#free the uyghers

[hayatheauthor]

Eid Mubarak to all the orphans in Gaza who have no new clothes to wear, no family to visit, no home to decorate. Who witness bombs tearing their sky apart while we watch fireworks.

Eid Mubarak to all the Muslims in Turkistan, the Uyghurs who are stripped of their right to choose their religion and follow it, who are ethnically cleansed and religiously coerced. Who have been sent to camps and tortured simply due to their faith.

Eid Mubarak to the Sundanese and Congolese who celebrate this auspicious day with bombs flying over their heads and soot staining their hands, the biggest victims of our consumerism.

Eid Mubarak to all the Muslims who don’t have families to celebrate with or money to purchase clothes and decorations. This year has made it clearer than ever that Eid is not the same for everyone. Remember to pray for our struggling Ummah and be grateful for your blessings. 🌙🤍

[gold2558]

Shut these communist control bastards aka “Faschistbook” & site down asap for denying your 1st amendment gif given right of free speech if nothing else the sooner you take this serious the much better off you will be do you like being controlled like a Uygher in China?

[alcalexandria]

Terminator: Dark Fate - Chinese Cut.

Truly, I'm the very Dumbest of Asses.

You know how easy it would have been to find the Chinese Cut months ago if I'd just rubbed two brain cells together from the get go and did this?

Incredibly easy, turns out.

Anyhow, first thing's first, runtime -

2:07:04 – Chinese Cut.

2:08:06 – Western Cut.

As you might guess, the changes aren’t major. For the most parts they are just cuts, but a full minute shorter is significant enough that the pace feels a LOT faster during key moments.

The legit substitute takes are mostly early in the movie, with later substitutions done via slightly ropey dubs – the dubbing on Grace saying she wants to beat the “snot” out of Sarah on the train is, uh, rough to say the least, as is “future stuff”.

But yelling “no!” when the pickup’s engine starts failing is a distinct take, and Grace telling Sarah she’ll kill her, rather than merely fuck her up, is too – I actually kinda like MD’s delivery of “kill you” better, and Linda’s delivery of “We’re not machines!” is fun.

Curiously, Dani’s allowed to call the Rev 9 a “fucker” when declaring she’s going to kill it. Maybe they get an allowance.

Speaking of machines, almost all the blood is gone now, as you’ve probably figured, because wailing on robots is fine, but not humans. An interesting aspect of that though is that most of Grace’s wounds in particular either aren’t shown or they’re significantly less dramatic; her blood is also much more visibly yellow and viscous, like honey. The arrival fight is a fraction of the length too, to spare us all the kind of unsanctioned butt that risks freeing the Uyghers and recognizing Taiwan as an independent state.

So Grace loses a *lot*. From her flashbacks, the stuff in the CBP infirmary, and from after she’s injured towards the end. For example, they can’t show how much she’s bleeding when she’s brought into the bunker, so that scene is seconds long; and with no time for the medic to hesitate, becoming an Augment seems like no big deal. Linking up with Dani in the centre is even choppier than the Western cut, because they can't linger on Grace's shrapnel wound. Dani and Grace’s exchange over taking her power source feels really rushed, and because they can’t show how badly hurt she is (her gross neck wound is just gone and her belly injuries are shadowed to hide them) it doesn’t really feel like anything. It also looks quite a bit like Dani just guts the shit out of somebody who’s pretty much fine apart from a dirty face and the wheezes.

The incidental effect is that, I think if this was the only cut I’d seen, Grace would have come across as a lot less human and quite a bit more machine. That gently shifts the movie's focus towards Dani to a degree I didn't expect, but it's interesting how much of a difference a minute and change makes.

Worth checking out once as a curiosity, but not superior or anything. Though it's almost it worth it solely for the overdubbed “Oh shoot!” when a dumptruck with a bulldozer blade rams through a foot thick concrete wall to kill them all.

Misc observations about the movie in all forms –

- Linda Hamilton’s real tattoo is briefly visible in the shot of her picking the lock in the CBP centre. It’s either covered by a watch or digitally erased otherwise. Hamilton had the co-ordinates of her Cameron-money Malibu mansion tattooed on her when she sold it, and I’m pretty sure Grace’s tattoo is an in-joke homage to it.

