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Invasion U.S.A. (1985) // Dir. Joseph Zito

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Invasion USA (Joseph Zito, 1985)

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As a friend of mine said at a b-fest showing of this: "Siiiiiilent niiiight...hooooooleeeeeeeSHIIIIIIII-"

Invasion USA (Joseph Zito, 1985)

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Friendly reminder that Invasion USA is a Christmas movie

[aviscarrentals]

i want to play a (racing) game

a series of f1 fics based off of some of my favorite horror movies

charles leclerc- the shining

you, your boyfriend, and a bunch of friends decide to spend your winter break together in a giant hotel. what could go wrong?

max verstappen- it

after years away from your hometown, derry, you suddenly receive an urgent call from your long-forgotten childhood friend, alex, that leads to you returning to the very place you swore you would never face again

carlos sainz- a quiet place

after losing everything you know when the world fell into apocalypse due to the invasion of alien-like monsters with some very sharp ears, you find a new family in the other survivors

lando norris- scary movie (saw parody)

you wake up next to a stranger in a dimly lit room chained to a chair, which is bolted to the floor. luckily, the situation turns out to be more humorous than terrifying (may or may not be 100% based off of the jerma episode of generation loss LOL)

fernando alonso- freaky

you wake up in the body of a middle aged man. but not just any man. a man who also happens to be a wanted serial killer.

george russell- the purge

you and your best friend alex's annoying best friend, george, have to work together to survive the purge night (lily's also there)

pierre gasly- unfriended

you and your friends video call every friday night to hang out together. unfortunately, an angry spirit has decided it wants to spend some time with you guys as well...

mick schumacher- fnaf

after countless failed attempts, you've finally found yourself a new job! the bad news is, it's a night shift and you're scared of the dark. so, naturally, you drag your boyfriend along with you.

alex albon- child's play

when you and your boyfriend unexpectedly have to take in your young niece, you two struggle to make a connection with the little girl. maybe splurging on the cool new doll she's been wanting will fix that.

yuki tsunoda- final destination

what do you do when some random guy that you've never spoken to before tells you he's seen visions of you dying? what do you do when it turns out he was right and death is pretty pissed off?

oscar piastri- the menu

you and your husband have worked non-stop to build a successful, stable life for yourselves. you two really deserve a break. how about a fancy dinner on a remote island prepared by one of the most revered chefs in the entire culinary world?

ollie bearman- scary stories to tell in the dark

it's the final halloween before you have to move away from your hometown and your best friends since birth. hopefully you can make it a night to remember.

lance stroll- the cabin in the woods

you and your boyfriend decide to invite some friends to spend the weekend in a little log cabin in the forest as a way to momentarily retreat from your stressful lives. well you definitely won't be getting any rest this weekend, that's for sure.

logan sargeant- scream (aka yelp)

an eerie masked killer has made its way into your town and is slowly picking kids off one by one. who could it be? is there anyone you can trust? prologue chapter 1

liam lawson- happy death day

happy birthday! i hope you're excited because this will be the longest day(s?) of your life

sebastian vettel- the texas chainsaw massacre

it's summer, which of course means it's time for a roadtrip! unfortunately, you and your friends decided to visit texas, usa, where everything's bound to go wrong (because it's texas, usa)

kimi raikkonen- would you rather

desperate times call for desperate measures, although at this point desperate would be an understatement. so when the perfect opportunity falls right into your lap, who are you to turn it down?

jenson button- halloween

it's halloween! the spookiest day of the year. even though you don't bother participating in silly little holiday celebrations, there are some traditions you can't ignore…

mark webber- 28 days later

the world has gone to shit. even so, you're doing everything you can to survive, despite how hard it is on your own. maybe it would be better if you formed a team?

[beifong-brainrot]

consider: au where opal goes rogue, leaves the airbenders, basically becomes antifa against kuvira

I LOVE THAT

I alwys thought Opal may be an airbender who would splinter off from the Air Nomads more traditional pacifistic lifestyle. What's interesting is that by going up against Kuvira, she is protecting an Air Nomad value- that of freedom.

So it would be interesting to see that storyline and how it would impact her relationship with the other airbenders like Jinora and Tenzin.

I also think the Beifong family would support her wholeheartedly, perhaps getting involved in it too. I kinda have been toying with the idea of the Beifongs starting a resistance against Kuvira. They seemed to be the only people genuinely caring about Kuvira's actions and willing to try to put a stop to her.

I think B4's storyline would benefit a lot from a having the Beifong family as Pov characters, since they could actually offer insight into what's going on in the Earth Kingdom. They also have a very personal connection to the villains, Kuvira and Baatar Jr, which wasn't explored as much as I wish it had been.

