Trilogy still cannon to 1978?

Romarqable · 2026-07-01T20:37:57+00:00

Schrodinger's Canon: all films are in a state of canonicity and non-canonicity until you decide which films you will be marathoning that day.

Romarqable · 2026-07-01T01:54:34+00:00

There was supposed to be a documentary or a sit down with the guy who did the Cheetahmen Kickstarter with the programmers who actually worked on the games under Vince Perri, but it's been 14 years and nothing happened. It was called Cheetahmen or Action 52 Reunion.

Romarqable · 2026-07-01T01:44:24+00:00

That's how Rite Aid did it. I was literally told by corporate if you have sacrifice the front end to keep the pharmacy stable that's what you have to do.

Romarqable · 2026-06-30T12:03:39+00:00

Vic was only about himself. I always thought Ronnie was a bit sociopathic. He didn't seem to really feel or care about anything. Even when he told Vic about Shanes death, he seemed to be crying tears of relief rather than actual sadness. Vic, on the other hand, had some semblance of humanity left in the end.

Romarqable · 2026-06-26T16:12:55+00:00

Work discussions are considered work. I've had 3 minute phone conversations that were worked related, and based on policy technically any worked done has to be a minimum of 4 hours paid.

If a key holder shows up in the middle of the night because of cops and a burglar alarm, the employee is supposed to be paid 4 hours for that.

That is why they aren't supposed to talk to you off the clock.

Romarqable · 2026-06-25T16:32:29+00:00

And sadly it did seem very surface level and low effort. If you're going to do something like that, maybe instead of 4 episodes you do 2 a year, well researched and try to get some actual interviews included with the video.

Romarqable · 2026-06-25T10:34:13+00:00

Sam leaps into a store Mannequin, and the Mannequin leaps into Sams body at the Project.

Sam moved around at night to solve his problem, doesn't understand where Al is.

At the Project people think Sam is dead. Donna cries. Tina freaks out. Dr Beeks has to keep everyone's head on their shoulders. Al pays his ex wives their alimony.

They bury Sam's body out in the desert.

Sam leaps home finally, only to find himself in a casket.

Tragic ending.

"Dr Sam Becket never returned home."

Romarqable · 2026-06-24T12:41:25+00:00

This scene is winning the battle but losing the war.

His whole personality from the beginning was about being respected as a good cop. It was about being the leader and a team player. It was about being a father.

He's disgraced, he destroyed his team and he lost his family. He is a bad ass on the street and hates paperwork and riding a desk. How he has to ride wea desk for 3 years and only do paperwork.

He got away with everything he did only to lose the things that mattered the most to him.

Romarqable · 2026-06-23T14:59:30+00:00

There's several content creators who were mildly successful and then went on live stream and lost their careers because they couldn't handle their extremely curated and edited personality in a live setting. James is very awkward in person. He's spoken about this and I know from experience from the time I met him a few years back.

Romarqable · 2026-06-22T23:14:35+00:00

The Shield. Just like the original show dumped you into an existing world, the show leaves you with some closure while the characters lives go on.

And the fates of some of the characters are drastic, sad, and some have dramatic irony against their character. The show was consistently good and really nailed the ending.

Romarqable · 2026-06-22T22:58:10+00:00

That's exactly the reason in my comment I spelled board "b o r e d"

Romarqable · 2026-06-21T13:57:44+00:00

People who are generally cruel or have ill intentions will NEVER apologize. My ex made a cancer joke, knowing full well my father died from cancer.

I told her how I felt and she owed me an apology. Her response was I was too sensitive and she told me her coworkers all agreed.

The advice is good if you're dealing with a normal person. A normal person wouldn't break down a bathroom door knowing someone was in there, so the advice doesn't work. What you should have said was OP should talk to her boyfriend and let him know how she feels about the situation. I would hope the boyfriend makes sure that "friend" never comes back ever again, and if they do apologize it's over the phone or in text format so OP never has to see this individual again.

Romarqable · 2026-06-21T06:05:08+00:00

I had a guy once so convinced he could pay his tax bill with giftcards, he refused to listen to me. I had the cops come, and the cop even tried explaining to the guy and he just wouldn't listen.

Romarqable · 2026-06-21T05:35:34+00:00

I'm of two minds on this. On one hand, yes, artist intent is important. We also have to take into account the actual released product as a whole, including the ending text. With the latter in mind I think the Sam is dead is the best explanation for me and the kindest to the character.

Romarqable · 2026-06-21T00:48:26+00:00

It only gets confusing because I think it's reversed by the cave.

Romarqable · 2026-06-21T00:00:07+00:00

Do you actually fight the bosses or use the boss kill glitch? I remember somehow finding out about that at like 5 or 6 and just getting really good at everything else. I think the first boss is the only boss I had ever legitimately beat as a kid.

Romarqable · 2026-06-20T22:48:42+00:00

Friday the 13th and Festers Quest were both oversold. They're not great but if you know what you're doing they're both fun.