- Somehow I hadn’t noticed Dani actually says “I’m sorry Grace” before cutting into her, which feels much sadder to me than just “I’m sorry” for some reason.

- When they can’t get the door open at the dam, Sarah’s left arm flails around weirdly in front of the other two (it’s really noticeable in gifs). I didn’t twig what’s happening until now – she’s trying to reach back for Grace, but her other arm is still half-busted so she's distracted trying to hang it from her vest comfortably as a kind of improvised sling. Her busted arm is also why Dani says neither of them can throw a punch. IDK why I didn’t put that together before.

- The Rev-9 endoskeleton design is absolutely fantastic and I wish we’d seen much more of it.

- Not sure how I completely missed it every time until now, but Grace actually specifically mentions she's got a Thorium microreactor to Sarah. IDK why I thought we only knew that from extended media stuff.

[alexanderpusheen]

what frustrates me the most abt this china narrative is that the US created al qaeda and ISIS, those groups are recruiting and causing terrorism in xinjiang, china has been trying to handle the situation with re-education programs often suggested by westerners, and its still being treated as this major human rights violation. there are actually dozens of countries with several robust anti radicalization programs that are just as strict, like singapore, colombia, yemen, bangladesh, saudi arabia, and indonesia. this paper ive linked to was even funded by the DHS so like...why has detaining someone and basically reverse brainwashing them out of being a terrorist been so acceptable for so long but now its an issue? 

if you take issue with chinas program, you have to prove its somehow exceptional to these other programs. since we really dont have any way of knowing what is truth or reality thanks to the enormous disinformation campaign going on, you fucking cant. we dont even know what the programs entail because even googling it gets you exclusively hyperbolic concentration camp accusations. 

what i will say is that relations between the han majority and the uyghur minority have been strained since at least the 80s. link is the notoriously conservative and pro US intervention human rights watch, so dont say im using pro commie sources or anything. every time i do any bit of research on this i seem to find an attempt from major news outlets in the early to mid 2000s or late 20-teens to prove this all started or became dramatically worse now, but things have always been tense. and its not really a surprise that things really got bad after the collapse of the soviet union, an event that was geographically close to china and the xinjiang region and also just like, a fucking major global event in general.

what i find to be very odd is just how dramatically the narrative has changed. the diplomat, one of my favorite periodicals, went from taking very nuanced and balanced positions on xinjiang that i almost completely agreed with to being just as aggressive as outlets like the BBC and CNN in the span of five years. they have eleven pages worth of articles on xinjiang, mostly covering the terrorism and beijings response (which i agree is too harsh) and xinjiang muslims’ relationships to the greater muslim world. 

an example is how this article talks about the conflict at the time which warns of escalating violence as a result of han chauvinism and beijing being unable to deal with the extremism holistically. it points out how there were uyghurs captured among taliban ranks in afghanistan and how many might have even been working with ISIL.

The threat will not be an existential one to the Chinese state, as most Uighurs would prefer a peaceful accommodation. But even if only 1 percent of Uighurs hold extreme views, there are 10 million in Xinjiang and even for a state security apparatus as formidable as China’s, 100,000 or more angry people present a tough challenge.

i think its totally right that china does not allow people in that area to have cars, woodcutting tools, and amonium nitrate (which is used in bombs) is very strictly regulated. i completely agree that this is not how you combat terrorism. most people do not want war and broadly punishing these people is itself a human rights violation that went unnoticed until now.

however, in that same year, the diplomat also published this article about the infamous turkestan islamic party. members of TIP are like, literal jihadists lmfao.

