You guys might not agree with me but i think the funniest part of the movie is the look on Fritos face right after he asks Joe "If you gave me 30 billion and the time machine is 20, whats minus 30 20" and Joe says 80 Billion.
I laughed my ass at the IQ test the most. Also, the two turrets wherein one shoots the other one beautifully illustrating how down the drain everything went.
Announcement at the hospital "Your disease is very important to us" And Machacho's speech and song assuring the world how Joe will fix the earth. I was laughing like a retarded seal"
I mean, if the inflation is so bad that you have to spend 20 billion just to get on a ride - how much would that be converted to today's currency?
(I have no idea how much such rides cost in the 'real world')
But let's say it's 20 bucks for the sake of simplicity.
So, this guy gets all excited because of 80 bucks worth of currency? Would YOU endanger your life and take some fugitive on a long ride for mere 80 bucks?
And how plausible is it that this guy goes through time and opens a savings account and the interest accumulates for 500 years without the bank closing the account first (like anyone's going to believe that the guy is alive that long), AND going through all that trouble, the whole thing will only accumulate to 80 mere billion (80 bucks worth)?
I mean, couldn't he at least use a more plausible scheme, like, going back a couple of weeks/months to use the lottery numbers to win a lottery, or something? That would probably get them sextillions of money, or whatever 'millions worth' would be.
But no, 500 years old savings account and 80 bucks.. somehow seems like a very tiny sum for all that trouble and such an unsure gamble.
All that for the sum that allows you to go on a boring, unpopular ride four times. Something's not right, here. Why didn't he add a little more zeroes to the number, while he was lying anyway? I mean, _HE_ is not supposed to be dumb!
But let's say it's 20 bucks for the sake of simplicity.
That got me thinking. What inflation rate would you need in order for $20 to become $20 billion in 500 years time? Turns out to be a little over 4.2% if compounded annually, which is not completely ridiculous. Makes me wonder if they actually did a similar calculation to come to the billion-dollar amounts in the movie.
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Actually, I liked when Officer Collins summarized his infiltration and embracement of Upgrayedd's lifestyle. His in-depth discussion and several slides included in his presentation. "A pimp's love is very different from that of a square."
Actually, I liked the scene where Officer Collins summarized his infiltration and embracement of Upgrayedd's lifestyle. His in-depth discussion and several slides included in his presentation. "A pimp's love is very different from that of a square."