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by dylan604 192 days ago
> government attempts at management of conspiracy theorists.

The Mel Gibson movie Conspiracy Theory goes into a version of this.

In the conspiracy world, there's the trope on Merlin's magic wand was made from the wood of a holly tree and was used to cause confusion and mind control type of spells.
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ProllyInfamous 192 days ago
Thanks for tonight's movie recommendation (Braveheart was sick, I'll give Mel another chance!).

>Merlin's holly wand

The More You Know™ [0]

[0] https://www.perplexity.ai/search/what-is-the-significance-of...

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dylan604 192 days ago
Oh please don’t think I was suggesting it. It’s just what the movie was about. It’s. It on me if it’s not your cup of tea. Brave heart it isn’t.
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ProllyInfamous 191 days ago
How had I never seen this? Mel Gibson and a red-headed stalkee Julia Roberts as co-leads!?! Patrick Stewart as government villain?!?

My review after watching it last night (thanks again): definitely worth watching, but you'd be a nut to recommend this to anybody that has both feet on this planet. The first-half does a great job capturing what being a schizoid talkaholic feels like (both for self and others). The second-half is action packed with multiple mindfucks for the audience ("why does he have that picture?!" 3x). Not a good date movie, keep it for a personal tinfoil.popcorn movienight.

Ensemble: 9/10

Mel: 5/10 plays crazy too well

Julia: 10/10 wow no publishable notes

Patrick: 8.5 strobelit flashbacks of Captain Kirk waterboarding The Passion

Actor Synergy: 2/10 nobody seemed too thrilled with the screenplay

Explosions: 10/10 guy knew what he was doing DAM

Tinfoil: all the squarefeets

Believability (1997): 2/10

Believability (2025): 8.5/10

Overall: 5.5/10

Worth watching, even if just certain sassy actress scenes. Julia Roberts explores all damsel emotions in this one.

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LargoLasskhyfv 191 days ago
Maybe https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Echelon_Conspiracy ? Less shizzles, more AI.

Or can I interest you in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Person_of_Interest_(TV_series) ?

Even moar AI! (Much better than Mr.Robot, IMO. Also Amy Acker!1!!)

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