Netflix fans already begging for a sequel to ‘the best movie of 2026 so far’

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.mirror.co.uk/film/netflix-war-machine-2-sequel-36840126

Anyone who studied analytic philosophy probably came across Julius, a character created by Gareth Evans who was defined as being the person who invented the zip. The point of Julius is, of course, that the person who invented the zip could well have never thought about fasteners in his life. This means that Julius might not have invented the zip. All very exciting stuff.

In the 70s, when the big G was writing, it would have been hard to find out who the real life Julius in fact was. Now it is trivial. We have Wikipedia. Philosophers still discuss Julius without asking the obvious question: who, in fact, did invent the zip.

This annoys me. If they did ask, they would find that the answer is... nobody. Nobody invented the zip. Various different interlocking fasteners were invented and eventually we had zips. This is a much more interesting philosophical issue. Even with medium sized dry goods that are clearly the result of human design, there is no first exemplar. They are not separate from their history or their culture. They are not as discrete as we think they are.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zipper

#GarethEvans, #Philosophy, #Zipper, #Julius

RE: https://fairdinkum.one/@John/115883782288685466

#auspol it’s gratifying to know that #BobCarr & #GarethEvans read & quote my toots.

🙃😆🤣

The #Australian government should urgently #reconsider Australia’s #alliance with the #UnitedStates, over #Trump’s military intervention in #Venezuela & renewed push to claim #Greenland.

Former Labor foreign minister #BobCarr said Trump’s America had become a “fiercely unpredictable” ally, raising a “colossal challenge” for #Australia.

Another former Labor foreign minister, #GarethEvans, said the #AUKUS pact should be reconsidered. #auspol #USPol

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jan/12/australia-should-reconsider-alliance-with-fiercely-unpredictable-us-former-foreign-ministers-say

Gareth Evans & Amazon MGM’s Remake Of ’60s Japanese Crime Pic ‘A Colt Is My Passport’ Will Star Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù, Tim Roth, Jack Reynor, Lucy Boynton & More
#News #AColtIsMyPassport #AmazonMGM #GarethEvans #SopeDirisu

https://deadline.com/2025/09/gareth-evans-colt-my-passport-remake-sope-dirisu-tim-roth-1236565897/

From: blenderdumbass . org

Again I found a movie that makes me question my own ideas as a filmmaker. Havoc ( directed by Gareth Evans ) is so stylized and fucking awesome that they had to go a CGI route for a lot of the shots to even be possible in the first place. Which created a similar situation, which I discussed in my review of Shazam! 2.

Read: https://blenderdumbass.org/reviews/havoc___2025___is_a_pornographically_satisfying_violence_movie

#havoc #tomhardy #GarethEvans #film #review #movies #action #martialarts #cinemastodon

From: blenderdumbass . org

Again I found a movie that makes me question my own ideas as a filmmaker. Havoc ( directed by Gareth Evans ) is so stylized and fucking awesome that they had to go a CGI route for a lot of the shots to even be possible in the first place. Which created a similar situation, which I discussed in my review of Shazam! 2.

Read: https://blenderdumbass.org/reviews/havoc___2025___is_a_pornographically_satisfying_violence_movie

#havoc #tomhardy #GarethEvans #film #review #movies #action #martialarts #cinemastodon