My problem with the stuff that Rian did was less that he did it, but that exactly as you say, he just does it with complete disregard of the “in world” consistency.

Just FYI, even if a lab monkey escapes its cage, that probably just means it can roam about the cage room, which is probably secured by a combination lock and maybe also a swipe card.

I just helped my parents move from their house, and in one the boxes we were unpacking was a VHS rewinder. Keep in mind we were unpacking...which means they decided to pack it with them and move it hundreds of miles...in 2018.

Perhaps for the drones doing the work (Indonesian vessels are known to use slave labor as well as paid). The people at the top of the operation no doubt profited very nicely off what is generally considered to be a war crime under international law.

Please, PLEASE don’t make this an “us vs them” battle between Dems and republicans.

You seem to be misremembering the original trilogy. When Luke was in the Wampa cave he used the exact same force power (Force Pull) for the exact same self-serving reason, i.e. “i’m in danger and i don’t want to die.”

Think for a moment about why Neil is so dramatic in his presentation. Could it be that science is his greatest love and he wants to shout it from the rooftops for all to hear.

GAH! my username and avatar give me away again! CURSES!

Thank you all, and sure. This was taken with a somewhat old Canon 60D DSLR and a first generation Tamron 150-600mm lens I purchased to photograph the eclipse a few months ago. Cheapest long lens and totally worth it for my purposes, see (admitted noisy) photo below! I used a $50 Sony tripod and clumsily hand guided…

I got all those videos beat. I shot it with a 600mm lens from approx. 170 miles ESE. I’m so stoked about the details that are captured. The reddish color initially is the plume in sunset colors, then as it exits sunset in rises up into the sunlight @ 30 seconds I can see the vehicle itself! Would have been a 10 out of…

I think Poe and Finn had great natural chemistry in TFA, I think a romance between the two would make plenty of sense.

You should really use a case.

That is some super-villain level shit right there.

Given the state of water pipes in the UK, crossing sticks at almost any random spot will locate a leak.

i think the difference is that Hamill’s imagined version of Luke is probably closer to fan fiction or wish fulfillment rather than a thematically complex continuation of the character —which seems to be what Rian Johnson had in mind.

Happened to a friend a few years ago. He parked a brand new Grand Cherokee Limited in a parking garage in Uptown Dallas on a Saturday night. He then got drunk, Uber’d home, and came back to get the car the next day only to find it missing. He reported the car stolen, got a check, and moved on with his life in a new…

My great aunt, when she was getting senile and shouldn’t have been driving anyways, used to regularly drive her car to the mall. She would then forget she drove, and take the bus home. Upon arriving home and finding her car gone, she would call the police to report it stolen. She did this so many times, my grandfather…

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