I know this film’s going to have a wack premise when they put California and Texas into an alliance. That said I am pretty interested.
The only thing I can think of is either there was a fascist coup from northern California, or they are allied very loosely as mostly independent entities.
I think it’s more that they explicitly made t unlike real life politics to avoid painting either side a particular way.
I’m thinking they probably did that to avoid people talking about the politics and who and why, and focus more on how horrifying Civil War would be. They’ve described it as horror. I believe them.
President Lincoln offered Robert E. Lee control of the Union Army. The Confederate officer corps was pretty high quality; Custer ended up a General on the Union side. The CSA had good relations with the two superpowers of the day [UK and France] and a highly sought after product [cotton]. Most of their troops were hard scrabble country boys who were used to working from sun up to sun set on a plate of beans.
The Anti-Federalist forces of today are lead by Donald Trump and Lauren Bobert.
The CSA did not have good relations with any super powers. They had to meet in secret and were never acknowledged. The only part of any super power relationship that actually benefited the CSA was buying cotten smuggled out on the black market and allowing the sale of old warships and they never actually arrived. Also the idea that southern soldiers were better is an idea backed up by the lost cause for decades now, and doesn’t seem to be universally true.
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/06/books/review/lion-and-the-fox-alexander-rose.html
Sounds like you’d like this one.
“The Lion And The Fox” by Alexander Rose. True story of the Union and Confederates in England, trying to control the seas.
Ooh, I probably would, thanks for the recommendation! This was a single chapter in a book I read that covered the whole history of the war.
Opined another: “There are other Timothy McVeighs out there who will be like ‘[this movie is] exactly what this country needs’ … The potential danger is that [right-wing] groups are not known for media literacy or nuance. And a psychotic gang of rednecks committing terrorism [in the film] to ‘own the libs’ might be obvious criticism to us, but might be interpreted as a role model to MAGA groups if not portrayed carefully.'”
There’s people who watch It’s Always Sunny and think the main characters are the “good guys” and we should root for them…
Side note:
Is the guy in the screenshot the Matt Damon look like who played a nazi in Breaking Bad?
Dudes in a lot and he’s a pretty good actor.
Yeah, that’s Jesse Plemons. He’s married to Kirsten Dunst of all things. I just finished watching season 2 of Fargo with him and Dunst - both were amazing in it.
I always think of him as “Walmart Matt Damon”.
EDIT: Fixed his last name
Nice, dudes been in a lot of stuff, and he’s really good.
Not sure if looking like one of the biggest movie stars around helps or hurts his career. But he’s been good in everything I’ve seen him in.
I always think Fat Damon or Downy Damon.
He’s a great actor and better than Matt Damon, in my opinion.
