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The Equalizer
2014 · Film · 132 min
Directed by Antoine Fuqua
McCall believes he has put his mysterious past behind him and dedicated himself to beginning a new, quiet life. But when he meets Teri, a young girl under the control of ultra-violent Russian gangsters, he can’t stand idly by – he has to help her. Armed with hidden skills that allow him to serve vengeance against anyone who would brutalize the helpless, McCall comes out of his self-imposed retirement and finds his desire for justice reawakened. If someone has a problem, if the odds are stacked against them, if they have nowhere else to turn, McCall will help. He is The Equalizer.
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Reminds me of that one scene in Equalizer. It's cheesy and I will never admit to liking the movie in real life. But it's one of those scenes that's really stuck with me over the years.
Robert: "I think you can be anything you want to be."
Teri: "Maybe in your World, Robert. Doesn't really happen that way in mine."
Robert: "Change your world."
Embracing compassion as a way of interacting with our world's peoples is not superstition, my friend, yet you will find very little of it in mainstream fiction, the mainstream media, or even the popular media (e.g. Joe Rogan). The people who fund those media have created the norms that we live within today in 2025, my friend.
It takes effort for us to dig ourselves out of our naturally selfish tendencies towards others, especially those of other cultures. Many of our cultures inculcate those tendencies as being proper, when they are anything but, and are, in fact, degrading our world with pollution, waste, and callous apathy to the plight of our fellow human beings.
I do, as ever, however, recommend the works of William Gibson as he always imbues a sense of humanity in his protagonists. The same is true of Tolkien's books, where goodness is detailed and the evil rarely mentioned. The movies were trash simply on account of their changing Faramir's character so unnecessarily. If you want a truly good Hollywood movie, look to the first Equalizer, which Denzel Washington executive produced, whose protagonist is a hero for the ages.
Denzel Washington's movie (he's the EP) The Equalizer says:
The two most important days are the day you're born, and the day you find out why. We're here to be happy because of the happiness we've created for others.
Most people have other far less important yet far more deleterious desires.
As with all things human, the choice of path is ours alone, and we alone bear the fruits of our chosen journey while we tread it still.
To quote from the movie the equalizer: progress - not perfection.
Make it. My git server is full of halfbaked projects i abandoned. The least people already start with an full structure of their program.
You’re right, of course.
That said, “ No Country for Old Men” and “Hell or High Water” are significantly better movies than “Taken” and “The Equalizer”.
> While “old-man action” movies like Taken and The Equalizer could be considered descendants of The Fugitive, they lack its character development. Those thrillers that are character driven—say, No Country for Old Men or Hell or High Water—are less popcorn, more art.
iow, don't discuss because the goalposts will be moved aggressively.
Tidy my office/workspace.
Move all none work related stuff onto virtual desktop 2 or 3.
Put on film OST's that lack lyrics (The Equalizer, Oblivion, almost anything from Hans Zimmer).
Make fresh coffee.
I've used that routine for over a decade and it's become a habit, once I've done all that I'm ready to work.
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