Great flick. In high school, I performed the monologue from when he's on the phone with his wife.
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-- Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past me I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain. --
May 10, 2026, 11:38 PM
911Boss
One of my favorites.
Dark, but not too far outside the realm of possibility. It portrays a lot of uncomfortable truths about certain segments of our society that haven’t necessarily improved since it came out 33 years ago.
I may be a bit twisted, but I see it along with “Idiocracy” both as being what I refer to as “unintended documentaries”. Albeit “Idiocracy” is a bit more tongue-in-cheek.
What part of "...Shall not be infringed" don't you understand???
May 11, 2026, 09:13 AM
P220 Smudge
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Originally posted by 911Boss: I may be a bit twisted, but I see it along with “Idiocracy” both as being what I refer to as “unintended documentaries”. Albeit “Idiocracy” is a bit more tongue-in-cheek.
No, I agree. Both wound up being more incisive social commentaries than maybe they were intended to be. Like The Catcher in the Rye that way; they don’t offer any solutions, but definitely warnings.
______________________________________________ "If the truth shall kill them, let them die.”
Endeavoring to master the subtle art of the grapefruit spoon.
