Is this really Alex Jones in Scanner Darkly?

I never read the book or seen the film, how did they get him to act in the movie? Has he done anything else in movies?

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he used to do stand up comedy

linklater is texas as hell so if he wanted a loudspeaker ont he street corner type it wouldn't surprise me if he went with Jones, who had already made a name for himself by then

Did he really?

yes, he went under a different name though.
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>I never read the book or seen the film, how did they get him to act in the movie?
I'd wager Alex Jones might be a PKD fan, plus

Just watching it and its %100 alex jones

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Isn't he in Waking Life too? Linklater's probably a fan, or at least interested in the guy.

linklater has been a long time fan of jones, dude was one of the leading men behind the anti-bush sentiment especially after 9/11

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It was definitely him, he's bought it up on his show several times, he's very proud of it.

Linklater is on the record as being a HUGE fan of Bill Hicks.

Wasn't it Alex Jones who broke the story on the Bohemian Grove?

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no, Bill Hicks

This. Linklater lives in Austin, and so does Jones, so it's certainly possible that they knew each other at the time

Kinda crazy to think that there was a time when Alex Jones, of all people, was critical of a conservative government.

No it isn't.

It kinda is. I mean, how can somebody reject Bush but embrace Trump? I mean, yes, because he's paid to do so, but how could someone do it and still pretend to have a consistent worldview?

You don't know the history of Alex Jones; I do. What you're saying is stupid and doesn't deserve a response, but I'm giving one anyway. I'm not going to inform you during it, though, except to inform you that you're a fucking retard who doesn't know shit about anything.

Are you retarded? Do you not know much about American politics at all?

Neoconservatism and civic nationalism are two completely different things.

Comedians should not be allowed to make entertainment news shows like this because idiots always think they are real and not just characters.

God dammmit, he's not Bill Hicks. Hahaha

>I mean, how can somebody reject Bush but embrace Trump?

The only thing they have in common is that they're Republicans. Trump ran against everything Bush stood for. Did you not see him squash Jeb in the debates?

Wasn’t this filmed in Austin, where he lives?

You don't even deserve the basic gestalt, Tard.

Whoa

Yes, Bill was born and raised there

>These digits

There are a ton of Jones references and appearances, some mocking him and some admiring. Screenwriters have been very aware of him for a while. Dale Gribble on King of the Hill was partly based on Jones' original public-access show (also, Austin had a burgeoning conspiracy theory culture at the time). There is a cop in a late episode of The News Statesman who looks, sounds, and acts exactly like Jones now (and he's a Jonesian character, emphasizing police overreach) but it was filmed when Jones was younger and thinner. Is Jones the Australian-accented sweatshop supervisor in the last Bourne film, the one without Damon? Maybe Jones just has a super-common phenotype.

A Scanner Darkly was made by Spiderwood studios, which was based just outside of Austin. They shot on location in Austin as well (the burger place in the foreground is actually Short Stop, a local burger franchise) and used mostly Austin-based actors. Jones was likely hired because he's an Austin icon (this city fucking loves its crazies) and because he doesn't take himself seriously at all and loves doing stupid meme shit like this.

Candidate Trump and President Trump are two very different people. President Trump is just a rude George Bush.

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You know nothing of American politics. Consider that Bernie Sanders and Hillmonster are "both Democrats."

I miss the 2016 one.

Watched an ep of Piven's new show Wisdom of the Cuckold and they were mocking Jones with a lookalike. Very bad acting, Alex is much more convincing as a bullshitter, because he believes it.

Oh wow you really worked hard at that. Here, let me try: Thomas Jefferson, Jimmy Carter, Ted Kaczynski and Roman Polanski are actually the same guy. There is literally no difference between them. If you say there is I'll just say you're wrong. Gosh, this is easy.

is this bait?

I can see it. Trump ran with a populist anti-government sentiment. He was against both established Republican and Democrat leaders.

Now I think Trump is a two faced liar that isn't to be trusted, but I an see how people like Jones could fall for Trump supposed wave of reform for a corrupt government.

Joe McHale in X-Files I think too

There is no story on the Bohemian Grove.

The irony is since taking office Trump has been more establishment than Bush ever was.

Jones would have fit right into Slacker if he hadn't been so busy touring as Bill Hicks.

He is an opportunist water filter salesman who grifted anti-Bush lefties and Ron Paul libertarians before latching on to the Alt-Right

Yes.

Ever notice how no matter who you vote for the same agenda gets ahead?...less freedom and bigger debt

Alex Jones and Trump are both critical of the revolving door establishment (right or left) that has plagued American politics for the last 40 years. Wikileaks and Snowden exposed some of the aparatus of this shadow government and we are going to find out more but dont be a fucking cowardly moron when your side is part of the blame...they have been playing both sides against the middle class perhaps as far back as the end of WW2

Yeah, the guy who advocates torture and expanding Gitmo is really fighting the MIC. Or maybe the real issue is that Sup Forums is composed of children barely out of high school with no real life experience who are easily taken in by cheap grifters who make vague "kick the bums out" promises that appeal to the basest instincts of their nature.

both these movies are over a decade old
before alex went off the deep end and went full on satire like the colbert report
linklater probably liked early alex jones, i doubt he still enjoys him in the same manner
you fags dont realize that in the last decade alex has been playing and having fun while early alex jones was really trying to be heard

It's 100% spite my friend. No matter what Trump does it will never be worse then anything else the fake feel good copy/paste establishment bullshit. If he can disrupt that system even a little bit then it's all worth it.

MIC is the end boss of the videogame of course. But you can't expect the first non establishment person to do that shit. Too powerful. You take what you can get and fight the battles you have a chance of winning.