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He didn't understand what he was seeing
Neither did I the first time, it's so extreme
Nauls saw the Blair-thing dragging Garry off by his face -- at a distance, it looked to slow and strange to be alarming, so he went to investigate and got himself eaten
The AI can only be beaten by someone who has access to its original code
The original code version of the AI was loaded onto the Sevastopol's computer
The AI sunk the Sevastapol to prevent that original code version from falling into the hands of its enemies, Luther Stickell in particular
That means the next film has to focus on finding and diving down to the submarine
Fuqua mentioned the three wise men coda in his commentary (great commentary BTW, one of my favorites)
He took it out because his only real goals were (A) to show Alonzo facing justice and (B) to show Jake getting to go home at day's end
So the real answer is: we're never meant to know. Whatever happens to Jake afterwards is outside the story Fuqua wanted to tell.
That's also why he cut out the scene of Smiley telling him he went "next level" and might one day make chief. Fuqua thought anything alluding to "what happens next" is beyond the scope.
The title is literally "Training Day," meaning it's only about that one day
Just finished rewatching the scene and I'm throwing in with redban
Alonzo made it a point to have the tools signed out from "maintenance," so it wouldn't be obvious that he and his team had dug the hole
They're planning to claim that the hole was already dug and the cash they didn't steal was all that Roger had
He didn't start begging until he knew he had a chance to survive. And THAT only happened after they found Letty's wallet.
Way I see it, Jake knew he was a dead man once he saw Alonzo had left him there. No point begging when he knew he had no chance, might as well go out fighting.
But when Letty's wallet made Smiley pause, THAT's when Jake figured he actually had a chance
I don't think it matters
If Jake talked to someone who coached him with IA, fine.
But my guess is he didn't, because Alonzo already knows Jake's a dead man
That said, once it's all over, Jake will need help from the Wise Men anyway. Otherwise, he's facing a drug test that'll show PCP and THC in his system.
So it doesn't matter. Jake HAS to talk to the IA coach regardless, making it unnecessary to the plot
"Not every superhero movie needs to hit that mark"
True, but this is Superman. There are superhero movies, and then there are Superman, Batman and Spider-Man, intellectual properties that are on a whole 'nother level
The expectations follow ... producers want BIG BANK for a Superman movie, or they'll reboot AGAIN
Yep that's exactly what I said about Gunn's film based on a comic book about a talking raccoon and a walking tree
No way that'll work
but Gunn's "Guardians" changed my mind with the very first trailer and STILL I found myself surprised in the years thereafter with how much I cared about a damn CGI raccoon
I was about to say the same thing about an anti-hero with a toilet bowl on his head, but held my tongue, yet was still surprised at how much I liked the Peacemaker series
So yeah, knowing nothing else about Gunn, I'd have said the same thing about this version of Superman
Now, instead, I'd be surprised if it DID flop
Funny because I still don't buy it
The way Tarantino says it on Opie & Anthony, it sounded to me like it only just occurred to him or else wasn't a fully developed idea
The reason I don't buy it is Vincent doesn't seem to know who did it when he's at Lance's house
But why wouldn't he know, if he just saw his car in the lot, then insulted Butch, then saw the scratches ... who else could've done it
My wife sighed disgustedly out loud, REALLY loudly, when Fabienne started pouting instead of getting on the chopper
That made it funnier to me, and made it clear that it's her purpose to be annoying. It's simultaneously annoying and believable that Butch would hitch himself to such a useless bimbo
Pretty suspicious that this is the only accusation ever brought -- molesters are almost always serial offenders
And however creepy it was for him to romance his 20-something semi-stepdaughter, 30 years of marriage sort of validates their relationship
just my take on it
I was going to say that Farmer Ted wasn't passed out when they did it, but actually ...
He didn't remember it AND he wasn't drunk. I think you're right, Hughes's notion was that Caroline went ahead and "did it" with Ted while he was asleep.
VERY problematic, but that was what passed for the moral landscape 40 years ago.
Same with Long Duk Dong ... no way would that caricature pass muster these days. Even back then, though, a couple of (progressive / forward thinking / "woke") critics pointed out that the GONNNGGGG that plays for Dong is comparable to playing "Camptown Races" on a guitar whenever showing a black character.
I'm Asian American myself, and his scenes made me really uncomfortable. But I was in my teens back when the movie came out, and what's clearly date rape today (by both Ted AND Caroline, against each other) did NOT strike me as problematic back then.
Guess we can be grateful for some progress.
Nope pretty clear her notion of "playing around as kids" meant they were banging, just using contraceptives to avoid inbreeding
Very practical
Good damn question
It's too easy to assume all beautiful women are crazy
For what it's worth, Stone claims she needed to "find Ginger" somewhere inside her. While filming Ginger's death in the hallway, she says she felt "Ginger" physically leave her (Stone's) body.
Now Stone's kind of crazy herself, I should note, in a weird Doc Brown kinda way. But even she wasn't crazy enough to play Ginger without becoming Ginger to some extent
So how true is it that beauty = crazy? Who knows? Recommend it to the Stanford Sociology Dept. (the ones who confirmed that, yes, people take longer to leave their parking space when they know you're waiting)
It's true that Ginger's real life inspiration, Geri McGee, was the kind of beautiful who knew it. Lefty Rosenthal recalls her smiling at him in bed and saying something to the effect of, "you've never been with someone like me, have you?"
Whether it's true or not, she believed she was privileged with extraordinary beauty and felt entitled as a result
We're ALL overthinking this, but that's what this site's for so ...
How about this: Marty arrives, sees all the clocks, notes the time and thinks he's running 25 minutes early so he wastes time setting up the gigantic amp
that's why he didn't question the time ... he (mistakenly) noted it as a "bonus" and exploited it to rock out
Is this some new form of Rick-rolling for MCU fans?
Superman explicitly told Batman, "Next time they shine your light in the sky, don't go to it ... consider this mercy."
Batman put the signal up himself as a fuck-you to Superman.
THAT's why he expected Superman to come.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1N_tAg-hGk
The appeal or lack of appeal has everything to do with what it is and little to do with its subject matter
This is essentially a filmed stage play -- that was clear from the trailers
What are you one of those GEICO cavemen screaming about negative stereotyping?
Interesting point considering "you and I" is generally (incorrectly) considered "proper grammar" when used as objective pronouns. It's viewed as grammatical overcorrection, when people try to sound smart but don't understand that they're actually wrong.
I remember seeing it first in "Facts of Life," an old sitcom, where "she and I" as objective forms was commended as proper grammar
Obama uses it all the time: "They were very gracious to Michelle and I." Drives me batshit
So it makes sense that Frasier would be the type to correct the overcorrection. But you're right that Martin was NOT incorrect in this sense.
Now, there ARE arguments to be made that "is" can be a transitive verb in certain contexts, e.g., "woe is me." In that case, "is" actually means "is unto."
So I suppose "it's just you and me now" is actually "it's just down to you and me now" which WOULD be correct (and yes I realize the writers didn't come CLOSE to thinking about this hard)
Even if that were the case, it wouldn't be cause for Frasier to correct Martin -- at best, both versions would be acceptable
One thing I noticed about "Big Bang Theory" along those lines is that they were very careful to make Sheldon's annoying corrections actually correct in every case I can think of. I understand they also took pains to ensure the accuracy of the "science gobbledygook" in that show whether spoken or written on the whiteboards
clearly not the case in "Frasier"