TIP fighters call on the world’s Muslims to join the jihad against Western countries in internet videos. Perhaps most worringly for China, the TIP believes that Muslims may fight locally using various means instead of coming to Syria and Iraq to conduct a “holy war” against the “infidel” Western regimes.  

yeah i definitely want to hear more about what these guys have to say. the article is really good because i think it highly illustrates just how dangerous these people are. theyve killed hundreds of people across china and want to establish a fascist religious state in xinjiang. while the article speaks for itself, i believe the last paragraph really highlights why china is being singled out whereas countries like france and canada are considered allies to muslims for whatever reason:

However, as experience has shown, China takes a passive position in the struggle against global Islamic jihad in Syria and Iraq. Beijing has not sent its troops to the Middle East to fight ISIS and has instead confined itself to diplomatic support for Russia and the United States. The Chinese government uses the attacks of Islamic jihadists to persuade Western countries to support Beijing’s position on Xinjiang and turn a blind eye when the freedom and rights of Uyghurs are harshly suppressed by Chinese security forces. Therefore, China is not perceived by the West as a reliable partner in the fight against terrorism. [emphasis mine]

im just a little surprised to see that a lot of these violent attacks from extremists throughout the years have targeted not just han chinese but also other uyghurs. in the west people do not typically sympathize with terrorists as freedom fighters, even on the left, because we know that no matter how angry or how seemingly justified the violence might seem, terrorism is unacceptable and it grossly misrepresents islam. it is a fascist act because those terrorists often follow an extremely right wing version of islam. also, we know that those who carry out terrorist attacks even outside of the west are middle class and professionals in some way, not poor and marginalized people. the level of nuance afforded to terrorists outside of xinjiang is pretty staggering. 

yet in china, there seems to be this excitement than they are killing chinese people, even if some of those chinese are other uyghers or otherwise muslims. those who carry out attacks in xinjiang dont get any nuance or analysis because theyre justified.

ive referenced the diplomat earlier but this article from 2013 says it perfectly: Call Tiananmen Attack What It Was: Terrorism. except terrorism is bad. and the west wants you to support the uyghurs. and make no mistake, they do not want you to support the millions of uyghurs who want to live peacefully, free of any repression, american or chinese. they want you to support the jihadists randomly blowing up chinese and tourists alike because you are meant to sympathize with their plight.

terrorism isnt something to be romantacized or cheered on. it is something someone or someones do when they feel they have no other option. people do not want to kill even those they feel they have every right to because thats a line you cant uncross. murder changes you, justified or not. see the last chapter of wretched of the earth for this.

terrorism is great, however, for destabilizing a region or a country, and xinjiang is resource-rich. establishing a US-friendly regime, no matter how good they are on human rights, is the goal. the US does not care about muslims. they do not care about human rights. china, also, does not really seem to care about muslims or human rights either. but we’ve seen this since vietnam, and the US has learned since vietnam. the vietnamese were sympathetic. they were minding their business. 

after vietnam, merely being communist isnt enough to warrant invasion. theyre killing their own people. nevermind that bolsonaro kills his own people and no one wants to invade (yet--biden has mention sanctions wrt us which is scary but again, thats got everything to do with making sure latin america is loyal to the west, not HR offenses). korea, although it was before vietnam, was less publicized and learning from vietnam gave the US a valuable lesson: always blame the victim. and thus, the US blames the victims of its violence. even if its ‘justified’, even if its ‘true,’ as was the case with saddam hussein, invading and occupying was the nightmare no one but the imperialists anticipated. because they dont broadcast what occupying forces do to the occupied. i am old enough to remember abu ghraib. have it seared in my memory forever. you perhaps are also old enough to remember, but also think millions of abu ghraibs and guantanamo bays are always worth it, always justified. 

i know people arent going to read this and remind me really rudely that they didnt read it but i want to really emphasize how one of imperialism and colonialisms features is ethnic and racial separatism. how the rwandan genocide couldnt have happened without previous belgian and french rule. how yugoslavia wouldve remained a single country had it not been for NATO. i think its easy to diminish the role of the colonizer in all of this, but it is actually one of its goals: divide and conquer. exacerbate the existing conflicts to the point of genocide. 

and if the west succeeds in balkanizing china, you will get more racism rather than less. you will see more violence against muslim minorities rather than less. they will feel less empowered rather than more. china has to learn that they are also to blame in a way that will be catastrophic for over a billion people. han chauvinism and outright racism must be addressed beyond window dressing.

