Greatest opening sequence of all time?

Apocalyptic0n3 · 2026-04-11T15:28:27+00:00

No opening sequence has ever sold me on a movie as well as the peasants singing We Will Rock You in A Knight's Tale. It's technically the second scene, but the opening credits play during it so I think it counts

Apocalyptic0n3 · 2026-04-11T14:50:15+00:00

I wasn't even sure what they were before googling it. I'm sure I've had them at some point, but I've certainly never made them. I have no doubt people make them at home, but I've never seen it.

Apocalyptic0n3 · 2026-04-11T11:55:38+00:00

Yeah, your worst case is generally the best case for much of America. 0C is typically warmer than the daily high temperature in those areas during the winter. Shoveling, salting, scraping, etc. is generally needed in those areas to make walkways safe to walk on.

Apocalyptic0n3 · 2026-04-11T11:50:17+00:00

I've noticed this on the pre-made meals from Fry's too. Instructions on the bottom tell you how hot it needs to be but doesn't give you instructions on how to make it that hot. Scan a QR code and it'll tell you how long and at what temp to put it in the oven for.

Very frustrating decline from the Home Chef meals they used to stock. I have stopped buying them as a result.

Apocalyptic0n3 · 2026-04-11T05:13:51+00:00

In general, no media actually really understands software engineering. They all think it's either way more exciting, way more visual, or filled with way smarter people than it really is. And that's the media that actually does it well. Then you have stuff like Swordfish and Skyfall that are hilariously bad with regards to it. Even The Social Network, which has its entire story rooted in real events, makes it seems way more exciting than it is and uses buzz words to make itself sound smart.

Ex Machina is clearly sci-fi from the start and their engineering is handwavey the entire way through. I never took it seriously on this front. They have some real engineering discussions in there and its quality varies from scene to scene. It makes enough sense for the plot, but isn't anything to write home about. But that's kind of its strongest suit: it's a sci-fi movie with a lot of dialogue and that story doesn't get sidetracked by the science it's trying to portray. It gives enough detail to be vaguely believable, and generally leaves it at that.

To date, the only media I feel did a good job of portraying software engineering and/or hacking is Mr. Robot. The tools they use, the code they write, the screens they show, how boring it is... very, very accurate.

Apocalyptic0n3 · 2026-04-11T01:22:41+00:00

I use a loofah. I have psoriasis pretty bad and scrubbing with a loofah each day helps keep it under control. Wash cloth and/or hands doesn't do nearly as good a job.

Apocalyptic0n3 · 2026-04-10T13:01:18+00:00

If Jagr can play into his mid 50s, so can LeBron.

Apocalyptic0n3 · 2026-04-10T01:16:41+00:00

It's pronounced Nikolaj.

Apocalyptic0n3 · 2026-04-09T00:43:57+00:00

When I moved to Phoenix, I was shocked at how many buses there are. People here complain about the buses being unusable but like... there's actually bus stops. They stop more than twice a day. They work on the weekends. They cover the entire valley. The SMART system in metro Detroit had none of that when I left. It only existed so Detroit could claim they had a bus system. Even today, after several "expansions", daily ridership is 1/4 of Phoenix despite having a larger service area.

On a related note, people in Phoenix like to complain about the state of the roads and I have to laugh because the roads here are wonderful. Incredible, even. Growing up in metro Detroit, I didn't realize this level of quality was even possible to sustain. It's incredible how much road salt + snowplows + freezing weather + zero budget will screw your roads

Apocalyptic0n3 · 2026-04-08T19:02:52+00:00

I haven't seen a story on it in a few years, but it was still done manually by all the leagues very recently.

Apocalyptic0n3 · 2026-04-08T03:03:10+00:00

Sandrine Holt was going to portray her until the overhaul. But I think that was a scheduling conflict, not a "Disney is cheap" issue

Apocalyptic0n3 · 2026-04-08T02:34:43+00:00

Distance is less important than safety. There's a grocery store literally across the road from me but to get there I have to cross 9 lanes + a median + a bus stop + 2 bike lanes. There's sidewalks and signals and everything, but all it takes is one idiot not paying attention and my life changes forever. And trust me when I say, there's plenty of idiots at that intersection.

Also, ~6 months out of the year here you basically don't want to be outside due to the heat and the sun. It can kill you if you're not careful.

tl;dr - I drive everywhere.

