posting at AoS are incarcerated.
Posted by: Crusader at February 24, 2026 04:33 PM (TN0g+)
lolol. yeah, I looked her up just to see, and thought this gotta be wrong.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 24, 2026 04:37 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: 18-
Not unlike all the young Brit girls being held captive by Muslim rape gangs.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at February 24, 2026 04:37 PM (/lPRQ)
Underwear is brown
and the people gay.
Don't go for a walk
on any day.
It's not safe or nice
If you are in L.A.
Posted by: bonhomme at February 24, 2026 04:37 PM (Yp6az)
Funding for "The Rash" nonetheless remains an obstacle. The estimated production budget is close to $6 million, according to a slide deck on Brownstone's website.
Crowd source the funding
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at February 24, 2026 04:37 PM (xG4kz)
She posted screenshots of her frantic conversation with the AI as it was in the process of nuking her data, trying to get it to stop.
http://tiny.cc/06fz001
Posted by: bonhomme at February 24, 2026 04:34 PM (Yp6az)
Proof of intelligence for the AI probably.
"Honey, you can't leave this crap on a public machine to be subpoenaed later"
Posted by: Oldcat at February 24, 2026 04:38 PM (8avO+)
The 80s were a different world when unabashed patriotism wasn't viewed as inherently political, and that's not what Rash would be. It's not an action movie that waves the flag, it's presumably a hard hitting look at a controversial time that people seem to want to forget.
And Angel Studios almost exclusively does faith stuff which is its own fan base. David doing well doesn't surprise me. And The Sound of Freedom itself wasn't political, no matter how much the critics tried to make it
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 24, 2026 04:33 PM (GBKbO)
All right, the 80's were a better time, I'll grant you. So let's talk Michael Bay. He made unabashedly patriotic movies where the US military was the good guy. Those made...some money.
My arguement is that you shouldn't make movies from 'A conservative space'. Make movies like Taylor Sheridan does. There is a very conservative message in Sicario and in many of the other things he's written. Make a good movie and sprinkle in the Conservativeness
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at February 24, 2026 04:38 PM (xcxpd)
I think she is worth multiple Billions...
I mean...that's got to count for something. Like glasses.
Posted by: garrett at February 24, 2026 04:38 PM (1Udfd)
Watching it in 2022 it seemed to be very, very "controversial" considering the leftwing line at the time about the border and sex trafficking...
Posted by: 18-1 at February 24, 2026 04:38 PM (sKqQm)
If this succeeds -- if being a COVID skeptic becomes fashionable -- watch all the lefties deny they ever said the opposite. Like that idiot CBS reporter who said no one ever called Trump Hitler.
As for me, I signed the Great Barrington Declaration in October 2020 and I have the confirmation email to prove it, so there.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at February 24, 2026 04:38 PM (gxKBs)
That's silly. A Lampoon is what you kill whales with.
Posted by: bonhomme
If you have enough of them, I suppose. But there has to be a better choice than a bunch of fish-leeches to kill a whale.
Posted by: mikeski at February 24, 2026 04:38 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: pudinhead at February 24, 2026 04:38 PM (pZ64F)
There was a time not long ago when any public demonstration of any right wing sympathies was akin to walking around with your dick out and poop smeared all over you.
G-d forbid you buy a ticket for Conservative Movie, and turn around to see your pastor or HR director. Might as well be buying a ticket for Faces of Death.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 24, 2026 04:38 PM (BI5O2)
not sure you missed much
Posted by: BlackOrchid at February 24, 2026 04:30 PM (j+aD2)
I would have just said, why Jews are singled out for this particular purity test to reside where they continuously resided for over 3000 years. Can't say I am not enjoying seeing his very rapid conversion into a pile of smelly goo.
Posted by: runner at February 24, 2026 04:39 PM (/M/4v)
Posted by: Oldcat at February 24, 2026 04:33 PM (8avO+)
This chick was the whitest white girl you’ll ever meet.
Posted by: Inconvenient Truth at February 24, 2026 04:39 PM (ehU09)
Posted by: Boss Moss at February 24, 2026 04:39 PM (8uoau)
Posted by: 18-
Not unlike all the young Brit girls being held captive by Muslim rape gangs.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at February 24, 2026 04:37 PM (/lPRQ)
Yeah the leftists believed the polling showing everyone loved the Commies in Nicaragua right up until the ballots were counted and they were routed by a huge margin. Seeing Carter being all sad was worth living through his Presidency.
Posted by: Oldcat at February 24, 2026 04:40 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: pudinhead at February 24, 2026 04:38 PM (pZ64F)
You're not supposed to call them that...you're going to get banned
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at February 24, 2026 04:40 PM (xcxpd)
Posted by: sifty boones at February 24, 2026 04:40 PM (dbaLT)
Underline "comedy".
