nowhereman136

nowhereman136 t1_je8qika wrote

Off the top of my head... Scream 6

It was green lit, writen, shot, and released within a year of thr previous movie. It's not a masterpiece but its still very entertaining and a solid slasher film. Friday the 13th and Saw use to release a new movie every year and they got bland fast. This one still felt like it was still trying to give audiences the same level of quality

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nowhereman136 t1_je8j4c5 wrote

Funfact: William Daniels played John Adams in the musical 1776 on Broadway and on film. The high school he is the principal of on Boy Meets World is John Adams High

Double funfact: in the sequel series Girl Meets World, Riley (Corey and Topanga's daughter) attends John Quincy Adams High, named for the son of John Adams

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nowhereman136 t1_je2scg8 wrote

As soon as the Wright brothers proved that motor powered flight was possible they got funding out the wazoo from the military to further develop the technology.

Canned foods were developed by Nicolas Appert in France after the French government offered a cash reward for who can develop a method to store food for the army

The microwave was discovered by accident but the technology was further developed, as you yourself said, by the military.

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nowhereman136 t1_je11bel wrote

As much as I enjoyed Paul Dano, I think DiCaprio could've played Mr Fabelman

War Horse, Munich, and Tintin could've been good for DiCaprio also. They might have been smaller roles than he's use to but he took the smaller role for Django

DiCaprio tends to do exciting dramas like Revenant, Hollywood, and Shutter Island, but he's branched out. Don't Look Up was a straightforward comedy. Revolutionary Road and J Edgar were simple period dramas with almost no action. J Edgar even feels like a Spielberg movie in the vain of Lincoln and War Horse.

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nowhereman136 t1_jdwsfkr wrote

Morbidly, war has usually spured innovation and exploration. Canned food, bug spray, microwave ovens, airplanes, GPS, and Cheetos were all developed for the military and trickled down to everyday civilian use. Look up DARPA the US agency that developed new tech for the military. The amount of products they've made that we use everyday is ridiculous.

This was kinda the plot to The Eternals, they were tasked with keeping humans safe enough from alien threats to keep advancing as a species by waring with themselves.

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nowhereman136 t1_jdt6991 wrote

Pizza was already popular in New York, especially within Italian communities.

However, back then if the restaurant wasn't within about 5 blocks of your home, you would never hear about it. WW2 not only got Americans to experience European culture, they got them to experience each other's culture. Imagine being from Kansas, and only knowing other people from Kansas your entire life. Now you are living and working with guys from New York, Miami, San Francisco, and Texas.

"I served with a guy named Gino in the Pacific, he kept raving about this thing called pizza"

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nowhereman136 t1_j9zqqem wrote

They said/say the same thing about birds and windfarms on land. Yeah, the occassional bird gets hit by a blade and dies, it's sad. Not compare that to the millions of birds who die from contaminated air and water pollution? How much wildlife dies when a pipeline bursts or tanker spills? It's a joke that these people hide behind birds when they say they don't like wind farms.

(Also, they've started painting wind blades to make them easier for birds to see. Dropping the rate of bird deaths by an estimated 90%)

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nowhereman136 t1_j6m2ugt wrote

I think all shows are different. Sons of Anarchy and Breaking Bad did a good job of keeping each season self contained in case it had to end right there. Shows like Monk and How I Met Your Mother are very episodic but do have an overarching plot they can just back to anytime they want. It didn't really matter if those shows ran 1 season or 8, they could finish they way they always wanted at any time. Game of Thrones, from the very beginning, was a show that planned for 7 seasons and it wouldn't been weird to end after 2. Simpsons, Seinfeld, and Always Sunny has absolutely no overarching plot and episodes can run indefinitely out of order.

Frankly, I think the Breaking Bad model of one season at a time is best. There is no reason to set up season 4 plot points in season 2

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nowhereman136 t1_j6m2el5 wrote

One you hit 100 episodes, around 5 seasons for most network programs, your show can be syndicated. Often times that's around when there is a change up in contracts and creative teams. The show isnt jusy running on a regular primetime slot anymore, but can be run daily on fringe channels. Sometimes this goes smoothly, other times not so much.

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