You may have suspected that this MAGA-tinged hagiography would be absolute trash, but it turns out you didn’t think low enough.
  • some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org
    605·
    17 days ago

    One of histories greatest monsters. He ratted out fellow actors during the red scare. Real POS.

  • Blackmist@feddit.ukEnglish
    26·
    16 days ago

    I haven’t seen the movie or read anything about it.

    But the writer also wrote a sequel to God’s Not Dead, if that gives any indication of where this sits on the reality/lunatic spectrum of right wing shithousery.

    • Belly_Beanis [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
      4·
      16 days ago

      lol I’ve seen clips of the first one and holy shit it’s so obvious they only read Wikipedia and Spark’s Notes for anything longer than Green Ham and Eggs.

    • Ech@lemm.eeEnglish
      6·
      17 days ago

      I know there’s the argument that “Reagan lead to Trump”, but I don’t think that’s particularly applicable. Also, Reagan’s “legacy” as it where has had 40 some years to really seep in. Trump has only had 8, and even in just those 8 he’s at the very least giving Reagan a run for his money.

    • Zipitydew@sh.itjust.works
      61·
      17 days ago

      I’d say Buchanan still wins. Saw the Civil War coming and basically stood back and let it happen. Was even sympathetic with slaveholders and the South in general even though he was from Pennsylvania.

      But I hope to see the day sentiment finally changes and Reagan joins the worst Presidents list.

        • DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social
          9·
          17 days ago

          American presidents didn’t stop or start genociding natives with Jackson.

          Fun Fact: Grant assigned Sherman to figuring out how to genocide Indians in the most efficient way possible, leading to the buffalo extermination campaigns.

          • BigBananaDealer@lemm.ee
            4·
            17 days ago

            oh geez

            i guess now its a competition to who genocided american indians the worst…or best? or would it be most? however its supposed to be worded

  • LarmyOfLone@lemm.ee
    141·
    16 days ago

    I HAAAATE biopics about recent history. It’s not entertainment. Doesn’t matter if red or blue tinged it’s still trash because the story needs to be “interesting” instead of the horrifying truth:

    There is only power. And those who desire power above anything else.
    And people who want other things. The rest is just window dressing.

      • LarmyOfLone@lemm.ee
        1·
        16 days ago

        I’m sort of fine with fictional shows like The White House which are basically fantasy. I also like cop shows even though I know they are basically cop propaganda, it’s just the justice fantasy and solving crimes is fun. As long as they don’t muddle the water with recent real events.

        • visikde@lemmings.world
          2·
          15 days ago

          For cop shows
          Play a drinking game
          When ever a DA or leo talk about or actually violate someone’s rights
          Drink
          When probable cause & warrants, give way to exigent circumstances
          Drink Cops are lazy & or overworked
          Bonus round are people within the episode seeking rehabilitation, justice or retribution
          Retribution
          Drink

  • xyzzy@lemm.ee
    12·
    16 days ago

    I wonder if they include the conversation between Reagan and Nixon where Reagan called black people “monkeys.”

    Or the Lee Atwater quote where he talks about his strategic use of dog whistles and starts it off by saying the N-word three times.

    Man, Reagan sucked.

      • harrys_balzac@lemmy.dbzer0.com
        2·
        16 days ago

        No. The corpsicle is like in all the ones about the pioneers colonizers, who, like their Puritanical ancestors, were such bad neighbors, they were forced to move away from everyone else.

        • mindbleach@sh.itjust.works
          2·
          16 days ago

          I checked God Awful Movies, I was thinking of Cipher In The Snow. Which was about divorce… somehow.

          they were forced to move away from everyone else.

          Do you have any idea how little that narrows it down?

  • Adderbox76@lemmy.caEnglish
    2·
    15 days ago

    Goddammit, there are three actors that I genuinely enjoy that are in this movie, and while I would like to think they just did it for a paycheque and aren’t into MAGA bullshit, I’m not naive enough to believe it. Dennis Quaid, Penelope Ann Miller and Amanda Righetti why???