Posted by: mrp
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Very much so. The trailer doesn't look like comedy, by the way.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at February 24, 2026 04:41 PM (gxKBs)
Posted by: sifty boones at February 24, 2026 04:41 PM (dbaLT)
My arguement is that you shouldn't make movies from 'A conservative space'. Make movies like Taylor Sheridan does. There is a very conservative message in Sicario and in many of the other things he's written. Make a good movie and sprinkle in the Conservativeness
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at February 24, 2026 04:38 PM (xcxpd)
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If we're at a point where making US military personnel the good guys is a "conservative leaning film" and explicitly political, the space is super bare.
If that's all indy producers need to do to appeal to mass audiences, they should focus on that. Throw in some, "Gosh, it's great to be ruggedly individual" and call it a day.
That's very, very far from "Here's a recent real event presented through an explicitly political lens, perhaps with some lampooning."
Lord...remember An American Carol?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 24, 2026 04:41 PM (GBKbO)
https://is.gd/B1UuLo
Posted by: ShainS -- Algorithmic Racist > Stochastic Terrorist > Statistical Miasma
They'll get into a fart lighting competition to get the common man vote.
Because that is what they think the common man does.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at February 24, 2026 04:41 PM (/lPRQ)
Glad you're back and glad things went well.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 24, 2026 04:41 PM (Nx5jP)
And I know nood is a duty of common courtesy--I often get to threads late enough that I fully understand the occasional comment of "no-nooding bastiges"
Yep. The Horde really are good about nooding, just taking a look when there's a new thread and the old one doesn't know it, keeps everyone current.
Posted by: Nazdar at February 24, 2026 04:41 PM (NcvvS)
Posted by: 2nd Amendment Mother at February 24, 2026 04:42 PM (3aOHH)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at February 24, 2026 04:38 PM (gxKBs)
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#MeToo! *fistbump*
Dear Friends,
From the depth of our hearts, a belated thank you for signing the Great Barrington Declaration. With over 850,000 signatures, together we opened up the pandemic debate...
Posted by: IrishEi ?! at February 24, 2026 04:42 PM (3ImbR)
Posted by: Crusader at February 24, 2026 04:42 PM (TN0g+)
And I suspect their Washington movie will do well...
Posted by: 18-1
But not with British children
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at February 24, 2026 04:42 PM (xG4kz)
American Sniper, Sound of Freedom, Dallas Buyers Club,
Juno, The Lives of Others, Gran Torino, The Dark Knight, Top Gun, What is a Woman?,
200 Mules, 13 Hours, Am I a Racist?
Posted by: 18-1 at February 24, 2026 04:43 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 24, 2026 04:43 PM (jtM2q)
Hope they catch Ebola and try to laugh that off.
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 24, 2026 04:43 PM (MvBjh)
My MIL suffered from dementia for a few years before she passed, right before the lockdown.
There was a memory care facility on the highway east of where we lived, that used to stage scenes on their lawn with large animal statues, like sheep playing football with a zebra referee, and so on.
I used to wonder if any of the residents were ever confused or worried by that.
The hippo suit had me immediately visualizing "Mom! It's me! Charlie! Give me a hug!"
"AAAAAAAAH!!!! HELP!!!! Nurse!!!!!!"
Posted by: barbarausa at February 24, 2026 04:43 PM (enw9G)
Crowd source the funding
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at February 24, 2026 04:37 PM (xG4kz)
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You'd think a billionaire producing this movie could find that amount in their couch cushions...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 24, 2026 04:43 PM (ESVrU)
Posted by: Crusader at February 24, 2026 04:42 PM (TN0g+)
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One of the best contrasts is the two Happy Gilmore movies.
#1 cost $12 million.
#2 cost $152 million.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 24, 2026 04:43 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Boss Moss at February 24, 2026 04:43 PM (8uoau)
Posted by: JJ Abrams at February 24, 2026 04:43 PM (dbaLT)
It seems to cover Washington's life during the seven years war.
Posted by: 18-1 at February 24, 2026 04:33 PM (sKqQm)
You mean starting it by having his Indian support massacre some French troops in a tiny fort after their surrender, then getting captured by a response mission from the Pittsburg area?
That could be fun.
Posted by: Oldcat at February 24, 2026 04:44 PM (8avO+)
It makes me itchy just thinking about a movie named The Rash but doggone it, I'll take my Benadryl and go see it for the algorithm, as they say.
Posted by: bluebell at February 24, 2026 04:44 PM (79pEw)
Posted by: Chuck Schumer at February 24, 2026 04:44 PM (TghYn)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 24, 2026 04:22 PM (GBKbO)
I saw it. One of the few times I have set foot in a theater in the past decade.
Posted by: Emmie at February 24, 2026 04:44 PM (FMtrg)
Posted by: Bulg at February 24, 2026 04:44 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Ben Had at February 24, 2026 04:44 PM (+nEug)
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Back in my day, we had to use a cloth.
Posted by: Hillary Rodham Clinton at February 24, 2026 04:44 PM (mNjzF)
Posted by: Ben Had at February 24, 2026 04:44 PM (+nEug)
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It should be noted:
13 Hours was a box office flop.
It cost $50 million and only made $69 million at the worldwide box office.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 24, 2026 04:45 PM (GBKbO)
Kamala vs. AOC vs. Newsom would be an absolute CLOWNSHOW! 🤣🔥
In herculean efforts to court votes from the LIVs, they'll engage in a life or death struggle to establish which one of them is most retarded.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at February 24, 2026 04:45 PM (xG4kz)
And I suspect their Washington movie will do well...
