The saying goes like this, It's not what you *don't* know that is going to trip you up, it's what you know that isn't so. I believe that the first lady might possibly have been feigning helplessness, just a little bit. She already had concept art and visuals, so I think she'll be okay. But someone might truly be so new that they know nothing about science fiction as a genre or how it works in the world. That person, the truly "new" person, might not realize that the second lady, no matter how assured she seems to be that she's passing on vital Wisdom, is wrong. So lets unwrap her backpack a little (to steal a metaphor). Stories about space pirates are Space Opera, generally. "Soft" science in science fiction usually refers to sociology or psychology, social "science". A story about space pirates might be "soft". But that's picking nits. The first big boo-boo is this: "not as popular *because* it is women
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Oh, okay. Not everyone is a kung fu junkie I suppose. And our differences make the world a more interesting place. ;-)
There's always that delicate balance between style and efficiency. Lawfare, for example, is a style and is the system by which a style is maintained. That style being self-deterministic and totally arbitrary. Efficiency, however, deals completely and only with the facts on the ground and with the situation as both what it is and what you want it to be.
I thought you meant the movie!!
I'll see if I can find a new one that works.
We liked it!
I thought the American kid did a very good job as well, despite the complaining about him. I think he was cast because he *can* do martial arts and not because he's a great actor but I thought his acting was fine.
Sparrow was great.
Jackie Chan and Jet Li were wonderful, as always. I didn't recognize their alter-egos at first and didn't know the one character was Jackie until the end. And I didn't see the "twist" coming at with the Monkey King even though it was established quite well before hand.