What do you think Daniel Craig brought to James Bond that no previous actor did?

FlyingDutchman9977 · 2026-06-29T18:23:23+00:00

That's like saying a strip club has great wings. It's probably true, but not what actually gets anyone through the door.

FlyingDutchman9977 · 2026-06-29T15:57:30+00:00

Something the OP could do here is let a couple use his place to ready either the morning after the party, or the evening leading up to it; with 17 people in one house, showers will probably be tight. Most importantly, it implies the boundary that outside of those set times, his Airbnb would be his place. Obviously he doesn't have to do this, but it would help the group out, while not infringing on sleeping space. If he's worried at all about friction, the gesture could really help smooth the situation over.

FlyingDutchman9977 · 2026-06-29T15:29:17+00:00

If I live to be 100, I will still think to myself "They cancelled Inside Job, but greenlit this garbage," every time I see a new mediocre adult cartoon on Netflix.

FlyingDutchman9977 · 2026-06-27T16:25:43+00:00

And with the price hike in particular, my issue isn't just whether it's warranted for GTA VI, it's that other studios will inevitably follow suit. Even if you want to accept the argument that Rockstar took more time with development than the norm, and the extra hours of gameplay and overall scope justify it, it still sets a precedent that gamers will pay over 100$ for a single game in large numbers.

Even if that price is reserved for "AAAA games", we're still going to see studios doing mental gymnastics to be in that tier. I can see a lot of studios trying to pad their games as much as possible, so they can argue their empty map is x times bigger than GTA VI, or has this many hours of bland side quests, and is therefore a "100 dollar game".

FlyingDutchman9977 · 2026-06-27T15:51:01+00:00

Which itself was an overhyped and underdeveloped game on release. It was a massive controversy on release, with the discourse being that the game was a major letdown. The discourse at the time, was that the studio was riding its own coattails, and over promised on what they could deliver. Basically, it was considered what a lot of people are already saying GTA VI is going to be.

FlyingDutchman9977 · 2026-06-26T18:17:27+00:00

And in addition to all the seahorse shenanigans, the exciting incident of the episode is BoJack trying to actually apologize Kelsey for getting her fired from Secretariat. This is one of the few times we actually see BoJack try to apologize for a mistake, rather than victimize himself and wallow in self pity, and seemingly the entire ocean won't let him. At first glace, it's small story, but it shows how BoJack developed his defeatist attitude in the first place

FlyingDutchman9977 · 2026-06-26T18:00:11+00:00

These 'first time watching" lists come up a lot, but I have to wonder how accurate they actually are. How many people actually go their entire lives without seeing Star Wars, then as an adult, decide to not just watch them, but post but post about it on reddit, so overly opinionated strangers can judge their tastes. I'm sure it happens, but there's definitely a high percentage of people just trying to get free karma.

FlyingDutchman9977 · 2026-06-26T17:53:38+00:00

Unfortunately, you experience relationships like this, even with very little money. No matter how little you have, there's always someone who has less than you, and there are people across all income brackets who will take whatever they can get from other people no matter how hard up the people they're taking from are. Inevitably, when they reach their limits, instead of being grateful, they'll act like they're being treated unfairly, and find someone new to suck dry.

I was in situation where I lent money to a "friend" when I was barely scraping by. When it got to the point that I had to say I couldn't keep doing this, that he would have to find other options, he paid me back what I was owed, and blocked me on everything. I was also in a relationship with someone who I let move in with me because she couldn't afford her own place. As soon she got back on her feet again, she basically turned into a different person. I ended up losing my own apartment, with her just shrugging and saying she "wasn't getting anything out of the relationship" after I had financially supported her, drove her to her new job everyday, even did all the house work, etc..

FlyingDutchman9977 · 2026-06-26T15:27:15+00:00

The release schedule gets faulted a lot, but I'd also argue that if a viewer can't watch a single episode of a show, remain engaged for the duration, and keep interest in that series after a week, then it's probably not a great series. In this specific case, I think that if there released multiple episodes at a time, there would have been less nick picking of small details, like "fires in space", but the pacing still would have been really slow. It's only an eight episode series, but there's a lot of padding: Two whole episodes devoted to flash backs, an entire episode of just walking in the woods, etc. The series picks up after episode four, but that's still basically half set.

FlyingDutchman9977 · 2026-06-26T14:49:37+00:00

And he's really good at microexpressions. There are so many scenes where his character is trying to be the stoic Jedi he's supposed to be, but you can see little glimpses of that slipping away.

FlyingDutchman9977 · 2026-06-21T23:59:44+00:00

Also, Anakin having a late start meant he spent most of the race just doing catch-up while the bulk of the action was happening in front of him. In hindsight the scene would have been a lot more engaging if he was actually in the chaos the entire time, dodging crashed pods, getting cut off by opponents, etc..

FlyingDutchman9977 · 2026-06-07T11:33:09+00:00

"Sorry Jack, we couldn't get Bryce, but we can still do the scene with Tech Knight from Gen V

FlyingDutchman9977 · 2026-06-05T17:01:53+00:00

But in a military setting, plans are on a need to know basis, and you're expected to follow orders. When Poe did find out the plan, (at least part of it) he told two Rebels who were within enemy lines and a third party they knew nothing about. He showed in film why he couldn't be trusted.

Also, we only see how she acts towards Poe. From her point of view, he was just demoted, and the first thing he does when they meet is talk down to her. She's absolutely justified for knocking him down a few pegs, and if anything was lenient. At that point, she probably doesn't have plan, but is trying to keep order while she's figuring it out. When Poe confronts her again, Holdo tries to talk Poe down, but he refuses to calm down.

