Texas used to have way more 85 year olds but most of them died from covid and ice storms. /s not /s

Yea I agree.

The ones in Force Unleashed were awesome too, although they leaned too heavily on quicktime events. Super cinematic and badass.

It’s amazing how deeply you are propagandized.

China doesn’t need to make moves with their military. Your country is in their pocket. They say jump you say how high. Anything else is just empty posturing. And Russia hasn’t been a real threat since the Cold War. They’re can’t even easily win a conflict against Ukraine. They’d be no match for 1/10th of your military.

You under estimate your allies, overestimate your enemies, and GREATLY over value the need for America to police the world. China literally just slapped your wrist about Taiwan.

Every country you listed sees you as a fucking joke. Not our great saviour. You are the one who is delusional. And it’s costing you and your fellow Americans a better life. Go back to school you fucking simpleton.

You spend more on defence than the next 10 countries combined. You could reduce your military budget by 75%, give your citizens a better life, and still kick the shit out of any country that started trouble.

And honestly, when was the last time you had to defend against a large scale threat? All your military has done lately is destabilize the Mid East based on a bunch of lies cooked up by the Bush administration. Sure Hussein was a shithead, but he wasn’t a nuclear threat. Oh and you got your ass kicked by a bunch of cave dwelling theocrats in Afghanistan. Money well spent.

You wanna fight a real threat to the world? Put your military up against climate change. Oh wait they’re too busy killing whoever happens to live atop the oil your politicians are entitled to.

Gimme a fucking break with this military circle jerk nonsense.

>America does everything first and then everyone else follows along.

Unless we're talking about supporting its own crumbling infrastructure and struggling population.

Medical insurance is not universal healthcare. But if you want to give a bigger chunk of your big, fat income that you're fragile enough to brag about to State Farm, you have at it, champ.

If you think American defence companies exclusively use American innovations and technologies you’re wrong.

American companies are just first to design and build weapons because your government writes blank cheques for tools of death while the rest of us are paying for universal healthcare, paid medical leave, and affordable education.

edit: typo

Yessir!

Modern slates can also sync time code with the camera and audio mixer and display it digitally.

Edit: Since this comment has got some traction, I figure I’ll add some other fun anecdotes!

-ideally, the camera doesn’t roll until the slate is in frame. That way, the thumbnail on the file (or the first frame on the strip of film historically) contains all the key information the editor needs.

-when clapping near talent, the 2nd Assistant Camera, will announce “soft sticks” and clap the slate a bit quieter, so as not to hurt the ears of the performer.

-when rolling on a shot with no sound, referred to as MOS, the 2nd AC throws three fingers between the slate so the editor knows there is no sound file associated, and it is not clapped. This is typically used for slow/fast motion, but could be used for any number of other reasons. Cutaways or insert shots etc.

-sometimes, if a slate is missed at the top of the roll (maybe they started the take for any number of uncontrollable environmental reasons) the 2nd AC yells “tail slate” and they do the slate at the end of the shot. Typically this is done with the slate upside down. (Maybe this has something to do with the slate being at the end of the roll of film rather than the start? But I’m not sure of the origins of this practice)