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Canemacar posted:So whats the payoff? Are all cab drivers in London given fabulous wealth and beautiful women or something? I can't imagine someone going through all that to earn minimum wage. London cabbies make the equivalent of $100,000 to $170,000 according to that article.
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One cabbie working an 8-hour day can bring in 6 figures. Most of them work much longer.
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Sep 19, 2014 00:53
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Canemacar posted:So whats the payoff? Are all cab drivers in London given fabulous wealth and beautiful women or something? I can't imagine someone going through all that to earn minimum wage. The article linked in the post you quoted says it isn't unusual for London cabbies to make the equivalent of $100,000 USD, with the top earners in the neighborhood of $170,000. Edit: Wtf? I even reloaded right before I posted to make sure this wouldn't happen.
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Sep 19, 2014 01:41
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Canemacar posted:So whats the payoff? Are all cab drivers in London given fabulous wealth and beautiful women or something? I can't imagine someone going through all that to earn minimum wage. Because they don't earn minimum wage. quote:By all accounts, being a London cabbie pays well. Although the cabbies themselves are cagey about what they earn, it's widely accepted that incomes of $100,000 (U.S.) a year aren't unusual, with some operators—those working extremely long hours—believed to be making that figure in pounds sterling (roughly $170,000 U.S.)
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Sep 19, 2014 02:10
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I guess it's just inexplicable.
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Canemacar posted:So whats the payoff? Are all cab drivers in London given fabulous wealth and beautiful women or something? I can't imagine someone going through all that to earn minimum wage. According to the article cabbies can earn btw $100-$170k I saw all the other responses, I just like to dog-pile
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Sep 19, 2014 02:17
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One of the subjects in the absolutely amazing 7 Up movie series does The Knowledge, becomes a cabby and ends up buying a second house in Spain, to put it in non-pounds sterling perspective.
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Sep 19, 2014 04:34
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I believe you will find that cabbies in London earn up to 100,000 pounds per month.
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Sep 19, 2014 04:49
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Good thing it's not real money OR a joke about how cabbies get super fat
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Cat Hatter posted:In Robocop when Murphy is talking to Lewis right after spinning his gun around TJ Lazer style, you see him put the magazine back in because he isn't a reckless douche practicing tricks with a loaded gun. I noticed this one on one of my last few viewings. Was thinking how dangerous doing that actually was then realized he had the magazine out.
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Sep 19, 2014 07:45
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I noticed after watching X Men: DoFP that Brian Singer has basically written-out his movies and the changes he made and put the plot back in line with the 90's X Men, which is what nerds have been whining about for years.
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Sep 19, 2014 10:41
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Cat Hatter posted:In Robocop when Murphy is talking to Lewis right after spinning his gun around TJ Lazer style, you see him put the magazine back in because he isn't a reckless douche practicing tricks with a loaded gun. Also, when he does it later it's after he's been firing his gun, meaning it's presumably both loaded and has a round in the chamber. He doesn't bother clearing it because machines don't make mistakes*. *ED-209 notwithstanding.
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I rewatched Dredd today, and I can't remember if it's been mentioned, but at the end when Ma-Ma goes splat, the shot is from below the impact, and all the blood squirts out in an X, like Dredd's helmet. Also, Anderson passes her assessment, even though she was sure she wouldn't due to losing her primary weapon, specifically because Dredd recognizes that her gun isn't her primary weapon.
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Sep 19, 2014 12:48
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Kruller posted:Also, Anderson passes her assessment, even though she was sure she wouldn't due to losing her primary weapon, specifically because Dredd recognizes that her gun isn't her primary weapon. I would question the subtlety of this,
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It may not be subtle, but I have had to point that out to every single person I've talked to about the movie. It kinda gets lost in all the gunshots and blood splatter I think.
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Sep 19, 2014 13:22
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Cat Hatter posted:In Robocop when Murphy is talking to Lewis right after spinning his gun around TJ Lazer style, you see him put the magazine back in because he isn't a reckless douche practicing tricks with a loaded gun. The Athenians were better sailors than Spartans. 
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Sep 19, 2014 14:31
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Don't come here with your realism in my testosterone power fantasy. 
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Sep 19, 2014 14:36
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My favorite is all of the subtle hints in Nolan's batman movies that batman is actually bruce wayne
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Sep 19, 2014 15:18
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Kruller posted:I rewatched Dredd today, and I can't remember if it's been mentioned, but at the end when Ma-Ma goes splat, the shot is from below the impact, and all the blood squirts out in an X, like Dredd's helmet. Dredd follows the law to the letter. The point of it is that Dredd sees the importance of a Judge like Anderson despite the automatic fail of losing her weapon. Its a comment about the flaws and the perceived necessity of their brutal law, not some sort of abstract idea about what a weapon is.
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toxicsunset posted:My favorite is all of the subtle hints in Nolan's batman movies that batman is actually bruce wayne Well, Nolan is known for making movies with Labyrinthine plots, so it's conceivable he could have pulled that off. I'll have to rewatch and spot all the clues.
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toxicsunset posted:My favorite is all of the subtle hints in Nolan's batman movies that batman is actually bruce wayne Oh, don't start that again! Lance Hunt wears glasses. Captain Amazing doesn't wear glasses.
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DrBouvenstein posted:Oh, don't start that again! Lance Hunt wears glasses. Captain Amazing doesn't wear glasses. How could he fight crime?! He wouldn't even be able to see!
