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I think I will post about the physics of that, because it may be helpful. I should also re-iterate that I am still not a ballistics expert, and this is merely what I have gathered from around the internet. Bullets are very fast, he says, stating the blatantly obvious, as an opening prequel to...

That is true, and also why I was careful to note that bulletproof does not mean "immune to bullets". The word "bulletproof" comes from early gunpowder warfare; the "bullet proof" *was the dent left in the armour after it had been shot once in testing. Since a second bullet was unlikely to hit in...

Star Trek has also largely avoided this, with hand-held, generic phaser pistols able to *disintegrate rock walls and humanoids on the high settings. Ironically, the "more realistic and gritty" Deep Space Nine falls into this trope, with phaser rifles often unable to do more than scorch rocks...

The first half is, as far as I know, correct; Darth Vader was deliberately using the Force to ensure that the heroes escaped. In the full movie, we learn later that there was a tracker placed on the Millennium Falcon. From there, fanon spread, as it often does; was accepted as fact; and finally...

We are basically dealing with several concepts here. 1) She was originally envisioned during the era in which Superman was "stronger than a locomotive, faster than a speeding bullet..." and, as such, fit into that general category of "not actually invulnerable to sufficiently determined and...

Having given this some more thought, I think my objections primarily come when saving the world is unnecessary. To the story, I mean. When the writer has already given sufficient motivation for the character to go adventuring, and do something heroic, but throws in "...and save the world!", as...

...I now want an epic film about saving a muffin.

I just think it is ridiculous that it stayed a "secret urban fantasy" past the end of season 3, and then later retconned into "normals just forget". I have the same general problem with Stargate SG-1 after the two Gua'uld motherships were blown up in Earth orbit. Also, if anyone remembers the...

"What's the plural of Apocalypse? Apocalypses? Apocalypsi?" - Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Everything old is new again... Or also, everything new is old in some way. ;)

Good to know. :)

The best advice I can give you at this point, is to avoid falling into the trap of "vigorous language advocacy". Each and every one of them is terrible, each in their own special way. C...plus plus is terrible with syntax, you C is terrible for expression; C Sharp cannot cut its way through...

I believe that is the general plan. The downside is that the movies so far produced have been a poor representation of the game; the inverse of the problem Marvel faces, where the comics produced are a poor representation of the movies.

...Given the frequency with which I watch videos on ancient and modern arms and armour...

...Perhaps I should have highlighted the one word that I replaced...

In that situation, it may be prudent to advise you not to yell for too long, or your food will have gotten cold. Certainly, do not take up an entire three episodes.

You have my sympathy, for what that is worth. :)

Although I have not experienced a coma, I feel firmly confident in taking your word for it. :) I have a few of those. :(

The lowest weight I have been in the last decade is 260 lbs, and no offence was meant or intended. :)

I have a twitch in my eardrum. How, exactly, does one get a twitch in one's eardrum?? And, more importantly, how does one get rid of it?!

Harcourt Fenton Mudd acquired a drug formula which literally makes a woman look thirty years younger... And failed to become a multi-trillionaire. Not only is he amoral, unethical, and will do anything for money... He is terrible at it.