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>>>Also as an engineer I can tell you that won't work. If he designed a suit to handle infinity stones, then it has to be tested.<<<
No. What you mean is it SHOULD be tested. Nothing has to be tested. If your dumb, or if you are in extremis, you may very well use a device that has not been tested. This certainly was extremis.
Do you feel compelled to insult people?
First you have heard incorrectly. Blu ray players can play standard DVDs.
Second, I have many interests. Yes, I will watch movies on DVD. And in a theater. I also read; usually 2 - 3 books per week. My wife and I are involved in a competitive artistic hobby. I serve as a officer in the organization which promotes that hobby.
My wife and I help care for my aged mother who suffers from Alzheimers.
I am neither cheap nor profligate. How you draw a line from Blue-Ray players can be found for $99 to cheap simply astounds me.
You are perfectly free to not purchase a DVD or Blu Ray player. You are perfectly free to choose not to watch movies on them.
What you are not free to do is make wild accusations or to assume that you are somehow a superior human being because you choose not to use DVD and Blu-Rays.
A bit late, but as far as I know a Blu-Ray player can play a "regular" DVD just fine. And you can find them for as little as $99.
We were delighted to see it renewed. This series really kept our attention. And despite what some have said in other topics we thought Danny and Lexi (Matt Barr and Sofia Pernas), had great chemistry.
Marwan Kenzari is 36. Not as old as you would like, but not a boy.
Continuing since MovieChat wouldn't let me add anything else.
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>>>f the Death Star could reach any planet in almost an instant through hyperspace why didn't Tarkin just set course on Dantoine since Leia told him that's where the rebel base is located? "Dantoine is too far away for an effective demonstration..." <<<
I don't believe it is ever said anywhere that the Death Star can travel to any planet in an instant. Indeed, it is implied it can't. The rebels have time to examine the plans and prepare a defense.
The only indication of time is Tarkin's comment that the day had seen the end of Kenobi and would see the end of the rebellion. So, if his statement is literal, than some proportion of a day had passed since Kenobi's death and the Death Star's arrival at Yavin 4. That could be as much as 23 hours, though likely it would be shorter. Of course, Tarkin could have speaking more figuratively.
The issue of the Death Star's ability to travel faster than light is NOT a plothole. Given what we know, from just this film, FTL flight is common and relatively easy. Its limitation seems to be that you have to calculate where you are going. There is no implication that it can't travel that fast.
Yes, I am a Star Wars fan. No, I'm not a fanatical fan. I don't live and breath it. But I do try to pay enough attention to any film I watch, especially SF and Fantasy, to confirm internal consistency.
A couple of points here:
First a plot hole is something that contradicts the internal logic of a film. Not something that contradicts the real world.
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>>>The mere idea that such a massive object would be able to travel at more than the speed of light is just ridiculous on its own. It's never showed to have that capability.<<<
From what we know about real world physics its just ridiculous for a microgram of material to travel at more than the speed of light. If any ship in Star Wars can travel faster than light, then your argument is that there is an upper limit of mass that can move at that speed. Nothing is said about that anywhere, so the argument is specious. There is no reason why the Death Star cannot travel faster than light. <<<
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>>>Han Solo says the Millennium Falcon can do 1,5 the speed of light and he outruns all the Imperial ships.<<<
You have no idea what the number 1.5 past light speed means. It is never explained. For all we know a point past light speed could mean light year per hour, or light year per minute or even light year per second. Given stellar distances, and what little time information we are given, I would say one of the last two is most likely. To be conservative, lets say 1 light year per minute. So for each point past light speed it would mean a ship could travel 1440 light years in a day.
Of course, it could be something else again. We don't know. If I am interpreting your remarks correctly (and correct me if I'm not) you are assuming 1.5 past light speed means 150% of the speed of light. So a light year would take 8 months. Again, given typical stars that seems unlikely.
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Why in the world are you discussing this here? Take it to the Rocketman or Bohemian Rhapsody board!
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J.K. Simmons playing J. Jonah Jameson.
Personally, I would say someone is only responsible if they had, or should have had, a reasonable expectation of what could happen. He should have had a reasonable expectation that a metal pole sticking up in a storm would be struck by lightning. He would have no expectation that a bolt of lightning would animate a corpse.
As I said uptopic, I'm from Nebraska. We have a joke here that would also apply to Kansas and Oklahoma.
One day the wind stopped in Nebraska and everyone fell over.
Or they were just nicknames.
It was common in LIFE then. Men were expected to establish themselves before marriage, so they could support the wife. Ten to twenty year differences were not uncommon.
This reaction is relatively new in the US. It used to be that a man was expected to work and establish himself before he wed. Which resulted in the husband often considerably older than the wife.
My paternal grandfather was 13 years older than my paternal grandmother. My maternal grandfather was 12 years older than my maternal grandmother. These age differences were median in the day.
>>>I was a bit bored when I first watched it expecting a horror film<<<
I'm glad you came to like it. I think this quote from your post illustrates why many seem to not like it. Uninvited isn't a horror film. Its a ghost story. While horror and ghost stories are related, and can even merge, they are separate things.
A good ghost story may not supply any deaths, blood, violence or anything else. It can also feature things like romantic issues, mysteries and intrigue.
As I said, I'm glad you came to like it. It is a beautiful film.
For several simple reasons.
1. The probability that any non-human intelligent species would be identical to us is extremely remote.
2. Budget-wise creating and animating completely species utterly different from humans is very expensive. For a single episode or movie, its one thing. For episode after episode, everyone different becomes impractical.
3. Given that many think CGI does not produce realistic individuals, using too much of it could alienate many fans.
4. Makeup that changes only the heads/faces of different species is much less expensive.
5. The Star Trek universe has created an in-universe rational for why so many (but not all) species are variants of the human bi-pedal model.
6. This is typical for most shows. Orville has attempted to have a few more species that are completely non-human that most (Yaphit being the prime example), but even they are mostly variants of the human norm.
Would it be nice if more species could be totally non-human? Absolutely. The Star Trek novels have attempted to introduce a few more such species. But given the limitations, I, for one, am willing to accept the compromise.
All of which may, or may not, apply to basilisks.
Many people like to compete, whatever the means. Competing usually implies a desire to win. This is completely normal. So competing for and winning the house cup can be a goal all on its own even without a prize.
That you don't care doesn't imply anything bad about you. We're all different. Even the desire to compete doesn't imply that a person would enjoy all means.
I have very little interest in sports. I hope my home teams win, but have no desire to watch or listen to them. On the other hand, my wife and I compete in certain artistic competitions. I will watch videos of those type of competition even if we're aren't competing in that particular event.
I don't believe it has ever been implied, even in the slightest, most subtle fashion, that Stephen Strange was British.