#man against machine

[k-i-l-l-e-r-b-e-e-6-9]

𝔚𝔦𝔩𝔡 𝔇𝔬𝔤𝔰 - 𝔐𝔞𝔫 𝔄𝔤𝔞𝔦𝔫𝔰𝔱 𝔐𝔞𝔠𝔥𝔦𝔫𝔢

#Wild Dogs #Reign Of Terror #Man Against Machine #Full-length #Release date: #1987 #Genre: #Heavy Metal #Themes: #World domination #USA

[pitch-and-moan]

Manatee Against Machine

#bad idea #movie pitch #pitch and moan #man vs machine #man against machine #narrative conflict #conflict #manatee

[high-voltage-rat]

Actually I'm still thinking about it. Another interesting way in which RvB is anti-war is the way that the Director fills the role of a villain and antagonist (especially in the Recollections trilogy, where he's a faceless villain we never see but is responsible for everything that happens).

In his memos to the Chairman, the Director emphasizes his sense of duty and obligation to the military- he becomes irate for the first time when he feels that it's being implied that he was derelict in his duty... or that the work he did out of that duty is being criticized for being against the military's interests. He also talks about Allison's death in a way I find... interesting.

"You see; I never had the chance to serve in battle. Nor did fate provide me the opportunity to sacrifice myself for humanity as it did for so many others in the Great War. Someone extremely dear to me was lost very early in my life. My mind has always plagued me with the question: If the choice had been placed in my hands, could I have saved her? [...] But, given the events of these past few weeks, I feel confident that had I been given the chance, I would have made those sacrifices myself... Had I only the chance."

The idea of sacrifice is central to the way he talks about his wife's loss, to the way he talks about the war in general. He talks of sacrifice with a sense of veneration- that it's something he aspires to do, that he longs for. There's a few ways we can interpret "I would have made those sacrifices myself"...

-That in Allison's place, he thinks he would have laid down his life too.

-That if given the chance, he would have given his life to save hers.

But most interestingly...

-That he would have sacrificed Allison's life for the continued survival of humanity, if that was what duty called for.

...And personally, I think all 3 are true.

In most war media, the Director's perspective on sacrifice is very common. Sacrifice is glorious and heroic- to die in battle is an honour- and it's the only way to ensure the group you serve survives. This is a tool of propaganda- nobody wants to go to war just for the sake of it, you have to give them a reason that the risk of dying or being permanently disabled isn't just acceptable, but desirable. Beyond that, most people don't want to do things they think are immoral- you have to convince them it's important, a necessary lesser evil. You teach them to sacrifice their morals, too.

The way they train soldiers to follow orders and to kill, is to convince them that they, and the people around them, and the people they care about, will all die if they don't. It's drilled into your head from day one. It's the way they ensure their commanding officers won't shy away from sending their men off to die. The message is constant- sacrifice is your duty, and duty ensures your people's survival.

In the Director's eyes, the damage Project Freelancer caused was his sacrifice. He never got the opportunity to sacrifice himself during the war- so he sacrificed others, as military brass do. The Freelancers- including his daughter. The countless sim troopers. Any people he considered "collateral damage" on missions. And when the opportunity to do so presented itself, he sacrificed a copy of himself- Alpha- and he sacrificed a copy of Allison- Tex.

The very thing that derailed his life- the loss of his wife- he made it happen again. He put her copy in dangerous situations, let her exist in the position of constant repeated failure, created the circumstances that would eventually lead to her death. He put their daughter in deadly situations that nearly killed her repeatedly, provided her with impossible expectations leading to self-destructive behaviours in the name of duty, implanted her with two AI knowing they could cause her permanent harm. He was confident he "would have made those sacrifices himself" because he did.

The Director is the embodiment of the military war machine. As an antagonist, he is a warning against buying into the glorification of sacrifice. He's a condemnation of the idea that one should be willing to do anything to win a war- that duty to the military is the thing that ensures survival... All the messages that are pushed to ensure recruitment and obedience of soldiers.

He's a reminder that swallowing the propaganda leads to you doing terrible things... and in the end, you're a broken man left mourning the losses that you suffered even as you repeated them, convinced that it was all necessary.

#late nights with ali #ali watches rvb #not video games #rvb #red vs blue #leonard church #the director #director rvb #idk why I'm so fixated on thinking about the anti-war interpretation of rvb right now but I'm apparently going ham #it's just so fucking. wild to me. listening to the director's messages in S6 always has me thinking 'oh man this guy ate the propaganda up' #the OPPORTUNITY to sacrifice yourself??? homedog you sound like the kid in high school who brags he's joining the army as soon as he's 18 #to be clear: a lot of my thoughts on this stem from the fact that I come from a military family. I spend a lot of time with people who... #...bought in to the military propaganda and indoctrination. I see an amplified version of their perspectives reflected in the director. #to the military man sacrifice is the highest calling. sacrifice of your life. sacrifice of your morals. sacrifice of your wellbeing. #the things the director did were all in line with that fucked-up form of sacrifice. #and that they're portrayed for the evil they are is an important protest against the war machine's messaging.

