Yeah, I found it a bit under-detailed and evasive in real-world terms. Easy to put the finger on the North Koreans, of course. The most interesting section for me was the security advisor's phone call with the Russian official. Felt an accurate portrayal of realpolitik with proper stakes

Yeah. It really adds a sense of reality, not to mention rejuvenates the star roster. But the streaming era has reinforced lazy commercial paradigms

Yep, great stuff !

I have actually never seen it. But I hear it is ... challenging !

We tend to think we have advanced and that progress is ever upward but the fact is, in the 1910s, the westerns were gritty, women wrote half the movies (and were the predominant action-adventure stars) and American films were extremely anti-aristocracy/kinda socialist.

That's just, like, your opinion, man !

Quite !

I dunno, I found The Electric State awfully secondhand. I much preferred Heads of State (though aesthetically, it definitely had that algorithm move look)

Cheers Jessica !