In Patty Jenkins' 2020 superhero flick "Wonder Woman 1984," an evil business tycoon named Maxwell Lorenzano — better known to the world as Max Lord (Pedro Pascal) — has a very, very ambitious scheme. He has located a magical wishing crystal called the Dreamstone, and has carefully thought out what he wants to wish for. The Dreamstone, you see, can grant any one wish, but it asks for something abstract in exchange. Max Lord has figured a way to game the system in order to get as many wishes as he wants. If he wishes to become the Dreamstone, then he will be able to grant wishes to other people ... and ask whatever he wants in exchange. It's a win-win. Max Lord, naturally, aims to become more and more powerful, granting wishes to dictators and Presidents, asking for control of land, armi

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