Welcome to comic book logic where plot holes exist and you have to suspend disbelief for most movies.
When I lived in Los Angeles, I used to purposefully annoy my friends by asserting that the greatest hero in film history was Gene Hackman in Superman because, if successful, his plan would have knocked Los Angeles into the ocean.Interesting.
I would file that conundrum along with others from the 1978 Superman, which was a classic tale of American immigration.
I remember being eternally bugged by the concept of Lex Luthor making California fall into the sea by setting off an atomic bomb on the San Andreas Fault. Nevermind the terribly clever new place names he gave to his desert, suddenly coastal, properties like "Marina Del Lex". I could not for the life of me think how 500 miles of coastline would simply fall into the sea and disappear. The San Andreas is a Strike-Slip Fault for Godsakes, it's not even close to a Reverse Thrust Fault!
Anyone who watched PBS West Coast stations in the 1970's knew the San Andreas was a Strike-Slip Fault.
Yes but for the other 200M people in the US (population at 222M in the US in 1978 and 22M in California) at the time that didn't grow up studying the San Andreas it seemed plausible since that was always the joke, that a good earthquake would make it fall into the Pacific.Interesting.
I would file that conundrum along with others from the 1978 Superman, which was a classic tale of American immigration.
I remember being eternally bugged by the concept of Lex Luthor making California fall into the sea by setting off an atomic bomb on the San Andreas Fault. Nevermind the terribly clever new place names he gave to his desert, suddenly coastal, properties like "Marina Del Lex". I could not for the life of me think how 500 miles of coastline would simply fall into the sea and disappear. The San Andreas is a Strike-Slip Fault for Godsakes, it's not even close to a Reverse Thrust Fault!
Anyone who watched PBS West Coast stations in the 1970's knew the San Andreas was a Strike-Slip Fault.
Heck I venture to guess that most of the US outside of California still doesn't know, or at the very least doesn't care, about the San Andreas and the type of fault it is and whether a huge quake on it would actually cause the state to fall into the Pacific or not. Google or no Google.I just love Google! Honestly, what would we do without it now?!? It's funny to think about, but there's an entire generation of children who grew up not even knowing a world without it.
Encyclopedia Britannica, my foot! And just try looking that up in your Funk & Wagnalls.
I'm aware of what you were referring to, I was just expanding on my point. Also as mentioned there were other search engines available before Google, and many others available today as well. Google doesn't have to be the only search tool used is my point.I was referring to the exact population stats for the USA and California in 1978. It would've taken me some time, and the data would be at least a year or two old, if I'd tried to look that up in an Encyclopedia Britannica in 1978. Or had to wait for the public library to open in the morning to have access to it.
It's an amazing world we live in now compared to 1978! That was my only point.
As someone who was very familiar with Yahoo and Lycos and AskJeeves (and Prodigy and Compuserve before that), and remembers when “the internet” was a disparate set of Usenet forums, the Google of two plus decades ago was truly revolutionary. It’s now entered the lexicon as default for “internet search engine,” and I can tell you from personal experience my kids and their friends don’t consciously use “Google,” but rather some combination of Siri and AI software to answer basic questions. Ex., I don’t believe my youngest, who doesn’t have a personal device and only uses Siri to prompt searches, has ever consciously gone to Google.com and typed a query.
^This.
I can totally see that side of it
There is nothing “past grievances” about the current state of Disneys Star Wars…they have lost…and will continue to lose billions in ancillary sales until they get some non diehards back into the room with some fist pumping in front of the screen…be that a silver one or a LED one on a wall.
I loved Maisel as LoisHe is certainly easy on the eyes, that's for sure. I do see a lot of similarities with Christopher Reeve.
I can only imagine the knife-edged jawline young Mr. Reeve would've had in '78 if he'd had access to all those jaw exercise contraptions the young guys use now. I wonder which one young Mr. Corenswet is using? Whatever it is, it's working!
I appreciated Kidder for her boldness, and it feels decidedly groundbreaking considering the era in which the film was made/set. I didn’t get how Superman would/was attracted to her, as I found her demeanor and mental games off putting.
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Before or after the UK gave them $65 million in reimbursements?
The bigger question is why didn't the two bad guys pass out? I would assume since one a clone of Superman (ie Bizarro), he could hold his breath too. The Engineer could redirect her nanobots to keep her body from failing.
Oh I’m aware, I’ve used them all too. I was just pointing out that Google isn’t the only game in the search business either in the past or even today.
