As Americans, does that freak you out? If so, why?

Actually, at first glance I didn't notice the difference - seeing what I expected to see and all that. It probably does contribute to my feeling that the government that flies that flag are not the good guys, but other than that, no visceral reaction.

The stripes were vertical instead of horizontal, and there were fewer stars and in a circle.

I found it as creepy as fuck, but it's not my flag.

The stars in a circle maybe made it seem more normal to me, since there were official US flags that had that arrangement. And I didn't notice the vertical stripes until a character mentioned it. So maybe I am just not observant enough.

The idea of a wounded and misshapen US flailing about and slashing all and sundry--well, Jamaica's just a whole lot of collateral damage waiting to be experienced.

Scary.

I could imagine that as an American it might be wrong, but it's...it's like your problem. Something you could fix, you know? Me, I'll just be over here and crouching in the corner.

It was startling because it confirmed that the USA no longer exists in the world of that show. I didn't find it overly freaky though, just because the show has never had that strong of an impact on me. Too many details remind me of the fiction and not enough of the story keeps me sucked in for me to have a visceral reaction.

Sometimes I want to watch The Day After again. That freaked me out when it aired. I wonder if it would have the same impact now.

Right.

There was a thing that happened at the beginning of the first episode of season 2: when they pulled down the actual USA flag and put up the new ASA flag which was actually worse.

The other thing was a "we're not in Kansas, anymore" kind of moment.

Aurelia, I think my response to America as superpower is visceral enough that it doesn't matter to me if the show owns me.

I can see that, sumi, especially from a citizen's point of view.

Fair enough. I do think it was the most powerful moment since the kid watching the mushroom cloud. It got an audible "whoa" out of me.

On a lighter note, I like this one. [link]

Word sandwich, kind of fun. What's the point of the moving bar, though? It had me all tense, apparently for no reason.

If I'm drinking Mike's Hard Lemonade, is that like the strength of a wine cooler? It's pretty tasty, but it's like tasty soda... that could go horribly wrong considering how little I drink. But I just wanted something drinky tonight.

I had to skip 1500 posts after trying to catch up for several days. Makes me a little sad.