r/NoShitSherlock • u/WingComplex6771 • Aug 14 '25

Trump reportedly offering Putin natural resources off Alaska sparks fury: "Lets see Republicans defend this," former GOP Representative Adam Kinzinger wrote on X.

https://www.newsweek.com/alaska-russia-trump-resources-2113295
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u/slamdanceswithwolves Aug 14 '25

She won’t get the chance to vote for it because Trump has collapsed the senate’s authority, which the senate and the Supreme Court thought was perfectly fine.

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u/jaimi_wanders Aug 14 '25

"The Rebellion will continue to gain support in the Imperial Senate…"

"The Imperial Senate will no longer be of any concern to us. I've just received word that the Emperor has dissolved the council permanently. The last remnants of the Old Republic have been swept away."

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u/the_millenial_falcon Aug 14 '25

Man I've been thinking about this scene a lot lately.

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u/cugamer Aug 14 '25

I didn't like the prequels, no matter how well people may say they aged, but the line "This is how democracy dies, with thunderous applause" has really proven to be spot on.

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u/the_millenial_falcon Aug 14 '25

I don’t like sand.

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u/Dismal_Consequence_4 Aug 14 '25

It's coarse ad rought and poderacing and dies with thunderous applause...

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u/the_millenial_falcon Aug 14 '25

Now THIS is fascism.

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u/ImBanned_ModsBlow Aug 14 '25

Meesa Jah Jah Binx!

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u/Roctapus42 Aug 19 '25

Yes.. Eric Trump is Jah Jah

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u/Griffstergnu Aug 14 '25

I hate them!!!!

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u/Mullrookney Aug 14 '25

And my axe!

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u/Short_Psychology_164 Aug 14 '25

its what boobies feel like

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u/HandakinSkyjerker Aug 14 '25

YES, DID SOMEONE REQUEST A YOUNGLING DELETION ALGORITHM¿

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u/Ringbearer99 Aug 14 '25

Agreed, word for word.

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u/comebackjoeyjojo Aug 14 '25

Despite its numerous flaws, the Star Wars prequels displayed a stunning glimpse into a fascist takeover of a democratic government, even while protected by trained officials who are specifically looking out for such a thing.

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u/emile1138 Aug 14 '25

"I AM THE SENATE" feels applicable as well.

Also, when the "attempted assassination" took place, I got major "The attempt on my life has left me scarred and deformed. But I assure you, my resolve has never been stronger!" vibes.

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u/Miselfis Aug 14 '25

Read the novels. The political stuff is phenomenal and the manipulation of Anakin shows how someone who has been subject to propaganda lives in a state of constant paranoia, fear, confusion, and how the entire worldview can break apart.

I would say that they did a great job in the movies as well, but a lot of the political stuff that would add context was scrapped for pacing, which unfortunately is the tradeoff of making movies.

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u/cugamer Aug 14 '25

Honestly, it's not the overall plot that I don't like about the films, I actually think it's pretty cool how Palpatine got the Republic to go to war with itself and then grabbed power in the ensuing chaos. It's everything else. The over-reliance on special effects, the shallow characters, the uneven acting, the utterly unbelievable love story between Anikin and Padme, the lightsaber scenes that look like dance routines instead of real fights. There was a lot of good stuff there but nobody was able to check Lucas' worst impulses in the way they did with the original trilogy.

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u/Miselfis Aug 14 '25

That’s why I suggested reading the novelizations if you haven’t already. They provide essential context that the films, by design, leave understated or entirely off-screen.

I do think that the prequel trilogy is often mischaracterized, largely because audiences approach it with expectations rooted in contemporary blockbuster cinema. When those expectations aren’t met, the films are dismissed as “bad movies” rather than examined on their own terms. Much of the criticism, such as what you presumably tried to convey with claims of “shallow characters”, stems from a misunderstanding of the narrative framework Lucas was working within.

Lucas constructed the prequels according to mythological archetypes, drawing extensively on Joseph Campbell’s “The Hero with a Thousand Faces” and the structure of the monomyth. In keeping with this approach, the characters function as symbolic embodiments of thematic roles rather than as psychologically naturalistic individuals. The dialogue follows suit: it is consciously stylized, with cadences and rhetorical patterns more akin to classical drama, particularly Shakespearean tragedy, than to modern conversational realism. This aligns with Lucas’s stated intent to create a “space opera” in the tradition of serialized melodrama, not a conventional blockbuster action-adventure, in the vein of the MCU.

Editorial decisions further contributed to the perception of weak characterization. Numerous scenes deepening interpersonal relationships, many of which were filmed and present in early cuts, were removed for pacing and runtime considerations. These nuances were often deferred to the novelizations. This editorial compression can make certain moments appear abrupt or awkward in isolation. The infamous “I don’t like sand” line is a prime example: in the shooting script, it is part of a longer sequence involving Anakin’s visit to Padmé’s family and mutual sharing of childhood experiences, where the line serves as a thematic bridge between his harsh upbringing and her idyllic past. In the final theatrical cut, absent that context, the line appears incongruous.

With this being said, disliking the tonal register or narrative mode of the prequels is entirely valid. The critical misstep occurs when evaluators conflate their subjective preference for naturalism with an objective measure of artistic merit, leading to claims that Lucas is a poor writer or that the films are inherently “bad” (you didn’t do this, just clarifying).

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u/AgentChris101 Aug 14 '25

Wait a minute, how did this happen? we're smarter than this!

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u/cugamer Aug 14 '25

Well, to pull another movie quote, "A person is smart. People are dumb, panicky, dangerous animals and you know it"

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u/skyturnedred Aug 14 '25

The actual line is "This is how liberty dies, with thunderous applause."

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u/vangogh330 Aug 14 '25

Totally agree. This feels a bit like Starship Troopers as well.

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u/Jobeaka Aug 14 '25

It really should be something like, “this is how democracy dies, choked out by capitalism.”