If you want a jacked-up genius go watch Reacher on Amazon Prime. I found the Milius film to be a fantastic distillation of what makes Conan fun without the overbearing “he’s awesome at EVERYTHING” bullshit.

It is classic Hero’s Journey shit and wonderfully straightforward. The stakes get sufficiently raised throughout. There’s a ton of character development. The thematic resonance is there but stays subtextual. Even the more expository dialogue is so artfully written...

The day I knew I was truly old was when I agreed with the Mongol guy that the open steppe, fleet horse, falcons at the wrist, and wind in my hair were actually best in life. 

Sooooo....in the summer of 2010 I was heading up the Digital Media Archives at NBC-Uni, with a 4-person office that doubled as an MPAA vault in the center of a floor of engineers who neither understood nor cared what we digital media guys were up to. And it was great! I had my own golf cart on the lot, and the drive…

Drove our 2020 Leaf today to the parts store to get plugs for the BMW

Friendly reminder that the Bathurst 12-hour is this weekend, and that it will be free for Americans to stream on YouTube, on the SRO GTWorld channel.

I said it before and I’ll say it again.  I really liked that movie.  

Fair point, but I’d argue we didn’t start thinking about her as Sue Storm or a possible Black Widow character until then.

She didn’t interact much with Cruise, but Ghost Protocol is also when I was like, “OK, who is this Lea Seydoux and what is this funny feeling in my pants?”

Am I the only person who’s legitimately 30-70% less likely to watch this for the simple reason that Miles Teller is in it in a major role? It’s fine if it’s just me.

I’m glad you acknowledged what some of us have spotted for a while now. Tom Cruise has given younger actors, and younger women particularly, star-making roles. Emily Blunt and Rebecca Ferguson are the two biggest examples, but Paula Patton was allowed to shine (and did nothing with the boost, but that’s another topic)

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The only advantage I see is that it eliminates the drill holes through the composite bumper.

If the Hotel charging and long range EVs becomes the way things work out, then road tripping an EV would be better than road tripping an ICE vehicle.

Try following car news, you’d know all about them.

Half of the US senate is over 70. Half. 1/4 is over 80. They give absolutely zero fucks about anything. Like 50 members of congress are over 70. I think close to half are over 60. They have no fucks to give about the future either. So no no they dont. 

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Damn, that’s a good wrap job. I knew you could get satin or flat colors, but didn’t know you could get one in “porous”

Next generation? Come on. This is the US we’re talking about. When it comes to the powers that be, the only thinking beyond next quarter’s numbers is the next election cycle. The ‘next generation’ doesn’t own shares and can’t vote yet. 

As I have gotten older, the phrase “money doesn’t buy happiness” has steadly climbed the ranks of “dumbest shit I have ever heard”.

My favorite article this year.

Yeah, this is the kind of take I still come to Jalop for. I don’t know of another car site that would be willing to publish something like this, thank you.