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[Sergius]

I haven't read the book, but I did look online for the part where the "voting" conversation  happens (read the whole chapter/conversation or wossname). All the justification about why it was better to be a veteran sounded like a lot of wankery to me.

Making veterans vote is no different to make only parents vote. When only a group you decide, even on ACTUAL merits, can vote, just means that they'll always vote things that will favor them and to hell with the other riff raff.

"Hey how about we make a law amendment so that people that aren't veterans can vote" "100% no, 0% yes".

Nitpicks that ruined Books... lol... anyway, Power Armor > Ridiculous amounts of Cannon Fodder.

[Neonivek]

Making veterans vote is no different to make only parents vote. When only a group you decide, even on ACTUAL merits, can vote, just means that they'll always vote things that will favor them and to hell with the other riff raff

That is why they are doing it. They very subtly create a second class out of soldiers.

[Krevsin]

Iron Man 3. There's a scene where

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Iron Man saves a bunch of people falling from an aircraft and just before one of them hits the water below, Iron Man swoops in and saves him, the man's foot only skimming the surface.

And I'm left thinking: wait, wouldn't all the built-up energy from the fall result in the man's foot crushing or being ripped off? OR AT LEAST HIS SHOE.

[10ebbor10]

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Nah, not really. The downward energy has been turned into horizontal motion.
The real question is. What's best, falling on water, or falling into a pair of solid Iron arms.

[Sheb]

Come on, we all know that in movies, as long as you don't fall on what was beneath you when you started falling you're fine. The energy is stocked on the impact point, not the falling object.

[DJ]

I for one think that Starship Troopers movie was a brilliant critique of the militarism of the book. But then again, I'm a bit of a Verhoeven fanboy.

[zombie urist]

Fast and Furious 6

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Having Riley turn out to be secretly working for Shaw made no difference to the plot at all. I suspect it only happened to allow the two women to fight.

Also the entire series is doing a reverse Ocean's 11 and having each sequel have less participants.

[Neonivek]

I think what REALLY hurts Minority report when I think about it... is that every single time they stop a crime in that movie they try to stop them in the act.

Where there would be real evidence even without psychic predictions to convict them.

Which come to think of it is contrary to the point of the movie somewhat.

As well since the precog thing never predicts the reason for the crimes, they could easily fall apart in court.

[kaenneth]

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Nah, not really. The downward energy has been turned into horizontal motion.
The real question is. What's best, falling on water, or falling into a pair of solid Iron arms.

Some of the people from TWA flight 800 that broke up in mid-air died by drowning...

[Sappho]

I don't know if this has been mentioned or not, but even after all this time, this one still bugs me. I love the BBC Sherlock series. I love it so much. But the end of that first episode... (Don't read the spoiler if you haven't seen it. Aside from this massive plot hole and a few other minor ones, the show is pure brilliance.)

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Sherlock is faced with either swallowing the pill and finding out if he "won" the game, or arresting the guy, taking him in, and never finding out whether he won or not. Because there's no way of knowing what was in the pill unless he swallows it and sees if he lives or dies. Because both pills are identical. In the end, the guy dies and Sherlock tosses away the pill in frustration because now he'll never know.

Except, wait. This is a man who can identify what parts of the country someone has been to based on trace chemicals in a footprint. Are they suggesting that he couldn't just run a simple test on the pill and find out if it contains poison or not? Or are they suggesting that SHERLOCK FUCKING HOLMES wouldn't have thought of that?

[Capntastic]

I don't know if this has been mentioned or not, but even after all this time, this one still bugs me. I love the BBC Sherlock series. I love it so much. But the end of that first episode... (Don't read the spoiler if you haven't seen it. Aside from this massive plot hole and a few other minor ones, the show is pure brilliance.)

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Sherlock is faced with either swallowing the pill and finding out if he "won" the game, or arresting the guy, taking him in, and never finding out whether he won or not. Because there's no way of knowing what was in the pill unless he swallows it and sees if he lives or dies. Because both pills are identical. In the end, the guy dies and Sherlock tosses away the pill in frustration because now he'll never know.

Except, wait. This is a man who can identify what parts of the country someone has been to based on trace chemicals in a footprint. Are they suggesting that he couldn't just run a simple test on the pill and find out if it contains poison or not? Or are they suggesting that SHERLOCK FUCKING HOLMES wouldn't have thought of that?

You can't win a game after the game ends.

[Sergius]

I don't know if this has been mentioned or not, but even after all this time, this one still bugs me. I love the BBC Sherlock series. I love it so much. But the end of that first episode... (Don't read the spoiler if you haven't seen it. Aside from this massive plot hole and a few other minor ones, the show is pure brilliance.)

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Sherlock is faced with either swallowing the pill and finding out if he "won" the game, or arresting the guy, taking him in, and never finding out whether he won or not. Because there's no way of knowing what was in the pill unless he swallows it and sees if he lives or dies. Because both pills are identical. In the end, the guy dies and Sherlock tosses away the pill in frustration because now he'll never know.

Except, wait. This is a man who can identify what parts of the country someone has been to based on trace chemicals in a footprint. Are they suggesting that he couldn't just run a simple test on the pill and find out if it contains poison or not? Or are they suggesting that SHERLOCK FUCKING HOLMES wouldn't have thought of that?

You can't win a game after the game ends.

He already had chosen his pill before the game ended, so all he needs to do is commit to it, and analyze both, and decide whether he won or lost, without dying.

I guess the thing is, there was no adrenaline rush or whatever over knowing if he was right or wrong after there was no danger to him.

[zombie urist]

They never explained how he made all the victims choose the poisonous pill.

[10ebbor10]

Well, haven't watched the series,  but how sure are you that there was a safe pill?

[Simmura McCrea]

Well, haven't watched the series,  but how sure are you that there was a safe pill?

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He shows them two, lets them pick one, and takes the other.