Warfarer

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Final Season of The Bear will release June 25th

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Not goofing, was the last season not the last season? He gave away the restaurant and walked away from it at the end right? How do you pick up from that unless he is going to go back to make the steak sandwiches and be happy?

I think a lot of what he said is correct and a chunk is wrong.

I think A New Hope was made for kids. kept it simple, showed some cool stuff. I think the rest of the OG Trilogy told the rest of that story to the same kids that were growing up. It was mature enough for adults at the time and simple enough for kids to follow.

The prequels told a continuation of the same story to a new set of kids while wrangling in the old adults. They were a cohesive story with a known ending. They weren't ever going to be super popular because they were trying to tell a lot of story in 3 movies with an ending that was always going to be the same. This is why the Clone Wars and the expanded prequel universe is so good. There is a lot of material you can make for that era that is great.

The sequels were made for a different audience. Disney thought that the fanbase would be built in and they could cater to the edges of fandom and that didn't work because the original fans didn't want that. They didn't just gobble up a turd and smile, they fought back on bad storytelling and bad characters that were underdeveloped.

Rey isn't a bad character, she is just too powerful too quickly. Finn could have been a wonderful character and they abandoned him (and this is coming from someone who thinks that Boyega is a pretty shitty actor). Poe got neutered. They introduced new and boring shitting female characters no one gave a shite about. They killed off the legacy character that connected everything while the actress who played the other legacy character actually died and they used CGI to keep her alive in the movies.

The sequels were made to try to bring females into Star Wars and that just doesn't work. Typically, women aren't into sci-fi movies and universes as much as men. You have to cater to your audience.

I think it will take a bit of a hit this year but then get better each year. We were limited by the overall team before.

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Then they'll feel the wrath of every single American who currently makes more than $25/hr (which is probably most people who work). Every single one of them will lose big time, and it'll take YEARS for THEIR wages to catch up to the astronomical rise in prices.

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this is the part that everyone misses. If min wage is 7.25 now and someone has worked for 5 years for a company and now makes 14.50. They have gotten skills and exactly 100% in wage increases in the time they have worked there. What are you going to pay them if min wage goes to 25 an hour? are you going to bump them to 25 an hour and pay them the same as the person walking in the door with no skill set at all or are you going to pay them 32.50 and amount to an increase of basically 20% rather the 100% increases they have had? Are you going to pay them 50 an hour and double min wage like they had done before?

In reality, none of these are true. They will most likely be replaced by an automated robot of some sort that can do the job more efficiently and without labor regulations governing breaks and such.

I see everyone is making jokes about it but im going to ask the real question: is there a rule saying you have to supply water cups? I've never understood why they will give the cheap clear water cups to watch people go over and get a soda.

If I owned a fast food place and had to provide water cups, they would be the size a thimble. They would barely hold a 1/2 oz of drink.

Im torn and will probably wait to see if I want to go to the theaters at all.

Star Wars certainly hurt its brand but Covid killed the theater experience in general. This movie would haver topped a billion 6 years ago. No one goes to theaters anymore because they all bought big arse TVs at the house and they already have streaming stuff for 10 services. It takes a special movie to get people to show up to the theaters anymore.

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How are low income people able to fly?

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the left tells us that they can't even afford to get an ID, much less a plane ticket.

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I like Favreau, so I hope he knocks it out of the park. But I'm just not seeing much hype for this film. What are your predictions for it?

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I think Pedro Pascal fatigue is setting in at this point. I will go see it because I have been a huge Star Wars nerd since I was young. I think it will be a more family centered fun movie. Hard core older fans probably won't like it as much as the OG trilogy (shocker) but the younger fans will really enjoy it.

Overall, it won't make a billion at the office but I think those days are over in the cinemas. I think it will land around 500 million and stick there. It will get a big rush up front for a couple weeks and if they let it linger for a couple months in the theaters, it will trickle it's way to 500 million.

It got a vagina or penis? If a vagina, vast improvement over a lot of pageants these days./

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Agree with this.

Cut the program now.

Refund people the money they stole plus interest and let people invest in their own future

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Id be good with this solution. shite, between that and my Roth/401k, I could build a new house and retire now at 47. I have paid in close to 200k into it over 34 years. Even at a measly 3 or 4% interest, I would be a millionaire now and I could stick that in dividend funds and live the rest of my life.

I will never get out of SS what I have contributed with any interest.

I am one that actually thinks retirement age shouldnt be a consideration with benefits, it should be amount of time contributed and then you get a monthly amount based on what you put in.