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From: "Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@chinet.com>
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Subject: Re: Heads of State
Date: Mon, 7 Jul 2025 00:38:00 -0000 (UTC)
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BTR1701  <atropos@mac.com> wrote:
>On Jul 6, 2025 at 3:10:11 PM PDT, ""Adam H. Kerman"" <ahk@chinet.com> wrote:
>
>> BTR1701  <atropos@mac.com> wrote:
>>> On Jul 5, 2025 at 3:45:54 AM PDT, "anim8rfsk" <anim8rfsk@cox.net> wrote:
>>> 
>>>>  Rhino <no_offline_contact@example.com> wrote:
>>>>>   New from Amazon, we have John Sena and Idris Elba headlining an 
>>>>>   action-comedy. Sena plays new American President Will Derringer while 
>>>>>   Elba is the Prime Minister of the UK. President Derringer is a 
>>>>>   Schwartzenegger-style movie star renowned for his action movies and Elba 
>>>>>   doesn't much like him but circumstances - the shooting down of Air Force 
>>>>>   One over Belarus - force them to work together and to try to save NATO. 
>>>>>   There's also a romantic subplot between the Prime Minister and a woman 
>>>>>   from his past.
>>>>>   
>>>>>   I won't spoil any more of the plot. Suffice it to say that there's lot 
>>>>>   of shootin' and killin' to keep us engaged and a fair number of puns. 
>>>>  
>>>>  I enjoyed the fact that they acknowledged they were in a punning contest
>>>>  and working to come up with new ones.
>>>>  
>>>>>   It's not going to win any awards for realism but I enjoyed myself and I 
>>>>>   think you will too.
>>>>>   
>>>>>   IMDB gives it 6.5 but I think it deserves higher.
>>>>>   
>>>>  Agreed.
>>>>  
>>>>  Hey, BTR, did you ever get to ride in "The Beast"?
>>> 
>>> Yes, I drove it twice.
>>> 
>>> It's a lot more resilient than they portrayed in the movie.
>>> 
>>> And it doesn't have a sunroof for Jamie Foxx to shoot out of like in WHITE
>>> HOUSE DOWN. In fact none of the windows move at all. They're welded in place.
>> 
>> If there's no sun roof, then how does the ejector seat work?
>
>Poorly.

If I'm tasked with detailing that vehicle, I'm filing for workman's comp!