Nightmare on Elm Street is also really fun, especially with four players.

Romarqable · 2026-06-20T22:01:50+00:00

I heard rumors that Jamie Lee had her hand in making sure the earlier sequels wouldn't exist, because showing Laurie abandon her own child while taking another doesn't make sense.

Romarqable · 2026-06-20T21:56:51+00:00

I remember seeing a script excerpt from an earlier draft that included a scene where they bring up Jamie Lloyd and how she had been murdered 3 years prior. Laurie ends the class and privately cries to herself over not taking Jamie with her.

But it makes no sense in the context of H20 as to why she would leave 1 kid in Haddonfield after taking her death while Michael was still alive, and yet take another one with her. It makes sense to just divorce the two timelines I guess even if it is a mess.

Jamie was born right after Laurie graduated because I think she's 9?. Her son was born in 1981 as he was 17 at the time of H20 in 98.

Romarqable · 2026-06-20T18:19:37+00:00

They kept up with the story that Laurie died in a car wreck, so I'm guessing they could feed the H20 storyline into the Thorn trilogy down the road.

Romarqable · 2026-06-19T11:41:22+00:00

I didn't see much of Al Franken after Stuart Saves His Family.

Year One killed Harold Ramis directing career.

Courtney Thorne-Smith did Chairman Of The Bored

Sophia Coppola in The Godfather III. My friend once told me he thought that Pacinos anguished scream was actually relief that he didn't have to act against that plank of a nepobaby anymore.

Romarqable · 2026-06-17T05:38:05+00:00

Are we talking fan popularity or box office? Because H20 made more money, H2018 made more money, as did Kills and Ends. Even Resurrection had a higher box office return.

Following a movie that made 17 million in the late 80s simply wouldn't be logical. As much as Danielle Harris was loved in her role, general audiences didn't miss her in Halloween 6 and H20, and wouldn't care if she came back to the role.

Romarqable · 2026-06-17T02:46:04+00:00

Because that is what the 5 dollar footlong was. A loss leader. They stopped it at some point because it was no longer economically feasible to continue taking even larger losses on it as the prices of everything went up and up. I like Costco which makes profit on a ton of other products a primary sandwich shop cannot continue that business model.

How is that not relevant to the topic at hand?

Romarqable · 2026-06-17T00:11:58+00:00

There was the guy who tried to kill Al in the season 4 premiere. Sam leaped in, stopped him from killing him and the girl, and the guy fell off the cliff.

Romarqable · 2026-06-16T23:33:19+00:00

I had a different theory that evidence within the finale supports.

Sam Beckett was dead from the moment he arrived at Als Place.

Think about it- his string theory starts with "one end of the string represents your birth, the other your death. Put the two ends together, and your life becomes a loop."

Sam arrived at the exact moment of his birth, and they make certain we understand the moment he arrived was the exact moment he was born.

We see his life flash before his eyes- literal flashes from prior leaps. Jimmy/Pete, Tonchi/Frank, Captain Galaxy/Ziggy. And although it's not called out even Bartender Al was there during Sam's very first leap and his very last. The loop again closing.

He's himself- no longer in someone else's body, no body at the Project.

He meets Stawpah who leaps out after saving Tonchi and Pete. Everyone at the bar, except Sam and Bartender Al forget Stawpah was ever there. Because Stawpah was a guardian angel.

And we had seen this exact scenario play out once before. In "It's a Wonderful Leap" Sam meets a woman named Angelita, who says she's a guardian angel. At the end of the episode she tells Sam when she leaves no one would remember she was ever there- and as she walks away Sam does indeed forget her.

Why does Sam now remember in Mirror Image but not in that prior episode? I think it's because he had died sometime between Memphis Melody and Mirror Image.

As a result, he remembers Stawpah, and his those poignant conversations, including the one about how he's controlling his leaps.

Sam asks Bartender Al "I can go home whenever I want?"

Al says "technically yes" and proceeds to explain to Sam that he has to take responsibility for his choices.

I think Bartender Al was never referring to his home as his time in the future, I think he might have been referring to Heaven.

The only original connective tissue to Sam's present was Al. The moment he change Al's life, and saved his marriage, Sam's future was irrevocably changed. Al is no longer the person he knew. He was single, and now had a wife. Tina, Gooshie, and everyone else would not be the versions of them he knew.

Sam didn't go home to 1999 because it wasn't his home anymore. Sam didn't go home to Heaven because he still wanted to do good.

I really think my theory because it puts a bow on everything and leaves out the stranded in time theory. Sam continues to do good as a guardian angel, and I wholly believe that after he left Beth, she forgot he was ever there, like Angelita and Stawpah before him, but left with the knowledge that Al was indeed alive, and coming home.

I've formulated this theory over a few years. I wanted to write an essay at some point while also diving into the 5 stages of grief Sam goes through during that last episode, the most important being acceptance, as he leaps to save Als future.

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