AdamInHTownTX

Looks like X finally got me back into my original account. Let me know if you folks who are following me can see this.

@kharyp By all means, dismiss his concerns and sit back and allow the DSA to continue gaining more control over the Democrat Party. That should work out great in national elections.

Scott dusted off McCarthy’s old Red Scare script because “communist” still works on people who couldn’t define communism on a dare. He bets MAGA will hear the word, stop thinking & start shaking. That’s the whole grift. The cult is as dumB as Scott!

@BryanCorridino @mehdirhasan @ScottJenningsKY @CNN Yes, nothing says "true independent" like retweeting Mehdi Hasan and Adam Schiff.

@mehdirhasan Let me say this as a true independent: @ScottJenningsKY is a pedo-protecting, disingenuous fascist cuck. @CNN has become unwatchable.

They’re allowed (inaccurately) to call Dems ‘radical communists’ but the rest of us are not allowed to call them, the Republicans, radical fascists (accurately)?

@Rabal2022Raj @EricLDaugh Thanks for chiming in from Europe.

@EricLDaugh Jennings growing a beard now? 😂That's ironic. For someone who spends so much time mocking and stereotyping people who don't fit his idea of "real America". Maybe he thinks a beard adds credibility,because recycled talking points and manufactured outrage clearly aren't working.🤪

🚨 LMFAO! Scott Jennings is flabbergasted at a Democrat claiming socialism BUILT AMERICA 🤡 DEM: What, we're fighting socialists now?! SCOTT JENNINGS: Yes. Communists, socialists, very antithetical to the American system. DEM: Socialism, TVA, Tennessee, was built by socialism! Factories built by socialism! JENNINGS: Built by SOCIALISM?! DEM: America [was built by socialism]! Government workers. JENNINGS: Having a government is not the same as having socialism. DEM: If government employees building the New York subway isn't socialism, what is it?! JENNINGS: You're saying having any level of government is socialism?! DEM: Your guys are saying that, actually. JENNINGS: We're not the ones running on it! You have a whole faction of your party called Democratic Socialists of America running on things WAY beyond basic government services. They're running on total, radical ideas antithetical to America! @ScottJenningsKY

@WrldPeaceSzn @Danimalish I'll wait to see it at home. Then I can turn on the subtitles and actually understand the dialogue.

@AdamInHTownTX @Danimalish Nap during the middle hour. Makes for a much better experience

The final thirty minutes of Christopher Nolan's THE ODYSSEY are among his greatest. It reframes the entire film, providing so much nuanced emotional depth. The last time I sobbed that hard in a Nolan film was INTERSTELLAR.

@GiancarloSopo @Oilfield_Rando I love cinema too. Which is why it pains me that most of it is crap these days and mediocre politically pandering films like One Battle After Another are showered with awards. Mercifully though, the majority of moviegoers rejected that flick and it lost money at the box office.

@Oilfield_Rando I’m not sure I get what you mean by “melting pot faction” but I’m flattered you think I’m playing 3D chess. It really isn’t that complicated though. I’m a conservative who loves cinema and has contempt for the grifters. That’s it.

I’m starting to see the play here. Has nothing to do with the movie. Has everything to do with the melting pot faction taking back their relevance from the nativist faction, by co-opting the movie.

@dragonadamant @lfcry19 @GlobalBoxOffice Who the hell said Barbie would bomb?! I don't think anyone predicted $1.45 billion, but that doesn't mean they thought it would fail.

@lfcry19 @GlobalBoxOffice And I remember several of them saying Barbie was going to bomb as well. I've been recently wondering if it was the same pundits saying that.

THE ODYSSEY has officially debuted with $124.5M at the domestic box office, and over $250M worldwide, Nolan’s biggest global opening: 1️⃣The Odyssey — $250M+ (Universal, 2026) 2️⃣The Dark Knight Rises — $248.9M (Warner Bros., 2012) 3️⃣The Dark Knight — $198M (Warner Bros., 2008) 4️⃣Oppenheimer — $180.4M (Universal, 2023)

@GiancarloSopo @BasedTunaCan Did Supergirl not fail? What about Masters of the Universe? And Mando and Grogu(which while not woke was a product of the very woke Disney Star Wars)? How about Snow White last year? Did those same influencers have zero impact on the reception of any of those films?

@BasedTunaCan What have you conserved besides your anonymity?