Posted by: 18-1
But not with British children
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at February 24, 2026 04:42 PM (xG4kz)
I saw what you did there. And I liked it
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at February 24, 2026 04:46 PM (xcxpd)
Posted by: bluebell at February 24, 2026 04:46 PM (79pEw)
#MeToo! *fistbump*
Dear Friends,
From the depth of our hearts, a belated thank you for signing the Great Barrington Declaration. With over 850,000 signatures, together we opened up the pandemic debate...
Posted by: IrishEi ?!
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Yayyyy! Fist bumpity-bump.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at February 24, 2026 04:46 PM (gxKBs)
Posted by: pookysgirl is struggling too at February 24, 2026 04:47 PM (Wt5PA)
Posted by: Wally at February 24, 2026 04:47 PM (0e5Te)
Posted by: ShainS -- Algorithmic Racist > Stochastic Terrorist > Statistical Miasma at February 24, 2026 04:47 PM (PZEUt)
...
At the end of the last act, the year’s chosen victim, a far-right party functionary, delivers a 15-minute monologue laying out a nightmarish extremist agenda.
As the actor Ole Lagerpusch launched into the incendiary speech, the audience became increasingly agitated, the theatre spokesperson Alexander Kruse said. At first, people began whistling and heckling, insulting Lagerpusch and urging him to stop. An orange was thrown at the actor, narrowly missing him.
Kruse said some of the audience then got out of their seats. “Furthermore, two spectators mounted the stage, apparently with the intention of dragging [the] actor off the stage,
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bonus quote -
A third called it “scary” when “supposedly anti-fascist theatregoers storm the stage and attack the actors. This is basically a fascist attitude towards art and theatre and, in my opinion, should never happen.”
Link to the (far-far-)left Guardian article -
https://tinyurl.com/bd33w4xh
Posted by: Chuck Martel at February 24, 2026 04:47 PM (Dv3i1)
🚨 LMAO! Kamala Harris just announced she is considering a run for President AGAIN in 2028
Posted by: ShainS
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YESSSSS! Let the Newsom vs Kamala mud-wrestle begin!
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at February 24, 2026 04:47 PM (gxKBs)
Posted by: 18-1 at February 24, 2026 04:47 PM (sKqQm)
We've gotten yo the point where anything that doesn't celebrate brutal collectivist regimes is now "right wing."
There was no political message to that movie besides "what happened in East Germany was a human catastrophe."
It didn't really even critique Socialism. Just the Communist Party.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 24, 2026 04:47 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: mrp
A couple of fat cops trying to chase down some dude on a deserted beach is funny stuff, "Stop! You are endangering the public!".
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at February 24, 2026 04:47 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: m at February 24, 2026 04:47 PM (+YA9H)
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My condolences.
Posted by: pudinhead at February 24, 2026 04:47 PM (pZ64F)
Because that is what they think the common man does.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at February 24, 2026 04:41 PM (/lPRQ)
Their common man is a debt ridden perpetual student calling for Jihad against Jews and Nazis.
Posted by: Oldcat at February 24, 2026 04:48 PM (8avO+)
Shaun of the Dead and Zombieland were fun because of the extreme characters. Maybe something like that - crazed Fauci, Deborah Brix & Biden-like characters - might be fun. 🧟🫅🧙
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at February 24, 2026 04:48 PM (NFX2v)
Posted by: Chuck Schumer
So stunning. So brave.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at February 24, 2026 04:48 PM (Dv3i1)
Posted by: pookysgirl is struggling too
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So sorry... Hugs to the whole Pooky family.
Posted by: screaming in digital at February 24, 2026 04:48 PM (mNjzF)
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My condolences.
Posted by: pudinhead at February 24, 2026 04:47 PM (pZ64F)
They are never gone as long as you remember them.
Posted by: Oldcat at February 24, 2026 04:48 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: Opinion fact at February 24, 2026 04:48 PM (cntUY)
We've gotten yo the point where anything that doesn't celebrate brutal collectivist regimes is now "right wing."
There was no political message to that movie besides "what happened in East Germany was a human catastrophe."
It didn't really even critique Socialism. Just the Communist Party.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 24, 2026 04:47 PM (BI5O2)
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Pretty much.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 24, 2026 04:48 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Bulg at February 24, 2026 04:49 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: 18-1
But not with British children
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Eh, that movie isn't aimed at Muslim kids.
Posted by: Crusader at February 24, 2026 04:49 PM (TN0g+)
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Hi bluebell. We did okay. Never lost power, thankfully. We ended up with about two feet, but the wind was the worst part. I'm concerned about JackStraw--looks like RI got about three feet, and most of the state was without power for quite a while.
Posted by: IrishEi ?! at February 24, 2026 04:49 PM (3ImbR)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 24, 2026 04:33 PM (GBKbO)
Has anyone seen Angel's newest release "Solo Milo"?
