I mean, this isn’t just Shonda Rhimes.

I’m pretty sure Frank Abagnale was paid a consulting fee by Scorses for Catch Me If You Can, and I’m sure Frank Sheeran’s publisher/estate was paid by Scorses to adapt I Heard You Paint Houses into The Irishman.

The thing is, this is a state law, not a federal law. So unless all of…

Exactly.

The reality is that there is an element of trickle-down economics that is absolutely true: the losses trickle-down, the benefits never do.

Economically, the quickest way for a business to cover a shortfall (or provide a nice bounce in revenues or profits) is to cut costs, and the quickest cost-cutting measure…

I suppose it can be delineated in terms of intent, or at least the degree of intent.

A con-artist is someone who’s express/explicitly purpose is to con/defraud/steal from the victim.

A grifter is a bit lighter; he/she might be someone who realizes that an opportunity, which for all intents and purpose is…

Selphie from FFVIII when she uses “The End.”
Yojimbo from FFX with Zanmato.
Sargeras from WoW

You do realize the XKE (better known as the E-Type) and the XJs are totally different models?

That’s like asking why 1965 Mustang restomods have a longer waiting list than 1995 Tauruses.

Even though I have a soft-spot for the four-headlight era, it was in almost every way a worse car. The proportions were off, it was hideously overpriced, the air suspension was a pain, and the only strong part (the engines) were let down by all the other features of the car.

Even though you might not see the…

I have to disagree.

While the old XJ was certainly timeless, it was falling disastrously behind the Germans when it came to both external design and internal fittings.

The new XJ (upto and including the Supersports) was not only an incredible place to sit in, but it was easily the most visually distinctive out of the…

LL has always been tall and had a muscular build, and so long as you eat a consistent amount of calories and work out, most men of his natural build will tend to get bigger in their 30s-40s than they were in their 20s. There’s also ample evidence that LL used HGH and/or steroids, which could also help out things.…

I live in Florida, and I actually have a few of what are essentially wool Polo’s that serve the exact same purpose: dense enough to keep warm during the 2 1/2 months or so that we dip down into the 40s, 50s, and 60s, but still short sleeved to wear they’re comfortable inside and in warmer weather.

Of course, most of…

I think I can perhaps better explain the point he’s trying to make about the story not being cohesive, in reference to previous expansions.

We’re dealing with, for the first time in WoW’s history, an expansion where the fundamental story-movers are essentially characters who have never appeared in previous WoW lore, be…

A - Leto, Brando, and many others who engage in this behavior continue to get work, even though, as you say, it’s utterly reprehensible behavior that is caught out in the public eye. Clearly, there’s enough people who either (or a combination) 1. Don’t take it seriously or 2. See it as merely “craft” and a worthwhile…

It’s a very interesting quirk of human psychology, and presumably a long-standing remnant of our evolutionary history when needing to discern whether another hominid was a friend or foe was much more difficult.

We see it throughout history. The need for people to feel both a part of an “in-group”, while also the need…

I think the article said that the base is a 308 GTB with a 288 GTO body, but the engine and transmission are from a F355 . Here:

Given how movies are filmed, him not remembering Patton isn’t surprising one bit.

There are numerous stories of actors on movies who, even when they were ostensibly in scenes together, never met on set. Two notable examples I can immediately think of.

1. Carrie Fisher never met James Earl Jones until decades later, as…

I read it two different ways:

1. Wesley was both executive producer (which can either mean a lot of power or none) and had contractural control over who the director was (which can be separate from being an executive producer), therefore if he truly thought Goyer was shit, he could have him replaced. Which, given…

The thing is, the stories we’ve heard of white actors taking method acting to much further extents are either ignored or laughed at to levels not at all befitting their seriousness. It also didn’t help that Wesley had serious legal issues and people, rightly or wrong, put both Patton’s statements and Wesley going to…

While I do think that the Supreme Court sitting at 6-3 (or, optimistically given Chief Roberts recent decisions, 5-4), I think people miss some important, salient points.

The Supreme Court is loathe to outright overrule state legislative precedent when it comes to elections, especially national elections. While they…

If Biden wins Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin (two of which Hillary lost by less than 1% of the vote), he only needs to win one of the tossups (let’s say Arizona), Maine statewide, and two Congressional districts between Maine and Nebraska (they have split votes) and he gets to 270. Trump can literally win every…

Unless there’s significant undercounting (poll wise) when it comes to Biden in the tossup states, there’s very little chance that, by the end of the night, Biden will have a significant lead when it comes to the electoral count. And that’s not because of any GOP chicanery, but simply because California takes forever…