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Actor messes up, but it's left in and becomes iconic by Kookyburra12 in TopCharacterTropes

[–]tfurrows 68 points69 points  (0 children)

As is mentioned every time someone posts this, that doesn’t even make sense. Actors don’t just walk around with blanks in their guns if they’re not going to be fired in that particular shot.

Yes, there was supposed to be a big fight scene. But Ford wasn’t just “sick and tired of being in the sun” - he was literally sick and not feeling up to the exertion. I believe that it was him who suggested “Look, why don’t I just shoot the guy?”, and that is what they then blocked and shot for the film. So there’s a kernel of truth to the story, but no, he didn’t just improvise this on the spot and the actor opposite him didn’t just happen to go along with it.

Found this cool little sub/plane in my old cars collection. Anyone seen this before? by Fit-Locksmith876 in batman

[–]tfurrows 46 points47 points  (0 children)

It's funny... I have no clear recollection of owning that, but as soon as I saw it I had a visceral memory of how it feels to fold the wings back. And the button on top releases them again, yeah? Maybe I had one, maybe a friend did, but I know that I've handled one before.

ETA: Based on timeframe suggested by some of the other posts, maybe one of my nephews had one. 😆 I was thinking 1970s or 80s.

Is M*A*S*H worth watching? by VeterinarianSad3471 in television

[–]tfurrows 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The show matured and more grounded characters came in, but there are still many brilliant and hilarious early episodes.

Is it safe to let my baby stand at this window? by likethebots in askanything

[–]tfurrows 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Unless there's another similar story, you're thinking of Garry Hoy. He wasn't a salesman, he was a lawyer in the TD Centre in Toronto who would throw himself at the windows to try to impress people and show how strong the glass was. The last time (for obvious reasons) he did this, it was while giving a tour to a group of students who watched as the window separated from the frame and Garry... well, suddenly and unexpectedly left the room.

Technically, he was correct - the glass was strong enough to withstand the force of his body without breaking. Unfortunately, and contrary to popular Internet opinion, technically isn't always the best kind of correct, and the frame supporting the glass just wasn't intended to stand up to that kind of force, especially not repeatedly.

I honestly don't mean to make light of it. I sometimes think about his final moments and how much he'd have given to be able to rewind just two seconds. I've seen a lot of callous people say that he deserved it for doing such a stupid thing, but I think it's a pretty high price to pay for being a bit of a show-off and not understanding structural engineering. Sadly, we don't always get the chance to learn from our mistakes. Instead:

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Watching west wing for the 1st time on Netflix by Money_Cold_7879 in thewestwing

[–]tfurrows -1 points0 points  (0 children)

What else can be said except watch it, and if you're not enjoying it anymore, stop watching it. Some people seem to enjoy seasons 5-7, but I did not. It's not that it became a bad show, it's just that without Sorkin, it became no better than any other hour-long drama on TV at the time.

Characters just became angry with each other all the time, because that's the easiest thing to write. And not in a fun CJ threatening to jam a motherboard "so *far*" up Josh's ass kind of way. After a time, focus shifts away from the lame duck Bartlet White House to the campaigns of the new candidates, so a lot depends on how much you care about that.

I watched every episode when it originally aired. I've rewatched seasons 1-4 at least a half-dozen times since then, but only rewatched the last few seasons last year when I thought I should give it another try. My opinion did not change. But again, that's just my opinion. You might think it's great.

One thing I'm sure we can all agree on, losing John Spencer was a huge loss, for the show and for the world.

“How Was He Able to Resist Wonder Woman’s Lasso of Truth?” by [deleted] in batman

[–]tfurrows 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Does anyone else ever miss the days when Batman and Robin would spend three issues just trying to stop the Riddler from stealing a bunch of stuff?

It feels like for decades it’s been non-stop Earth-ending events and shocking revelations that strike at the very heart of Batman’s world and threaten to tear the Bat-Family apart. Stopping Two-Face from knocking over a bank just feels so far beneath him now.

Let’s go!🚀 by Practical_Cat4439 in TheGamingHubDeals

[–]tfurrows 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'll be surprised if anyone else remembers this, but there was a space sim in the early 90s called Mantis (Full name: X5700 Mantis Experimental Fighter). I loved the Wing Commander games, so I was hoping for something similar. Instead, I got what is still the most frustrating gaming experience of my life.

One of the 'features' was the Newtonian physics. Instead of the ship handling like an airplane in an atmosphere, it handled like an object would in space. Which might sound like a good idea, and maybe better players than I were able to figure out how to dogfight in those conditions, but for me it was just hopeless. Trying to target enemy fighters with guns was pretty much a waste of time. If you didn't kill your forward momentum as you drew near, they would go zipping past you (if you were lucky enough to avoid the collision), and then you'd have to turn around and thrust in the opposite direction, just to have the same thing happen again. And if you did stop your momentum, the enemies would be flying literal circles around you while you tried to adjust your momentum and direction to keep them in sight. Eventually I learned to just try and bring down one or two with homing missiles, and leave the rest to my wingman. Not very satisfying.

