Very true. And very limited to Americans. That is why these movies do so poorly oversees....
I think the sad truth is that that movies are now made to appeal to the broadest base (and nowadays this includes the people in Europe and Asia as well as the Americas) there is many issues "safe" to tackle.
I started back up at the end of season 2 / beginning of season 3 on netflix. It was pretty good. I have no desire to watch season 1 or 2 to see what I missed, though.
Heh... although only Simon Pegg as Scotty good get away with a line like:
"Ach, maybe if I put some NOS into the Warp Core we could overtake 'em... what do I look like a stupid git? I'm givin' her all she's got!"
Babylon 5 had a similar line
When ordering the White Star to turn around from a planets gravity
Sheridan "Now! Give it everything you got"
Lennier "If I was holding anything back, I'd tell you."
No one will think of Wrath of Khan or First Contact when they hear the word "shit". These two were the best Trek movies period.
I hate what they did with the Borg. They went from a terrifying, leaderless race of aliens with a goal of self improvement to a queen with a bunch of mindless zombies (drones) with a goal of absolute power.
How is having a gun hiding?
They did when Bush was president
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt08...
http://www.washingtonpost.com/...
He is still running the 2.2 kernel and refuses new hardware for the same reasons
How about the prison time or fines that comes with not following what is on the signs?
You start with this
Why am I reminded of petulant children squabbling over who gets to pat the new puppy?
and then start complaining about not getting jetpacks, flying cars and a holiday trip on the moon all lined up for Christmas
The responses aren't that heavy handed. They just close things off and the yahoos who want to go off-roading in wilderness get pissed.
Honestly - who do you think this effects? The people going off the trails are not going to stop because there is yet another sign saying not to go off trail a bit sooner.
Yes - this is very frustrating. I've been to caves that I used to be able to go further in. It's funny when the rangers states that you are in is as far as people have ever been allowed andyou can see the informational signs on the nice trail ahead of him
Correct - even if the officer if pulling you over for something they thought was against the law but turns out it's legal
It can be questioned, but in this case the costs of giving anything up to the denialists is too great. The fate of the human race is at stake. It's like suspension the constitution during a war.
I believe that is the justification used to imprison the Japanese during WWII and Germans in WW1 and communists during the cold war.
That is common whenever the laws change when passing an unseen line. They do that in my city during New Years an July 4th since we aren't allowed fireworks in the city. Firework stands are set up right outside city limits and cops right inside city limits.
Only the city and big / influential businesses are allowed to shoot off fireworks in San Antonio.
Same with highways that drop to 15 miles an hour to sustain small towns via tourist tickets
Did you miss that a warning will be displayed that the site "provides no data security". It's not blocking access to your blog or comic strip.
Always draw your curves, then plot your reading.
