I could definitely see Walton pulling of Carroll Shelby. I think I actually muttered "God damn it" out loud when I heard they were going to cast Tom Cruise As Carroll.

The Japanese air force was diminished but not gone. The reason the US took the islands was to speed their advance. Dragging it out just results in more supplies spent for less ground gained. The US forces were very surprised as the islands were heavily bombarded by air and sea power. They didn't realize that the…

Airstrips, you can't sink an island. Taking the island also denied the Japanese a forward airfield reducing their reach. .

I don't think you understand anything about the Japanese mindset during WWII. They had little regard for life, suicide was preferable to surrender. During the battle of Okinawa my uncle saw entire villages jump into the sea as American forces neared them because the Japanese had told them Americans were cannibals.…

Conservative estimates for casualties in an invasion of the main islands of Japan are 1 million allied casualties, and 7 million Japanese casualties. People often overlook that the Japanese military was unwilling to surrender after having one city wiped off the map. They were completely willing to sacrifice every…

It could be because Guillermo Del Toro is Spanish, and Gipsy Kings is a popular Spanish band best known in the US for their Hotel California cover used in The Big Lebowski. Don't know for sure, just a guess.

I have yet to see that in the game yet. So far I've got two different saves, on one I never saw a single Blista Compact or Futo, and on the other I've never seen a single Sabre GT or whatever their Jeep Grand Cherokee is. Seems pretty odd how they choose to spawn cars. Last night I got whatever their Chevy Sonic is,…

Not most animals, just most domesticated animals. I seem to remember a wolf pack harassing Trash Can Man on his way to Vegas. I could be remembering wrong it's been over 20 years since I read the book.

A sedan is easier to talk spouses and parents into, it will cost less to insure, and still have nearly exactly the same driving dynamics. The better question would be why are you against a driver oriented sedan?

The only mob daughter I found wasn't Tommy's daughter, she was the daughter of one of John Gravelli's guys.

Also the first Toyota with a front boxer engine and rear wheel drive.

Someone needs to fund a Tom Clancy movie starring Patton Oswalt right now. At the very least we need an SNL sketch.

I don't think you can say they aren't military, they have armed ships, military rank, and are the first line of defense for the Federation. They don't actively seek out fights though, they are more than happy charting new sectors of space.

Yes indeed, it happened with Trevor, then I woke up on the train tracks in my skivvies.

Apparently someone has never heard of the US Marine Corps. You might like to knock the Iraqi military, but they had real combat experience. Venezuela can't really say that. Their military would simply be a small speed bump, guerrilla forces would be what would cause a headache. Not that it would ever happen.

Not so much where you live, but what you do. It's pretty easy to claim a truck as a business expense if you are a farmer/contractor.

I don't think many Americans equate Buick with luxury, maybe upscale, but not luxury. I'm in the Nevada outback where we have real cowboys. They wouldn't be able to move their horses area to area trying to pull a 30ft horse trailer with a van or Aussie Ute. Another consideration is ground clearance, for every mile of…

Iraqi armor divisions would abandon their vehicles when they knew A-10s where inbound. They had the nickname of "devils cross." I got to hear about it quite a bit during my time in Iraq.

The dash in the FR-S isn't textured, it's printed with a stylized T that can also be found in the grille, on the instrument panel, and on the surrounds for the window switches.

Part of them using the script they did for the 86 is so it could also depict 4 wheels in a drift. (Or so the salesman told me when I got mine.) I always saw BS rather than SS in the badge though.