[krispyweiss]

MC5 Co-founder and Leader Wayne Kramer Dies at 75

Wayne Kramer, the guitarist, singer and songwriter who co-founded and fronted the massively influential MC5, has died, his family said.

Kramer, who reformed the band in 2018 after a stint in prison in the 1970s and subsequent solo career, was 75 and died Feb. 2 from pancreatic cancer, the family’s statement said.

“He will be remembered for starting a revolution in music, culture and kindness,” the family said.

Alice Cooper mourned his “longtime friend - and sometimes collaborator” on social media: “Wayne Kramer. R.I.P.”

“He was my favorite person in the world,” Jill Sobule said of Kramer. “So beloved. I was lucky to have him in my life.”

Outside of his music career, Kramer founded Jail Guitar Doors, which provides acoustic guitars to incarcerated people.

“Rest in power to a brother who dedicated his life to being part of the solution,” Third Man Records said in a statement.

The MC5 released three LPs during its initial 1969-1972 run and is best known by the public for “Kick out the Jams.” Musicians felt the impact more deeply.

A “saddened” Vernon Reid ticked off Kramer’s many guises: “Punk-rock pioneer. Inmate-rights reformer. Author. Human-rights activist. Anti-violence advocate. Guitar badass. And major dude.”

Kramer was “the greatest man I’ve ever known,” Tom Morello said, adding that every time he’s in the studio, “the rawest, fastest track ha(s) the working title ‘MC5.’”

“Whenever and wherever any of us kick out the jams, Brother Wayne will be right there with us,” Morello said.

Or as the Dictators put it: “No MC5, no Dictators.”

2/2/24

#wayne kramer #mc5 #alice cooper #kick out the jams #jill sobule #vernon reid #living colour #the dictators #third man records #jail guitar doors #tom morello #rage against the machine

[pointycorgiears]

I dreamt Buggy was putting a record together at Cross Guild, and he was writing this song. Not necessarily singing it, just writing it. Which feels like a very melancholic Buggy song, in my opinion.

But also, Croc was funding the whole thing. That was hilarious. Maybe they were planning to bring down the government through music, I don't know. Make copies and spread it to the masses. That's so punk rock. They could do it.

#maybe Uta was gonna sing it? #They collaborate to stick it to the man #Buggy gains even more power and followers this way #Gonna throw some Rage Against The Machine on my Cross Guild Rebellion Playlist #buggy #op buggy #buggy the genius jester #genius indeed #buggy the clown #cross guild #one piece

[janeway-lover]

hey does anyone have any good songs that make you feel like unionizing?

#i've got a few so far #give and take. feed the machine. which are both by poor man's poison #man against machine by garth brooks and 9 to 5 by dolly parton #and also fortunate son by ccr

[beforethepoison]

sleep now in the fire - rage against the machine

#rage against the machine #ratm #ratmedit #rage against the machine photoset #tim commerford #brad wilk #tom morello #zack the la rocha #zack is so badass man........fucking poet #mine

[ghostwanderer]

Announcement

As requested by some who messaged me, I had opened up my ask box to make it easier to send me request

Also I am taking Art request right now. As stated before, Drawing usually takes a long time, and I can often be busy with life and my own personal projects, so be patient with me and be understandable when I decide that I’m too tired or burned out to draw and decide to cancel your request. Only make you request if you feel like it and think it’s worth the time.

These art requests tho are really impactful to me as they help me hone in my skill, experiment, and challenge me to draw things I never usually draw, and so they make me proud. I thank everyone I have drawn for, for making me the artist I am today. :)

(Also, i can also draw art inspired by, or based on songs, musicians, or bands. So feel free to recommend a song for me to listen to and draw.)

#art requests #made in abyss #atomic heart #homestuck #rio 2011 #samba de amigo #drawing requests #de blob #we happy few #mob psycho 100 #yugioh #my hero academia #boku no hero academia #chainsaw man #epic mickey #panic! at the disco #franz ferdinand #system of a down #rise against #puppet master #fantastic journey to oz #urfin jus and his wooden soldiers #bendy and the ink machine #bendy and the dark revival #pikmin #pikmin 2 #pikmin 3 #pikmin 4 #song requests

[fatedroses]

I don’t know what exactly possessed me to make a Garlean Republic-era poster of Solus with a bit of storytelling irony (I.E Atticus and Regant’s soul crystal lol), but here we are anyways.

#ffxiv #concept #fan art #illustration #solus zos galvus #emet selch #funny machine maker man #that moment when your boss makes you a reaper #and then immediately starts campaigning against reapers #and then bm’s the reapers by naming his efficient bipedal tanks after them #dramatic sassy bastard emet lives in my head rent free v-v #and that also means my own funny guy is there with him v_v #nothing can pass through Atticus’ office without a coffee stain ending up on it too #it’s simply just his little curse #solus just mentally makes note that it’s basically atti’s official seal #… #I just remembered I still need to draw the chaos of solus pushing Atticus through essentially law school

[xivdl]

If you take requests, do you think you could try to do Erling ? I’d love to see him in your style (i would die if you do, but in a « wow this si so cool » way ) 💞

hes just like me fr (loves milk)

#thanks for the request! #his last goal against us still hurts like hell #hes a great personality though I can't hate him #also so so good #what a machine #art request #erling haaland #haaland #my_art #football fanart #v draws footy #manchester city #man city #mcfc

[iggyfing]

read three or four chapters. i feel like having watched the movie (and also prior secondhand exposure courtesy of ladypep) is a help bc it really does just dump you right in w a ton of terminology and politics you have NO context for. even with the index of terms in the back.