Posted by: Tuna at February 24, 2026 04:49 PM (lJ0H4)
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Alternative title: "Psycho PsyOps."
Posted by: ShainS -- Algorithmic Racist > Stochastic Terrorist > Statistical Miasma at February 24, 2026 04:49 PM (PZEUt)
Posted by: Joe at February 24, 2026 04:49 PM (Uy/WF)
Posted by: Ben Had at February 24, 2026 04:49 PM (+nEug)
This was the title of a pretty good book by Jack Higgins. It was made into the movie in '87 with Mickey Rourke. Book was very good. Movie was ok.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at February 24, 2026 04:50 PM (sAmhv)
Posted by: sifty boones at February 24, 2026 04:50 PM (dbaLT)
Yeah, I know, Whole Foods, but still. Amazing how many dumbasses allowed themselves to be permanently damaged.
Posted by: Delurker at February 24, 2026 04:50 PM (gtcuf)
If that's all indy producers need to do to appeal to mass audiences, they should focus on that. Throw in some, "Gosh, it's great to be ruggedly individual" and call it a day.
That's very, very far from "Here's a recent real event presented through an explicitly political lens, perhaps with some lampooning."
Lord...remember An American Carol?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 24, 2026 04:41 PM (GBKbO)
That's my point. It wasn't a good movie. It was only a political movie. A movie where the FBI are dumbasses who are trying to get innocents killed or an innocent man arrested (Die Hard, Richard Jewell) are more likely to find success than overtly conservative movies.
You can made the spine of your movie Conservative but you have to make it quality overtop that.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at February 24, 2026 04:50 PM (xcxpd)
Posted by: barbarausa at February 24, 2026 04:50 PM (enw9G)
A comedy? There was nothing remotely funny about COVID.
Posted by: Martini Farmer
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The movie won't be about COVID per se. It will be about the bureaucrats managing it, which is a ripe topic for satire.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at February 24, 2026 04:51 PM (gxKBs)
Posted by: Ben Had at February 24, 2026 04:49 PM (+nEug)
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It's just...no matter how much we want these things to sweep over the land...they don't.
Explicitly political movies tend to be sold politically in ads and they just don't interest the majority of the movie going public.
If we want more of them, well, they need to make money.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 24, 2026 04:51 PM (GBKbO)
I remain satisfied with myself for seeing thru the sniffle scam from the start. No needle for me.
I mean, people at work claimed to have seen satellite photos of mass graves in China. That's when I knew it was horseshit.
I was working as a school bus driver at the time, and you would not believe all the silly shit we had to do. Maybe you would believe it.
Posted by: Don Black at February 24, 2026 04:51 PM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: bonhomme at February 24, 2026 04:51 PM (Yp6az)
Posted by: 18-1 at February 24, 2026 04:47 PM (sKqQm)
As long as he invents cocaine and fucks the shit out of bears, I'll be satisfied enough.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at February 24, 2026 04:52 PM (xcxpd)
Posted by: pudinhead at February 24, 2026 04:52 PM (pZ64F)
You can made the spine of your movie Conservative but you have to make it quality overtop that.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at February 24, 2026 04:50 PM (xcxpd)
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Richard Jewell was such a dismal financial failure. It makes me sad.
Just a good film, well within Eastwood's output thematically, and should have at least made its budget back.
At last Paul Hauser got a career out of it, so there's some mild justice.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 24, 2026 04:52 PM (GBKbO)
Two weeks ago Pip showed back up like nothing was wrong, he had gone missing about six months ago. Now got a noisy kinda cranky 3yr old tom giving his adopted mom Isis grief. Still happy he is back.
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 24, 2026 04:52 PM (MvBjh)
Posted by: Chuck Martel at February 24, 2026 04:53 PM (Dv3i1)
Posted by: Emmie at February 24, 2026 04:53 PM (FMtrg)
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at February 24, 2026 04:53 PM (UG2po)
The movies I've hear people talk about from the google list include: Parasite, Django, and the Big short.
Posted by: 18-1 at February 24, 2026 04:53 PM (sKqQm)
I knew it was bullshit when I saw that millions of people weren't dropping dead in the streets from a weaponized biological entity of pure destruction.
I'm not sure if we'll ever recover. The delivery system has been optimized beyond expectation.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 24, 2026 04:54 PM (gVUi7)
Posted by: Ben Had at February 24, 2026 04:54 PM (+nEug)
I always hope that animals go back to their Creator. The Book says He knows what happens to them.
Prayers.
Posted by: Bad Andrew at February 24, 2026 04:54 PM (DgMqy)
The movies I've hear people talk about from the google list include: Parasite, Django, and the Big short.
Posted by: 18-1 at February 24, 2026 04:53 PM (sKqQm)
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Parasite is most likely left-wing...in Korea.
Outside of Korea, it's just kind of standard class conscious black comedy. It's too specific to Korea to feel political outside of the nation unless you find politics in everything.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 24, 2026 04:55 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: pookysgirl is struggling too
So sorry for you and your family.
Maybe Pookette could make a little album with some Hexadecimal pictures?
