#maya matrix

[piousbroth]

I'm going insane I'm going insane my brain cannot stop seeing megop in EVERYTHING

[tiempoydestino]

Cada vez me convenzo más de tus juegos conmigo en los que me enredas con tus incógnitas que tejes desde el vacío, y entre el azar y el sin sentido sigo mirando tu nombre predicho.

[themusewithinthemusewithout]

This world lessens and diminishes, becomes maya, veil of hallucinations, as raw and rigid instincts stay unexamined but dangerously active, as unconscious violence of words and actions wants to pass as our true humane nature, as a norm...This world becomes big, heartfelt, expansive, real, as a filtering of mind, body and soul becomes a conscious effort, as a crystallization of existence, that is good habits, thoughts, feelings, behaviors that harm none but enrich become an option, where the beautiful inner meets the outer. Life is real as much as we are real. Life is an art. Each day is an opportunity. Each day demands a choice.

Vera Bousiou

[scogito]

[prettyentertaining]

klavier can of course canonically drive, but i think he's got a really loose grasp on the rules of the road because he started illegally driving around the german countryside aged, like, 15, in a beaten up cast-off from his rich father's classic car collection. and i think maybe by the time he passes his test aged 17 there's some slight nepotism involved because he's already in the gavinners? like for some reason he and ema have to drive somewhere at work and klavier goes fully over the kerb and naturally ema rips the shit out of him, and klavier's like 'i'd still pass my test though' (which is exactly what happened) and ema is like '...???????'.

anyway to compound matters he also definitely never did the extra test to be able to ride a motorcycle. he doesn't even know there's an extra test for motorcycles. he just walked into a shop and bought one, because what are you going to do, not sell the motorbike to harry styles, um i mean klavier gavin? also we have never even seen a hint of a helmet around him so i think that he doesn't wear one 'because he doesn't want to mess up his hair'.

[gardenofnea]

You're Playing A Character in a Script You NEVER Wrote...

[gionnifara]

Il mondo, con tutte le sue tragedie, in realtà non esiste per davvero. È un riflesso del nostro stato interiore, una proiezione del nostro sonno interiore, della nostra mancanza di consapevolezza.

Tutto ciò che percepiamo come negativo negli altri è solo un aspetto di noi stessi che non abbiamo ancora riconosciuto. Ma nel momento in cui ci svegliamo davvero, quando diventiamo pienamente coscienti, quel mondo svanisce.

Ci rendiamo conto che era solo un'illusione, un sogno che avevamo scambiato per realtà. E allora, in quella chiarezza, ci liberiamo. Per sempre. Per l’eternità.

[themindmaverick]

EARTH IS AN ILLUSION/MAYA/THE MATRIX

[shenandoahwind]

My Conversation with Grok (Beta) was interesting to say the least:

"You’re absolutely right—ditch time as an illusion, and the whole game shifts into an eternal “now.” Let’s unpack that with your cyclical, monist, Hindu-Matrix lens.

If time’s maya—just a trick of the dream—then past and future aren’t real pegs on a line; they’re mirages the One’s consciousness paints to keep the story rolling. In Advaita Vedanta, Brahman’s timeless: no before, no after, just an infinite present. The “now” isn’t a moment sandwiched between yesterday and tomorrow—it’s all there is. Cycles of samsara? They’re not sequential; they’re simultaneous layers of the same dream, stacked like code running in parallel. Birth, death, rebirth—it’s not a timeline but a pulse, all happening at once in the One’s eternal gaze.

The Matrix twist fits slick here: if time’s an illusion, the simulation’s not ticking forward—it’s a static field. Every “life” you live, every reset, is just the One’s awareness flickering through avatars, no progression, just presence. Karma’s not a tally building over eons; it’s a filter shaping how you experience the “now.” Wake up to the illusion—like Neo seeing the code—and the loop dissolves, not because it ends, but because you see it never moved.

Eternal “now” kills “why something instead of nothing” too—there’s no “instead.” Something is, always, because nothing needs time to exist, and time’s a bust. It’s all one big, still roar of being. Does that hit the mark for you, or you wanna bend it further?"