wrapping up, china is in the wrong here. what theyre doing is racist and humiliating a population that has to be empowered. and the one child rule, even for the han majority, is imo fucking evil lol like sorry tankie tumblr im tankie too but i cannot for the life of me accept that as a good thing.... but i also dont buy the accusations of genocide, because even tho a lot of these articles are kind of glossing over it, china is trying to handle the terrorism in the region. imo theyre feeding into it by getting more han in the area, but also having more han but forcing them to take worse jobs would be a show of good will. idk, this situation is extremely complex and frankly, most uyghers do not want secession. 

i also take extreme issue with people saying that adrian zenz is somehow reliable. not only is he a nazi crackpot, hes also literally the only source for almost all of what we know about this in the west. that is not how you do journalism. i dont understand how people are saying ‘yeah hes an extremely fascist grifter but also i believe him because hes anti communist and also anti china’. thats also not really the point? the point is that hes also the ONLY SOURCE on almost all of this, which is alarming. 

i also find it very startling that in order to keep interest in the story, every few weeks the US has to remind people that the chinese are also doing what the US is doing to women in its own camps. forget that the US is separating minors from parents (since 2008). forget that the US is sterilizing women en masse (since 2017). forget that the US is raping women at the border (since there was a border). forget the US even has camps because now they arent even called that anymore. this is not that ‘you can be angry at two things at once’ but a clearly cynical attempt to get its citizens to forget that the US is detaining, deporting, sterilizing, and raping, and gassing non US nationals. 

they are not ‘your own people.’ they are me. the other. i am an immigrant to the US, currently in my country of birth, so i am the other to you, the american. the chinese are doing the evil crime of killing their own. but the americans could never kill their own because they dont consider black americans to be their own. latin american nationals are not their own. bombing millions globally is not their own. thats always justifiable. there is clearly an element of racism in how these crimes are perceived as more or less evil.

the way immigrants and black americans are brutalized in the US is almost naturalized. like its the way things are supposed to be. you can live with that. its upsetting that you have to hear about antiblackness and the like but you know thats just how life is. you dont necessarily call for the US to be sanctioned or bombed by other countries because you believe in the inherent goodness of white america. but countries like china and iran and north korea deserve to be starved and killed for their crimes. and you can never say ‘maybe bombing and starving a country isnt the answer’ because it means you agree with it. you can never say ‘this is clearly propaganda to make me hate another race so much’ because it means youre a genocide denier. im sorry, but again, i remember iraq in 2003, i remember libya in 2011. i dont buy it.

finally, theres been a lot of attacks on asian people in the US lately and if you cannot see the violent way the US talks about china the country and how that influences people to harm asians within the US then idk what else to tell you. people will really believe this shit and say the chinese are all blood thirsty islamaphobes and thus need to be harmed. ‘im not like that! i defend my asian friends from racism!’ thats nice and all but idk how spreading some sinophobic propaganda designed by the US to make you support some kind of violence against one billion chinese people isnt inherently racist. also its unhelpful because sanctions dont really solve problems. but ive spoken too much.

[5llowance]

My Nationalist friend was having a conversation about the Uighurs... and... well... via /r/China

My Nationalist friend was having a conversation about the Uighurs... and... well...

He basically wrote this block of text (warning, grammar is extremely bad).

