Well, unlike other franchises that are forcibly being re-invented, current Mission Impossible still feel like classic Mission Impossible with a much larger budget. They got a little overboard with the action in John Woo’s movie (Which is a thing of beauty in its own right), but after that they seem to have found a…

I never once thought that the movies were connected to the TV show. Was that Paramount’s intention?

Phelps was a traitor in the very first movie. It’s been Hunt’s IMF ever since.

If you go to a place that lets you tap your chipped VISA card, that’s international NFC, and that’s rare in Japan. Apple specifically uses the FeLiCa standard on the iPhones sold here. The readers that accept Apple Pay are the same ones that accept Suica/Pasmo/etc.

Ah, but just a word of warning; Apple Pay only works in Japan if you’re using a Japanese iPhone. Japan uses a different NFC protocol called FeLiCa, iPhones from other countries don’t transmit on that band.

If there’s a alternate Jennifer that belongs in Biff’s 1985, we never meet her. The only Jennifer we are aware of is the original that comes with everyone to 2015, then back to 1985b. They leave here in the altered timeline, and the Doc literally tells Marty in a scene in the movie that she’s safe and that the…

The Google Translate app is indispensable, and does not require a Google account to use.

It’s a common misconception that there are no trash cans in Japan. The truth is, find a convenience store or a train station (extremely easy if you’re in any decent-sized city), and you are almost assured a place to toss your garbage. Same goes for public restrooms. Though there’s a 50/50 chance that you will have to…

There are lots of pre-packaged tours to choose from, but Japan is one of the best places in the world to “just wing it”. It depends on where you want to go, and what you want to get out of it. Whatever you do, I suggest setting aside at least one day for ‘wandering aimlessly through the city and taking pictures’.

Many ATM networks recognize international cards now. 7Bank (7-11s, Ito Yokado department stores), eBank (multiple convenience store chains), JP Bank (all post offices, stand-alone ATM booths), Waon Bank (Aeon malls), etc. They all have English (and sometimes other) language support.

Japan is starting to embrace NFC payment (beyond IC cash cards), much quicker than they’ve adopted credit/debit card use. Places that have never accepted credit cards now accept Apple Pay, for example. In a few years, contactless payment will probably leapfrog plastic.

There’s no paradox with Marty’s friendship with the Doc. Marty hangs out with the weird scientist because he’s a rulebreaker. He probably met Doc while skipping school one day.

He’s also Fred’s father in Big Hero 6.

At this point, that Half Time Show is more nostalgic than anything else.

So it’s going to be 3D animated, and flamboyantly so. That’s good news to me.

Later this year, he plans to release an autobiography titled “Now -I’M- Spock!”

Hello Kitty is pure evil, so yeah.

Seriously though, how did Playmobil of all people become the best Ghostbusters toy makers? All they need to do now is make a series for The Real Ghostbusters cartoon series and they are done for the rest of their lives.

Tinder vs. Tumblr

Always a Rogue-like and never a Rogue.