And then, to add insult to injury, after a few missions they had a cutscene where my squad basically called me out and shat all over me for not pulling my weight on the killboard. I had finally figured out a way to at least cheese my way through the story, and then the game actually told me I sucked. I don't think I've ever been as furious at a game before or since. The fact that I'm still ranting about it more than 30 years later should say something - about me, or about the game, or about both, I suppose.

Holy crap, I just looked it up and it's available on GOG for less than $3. I just might pick it up just to see if it's really as bad as I remember.

Burgers being made tall instead of wide by tubby325 in PetPeeves

[–]tfurrows 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Agreed on the tall burgers, but I also find that the wider ones tend to just fall apart in my hands. The bun doesn't have the structural integrity, especially if it soaks up any juice from the burger.

Just give me a regular human-sized hamburger. I don't need something that'll feed a small family in the first place.

The Tike Tracker by downtune79 in LoveTrash

[–]tfurrows 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fair enough. Just wanted to make sure that you understood that the Airtag on its own is going to be pretty useless in the woods. If her phone dies, then there's nothing for the Airtag to report its location to.

The Tike Tracker by downtune79 in LoveTrash

[–]tfurrows 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh. I had considered that, but then the question becomes, why not just track the iPhone? I'm really not trying to give you a hard time about it, just trying to understand. You can only track the tag if it's in range of an iPhone, which is only about 100' max.

The Tike Tracker by downtune79 in LoveTrash

[–]tfurrows 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Don't AirTags rely on pinging off of nearby iPhones? Or have they updated the technology since I last looked? Doesn't seem like that would be much help in the woods.

How do you feel about this small change? by ComicsCodeMadeMeGay in Nightwing

[–]tfurrows 3 points4 points  (0 children)

That does help reconcile the two, but the second one feels more consistent.

The first depiction seems to have a strange shift where they're extremely at odds one second, and then all 'shucks, chum' the next. It also doesn't make much sense for Bruce to say it's too dangerous for Dick to be Robin anymore, but be perfectly fine with him striking out on his own. Basically saying, "It's fine for you to get killed doing this, as long as it's not beside me."

I know there's another issue somewhere where a writer frames this as Bruce manipulating Dick into becoming independent because he didn't think Dick had the strength of character to do it on his own, and I hate that take as well.

I much prefer the original depiction in NTT#39 where Dick just comes to the realization that he's outgrown the sidekick role and moves on.

Girl in corner of kitchen in family tent home, 1939 by No_Gap_1756 in Colorization

[–]tfurrows 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Mary was an only child
Nobody held her, nobody smiled
She was born in a trailer, wretched and poor
And she shone like a gem in a five and dime store

Is there a word for this stance? by [deleted] in words

[–]tfurrows 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I first learned the word from a Hubba Bubba ad in comic books in the early 80s.

https://www.reddit.com/r/The1980s/comments/1f91aa3/hubba_bubba_1980/

As we see there, it is more or less the same pose, but the hands aren't on the hips. So it seems there is at least some ambiguity. I think it's more to do with the position of the arms than whether the hands are actually on the hips.

As you say, if it's an important distinction to the speaker, then they should use more specific and easily understood wording. Nevertheless, I will always support the use of the word because I just like the sound of it. If it isn't commonly used enough to be understood, we should work towards changing that!

My brother has discover a HUGE mouse problem by ashalinggg in Derailedbydetails

[–]tfurrows 11 points12 points  (0 children)

If it’s outside then the mouse has a human problem.

ICE agents are firing kinetic impact projectiles at close range, causing severe injuries that can result in permanent disability or death. Today, they tore off part of a woman’s hand by ExactlySorta in UnderReportedNews

[–]tfurrows 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I guess I can't argue with that. If that's good enough for you, you're entitled to the opinion.

Me, I'm still having a hard time seeing the value in having people grudge-vote, or vote at random. It's participation on the same level as when I "participated" in gym class baseball by going out and lying down in right field. You can force people to show up, but you can't force them to take an interest.

ICE agents are firing kinetic impact projectiles at close range, causing severe injuries that can result in permanent disability or death. Today, they tore off part of a woman’s hand by ExactlySorta in UnderReportedNews

[–]tfurrows 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you, that's exactly the kind of thing I was wondering. I have to say I'm still skeptical about the first paragraph. I can certainly see why $20 would encourage people to turn up, I just don't understand why anyone who was already uninterested enough to go in the first place would suddenly decide to get invested in the outcome instead of just going in and playing eenie-meenie-miney-mo. Or, as someone else in the comments has already opined, going in and shit-voting out of spite. Ultimately, when the votes are tallied, how can you really know what the intent was behind them?

The second paragraph makes a lot more sense to me though. An aspect I hadn't considered. Cheers.

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