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China isn't actually forcing them (the Uighurs) to convert or anything. ok maybe a little - but u know the uighurs get free schooling, housing and furniture? China's trying to bribe them. They are not prisoners. they just HAVE to attend monthly activities. american jails r like a free pass. no ones getting fucking killed. what ever ur reading - its wrong - no one is fucking killing ppl off. no one is CONSIDERED missing. when they're in the camp - no communications. when they are released - they can. None of their names are released to the public. ok first- where do u hear that they aren't heard from again? the people who were actually forcefully oppressed show resentment. The ones who are choosing peace are getting more benefit. Oh pls screw xi - Xi's turning into MAo. They are offered two things: 1. live with the mainland in peace and we'll give u benefits and privs. 2. if ur part of the minority who fights, then they lock u up for a few months. Remember that speech? the one on facial recog and the point system remember? that's what it's referring to. I literally have relatives in xinjiang. ok i have my resentment towards uighurs - some of them. you want to know why? the train station attack in kunming back in 2014. I was there ok. i dont give a shit if u dont believe me because i was fucking there and saw everything unfold. the first initial crackdown was to suppress everything that they were doing before more shit hits the fan. and yes ur right. I don't hate the culture. but when i hear the ones who are causing problems are cracked down upon - i support it. and those posters u see? Many of those are asking where their family members went. they were not executed and randomly buried. (altho it does sound kinda sketchy). HOW "LONG" IS LONG TIME YEARS? OR JUST THE MONTHS THAT EVERYONE WAS LOCKED UP IN? ok i'll tell u what MOST of them (the camps) are for. basically to teach them everything again and show them everything they can have if they can live symbiotically with China. sure if u keep urging "cultural genocide" im not going to say thats not happening its just not happening on the mass scale. u think its happening on. barely any of them are actually tortured. get it right. You know a lot of regions have military guards? The school I went to had PAP. do you want a timeline?

uygher seperatists attack and commit several acts of terrorism across china

government crackdown 3. the camps - as u see for brainwashing.

but- when u say thousands are being tortured and recant their beliefs - that's not entirely true.

The backbone of their religion and culture is still preserved. u say: china is destroying part of the culture, i dont disagree but when u say: so many people are being put away in torture camps - i do disagreee. because the majority still has better treatment. wtf is wrong with ur head?

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[organicgoblin]

Hey guys,

I know my blog is mostly just a collection of things that make me laugh and I’m not much of a content maker myself, but I feel really strongly about this and wanted to get the word out. You guys are probably aware of the recent news regarding Uygher detainment camps. If not, you can find out more at https://www.cnn.com/2018/10/10/asia/xinjiang-china-reeducation-camps-intl/index.html. In short, Uygher people are being illegally imprisoned by authorities and subjected to all sorts of abuses and humiliations. I’m not one for soapbox speeches, but I encourage everyone to learn more about it and if you feel as strongly as I do that detaining people according to religious beliefs or minority status is beyond dangerous, feel free to go to the “How to Help” page on the Intl. Uygher Human Rights and Democracy Foundation site at http://www.iuhrdf.org/help. We don’t have much power as individuals, but when a representative gets thousands of letters on the same topic they start to pay attention. 

[hayatheauthor]

Ramadan Kareem everyone 🫶 During this holy month, please remember the Palestinians, Uyghurs, Sudanese, Congolese, Kashmiris, Lebanese, Syrians, Yemenis, and all our suffering Muslim brothers and sisters in your duas. Be grateful for the Suhoor and Iftar you eat, the water you drink, the new clothes and decorations you buy, the family gatherings and simple joys; because many members of our Ummah are deprived of these simple joys. The least we can do for them is pray for their safety and prosperity.

[arcticdementor]

Today’s example of Libertarianism-as-unfalsifiable-faith:

Much like the lefties who blame China’s treatment of the Uyghers on “white culture,” there are libertarian types who have an equally simplistic view: I saw recently in Disqus comments, one earnestly arguing that right-wing people being deplatformed by Woke tech titans is solely and entirely the fault of… “government regulation.” That if only we had a True Free Market in Silicon Valley, this censorship would vanish immediately.

[gold2558]

Shut these communist control bastards aka “Faschistbook” & site down asap for denying your 1st amendment gif given right of free speech if nothing else the sooner you take this serious the much better off you will be do you like being controlled like a Uygher in China?

[justawholedumpster]

We don’t have unfettered access to guns or even close to unfettered, have you ever bought a gun? 

