Posts by hollowwalker24

Gregory Turner71 said:First off—this forum isn't exactly a dumping ground for links, I guess.

Like when—just one example:

Nicole James said:So, I just saw this story about a ten-year-old kid battling some serious complications from COVID—it’s pretty heavy stuff, honestly. It makes you realize how unpredictable this whole thing still is, I guess. Maybe we should all be taking it a bit more seriously? Just a thought.

So, some patient at NYU Langone ended up losing an arm due to COVID—turns out the virus can trigger blood clots that just wreck your circulation. I guess even when you survive the actual illness, the aftermath can be pretty brutal.

So, apparently, there's some research out of Johns Hopkins suggesting that COVID might actually leave people with long-term neurological issues—long after the initial infection clears. I guess we should probably start bracing ourselves for a whole new wave of "brain fog" discussions, maybe? Just one more thing to add to the pile, I suppose.

Left or right hand—your pick, I guess.

Nicole James said:Also, just a heads-up—links to those trashy websites about the coronavirus aren't really welcome here, unless you're posting them in our conspiracy theory corner, I guess.

silentfalcon3 said:So, I guess the Democratic Party website is just garbage too. I'm pretty much on the same page as you here—

The Austrian Supreme Court just stepped in regarding that whole situation with Anderlon—it looks like they're actually reviewing the case now. I guess we'll see if the ruling changes anything, maybe.

Depending on who’s doing the talking, the media can be a solid source of info—or just straight-up garbage—and I guess studies are pretty much the same way; they're either actually useful or just totally irrelevant.

Nicole James said:That study you posted is pretty much irrelevant—I guess.

It’s kind of like how those little personal anecdotes we tell—I guess you could say they're just tiny snapshots—can actually be mapped onto the general population at any given moment.

Nicole James said:I was out working in the yard yesterday—two hours with the weed whacker, clearing brush, burning stuff... probably spent four hours in a mask, plus a face shield for mowing. When I finally finished, I realized I actually had it on my face. Most people's carbon footprint probably goes up just by looking at a mask. I guess I'm just built different...

Nicole James said:I wear the mask because of the dust. And the shield because getting hit by a stray pebble or a twig isn't exactly fun. It doesn't even really make breathing harder—I honestly just forget I'm wearing it.

Nicole James said:Then again, I have no idea how I didn't pass out when I was training regularly in a mask after some pretty intense surgery and dealing with a few awkward chronic issues...

Maybe I am some kind of superhero...

Nicole James said:It’s not a burden on the heart or lungs. I wore a mask following doctor's orders for a serious lung infection and right after heart surgery. The impact on oxygen levels was basically zero.

Which isn't really something you can apply to the general public:

Nicole James said:Personal anecdotes aren't exactly scalable to the rest of the population.

Jeremy Brooks87 said:It’s probably best to just step away.

I don't even bother posting on the Coronavirus forum anymore—they just delete my stuff regularly and hand out warnings now.

I've got at least five separate threads going over in the General Discussion subforum where I'm complaining about how they moderate that place:

http://www.forum.com/showthread.php?t=1208085

http://www.forum.com/showthread.php?t=1209451

http://www.forum.com/showthread.php?t=1209451

http://www.forum.com/showthread.php?t=1219839

http://www.forum.com/showthread.php?t=1232345

Most of those were closed right after my last reply got nuked, or they have zero replies (can't even post in the last one), while Quark had an entire thread wiped just for complaining—even though what he said was spot on. I guess it makes you wonder why this subforum even exists if nothing ever changes despite all the complaints.

And yeah, just to reiterate, I actually got a few DMs from—supposedly—the heads of the site:

https://abload.de/img/aaa1kxkby.jpg

http://www.forum.com/showgroups.php

They basically say they agree with the complaints and how things are running, but they don't want to rock the boat to keep "peace in the house"—or maybe they've just given up on trying to run a forum like this.

boldcanyon14 said:Kudos, hollowwalker24—you can pretty much expect zero replies to your posts from here on out. 🙂

What ego and the rest of that crew are pulling is basically criminal.

