If you’re doing your math in base 13, then six times nine does equal 42. Of course, working in base 13 would make the rest of your math pretty complicated, but that could also be the point of the question.
:rolleyes:
Yeah, Lucas is just such a master of nuance.
Why does Doctor Reed Richards use the superhero name Mister Fantastic?
Why do the members of the Fantastic Four use superhero code-names at all since their identities are public knowledge?
How does Bruce Wayne explain to the Board of Trustees of Wayne Industries, or to the IRS, the missing funds and equipment used in his secret ‘Bat-activities’? His operating expenditures must be in the multi-millions, yet no one seems to account for this money…
And in the mid-60s TV show “Batman” - How did Barbara Gordon manage to afford her swanky high-rise apartment with not only a terrace, but a turn-table wall, a secret superhero lair and a private elevator for her Batgirl-cycle (complete with a secret entrance/exit) on a public librarian’s salary??
:rolleyes:
Yeah, Lucas is just such a master of nuance.
[/QUOTE]
More proof that Spielberg was behind it.
Not the point, but feel that way if you wish.
Do you assume that a bullet came out of nowhere to kill a character? Sure, we saw someone point the gun at the victim. And sure, we saw him pull the trigger. But since we didn’t actually have the camera follow the bullet all the way from gun barrel to the victim’s chest we can only assume that shitty writing is responsible for the uncertainty of why that one guy got shot.
-Joe
Where are the snows of yesteryear?
I blame global warming.
Unlike adults pet reapers get their assignments because they died in childhood not because of how they died.
With regard to the first one, upon seeing the original POTA after many years, I got the impression that one of Taylor’s ill-fated astronaut companions (the scientist) was getting near to the realization they were really on Earth before he was caught and lobotomized.
Regarding the others, I think the real reason is that 20th Century Fox didn’t give them enough time and money to come up with a more plausible explanation. (Those last three are really nothing more than quickly cranked out TV movies that were dropped into theaters.) In any case, for the how and why of those movies, it’s best to keep Bellisario’s Maxim in mind.
“I don’t make jokes in base 13.” - Douglas Adams. 
What were the details of the Noodle Incident?
There are no jokes in base 13. It’s very grim there.
How could Firefly possibly think that he could ever beat Snake Eyes using the Scorpion Formation?
There was a documentary on the series once that discusses the differences in budgets and it was almost funny the way they cut costs. The first one had a big budget for the time, the first sequel had a decent budget (about $4 million, or around $25 million today, of which about 1/4 was make-up). Every one after that was significantly less than the one before. In the original movie every ape with a speaking role had hours of latex and other makeup and wigs placed on them; by the time they got to the last one (Battle for…) the budget was $1.8 million ($8.5 million today) of which most was salaries, and only Roddy McDowell and a couple of the other stars got that and the rest were wearing little better than rubber Halloween masks. You’ll actually see some apes speak without moving their lips.
All your Base 13 are belong to us!
Ironically, in the book, language is one of the few ways ape society isn’t bizarrely similar to 20th century Western European/American society. (Then again, maybe the apes’ language was English, there, too, but Ulysee only spoke French…)
How did the bionic man (or woman) lift really, really heavy things? I realize they have a bionic arm, but some non-bionic part is going to need to support that weight at some point.
Jacob told Ricardus the answer. It’s a cork, keeping evil in a bottle.
The thing they never answered that bugs me is what Libby was doing in the booby hatch with Hugo. Thanks a lot writers strike for screwing us out of the answer.
Reed is on record as hating his superhero name.
Lady Gaga, P Diddy and others go by stage names despite their real names being known.
This used to be a valid question. Then, they made Batman not just the best detective but the best at everything. He is now an uber hacker and super accountant who can easily accomplish such bureaucratic legerdemain.
Re Franklin Richards
Franky has been the subject of multiple story arcs, including Days Of Future Present. He has his own comedy for kids comic. He is hardly forgotten or ignored.
They actually retconned this in the TV movie about Steve Austin’s son getting bionicized. They mention that “just like we did with you, Steve” that they also strengthened his spine and other supporting skeleton with metal implants. Yeah, it’s handwaving bs, but at least they TRIED…