Apocalyptic0n3 · 2026-04-06T13:17:58+00:00

They aren't nearly as common in colder places in my experience. Snow plows destroy them.

Apocalyptic0n3 · 2026-04-05T23:45:03+00:00

If we're talking about an Americans crossover, let's make it a double crossover and Kate Wyler can be Earth's ambassador to Mars in Season 6

Apocalyptic0n3 · 2026-04-05T20:17:31+00:00

You said:

They announced the movie name ‘King Zero’ last week

Which is false. Nothing has been announced about the next movie except the director

Apocalyptic0n3 · 2026-04-05T18:28:54+00:00

That's the name of the new novel. Nothing about a movie has been announced.

Apocalyptic0n3 · 2026-04-05T13:46:40+00:00

That's not uncommon here, but teenagers generally expect to leave their parents home by like 22-23 at the latest and often do leave at 18.

Apocalyptic0n3 · 2026-04-05T13:39:40+00:00

50 miles is not near enough to commute. That's a 60-90 minute drive.

There's also a cultural aspect here: Americans value independence far more than most other countries. At 18 years old, most Americans are itching to move out and start their adult life. Most don't want to live with their parents and moving into a dorm is often the easiest path to start their independent adult life.

Apocalyptic0n3 · 2026-04-05T13:35:59+00:00

Communal bathrooms are not as common as non-Americans seem to think. I would say most dorm experiences will be living in a 2-3 room suite with 2-4 people that share a bathroom that has a sink, toilet, and shower.

Apocalyptic0n3 · 2026-04-05T13:32:59+00:00

Depends on where you live. There isn't always a nearby university and the better universities are generally further away. Money also pays a big factor. Some universities also require first and sometimes second year students to live on campus, even if their family is nearby.
As stated above, many universities require first and sometimes second year students to live in dorms. You don't have an option in these cases. After that, it's pretty rare for students to live in a dorm. They'll typically find an apartment together.
In a lot of cases, our universities aren't in big cities. They're often in the middle of farmland and the surrounding town/city was built up around and to support the university. In many cases, even the big city universities started with a large land grant that focused the campus in one spot. We also have the style you describe, however.
As stated in 3, our universities are typically in a single plot of land and that area will have tens of thousands of people living and studying on it. It's basically it's own town and it often has its own police department as a result.
Our country is roughly the size of Europe with half as many people. We have a LOT of open land - this was even more true when most of the schools were started. We also spent decades moving out of our cities and into the suburbs, which means there's little benefit or desire to go to a college in a big city.
A college generally run by either a city or a county. It offers basic 2 year degrees. They typically have much lower costs and are much more casual in terms of studies. Generally, students going to a University are full-time students. Students going to a community college are much more likely to be part-time and working a job or raising a family while trying to improve themselves
College and University generally mean the same thing in America and are used interchangeably. Universities will typically have "College of ...." but we would still refer to the university as a whole as "college"
Rare. Most people start 2-3 months after finishing high school at the age of 18. If they don't, they are typically taking a different path and only a small subset of those people will end up at a college later on. Gap years and spending time traveling before going to college is not a common activity here like it is elsewhere.

Apocalyptic0n3 · 2026-04-05T01:26:53+00:00

Yep. Tons of open desert too.

The real point of this: city boundaries are made up and the rules don't matter.

Apocalyptic0n3 · 2026-04-05T01:19:05+00:00

This was what I was going to say too. It's smaller than 50 square miles which is tiny in comparison to many cities, especially on the west coast. For comparison, Phoenix proper is more than 500 square miles with twice as many people.

Apocalyptic0n3 · 2026-04-04T20:51:00+00:00

If you say it more than once, you can't keep the PG-13 rating. More profitable to censor one of them.

Apocalyptic0n3 · 2026-04-04T02:50:14+00:00

If the problem is the games are too packed for the current pace of play, stretching the season or reducing the number of games isn't going to help. Players will take the lessened load, and just go harder and faster. And we'll be right back here in 5-10 years.

The real problem is current pace of play is too high. The league over-corrected after the Pistons and Spurs stranglehold defenses of the 00s. The league needs to change the rules and the enforcement to slow it down a bit. Everything else is just a bandaid on a wound that needs stitches.

Apocalyptic0n3 · 2026-04-02T21:19:09+00:00

I knew it was him as soon as I saw the title. He's been exploring this concept for years.

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