In my review, I was unsparing of the grifters who spent months yelling “woke” at a film no one had seen. Their business model is to keep the American Right angry, incurious, and alienated. Judging by The Odyssey’s success, though, these “influencers” aren’t very influential.

@GiancarloSopo So they weren't influential in their criticism of all the woke movies that have failed in recent years? The Odyssey somehow negates all of that?

@Oilfield_Rando It was ok. Great performances and set design. The plot was thin though and it ended just as it started getting interesting.

Backrooms. I feel like a dumber human being after watching that. What the hell was it. Everyone involved straight to GITMO.

@jacktronprime @Oilfield_Rando If I have to homework in order to enjoy a movie, then the filmmakers failed.

@Oilfield_Rando You have to watch the YouTube series.

@jamestalarico Health care is a finite good, Jimmy. It's not a right. It has to be paid for and the services have to be provided by flesh and blood individuals.

No one should have to crowdfund their cancer treatment. My team and I are in the Rio Grande Valley supporting Cindy Banda, a mother of six fighting cancer — and thousands in medical bills. I’ll fight to lower healthcare costs for everyone — because healthcare is a human right.

@ZaidJilani Yeah, I guess we all pretend now that in the past 18 months, Snow White, Mickey 17, The Bride!, Masters of the Universe, and Supergirl didn't all tank. "Ordinary people" sure didn't seem interested in any of those films.

The Odyssey feels like Stalingrad for conservative antiwoke culture warriors because they tried to go after one of the worlds most famous filmmakers and ordinary people are like shut up nerds

@SenAdamSchiff How would there be any risk to American citizens who are legally registered to vote, Shifty?

Todd Blanche asks: "what's the risk" of having ICE or CBP at polling places? Generations of Americans — especially people of color — know the answer, since they experienced the history and violence behind these voter suppression tactics.

@Zdravko1979 @realJeremyCarl Thanks for chiming in from the UK.

@realJeremyCarl What do you have to say to the fact that the assault survivor sent letter of support for Vang? Does that change your story?

The degeneracy of the modern left would be impossible to exaggerate because it is impossible to exaggerate infinity.

@mypalal @TPayneCommon @LorDoriel I actually think it's one of the biggest testaments to the strength of Nolan's draw that it still grossed 370 mil globally despite its release in the middle of COVID and being a horrendous film.

@TPayneCommon @LorDoriel Regarding Tenet. That’s a tough one. It was literally the first film coming out of COVID. No way of knowing whether it truly underperformed.

Since liking or not liking a movie is no longer considered subjective and only box office is the true indicator of a film’s greatness. Here are some movies that are better than The Odyssey from the opening weekend. The Rise of Skywalker — $177 million A Minecraft Movie — $162 million Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom — $148 million Thor: Love and Thunder — $144 million Twilight: New Moon — $142.8 million Suicide Squad — $133 million

People tend to be hyperbolic with their reactions, especially if there are any politics involved. I'll eventually watch The Odyssey. My hesitation to do so is mostly due to not liking Oppenheimer and hating Tenet. And even if I wind up disliking The Odyssey, I'm sure it won't be the worst movie I see in 2026. Right now, Scary Movie and I Love Boosters are competing for that "honor".

The reaction to the Odyssey typifies society right now. It is either the best movie ever made, or the worst. People feel like they need to take a side. No nuance.

@ValliantRenegad The only reason I wouldn't mind seeing it underperform is because I haven't enjoyed a Nolan film in a decade and a half and I'd like for him to get back to making great movies. It's similar to why I wanted Avatar 2 and 3 to fail. So Cameron would work on literally anything else.

The Odyssey debate on social media is spectacular. If you loved it, that’s awesome. If you hated it, that’s great too. Just because I didn’t care for it, doesn’t mean I’m rooting for it to fail. I hope it succeeds financially for the sake of the theaters, especially IMAX. That’s a win for theatrical, and I will always root for that. I definitely won’t be going back for seconds, but many will. The question is how far can it go from here! The next two weeks will tell the tale. The Sunday show will likely get pushed to Monday Night! Traveling home today from South Carolina. Had a great weekend with the Krewe at @SEGE2026

@JayOnlyInWaves @MrAndyNgo We can still refer to him as Madame Webb at least.

@MrAndyNgo Amongst all the most unforgivable things, is him not seizing the obvious opportunity to rename himself Charlotte.