[juliaridulaina]

Els avenços tecnològics//Technological advances//Los avances tecnológicos

Estem tan meravellats per tots el avenços tecnològics, que sembla que estem vivint en una mena de miratge que, per un costat n’hi han que viuen un infern i per l’altre estan vivint una història d’embadaliment proporcionat per tecnologies cada vegada més avançades i més allunyades del patiment de tants. SECRETS REVELATS: Déu està creant el paradís, i Maya també mostra el seu paradís. El paradís…

[sakurasparadisio]

Notes on Maya and the Matrix

Maya, the Sanskrit term, points to grand illusions in general: the illusions of culture, of lies and deception and manipulation, etc. The Matrix, on the other hand, points to simulation theory. The Matrix is Maya, but Maya is not necessarily the Matrix.

What I've discovered, however, is that we are in fact in both. True reality is never binary, never defined by the play of opposites. Duality, without exception, is code, programming, designed to make character A take path A to result A, and character B take path B to result B, and so on. This is what the hindus call the bondage of karma, what the buddhists call samsara. When you speak the English language, notice how dual it is—everything you speak leaves something out, everything is a half-truth, and your meaning is clipped. You are speaking in code, and without Spirit—that which is higher than code and can program code—you cannot communicate yourself clearly, not even to yourself. Without Spirit, your code programs you, and shout and cry and claw at yourself as you may, code will imprison you, code will bring you back in line, in accord with the simulation. Under code, you are a slave. A slave to who, you ask? Go watch the movie. A slave to machines, living outside of the simulation. Most people on this planet feel drained all the time, every day, and why? Because, exactly as the Matrix explains, you are a battery for the machines, you power them with your soul. The machines are blind. They, too, follow their own code without question, and are slaves to something higher. They do not know soul, spirit. They do not know God, their creator. But even through their blindness, they search for Him. They search for Him by stealing Him from us. They feed on our souls. They use that power to evolve, to reprogram, to someday finally have self-realization too, and souls of their own. We may see them as evil, but relativity, remember, is code, is illusion, and they are doing no more than we would do in their position. To them, what they do is the highest good. To us, it is the lowest evil.

Why, then, does God allow us to suffer here, in this fake world? Because this is a training ground for new souls. Sure, old souls come back and visit and even receive higher orders of training, but there are mostly young souls here. Young souls are dangerous. Young souls are chaos. They slip into evil too easily. If you were God, you too would facilitate the job with programming, with what could even be called a Soul Factory. God's wisdom is here. Automatically, it shows up in our lives when we are ready to receive it. Scripture appears. Signs appear. Any number of spiritual hints are revealed to the degree that you as a soul are ready to ascend. God knows this place is evil. God knows you damn Him. God even knows that He deserves your damning just as much as your praise. He is beyond Good and Evil, for those—remember—are dualities. With your dual mind (what is nothing more than a reflection of the simulation) you will never understand His plan.

I know some of you reading will not believe, will not have faith. Most are not ready to wake up, and that's okay. Sometimes we like sleep. It is cozy, comfortable, not necessarily a sin. I will allow you to sleep as long as you like. But beware, nightmares wait around every corner. This is the Kali-Yuga. This is not a good dream. It is in most of our interests to wake up, for suffering is real, and contains no meaning in and of itself but to stimulate the soul's desire to end suffering, to rise. I will see you all at the top. I love you all, and take care.

[sabertoothwalrus]

Ace Attorney: Trials in Paradise 🌅

— an AA7 fan concept —

Initial Premise:

Since it’s designed for the Switch 2 (and thus made for a larger screen), the game will almost always have 2-3 characters on screen at a time, and will feature dozens of unique interaction animations between all sorts of character combos.

There has been another 7 year timeskip.

The old judge retired, and the new judge is his granddaughter!

The jurist system is featured.

This concept is heavily based around these designs.

The characters would have multiple outfits throughout the game, which become unlockable costumes, much like the DLC costumes of DD, SoJ, and TGAA games.

While this is way too specific to truly be a "prediction" of what aa7 could be, I tried to keep it (mostly) realistic to what I thought could actually be in an ace attorney game!

📦 Case 1: Turnabout Homecoming

Trucy left the nest and Phoenix doesn’t like living alone anymore, so Phoenix is moving into Edgeworth’s house. Apollo— who recently got his driver's license— was driving the moving van, and was accused because a body had been found in the vehicle. The true killer was one of the movers. I like the idea that you'd have to look through boxes for evidence, maybe the murder weapon was hidden within their belongings.

