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> A movie about an architect redesigning a city. It's a movie about the Catilinarian conspiracy: > An accident destroys a decaying New York City-like metropol

> A movie about an architect redesigning a city. It's a movie about the Catilinarian conspiracy: > An accident destroys a decaying New York City-like metropolis. Cesar Catilina, an idealist architect with the power to control time, aims to rebuild the city as a sustainable utopia, but is opposed by corrupt mayor Franklyn Cicero, who remains committed to a regressive status quo. Torn between them is Franklyn's socialite daughter, Julia, who, tired of the influence she inherited, searches for her life's meaning.[4][5][6] * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megalopolis_(film) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megalopolis_(film) > The Catilinarian conspiracy, sometimes Second Catilinarian conspiracy, was an attempted coup d'état by Lucius Sergius Catilina (Catiline) to overthrow the Roman consuls of 63 BC – Marcus Tullius Cicero and Gaius Antonius Hybrida – and forcibly assume control of the state in their stead. * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catilinarian_conspiracy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catilinarian_conspiracy

Cheer2171 2y ago
I sincerely can't tell if you mentioned this to rebut or reinforce the elitism critique. I see an obscure Roman Empire historical allegory about a master builder elite fighting old power elite. Character development about elite daughter's ennui for her inherited wealth and influence. I see why HN types might love it, but HN types are literally the elite in our society too.
- more_corn 2y ago
  Oh snap. You made my oatmeal and coffee taste like a million bucks. Thanks. I’m going to be strutting around in my elite pants all day.
  - Cheer2171 2y ago
    You asked HN for a payments provider / accounting platform. You're in the global top 1%.
- throw0101d 2y ago
  > I see why HN types might love it, but HN types are literally the elite in our society too. Given it's about the Roman Empire/Republic… "How often do men think about ancient Rome? Quite frequently, it seems.": * https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2023/09/14/roman-empire-trend-men-tiktok/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2023/09/14/roman-em... * https://www.cbsnews.com/news/the-roman-empire-tiktok-trend-why-are-people-asking-men-how-often-think/ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/the-roman-empire-tiktok-trend-w... :) Besides, it stars Kylo Ren.
sandworm101 2y ago
Movies are not their scripts or their directors. Movies are products of a complex situation, a confluence of influences. Those influences bleed into the film. A movie about soldiers filmed in a rain-soaked jungle will itself drip with the suffering that went in its creation. A movie filmed about a new york architect, filmed in a New York nightclub, with a cast of Hollywood socialites ... that's how you get Batman Forever. I doubt this movie will ring true with the bulk of audiences.
- Maxatar 2y ago
  >I doubt this movie will ring true with the bulk of audiences. This should be the least important quality of a film, and ironic that you mention this quality along with Batman Forever, which did ring true with the bulk of audiences and was Warner Bros. most successful film for six years until Harry Potter was released.

Cheer2171 2y ago

I sincerely can't tell if you mentioned this to rebut or reinforce the elitism critique. I see an obscure Roman Empire historical allegory about a master builder elite fighting old power elite. Character development about elite daughter's ennui for her inherited wealth and influence. I see why HN types might love it, but HN types are literally the elite in our society too.

more_corn 2y ago
Oh snap. You made my oatmeal and coffee taste like a million bucks. Thanks. I’m going to be strutting around in my elite pants all day.
- Cheer2171 2y ago
  You asked HN for a payments provider / accounting platform. You're in the global top 1%.
throw0101d 2y ago
> I see why HN types might love it, but HN types are literally the elite in our society too. Given it's about the Roman Empire/Republic… "How often do men think about ancient Rome? Quite frequently, it seems.": * https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2023/09/14/roman-empire-trend-men-tiktok/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2023/09/14/roman-em... * https://www.cbsnews.com/news/the-roman-empire-tiktok-trend-why-are-people-asking-men-how-often-think/ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/the-roman-empire-tiktok-trend-w... :) Besides, it stars Kylo Ren.

sandworm101 2y ago

Movies are not their scripts or their directors. Movies are products of a complex situation, a confluence of influences. Those influences bleed into the film. A movie about soldiers filmed in a rain-soaked jungle will itself drip with the suffering that went in its creation. A movie filmed about a new york architect, filmed in a New York nightclub, with a cast of Hollywood socialites ... that's how you get Batman Forever. I doubt this movie will ring true with the bulk of audiences.

Maxatar 2y ago
>I doubt this movie will ring true with the bulk of audiences. This should be the least important quality of a film, and ironic that you mention this quality along with Batman Forever, which did ring true with the bulk of audiences and was Warner Bros. most successful film for six years until Harry Potter was released.