July already. Hard to believe, isn’t it?

I do not believe it! I refuse the conclusion!
I want to have the Julian calendar just for a bit.
Had to work from home today and it’s left me in a bit of a mood.

now the films are markedly difference from the books, in the latter, david webb is a diplomat living in thailand who joins a foreign legion type outfit Medusa, out of a personal loss, he meets the real Jason Bourne who was an australian mercenary, and kills him

years later, the CIA wants to draw out Carlos the Jackal, who was trained by the Soviets and the Palestinians, so they have Webb resurrect Jason Bourne, then he has his amnesia, but at no point, is he just a tool of the government, he willingly volunteered,

the second one takes place in Hong Kong prior to the handover, the third takes place in Europe and brings Carlos back into the picture, also Marie is alive through the whole series,

Things, these days, are really bad in China, but according to this video linked below, they are a hundred times worse in the Hell of North Korea.*

* See https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_kZVJ7fAT7Y

I’m having fun with Addie Counts’ movie reacts. She’s not exactly brilliant but she’s a pretty young woman with a real taste for popcorn when it comes to movie watching.

https://www.youtube.com/@AddieCounts/videos

She does a clever thing in that she excerpts a film into 30 min, including her reax throughout and at the end.

She picks great fun films of the past thirty, forty years, so she’s always pleased and can share her enthusiasm. It’s like being able to rewatch a fave film with a friend without investing 90 mins or three hours.

My takeaways:

(1) Jeez, there have been a lot of great. entertaining films, mostly before 2010.
(2) YouTube is soaking up a lot of viewer minutes which used to go to Hollywood movies. Hollywood is never going to regain its hold on its old audience.

I’d rather reminisce with Addie about a golden oldie than sit through the latest DEI/LGTBTQ+ garbage Disney serves up because they are Disney and, like, we have to watch, right?

Here’s her latest, a breathless review as an example of the third Bourne film which she found even better than the first two.

–Addie, Counts, “THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM might be the best one?! | First Time Reaction!”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3faFHETXx4

the important part is te French branch of Antifa wants to ‘mostly peacefully’ burn down half of France, because thats what democracy looks like now,

Much as with Italy, the Cold war dichotomy broke down with the Christian Democrats, and the Socialists, and the rise of coalitions like Forza Italia the later Berlusconi’s faction, which had regional parties like the Northern League and the former MSI, now National Alliance, and the Democracy party
the Communist, party, Melonis was a splinter of te National Alliance,

after Sarkozy the Socialist took power and held it, till their brand was too toxic, so enter Macron, but then some elements of the coalition were too brittle so Melanchon the far leftist, comparable to the Podemos and Sumar factions in Spain,

Working on it.

Vive la France!