• VeryVito@lemmy.ml
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    3 days ago

    I remember watching that movie and thinking “There’s no way that people would be so stupid that they’d keep going in the water when they know there’s a deadly shark in the water!”

    And then 2020 hit, and holy shit. So many idiots wouldn’t even wear a mask until it allowed them to beat up immigrants.

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      3 days ago

      I was never a fan of scary movies because I always thought they were unbelievable. 2020 opened up a whole new genre for me. Some of them are even rather utopian at this point.

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        2 days ago

        There was a sort of meme I ran across a while ago that was about how Covid ruined a lot of sci-fi movies.

        Movie trailer: In the year 2032, a race of aliens descended on Earth to harvest water…

        Guy: Yeah, I guess that makes sense.

        Movie trailer: and so humanity united to-

        Guy: No the fuck they did not