I can reveal the real identity of "Ashley" Webb, the Maine trans leftist running to replace Graham Platner as the Democrat nominee for U.S. Senate. His real name is James Charles Webb, and he was born in August 1983. On his Substack, he admits to being a "biological male," but his social media writings reveal a long history of posts where he claims to have female anatomy, like ovaries. Webb's Senate campaign logo is a parody mocking Turning Point USA. ngocomment.com

From what I'm hearing from people who are being objective about this film(i.e. the ones who don't let their politics dictate their opinion), two of the biggest issues with The Odyssey are the screenplay and the sound mix. Which have been major problems with Nolan's movies for over a decade now. Technically the guy is a brilliant filmmaker. He makes spectacles. Even Tenet which was horrendous was still amazing to look at in IMAX. But if the movies are poorly written and I can't understand half the dialogue, then what's the point? And sadly the public keeps rewarding his work with healthy box office returns(even Tenet in the midst of COVID did 370 mil globally), so he has no incentive to correct any of these problems.

So, I saw The Odyssey. I will just leave a few thoughts here so that it isn't too pretentious and I won't give away any spoilers. It's fine if you enjoy it. It's a good film in many technical aspects. If you haven't read the book and don't care about its historical and cultural significance, it might expose you to a classic work of literature. That's a positive thing. Also, I have rethought some things about ethnic and racial representation in films. I should not expect the rest of the world to be "color blind," because that is not realistic. People who aren't white see the world through a different lens and representing people who aren't white might be a way to introduce them to great works of literature in Western history. I expect the world to be "color neutral," however, "equity" is where I draw the line. The real problems with the film for me are three-fold. 1. The Odyssey is a masterclass in breaking audience immersion. I was constantly distracted by things that were not even close to period-specific or were otherwise out-of-place. The costuming was atrocious. Cosplay-at-Spirit-Halloween atrocious. Viking long ships? Give me a break. Can anyone handle a bow properly? Come on. And the casting? A complete whiff, except for Matt Damon and John Leguizamo and a few minor characters. I found Anne Hathaway's acting to be forced and melodramatic to the point of distraction. Other acting performances were flat or uncompelling. Sinon, we won't spend much time on that. A completely unforced error and an insult to both the story and the ancient Greeks. The dialogue, sadly, is atrocious. How you could fail to deliver at least a dozen signature lines with this source material is lost on me. And the lack of mythic register, a vital component that flashes in only a few brief scenes, reduces the emotional and imaginative impact. 2. Nolan struggles with projecting mythos on screen with aesthetics that are a clash of register. Ancient Greek myths are vivid, intense, and brutal. That is a reflection of the Mediterranean landscape, which is brilliant and harsh. This mythic register is not captured well with bleak, dismal, blue-lens cinematics, save for the scene in Hades. 3. The story is fairly untrue to the spirit of The Odyssey. The film tends to lessen the heroic aspects of the story that a "modern" audience may find to be glorifying war and martial valor too much. Odysseus is not portrayed as "the most clever of Greeks" and can be interpreted as foolhardy and lacking experience. The purpose of telling this story is not clear to me in a way that it would have been clear to the ancient Greeks. This is the risk you take when you believe that you know better than the original storytellers how to tell the story. This was another aspect of the film that I found to be a barrier to immersion. There were some redeeming aspects to The Odyssey. The action scenes were memorable. They conveyed psychological horror extremely well. But the lack of character development hurt the ability of those scenes to really drive home the sense of loss. Matt Damon was asked to do a lot of carrying of this sense of loss with his acting, which was very successful overall. Matt Damon's acting, the cinematography, and the psychological horror of several memorable scenes make the film worth seeing. It is also a blown opportunity. If the above-mentioned issues had been remotely addressed, then The Odyssey had a chance to become a masterpiece. Instead, The Odyssey is a voyage that ends up dashed upon the rocks; it drowns with Odysseus' men in a sea of postmodernism.

I will give my HONEST reaction to the Odyssey film. As a literate American adult, I am capable of using my imagination to bridge the discordant themes in the film and to appreciate that it is an interpretive act of fictional retelling. However, my fear is that there are other adults who have never read any of the classic translations and therefore will not be able to grasp why The Odyssey is important as a foundational literary work in Western Civilization. So, I can personally appreciate the film on its own grounds as interpretation, but reject its cultural impact. This puts a literate adult in an awkward place for communicating why it's okay to appreciate the film, but it should not be taken as the final word on what The Odyssey means to Western culture.