If the queercoded miniboss from B1 gets almost a whole episode with flashbacks to traumadump aboud his bender communist big bro in B1, why did Su have to tell Korra that she adopted Kuvira OFFSCREEN. Lile doesn't that feel like something we should've seen. AND DON'T GET ME STARTED ON THAT FUCKING COMIC.

When thinking about this idea, Iwas also inspired by Polish freedom fighters and their partisan activities, since Kuvira's rule over the Earth Empire has hallmarks of both Nazi and Soviet regimes, for example the Spirit Canon (before it got attached to the ridiculous robot) being inspired by an actual german canon (Dora), the literal Iron Curtain, the "re-education" camps, the militarisation, the forceful redistribution of resources, the rampant propaganda, etc, etc.

However, this storyline has strong USA influences, for example the almost complete dismissal of the actual people who live under the occupation, for the benefit of heroes from the thinly veiled New York insert.

The Beifong family stand out from this group as actual citizens of the Earth Kingdom, who were opposed to Kuvira's rule the whole time because they knew what the fuck was going on at least to some extent. They are members of an established Earth Kingdom family, daughter and grandchildren of an Earth Kingdom war hero, and they live in a city that is seemingly the seedbed of progress and innovation.

Their storylines could be fascinating as they come to realise that no one, not even the literal fucking Avatar seems to be too jazzed to help them, that they are quite literally on their own. This is not too dissimilar from Poland as it was at the beginning of the invasion. Despite having agreements with England and France of these two countries supporting Poland's independence, England and Frabce did not take up military action against Germany after its attack on Poland. Similarly, Republic City, the Fire Nation and the Air Nomads were not willing to put up a fight until Kuvira attacked them! Idk what the fuck the Water Tribe was doing but probably not much I assume.

Stories of resistance fighters in German occupied countries (not only Poland) are often forgotten in the larger picture, despite them playing vital roles in the war. This is especially poignant when it comes to countries that were absorbed into the Eastern bloc when said freedom fighters were hunted and murdered relentlessly to keep the people silent and obedient.

Seeing an echo of these often forgotten stories in the Beifong family, a family that tried to stand up against the dictator oppressing their country and then getting reduced to McGuffins in Korra's mental health journey and Bolin's ridiculous "getting back with my gf after I sympathised with Nazis" arc is disheartening.

The storyline was right there! The Beifongs have a personal connection to Kuvira and Baatar Jr, they have skin in the game, they have ideals opposing the main antagonist, they had the potential for an extremely emotuionally touching storyline, they have strong characters just begging to be explored. Opal and Kuvira are foils and it would be so easy to elevate Wei and Wing to the role of Baatar Jr's foils too, like a darker more antagonistic version of Tenzin and Bumi!

The storyline was right there!

But instead they get sidelined for Korra's, admittedly well done, but misplaced trauma arc and a weird fantasy oriental USA saviour fantasy. And then they get a shitty half assed comic where Opal and the twins to lesser extent are posited as unreasonable for being wary and angry at a person who tried to kill them! And Kuvira is woobified to an insulting extent.

Also Kuvira's attack on Zaofu, a wealthy and advanced city full of artists, scholars and visionaries gives big "Soviets and Germans commiting mass murder of Polish Intelligentsia in for example Katyń, in order to make the nation easier to control and take apart, due to lack of potential resistance leaders." I do not wanna hear you bitches talking about how she was right for wanting to "redistribute their wealth and shit". Her ass was after power and those damn platnium domes to make her military stronger. Like if this weren't a fucking kids show and they weren't planning a 'redemption' for Kuvira, people would be standing above mass graves and being shot in the back of the head.

Quick note: I'm going off mainly my knowledge of Polish history due to my own nationality and education, but there are similar stories in may surrounding countries, for example Ukraine which is currently still being attacked by Russia. The stories and ideologies Kuvira and B4 represented are still well and alive today, as was the rest of the world's indifference to the suffering caused by them.

This is why I feel so strongly on this subject and I wish it was handled better and with more care for the actual victims instead of the sorta "America adjacent" heroes.

I also want to note that I don't wish to erase the influences of other cultures and histories on Kuvira, B4 and the whole of Tlok. I am merely noticing themes and references that I was primed to see since I was a child, but that doesn't mean that this is the exclusive reading of the storyline.

I know this rant kinda fell away from the og topic and got heated but I have ✨️feelings✨️ about book 4, the Beifongs and Kuvira.

[awesome-casuallyfamouscollector]

P.S. History Lesson: Watch and learn what happens when you don't have modern weapons, an army, and you let immigrants into your country, you lose your land, your freedom, your culture and your income,... and you're forced to serve the enemy....

US Native land loss from 1776 to 1930.

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Invasion USA (Joseph Zito, 1985)

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AMERICAN PATRIOTS

MAKE SURE YOU ARE ALL STOCKED UP ON AMMO!!!!

