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1. For plot holes, it’s kinda hard to overlook the fact that, by the end of the second prequel, the Jedi know that the troopers are clones of a bounty hunter that works for the Sith lord leader of the separatists — And literally nobody ever mentions this. “The clones turned against us? How could this have happened?!?”

   Keep in mind, this is a standout plot hole in a movie series where two characters inexplicably have a private conversation where they sometimes refer to one of said characters in the third person — For no reason. And the, “Hey, I know I’ve got a monster face now, but I’ve killed all the Jedi because they were plotting against us, no I don’t have any evidence of that to present to you, but now, for security reasons, I’m declaring myself Emperor, even though I claim to have wiped out the threat that necessitates me doing that — Toodles.”

   Dishonourable mention: “Hey, is it weird that apparently a dead Jedi paid for a clone army (that he told nobody about) and nobody asked him to do that? Should we maybe look into that?” “Nah, that seems fine.”

2. Great show. Love it. You guys had great chemistry live.

   I must say, I really liked Dave’s question, and I think it deserves more thought. Same with the question about the movie with the biggest plot-hole: be back to the future II:

   Doc Brown claims that Marty must come with him to fix a problem in the future. That’s is completely illogical since a problem in the future that you know about can simply be fixed by waiting until the future occurs. You don’t need to take a time machine to fix it immediately.

   It also goes against everything we know about Doc and his philosophy of not screwing around with the space-time continuum.

   1. There’s also that unresolved plot hole of what Marty did in the 50s that turned Claudia Wells into Elisabeth Shue.

   2. Looper. The basic premise in itself a gaping plot hole. That movie was so offensively stupid. Gah I get enraged all over again just thinking about it.

      1. I’m not sure how valid a criticism this is. There are a plethora of valid hypotheses concerning time travel and whether or not the “grandfather paradox” can or cannot be overcome. At this point, it seems as valid a plot device as any of the other mind-bendingly bizarre phenomenon in theoretical physics we likely won’t ever have the opportunity to actually encounter as a species.

3. Not exactly the biggest gaping plot hole, but in Lady and the Tramp, how is Tramp able to READ?

   1. I liked Looper a whole lot. Once of the best time travel movies ever.

4. I was actually dreading this episode, knowing it was a “live” event. Usually live podcasts suffer through a whole host of problems- most notably bad audio issues. I was happy to hear you guys nailed it, 100%. Great job! I totally give you permission to have more live events in the future. 😉

5. Here is the ‘Inverse Ninja Kill Law’:

   For X number of Ninja occupying a volume V, the competing levels of awesomeness would lead to Y confrontations.

   Thus a given number of confrontations, the time delay T between a kill increases.

   Leading to the Inverse Ninja Kill Law: \int_0^t \!\!\!\ T = Y^n_i, where Y = \int \!\!\!\ (e^{-X(V)}/V) dV

   This formula translates roughly as;
   The effectiveness of a group of Ninja is inversely proportional to the number of Ninja in the room at the time.

   So for very large values of X and for very small values of V, the time delay T tends towards infinity, meaning that it is theoretically possible to kill a Ninja while they are busy engaging in perfectly symmetrical fighting with one other.
   (Note: For each Ninja you kill, their effectiveness as a group will only increase. This is known as the ‘Oh Shit’ paradox.)

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8. The name for the Whole Foods movie: “Lettuce Prey”.

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