
I saw Andy Zaltzman (John Oliver's partner on The Bugle podcast) do a live set and express his annoyance at Americans mocking the French willingness (or lack thereof) to fight and the old, "If it weren't for the Americans in WWII, you'd be speaking German now."
0. Most revolutions fail.
Now witness the firepower of this fully ARMED and OPERATIONAL international space station?
Can those of us who support GMOs (AKA though who aren't frightened by the world "science") all agree to start calling them "mega-foods" instead. Or "love crops". Maybe "rainbow peace plants". I figure if we rebrand them with a happy sunshine name the majority of the world is too stupid to realize.
The sith arent evil. They dont exist for extermination. Darth vader was strict and intilerant of failures. palpatine was trying to restore order to the galactic republic that was falling into chaos. Dooku was trying to restore balance and saw the Jedi council as growing increasingly corrupt. Rebels were terrorists.…
I have two red hens and two black hens. I get four delicious brown eggs a day. They are definitely nicer than eggs from the store. I have one a day in my breakfast smoothie and give the rest to friends.
Came here to say something along these lines, but I don't think the novel counts as an explanation per se. Kubrick and Clarke worked together to write the novel and script at the same time, so they were always meant to be companion pieces. It's possible to get a very basic gist without reading the book, but reading…
Yep, I was just explaining this to my (wholly disinterested) wife last night. Wang is the hero. He is the every-man martial arts master who saves his girl and help Egg Chen defeat Lo Pan. Jack is just sort of, you know, around.

The Prestige

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Big Trouble in Little China