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lagerbaer1247 karma

But... but... it's so sophisticated. Did you not notice all those Dutch angles?

In the words of film critic Roger Ebert, "the director, Roger Christian, has learned from better films that directors sometimes tilt their cameras, but he has not learned why."

lagerbaer146 karma

The same happened in East Germany. A father of a friend grew up there and qualified for some World Cup sports event, but he wasn't allowed to go because he had a brother living in West Germany and the regime assessed that he'd likely try to escape.

lagerbaer137 karma

Yeah I mean the regime was a bit split on this. They really wanted to compete in international competitions to show off the superiority of socialism. But that obviously came with the risk of having competitors just run away, and they were certainly pretty paranoid about that.

East Germans got really inventive when it came to escaping. I'm not sure if there's English language documentaries though. I know some guys in West Germany built their own ultra-light airplane to pick up their buddy in East Germany. Two other guys just got on their windsurf boards and booked it all the way to fricken Denmark.

You can have all the theoretical discussions about the merits of various political and economic systems, but if you have people risk their lives (East German guards would open fire and shoot to kill on everyone trying to escape) to escape a system, chances are it's just wrong.

lagerbaer136 karma

There I was, waist-deep in vagina...

lagerbaer110 karma

Especially since... whenever marketing departments do decide to build a brand to appeal to the internet generation, they often fail horribly, as evidenced by all the gems at /r/fellowkids

So when such an opportunity presents itself and organically comes from the internet users, it should be embraced rather than shunned.