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A lot conservatives are probably unreasonably bracing themselves for counter injustices with this one while a lot of liberals are mindlessly loving it because not loving it would mean being a bad liberal. Which is sad, because it means the movie can't be fairly evaluated OR genuinely enjoyed.

Kawasaki or Verde Ithaca?

I heartily agree with your intent to enjoy movies to the fullest, but... I can understand how film can guide us unintentionally if we consume it blindly, so media has its consequences. A classic example is Han Solo kissing Princess Leia, uninvited at first but desirable in the end. How many times have you seen that situation replayed in film? Lots. As wide eyes kids (with no politics or whatnot), we all accepted what we saw, but some of us took it as situational with countless intricacies while some of us took it as instructional and how to set up expectations. Thus, a movie or a sum of media, tends to influence potentially unrealistic expectations. Sometimes it works in our favor, much like how sci-fi creates expectations to build and discover. There are unspoken influences in every motion picture that can penetrate our subconscious minds, intentionally or not, for good or bad.

It was ok. I enjoyed it and it was worth the ticket, but I don't need to see it again. All of these Marvel characters need to be properly developed to fuel the epic Marvel machine that makes it so much better than DC, and they accomplished that. They get you behind him and make you root for him and that's all that really matters. However, I'm not likely to buy the Blu Ray ala Avengers, Iron Man, Cap', Strange, etc. due to unsustainable believability. Yet, I do think there is some useful social commentary in it. *** SPOILER WARNING *** SPOILERS FOLLOW *** The Goods: - Character development, five stars, well done, welcome to the team. - Creating a varied hero talent pool with depth to attack problems from every angle. - Fight scenes were well done! - CG keeps improving and I never found myself distracted. It always helped the story happen. Wonder Woman, by comparison, was a modern CG fail. The Others: - They're trying to make me believe that a singularly amazing natural resource is going to push a civilization light years beyond all others in not only technological development, but social systems and government. Sorry, not buying it. At all. This is the one bullshit flag that I just can't get beyond, and it's at the root of the entire plot. - Isolating their other-worldly tech and socio-economic development while the rest of Africa is either warring or starving is a dick move I can understand, but keeping the secret for millennia just isn't believable within the scope of human nature. - Killmonger (Michael B. Jordan) was too manufactured for me to believe him. It was good to have a villian with a tragic backstory and deep motivation to be bad, but they lost me trying to make him credible. The writers simply fell back on Navy SEAL = badass, end of story. This dude was completely unlike Navy Spec War operators in every way. Thus, completely unbelievable and I was so far into eye rolling that the movie lost me. While SEALs aren't brainwashed (as they are quick, independent thinkers), they do become bound to each other in ways not found in everyday life. They are teammates and brothers with the deepest bonds and none are hellbent on any big picture ideas at the expense of their brotherhood. Was being a SEAL officer (USNA grad) supposed to mean he was somehow more of a badass or intellectual giant than an enlisted man? He was barely old enough to be such a veteran and would have been mid-career, still active duty. ...Such a load of horseshit writing, as his language was nothing like anyone I have ever known who was a SEAL or product of an officer program. He was more hood-gangsta than pro-snake eater and the all-black audience ate it up, which I suppose is good for ticket sales but an insult to SEAL culture. Black males in specialized military programs are well adjusted uncomplicated dudes who fit into their peer groups defined by job culture. So...good motivational story, non-credible resume. Antman's villian (Darren Cross/Yellowjacket, Corey Stoll), sucked similarly (motivation with no credibility), so Marvel needs to fix this with its bad guys. - There was a tinge of black is better than white in that a part of Killmonger's motivation was racial injustice and the script mentioned the white man's weapons were "primative," which hurt the movie because that shifted it past neutral for no productive reason. Nevermind that the Arabs enslaved about a gazillion more Africans than the Americas or that Africans are still sold into slavery today in the Middle East... it's America that is the bad guy with an American audience. It would have been enough that Killmonger was abandoned and ostracized. Bringing races together in America can't succeed as a push-pull process of winners and losers and incrementally smaller tits for tats. People will need to plant their flags next to the other on neutral ground if it's going to happen at all and they just used Black Panther as a tit for tat instead of a tool to inspire confidence in everyone's future. T'Challa would have been the perfect vehicle for that, but they didn't give him the chance.

The Chinese are a literal cancer on humanity. Sorry. Totally sucks.

Gravity is our first problem. We're practically enslaved by it. Until we nullify it or control it, we will be stuck here.

For any conceptualizing of practical interstellar travel, I'm pretty sure we need to abandon every idea we have of propulsion, fuel, moving parts, and time. Gravity obviously isn't a big problem for this tic-tac. This would be physics on a level so far beyond us that any technology which masters interstellar travel to reach us would be ultra mature and highly reliable. Even if dropped in our laps and explained to us in great detail, we still might not even be intelligent enough to understand it. This might not even be a case of pure advancement, but of pure evolution to a form with intelligent properties that we can't even fathom (or make into a movie). The wisest position we can take is to be humble and realize that we don't know what we don't know and accept it. Full story for why this is in the news here: fightersweep.com

Someone educate me. Is this new tax plan supposed to help the middle class? Losing the deduction for alimony takes a comparativley massive chunk out of an individual's pocket and losing business expense deductions is a swift kick in the balls to small business owners.

