There isn't really a definitive Robin Hood (unlike Shakespeare which is another out of copyright favourite for Hollywood to copy), it's from English folklore which means there's no canon and a lot of different versions of the story so at least some imagination can be applied.

Unlike say, Generic Superhero Comic Book Adaptation.

I suspect they'll add an additional investigation fee to every ticket.

Also more indie and foreign films. The problem isn't the availability of content but the insane rules that commercial cinemas are beholden to. That's why they need to beg major studios for more content than just replaying old films or getting films from other distributors. Their contract literally prevents them from using other distributors by saying "if you buy from anyone else, we wont sell to you any more".

No, by ads he means advertisements, they've cut down the previews time so they can show even more ads.

The thing is, here in the ROTW, an Apple product is not a status symbol at all. Even someone on benefits (welfare) can get one... and British people are obsessed with class although ostentatious displays of wealth are not really upper class, they'll have an old Subaru and a cheap functional phone (and tons and tons of high value land they're not paying tax on).

That's what happens when you make yourself beholden to a single hardware vendor /PCGMR_Smug_mode

Same with non-Americans filling out an ESTA (Electronic System for Travel Authorisation) to travel to the US, loads of dodgy sites that charge you extra just to be a middleman by passing the details from their website to the official one (the official site was $14 last time I did one). It doesn't help that the legit site is cbp.dhs.gov which looks a bit dodgy to begin with. Fortunately Google is pretty good at filtering the dodgy ones out when searching for ESTA, at least if you've an adblocker installed.

Americans travelling to the EU might see something similar when EITAS gets off the ground.

Plastic clips are not the problem, they're an easy component to source and replace. We've been using them for decades.

The issue is electronics, as they become more complex and more numerous in modern cars (add manufacturers putting in controllers to "twin" parts to cars to prevent independent garages from undercutting them to that). The problem with electronics is that troubleshooting them is hard and even then the usual fix is "replace bad with known good", so troubleshooting really becomes "replace suspected bad with known good". This is the reason EVs have become so expensive, after a minor prang that might see a normal ICE in for a bit of panel beating and painting, they've no way of knowing for sure if the battery pack has been damaged (and the main cause of battery fires are voltage issues, so a short can easily cause a conflagration), so the battery pack is replaced if they even suspect it's been damaged and that is a £10,000 part.

The thing is, you don't need D "TR" J to be a genius, he just needs to be smart enough to listen, especially to those who know a lot more on the subject than he does. Understanding the limitations of your own knowledge is a key part of being smart.

Just look at the damage politicians who believe they're smarter than they really are capable of.

This, it's always been stupidly easy to shoplift, it's just not been necessary until recently for most people.

Sorry, but we'll need that in either Wales for area or London Buses end to end for length

This, it's not things like a 16 yr age limit on buying electronics that has sunk the Tories, it's the corrupt backhanders and read meat policies like Rwanada that has done it. Its a bit late for them to pretend they actually care or have any kind of affinity with the average person in the UK now.

Not that such a policy is remotely workable, we cant even stop 16 yr olds buying alcohol, let alone phones.

Or rather, just doing it behind your back and not telling you.

Think back to when we were kids with alcohol and drugs. The worst kids were those who's parents expressly forbade it and pretended that, that worked. Those of us who had parents who acknowledged that as kids we'd get into these kinds of things whether they wanted us to or not prepared us for it and better, were someone we could talk to if things went wrong (which they inevitably did).

Like it or not, social media is part of our world and you cant just stick your fingers in your ears and pretend it's not there. So parents are better off with kids who are prepared for it and have someone to fall back on if they see something they're not comfortable with.

I think they'll find a way to ensure that only used parts supplied by Apple will work. This is what the Auto industry would do if we hadn't nipped it in the bud years ago (but they're trying anyway).

To quote the Offspring from 20 years ago, "our culture's defined by those least refined". This isn't a new thing.

The problem with idiots is, they don't think they're idiots. One of the things they do to confirm they're not idiots is look for more famous idiots to idolise and say "look, Idiot X has (the appearance of) money and success, I must not be an idiot then".