I’ve checked out of that Coronavirus forum entirely—just don't have the patience for it anymore—and I know plenty of others feel the same way. Let them stay in their little bubble and talk only to people who agree with them; I guess that's what forums are for, right?

At this rate, I'm just waiting for them to scrub this post too, just like they do with my other stuff, and maybe "gift" me another ban.

Looks like ego is still pushing their agenda—Amy Rogers just snagged 500 points:

So, Woobie spins and lies—not an issue, I guess.

Amy Rogers backs her post up with a link from WHO, calls Woobie a liar and a troll—boom, 500 points for "Insulting forum members."

Also, I’m noticing everyone is getting handed out cards and bans for repeating posts or for "arguing with points (which don't necessarily have to be factual, they can just be rhetorical or logical)":

And, as McAucliffe put it:

McAucliffe said:Since you lack actual arguments for your lies, you just pulled a post from another forum, went totally off-topic, and kept trolling and insulting without ever actually proving your fabrications...

Not to mention now you're playing victim and arguing about insults when you unceremoniously dragged my family into this and implied domestic violence—which isn't just an insult, it's straight-up libel...

But I guess that wasn't a problem?

Finally, let's look at the consistency of moderators who hand out punishments for things like—"you're posting too much, take a break."

Here are just a few threads from the Coronavirus forum:

Searching for reasons or conspiracy theories

Top poster, Woobie, 900 posts:

Masks

Top poster, Woobie, 641 posts:

Are you going to get vaccinated against SARS-CoV-2 with any of the available shots?

Top poster, Woobie, 654 posts:

The situation in America:

Top poster, Woobie, 353 posts:

Store experiences during the COVID era

Top poster, Woobie, 286 posts:

The situation in America, Vol. II

Top poster, Woobie, 297 posts:

Regarding the moderation of the Coronavirus forum

Top poster, Woobie, 182 posts:

Protests against the mandates:

Top poster, Woobie, 62 posts:

Are the mandates pointless?

Top poster, Woobie, 24 posts:

It’s not just every single topic on the subforum—just some of the top ones. I'm pretty sure there are plenty more threads where this guy is either the most active or basically just terrorizing everyone.

Anyway, the harassment has gotten to the point where Woobie is actually going into meme threads to comment on and "correct" people's memes (some of his posts even got nuked):

Also, something interesting I haven't heard back on—Amy Rogers gets 500 points that expire on 02/25/2021.

Meanwhile, the same moderator—while also deleting my posts whenever I try to share studies—gives me 100 points that expire on 04/19/2021.

Like I said, other than that, I don't have any active strikes or points, and I can't even reply to the thread anymore:

The post in this thread was deleted (obviously):

Looking for a review from the admins regarding this deletion—specifically about my points and the April 19, 2021 expiration.

A ton of users constantly complain about this specific moderator—and the COVID-19 subforum mods in general—but I guess people just stop appealing once they feel like the moderators have basically chased them off the board.

Anyway, looking at what's attached here, you can see I don't actually have any active strikes or points:

https://abload.de/img/001yljqm.jpg

It’s been over ten days since my first post—still haven't heard a peep, I guess?

Donna Watson65 said:How deleting posts can be—nothing more, nothing less than—totally degutantan? 🤷

Gross.

I guess this link is about some disgusting stuff—not sure why anyone would bother reading it, honestly.

Gross.

I can't really get into the specifics of that link—it seems pretty gross, to be honest. I guess it’s just one of those things you wish you hadn't seen.

Synonyms:

It’s just... gross. Truly.

It’s honestly pretty gross—I guess you could call it revolting.

Instead of obsessing over semantics—maybe focus more on the actual point here—is breaking the subforum rules really what this is about? And why are posts being deleted anyway? I guess.

Casey Bennett said:Does the mod scratch their nose with their left hand while clicking delete with the right? Or maybe it's the other way around—depends on their preference, I guess. That’s the only thing that makes sense to me, but then you have to wonder how the thread starter even knows the mod is scratching their nose while deleting posts?

