movies

I went to see Indiana Jones on Wednesday (jw1776 and skydancer figured out the plan, then asked me, the day after we got back to Seattle. I guess that means they still like me or something? :)

My initial thought, with ( spoilers, most need to highlight to read, but if you're using a screen reader or have locked down page-specified formatting... )

While talking movies, I often love the explanations for the ratings in the NY Times. From Iron Man: ( Most need to highlight to read, and it's not a huge spoiler, but just in case )

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Lazarus Long, from Time Enough for Love (and The Notebooks of Lazarus Long) by Robert A. Heinlein:

Moving parts in rubbing contact require lubrication to avoid excessive wear. Honorifics and formal politeness provide lubrication where people rub together. Often the very young, the untravelled, the naive, the unsophisticated, deplore these formalities as 'empty,' 'meaningless,' or 'dishonest,' and scorn to use them. No matter how pure their motives, they thereby throw sand into the machinery that does not work too well at best.

Henry Block, in Evolution:

There's always time for lubricant!

:)