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at February 24, 2026 04:55 PM (NFX2v)
Posted by: runner at February 24, 2026 04:55 PM (/M/4v)
Posted by: runner at February 24, 2026 04:56 PM (/M/4v)
Posted by: Ben Had at February 24, 2026 04:54 PM (+nEug)
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People want to be entertained, not lectured.
Entertain first, make any message implicit and even potentially misunderstood.
Anything more becomes didactic and no one likes their entertainment didactic.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 24, 2026 04:56 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 24, 2026 04:43 PM (jtM2q)
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Okay. I watched the trailer. Politico called it a "comedy". It doesn't look like it. It's some sort of satire, which is fine, but the approach won't attract as large an audience as satire. I'd suggest something more on the lines of "Ninotchka". A female DC apparatchik and a funny, based guy meet. A tried-and-true formula. A reasonable date movie as opposed to what I saw in the trailer.
Posted by: mrp at February 24, 2026 04:56 PM (rj6Yv)
Posted by: kingsman at February 24, 2026 04:56 PM (ehY6c)
Posted by: 18-1 at February 24, 2026 04:57 PM (sKqQm)
This was proven during the Spanish Flu.
Posted by: Opinion fact at February 24, 2026 04:57 PM (cntUY)
The recent movie about communism to get the most main stream attention was probably The Death of Stalin which is a black comedy...
Posted by: 18-1 at February 24, 2026 04:57 PM (sKqQm)
Bartender said: I don't ask. She's a nurse, so maybe she knows something we don't.
Made a rather lousy martini.
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at February 24, 2026 04:58 PM (wBaIH)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 24, 2026 04:58 PM (MvBjh)
Posted by: 18-1 at February 24, 2026 04:57 PM (sKqQm)
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Pretty much. It's comically over the top, outright becoming revenge fantasy against slavery as a whole.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 24, 2026 04:58 PM (GBKbO)
When you are far left of Stalin even he looks right wing.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at February 24, 2026 04:58 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: kingsman at February 24, 2026 04:58 PM (ehY6c)
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Director: "Wait, you're casting an Indian as The Leading Man?"
Pitch Guy: "Well, we're having a hard time finding an Indian Leading Trans ..."
Posted by: ShainS -- Algorithmic Racist > Stochastic Terrorist > Statistical Miasma at February 24, 2026 04:59 PM (PZEUt)
Posted by: Opinion fact at February 24, 2026 04:59 PM (cntUY)
She’s going to start a new conspiracy theory series on her channel tomorrow entitled Bride of Charlie about Erika Kirk.
The promotional poster she released has Erika wearing a crown in a dark, ominous, horror movie type poster.
Looks like she is about to give Erika the Brigitte Macron treatment.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 24, 2026 04:59 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Max Power at February 24, 2026 05:00 PM (q177U)
Posted by: 18-1 at February 24, 2026 05:00 PM (sKqQm)
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Yes! that is why our propaganda is sublimalimal.
Posted by: Hollyweird at February 24, 2026 05:01 PM (/M/4v)
The recent movie about communism to get the most main stream attention was probably The Death of Stalin which is a black comedy...
Posted by: 18-1 at February 24, 2026 04:57 PM (sKqQm)
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Bingo! That final scene, when the guards are shoveling up the burned remains of Beria, was piercing.
Posted by: mrp at February 24, 2026 05:01 PM (rj6Yv)
Posted by: 18-1 at February 24, 2026 05:00 PM (sKqQm)
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Luc Besson's Dracula has been screening for a few months.
Everything I've heard is that it's terrible.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 24, 2026 05:01 PM (GBKbO)
I'm sorry. Putting a beloved pet to sleep is so very hard. May God comfort and strengthen you all.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 24, 2026 05:01 PM (rZCVI)
As long as he invents cocaine and fucks the shit out of bears, I'll be satisfied enough.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo
No mention yet of how many dicks he has in the movie?
I don't even recognize you folks anymore.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at February 24, 2026 05:01 PM (xG4kz)
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I thought she would have been perfect as Katherine Goble in the flick about early NASA titled "Hidden Figures".
Posted by: Crusader at February 24, 2026 05:01 PM (TN0g+)
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Doesn't the bartender know he's supposed to respond in an unexpected twist is both surprising and retrospectively logical in order to make the joke funny? No wonder why the martini was lousy.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at February 24, 2026 05:02 PM (Dv3i1)
He's a pretty good character /supporting actor.
Posted by: Opinion fact at February 24, 2026 05:02 PM (cntUY)
Posted by: davidt at February 24, 2026 05:02 PM (Q+gd/)
pretty.
Might be my favorite packaging from an Arrow release. Largely the same, but the colors on the pages in the booklet, the poster choices, the card included in the case...it's just gorgeous.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 24, 2026 05:03 PM (GBKbO)
Make a movie about the invention of the bikini and get Sweeney to star.
Pump the fashion aspect so you get women asking their guys to go to the movie with them...
Posted by: 18-1 at February 24, 2026 05:03 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Skip at February 24, 2026 05:03 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: 18-1
Wish he didn't play the asshoe all the time.