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American War Crimes and Coups

It's no secret that America is an Imperialist Nation but it's sad how often times people tend to look over and forget why immigrants are coming into America in the first place.

After the raping and plundering of their land and goods, people have to always try to make a better living and of course , they come over where they think things are better, in hopes for the supposed American Dream (which was already D.O.A since the U.S government inception i.e Native Americans) little do they know they have entered Hell's Gate dead center right in falling and failing empire.

Here below are a few examples of the War crimes and Coups that America has done in the past year under both Conservative and Liberal Presidents

When someone tells you that America is the greatest nation on earth , you can quickly refute that by sarcastically saying "yeah by exploiting other countries "

From Reddit-U.S. backed coups in Latin America: Costa Rica 1948, Guatemala 1954, Paraguay 1954, Brazil 1964, Peru 1968, Chile 1973, Uruguay 1973, Argentina 1976, El Salvador 1979, Nicaragua 1981, Panama 1989 (invaded), Venezuela: 2002

Also to Note:

The key year associated with American imperialism towards Native Americans is 1830, when the "Indian Removal Act" was passed

In 1898, during the Spanish–American War, Puerto Rico was invaded and subsequently became a possession of the United States

invasion and occupation of Haiti, 1915-34. The United States had interests in Haiti for decades, including the possibility of using it as a naval base. 

invasion and occupation of Dominican Republic, 1916-24

US-financed, CIA-armed coup in Dominican Republic, 1961

US-financed, CIA-armed invasion/attempted coup of Cuba, 1961 - aka Bay of Pigs. The Bay of Pigs Invasion was a failed military operation in Cuba in 1961. The United States government financed and directed the invasion, which was intended to overthrow Fidel Castro's communist government. The invasion took place during the Cold War and had a significant impact on relations between Cuba, the United States, and the Soviet Union.

US invasion and naval blockade of Dominican Republic, 1965

1973 Chilean coup d'état was a military overthrow of the democratic socialist president of Chile Salvador Allende and his Popular Unity coalition government.[10][11] Allende, who has been described as the first Marxist to be democratically elected president in a Latin American liberal democracy,

US invasion and takeover of Grenada, 1983

US led coup of first-ever democratic government in Haiti, 1991

US Ukraine Coup 2014-In early 2014, civil war broke out in the Donbass after a US-backed coup d’état had ousted the Russian-leaning government in Kiev. The coup was clearly orchestrated by Nuland, who was then assistant secretary of state for European affairs

These are the truths that American media rather Liberal or conservative news channels don't speak about because it's a threat to their fake democracy and their imperialist and colonizing ways. There are more I'm sure but just remember anytime your for Socialism you are for the people , American Capitalist ways just don't cut it and last but not least, lets not forget the Native Indigenous people of America , truly known as Amaruca!

This is why in the new U.S.S.A (United Socialist States Of America - United Socialist Soviets Of America or the New Socialist Republic of Amarcua ) we must rid the former Imperialist USA and build for a better tomorrow for all backgrounds, Races, Nationalities, Genders, and in order to do that it must be under a new system and that new system would be Socialism. Socialism is a cooperative system where everyone thrives unlike the competitive dog eat dog nature of Capitalism which implodes on it self by it's very nature! Then many even People of Color still decide to wave the imperialist Red, White and Blue Flag and celebrate 4th of July when they wasn't even free during that time as they were slaves. This is a stupid practice and no person of color should be waving an American Imperialist flag!

People may argue and say silly things like Socialism doesn't work , well if it didn't work so well , then ask yourself why in the hell the U.S keeps trying to stop our movement even to the Communists in America?

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Sometimes they can be in hard to reach places or may jump away if you try to step on them, they have a few fatal flaws though.

if you spray them with a mix of dawn/dish soap and water that knocks them down for you to step on them and sometimes kills them on its own. You may have to stomp a few times bc these guys are tough

also, if you hold an open, empty plastic water bottle in front of their eyes (which are red and easy to see) they will jump right on in there.

do not kill every kind of bug you see because of this, make sure that you know the id of an animal and management protocols if you’re participating in invasive species management. Don’t kill native bugs or cicadas!! But yeah if ur in the USA it is open season on spotted lantern flies. Most states have places u can report them online even if the infestation is known to help keep track of their movement

i haven't seen any posts about it this summer so im making my own. if you live on the east coast of the US (particularly pennsylvania, new jersey, new york, or maryland) and you see a bug that looks like this:

(and report it to your state's department of agriculture if you're in an area without a known infestation, check here)

spotted lanternflies are pretty, but they're invasive and super destructive, for more info check out your state's department of agriculture !!

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Oh, God. The Behind the Scenes of Marvel Streaming Productions is a nightmare. Marvel Studios (not the same division that ran Marvel TV) tried to re-invent the wheel:

They did away with 'showrunners' and only hired Head writers

And then apparently did away with it, too because then Marvel fired the writers and let the Directors have a say.

