Hmmm. OK. I think my understanding of current warfare tech is tripping me up. I'm having trouble picturing things that land- and air-based forces could do that some well equipped submarines and battleships couldn't. But most of my battle tech info comes from WWII and Iron Man/Avengers movies, which probably aren't the best resources.
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Calli - Jul 31, 2013 6:54:25 am PDT #25072 of 30000
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Tom Scola - Jul 31, 2013 7:04:58 am PDT #25073 of 30000
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
My explaination comes with lots and lots of handwaving. My guess is that kaiju are hard to shoot when they're underwater, and jaegers are better at close-quarter fighting than heavy artillery is.
Vonnie K - Aug 01, 2013 5:30:21 am PDT #25074 of 30000
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I saw Way, Way Back last night and liked it a lot. It made me tear up a couple of times, even. While being a fairly standard coming-of-age drama, it did a lot of things right with fantastic small character moments. I particularly loved Allison Janney, who played the boozy neighbor and who turned what could have been a shrill, obnoxious caricature into someone funny and sympathetic.
tommyrot - Aug 02, 2013 6:31:43 am PDT #25075 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
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I've actually seen one of these, Sphere, which I kind of liked.
§ ita § - Aug 02, 2013 6:58:55 am PDT #25076 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Well, it's no Cube.
tommyrot - Aug 02, 2013 7:12:57 am PDT #25077 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I'm really waiting for Cone to come out.
Tom Scola - Aug 02, 2013 7:28:17 am PDT #25078 of 30000
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Pacific Rim big in China, likely to get a sequel.
§ ita § - Aug 02, 2013 7:29:09 am PDT #25079 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Which actually made me go look up Moebius in the IMDB, and I see there's a 2013 movie of same name with Tim Roth. Am curious.
§ ita § - Aug 02, 2013 7:36:56 am PDT #25080 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Pacific Rim big in China, likely to get a sequel
"Pacific Rim stars Charlie Hunnam as the pilot of a Jaeger – a giant robot built to take on huge monsters from another dimension, known as Kaijus." my ass. Lovely as he was, I find that quite irritating. Rinko Kikuchi. There must be a way to put Mako in the high level description without telling all of her story.
Or, just mention Idris Elba. So little arc, relatively speaking, to Raleigh. Things happen to him, but that's not the same thing.
Matt the Bruins fan - Aug 02, 2013 8:14:37 am PDT #25081 of 30000
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Forgotten Films From the 90s: Vol. 3 (1997-1999) - Hammervision
I thought The Relic and Addicted to Love were pretty good. And I enjoyed Dead Man on Campus, but mainly because most of the characters in it mistakenly thought Mark-Paul Gosselar and Tom Everett Scott were a couple throughout it, and I was watching to see if romantic comedy conventions would lead to that actually coming true by the end.