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Sep 19, 2014 17:41
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In Next Friday Uncle Elroy is rolling a huge blunt and he just cuts it open and empties it onto the floor. At first I thought he just didn't care cause he's 'new rich' but a few cuts later you can see that his nearby trash is overflowing with unrolled tobacco.
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Joking aside I've more than once watched Tim Burton's Batman and thought, if you watched this and somehow knew nothing at all about Batman, how long would it take you to figure out? e: I suppose also if you suffered from inability to recognize Michael Keaton
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Medieval Medic posted:The Athenians were better sailors than Spartans. True, but the Spartans remain standing presumably so they can disembark faster and turn the battle into the equivalent of ground combat on a wiggly surface. Basically, I'm just glad that since they spent so much time littering references to the Athenians being farmers who have taken up arms and how they needed to convince Sparta's army of full-time professional soldiers to join the fight, that they actually portrayed them fighting differently instead of just "well, here are some extra bodies since we're almost fresh out" that I was expecting.
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In Once Bitten after Jim Carrey's character gets bitten by Lauren Hutton they give him some orange juice. E: like they do when you donate blood
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Just watched Hook for the first time in years.
Something not subtle at all though, but I was too young/stupid to notice the last time I watched the movie, but when Smee first addresses the pirates, his delivery of "Good morning, Neverland" is exactly copied from Robbin Williams' Good Morning Vietnam. There is also a running joke of people ignoring the danger to those around whom they are shooting. None are subtle on their own, but I'd never noticed that they keep doing it. Off the top of my head:
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Nutsngum posted:Dredd follows the law to the letter. The point of it is that Dredd sees the importance of a Judge like Anderson despite the automatic fail of losing her weapon. Its a comment about the flaws and the perceived necessity of their brutal law, not some sort of abstract idea about what a weapon is. What? No. Dredd would never question the law, the rules of the test or anything what so ever about it. He might let some one off like the sleeping hobo but only to prove a point. The rules don't say lose your gun, fail the test. Main weapon is her mind its pretty drat clear.
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Dredd ignored the hobo because the law tells him to. There's a more serious crime nearby and that takes priority, as stated by Anderson.
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The MSJ posted:Dredd ignored the hobo because the law tells him to. There's a more serious crime nearby and that takes priority, as stated by Anderson. On his way back out he was going to arrest the hobo for not moving, but then the door gets in the way
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The MSJ posted:Dredd ignored the hobo because the law tells him to. There's a more serious crime nearby and that takes priority, as stated by Anderson. Dredd cut the hobo some slack, too, told him, "Don't be here when we get back." He gave the hobo a chance to shove off and go somewhere else.
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The MSJ posted:Dredd ignored the hobo because the law tells him to. There's a more serious crime nearby and that takes priority, as stated by Anderson. That follows comic book Judge Dredd SOP. He has to travel across the U.S. to Mega City Two riding a motorcycle alongside the Goddamn Killdozer on a top priority mission to deliver a vaccine for the Rage-like virus rampant there. (Spoilered in case you've yet to read that arc!). On the way, of course, poo poo constantly gets in the way, but he always wraps it up by getting back to the priority mission and quietly vowing to return and deal with any lawbreakers or gangs he had to leave behind. So the movie is spot on there. Most action movies revolve around life-changing moments for the protagonists, whereas this film gave the impression is just another Tuesday night for Dredd. Not so much for everyone else, and it's great.
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Jay 2K Winger posted:Dredd cut the hobo some slack, too, told him, "Don't be here when we get back." He gave the hobo a chance to shove off and go somewhere else. Even if Dredd holds to the letter of the law, that doesn't mean he has no room to bend. Had that hobo been there when he got back, Dredd would have dealt with him, but there's no law that he can't inform people about there infraction if he can't deal with it at the time because there's a more pressing matter.
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the Air Bud defense is my favorite. "But there's no law saying a dog CAN'T be a Judge!"
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Who What Now posted:Even if Dredd holds to the letter of the law, that doesn't mean he has no room to bend. Had that hobo been there when he got back, Dredd would have dealt with him, but there's no law that he can't inform people about there infraction if he can't deal with it at the time because there's a more pressing matter. He was about to address the hobo and then the blast door came down and took care of the problem.
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Who What Now posted:Even if Dredd holds to the letter of the law, that doesn't mean he has no room to bend. Had that hobo been there when he got back, Dredd would have dealt with him, but there's no law that he can't inform people about there infraction if he can't deal with it at the time because there's a more pressing matter. Dredd doesn't bend. That's kind of the point, pretty much since the start of the whole thing. His whole character is that he isn't someone to look up to, he's a caricature of authoritarian power.
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Literally Kermit posted:
Is Dredd the true protagonist in this plot?
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mr meowzers posted:Is Dredd the true protagonist in this plot? No, it's pretty clearly Anderson. Why, do you think otherwise?
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Just Offscreen posted:No, it's pretty clearly Anderson. Why, do you think otherwise? I had no reason to believe so, but some people seem to mistake title characters for protagonists.
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Who What Now posted:Even if Dredd holds to the letter of the law, that doesn't mean he has no room to bend. Had that hobo been there when he got back, Dredd would have dealt with him, but there's no law that he can't inform people about there infraction if he can't deal with it at the time because there's a more pressing matter. He begins dealing with him when the lockdown happens. I believe he says "I warned you, get up." And then the door closing resolves his issue. The only reason he didn't deal with him immediately was because he was assessing Anderson, and let her make the call, which he agrees was the correct call. A vagrant is less important than a triple murder, but he fully intended to take care of the vagrant if he was still there when they finished.
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