Spoiler
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IMDB rating: 4.30 Plot: Roger Mason is a prisoner locked away in a futuristic fortress of a jail. Desperate to escape and see his daughter, he keeps making attempt after attempt to break free, but each one is foiled just as he's about to gain his freedom. As his punishments include being frozen in suspended animation for years at a time, he stays the same age while his daughter grows older. As more time keeps being added to his sentence, he despairs of ever getting out. |
Actors: Daniels Gary,Genesse Bryan,Combs Jeffrey,Sadler Nicholas,Steven Schub,Finlay-McLennan Stewart,Unger Joe,Groh David,Glover Bruce,Pugh Willard E.,Whitaker Duane,Action,Sci-Fi,
What does a spoiler in the back of the car do?
Do I really need a spoiler on my car? Besides the fact that some cars (not all, I'm afraid) look nicer with a spoiler, what does it really do and does it work? Is it worth paying extra to have one on my car?
not a thing
unless it's huge and your going 100 miles and hour.
Ruin | Jul 24, 2008
you don't need one unless you drive a dragster, it stabilizes the car to keep it down
i could be wrong though since I'm a girl
lisalau | Jul 24, 2008
Doesn't it help keep the car's rear end down when high speed is involved?
tigerlilyaz | Jul 24, 2008
it pushes the back end towards the ground giving you slightly better traction in the back. no, you dont need one, they just look cool too. they work, but probably not enough for youre driving style
DreGGs | Jul 24, 2008
its supposed to give less wind Resistance, but i don't think that's whats going to happen.
uc489 | Jul 24, 2008
At higher speeds, the spoiler "pushes" the car down on its suspension. This helps with traction and handling. To illustrate this, put you hand out the window of a fast moving car and put your fingers together, making your hand flat. Then point your hand downwards. Your hand will be "pushed" downwards by the air moving past your hand.
I wouldn't bother getting one, myself.
apb450 | Jul 24, 2008
A spoiler provides down pressure at high speeds to keep auto from floating and stay manageable while driving
ed9455 | Jul 24, 2008
They are more of a cosmetic item now days. The actual intent was to help keep a car planted more firmly on the road at speed. This is why racing vehicles still employ spoilers.
Rudy_kazootie | Jul 24, 2008
won't do anything for your car except look cool, unless you plan on going over 200mph. its real purpose is for racecars to keep them grounded by traping the air currents around them and help push the car to the ground and push it thru like a jet stream. (not sure about the physics of it just the purpose)
vogtvisions | Jul 24, 2008
I don't think much besides looks. Maybe some slight aerodynamic purpose depending on the car.
csuramgirl | Jul 24, 2008
A rear spoiler is designed to change the flow of air over the rear of the vehicle. This change in air flow increases downforce on the rear of the vehicle to help improve traction in an effort to prevent sliding while cornering.
The effectiveness of the spoiler depends on the angle or the wing portion and the speed of the vehicle.
In general, the spoilers that are available through the manufacturers as "optional accessories" or "standard accessories" are cosmetic in nature only.
bacabuck | Jul 24, 2008
you do not need one on the back of your car...sure some look good but all it does is add weight and unnecessary downforce to your car, that is as long as you dont have a race car
Joe | Jul 24, 2008
On a street car a spoiler does absolutely nothing but sit there and look good ( in some cases! ). Racing teams spend a lot of time and money designing and developing spoilers for race cars in wind tunnels that help increase down force on the road to give better traction for acceleration and turning. At the higher speeds experienced on a race track a spoiler can and does provide a benefit, but it has to be properly designed for the specific application. But on a street vehicle, even when buddy puts the great big honkin' spoiler on the back of his neon, it's doing very little! It's probably creating more drag and slowing him down rather than speeding him up! If a car comes with a factory spoiler...fine, but I sure wouldn't waste my time or money on putting one on a car after the fact.
LPG Guy | Jul 24, 2008
Spoilers are there simply for looks, to make the car look like it's a high-speed racer.
Most spoilers are not even designed correctly for real high-speed performance. They wouldn't work correctly even if the car were driven 175-200 mph. In fact, they would create additional drag and slow the car down.
tenofeight | Jul 24, 2008
On most street cars it's an ornament...
On racing cars it holds the rear end down At high speed, something you don't need on the street.
