Saturday, March 21, 2020

595 - "Indiana Jones & The Vacation Of Doom", Tauntauns Wampas & Bad Plans, South Detroit Denialists, and Auto Insurance Doesn't Cover Witchcraft

Mr. Brown

"Fatal Beauty" is what I’m watching

Whoopie Goldberg movie

i just realized she has this thing about playing cops lol

Sam Elliot is pretty good
Mr. Silver
Temple of Doom for us...the worst of the Indiana movies.
Mr. Brown

monkey brains
Mr. Silver
Honestly some of the effects are quite shameful compared to 1 and 3
(leaving 4 out as CGI period)
Mr. Blue

i like ToD.. i think it’s definitely better than 4
Mr. Silver
Oh it's definitely fun.
Enjoyed it thoroughly. (just finished)
I like them all
I observe it's definitely the "shortest" of them.
Weirdly so. heh
Obi Wan Club to plane...
Plane on 2 leg trip to probably mid afternoon next day...
Night in village...
One night camp elephant trip to afternoon at palace...
Dinner...
Thuggee shenanigans til next morning...
Win...
Walk back a couple days...
Roll credits
6 1/2 days, start to finish
Heh
That's all inclusive travel time.
The entire "action" was a 5 minute bar fight, a 5 minute car chase, 2 minutes falling from the plane and sledding, and one evening-morning in the temple.
(Mrs. Silver) "I'd be SO tired."

 (Later - Mr. Silver) 

It's like the Star Wars bit:
(Armament Systems Specialist) "This droid of yours seems a little beat up. You want a new one?"
(Luke) "Not on your life. This little droid and I have been through a lot together!"
No they haven't...
Like, at all.
They directly interacted for about...20 minutes?
He told it to hurry to the garage
He cleaned it about 1 minute before a Leia tape played
He listened to an approaching creature alert
He watched the video with Obi Wan
He got on a freighter with it
He got a prisoner report from it
That's it.
And this instilled such loyalty in Luke towards his little antique droid that he turned down a state of the art military astromech which would have given him his best chance on a suicide mission.

Mr. Brown

still don’t understand how the cold kills the tuan taun
Mr. Silver
Says in the beginning it was too cold for the tauntauns https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSj5tnNEcg0
Your Tauntaun will freeze before you reach the first marker!
Han Solo - Then I'll See You in Hell
Mr. Brown

right but they are from there
Mr. Silver
(reads)
What a ridiculous idea.
They were still setting up the base, yet had time to capture and train wild beasts and figure out proper tack and riding techniques
Mr. Brown

that too

hehe
Mr. Blue

i assumed it died of exhaustion from Han riding it so hard
Mr. Brown

possibility
Mr. Blue

a nod to true grit
Mr. Brown

another thing is how did the yeti or what ever its called put Luke's feet in ice
Mr. Silver
In the blistering cold, the sentient slave species groans out "At least we're smart enough to go inside at night you moron" before falling over into torpor to wait for sunrise to revive...
Only to be cut open by a light saber
Mr. Blue

lol

imagine it waking up the next morning w a human inside it
Mr. Silver
As for Luke frozen to the ceiling...uh...
Mr. Brown

the beast licks his feet?
Mr. Silver
The only warm liquid to later freeze would be pee. So...
"Here...you hold him up this time."
"Don't miss, I beg of you."
"That happened ONCE."
Mr. Brown

