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[-] itsnotits@lemmy.world 7 points 4 hours ago

In The Matrix, humans were used as batteries. The energy requirements needed by a body to sustain itself outweigh feeding it to extract energy. It would've been more efficient to burn the food directly instead of feeding it to people.

[-] SomethingBurger@jlai.lu 7 points 3 hours ago

In the original script, they were used for processing power, but the C-suites made them change it because they feared spectators wouldn't understand.

[-] CallMeButtLove@lemmy.world 1 points 6 minutes ago

That's really interesting but I think that suffers from a similar issue because I'd assume the processing power needed to run the matrix alone would be much greater than 1:1 per human.

[-] MycelialMass@lemmy.world 5 points 3 hours ago

Originally it was humans being used for their brains as processing units, but they thought thatd be too confusing for audiences so they went with batteries.

[-] jordanlund@lemmy.world 13 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)

Last Jedi:

Leia gives Rey a hand held tracking device and tells her that with it she will be able to find them wherever they go.

In THE SAME SCENE, they come out of Hyperspace followed by the First Order and claim it's impossible to have followed them.

The tracking plot point is not mentioned again.

(p.s. A similar tracker was placed on board the Falcon in the OG Star Wars to lead the Death Star to the rebel base on Yavin 4).

[-] the_strange@feddit.org 11 points 3 hours ago

Last Jedi

That's cheating, none of that movie made any sense whatsoever.

[-] roofuskit@lemmy.world 7 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

The plot point is that you cannot be tracked while in hyperspace. Something the first order was able to do so they could follow them to their destination instead of waiting until they are out of hyperspace to pursue them.Trackers are well established in the universe otherwise. They just only work outside of hyperspace.

[-] thermal_shock@lemmy.world 7 points 11 hours ago

kingsman movie, first one. he did some parkour in the beginning to get away front bullies, then never again.

lessons in chemistry. crazy contraption to feed the dog, then never again anything like it.

[-] EleventhHour@lemmy.world 11 points 12 hours ago
[-] Rhoeri@lemmy.world 13 points 11 hours ago

Abed:
It's the first season of Lost on DVD.

Pierce:
That's the meaning of Christmas?

Abed:
No. It's a metaphor. It represents lack of pay-off.

[...]

Abed:
I get it. The meaning of Christmas is the idea that Christmas has meaning. And it can be whatever we want. For me, it used to mean being with my mom. Now it means being with you guys. Thanks, Lost.

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[-] kowcop@aussie.zone 53 points 17 hours ago

The codebreaker/casino arc in The Last Jedi

[-] EvilBit@lemmy.world 29 points 16 hours ago

I have so many complaints about that movie but THIS is number one. The entire thing is a complete waste of time, all set about because Poe got turned into an insubordinate, hotheaded moron. Doesn’t help that Holdo has a perfectly functional plan she won’t share with anyone instead preferring to let them believe they’re all going to die, but frankly the movie is just a series of stupid, terrible decisions in a row from every character and above all, the director.

Can you tell I hate this movie?

[-] SpaceCowboy@lemmy.ca 6 points 8 hours ago

Didn't Holdo's plan involve modifying some spaceships so they wouldn't be detected? Wouldn't that involve engineers? Isn't Rose and engineer? Why didn't Rose know what Holdo's plan was? Did Holdo also not tell the engineers her plan? Maybe that's why half the ships got blown up by the First Order immediately.

That whole plotline made no sense and was completely pointless. But basically all of the plotlines were pointless in that movies.

[-] jordanlund@lemmy.world 2 points 7 hours ago

Wouldn't be detected by sensors... which is irrelevant since the First Order ships had windows and they were within eyesight(!)

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[-] shinigamiookamiryuu@lemm.ee 8 points 12 hours ago

The ending to Castle. A series that went on for eight seasons, where they were given several warnings about how the actors (who didn't get along) might quit and challenge production, and then it happens, and instead of preparing a proper ending or deciding to recast Beckett, they had the characters win against the mafia, then randomly die because the writers are absolutely obsessed with cliffhangers, then randomly be brought back to life, then randomly turn it into a Wizard of Oz type of ending with kids we've never seen before, all because they stalled writing an ending until the very last moment. As much as people blame Stana Katic for leaving and throwing a wrench into things, you can't say the writers didn't have some kind of hand in how things turned out. Every possible thing that could've fixed the show was voluntarily ignored.

[-] rob_t_firefly@lemmy.world 5 points 11 hours ago

Claudette:

He’s always bugging me about my house. Fifteen years ago, we agreed, that house belongs to me. Now the value of the house is going up and he’s seeing dollar signs. Everything goes wrong at once. Nobody wants to help me, and I’m dying.

Lisa:

You’re not dying, mom.

Claudette:

I got the results of the test back. I definitely have breast cancer.

Lisa:

Look, don’t worry about it. Everything will be fine. They’re curing lots of people every day.

Claudette:

I’m sure I’ll be alright.

[-] seaweedsheep@literature.cafe 9 points 11 hours ago

Using The Room is cheating. There are only, like, two scenes in the entire movie that make sense according to the plot.

And also, I would have probably gone with the playing catch (with a football, I think) in tuxedos scene.

[-] zcd@lemmy.ca 38 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago)

In episode 17, when Commander Taggart is about to escape the neutron field in the omega-13, he used the auxiliary of deck B... But in the next episode, the schematic shows that deck has been totally vaporized. I was just wondering, do you think that's a continuity error, or do you think there's a justifiable reason for it?

[-] grrgyle@slrpnk.net 2 points 3 hours ago

This feels like a murderbot reference, but I haven't read them all

[-] roofuskit@lemmy.world 2 points 3 hours ago

You are our last hope.

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