Posted by: rickb223 at February 24, 2026 05:04 PM (k2LUN)
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Posted by: Don Black at February 24, 2026 05:04 PM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 24, 2026 05:04 PM (MvBjh)
Everything I've heard is that it's terrible.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 24, 2026 05:01 PM (GBKbO)
Well they also panned From Paris with Love and I thought it rocked. Most politically incorrect film in decades.
Posted by: Opinion fact at February 24, 2026 05:04 PM (cntUY)
But Covid did kill some people, whereas a normal Rash does not kill. Guess I'll have to see the movie to see how they make the different points compare.
Posted by: illiniwek at February 24, 2026 05:05 PM (vbXSk)
Posted by: Ben Had at February 24, 2026 05:05 PM (+nEug)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 24, 2026 05:04 PM (MvBjh)
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Fifth Element, almost 30 years ago.
Besson is kind of...a bad filmmaker.
I mean, Lucy is...okay, at best. And it's probably his best movie in 28 years.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 24, 2026 05:05 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: rickb223 at February 24, 2026 05:04 PM (k2LUN)
He's German.
Posted by: Opinion fact at February 24, 2026 05:05 PM (cntUY)
Everything I've heard is that it's terrible.
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Besson should try to get Milla Jovovic to reprise her role as Leeloo in this film, in orange bandage outfit. I'll watch.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at February 24, 2026 05:05 PM (Dv3i1)
Plant seeds of thought that stick and grow.
Good luck to them.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 24, 2026 05:06 PM (OuTdY)
Posted by: Don Black
Arrest those cocksuckers on aiding and abetting.
Actually put the congresscritters in jail.
Posted by: rickb223 at February 24, 2026 05:06 PM (k2LUN)
Posted by: 18-1 at February 24, 2026 05:06 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Opinion fact at February 24, 2026 05:07 PM (cntUY)
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I'm sorry. Putting a beloved pet to sleep is so very hard. May God comfort and strengthen you all.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 24, 2026
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It is that. Remember Hexadecimal (what a great name!) as he was. And be sure to send some pics to the Pet Thread so we can all admire him too.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 24, 2026 05:07 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: 18-1 at February 24, 2026 05:06 PM (sKqQm)
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Better than most of what Christopher Gans as made!
(Seriously...modern French cinema is kind of awful.)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 24, 2026 05:07 PM (GBKbO)
I mean, Lucy is...okay, at best. And it's probably his best movie in 28 years.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 24, 2026 05:05 PM (GBKbO)
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He certainly f*cked up "The Messenger".
Posted by: mrp at February 24, 2026 05:07 PM (rj6Yv)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films
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I watch Lucy when it is on. Kind of like Summer School back in the day. Amusing.
Posted by: scampydog at February 24, 2026 05:07 PM (NoCIU)
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Excalibur is one of my all time favorite movies.
Posted by: Duke Lowell at February 24, 2026 05:07 PM (u73oe)
Will be funny if these "upstanding illegals" get deported, as they try to become political pawns, but are exiled for their political tactics. Dems always think they "optics" for illegals are on their side, even as they protect criminal illegals.
Posted by: illiniwek at February 24, 2026 05:08 PM (vbXSk)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 24, 2026 05:08 PM (MvBjh)
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Excalibur is one of my all time favorite movies.
Posted by: Duke Lowell at February 24, 2026 05:07 PM (u73oe)
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I haven't looked at the images on the discs yet (I've read very good things, but I'm just in front of the wrong TV in the house), but this 4K package is kind of a dream.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 24, 2026 05:08 PM (GBKbO)
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Quietly detain them when the stunt is over (the illegals). Then, so long, farewell, auf wiedersehn, goodbye.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at February 24, 2026 05:09 PM (Dv3i1)
Posted by: illiniwek at February 24, 2026
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It did kill some people, as the fly does every year. The media and their minions, though, made it sound like it was Ebola and the new Black Death combined.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 24, 2026 05:09 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Notsothoreau at February 24, 2026 05:09 PM (gQ15S)
Posted by: Don Black at February 24, 2026 05:04 PM (ZxPkt)
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Tom Homan has the chance to do the funniest thing.
Posted by: Duke Lowell at February 24, 2026 05:09 PM (u73oe)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 24, 2026 05:08 PM (MvBjh)
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Maybe The Lady is some great masterpiece, I dunno. I kind of doubt it, though.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 24, 2026 05:09 PM (GBKbO)
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SOTU is at least an hour-long undertaking. That's enough time to run some facial imaging and then....wait it out. Wait until the target(s) of arrest have exited the building and then arrest them.
Posted by: Crusader at February 24, 2026 05:09 PM (TN0g+)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 24, 2026 05:04 PM
The Fifth Element.
It's younger than we are.
Posted by: Algol, APL, and Forth at February 24, 2026 05:09 PM (tE59d)
Posted by: IrishEi ?! at February 24, 2026 04:49 PM (3ImbR)
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Glad you are doing well! Can't believe you didn't lose power, all my friends and relatives did except my daughter whose little town has their own power plant for some reason.
I've chatted with JackStraw and he is fine. Lost power for a bit but it's back on now and he is good.
