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True Lies: Arnold Schwarzenegger's Last Great Action Blockbuster(www.comingsoon.net)

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DominusOfMegadeus@sh.itjust.works
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Yeah, the middle eastern/arab/persian terrorists are repeatedly portrayed as bumbling idiots, which is I think what I am getting at, vs. them simply being the antagonists.

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best_username_ever@sh.itjust.works
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It was based on a French movie, and at the time we both had our fair share of islamic terrorism way before Bin Laden, so it was obvious that terrorists would be islamists.

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nova_ad_vitum@lemmy.ca
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Most terrorists of any type are idiots. It’s why the TSA can be a completely joke and planes generally don’t get hijacked or blown up .

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Zipitydew@sh.itjust.works
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Kinda yeah but kinda no. In that it’s meant to be a funny action movie that wasn’t taking itself seriously.

And that there are bros like this in those groups. https://www.reddit.com/r/NonCredibleDefense/comments/1dvl8tt/somewhere_in_afghanistan_abu_hajaar_lives/

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Crashumbc@lemmy.world
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I mean everything in the movie is given a silly spin.

Half the things Arnie and the “good guys” do, are bumbling also, they just come out ahead because they’re the good guys …

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