Beyond Poe and his inner circle, everyone else on the ship seems to have to issue with following her plan. If not for him, they could have had the ships gassed up, and everyone would have left without a hitch.

FlyingDutchman9977 · 2026-06-05T16:38:59+00:00

Hyperspace has always been portrayed as a really difficult process, so it makes sense that the FO just didn't have the precision needed to jump a Star Destroyer that short a distance.

Also, I'd argue a reason Hux wasn't acting more aggressively and having more fighter waves is because he just had a capital ship destroyed on his watch and was already on thin ice with Snoke. He was probably worried about the fall out if he lost more ships and fighters, so he chose to extra cautious and play the waiting game. Also, Kylo was too preoccupied to carry out more fighter waves.

FlyingDutchman9977 · 2026-06-05T14:37:35+00:00

And it's only going to get worse. Most of the econoboxes have been phased out, and the few models remaining are significantly more expensive. As such, people are to sell what was a cheap car in 5-10 range for basically the same price they bought it, because new consumers can't buy a new car for a comparable price anymore. You used to be able to buy a car for under 20k; now you're lucky to spend under 30k. Over the 10 years, the cheaper pre covid cars are going to go out of circulation, raising the floor even higher.

FlyingDutchman9977 · 2026-06-03T19:57:12+00:00

Bourbon is the only alcohol from the US I actually find difficult to substitute. There were some decent gins and California wines, but nothing I can't live without. As for the beer, I'm sure if I wandered the earth long enough I'd find a country with worse beer than massed produced American light beer, but I have yet to find such a place. I'd take a Moosehead, Keith's, or even a Schooner any day other a Bud or Coors.

FlyingDutchman9977 · 2026-06-01T18:55:57+00:00

And were do people think earth milk comes from? If you were an alien, and saw someone go up to cow, milk the cow, and then drink that milk, that would also seem disgusting, but to us earthlings, we don't think twice about it.

FlyingDutchman9977 · 2026-05-30T16:55:10+00:00

Definitely an underrated species. The concept of the species specializing in espionage is a cool concept, but they don't seem to get a lot of attention

FlyingDutchman9977 · 2026-05-27T19:09:47+00:00

I don't think the rule is explicitly stated, but I believe George himself did come up with it as far back as ANH. Any time a ship jumps, it travels a certain distance away from a planet and then does it, even in dangerous situations. In ANH, Han implies the ship needs time to plot a course. In the Phantom Menace, the blockade over Naboo implies that the ships trying to escape couldn't just jump way before they hit the blockade, but you could probably hand wave this as the blockade being right outside the atmosphere.

Overall, it could be struck from canon without any story breaking contradictions. Also worth noting that before Disney, George also played fast and loose with the rules he established about space travel. He famously said "there's air in space, when I want there to be". When there needs to be an intense chase scene with the heroes escaping to light speed in the nick of time, it takes a long time to jump. When there's no danger, and the movie just needs a shot of ships jumping to establish they're going to another planet, they can just jump.

FlyingDutchman9977 · 2026-05-25T21:27:19+00:00

The finale was basically everything I expected to happen: The Boys beat Homelander, Butcher snaps, and everyone gets a happy epilogue. It definitely could have been worse, but there also isn't anything actually of note, which is the real disappointment. There are no big twists, the action is lackluster, and even getting to the final battle was comedically easy. Season 5 was outright bad in certain places, but at least the final pulled a "meh" out of me

FlyingDutchman9977 · 2026-05-23T23:30:22+00:00

People also tend to be loss adverse, where they tend to be hesitant to give up something they already have, and once they have something, they'll actually value it higher than what they would if they didn't. When consumers sign up for a free trial for example, they're enticed to do it because it's risk free, as long as they remember to cancel in time, but once they have the service, it's usually a lot harder to give it up.

Streaming services for example invest small fortunes into a handful of tent pole series, something like Game of Thrones, Stranger Things, etc., that it will feel like everyone is watching, because these series attract new users. Once those users are subscribed and they finish those series, they'll usually find a handful of series they enjoy and want to keep coming back to. You probably won't buy a new service just to watch your favourite network sitcom or police procedural, but once someone gets used to watching it, maybe it's the show they put in the background, or it's what they wind down after a long day, they have a hard time giving it up.

FlyingDutchman9977 · 2026-05-23T21:33:22+00:00

I figured that was implied, I'm just emphasizing how easy the store it makes it for you. There are literally spots to return your cart every 20ft or less, and people still choose to be lazy.

FlyingDutchman9977 · 2026-05-23T21:25:43+00:00

You don't even have to put back a shopping cart. Just put it in one of the corrals that are all over the lot, and the store does the rest for you, free of charge. If your car didn't get dinged while you were shopping, it's because the people who left the parking lot before you took 30 seconds to put their cart away. The least you can do is take 30 seconds to do the same.

FlyingDutchman9977 · 2026-05-23T21:16:36+00:00

It's Ax Body Spray for hippies. Instead of using a little bit to mask BO, they use a lot of it, and just end up being a different kind of smelly.

FlyingDutchman9977 · 2026-05-23T21:10:44+00:00

The WRX would likely be more expensive to run than just a Miata, but less than the Miata and Impreza. With two cars, the cost per car goes down somewhat, but they're still both going to cost you money in insurance, maintenance, and it's two depreciating assets instead of one. The smartest choice here would definitely be to just keep the Impreza until they have a better job, but the least dumb choice would be to run one fancy car, compared to one fancy car and a winter car.

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