MK characters don't die after each round. You can't do a fatality after beating them just once. They die when losing a match, or two rounds out of three, and that's when you can rip their spines out.
Some people love technology for its own sake and will over complicate simple matters to no benefit. Things like door locks and WiFi lights come to mind. Of course others are just gullible.
Technology doesn't always make things more complex. Replacing mechanical systems with electronic ones has improved reliability with little outward changes. And power windows are a bad example... I replaced mine with old manual mechanisms, only to have the gears start stripping and teeth wear down a few years later. An electric motor certainly CAN be made to last for decades, and could be as reliable as more gears.
He does a lousy job of hiding his bias, attributing negative opinions of the place he was banned from, to a group of strangers. Conveniently proclaiming his lack of interest in returning, despite his repeated attempts to do so. Much like a pouting child. Makes me wonder how fairly he is conveying the rest of the story... Plenty of journalists have intentionally revealed things they were told in confidence, distorted the truth for dramatic effect, etc. Maybe his infractions weren't so minor as he claims.
Actors don't have much insight into what makes a movie work or fail, best not to ask them. Running Scared came out a year earlier, and had good chemistry between the actors. Lethal Weapon was probably just the biggest-budget buddy cop franchise, so it did well. Loaded Weapon 1 did a great job mocking how ridiculous the film actually was.
If I was taking a ship anywhere, outside the tropics, I'd sirens $30 on a wet suit, and have it under my clothes at ALL times. It seems like very cheap, possibly life saving insurance. You could survive days in freezing waters, instead of just a few hours. You wouldn't drive through snow and ice in a T-Shirt just because your car has a heater... Why do people take the same chance on a ship?
Sad thing is, I can absolutely imagine seeing a perfectly still animal in the road, assuming it is already dead, and just driving around it, myself. Glad he didn't, and a cautionary tale for all of us to be more inquisitive and not assume the typical or worst case when we're in a hurry.
1) Handheld (and voice activated) 2-way radios existed before Star Trek communicators. Dick Tracey comics had a radio watch back in 1946.
2) People had flat laptops before 1987. Omitting the keyboard for TV was nothing special. And see the 1972 Dynabook.
3) Companies were videoconferencing long before 1988. There were even videophones available to the public in the 1930s...
4) Several companies had prototype "optical head-mounted displays" in the mid-90s, including Sony and IBM, a few years before Star Trek featured an imaginary one.
The list wasn't very good, as the comments pointed out. You'd do better just to link the Wikipedia disambiguation page: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mae_West_(disambiguation)
New York outlawed pay toilets in '75 alright, but waived that rule for NYC in '93. Now there are plenty of em around. Not exactly a recent development, and deserving a mention.
It's a weird idea, isn't it? You pay, but less than it really costs, and get the hassle of needing to have change in a hurry. And in exchange for the .25-$1 or so, the locale risks having to clean up human waste off the walls and floor.
Wow, that's an incredibly poor list! It's almost a list of overrated pretentious trash you should avoid at all costs, but unfortunately also has accidentally included just a handful of decent films, too.
I like the idea of building something that goes out and explores the world without you.
But I wonder if it could be made practical... Everything is expensive in Hawaii, due to shipping. If he had a friend living on the islands, he could keep sending the craft back and forth with small quantities of cargo. Just about anything from the states, and perhaps tropical fruits or such on the returns.
Colors haven't gone away. The Kia Soul is most popular in its recognizable metallic green. Quite a few other outliers, too.
I like colors, but practical concerns dominate... A white car will stay dramatically cooler in the summer than a dark color. House roofs really should be painted white for the same reason.
I completely don't buy the claim that "fewer bags in the cabin will save passengers more time than skipping the baggage claim". Sometimes the line to check bags is short, sometimes it's long. But the wait for the first bag to start coming out is always about 30 minutes, and you usually add much more time until your bag finally comes around. It's still a nice option to have, so you can carry a non-trivial amount of toothpaste, shampoo, etc, as well as nail clippers, pocket knives, etc.
Nobody remembers "Mac Tonight", where they flagrantly used the song Mack the Knife without getting permission our paying royalties? That was a whole advertising campaign, complete with posters, moon-head happy meal toys, and more. It sure disappeared suddenly once they were taken to court
Technology doesn't always make things more complex. Replacing mechanical systems with electronic ones has improved reliability with little outward changes. And power windows are a bad example... I replaced mine with old manual mechanisms, only to have the gears start stripping and teeth wear down a few years later. An electric motor certainly CAN be made to last for decades, and could be as reliable as more gears.
2) People had flat laptops before 1987. Omitting the keyboard for TV was nothing special. And see the 1972 Dynabook.
3) Companies were videoconferencing long before 1988. There were even videophones available to the public in the 1930s...
4) Several companies had prototype "optical head-mounted displays" in the mid-90s, including Sony and IBM, a few years before Star Trek featured an imaginary one.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mae_West_(disambiguation)
It's a weird idea, isn't it? You pay, but less than it really costs, and get the hassle of needing to have change in a hurry. And in exchange for the .25-$1 or so, the locale risks having to clean up human waste off the walls and floor.
But I wonder if it could be made practical... Everything is expensive in Hawaii, due to shipping. If he had a friend living on the islands, he could keep sending the craft back and forth with small quantities of cargo. Just about anything from the states, and perhaps tropical fruits or such on the returns.
I like colors, but practical concerns dominate... A white car will stay dramatically cooler in the summer than a dark color. House roofs really should be painted white for the same reason.