tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4706282221761427996.post7230087778200154620..comments2024-03-07T20:15:45.996-08:00Comments on The Bitter Script Reader: A review of CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE WINTER SOLDIERThe Bitter Script Readerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16575166527272639709noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4706282221761427996.post-66584276982061799342014-04-10T22:26:40.876-07:002014-04-10T22:26:40.876-07:00I enjoyed your analysis, but a Republican surveill...I enjoyed your analysis, but a Republican surveillance proto-facist would not only be a wrong choice of villain but outright harmful to the privacy cause. We don't live in the neoconservative age of William Kristol, Bill O'Reilly, or Rush Limbaugh. In fact, most of the leading voices in the conservative movement are against the "nothing to hide" sentiment. On the other hand, the current administration has illegally wiretapped journalists, sharply increased drone strikes, and presides over the NSA metadata scheme. Many Silicon Valley leaders, such as Mark Zuckerberg and the Google leadership, have expressed a vision of the future where privacy is virtually nonexistent in the electronic realm. <br /><br />The point is not to deny that the movement to our current (terrifying) state began after 9/11, under the Bush presidency. The point is that federal and corporate electronic overreach into our lives is not a partisan issue.Braggarth Epeenorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13716823647703008080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4706282221761427996.post-70123128758811584552014-04-07T09:04:08.717-07:002014-04-07T09:04:08.717-07:00I feel much the same way you did, BSR, about the f...I feel much the same way you did, BSR, about the film running right up to some really pointed questions...then making a hard right turn into the land of "comic-book plots". Granted, it IS a comic-book movie...but I was really hoping we could use the PoV of Captain America as a lens through which we could view the 21st century world of Enhanced Interrogation Techniques and Drone Strikes.<br /><br />And Robert Redford was a great casting call for this, but again...Hydra agent? Really? Why not just a radical right-wing jingoist sociopath with the leverage to make his wet dream a reality? I loved the movie, but so close...yet so far.Jack Badelairehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10932441028544500024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4706282221761427996.post-39054389328133808972014-04-07T01:41:28.307-07:002014-04-07T01:41:28.307-07:00I realize that I'm not supposed to care, but w...I realize that I'm not supposed to care, but why is it that they can store a human consciousness on a bunch of tapes but can't also transfer him over to something more practical like an iPad? HUMAN CONSCIOUNESS ON MAGNETIC TAPE ONLY. TRANSFER TO DISK IMPOSSIBLE. Oh-kay... <br /><br />Also, how did they build a ginormous aircraft hangar right across the Kennedy Center in DC? I grew up in that area and am totally certain that building a mega hanger would've caused serious traffic. Joel Silbermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16875625699885542243noreply@blogger.com