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Space Nazis – Iron Sky

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I just watched the movie Iron Sky.  the premise is that the Nazis retreated to the moon in 1945, and a US mission to the moon in 2018 reveals them.

It was better than I expected. It is a comedy/farce, with the feel of a WWII movie mixed in with a bit of 007, and a dash of the advertising/propaganda business.

It was produced in Finland, Germany, Australia, and New York. It pokes fun at Nazis, America, and the UN. The UN is renamed in the movie to something else, but is a stand in for the UN.

It reveals how the rest of the world views Americans as warmongers, and not much better than the Nazis. Unfortunately, we Americans have let our leaders piss off the rest of the world so much that we need the military we have to keep them at bay.

I won’t delve into the politics further here. As an American, if you can just let the jabs at America pass, you can enjoy this movie.

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Dragonslayer

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I just finished watching the 1981 movie, Dragonslayer.

I liked it when I saw it back in ’81, and each time since. It has been several years since I last saw it. I forgot how cheesy the music is at the end. It reminds me of Lost In Space, the series, not the movie.

As with back in the theater way back when, I still see a d8 when I look at the amulet/phylactery. Did any other gamers clue in on that? I know I’m not the only one as my brother and the friends we went with back then all noticed it.

If you haven’t seen it, rent it or if you have NetFlix, you can watch it online.