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(specifically wag the dog 2, since our reality is lining up quite well with the story of that movie.)
The shitty ChatGPT generated script was probably done before the news even hit the front pages
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what happened to the skibidi toilet movie he was making?
You can't rush a passion project like that.
This is it.
Spoiler: the skibidi toilet was on the USS Gerald Ford all along
From what I understand, people in Hollywood just buy up rights to a bunch of random shite and idk, sit on it?
it's definitely an all-hands-on-deck situation for the imperial propaganda machine.
the US-Iran conflict, as defined by the events if this spring, has been a unique event in my lifetime... where state messaging and popular interpretation are world's apart, have been since the start, and threaten to grow further apart each day.
not only is the war unpopular, not only is it javing immediate material consequences at home, each day, that people experience as directly connected... most damaging: the invreasing perception is that the US is not winning and cannot win.
i think the dem establishment was happy to let MAGA eat the shit sandwich so long as it held space for the dems to eventually take over the conflict and conduct it "correctly". but now that is under threat, the ironclad bipartisan consensus of zionism, saber rattling against iran, and control over the gulf state monarchies all seem to be on shaky ground.
they have got to find a way to reframe the entire story and fast. a pro-military michael bay circle jerk is the lowest hanging fruit probably.
they have got to find a way to reframe the entire story and fast. a pro-military michael bay circle jerk is the lowest hanging fruit probably.
Except it isn't the early 2000s anymore and I don't know if anyone except the True Believers will be swayed by a Michael Bay movie, especially since almost every movie now has his same overreliance on shitty CG effects and vapid dialogue and characters. He just doesn't bring anything to the table anymore, the whole industry is like that now.
i guess what i meant by low hanging fruit is that its the easiest and cheapest. slop script in a week, attach the regular gang and under contract, 6-8 weeks of production, the government kicks in what... 20 mil toward the studio that will either make money on their end or write down the loss. either way, the studio system gets a payday.
and certainly nobody who engages with media critically is going to buy it, but it will give some cover and some bulletpoints to repeat like a mantra for self soothing. like the benghazi movie did for libya or zero dork thirty did for torture, or ameroid sniper did for iraq.
these movies aren't there to convince anyone of anything, but rather to keep an extra million burger chewers from straying outside the Thank You For Your Service line.
This is not really a surprise or a deviation from Michael Bay's career. Pretty much every war movie made in the US receives funding and script censorship from the USDoD. Armageddon (1998) directed by Michael Bay, received funding from the US Military. 4 out of the 5 Transformers movies are confirmed to have been funded by the US Military. I'm not sure about Pearl Harbor (2001), it says that many military personal were used as extras in the film. I'm also not sure about "13 hours: Benghazi" 2016, but it seems like it would have been.
Who do you think pays for the explosions in Michael Bay movies?
Taxpayers?
Basically yeah. The US Military gives the studio access to tax-funded military equipment, personnel, and locations. The Pentagon assigns a "liaison" to the film to review the script "to accurately depict military stories and make sure sensitive information isn’t disclosed" ie government censors the film.
https://archive.is/pi1sA (war . gov)
This website investigates US military involvement in the entertainment industry.
In evil China, they censor art!!!!! :smuglord:
not if you think MMT is accurate
I watched the benghazi movie we should watch it for one of the movie nights its so fucking funny
will we finally learn what happened to ben ghazi
I just watched the trailer
In 2012 the threat level in Benghazi, Libra was deemed "critical"
Hmm I wonder what happened shortly before that would cause such a destabalised environment 
Kinda impressive how he finds new lows to sink to
Bay, after making crappy movies for decades, decides to destroy his career and make society a better place.
It better have a "This film is dedicated to the gallant people of Iran" in the end credits
This will somehow be worse than Behind Enemy Lines
Michael eBay with another instant classic in the genre shit slop. Gotta get all my boys together for a session of hard drugs and puking while this destroys the few brain cells we still have. Not sure about the rules, whether to drink for every explosion or every American flag? Probably both lethal.