Perhaps something left-over from the 70s, when chase scenes were sometimes the best part of the movie?  Bullit is the most famous but I love old school car chases.

Perhaps something left-over from the 70s, when chase scenes were sometimes the best part of the movie?  Bullit is the most famous but I love old school car chases.

Thanks.

Thanks.

I'm not as absolutist as you about that but I remember going to see this movie Whipped and that's what it was all about, and it was the 2nd worst movie experience I had because of it.  It stars Amanda Peet and she basically plays a bunch of guys to break their hearts because they are players.  So everyone is a jerk,…

I'm not as absolutist as you about that but I remember going to see this movie Whipped and that's what it was all about, and it was the 2nd worst movie experience I had because of it.  It stars Amanda Peet and she basically plays a bunch of guys to break their hearts because they are players.  So everyone is a jerk,…

Actually I've known enough women who are always so conscious of their outfits and such, and also plenty of people are always walking around with disposable snacks and coffee cups.

Actually I've known enough women who are always so conscious of their outfits and such, and also plenty of people are always walking around with disposable snacks and coffee cups.

I'll blame Star Wars.  Darth Vader did that exact thing, but it looked totally awesome when he did 'cause he used the force and is, you know, Darth freaking Vader.  Then everyone copied it.

I'll blame Star Wars.  Darth Vader did that exact thing, but it looked totally awesome when he did 'cause he used the force and is, you know, Darth freaking Vader.  Then everyone copied it.

I don't think Clark was supported by the overwhelming majority of people- it was just enough to keep him in power for a bit.  That's really the point of that story arc- the complacency of the masses.

I don't think Clark was supported by the overwhelming majority of people- it was just enough to keep him in power for a bit.  That's really the point of that story arc- the complacency of the masses.

The phrasing had me read it as if the cliche was that mental patients were genetically engineered, not that the behavior of the patients were cliche.

The phrasing had me read it as if the cliche was that mental patients were genetically engineered, not that the behavior of the patients were cliche.

I wouldnt say persistent.  It had that problem sometimes but Dax, Kira, and even Troi at the end of TNG were for-real people.

I wouldnt say persistent.  It had that problem sometimes but Dax, Kira, and even Troi at the end of TNG were for-real people.

Yeah I'm not knocking it, just saying that's why I can't particularly like a character like that.  She's strictly utilitarian.

Yeah I'm not knocking it, just saying that's why I can't particularly like a character like that.  She's strictly utilitarian.

I don't count books, or even what writers/directors say.  What's on the screen is the only thing that counts.

I don't count books, or even what writers/directors say.  What's on the screen is the only thing that counts.