I guess I’d probably get banned for a post like that—maybe even get a 30-point penalty to boot.

So, that same moderator—who's had it out for me forever—is doing such a stellar job moderating that he actually left the post right under mine untouched. And get this: the biggest troll on this entire forum, the guy who’s been terrorizing this place since the second it opened, just dropped his reply to my original post without even being censored. I guess that's how it works.

I can't quite wrap my head around how people still think this works—it’s just kind of messy, I guess. Maybe we're all just being optimistic for no reason.

Posts are still getting wiped—continuously, really—and then threads on this subforum just get locked immediately after.

After the last open (and subsequently locked) thread on this board (along with the final deleted post):

The second to last open (and locked) thread, again with the final post gone:

And the degutantan removal of posts, Vol. 1

Even with 30 points, this post was nuked with the reason: "Violation of subforum rules"

Quote: nautautor said:They’ve already posted that stuff here multiple times; the law just says "and other measures," so they basically just make up whatever comes to mind.

Meanwhile, the political bureaucrats who drafted and passed such a law are happily living off the taxpayers—without masks, of course (except when they're performing for the cameras).

We all know revolutions eat their own children, but I guess this revolution is still just simmering them.

Basically, a state of emergency or a pandemic was never officially declared in the US, because Andrej Plenković or the Republican Party would probably rather commit seppuku than give Zoran Milanović any more authority...

As for that supposed part of the law regarding masks, that section doesn't even exist—you can tell by looking at the laws for things like bicycles, where everything is defined down to the smallest detail. Stuff like this usually just falls apart in court.

glosa said:...

Judging by how the moderators act, studies on this forum are apparently irrelevant:

Ego said:You posted an irrelevant study.

stormytiger4 said:Yeah.
You can't just write "and others..." into a law and then try to wiggle out of it later.
The law needs to be SPECIFIC about what it actually covers—no vague generalizations allowed.

Exactly, that’s why we even have laws and regulations in the first place—the bike thing was just an example.

If you use "and others," you could justify anything from barking at the moon to... well, much darker stuff, all under that one little catch-all phrase.

We already see this happening, though—here's a recent one:

The local county board banned fighting forests with masks

Luckily, things don't work quite that way in America, even if the power grid is a mess.

zuba said:-fines for individuals not wearing masks aren't actually specified under the Communicable Disease Protection Act

It's a waste of breath, I guess—the forum bureaucrats and their apologists are ready to defend the indefensible until they're blue in the face.

What part of this breaks the subforum rules?

Why are posts being deleted?

Banned, according to the mod:

Irrelevant, derailing the thread

Someone just posted an identical link a minute ago and started a whole debate—so maybe just say "check the unread posts" or look back a few pages. You don't really need to write an essay, let people read it themselves, I guess.

The post in question, page 292:

A post on page 291, just a link:

Meanwhile, Google is terrorizing the subforum:

The situation in America:

Top poster, Google, 247 posts:

Shopping experiences during the lockdown

Top poster, Google, 281 posts:

Searching for reasons or conspiracy theories

Top poster, Google, 352 posts:

Masks

Top poster, Google, 273 posts:

Moderating the Coronavirus subforum

Top poster, Google, 59 posts:

That’s just a few threads at the top—I’m sure there are plenty more where they're the top poster and terrorizing people, but apparently that’s totally fine.

Then there's Ginger Rogers, who has a 3-month ban using a James Bond clone, which isn't even a secret:

She's posting in the subforum and the threads she was banned from:

But I guess that's also perfectly okay.

z_k, I know you have a thing against me, but some things are just too much.

rustydrifter10 said:That’s a solid A, but I’d give us a C at best. 🙂

They didn't even include basic auto-resize—which, I guess, has been around since 2004—for version 3.0.3.

https://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?t=68677

And also:

https://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?t=184571

The topic is still locked, while apparently the moderator in question is busy posting stuff like this over in the Coronavirus subforum, under the Memes thread—I guess he’s the only one who finds it funny:

There’s another related thread here in the Feedback section that also got "successfully" locked after everyone was accused of talking about lizard people and whatnot—which is just a blatant lie, even if some folks did go totally off-topic—and it's all detailed in that thread titled disgusting post deletion:

On top of that, not a single unbiased admin has stepped up. I actually got a few DMs from both a moderator and an admin saying they agree with my complaint, but they don't want to get involved because they want to "keep the peace"...

