Comment on A FYI from Skeletor

zero_spelled_with_an_ecks@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

• DagwoodIII@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  That’s literally the plot of ‘Casino Royale.’

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  • zero_spelled_with_an_ecks@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Huh, so it is. I’d been thinking of using the idea for a Champions campaign for how an Iron Man knock off got his money.

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    • DagwoodIII@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Stock manipulation has been a thing for a long, long time.

      Look at Mel Brooks’ ‘The Producers’

      The plot there is to raise $20 million and use $50,000 to put on a play that closes the first night.

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      • Anti_Iridium@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        It’s springtime for Hitler in Germany

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• pewgar_seemsimandroid@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  you’d need an indie studio for that.

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