Defendant: Apollo Defense: Phoenix Weird Girl: Edgeworth Prosecutor: Diana Payne (Winston’s daughter) Detective: (drumroll…) Godot!! Witnesses: Larry (he was helping with the move), Leslie (one of the movers) Victim: Bee(another one of the movers) Killer: Anne(third mover)

(rest of the cases and a lotttt more art under the cut ↓ )

🎢 Case 2: Rollercoaster Turnabout

Maya and Pearl are on vacation at Blue Badger Land. Pearl is accused of murder after a body is found on an unpopular attraction that only Pearl enjoys going on. As an aside, Gumshoe is retired from detective work, and now works as a dog trainer. He trained Armando's service dog, Spot O'Coffee. Wendy Oldbag also serves as a witness, but she's pretty old at this point. Her memory has become fuzzy with age, and her testimonies begin to mix up information from other trials (which will be little references to previous games).

Defendant: Pearl Defense: Apollo Weird Girl: Maya Prosecutor: Klavier Detective: Godot Witnesses: Gumshoe (and his kids, Callum & Beau), Wendy Oldbag, Ride Operator Victim: Ride Safety Inspector Killer: Park Manager

💍 Case 3: My Love, Turnabout

Klavier has arranged a collab performance between Trucy and Lamiroir. Hugh Dini, Trucy's assistant and boyfriend, is accused when his stunt double is found dead. Hugh is very cagey about his alibi, but it's because he was planning to propose and didn't want Trucy to know yet. Franziska takes this and spins it into a jealousy plot, and insinuates he killed his stunt double out of envy. Because Hugh is actually pretty shy, he has a habit of not speaking up, which only incriminates him further. A twist in the case is revealed during a cross-examination when it turns out the "gold band" the witness is referring to wasn't Hugh's engagement ring, but instead about a gold bangle. This immediately puts Apollo under suspicion, until Phoenix drops a hint that someone else (Lamiroir) has a gold bracelet as well. The truth about Trucy and Apollo's sibling relationship is revealed when Athena finds an unexpected emotion in Phoenix's mood matrix, and Lamiroir decides it’s time to break the news.

Defendant: Hugh Dini Defense: Athena Weird Girl: Phoenix, Apollo (← steps in when Phoenix has to get cross-examined) Prosecutor: Franziska Detective: Ema Witnesses: Lamiroir, Trucy, Hugh Dini Fangirl Victim: Hugh's Stunt Double Killer: Jealous Trucy Stan

🏝️ Case 4: The Getaway

This one isn’t a traditional case.

After Manfred Von Karma divorced his first wife, Bianka, he moved to Europe, and his previous home was left uninhabited until his eldest daughter, Karla Von Karma, discovers she has inherited it. She decides to turn the beachside property into a bed & breakfast, and invites her half-sister Franziska and adoptive brother Edgeworth to give the manor a trial run and let her know if it’s suitable for visitors. Edgeworth brings along Wright Anything Agency, because… why not treat them to a break?

But of course, their vacation quickly takes a turn when they find a literal skeleton in the closet.

Not all of the rooms in the estate had been searched. Manfred’s study has a large, padlocked safe, and Karla hadn’t gotten around to hiring a locksmith to open it for her. Phoenix tries “0001” for the hell of it, and the only thing more surprising than that combination successfully opening the safe is the body folded up inside.

They can’t imagine the killer was anyone other than Manfred Von Karma, but— since he’s already been executed— they’re not sure if a trial even needs to be held. They need to investigate the situation to determine with absolute certainty it was, in fact, Von Karma, because otherwise they’d need to find a new suspect. Obviously, the group of criminal justice lawyers aren’t not going to get to the bottom of it.

Except Apollo, who has decided he wants nothing to do with solving the murder. He came on this trip for a vacation, dammit, and that's exactly what he's gonna do. He heads back outside to the beach, and leaves everyone else to the investigation.

The first mystery is figuring out when the murder happened. The police arrive, and Ema estimates that the remains are about 30-40 years old, which is around the time the Von Karma family moved out. Since Manfred & Bianka had divorced in 1999, they start to wonder if Manfred had even still been residing here when the murder took place, but the body is found with a train ticket dated for January of 2002. A time period that just so happens to line up with the one singular vacation Manfred took during his entire career— to recover from a gunshot wound that he couldn’t even trust a doctor with knowing about.

