Lol. I try not to think of Assault Horizon. I suspect that Strangereal has gone to shit in my absence.

Not to be pedantic, but aren’t they the Paracel Islands?

One could almost make the argument that it inverts their work with Bond. Casino Royale was a grittier reboot of the traditionally glossy world of James Bond. Conversely, super classy poker on the French Riviera is a glossy reboot of the gritty world of the Wild West Saloon... (I’m more inclined to think they were…

They did a good job of stretching out the battle of wits angle of the game between Bond and LeChiffre. Cutting out from the table for occassional, climactic action sequences and poisonings also kept it from dragging.

Nice write up and great analysis! Casino Royale is definitely one of the best. The only bit that I’m not sure about is the timelessness argument. The film is definitely taught, but its dependence on poker to drive the main plot/showdown with LeChiffre hasn’t aged terribly well. Other than that, though, great flick!

Just when you thought it was safe to go back into orbit...

Maybe...

I’m pretty sure that was ‘Inca Gold Metallic,’ and yeah. It was like getting punched in the eyeballs. (It was worse in person.)

Now you’ve got me wondering just how sarcastically and cheaply Red Bull could ‘participate.’

Lol. What’s the point of a 2 month no compete in the game industry?

Syria, apparently. Iraq as well in the 80s.

I’m actually inclined to agree with him on this one. The Space Shuttle program was an amazing boon to science, but it also enabled lawmakers to convince the public that we were still engaged with space exploration in the spirit of the mid-20th Century while annual budgets clearly illustrate otherwise. The optics…

Maybe someone had just discovered the mind-bending ecstasy of Target’s low low prices!

Rather macabre phrasing, but yeah.

That’s actually pretty accurate in terms of its slang application. It kind of implies that whatever insane thing that is happening or they are witnessing must still be a part of Allah’s plan.

Those ‘hogs are legendarily ugly, but I’ve always found something pretty about a machine so perfectly designed for a singular purpose.

Apollo 13 or Neil Armstrong manually piloting Gemini 8 back to earth after a thruster malfunction sent the module spinning at 60 rpm.

The F-35 is Force compatible. All this talk about sensor packages and guided weapons and the pilots are going to turn off the targeting computers anyways.

Don’t worry guys, Brookstone Defense engineered a solution decades ago. For the F-35 they’ll be $30,000 a piece.

Came here just to post the Cizeta. :)