Science shows... great. It's not a defense mechanism, it's part of the natural cycle. Plants rely on photosynthesis during the day, the process where they absorb CO2 and release O2. However in the absence of light (i.e. NIGHT) plants absorb oxygen and release carbon dioxide, albeit in much smaller quantities. This is…
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most of the landmass and most of the population are in the northern hemisphere. that's not really a fair point to make. if you want to nag on the developed world, you need to look beyond geography. deforestation for logging and slash-and-burn agriculture are good places to start.
Meh. You're encompassing a wide swath of behavior and management under the label of dystopia. Personally it seems like most of these warnings come from two sources: a legal construct - that of liability mitigation, which serves the community of NYC by keeping the city's operational expenses down; and the other comes…
Let's remember that the NFLPA agreed to this in the last CBA. It was an issue before then, but they decided to take a stand on other monetary issues instead. They had a chance to help create a better process but they punted on it out of greed. They're at the very least complicit in this situation.
Its essentially a publication format. Graphic novels are (typically) those works that are published primarily as single (or multiple large) volumes with contained story lines. With "comics" used to refer to the genre as a whole or works published as single serialized issues and collected later.
But yeah "I read graphic…
I'm confused about what you're arguing? It's about Jack the Ripper, the main character is there on the front cover. It switches narratives, but the story is centered completely around him.
That's my problem. All of this emphasis on the visual is being used as a crutch for lackluster storytelling, acting, and direction. There are notable exceptions. Gravity told a good story and was well-acted and directed.
"I am Lrrr, of Omicron Persei 8, and I demand to know who killed Laura Palmer!"
I've always liked that Ridley Scott tends to be "old-school" on a lot of stuff (his budgets are huge because he insists on doing as much real sets as possible) but he does show some art for the big stuff like Prometheus' CGI and he's apparently trying to make the Ten Plagues in "Exodus" look as realistic as possible.…
Holy fracking simole. I just watched the first few Battlestar Galacticas (again) from the 70s 2 nights ago for no particular reason. I was a HUGE fan of the show as a kid, and despite the blatant Star Wars rip-off elements, stilted dialogue, and general cheesiness, it's pretty dang entertaining. The music is fantastic…
Sorry, but it's too late. Pippin had the best scene in the entire trilogy, and they left it out of the movie. On their way back to the Shire he and his friends are set upon by ruffians:
Tax free, regulation free and unfettered is exactly what led to our current situation in America: expensive, low speed connections in any area that local government did not step in, virtual monopolies as the major providers deliberately avoid competition with each other to keep profits high, deliberate throttling of…
Wait, what?
Frankly, I'm shocked at this backlash. If I didn't know better I'd think you've never read Asimov, Herbert, Heinlein, Dick, etc. There is hardly a good classic SF story out there that doesn't go off the physics rails at some point. Especially anything interstellar let alone intergalactic. I don't get where this purist…
The scene in question is roughly 5 minutes of a damn near 3 hour film.
I don't know that the movie actually ever asserts that's the case. To me, it pops up as a way of a character grappling with the issues at hand and reaching for something.
There is a lot of misinformation about the movie going on in this thread, with very little context. Yes, Brand makes some argument that love might transcend space and time, but she's doing this while emotionally compromised, having to choose between ever seeing her boyfriend again, or saving all the lives on earth.…
How are you defining "not anywhere close"? Snoqualmie Falls is 30 miles from Seattle, i.e., Puget Sound. Also, since Twin Peaks is a fictional town arguments about silly real-world geography are kind of moot.