Nah, the garbage fire that is Star Wars rages on. I felt somewhat entertained leaving the theater, but all it took was a few hours thinking about it to realize what a shit storm of suck it was. "Somewhat entertained" is no way to walk out of a Star Wars movie. The harder they try, the easier it slips through their fingers. I saw it twice with two different parties. So far, the Rotten Tomatoes score is tanking lower than any other Star Wars film at 55%. It was cinematically very pretty, but the story was crap, the context was crap, several key characters were crap, and the script was crap (worst jokes ever in SW). Even the props and wardrobe looked like shit. It's not as bad as the prequels, bit it's right in the same ballpark. Mark Hamill did a great job and was quite believable as a senior Luke, but it didn't help that the entire movie was underwritten by liberal idealism and lib-based stereotypes rather than just good basic story telling mechanics. Hated it. Very disappointing.

My kid pronounced it horribly ugly. So sad. Such an abortion.

Best Lambo story I've heard in years. Thanks for sharing!

Flying money is nothing to shake a stick at. Plenty of airline and air cargo pilots can afford exotic cars. It's not Bugatti money, but 100-500k cars are within reach of experienced aviators.

If you have to ask this question, then you should not become a pilot.

Only that side doors and windows are weak points for burglary and a popular point of entry for many burglaries is the garage. As a bonus, this eliminates one more entry point for outside debris and heat/cold. Purely optional, but I opt to not have them (unless the garage is a separate structure).

- Definitely include a utility sink. Priceless. - If you ever have plans for a lift in the future, plan the garage doors now. - The quietest belt drive openers you can afford are a choice you'll be grateful for. - One or two 20A electrical outlet(s) for any high demand items. Big appliances like ovens, refrigerators, or air conditioners (if it doubles as a work/lounge space) can also have unique electrical outlet demands to consider ahead of time. - Study locations for electrical outlets carefully. You can never have too many, but builders skimp on this. As size increases, you miss outlets toward the middle of the space as well as near the doors. Consider where work benches will go or how an extension chord might muck up your plans. - Consider spots where tires will go vs. the type of floor you choose. Will you be able to roll a car in and out, straight? Or will you be turning the wheel? Wheel turning on an epoxy coating will break it down and wear it out. Either reinforce the spots, or cover them, or choose a different type of floor if you absolutely must turn the steering wheel in the garage. - Any kind of non-skid material on interior entry steps will just be a permanent dirt collector. Pick something removable or clean-able. - Consider what things will be stored or how/where cabinets are constructed in such a way as to be a falling risk on cars. Consider what things might be stored overhead, such as bikes on winches or loft storage racks that need structural studs to be anchored. - Include garage doors in home security system. Eliminate outside access doors to garage from home design if possible. Windows also create a security problem as well as a dead bug cleaning problem. - Speaking of bugs, have exterminators include the garage in their sweeps. - If other utility items, such as water heaters or circuit breaker panels are part of the home's design to be located in the garage, plan their locations with respect to your goals for how to use the space or how you want it to look.

Some biz jets are going to 6,000ft cabin altitude, others are still at 8k. But I doubt the cabin pressure is what's so exhausting. It's probably the fact that you're stuck on an airplane for 20+ hours.

I agree with Doc K that there are no systemic problems with the Navy as the thread title asks/implies. The big ocean, little boat theory just doesn't always work and people make mistakes. Civilian shipping in no way has their shit suitcased, whereas somehow, the military doesn't. That would be a subplot for a movie. The people who do this for a living aren't like that.

We're just getting words mixed up. I think what we're is trying to say is that a lower cabin pressure ALTITUDE is nicer (if the airframe can handle it). In other words, a number in thousands of feet. 787 is pressurized to replicate 6,000ft. Much like driving up the foothills west of Denver (which is awesome). Most jets give you 8,000ft and the eustachian tubes going to your ears have a tougher battle with 8k vs. 6k. The gauge in the jet will indicate the pressurization situation by what altitude the system is replicating. Pressure in psi becomes an irrelevant figure to the business of operating the jet and thinking of pressure in psi is a wasted brain byte better spent on flying.

Countach wins the roof height battle.

Not sure why they even bothered recording video of that mistake.

Time is running out to get a ride on the iconic 747. It's retiring from US service this year.

Shazam at it again.

Jim, Jim, Jim, Jim, Jim, Jim, Jim, Jim, Jim, Jim, Jim, Jim, good lord, Jim, shut the fcuk Up Jim. These journalists' only role in the world, as they've defined it for themselves, is to continuously influence policy while enjoying zero-accountability. They're so desperate to be leaders while skipping out on the costs of leadership.

Great poll Ace. I gotta go with the Veneno coupe. Utterly polarizing, just like a proper Lamborghini should be.