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Asian-Americans share a lot of cultural experience, regardless of actual ethnicity
We all get treated as nerds from time to time, or taken for granted. We've all been "complimented" on how we speak English so well.
In particular, we all know what it's like when someone like Trump's Interior Secretary Zinke said "konnichiwa" to Congresswoman Hanabusa. A sizable chunk of white Americans think he was somehow just being courteous, as if the shape of our eyes somehow programs a different language into our brains.
The movie made it pretty clear with fallout that started almost immediately upon the broadcast
Peter's just a kid, not the world's richest man, not a living legend, not a god
I do think it's BS that MIT would dink him, though. As an Avenger, he's directly and closely associated with one of MIT's most distinguished graduates, Tony Stark. No WAY Parker and his friends don't get everything they want from that school.
Before Peter even reaches the school dean on that bridge, she'd be getting a call from CEO Pepper Potts's assistant threatening to end Stark Industries funding for all the MIT educational programs and capital improvement projects.
Peter, MJ and Ned are back on the roster before the dean gets to the airport
They were screwed either way in my opinion.
If Hicox hadn't thrown up the wrong "3," Hellstrom would've eventually left them alone, but absolutely for certain 100% he would continue investigating this Piz Palü guy. He'd almost certainly notice "Lt. (from) Frankfurt" was actually Hugo Stieglitz at some point. And Bridget von Hammersmark would've been under close surveillance from then on.
It actually worked out for the better -- the theater assassination succeeded because Hellstrom was killed before he could start investigating outside the basement
There's a "White Star Extended Edition" that adds about 30min worth of deleted scenes (but not the alternate ending thank god)
It was a pretty weak movie overall salvaged by great performances from both Murphy (his best in years in my opinion) and Wilson
The plot is thin and uneven but the leads make it worth watching
Sounds an awful lot like "Land of the Dead" actually
Plotwise, it's very slow-moving and the low production values are evident on screen
That said, it's always been one of my favorite flicks, period, never mind my far-away favorite of the genre
However, I also like the 2004 remake quite a bit (not remotely as much as I like this one, but it outranks the original "Day of the Dead" in my mind)
Sacrilege though it may be, I actually prefer Savini's 1990 remake to the original "Night of the Living Dead"
Who's to say?
Because Jennifer Holland is so beautiful and aristocratic-looking, even when painted yellow, that we expect her to be cool as a cucumber even when shot
It's satisfying to see her character "taken down a notch" by screaming so non-heroically
Admittedly, though, it's a running theme throughout the trilogy that all of the characters wear their emotions out on their respective sleeves
The Zune gave Quill and the Guardians access to more contemporary music
The Holiday Special also made it clear that the Guardians can visit earth whenever they want to. They just don't want to. Quill stays away for emotional reasons.
But this film also confirms that many characters in this galaxy are interested in earth culture, art and music (especially the High Evolutionary)
Agreed and experienced the exact same feeling
First shock that they even succeeded, then more shock when the ships come into view
Then a feeling of "of COURSE" when we realize how well it fits into the Indiana Jones with (A) hubris of the villain leading to unexpected failure and (B) Indiana Jones's dedication to archaeology, NOT history per se. Syracuse makes SUCH better sense in that regard especially.
Additionally, it makes even more sense that Archimedes would bring time travelers to himself. He's like Tesla inasmuch as the lore surrounding his abilities outstrips any notion of actual history.
I honestly thought Indy could credibly have remained behind. He's already near death. He'd make absolutely sure to stay out of history's way. What better ending to the beloved character than to have him actually BECOME HISTORY
an interesting notion and certainly consistent with what we see in the film
BUT
since the coagula itself is wonky non-science, it's impossible to say for sure whether the cigarette aversion is part of the process or not
Could be as simple as a way to assert control over Chris via hypnosis. Start w/ kicking smoking. End w/ kicking Chris himself into the sunken place
The curator's insistence on Wade taking the quarter was a bit over-the-top, and highly suspicious
In the book, Wade earns it fair and square in a virtual arcade after playing a "perfect game" on Ms. Pac-Man. It was obviously left there by Halliday as a way to ensure it could only be earned by someone with Halliday's own interests and passions
Guess we'll never know the truth about Halliday being alive, but I don't think it's a stretch to imagine Og was doing more than just observing. He could've been consciously helping Wade even without Halliday being alive.
