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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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VivaFrei@VivaFrei
October 01, 2026
BREAKING! Alison WINS!

Votes in UNANIMOUS to deny the cell tower.

Here is Lynn Westover's presentation.

People power.

POWER OF THE PEOPLE!

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VivaFrei@VivaFrei
October 01, 2026
Alison Morrow's Presentation

Alison Morrow is contesting the installation of a cell tower on her neighbor's rural property.

Here is her presentation. Will post Lynn's presentation seperately,.

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VivaFrei@VivaFrei
October 01, 2026
Morning class

So… much… messiness!

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VivaFrei@VivaFrei
February 17, 2024
Appearance on Richard Syrette

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

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Robert Barnes@RobertBarnes
July 17, 2023
The Barnes Brief, Podcast Format: Monday, July 17, 2023

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Robert Barnes@RobertBarnes
July 04, 2022
Declaration of Independence

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VivaFrei@VivaFrei
5 hours ago
Post-Truth & Conspiracy Psychosis World

We have entered the post-truth, conspiracy psychosis world.

There is not truth.

Everything is an unfalsifiable conspiracy. And it makes everyone less reliable.

MTG posted this (only the first image). "I thought masks deploy when a plane nosedives to 14,000 feet". The underlying suggestion being... it didn't happen? It didn't happen as we're being told? It was a set-up?

By all accounts, the plane did rapidly descend. Unless all amateur / aviation enthusiasts are wrong and the actual data trackers are wrong.

And many will come to that conclusion to make the "false flag" true even if it means contradicting "demonstrable" facts. "I don't believe the actual data". Ok, unfalsifiable.

Descending 17,000 feet in 2 minutes is not a nose dive. It's massively more of a descent than standard (3 percent descent normal vs. 10 to 16 percent, if over the course of +/- 2 minutes.

According to some data enthusiasts, the descent occurred in 30 seconds. Even more of a wild plunge (gettin closer to a "nosedive" ), but ...

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