#also someone put parentheses around the litany against fear and also the lines about thinking machines bad #hold on let me go look them up #''Once men turned their thinking over to machines in the hope that this would set them free. But that only permitted other men with machine #to enslave them.'' #''[...] 'Thou shalt not make a machine to counterfeit a /human/ mind.' [...]'' #like. man. ur so right dune 1965 by frank herbert.

[dafry]

So after drawing yesterday i kept thinking-

What if he didn't react in time?

#professor layton #hershel layton #pl #what if he messes up while trying to sword fight #aka sword fighting gone wrong #i mean my man didn't have a handy dandy sword with him at all times and all the time he got into a fight he either borrowed or improvise #using broken pipes no less- #and while i love him being badass i also like to see him hurt- (physically at least because poor guy been scarred enough mentally) #injured/hurt layton my beloved💖 #just kept thinking back to the scene after layton reveal a third song in eternal diva and des was just so pissed he obviously tried to hurt- #-layton (probably in a fit of rage but still) like how fast and powerful those hits were since layton got pushed back violently enough to- #-get slammed against the machine not once but twice #and he's just fine apparently

[crow-in-springtime]

Florence + The Machine should make a cover of Ophelia’s song in 4.5

#the f in my name actually stands for florence leontine mary welch’s bitch #<- ok I don’t actually have an f in my name but that’s not what matters here #I think she would do a good job. she would understand ophelia better than shakespearean scholars and #I think her general style would be fitting. #bird song. dream girl evil. which witch. delilah. heaven is here. king. mermaids. what kind of man. girls against god. #the bomb. cassandra. daffodil. my boy builds coffins. blinding. restraint. yeah you see the vision right? #hamlet #ophelia #florence + the machine #combining hamlet and f+tm to become more mentally ill #ky’s gallery

[freakyd0ll]

MY LIST OF FANFICS (SO FAR) ! ^^

ZDLR (RATM) ! :

1) Ditto

2) Maggot

3) My Love Mine All Mine

4) Play Date

#zack de la rocha #rage against the machine #zdlr #i wanna fuck that old man #i wanna fuck him so bad #fanfics #list of fanfics #crossposted from AO3

[none-gender-left-man]

Bloodywood playing with shelter dogs while filming at the Posh Foundation

That's it that's the post

#theyre literally so sweet #check out yaad its about grief and loss and the mv is about a man and his dog #they also used some proceeds from Raj against the machine to pay for that van for the rescue #theyre such good dudes #bloodywood #karan katiyar #jayant bhadula #raoul kerr #the fact this band is reaching special interest levels w me

[pterrorgrine]

every rage against the machine song

[guitar riff that incites bloodthirst]

THROW A BRICK AT A COP [fills derived from riff]

THROW A BRICK AT A COP

THROW A BRICK, THROW A BRICK, THROW IT

THROW A BRICK AT A COP

GO OUTSIDE AFTER THIS CONCERT AND

THROW A BRICK AT A COP

[guitar riff]

[stripped down rhythmic part]

Throw it, throw it, throw a brick

Throw it, throw it [x2]

[rap part]

parabolic motion of a ceramic block

impact to the skull and it makes a body drop

slap chop coppers with a steel file knife

life flight fellows down the thin blue line, AAAAUUUGGHH

THROW IT, THROW IT

[riff but more atonal and with weird electronic noises on top]

THROW A BRICK AT A COP, THROW IT

THROW A BRICK AT A COP, YEAH THROW IT

COP ON THE STREET RIGHT AFTER THIS CONCERT YEAH

THROW A BRICK AT THAT COP

[spoken] here's a bunch of bricks we brought, everybody take a free brick for later! UNH!

[funk dance break]

[quiet part]

masonry unit

blue reign of terror

construction material

for the new era

aaaahhh, masonry unit

blue reign of terror

construction material

FOR THE NEW ERA, AAAAUUUUGGGHHH

[riff now fully polyphonic with vocals]

THROW A BRICK AT A COP

THROW A BRICK AT A COP

GO OUTSIDE AFTER THIS CONCERT AND

THROW A BRICK AT A COP

yeah!

#rage against the machine #ratm #zach de la rocha #i'm honestly not all that familiar with ratm someone please tell me what album this is from #music #adrenaline-inducing music #song parody #shitpost #punk #marsha p johnson tribute post #the only piece of leftist revolutionary history i could think of was alexander berkman's attempted assassination of henry clay frick #which doesn't seem topical enough #sorry #posts that are only suggestions in minecraft #please mr fbi man don't investigate me i only wrote this for the memes