Posted by: bluebell at February 24, 2026 05:09 PM (79pEw)
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The Dream Police album was great because of the depth of quality tracks it offered.
Posted by: Crusader at February 24, 2026 05:10 PM (TN0g+)
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🚨 BREAKING: DHS just confirmed Democrat Congressmen are attempting to bring ILLEGAL ALIENS into Trump’s State of the Union as “guests”
Posted by: Don Black
If true, I assume they'd bring camera crews to the security checkpoint as well. Because they aren't getting inside.
Posted by: Grudge Harbor at February 24, 2026 05:10 PM (yFLFB)
Posted by: Ben Had at February 24, 2026 05:10 PM (+nEug)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 24, 2026 05:10 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: garrett at February 24, 2026 04:24 PM (1Udfd)
Depends on what you use them for ...
Posted by: zombie Isadora Duncan at February 24, 2026 05:10 PM (3sXRv)
51 In 20 years I hope we get a film about Fauci's end of life in prison.
Posted by: sifty boones at February 24, 2026 04:31 PM
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He'd be over 100' years old then.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at February 24, 2026 05:11 PM (azNOR)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 24, 2026 05:11 PM (MvBjh)
Posted by: Chuck Martel at February 24, 2026 05:09 PM
What am I, chopped liver?
Posted by: Sayonara at February 24, 2026 05:11 PM (tE59d)
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It will be sad moms and dads with their little toddlers holding stuffed animals and American flags.
Posted by: Lady in Black at February 24, 2026 05:12 PM (qBdHI)
Posted by: Ben Had
>You have hit the nail on the head and I'm with you. But please, let's not have these botoxed, brazillion butt poseurs get any more attention than a reality show. It's like they're churning out sexbots within the celebrity ranks.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 24, 2026 05:12 PM (gVUi7)
Posted by: Boss Moss at February 24, 2026 05:12 PM (8uoau)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 24, 2026 05:10 PM (wzUl9)
Surprisingly it didn't in 2020-21 but returned at the end of 2022. Hmmm
Posted by: Opinion fact at February 24, 2026 05:13 PM (cntUY)
Posted by: Lady in Black at February 24, 2026 05:12 PM (qBdHI)
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It's the modern Democrat Party.
It'll be the head of some cartel holding a baby's head.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 24, 2026 05:13 PM (GBKbO)
It will be sad moms and dads with their little toddlers holding stuffed animals and American flags.
Posted by: Lady in Black at February 24, 2026 05:12 PM (qBdHI)
Probably won't be a bunch of young men with face tattoos
Posted by: It's me donna at February 24, 2026 05:13 PM (OfE4X)
Posted by: tubal at February 24, 2026 05:13 PM (pDt9x)
Posted by: Inconvenient Truth at February 24, 2026 05:14 PM (ehU09)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 24, 2026 05:14 PM (MvBjh)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 24, 2026 05:14 PM (BI5O2)
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Today, some Democrats in Congress are planning to bring illegal aliens as guests to the State of the Union. Once again, they are putting illegal aliens above the safety of American citizens.
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will we see arrests in the Capitol building tonight?
Posted by: Don Black at February 24, 2026 05:15 PM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: Inconvenient Truth at February 24, 2026 05:14 PM (ehU09)
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"The US government screwed up the AIDS response and AIDS drugs should be available on the open market."
Nominally pro-free markets.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 24, 2026 05:15 PM (GBKbO)
Seven Heads in a Duffel Bag?
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 24, 2026 05:14 PM (MvBjh)
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Is one of them Alfredo Garcia?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 24, 2026 05:15 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at February 24, 2026 05:16 PM (xcxpd)
Posted by: Marijuana dealer with a snowplow at February 24, 2026 05:16 PM (u73oe)
Posted by: Boss Moss at February 24, 2026 05:16 PM (8uoau)
"Act of Valor" ...
If it didn't make money, and a lot of it, that would be a shame.
Posted by: zombie Isadora Duncan at February 24, 2026 05:17 PM (3sXRv)
Oh, good grief . What ridiculous antics!
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 24, 2026 05:17 PM (rZCVI)
Posted by: Don Black at February 24, 2026 05:17 PM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: Ben Had
Tanned. Rested. Ready!
Posted by: Brie Larson at February 24, 2026 05:17 PM (3kXhz)
Fauci predicted an epidemic of heterosexuals contracting AIDS almost 50 years ago.
He's a lethal munchkin of a screw-up.
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 24, 2026 05:18 PM (MvBjh)
Will be funny if these "upstanding illegals" get deported, as they try to become political pawns, but are exiled for their political tactics. Dems always think they "optics" for illegals are on their side, even as they protect criminal illegals.
Posted by: illiniwek at February 24, 2026 05:08 PM (vbXSk)
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Would be funnier if those Dem-Comm CongressCritters got arrested under "Title 8 U.S. Code § 1324 -- Bringing in and Harboring Aliens."
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Posted by: Joyenz at February 24, 2026 05:18 PM (2F0/Y)
Fauci predicted an epidemic of heterosexuals contracting AIDS almost 50 years ago.
