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'War of the Worlds' Isn’t Just Bad. It’s Also Shameless Tech Propaganda (www.wired.com)
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By making Big Tech the hero in a movie about government surveillance, the dismally rated remake feels more like an ad for Amazon than anything else.

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[-] Zorque@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago

This doesn't seem like a remake, it seems like a shitty idea someone had and then some marketing guy was like "What famous property can we slap on this to get people to see it?"

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