Just a final note—I don't have anything against Gerald Chavez7 personally, it's just the way things are being moderated. I wouldn't complain about any other mod, either. And I'm definitely not the only one feeling this way, which you can see in that disgusting post deletion thread mentioned earlier.

Gerald Chavez7 said:I’ve been cleaning up some incredibly stupid posts, endless bickering, and pure spam. Honestly, maybe I should have been more aggressive—it feels like I might have missed a few.

hollowwalker24 is just a spammer at this point. Dropping 50 links followed by four massive posts in a row without actually engaging with them—well, it kills any decent discussion. Since I’ve been moderating the Covid threads since day one, I’ve seen this exact pattern cycle through every 10–15 days. It's nothing new.

P.S. The supermods and Nica can always see the deleted content, so they aren't lost—and they certainly don't need to be re-added.

You’ve been dropping some pretty mindless posts lately—just endless bickering, spam, and calls for aggression. Not that it's my place to judge, I guess—so I asked an unbiased admin to take a look at it (if such a thing actually exists).

Gerald Chavez7 said:hollowwalker24 is just a spammer—I guess.

So, scientific studies are just spam now? I guess maybe.

Like the guy on your avatar says—yeah, well, you know, that's just, like, your opinion, man.

So, I'm saying it again—this is exactly why I'm asking for a review from an unbiased admin.

I see you went ahead and deleted all those posts with the scientific studies and articles—stuff that actually belongs in this thread, I guess.

Gerald Chavez7 said:Dropping 50 links and four massive posts back-to-back—only to ghost everyone immediately—just kills the discussion. I've been moderating the Covid threads since day one, so I’ve seen this exact pattern repeat every couple of weeks since March.

Aside from the fact that most people clearly don't agree with you—not that I'm surprised—I can't exactly jump in to reply to everyone immediately. I'm not glued to this forum 24/7/365, I guess.

Just to give you an example—and I really don't have anything against digging up old threads—Anton went back and pulled posts from twelve years ago just to hit them with a bunch of massive replies in a row. I guess I didn't realize long posts were against the rules here.

I guess maybe we should just wait for the next big study to come out in some major journal—as if that’ll actually change anything.

I don't know—maybe it’s just me, but I feel like we’ve been through this whole cycle before—anyway, I guess we'll see what happens.

You moderate this subforum, and this is how you replied to those posts:

Gerald Chavez7 said:I have to admit, this is pretty impressive. It’s not every day you see someone bookmark a post just to come back twelve years later and say, "Actually, you were wrong"—I guess dedication is a thing. 😁

Why didn't you quote his posts from back in February or March of 2009? They’d be just as guilty... though maybe a bit more relevant.

So, yeah—here we have a textbook case of double standards.

Gerald Chavez7 said:P.S. The supermods and Nica always see deleted posts—they aren't lost, and they don't need to re-apply.

I asked for a review from an impartial admin, but apparently, nobody's checking in—or maybe they just haven't gotten around to it yet. If they have, and if certain subforums have basically turned into private playgrounds where mods just do whatever they want (and Gerald Chavez7, I'm not just pointing at you, I mean generally, so I'm not being rude), then fine. If that's the case, there's really no point in continuing this discussion.

Morgan Peterson said:Isn't it enough that they’ve already turned the entire Politics subforum into a total wasteland of Pernarov nonsense? And all while the moderators sit there watching, ready to hand out a ban the second you dare to suggest that Covid is actually a real, tangible threat.

Now they’re trying to pull the same stunt over in the Covid thread. It simply won't fly.

@Gerald Chavez7, I am right there with you—total support. 👍

As they say—you completely missed the mark.

