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My critique of Predator

My critique on Predator:

1) The initial premise of tricking the military guys into thinking it was a rescue mission, only to kill the guerrilla village was totally devoid from anything to do with the Predator plot. It was an incongruous as From Dusk Til Dawn or Sinners, when it was a great crime movie that suddenly turned into a stupid zombie flick.

2) There was no explanation for the Predator. Not where it came from, how it got there, what its purpose was.

3) It was ridiculous that an alien reptilian creature would carry knives as murder weapons.

4) Even from a cinematic / suspense perspective, it made no sense even within the movie why the Predator would explode some people, slice others, and then go hand-to-hand with Arnold as the climax to the movie.

5) Beyond preposterous that the Predator could see the heat of a ferret in the woods, yet a thin coat of mud totally blocked Arnold (even though his eyes were still visible).

6) That Arnold didn't smash its head with the stone just made no sense. As though the Predator wasn't still threat while pinned that should be immediately neutralized. Arnie backs off with the stone.

7) The entire movie after the awesome beginning was a stupid chase through the forest that defied belief even when suspended.

8) The Predator had a grotesque reptilian face, yet was humanoid in all other respects (down to the dreadlocks).

Even by the standards of fantasy action, the movie sucked.

I hope you have enjoyed this installment of Viva Reviews.

Next up: Odyssey.

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Nearly caught a barracuda

We actually had a good day on the pier today. Some blue runner for fish tacos. And I nearly landed this beast! It actually cut through the thick wire leader I was using. Wasn’t too disappointed, losing the fish… Barracuda carry a nasty toxin, I learned after the fact.

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Candace Owens v. Andrew Wilson debate

I put together a montage - without commentary - that I think sums up the debate through key highlights.

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Candace is done

And here's the breakdown

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Appearance on Richard Syrette

I did a quick hit on Richard Syrette yesterday. Gotta keep Canadians apprised of the U.S. madness.

Appearance on Richard Syrette
The Barnes Brief, Podcast Format: Monday, July 17, 2023

Closing Argument: Birthright citizenship is deeply American, and wholly Constitutional.

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Declaration of Independence

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Declaration of Independence
Board Poll: Sunday Topics

Pick your top topic, if any any, and add your own topic, comment or question in the replies below as the producer Show Notes for the Sunday Show, Law For The People.

Im OLD ENOUGH to NOT ONLY REMEMBER 9/11, Id ALREADY BEEN IN the USMC for YEARS at that point. I REMEMBER THE PROMISE, "NEVER FORGET!!" But here we are, 25 years later, AND NEW YORK CITY ELECTED A MOOSLUM MAN who IF HED BEEN OLD ENOUGH, woulda GLADLY HIJACKED one of those planes. We have MOOSLUMS in ALL KINDS of positions of AUTHORITY, including as OUR PRESIDENT a decade ago!!! STILL THINK were NOT BEING CONQUERED???

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The Barnes Brief: Friday, August 14, 2026
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  • A jazz club, appropriate for impressionistic expression on with the heavy paint on the canvas, the notes themselves dancing above the musicians traveling out to the patrons, a great place to escape, in underground caverns in ancient cities to modern clubs in neighborhoods new to the city this decade, reminds me in another life to be a Jazz Club owner. 
 
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  • “The Democratic Party and the Republican Party were just like the old patent medicine drummer that used to come around our country.  He had two bottles of medicine. He’d play a banjo and he’d sell two bottles of medicine. One of those bottles of medicine was called High Popalorum and another one of those bottles of medicine was called Low Popahirum. Finally somebody around there said is there any difference in these bottles of medicines? ‘Oh,’ he said, ‘considerable. They’re both good but they’re different,’ he said. That High Popalorum is made from the bark off the tree that we take from the top down. And that Low Popahirum is made from the bark that we take from the root up.' And the only difference that I have found between the Democratic leadership and the Republican leadership was that one of ’em was skinning you from the ankle up and the other from the ear down — when I got to Congress.” Huey Long. 

 
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The Barnes Brief: Thursday, August 13, 2026
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  • The symmetry of the lines, the balance of light against shadow, the human form echoing the directional clarity of the architecture enveloping, the sky marrying the ocean as nature imitates our physical forms, inspiring the sense of serenity Hopper’s art so easily invokes. 
 
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The Barnes Brief: Wednesday, August 12, 2026
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  • The refined elegance of the flow of the dress with the flow of the waves, the curl of the hair with the curl of the water, balanced against the stillness of the solid floor, the open door, the welcoming windows, the beckoning patio. Hopper again captures my idea of close to perfect peace. 
 
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