jmzalapa

The core basis of this documentary is that the combined national debt is nothing more than the sum of the available capital in the private sector, being that the government creates the money it spends. It cannot spend what it does not create, nor can it exist in surplus without taking back more than it spent.

They reference the declining interest rate with the increase of the national debt as a means to show thst this debt it not bad, and without too much critical thought, you might think this is all a grand idea.

However, what it does not take into consideration is that this created currency is backed by something; in the case of our fiat currency system, our GDP. So let me explain it like this:

Let's say a currency is backed by a gold brick. We all decide that the gold brick is worth 100 pieces of paper. The value of that brick remains fairly constant and the value of those papers do as well.

Now, let's assume again that the value of the brick doesn't change much, but now we put another 100 pieces of paper into circulation. As the brick value remains constant (or near constant) that value if paper has now decreased. This is inflation.

So as the debt (amount of excess spending without tax recuperation) grows, the value of the dollar decreases, as it does not meet the same rate of growth as our GDP.

Short story long, this movie's core premise is easily debunked by even the layperson with a basic understanding of macroeconomics.

This little film showed up in my search for a rainy weekend movie doom scroll with no fanfare and little in the way of expectations. I was pleasantly surprised by the acting, especially the lead. The cinematography is pretty basic; nothing amazing and there weren't too many special effects to speak of.

Overall, the pacing was good, but my one big gripe with low budget sci-fi movies is there is little to no effort in researching whatever science they put together to make the plot happen. Cryptography is a fascinating and deep field, and while it is the key talent the protagonists have, it's neither explained or demonstrated through anything but hand waving. Any other actual science is just name dropped, like "quantum theory" or "holographic theory," and personally, I see that as lazy writing.

Also, the way the time ripples happen don't really follow any sort of sense or logic, and neither do the "visitors" when they show up. It's just kind of yadda yadda'd to make the movie more interesting, I guess.

Overall, kind of meh, but saved by a nice climactic scene evoking Plato's cave allegory and an underrated acting performance from the lead. Could have been better, definitely could have been worse. Watch if you're just kind of bored and have seen everything else.

So this set had it's moments. More than once, I got a solid chuckle. And a couple of times, I had a good sized laugh. Nothing really left me in stitches, but I think the 1 and 2 star reviews are more of a "review bomb" phenomina.

The bit is better than average, but nothing ground breaking. It does have some insightful humor and moments of introspection, but Rogan seems to shout his punchlines more now than in previous specials. That, to me more than anything, detracted from the story or the punchlines because of just how frequently it was used.

Maybe I'm getting older, or maybe Always Sunny ruined the gimic of shouting punchlines... no matter the reason, I'm less and less fond of "louder = funnier."

Again, not bad, but not great either. A tick above average.