One of the big issues is that movie studios are trying to mint the next generations of super stars (since the ones that we know and love are, to a crazy extent, 40+), and unfortunately, many of that next generation are coming from super-popular and relatively popular TV shows. This is both a boon and a risk for those…

He was murdered, poisoned by a drug dealer who sold fentanyl disguised as 30m Oxycontins or Percocets.

It’s even weirder when you consider that the closest analogue to this case — the 1993 accidental shooting death of Brandon Lee — resulted in the DA declining to press charges even though (and I’m paraphrasing) negligence was factor, there was no evidence of criminal wrongdoing.

So, if they’re not charging him as a…

I have an issue with Scorsese turning Ernest Burkhart into the central character because he’s just so damn enamored with DiCaprio yelling and making faces.

Call me a cynic, but the salient reality is that this particular story (while riveting) simply wouldn’t be more than a well-made documentary or a terribly worse film without people like Scorsese and DiCaprio behind it.

You say it would be a better movie, but you don’t say why. Merely changing the POV to an Osage…

You’re absolutely right in that it’s conceptual, but we can use other resources to get an estimate.

For example, an article by Forbes put the cost estimate at between $400m-$500m. Liberty Media’s Principle Financial Office Brian Wendling stated in an investor call that construction costs alone were expected to be…

I think the specific words of the article should be looked at.

I-275 is part of the interstate highway system, funded 90% by the federal government, with the remaining 10% coming from a mixture of state and local funding, bond issues, and the like.

Brightline is a private company. They have a huge incentive (profits) to do things cheaply.

Simply saying “they can do the same thing”…

Ironically enough, Max Payne 3 sold better than the first 2, and 3 was developed was by Rockstar while 1 and 2 were developed by Remedy (but published by Rockstar).

Sure, 3 isn’t held to the same esteem as 1 or 2, but it did sell better.

1. You missed my point about population density. Florida’s most dense city, Miami, is still less dense and less populous than that of France’s, which is Paris. Jacksonville, the most populous city, is less dense than Marseilles, the 2nd most populous city, and Tampa and Orlando, the 3rd and 4th most populous, are less…

What I’m about to say doesn’t pertain to you specifically, but I get the sense that a lot of people seem to think that during the days of primarily disc-based gaming, storage wasn’t an issue, but it definitely was.

I played exclusively on Sony consoles until the PS3/360 generation, and let me tell you, due to how…

The big issue when it comes to console capacity is that not only are games larger than ever before, the expectation of the amount of playtime over the lifetime of the purchase is higher than before. You add in the fact that many of these larger, longer games also have a multiplayer component, so that leads to arguably …

The patching issue isn’t as significant as people think.

Most of the games that need significant patching are games which focus on the multiplayer. The overwhelming majority of people buying these games are doing so for the multiplayer component, so they go in knowing the necessity of relatively speedy internet and the…

The big thing that often gets overlooked is that is that adding software-based antipiracy measures to your game is so inexpensive relative to the development costs of the game, that there’s very little disincentive to avoid it.

As Prime Directive stated, the salient reality is that the majority of people who pirate…

The issue is that the water table, groundwater aquifer system, presence of porous limestone, and overall sea-level in the areas where the tracks currently lie make tunneling (even relatively short tunnels at rail crossings) untenable. Attempting to build tunnels is a significant non-starter for those practical reasons…

Native Floridian here (Tampa specifically).

You’re right on both counts (especially in coastal areas). The other issue is that when people talk about European high-speed rail and above-grade tracks, they ignore the reality that Florida can get severe hurricanes that would put those above-grade and raised tracks…

Exactly.

Given the goal is to accomplish two things (lower car-based traffic density and provide a greater total throughput of commuters between two high-population hubs at a higher-average speed than car-based travel), certain factors must be at play to accomplish those things. The first is speed, and the second is…

You want to know something that’s even crazier.

Since Breaking Bad and Mad Men went off the air (in 2013 and 2015, respectively), no other show from AMC has won an Emmy. Either BB and MM were so dominant during their respective and coinciding runs that Emmy voters felt that AMC needed a break from the domination (for…

Yeah.

The big shock is that Alexander Skarsgaard was nominated for Best Supporting for his role in Succession. That’s...really fucking weird, because while I like Alex and Succession, his character wasn’t nearly as captivating or funny as the writer’s seemed to believe. When he was somewhat mysterious the previous…

And while Lucky Hank had a premise that didn’t seem like it would appeal to a wide audience, you could have said the same thing about Better Call Saul.