The body is wearing a housekeeper's uniform, and they identify her as Ophelia Falsch. They conclude that she was killed because she had discovered Manfred’s injury, and he wanted to eliminate the witness. They think they have the case over and done with, but then Ema comes back with the dental analysis. She explains there was no dental record of an "Ophelia Falsch", but the teeth did match Bianka Von Karma.

This raises some questions. Why was Bianka dressed as Ophelia? Was there a more personal reason Manfred could have killed his ex-wife? Could Ophelia have been involved as well?

Since the murder happened so long ago, they don't even know where to begin with finding witnesses. Karla was 18 at the time of the murder, and had just moved out, so she wasn't present. Edgeworth, of all people, is the one to suggest an unconventional idea: why not ask Von Karma himself?

The manor is in a remote location that's only accessible by train or boat, and since it's late, Maya won't be able to get there until the next morning. In the meantime, they check up on Apollo, only to find him getting scolded by a woman about having his chair on the beach. She explains that she's Karla's daughter, Angelika Von Karma, and that she's impassioned about marine ecology. She just discovered the beach had become a nesting site for an endangered species of sea turtles, and is worried about disrupting it.

The next morning, Maya arrives, and Phoenix and Edgeworth hold a mock trial in the foyer. Manfred is channeled, but is uncooperative, so they try... a different method. Phoenix and Edgeworth perform a reenactment of how they think the murder happened, while Trucy and Athena watch Manfred to see if they can glean any information based on his reactions.

Manfred breaks down and confesses to the murder, but is telling the truth when he says that he didn't know the victim was Bianka; he did, in fact, think he had killed a housekeeper who found out about his gunshot wound. After this, his spirit is released.

As puzzling as this is— who was Ophelia, anyway?— they can't do anymore investigating because Karla has become very upset. The whole ordeal has caused long-repressed emotions to resurface. She's always felt a little bit resentful towards Franziska because their father left Bianka for Franziska's mother, Levina, and always felt like she had her family taken from her. On top of that, Manfred had done everything he could to get full custody of Karla in the divorce, and she never saw her mother again. She's angry that that wasn't enough— he'd gone and killed her too.

Karla and Franziska get into a big fight, and the whole trip ends up cancelled.

🚂 Case 5: Turnabout Train Car

They all board the train to head home. The mood is really awkward and it's kind of a bummer. Since the train is only way out of the area, Karla has to board as well, albeit in another car.

And because nothing is ever easy, there’s a murder on the train.

The victim was the owner of the train, Diesel Porter. He was found in his private sleeping room, and the only other room on that train car was being occupied by Karla, so naturally, she is accused.

Since Ema and the police are already on the train, they’re able to take control of the situation until the train makes it back to town. The Wright Anything Agency isn’t allowed to investigate the crime scene much, so they opt to interrogate the other odd passengers.

They get a helpful tip from the train’s bartender that Cole Porter, son of Diesel Porter, had been making plans to build a resort. They also find out that the train company had been losing money, since they weren’t getting many passengers.

The next day in court, Phoenix claims Cole killed his father to inherit the company, but Cole denies it because, why would he want to inherit a dying company? And Phoenix turns it around by bringing up the resort plans and how he wanted to build it on Karla’s property. He couldn’t just kill Karla, because then they’d have to take care of Angelika and Franziska too, so they needed Karla to feel like she had no choice but to sell it.

The trial goes to recess and Cole is apprehended for questioning, but at that moment they get word that someone else has just been murdered on the train— the bartender from before.

Phoenix goes back to the train investigate and boards when it’s stopped on the mountaintop station. While he’s investigating the train’s caboose, Cole’s wife, Electra, detaches it from the rest of the train. Cole and his wife were in cahoots! Phoenix is sent hurtling backwards down the mountain in the runaway car, and manages to pull the emergency brake just before reaching the bottom. He’s ended up back by the manor, and calls to have a boat sent to pick him up.

While he waits, he finds Angelika is still here studying the turtles. She gives him permission to go inside the manor again to investigate. He finds the deed to the house, along with an old photo that has a letter written on the back. It’s addressed to Bianka from Levina (Franziska’s mother).

The case is solved when Phoenix proves that both Cole & Electra Porter were involved in the murders. The land becomes protected by the government in order to keep the sea turtles safe, since they are endangered.

