True story: Passing security, my wife had her nail clippers confiscated. As soon as we cleared security, we walked into one of the shops and bought another pair of nail clippers. What was the point of seizing them at security?
I think the question answers itself.
Okay, if this is a one time Be A Retard day prank, fine. I can suck it up for one day. But if this is something that
A reader can hover over every frame in Watchmen for five minutes if they desire. A reader can dwell over a paragraph for a similar amount of time. A film director simply cannot avail of this kind of engagement in his movie, except in a handful of scenes. It is both a strength and a weakness of film as a medium, but it puts serious limitations on the medium.
Recent innovations in technology has created a solution to this problem. I first learned of it when the Nintendo corporation implemented it in one of it's entertainment systems.
It's called the pause button.
"Take that, you hostile sons-of-bitches!" -- James Coburn, in the finale of _The_President's_Analyst_