And then didn't stick with that too, and apparently just went on with the philosophy that they can fix it 'in post'

Some Quotes from this:

Those who work with Marvel on the TV side have complained of a lack of central vision that has, according to sources, begun to afflict the studio’s shows with creative differences and tension. “TV is a writer-driven medium,” says one insider familiar with the Marvel process. “Marvel is a Marvel-driven medium.”  On the Oscar Isaac starrer Moon Knight, show creator and writer Jeremy Slater quit and director Mohamed Diab took the reins. Jessica Gao developed and wrote She-Hulk: Attorney at Law but was sidelined once director Kat Coiro came on board. Production was challenging, with COVID hitting cast and crew, and Gao was brought back to oversee postproduction, a typical showrunner duty, but it’s the rare Marvel head writer who has such oversight.

(emphasis mine)

And then it went overboard in Secret Invasion -- Just in case we're all wondering why it was so bad? It's because of all the behind-the-scenes shenanigans.

--during the pandemic, Marvel stepped outside its usual staffing approach and brought in outside execs after years of internally promoting creatives who had been sufficiently trained in the Marvel method.  This change was felt most severely on Secret Invasion, the Samuel L. Jackson-led thriller that stands as Marvel’s worst-reviewed series. Kyle Bradstreet, a writer and executive producer on USA Network Emmy winner Mr. Robot, had been working on the scripts for Secret Invasion for about a year when he was fired after Marvel decided on a different direction. Enter new writer Brian Tucker, who penned the crime thriller Broken City. Thomas Bezucha, who helmed the thriller Let Him Go, and Ali Selim, who worked on Hulu’s 9/11 drama The Looming Tower, were on board as directors and to help crack the story. So far, so normal, at least by Marvel’s creative development standards. Details are murky, but what happened next, in the summer of 2022, debilitated the production as factions became entrenched and leaders vied for supremacy during Secret Invasion’s preproduction in London. “It was weeks of people not getting along, and it erupted,” says an insider. Marvel declined to directly comment on the matter.

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By early September, a good portion of the Invasion team had been replaced, with new line producers, unit production managers and assistant directors. And Bezucha, who was supposed to direct three episodes, left the show because of new scheduling conflicts. The Marvel executive overseeing the show, Chris Gary, was reassigned and, according to sources, is expected to depart Marvel when his contract is up at the end of the year.

NO WONDER SECRET INVASION WAS A MESS.

As it moves forward, Marvel is making concrete changes in how it makes TV. It now has plans to hire showrunners. Gao’s postproduction work on She-Hulk helped Marvel see that it would be helpful for its shows to have a creative throughline from start to finish. “It’s a term we’ve not only grown comfortable with but also learned to embrace,” says Winderbaum of showrunners and Marvel TV’s intention to hire them. The studio also plans on having full-time TV execs, rather than having executives straddle both television and film.

OH YOU THINK???

JFC. THERE'S A REASON WHY SHOWRUNNERS ARE A THING.

There's also a reason why Wandavision was so good-- because it had one singular vision from start to finish -- Jac Schaffer and Elizabeth Olsen's vision.

It also is revamping its development process. Showrunners will write pilots and show bibles.

Marvel trying to reinvent the wheel AND THEN FAILING SPECTACULARLY.

And then realizing there's a reason why Showrunners exist, and writer's rooms, show bibles, and even pilots.

I can't even.

Also, let's be clear -- Disney - Marvel used 'Headwriter' and not 'Showrunner' for corporate greed reasons, and I'm glad WGA got a fair deal because fuck that 'Headwriter' nonsense.

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Butters' Closest and Dearests

Well happy howdies and hellos to all you folks out in email list land! If you’re getting this that means you’re special to me and I’m wishin you and all yours a big patriotic picnic or flagburnin or whatever you’re gettin up to this 4th. But it also means I need to apologize for the scene you may have seen at Stan’s baby shower last week when our mutual lover Wendy publicly cut off her kismessisitude with Eric. Kyle Im sorry about what they did to your diaper sculpture I know you worked real hard on it and the d*ck shape made for a big ol cheeky hoot of a centerpiece before Eric peed all over it while repeatedly screaming “this is what diapers are for you [butt]holes!” We’re all goin thru some hard times, please everyone let me know if you know any webcomics I can try to gently shift Wendy’s focus to because I don’t think this is good for any of us. And Kyle please check to make sure you didnt bump any lighting fixtures cuz Eric’s complaining about the spycam wiring, again I’m sorry for bein invasive but his little "playing security guard" hobby’s about all that’s keepin him goin anymore, that and of course the petplay CBT me an him get up to. God bless the good ol USA and don’t skimp on the burgers and send me pics of your belly if you end up eating too many!! Again we need anything we can get in these difficult times 

Butters Stotch