He did something similar in the book -- observed the main characters until IOI got too powerful, then stepped in to give them a fair shot at winning. All without Halliday's direct involvement.
Halliday is dead in the book(s) by the way. He turns up as an evil avatar in the sequel. It was awful.
Good point -- she wasn't actually told about it
But she only tipped to it because Parzival was so atypically silent when he'd normally be gushing over her
So he simped it over unintentionally, but still simped it over
It didn't need to pretend any longer. As far as it knew, Mac was the only human left, so why not "go large" and perhaps intimidate Mac into surrendering or at least hesitating.
Now that you point it out, I think it's actually entirely possible that The Thing was literally saying, "Fuck you" to Mac, crowing about its triumph before devouring him without pretense
yeah I'm with SoCrates
the Thing wouldn't want to destroy the radio -- it would want to be rescued ASAP and go about its business in civilization
But the OP's question raises an interesting thought: maybe he WAS infected and felt the Thing taking him over, which is why he took such drastic action so abruptly
Nah, I'll stick with the party line ... Blair was Thinged while locked up, presumably before he was able to hang himself with that noose. He was already the Thing when Mac checked in on him.
Maybe, but I've also always been struck by Bligh's declaration in "The Bounty"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4edIxzhU80
When Nelson offers his body as food when he dies, Bligh tells him "we're civilized men ... and civilized men we shall die."
But of course Hopkins went on to play Hannibal Lecter, so who's to say?
The interesting thing is, there IS a legitimate reason why Demi Moore is in the movie.
Even without a romantic subplot, I absolutely believe that having an attractive woman challenge Kaffee figures into his decision to "man up" and call Jessup to the stand.
Maybe it's just my own reaction to Demi, or my own experience as a litigator, but having someone you want to impress can be a powerful motivator. I've worked on cases with women co-counsel whom I've found very attractive. Even though I kept everything outwardly professional, I definitely felt an urge to be bolder and "better" just to impress them.
I'd go with "I got this over at Snowman City it looks really riled up"
Knowing Murray, it was probably an ad lib. He was supposed to be babbling nonsensically until the kids start with the snowballs and likely got ahead of the script. I'm thinking maybe the kids were supposed to pelt him after "Snowman City."
If that's the case, "riled up" makes sense as an ad lib since Phil himself was riled up.
The captions stop at "... looks really --" but the "riled up" still sounds clear enough
Admittedly captions are often after-the-fact and inaccurate. These captions describe all the piano pieces as Rachmaninoff's 18th variation when some of it is scales and one bit is very clearly Mozart
for what it's worth, the only pre-shoot script online was no lines for the original snowman scene, just a description. Again, knowing Ramis and Murray's relationship, Ramis probably fully expected Murray to be able to ad lib as needed to fill time.
I was 18 when I saw this in theaters and thought Bender was insightful and perceptive
Now I see that Bender's just a scared kid (as they all are) using cynicism and snark as a shield
That's why Vernon becomes more of a dick every time I come back to this film. He knew full well that Bender was a frightened poser and used it to bully him.
I thought Andrew was actually the "cool" one -- in spite of his self-hatred he still tried to reach out to Allison, Brian and Claire. I'm more impressed now by how he pressed both Allison and Brian to share their secrets when they clammed up. He was smart enough to see that, in spite of shutting up, they actually wanted to share. That's "cooler" than just making fun of everyone.
But the kids become more kid-like as I get older, too, and not in a bad way.
In fact, having spent decades as a part-time high school teacher, I can say that I've learned more useful info about teenagers from watching this film than I gleaned while I actually was a teenager myself
Doyle didn't like how they were treating Tiger Woods as a prop
But it doesn't really matter what they were doing. Doyle was looking for a fight, and he'd use ANY excuse to pick one
That it was a trivial, relatively mild issue was the point -- makes it clearer that Doyle was the one at fault, very purposely so