JdeBP15h ago

In this Post-Stross Universe, where fiction is now the upper bound on how positive the future will be, we are watching the plot of #MelBrooks's 1967 movie _The Producers_ play out in real time.

The audience has yet to start laughing at #Amazon's cunning scheme to give a bung to #DonaldJTrump via a disastrous #Melania movie about the rise to power of a monarch and his consort.

https://mastodon.scot/@JdeBP/115986124726085280

#MelaniaTrump #USMovies #SpringTimeForHitler #TheProducers #PostStrossUniverse #fascism

Show threadJdeBP4d ago

It wasn't *quite* as dire as I was expecting. There were some significantly discordant moments, though.

It was likely written in the Summer of 2024, going by its first broadcast date.

Seen in 2026, it's definitely off in the realms of wild fantasy land, in terms of both Venezuela and NATO.

#PostStrossUniverse #NCIS

JdeBP4d ago

Looking for something else to clear out of the TiVo, I noticed that it is currently recording this evening's new episode of #NCIS.

We're about a year and a third behind #USTelly, and the EPG summary tells me that NCIS is tonight involved in 'diplomatic negotiations with Venezuela'.

Oh, dear.

#PostStrossUniverse