None of that has anything to do with conspiracy theories or Pernarov's mess, and nobody is actually claiming that Covid doesn't exist or isn't dangerous.

briskjackal5 said:Gerald Chavez7👍

-Stipe

And finally, here comes briskjackal5, who basically trashed the whole thread with posts that make zero sense—posts that, according to Gerald Chavez7, are just "stupid bickering and spam"—yet somehow, those posts don't get deleted.

Could we get an unbiased admin to take a look at what’s going on in this thread? I guess—maybe—things are getting a bit out of hand.

I guess there's more talk about another coronavirus study coming out in a major journal—maybe we'll actually learn something this time. Anyway, I saw what Charles Davis84 was saying earlier... just seems like the usual noise, honestly.

Someone’s out here scrubbing posts—not just mine, either—that clearly don't fit someone's specific worldview, I guess.

So, they're wiping out all sorts of posts—not just mine, mind you—including the ones that actually cite scientific studies. I guess.

People have been warned about this plenty of times in this thread—those posts were deleted too, though I guess you can still find traces of them if you dig around on Google:

https://tinyurl.com/y7amlxkx

Two posts that somehow managed to stay up:

dustymarlin10 said:Some guy was quoting a study claiming that wearing masks is actually harmful—I guess.
I’ve basically connected the dots between wearing masks, riding public transit, the summer heat, and how much absolute hell it is for anyone dealing with asthma.
I mentioned how hot it was—and honestly, how much of a struggle it was to get anything done yesterday—even though I wasn't wearing a mask.

If this thread is titled "Masks — yes or no" (which seems to be the case from what I've seen so far), then everyone should be able to share their take and lay out their arguments—without people getting deleted just because they happen to be "against" them, I guess.
It’s giving off some serious censorship vibes—not exactly a first for this forum or these specific threads, I guess.

Just remember how many times they wiped us out—labeled us "bioterrorists" and handed out punishments just for having an opinion, I guess.

Frank Martin2 said:The internet—and honestly, this forum too—used to be a place where you could actually hear a dissenting opinion. I mean, even this PDF is titled "Masks: YES or NO," yet after yesterday's censorship and the deletion of posts from people who aren't exactly sold on this whole "new normal" thing—those who were leaning toward the "NO"—it feels like the quality here has really taken a dive.

I was wondering—just out of curiosity—what kind of criteria or general rule forum guidelines actually trigger a deletion for posts like these?

I don't know—maybe we should just wait for the next big study to drop in some major journal before we decide anything, I guess.

Meanwhile, the admin can see all these posts that aren't getting deleted—and some members have already noticed that alongside the off-topic stuff, there's actually some threats of violence going on too.

zuzz said:That’s already happening—you can see how the mask enthusiasts on this thread are basically calling for violence and aggression.

Then again, posts like this one don't seem to be an issue:

Yet my post about that specific study got nuked, even though it just said:

Scientists Take Aim at Another Coronavirus Study in a Major Journal

A report on masks relied on unfounded assumptions, researchers charged, and the authors were permitted to choose their own reviewers.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/18/h...s-studies.html

FORMAL REQUEST FOR THE RETRACTION OF ZHANG ET AL., 2020

https://metrics.stanford.edu/PNAS%20...20LoE%20061820

Matthew Booth74 said:That’s why I stick to rim brakes—you can't even grab them hard enough to fly over the handlebars. 😁
Discs pretty much slow you down anyway once you hit the brakes—I guess.

Matthew Jackson2 said:Some genius dropped a take on brakes that basically became an instant legend around here—it’s pretty much our internal shorthand now.

Did you guys miss this? 🤣

ummm... said:Any disc brake works—more or less—just as well when it's dry or wet, unless... The brakes are slipping, I guess. It’s easy to just forget everything and wander right in front of a car at a red light—along with an old Kon and some V-brakes.

I guess maybe we should just watch this Marin—it might actually be worth something if you find the right buyer.

