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Even Oppenheimer and Barbie are in a sense nostalgic remakes. They harken back to a time when DC could ship the Manhattan Project and when children had innocent toys. Like Top Gun or the Marvel movies, they’re about a glorious fictionalized past. Contrast to Black Mirror’s depiction of a dystopic future…
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balajis
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Contrast also to where India is in terms of its civilizational headspace. That culture is on the rise and it *feels* it is on the rise. You can see it in the spirit and in the movies. For example, here’s Super 30: https://youtu.be/QpvEWVVnICE
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damn!
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