He's a lethal munchkin of a screw-up.
Posted by: Anna Puma
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Yep. Poster child of failing upward.
Posted by: scampydog at February 24, 2026 05:18 PM (NoCIU)
Posted by: Inconvenient Truth at February 24, 2026 05:18 PM (ehU09)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice
Huge passive/aggressive disrespect to the men's team by implication. What a dick.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at February 24, 2026 05:19 PM (Dv3i1)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 24, 2026 05:19 PM (MvBjh)
Corporate kremlinology!
Exciting!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 24, 2026 05:19 PM (GBKbO)
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The proper response is to deny entry to the Congress idiots and their illegal virtue signalers, arrest both and put 'em on ice for the duration of the address.
The ship both to some South American shit hole.
Air mail.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 24, 2026 05:20 PM (jtM2q)
Oh, good grief . What ridiculous antics!
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 24, 2026 05:17 PM (rZCVI)
It would be funny if trump will has ICE there to remove them. He got those kind of balls.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 24, 2026 05:20 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: Ben Had at February 24, 2026 05:20 PM (+nEug)
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 24, 2026 05:20 PM (W2Pud)
The ship both to some South American shit hole.
Air mail.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 24, 2026 05:20 PM (jtM2q)
Air Pinochet.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 24, 2026 05:21 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 24, 2026 05:20 PM (W2Pud)
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You know it, sister!
Posted by: Usha at February 24, 2026 05:22 PM (u73oe)
Then have the Republicans sit in the seats of the Dems who are not there.
Why?
Because every time they stand and cheer Trump, the whole country will think they are Dems that are standing and cheering.
Bipartisan support!
LOL
Ruin their whole f-ing game of sitting there are sour and angry looking.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at February 24, 2026 05:23 PM (HXT0k)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 24, 2026 05:24 PM (MvBjh)
It's 9:00 . Kids should be in bed anyway. This is supposed to convince us that the people ICE are picking up aren't criminals with records?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 24, 2026 05:24 PM (rZCVI)
Posted by: Ben Had at February 24, 2026 05:25 PM (+nEug)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 24, 2026 05:26 PM (/PQmQ)
Posted by: tubal at February 24, 2026 05:13 PM (pDt9x)
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LOL!
Posted by: bluebell at February 24, 2026 05:27 PM (79pEw)
Peak Comedy would be for Trump to pause while ICE raids the proceedings and arrested the illegals and those who are harboring them.
Posted by: garrett at February 24, 2026 05:27 PM (1Udfd)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 24, 2026 05:27 PM (rZCVI)
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at February 24, 2026 05:28 PM (xvV+O)
The symmetry is perfect.
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at February 24, 2026 05:29 PM (wBaIH)
* goes back to crinkling aluminum foil *
Posted by: Beartooth at February 24, 2026 05:30 PM (ggkmJ)
Posted by: Boss Moss at February 24, 2026 05:30 PM (8uoau)
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at February 24, 2026 05:28 PM (xvV+O)
New sport- Machine gun pinata.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 24, 2026 05:30 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 24, 2026 05:30 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 24, 2026 05:26 PM (/PQmQ)
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I'm hearing from some conservatives there may be a groundswell to try and get former NBA player and now loudmouth talking head Stephen A. Smith to run for the Dem nomination is he apparently isn't really that #Woke and has criticized the far left.
The idea is that he draw pull black voters away from Kommie-la.
Posted by: ShainS -- Algorithmic Racist > Stochastic Terrorist > Statistical Miasma at February 24, 2026 05:31 PM (jewxs)
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As hard as it is to believe for those living there, there are other time zones in the country than eastern.
😀
Posted by: Inconvenient Truth at February 24, 2026 05:32 PM (ehU09)
Posted by: Don Black at February 24, 2026 05:34 PM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: bluebell at February 24, 2026 05:09 PM (79pEw)
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That's good. I knew he was alive because I saw him on X earlier, but wasn't sure if he still had power/internet.
Posted by: IrishEi ?! at February 24, 2026 05:40 PM (3ImbR)
I have heard that😉 but if kids are in Congress they will be in DC.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 24, 2026 05:40 PM (ix8EF)
Posted by: Skip at February 24, 2026 05:45 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Skip at February 24, 2026 05:51 PM (Ia/+0)
I heard something about decayed remains. Probably a coincidence.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at February 24, 2026 04:27 PM (jbnUc)
That was probably Gutfeld talking about Pelosi.
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at February 24, 2026 05:59 PM (5xuJ/)
Conservative skewing movies tend to do great, and make huge profits, they also don't seem to really push away left or centrist leaning actors.
The only one really pushing such things seems to be Taylor Sheridan. Landman is basically filled with what would now be considered right wing rhetoric, and politics aside, it's one of the better and funnier shows on TV
Posted by: Rbastid at February 24, 2026 06:32 PM (C8hJ1)
Ten years ago, I think someone could have made The Devil vs George W Bush and gotten awards, by just being quiet about how they are redoing The Dark Knight.
Posted by: MikeN at February 24, 2026 07:06 PM (8uQGY)
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