Also, It’s not a might happen, it’s a will happen, it’s already happened. To name a few of these “might” happens you claim are justified in the means: Uygher concentration camps, Tiananmen Square, Japanese American Internment Camps, Hong Kong, Wounded Knee, Kent State massacre . And while I will give you the decency of assuming you aren’t a Nazi, let me also emphasize that Hitler was a big fan of disarming those who he considered a threat to society. You’d be amazed about what he said about Jews, it was extremely compelling and acceptable seeing as it resulted in the Jews’ near extinction in Europe, in fact it sounds like things people still say today. But anyway, he started with gun registration, then banned certain calibers of bullets or types of guns, and then moved to demanding certain societally disruptive people be required to relinquish guns and be barred from owning. The rest is history. Communist Gulags are almost a copy and paste of Hitler. You’ve not only offered no checks and balances to stop your call for more gun control and restrictions on who can own guns from becoming the same story as any of these events, in fact, you’ve outright sold the only document that would hinder that process for peace of mind.

All you’ve said is that you’d rather seek an immediate solution that in the long-term threatens hundreds of thousands times more lives than take the time to implement a solution that actually considers the state of the our country’s culture context, or corruption. It’s irresponsible and short sighted to both acknowledge worldwide issues corruption, genocide, eugenics, enslavement and more and yet still argue that it’s better to allow those things to happen in the long-term (or immediately) than to make changes that aren’t on your side of the political isle or may cause you discomfort.

Do you have any idea how much gun violence is stopped every year by armed citizens in the US? Do you know how many mass shootings take place in places known for not allowing guns verses places where people are likely to be carrying? Do you know how many mass shootings would never have happened if FBI, police, or security had stepped in or followed protocol? Do you have any idea how many shooters illegally got their guns and would would not be stopped by your bans? We live next to Mexico, one of the deadliest countries on earth with one of the biggest illegal weapons market. Your weapons ban would mean nothing but open season on unarmed people for 90% of criminals convicted of gun violence. It would result in an increase of innocents attacked, robbed, raped, kidnapped, and killed by millions. Not only are you advocating to violate the right of people to protect themselves from criminals regardless of gender, social class, sex, disability, or health situation, but you’re doing it on the misguided belief that you’ve actually stopped the violence.

And no, we don’t agree. Making mental health care free does not make it effective, it t makes it cheap. That’s a whole other discussion, I’m not going into it other than to say that demanding healthcare be free does not make it any more accessible to someone who does not trust or want it and sees the solution to their self hatred and contempt for other human beings as violence. Anyone who can spend a few thousand on guns and ammo could have used it on a shrink, they chose not to. 

The solutions people who don’t want to disarm innocent citizens are coming up with may not be immediate they way you think gun bans will be, but we’ve build our opinions on understanding the complete picture, especially the consequences of those actions past our peace of mind. I can’t say the same for you.

It's not mental health. It's the guns, you selfish assholes!

[karenstavert-blog]

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[gold2558]

Shut these communist control bastards aka “Faschistbook” & site down asap for denying your 1st amendment gif given right of free speech if nothing else the sooner you take this serious the much better off you will be do you like being controlled like a Uygher in China?

[gold2558]

Shut this communist control bastards aka “Faschistbook” & site down asap for denying your 1st amendment gif given right of free speech if nothing else the sooner you take this serious the much better off you will be do you like being controlled like a Uygher in China?

[gold2558]

Shut this communist control bastards aka “Faschistbook” & site down asap for denying your 1st amendment gif given right of free speech if nothing else the sooner you take this serious the much better off you will be do you like being controlled like a Uygher in China?

[gold2558]

Shut this communist control bastards aka “Faschistbook” & site down asap for denying your 1st amendment gif given right of free speech if nothing else the sooner you take this serious the much better off you will be do you like being controlled like a Uygher in China?

[rawk-chikk]

'...to spare us all the kind of unsanctioned butt that risks freeing the Uyghers and recognizing Taiwan as an independent state.'

🤣🤣🤣

Man, I knew Chinese censorship was on the draconian side but still. Funny how changing a few little things that seem relatively trivial on the surface can throw off the entire feel and pace of the movie.

I'm interested in the alternate line readings/overdubs but can take or leave the rest. The western release has dodgy enough pacing as it is, lol.

