It’s an apocalyptic type show we’re in the United States gets shut down through cyber attacks.
The show itself is packed full of symbolism and Easter eggs. (Which I liked).
But now the CT’ers are going crazy because it was produced by the Obamas and they seem to think this isn’t really a movie and is more of a foretelling.
Anyway just sharing because I’m curious if this is coming up on anyone else’s social media. And also your thoughts on the movie.
I enjoyed it but I’m not buying into the CT stuff.
The only conspiracy-related Facebook meme I’ve seen about this points out three sixes appearing in a bedroom scene, the word ‘Baal’ being made from the actors’ names in the credits, and the ‘Obey NASA’ being spelt out by the kids wearing T-shirts with one of those words each. Frankly, the ‘Obey NASA’ when the kids stood together seemed so obvious as to be a deliberate wind-up for Flat-Earthers (not that I really believe in them).
No mention of the Obamas that I’ve seen so far.
On another note, does this film have the clunkiest Starbucks product placement ever, or was there some subtext to that weird, inconsequential name-drop?
Thoughts on the movie: I have only read the wiki plot summary, and it sounds stupid. Is it a techno-pocalypse, or is it a horror fantasy where Strange Forces are altering reality and making animals sentient agents of change? I’m relying on y’all, because I’m never going to watch it.
I swear I saw the trailer in the theater. I couldn’t decide what to make of it.
And it must be an IMPORTANT movie because it has Julia Roberts.
At first I figured the central falsehood of the CT was that the Obamas were behind it. Nope. That part is fact.
Apparently their schtick is backing productions with uplifting & inclusive social commentary. Not clear to me how this film’s plot advances that agenda, but maybe they need a few ordinary commercial successes salted in to help pay for the more preachy stuff and this was one.
Either that or it’s entirely a stick in the eye of the CTers. This reaction by the RW / Russian (but I repeat myself) professional CT-creation industry was utterly predictable.
Whether the film is good or bad as entertainment, since I’m not a NetFlix subscriber I’ll never see it. But for that it sounds at least interesting enough for me to try.
I made it almost halfway through. I got their point that life is too short to waste on race-based mistrust. But it’s also too short to waste on preachy elitist vanity projects; so I watched Sisu instead, which had a lot of great Nazi-killing action scenes.
I was talking to a friend about this movie, and I had an idea for an alternate take.
All the people in the world disappear, and chatroom and Facebook and Xitter continue on because a large chunk of the “people” are bots. So years after humanity dies, bots keep posting memes at each other. And the few survivors can’t tell the difference! Maybe…they think others are alive because they are connecting with other survivors on social media, but when they get told they are “pedos” for the fifteenth time, they begin to realize.
I took it as them ignoring the signs that something was happening. They were just nearly killed by a rogue oil tanker (again, because they were ignoring it until the last minute) and their reaction was let’s get Starbucks!
Pointless remake of the Mist where the monsters are technology. Waiting for some twist at the end of this movie is a waste of time because there isn’t any.
I love the continual conspiracy idiocy of thinking that The Powers That Be put obvious references in their media giving away their entire playbook. Go back to sleep, you dummies - you need to sleep last night’s drugs off.
