re: #278 CuriousLurker

>THIS. I watched it last night also, or half of it anyway. By the time the bombings started in earnest and they began robbing banks and shooting anyone who got in their way, I couldn’t stand to watch any more.

Their insufferably smug self-absorption and narcissistic “revolutionary” fervor that was utterly devoid of empathy for anyone who wasn’t on-board with their bullshit agenda got on my last nerve to the point where I wanted to put my fist through my iPad’s screen, so I shut it off. Ditto for the ridiculous political propaganda-speak that seemed to gush forth every time they opened their mouths. They were exactly what I would imagine today’s puritopian dudebros would be like if they went full metal revolutionary.

Anyway, thanks for the recommendation even though I didn’t watch the whole thing, and can’t really say I enjoyed it in the conventional sense. That said, it did prompt me to do some reading up on them afterwards, so at least I learned something. That’s always a plus AFAIC.

It affected you, and that’s a good thing, frankly. “Der Baader-Meinhof Komplex” is a very good film, exceeded only by the French Canal+ miniseries “Carlos”, which is, in my opinion, a masterpiece.

BMK affected me similarly - I was just thinking “What a bunch of smarmy, middle-class would-be revolutionaries, spouting Marxism yet acting like complete douches.”