Going outside in the asteroid cave, they would have needed more than air
Mr. Silver
Oh, in the asteroid field?
Mr. Brown

yes
Mr. Silver
Flash Gordon space rules
Boba Fett's rocket pack wouldn't work either
Mr. Brown

in general?
Mr. Silver
My favorite is Han killing everyone by releasing from the Star Destroyer before it jumped into hyperspace.
(Han) "The FTL drive doesn't work...let's see where we can get to on regular engines. OH! Lando."
(Leia) "How long will it take to get there?"
(Han) "Twentyyyyy...nine million years."
Mr. Brown
C3PO talking to the Falcon “They're F’d “
Mr. Silver
(C3PO) "Sirs, I have the highest durability after the ship, and I'll still be reduced to dust by stellar radiation before we get there."
(Han) "Never tell me I'm stupid!"
(C3PO) "No sir.  I wouldn't dream of the necessity, sir."
...that being said, they could have called Bespin for a pick-up.
Mr. Blue

lol



Mr. Silver
Ever run across a whole pile of documented facts that are pretty much garbage when you go look?
From "99 Jawdropping Facts That blah blah blah"
"Despite its mention in the Journey mega-hit "Don't Stop Believin'," there is no such place as "South Detroit." Heading due south from Detroit puts you first into the Detroit River, then in Windsor, Ontario, Canada."
So
Followup research...
Now despite the...very easy habitual English language habit of saying the part to the south is 'The South' and South Detroit is just as legit as "South Butler'...
Let's just have exhibit #3, shall we?
The weirdness of claiming there is no south Detroit in a metropolitan area that has one of their areas actually named using the word "South" in it strikes me as just a tiny bit anal.
Both "South" AND "Detroit"...sorry
If I was Perry, I probably would have said "everyone knows where I mean and "west" didn't flow."
Mr. Blue

I've heard that claim about South Detroit not being real.

Places with directions in the name aren’t always accurate anyway...

See Braddock and North Braddock in Pittsburgh
Mr. Silver
The probably named it North Braddock because they were referencing typical chaotic Pittsburgh road signs
(PennDot guy) "I'm just saying it looks to the east on this map."
(PennDot foreman) "Well SOMEONE decided its north of here and put up these signs."
(PennDot guy) "But...these are the hills...THIS area on the map should be North Braddock. So...this must be Braddock Hills, and-"
(PennDot foreman) "Look! It ain't our job to be messin' with this stuff, just put up the new signage!"
(PennDot guy) "You're the boss."



6:34 PM
Mr. Silver
Story time?
"The Day My Sweetie Killed A Car"
By Mr. Silver
Based on this afternoon.
We were at the McDonald's near Walmart in (town), having decided to stop in for a drink and relax.
All was nice and clear out.
But there was power in the air...
Whoosh! Suddenly it is pouring rain, hard. There was a big lightning strike. All the power failed just for a moment.
As McDonald's rebooted, we finished and headed out to the car.
Vroom!
Whipping around the curve at high speed, straight at my sweetie, is a white Toyota MR2 from the 80s - all sporty and angular!
A quick maneuver and she was missed and on he sped.
"Slow down you ASSHOLE! You almost HIT ME! Nice SPEEDING! You IDIOT! SLOW DOWN!"
If he heard this through the open driver side window, we don't know, but if so, he was unfazed.
His CA license and rear end got to the exit turn and went out of sight to the right.
We saw the car whip around right again to go right past us.
And at this point...
His rear end started a graceful sliiiiide clockwise.
The driver - apparently a true idiot as accused - tried to ride out the spin-out under power.
Meaning as soon as his tires gripped, he shot forward, into and over the curb and onto the lawn.
CRACK!
*GrrrIIIND!!!!
Hooting with pleasure I looked down towards the car as the guy got out to see what was wrong.
"Serves you right ASS HOLE! You coulda KILLED somebody!"
"Shhh...he's stupid and might have a gun."
"True."
"Well look at that. Damn."
A simple matter of backing up?
Nay.
The entire left rear wheel had BROKEN OFF.
"Nice work, Sweetie."
"I didn't..."
"Oh course you did. He nearly killed you and you hit back. I wish you'd remember to shout some more practical wish when you get that mad."
"Think it'll be expensive?"
"Oh God, yes. That thing was vintage. It'll probably cost a fortune."
And so we took our time driving around the other way to admire the show, and then went on our way.
The End
Mr. Brown

singing - "I killed a car and I liked it"

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