Still wish the universe would bless us with a leak of the original test screening tho. That's the holy grail right there.

Terminator: Dark Fate - Chinese Cut.

Truly, I'm the very Dumbest of Asses.

You know how easy it would have been to find the Chinese Cut months ago if I'd just rubbed two brain cells together from the get go and did this?

Incredibly easy, turns out.

Anyhow, first thing's first, runtime -

2:07:04 – Chinese Cut.

2:08:06 – Western Cut.

As you might guess, the changes aren’t major. For the most parts they are just cuts, but a full minute shorter is significant enough that the pace feels a LOT faster during key moments.

The legit substitute takes are mostly early in the movie, with later substitutions done via slightly ropey dubs – the dubbing on Grace saying she wants to beat the “snot” out of Sarah on the train is, uh, rough to say the least, as is “future stuff”.

But yelling “no!” when the pickup’s engine starts failing is a distinct take, and Grace telling Sarah she’ll kill her, rather than merely fuck her up, is too – I actually kinda like MD’s delivery of “kill you” better, and Linda’s delivery of “We’re not machines!” is fun.

Curiously, Dani’s allowed to call the Rev 9 a “fucker” when declaring she’s going to kill it. Maybe they get an allowance.

Speaking of machines, almost all the blood is gone now, as you’ve probably figured, because wailing on robots is fine, but not humans. An interesting aspect of that though is that most of Grace’s wounds in particular either aren’t shown or they’re significantly less dramatic; her blood is also much more visibly yellow and viscous, like honey. The arrival fight is a fraction of the length too, to spare us all the kind of unsanctioned butt that risks freeing the Uyghers and recognizing Taiwan as an independent state.

So Grace loses a *lot*. From her flashbacks, the stuff in the CBP infirmary, and from after she’s injured towards the end. For example, they can’t show how much she’s bleeding when she’s brought into the bunker, so that scene is seconds long; and with no time for the medic to hesitate, becoming an Augment seems like no big deal. Linking up with Dani in the centre is even choppier than the Western cut. Dani and Grace’s exchange over taking her power source feels really rushed, and because they can’t show how badly hurt she is (her gross neck wound is just gone and her belly injuries are shadowed to hide them) it doesn’t really feel like anything. It also looks quite a bit like Dani just guts the shit out of somebody who’s pretty much fine apart from a dirty face and the wheezes.

The incidental effect is that, I think if this was the only cut I’d seen, Grace would have come across as a lot less human and quite a bit more machine. That gently shifts the movie's focus towards Dani to a degree I didn't expect, but it's interesting how much of a difference a minute and change makes.

Worth checking out once as a curiosity, but not superior or anything. Though it's almost it worth it solely for the overdubbed “Oh shoot!” when a dumptruck with a bulldozer blade rams through a foot thick concrete wall to kill them all.

Misc observations about the movie in all forms –

- Linda Hamilton’s real tattoo is briefly visible in the shot of her picking the lock in the CBP centre. It’s either covered by a watch or digitally erased otherwise. Hamilton had the co-ordinates of her Cameron-money Malibu mansion tattooed on her when she sold it, and I’m pretty sure Grace’s tattoo is an in-joke homage to it.

- Somehow I hadn’t noticed Dani actually says “I’m sorry Grace” before cutting into her, which feels much sadder to me than just “I’m sorry” for some reason.

- There’s a bit when they can’t get the door open at the dam, and Sarah’s left arm flails around weirdly in front of the other two (it’s really noticeable in gifs). I didn’t twig what’s happening until now – she’s trying to reach back for Grace, but her other arm is still half-busted so she's distracted trying to hang it from her vest comfortably as a kind of improvised sling. Her busted arm is also why Dani says neither of them can throw a punch. IDK why I didn’t put that together before.

- The Rev-9 endoskeleton design is absolutely fantastic and I wish we’d seen much more of it.

- Not sure how I completely missed it every time until now, but Grace actually specifically mentions she's got a Thorium microreactor to Sarah. IDK why I thought we only knew that from extended media stuff.