Opinion | Noah Berlatsky: 'Men in Black: International' reboot finds inspiration in Cold War spy thrillers. - NBCNewsTHINK
visit London, Paris, Marrakesh and the secluded Mediterranean island fortress of a four-armed intergalactic smuggler. Agent H is the parodic 007 analog. Like Bond, he gambles , drinks and is irresistible to women, no matter how many limbs or suckers they have. The twisty plot involves assassinations, moles, infiltration and double agents.
This is exactly how paranoid science-fiction Cold War films like “Invasion of the Body Snatchers” portrayed the Communist menace. Russia and China during the Cold War were often compared to insect colonies, as President Ronald Reagan did during his 1964 speech in which he warned aboutThe Hive can only be stopped by an ultimate weapon, powered by a star and nuclear reactions. The evil expansionist collective is held in check by atomic technology.
The USSR doesn't exist anymore. Say what you will about current authoritarian Russian leader Vladimir Putin, but his top-down, kleptocratic regime is not particularly collectivist. The Hive, as a stand-in for the international Communist menace, isn't really referencing any current geopolitical threat. It's a nostalgic goof.
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