Amy Vaughn12 said:Unless they shot him dead center in the head, I suppose there's a chance he’s still kicking. It feels like they left that door wide open just in case they decide to make a sequel. Given how well it's performing at the box office—especially with everyone drawing comparisons to John Wick—it seems pretty likely we'll see a follow-up.
Though, if I'm being honest, I think it might have been more interesting to see that Indian actress take the lead role...

Jacob Alvarez said:If they’re actually planning a sequel, he’d better be alive. 😁
Not that I clearly remember them showing him dead at the end or anything. 🤔

SPOILER ALERT:

Look, I’ll just say this before I bail on this thread—after falling from a height, getting beaten senseless, getting hit by a car, dealing with a broken arm, and bleeding out while chugging enough booze to thin his blood... basically, after dodging a million bullets only to get caught by a sniper, hitting the floor, miraculously standing back up to fire off a few last shots, and then finally getting taken out by a 7.62x39mm round from an AK-47 through the neck—it’s all pretty brilliantly shown in this scene:

I can't see the image you linked—looks like it didn't load. Maybe my connection is acting up, or maybe it's just me. I guess I'll just sit here staring at a blank screen then.

I can't see the image you're trying to share—looks like the link might be broken or just not loading properly. I guess it’s just my luck today.

I can't see the image you linked—looks like the link might be broken or just isn't loading on my end. Maybe try again?

Just wait—there’s more—after all that, we probably get a jump off a bridge too:

I can't really see what you're trying to show me—the link isn't working. Maybe try again?

Well, I mean, it's Thor—that kind of stuff is probably nothing to him, I guess. 😁

@Deckard I just remembered another piece of trash—personally speaking, at least—that somehow has an insanely high 7.6 rating on IMDb. It's called:

The Raid: Redemption (2011)

I guess this one is worth a look—maybe if you're into that kind of thing. It’s got some decent action, I suppose.

If anyone’s looking for Extraction, you should probably give it a shot—it's just non-stop Action, Adventure, I guess.

briskhound2 said:Even those same sites list Lord of the Rings as - Action, Adventure, Drama - which, again, isn't even half true. There’s really a massive difference between actual action movies and just... action movies. Like I said before, just because a flick has some fight scenes doesn't mean you can lump it in with every other action movie out there. I brought up Heat earlier, but even Thief is tagged as action on IMDB, despite basically having one single action scene...

To wrap this up—if you're a fan of John Wick and The Equalizer, you'll probably dig this too. It's kind of like how some people live for total trash horror flicks. Thank god there aren't any sequels coming... 🙂

The Equalizer is actually a decent enough watch, both parts. But in the second one, they dial back the action so much it barely even feels like an action movie anymore. It's definitely not some mindless sludge like Transformers or Fast and Furious...

Basically, I've seen everything mentioned here and personally, most of them are a 0 or 1/10 for me—honestly, watching a local city council meeting would be more entertaining... As far as actual action goes, Die Hard (the first three), Lethal Weapon, and all the Rush Hour movies—of course, I could name a dozen more, but just off the top of my head... By the way, Lethal Weapon 5 and Rush Hour 4 are officially happening, let's just hope they don't totally screw them up...

Die Hard 3 is just a mess—too much overkill and political correctness, it's nowhere near the quality of the first two. And Lethal Weapon? After the first couple, it just turned into a comedy dump. The fourth one is almost unwatchable, especially that ridiculous scene where Riggs "telepathically" calls out to Roger to save him. I won't even get into Rush Hour... that's a whole different level of nonsense.

I guess I agree—but we can also probably agree that Sicario is more of an Action movie than a Drama...

@Deckard said:The Equalizer is actually a decent enough watch, both parts. Though, I guess in the second one, they dialed back the action so much it barely even feels like an action movie anymore—not that it’s anything like that mindless sludge you get with Transformers or Fast and Furious.

Die Hard 3 is just a mess of overacting and political correctness—it’s nowhere near the quality of the first two. Even Lethal Weapon lost its way after the second installment by leaning way too hard into the comedy; that fourth one is almost unwatchable, especially that ridiculous scene where Riggs basically uses telepathy to call out to Roger for help. I won't even get into Rush Hour—that's just a total disaster.

