Largely, it feels like it could've been 2-3 YouTube videos, with very little actually tying everything together. I feel like the main conceit of the marketing/"why I made a movie" statements were "I got a ton of inside footage of Jan 6," so only for it to be revealed that he had covid during that time and little of the movie actually focuses on the events of Jan 6th was disappointing. You do get a very satisfying arc where one of the main Q guys gets confronted about being a convicted pedophile after calling everyone else pedos. I think one of the main interactions that will stick out in my head is
Immediately after confrontation "Do you know what projection is?"
"Yeah Hilary Clinton does it all the time!"
Which was just great. Still, it feels like we get to see more of Andrew's directorial/production chops and they're, a bit lack luster. He narrates the movie much more than he ever did any of the YouTube videos, I'm not sure if he felt his usual style wouldn't fit a feature length movie, but 1. Incorrect take, see Harlan County USA 2. His observations are.... very surface level. The whole point is basically just "99% of media is grifters" which while true, is a message he directly posits from since he casts himself as a sort of alt-news/media guy. I feel like you need a more profound take when you directly profit from that conclusion.
It was really missing that last step showing how that tiny bit of truth in qanon - Jeffrey Epstein’ and G maxwell’s connections to and blackmail potential over the ruling class probably being an intelligence op considering maxwells father Robert maxwell and how qanon drowns reality in an ocean of anti communist blood libel shit that sounds insane to most people
:brace-cowboy: was in it and they still didn’t make that step
I've been watching for about an hour now and :brace-dark-cowboy: still hasn't shown up, did I look away and miss him or is he in the last 15 minutes?
Edit: alright here he is
Critical support to Joker Gang for wanting to shit on the floor of congress and destroy the statues
I got a sense that anyone who would talk to Andrew is a bit of a joke and doesn’t quite get it. Even the comrades.
I wish this was about how NO ONE trusts things.
Yeah, the anarchists who would talk to him were obviously uneducated, not least of all because "don't talk to the fucking media in bloc" is one of the First Rules, and it showed through in their rhetoric.
Don't even get me started how the doc framed them as "as privileged"/silly as Proud Boys
Yeah it was definitely a bit disappointing to me also. It had it's moment for sure that i enjoyed immensely, including Alex Jones working out of course, but it was very unsatisfying how real problems weren't tackled
Overall, as I suspected, it suffers from being focused on 01/06 as a hook, but I'm sure that was what got HBO etc interested. Might be useful as something I could show to my semi-chud dad.
you do see a Q family somewhat deprogram, seemingly mostly out of love for their (very young) children, which is sweet, but its like, i would've rather it been the entire focus of a 30 minute youtube video rather than 15ish minutes of them over three segments, which is how i felt the structure of the program overall.
yeah I don't think the longer format really plays to his strengths, otoh I'd like to see him try again and see if he can hone his approach maybe
