Even given all that, I still don't buy the reaction from the Feds watching on TV being so immediately casual/happy. I'm pretty sure if ANY kind of nuclear bomb went off that close to a major US city the reaction would be "Oh fuck" and not "Over the bay? Everything's fine!"
Walking I get. But power walking? Why not just run for a shorter time?
Angel ,'Time Bomb'
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Jessica - Aug 16, 2012 1:38:16 pm PDT #22186 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Steph L. - Aug 16, 2012 2:17:10 pm PDT #22187 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
No matter what, Aquaman was PISSED.
DavidS - Aug 16, 2012 6:05:08 pm PDT #22188 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I'm really supposed to buy
Everybody has a different dew-point for their suspension of disbelief. I mostly didn't mind the bad science, but at least with the knee they threw three seconds of explanation at it.
You can't fix a vertebrae that's sticking out of somebody's back by punching it. And they didn't bother to wave their hands at it.
Jessica - Aug 16, 2012 6:11:13 pm PDT #22189 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Maybe YOU can't. You just haven't met the right Afghani prison doctor yet.
§ ita § - Aug 16, 2012 6:12:06 pm PDT #22190 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
No, they did more than wave their hands at it. They clearly proposed a solution, it's just not one that really works.
Polter-Cow - Aug 16, 2012 6:12:52 pm PDT #22191 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
You can fix anything by punching it. Just ask Superboy-Prime.
§ ita § - Aug 16, 2012 6:33:09 pm PDT #22192 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I think he broke it, let's be honest.
Connie Neil - Aug 17, 2012 4:08:55 pm PDT #22193 of 30000
brillig
Just saw Snow White and the Huntsman. Good God, Charlize Theron was stunning! And dear lord, could Kristen Stewart please just close her mouth for a while? She looks like she has the IQ of a peanut with her mouth hanging open all the time.
Jessica - Aug 18, 2012 10:43:09 am PDT #22194 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I finally saw Hunger Games. I haven't read the books (got about 50 pages into the first one and then I got bored and never picked it up again), but I did read all the whitefont in Literary when they were A Thing, so I went in feeling like I knew the story pretty well.
I have to say, I was really pleasantly surprised, right up until the actual Games started. I thought the worldbuilding and characterizations up until that point had been really fantastic, but the mechanics of the Games themselves were annoyingly transparent. I could see ALL of the strings and wasn't really watching the movie anymore so much as I was watching the screenplay tie itself into knots to make sure Katniss stayed alive but didn't have to kill anyone except in self-defense (and since that was one of the Really Bad Kids, she's still a hero! WHEW!) It was all very convenient.
In the end I liked it well enough to see the sequels,. but probably not enough to go back and read the books.
Anne W. - Aug 18, 2012 1:56:34 pm PDT #22195 of 30000
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
Hunger Games: Catching Fire rumors - per IMDB, Tony Shalhoub may have been cast as Beetee