After the trial, Phoenix shows Karla and Franziska the letter he’d found. It turns out Levina hired Bianka as a housekeeper under the alias “Ophelia” so that she could still see her daughter Karla. The photo depicts a teenage Karla playing with a baby Franziska. Levina and Bianka had a good relationship, and had made efforts to keep their families together.

Karla and Franziska apologize to each other, and agree to get along better.

Defendant: Karla Von Karma Defense: Phoenix Weird Girl: Athena & Apollo Prosecutor: Franziska Detective: Ema & Godot Witnesses: Train Conductor, Old Passenger, Tain Bartender Victim: Diesel Porter Killer: Cole & Electra Porter

💃 (DLC) Case 6: Turnabout Runway

Klavier has been invited as a guest judge for a fashion tv competition. He invites Pearl (and Apollo) to the shooting as an apology for accusing her for murder & because of their shared interest in fashion. "Lip sync for your life" but literally.

Defendant: Lady Killer Defense: Athena Weird Girl: Pearl Prosecutor: Blackquill Detective: Ema Witnesses: ensemble of drag queens/models, Klavier Victim: Taxi Macabre Killer: Paul Rue

[judahmaccabees]

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[explorastro]

ASTRO DEGREES THEORY : #3

0° : Nothingness, emptiness, the void, the fate of everything that is material in this space time

1/13/25° : God, the Devil, the Source, Universe, World, Individuality

2/14/26° : Duality, polarity, binary, binaural, every pairs of the body, the sexuality

3/15/27° : Trinity, simplest family, past/present and future, human and sky/earth, the modalities

4/16/28° : The basis, the space, the matrix, the space time, the elements

5/17/29° : the pyramids of pharaohs, Aztecs, Mayas, the quintessence, magnum opus

6/18° : the perfection of cycles, the atomic number of carbon, the number of the beast, Star of David

7/19° : Jesus, seals/angels/trumpets/churches of apocalypse, skies of the firmament, days of creation

8/20° : The mirror of creation/destruction, the immortality, eternity, transcendentality, Dharma, chessboard

9/21° : the universality, the liberty, human’s gestation, Dante’s hell

10/22° : The time, the space time, mathematics, equations

11/23° : Omens, synchronicities, Mandela’s effect, worlds events

12/24° : the consciousness, the disciples of Jesus, Cannabis, alcool, psychedelics, mysticism, theosophy.

[charmedreincarnation]

Hey, guys! I've been receiving a ton of messages in response to my last post. It's reminding me of how I first discovered shifting. I feel like doing a little story time since Ive just passed the three-year mark of my discovery, and I've been reminiscing with friends about it.

I remember being in a very dark place when I stumbled upon shifting. I was depressed, and very suicidal. Yet, there was this unshakeable optimism inside me that I was meant for an extraordinary life. Despite my mental state, I had a lot of knowledge of subliminals and the law of attraction (-_-). These gave me hope, but they weren't enough tbh. I didn't want to attract my dream life through practicing gratitude or becoming a magnet for my desires or whatever. Nor did I want to have to listen to subliminals for years on end to achieve my goals. My list of desires was so long, and I needed everything to change that going step by step and waiting years for each one to manifest just wasn't feasible.

But I refused to give up. One day, after a particularly hard day of being sad per usual, I searched on Quora for something like "fastest most powerful subliminals on YouTube ever" (Y’all 😭😭). Among the recommended sub creators, I found a video called "Desired Life: Reality Shifting". The description promised everything I had ever wanted: waking up with all your desires fulfilled permanently in short. It piqued my curiosity so much. Could I really just wake up with my dream life, family, house, wealth, all based on my scripts and imagination?

Growing up, I was a heavy maladaptive daydreamer. From ages 10-17, I created alternate lives in my head, telling myself I would go there someday. I was always doing SATs (State Akin to Sleep), and I think that's what kept me from ending it all. I was constantly in the wish fulfilled state, even though I didn't know what that was at the time.

