this is...not how brain hemispheres work, like at all, lmao

Talk about socialism and communism negatively and using AI for work, ironic. Idk your whole take on money is a miss in my opinion.

Great stuff as usual and a funny note: the last 2 comments that are complaining seem to be coming from the opposite sides of the political spectrum 😁 *edit: nevermind, those are both commies

oof this devolved into reactionary jordan peterson drivel

You should read some of the work of Bas van Bavel. In 'The Invisible Hand' he explains how capitalisme always leads to a concentration of money and power in the hands of the few, the thing we now experience as 'late stage capitalisme'. You as a creator are very well versed in subtext and it's a shame you use it for shovelling this drivel on youtube. I've been following you since your first explanations about Jurassic Park got posted online and it makes me sad to see you slowly drift towards the darkness. Your takes on storytelling are insightful but get diminished greatly by your political takes.

mike is someone who knows that cinema is not mere entertainment but it is great art .

Fascinating observations as always Mike, nice one! I particularly found the metaphor of neurological systems as sociological structures interesting. I often think about how the mind is a microcosm for societal systems, after all societal systems are an invention of the mind, so it seems likely that one is a metaphor of the other. I’m also reminded about how a big part of film making is externalising the mind of a character with design - Mad Max is a great example of that.

Great to see more content from you Mike! Thanks a lot

Thanks Mike for the thoughtful analysis of this movie. Also props to Jacob for the interview. Appreciate it

I could do with a more in depth explanation of the differences between (late stage) capitalism, financial socialism and communism as you see them. It wasn’t entirely clear to me why we haven’t experienced capitalism. Also, the ability to print money to increase the ruling class’s power (even more) seems like it is a characteristic of all three of those paradigms?

Immortan Joe Stalin Cult (religion) of personality, zealous enforcement, total control

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I don't see how this analysis coherently becomes a critique of communism. Immortan Joe is much more of a mysoginistic right wing authoritarian or even more accurately, one who uses religion to his own advantage.

Would love to see you posting more content Mike

Can you do a video on Call of Duty Infinite Warfare? It's my favorite video game of all time so I would love to learn more about it.

Amazing analysis Mike!!

You suck!

Amazing, thank you so much Mike, for the high value content as always

flawless as usual mike. gotta pump out more of these. the awake world seeks desperately for more of this type of wisdom.

Absolute banger Mike, thanks so much for your analysis 🔥 Ever since your talk at IW2015 I've been obsessed in finding metaphors in movies

Fury Road is - among other things - about forceable extraction and authoritarian control versus freely shared, non-hoarded resource allocation. Any political system can perform dangerous levels of extraction, but the idea that all totalitarianism/unsustainable systems = communism... Girl please LMAO. The entire Mad Max franchise is also about environmental degradation, which is not even subtext, it's straight up text

That dude is awesome. I always love coming back to his analysis of allegory and themes in cinema

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How have I only just seen this. The amount of design work put into this is outstanding. Throughout the game I made sure to look everywhere that no details went unnoticed. Thank you for one of my favourite Sci Fi ships

Watch DaveXRPLion this about entry into the quantum 5D world 🌎 XRPL

Dude your ragebait shitpost game is weak af, please heal yourself from cringe

Hey Mike, good to see you again!

Being out of work because of political views... what a sad world we live in.

Great project Mike. When we going to chat, stil waiting for a phone call, your old number not working anymore.

So inspiring, different from everyone else is doing, authentic, and the most important: This project is YOU mike! Thank you for put so much effort, your journey is amazing. Thank you for the talks, the conferences, the ideas, you gives us an extra point of view to perceive life.

Disappointing to see you're using genai, given the quality of your previous design work.

would have been interested, but i am not interested in ai art?? but wow congrats on your goals being hit. Wow?

Sounds interesting, would love to try it someday. Good luck with Kickstarter!

This game would require non-insecure players with very good communication skills. Some people get easily offended when you point out their personality, flaws etc.

There is video game on steam called "Refind Self: The Personality Test Game" I want to try it someday, reviews are positive. I have ideas for my own video game that psychologically and philosophically analyzes your actions and choices and delivers analysis through immersive in-game story context.

"Know thyself" - Socrates "Deny thyself" - Jesus Christ

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welcome back

Talk about pushing a nariative I bet he misses the 2 most important things

Infinite Warfare was too ahead of it's time. That's why tghe hardcore fans of Call of Duty didn't like it. They should make a new game based on Salter's Experience after Reyes' death.

This video deserves a hundred times the views it's received

I'm sorry... What the &$#$# does he mean by "there were no politics in Top Gun Maverick" - that movie is hitting you with a baseball bat that says "join the Air Force if you want to be a cool person." You can say overt wokeness comes across as propaganda and I'd agree, but it's just a cynical ploy to fill as many seats as possible. It's simply * annoying *. Top Gun Maverick is NOT a story with ANY thematic elements.. It's nothing but a fun rollercoaster through a tunnel that's plastered with US Army posters.

No, duh! 🙄

All I saw was a really good movie.

Not only did the assistant not deserve the most brutal death in the movie but she was only there trying to watch out for Claire's nephews who were guving her a hard time as revenge on claire for not having time for them. She did not care about lives being lost or about her family members but once her family members lives were on the line and she would have to take blame for their deaths within the family did she try and dave lives.

Got enough gain on his microphone for heck sake. Awesome analysis but mighty Murphy oh Christmas Pete reduce the gain on than wailin microphone

"Take the compass, might save your life someday." Unplugged from chair. Saved her life.

Hey ! As a futur Carrier Deck Officer in the French Navy, and living like.. 2km away from Geneva , this game really touch me a lot. The attention to detail, the realism etc.. They really studied how Carriers work and how space work to mix them up. I recognise real type of process we use on Carrier. Also the atmosphere to orbit tech is really « realistic » like yeah Jackal must go to space ? Ok then we ignite 6 powder trhuster (really more efficient than the one we have in 2025) and yeah it goes to orbit the we drop them. Then when back on the deck we replace them with new one. Nahhh bro this is cool as fuck and I really can imagine that type of tech in like 150/200 years can work with a SSTO Fighter. Same for the Carriers and Cruisers we saw, They igniste huuuuge reactor, no « no gravity shit » to go to space, it use a lot of fuel and you must resupply with the fleet. A lot of things seems « legit » futur tech, like it works like today, but way more efficient because we are 200 years in the future, but still replies on tech that exist nowadays. I love this game so much and beg for a suit or a mod were we can visiti the whole Retribution and Tigris and the rest of the fleet. Alors when I discover this game as a kid, it really touch me because of the attack on Geneva, really 2km from were I live, even if the city is realistic, I recignise some old architecture I knew, it really makes me angry against the SetDef 😂, In the mission were we kill Salen Kotsch I remember replaying it many times to kill him before, during, and after his speech. Also I’d really like to get more lore around this game, like were do they park those huge fleet, what about the other cruisers we saw during the parade, what about their supply fleet and the rest of the carriers fleet, retribution is not the only one they got.

you should look into becoming a groyper. there is lots of money in game development there.

Almost reminds me of Interstellar 😉