That's interesting.
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Because the box art wasn't in 3D?
Right. So I guess I was taking the perspective of the garage owner, since I referred to the friend in the third person.
So — what happens if you close the doors "simultaneously" but don't open them back up? If you let your friend run into the door, so to speak — does the ladder "burst through the back door" before fully clearing the front door? I suppose it must.
(First, thanks for being cordial. It's easy to lose that in these discussions or to make statements that come off too broad or too reductive. I know and try to own up to the fact that I sometimes come off as an asshole, and I sincerely meant no insult in anything I said above... verbal sparring is a joy, but it's also…
Reassuring, actually, that so many of us leapt in to say, hang on hang on, about Beak (and Jubilee, Kitty Pryde, et al).
The show was great, but if you've only seen the show, may I recommend also the comics? Available as tpb's and excellent. Gorgeous! Bizarre!
No, sir, they do not show it to be a resounding success, unless you work for Paramount. For one, your definition of success and mine may differ wildly (but let's let that slide for now) — but the crucial point here is that neither reviews or box office reflects "majority opinion" accurately, at all. Neither provides…
The idea that a majority of people do not believe what either you or I believe is FACT. The majority of people are not heterosexual males. Or white. Or American. Or English speakers (*this last one I'm assuming, but ...it's gotta be true). The majority of people do not agree with your religious or political views.…
In (mild) defense of it, Iain Softley knew his movie was pulp-ifying computers, right? It wasn't exactly aiming for verisimilitude. It gets things wrong in awesome (90s) ways.
Really? I'm not in the minority a) on io9, or b) in any of the social circles (work, friends, fiancée's friends) that I've discussed it in.
It's interesting to look at the upcoming breakthroughs that are about to break tropes and genres now...
Oh it's pretty clear that The Mountain and his men, and especially Vargo Hoat and his crew, have something like "evil" in them. Just ugly, pure black malice.
Like all good characters, Tywin had his own personal baggage and pains beyond just his mission statement, and the reason he never remarried was because by all accounts Joanna was his genuine true love, source of happiness, and he even smiled around her. Losing her was and remains the most painful thing he went through…
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Who said anything about evil?
Yeah, you definitely have to understand their reasoning above & beyond "because EVIL." And they're only really effective if you believe they might win — if they seem capable. Bonus points always if part of you either wants them to win or at least agrees with them, even if you don't want them to win.
Still, though,