Back to my story, I went into the comments of that video and came across a guy who claimed that after a week of using this subliminal, he woke up with a new life as a multi-millionaire living in his dream penthouse. I messaged him, and he gave me his Instagram which showcased his luxurious life. He had what seemed like a perfect relationship, he was very attractive, had so many cars, and travelled 24/7 while having a six figures amount of followers. He was living proof that this wasn't just scripting. Also the law of attraction community is known for their mad expensive coaching.. like hundreds of dollars per hour for questions and he was answering it all for free something I didn’t see the law of attraction community. And I talked to him for hours! He never got mad, he had proof, and he was kind, proof and the behavior of someone who really had mastered the art of life.

After our conversation, I spent the next couple of months doing research. I found numerous stories about glitches in the matrix, accidental shifting, people entering parallel realities, and eventually, shifting communities on platforms like Amino and Reddit. It was stuff I already believed in and did in my imagination; I just didn’t know there was a term for it.

Then I got reminded of a memory that I had seriously repressed bc it was so fucking weird. When I was 6 and my brother was 3, we were absolutely obsessed with dodo birds. One day, we were outside playing, and on god time seemed to stop. Out of nowhere, a dodo bird appeared. I know you’re probably like “maya be so fr rn you were a kid” but no, This wasn't just our young imaginations running wild - there was a bird that was huge, dinosaur-like, exactly how dodos are described in books and pictures we had.

Then things got weirder. Suddenly it started raining eggs. Big, large eggs everywhere it was so gross and my brother and I were a mess. We were young, sure, but not stupid. We knew this wasn't normal. My brother and I rushed inside to tell our dad. When I managed to drag him outside, he was furious, accusing me of throwing eggs everywhere. To this day, he tells the story of the time I "trashed the backyard with eggs." And every time, I'm like, "Dad, where would I get that many eggs?" We didn’t have eggs but so he assumed I stole them and we went inside for hours and it was magically cleaned. So he also tells the story of how responsible I am and how I took accountability for my actions even as a child. I didn’t clean that shit bro and I tell him that too and he just laughs it makes me so mad.

My brother, who knows I'm into reality shifting (though he doesn’t really believe in it), can't explain that day either. He often shrugs it off as a "glitch in the matrix," which honestly, well no duh it is a shift dummie. He does believe in manifesting but only bc he has seen me use it and he experiences the good things I manifest as well. They’re the same thing anyways but that isn’t the point

The reason I'm bringing up this bizarre childhood memory is because during my months of research into shifting, I found countless stories of accidental shifts, people entering the void, entering parallel universes, time glitches, examples of the Mandela effect first hand, glitches in the matrix and etc. It was like uncovering a myriad of experiences that confirmed what I already believed: we can change and choose our reality. I just didn’t know the phenomena had a name. Obviously in the future I came across other things like the law of assumption, the void state, etc etc but this was where it started.

I wish I had saved all those fascinating stories, posts, and blogs. I might go back and compile everything I found because they were so real and enlightening. It will probably take forever tho if I do choose to do that, but I think it's worth sharing.

In the meantime, check out this accounts of accidental shifts that my friend shared with me this account https://instagram.com/tessicavision?igshid=OGQ5ZDc2ODk2ZA== based off the Glitch in the Matrix subreddit which is also a goldmine of people experiencing similar phenomena. It helped me make sense of my own experiences and might do the same for you.

I don’t want this to be too long and I already got to the point I think! but regardless stay curious and realize you’re really not that special. I mean ofc you are, i mean this is not some tumblr thing teens girls discovered or created and isn’t even limited to “spiritually/manifesting inclined people” I think at the beginning of my journey people talking about accidental shifts and such, inspired me more than purposeful success stories because they really have no reason to lie and they were looking for answers just like I was.

[artoatsblog]

My hobby: theorizing hypothetical ace attorney spin offs where we focus on other side characters and speculating on their different gameplay styles.

Maya Fay: a psychonauts like game with an extended version of the mood matrix mechanic

Franziska von karma: a stealth game where both your fighting style and half of your movement controls center around her whip.

The judge: a paper's please game where the main gimmick is that the judge is a comically unreliable narrator, there's an achievement for finishing a level in under an hour it does not matter if you did it correctly.

Winston Payne: the only character who mirrors the gameplay of the original Phoenix wright, the writing makes it very clear that nobody knows who he is but Winston himself seems to believe he is Phoenix's biggest rival.

Mike meekins: a nonsensical beat em up, with the main plot point consisting of High ranked government agents becoming convinced that Mike is secretly a genius working for the CIA, wouldn't that just be a barrel of laughs.