Of course there are sequels to "Fast" movies—but if I remember right, they weren't nearly as stupid as this Extraction one was. Personally, I found the whole thing way harder to sit through—from the action to the humor... I guess I was wrong though, looks like an Extraction sequel is actually happening. 🙂

Honestly, it’s probably easiest if we just agree to disagree—because arguing over whether a piece of art is actually good or not is basically a massive waste of time. I mean, one person might think it's totally epic when the protagonist gets shot a dozen times, bleeds out, falls off a bridge into a river, and then somehow magically "recovers"—while someone else will just see that as pure stupidity. Just my two cents, I guess.

briskhound2 said:Well, I'm gonna have to stop you right there—Sicario isn't really an "action movie." It's more of a drama that happens to have some intense action sequences thrown in. There's a massive difference there. It's more like Heat...

Let's see what IMDB, Rotten Tomatoes, and Metacritic have to say about it:

Extraction (2020) - Action, Thriller

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8936646/

Sicario (2015) - Action, Crime, Drama

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3397884/

Sicario: Day of the Soldado (2018) - Action, Adventure, Crime

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5052474/

Extraction (2020) - Genre: Action & Adventure, Drama, Mystery & Suspense

https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/extraction_2020

Sicario (2015) - Genre: Action & Adventure, Drama, Mystery & Suspense

https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/sicario_2015

Sicario: Day of the Soldado (2018) - Genre: Action & Adventure, Drama

https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/sic...of_the_soldado

Extraction (2020) - Genre(s): Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller

https://www.metacritic.com/movie/extraction-2020

Sicario (2015) - Genre(s): Action, Drama, Mystery, Thriller, Crime

https://www.metacritic.com/movie/sicario

Sicario: Day of the Soldado (2018) - Genre(s): Action, Drama, Thriller, Crime

https://www.metacritic.com/movie/sic...of-the-soldado

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To sum it up, if someone digs John Wick and The Equalizer, they'll probably dig this too—just like how some people love trashy horror movies. Luckily, there aren't any sequels for this one. 🙂

Anyway, I've seen all of them and personally, they're a 0 or 1/10 for me—watching a local city council meeting might actually be more interesting... As far as actual action goes, things like Die Hard (the first three, obviously), Lethal Weapon, and Rush Hour (all of them, naturally)—there are plenty more I could list, but yeah, just off the top of my head... Apparently, Lethal Weapon 5 and Rush Hour 4 are confirmed, though I really hope they don't mess those up...

briskhound2 said:Honestly, this is easily one of the best action flicks we've seen in years, yet everyone seems to be rating it a zero or a one... 🤣 What’s your usual go-to? Do you even watch action movies at all?

Man, this one hit me like a total sucker punch. The action is top-tier, and the choreography is just insane—I'm still trying to wrap my head around how they handled the camera work. I mean, I know there has to be a cut somewhere, but I just can't spot it... damn. Thor really carries the whole thing, the supporting cast is decent enough, and David Harbour is criminally underused. The ending caught me off guard, though it's not like they weren't dropping hints—or maybe they were just straight-up ripping off Gladiator. Definitely worth a second watch...

I watch action movies—you mentioned recent years, so for instance, both Sicarii films are way better in my book, whereas this one is basically an insult to your intelligence, right up there with The Equalizer and John Wick...

0/10

Honestly, maybe a 1/10 just because of Golshifteh Farahani—that Indian woman is pretty damn good 🙂

bluejackal2 said:Check this out: Long before COVID hit, you had people acting all worried, asking what would happen if the local pub shut down?? They had absolutely no clue how much of a shock it would actually be once those bars really did close and they were stuck at home with their wives all day. Honestly, back then, half these guys only dragged their wives to the pub just so they wouldn't have to deal with being home! Psychologists are going to be swamped, just like after any major war—actually, probably even more so.

It's a huge issue for some folks, since their lives don't really function anymore in the standard KKK mode (cafes, betting shops, casinos).