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Listens to Baroque while coding murder.exe :newt: @newt@stereophonic.space (2026-08-03 19:37:43)
If you think about it really hard, in these movies so called "resistance" has been nothing more but a bunch of useless freaks dying on screen for drama.

In Star Wars, the main means for the downfall of The Empire were industrial sabotage and the consequent (half-failed) military coup by General Darth Vader. The resistance itself did very little other than random strikes here and there.

In The Matrix Trilogy, all we witness is an ongoing coup by the overpowered security service (Agent Smith), who is in the end put down. Again, the resistance as a movement did nothing except die on screen from flying tentacled robots or become subverted by Smith infection. Also, sweaty raves.

In "V for Vendetta", the chancellor is again brought down by his own security service, which can only be described as a coup. The protagonist himself did rather little to help this and after his death, the most likely scenario is for the aforementioned security service to take over the government.

Is there a single film where the resistance against big evil dudes actually succeeds on their own without deus ex machinas or insider help?
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Blurry Moon@sun@shitposter.world (2026-08-03 19:49:46)
@newt no personal cost