Sophie B | Jul 24, 2008
Its just for looks for most cars,If you are planning on going 100mph plus then it will work for better traction.Mostly high end cars,sports cars use them.
kratospiche | Jul 24, 2008
Star Trek: Insurrection
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IMDB rating: 6.40 Plot: Engage! Captain Jean-Luc Picard and his Next Generation crew are back. From the beginning of the Federation, the Prime Directive was clear: no Starfleet expedition may interfere with the natural development of other civilizations. But now Picard is confronted with orders that undermine that decree. If he obeys, 600 peaceful residents of Ba'ku will be forcibly removed from their remarkable world, all for the reportedly greater good of millions who will benefit from the Ba'ku's Fountain of Youth-like powers. If he disobeys, he will risk his Starship, his career, his life. But for Picard, there's really only one choice. He must rebel against Starfleet . . . and lead the insurrection to preserve Paradise. |
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Actors: Stewart Patrick,Spiner Brent,Burton LeVar,Dorn Michael,Abraham F. Murray,Zerbe Anthony,Henry Gregg,Kelly Daniel Hugh,Welch Michael,Deakins Mark,Action,Adventure,Sci-Fi,Thriller,
Why does Nero from Star Trek look different from other Romulans?
In all of the other star trek TV shows, the romulans look mostly the same- but Nero looks way different. Why is this? The only thing I noticed that look the same are the romulans in Star Trek Insurrection- Is he like them?
From Memory Alpha: "Due to their shared ancestry, Vulcans and Romulans possessed very similar physiology. (...) Most Romulans had two brow ridges above the bridge of their nose, forming a V-shape on the forehead. However, a minority of Romulans lack these ridges, making them outwardly indistinguishable from Vulcans."
In the prequel comic Star Trek: Countdown, an explanation is given for the tattoos on Nero and his crew: "There was a tradition on Romulus that when a loved one died you would paint your grief upon your skin. Ancient symbols of love and loss. In time the paint would fade, and with it the period of mourning. Life would go on. We paint these symbols on our skin now. But we burn them deep. So that they will never fade. Because life does not go on. We died with our friends. We died with our families. We died with Romulus. And all that is left is revenge."
Hope that answers your question 
Teri | Jul 01, 2009
because the actor that plays Nero is Australian not British or Canadian.
hollywood | Jul 01, 2009
I suppose they wanted Nero to look different and to not just blend in because he's the bad guy and everybody has to know who the bad guy of the movie is... as time went on and the effects got better the aliens all started looking different (check out the Original Series' Klingons and compare them to how they look on all the other series) I guess since Insurrection came right before the new movie and is therefore it's closest living relative they're going to look more alike than Romulans from any other show/movie because there's not a huge make-up/effects gap between them.
Spock Fan | Jul 01, 2009
Were there any Romulans in the ST Insurrection movie? I remember the Romulans from The Original Star Trek series, and from Star Trek the Next Generation series. And the Romulans were much fiercer looking in TNG. They had more grooves in their faces and protruding foreheads, and a more deadly threatening demeanour, and quite frankly were more interesting and well developed within the plot than the original Star Trek Romulans. Especially the Tasha story for instance.
Nero looked like a guy with Tattoos, really peeved off mind you, but not the Romulans from any of the series, so you're right on in your observation in my opinion.
Tina Vashniche | Jul 01, 2009
The universe has been reimagined, some stuff will be different,
Also most of the Romulans we have seen before have been Military, and Nero and his ships crew were just civilian miners as he said out making an honest living. I would guess that before Spock messed up Romulus and Remus Nero and his guys may have been pretty normal and decent folk.
Loop | Jul 02, 2009
Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World
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IMDB rating: 4.80 Plot: When news of John Smith's death reaches America, Pocahontas is devastated. She sets off to London with John Rolfe, to meet with the King of England on a diplomatic mission: to create peace and respect between the two great lands. However, Governor Ratcliffe is still around; he wants to return to Jamestown and take over, no matter what the cost. He will stop at nothing to discredit the young princess. |
Actors: Cummings Jim,Gibson Donal,Means Russell,Stiers David Ogden,Zane Billy,Bennett Jeff,Bergen Bob,Brien Mark S.,Bumpass Rodger,Byram Amick,Animation,Adventure,Family,
Pocahontas vs Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World?
for me i think Disney should have just left Pocahontas as is i loved the romance between John Smith and her! and then they killed it in the second movie. i know they did it to make the movie more historical and stuff but still i loved the first movie a lot more.
Bonus questions:
1) whats your favorite animated Disney movie?
mine is the Lion King
2) Whats your favorite Disney movie? (out of all of them)
Pirates of the Caribbean
i highly agree! they ttly killed their romance!! grrr...
my fave is the lionking....but overall i think i like....Stardust, but im not sure if thats disney.....
Greeni | Sep 26, 2009
I Love Pocahontas when I was Young. The second onw was stupid.
My favorite Disney movie is Pocahontas.
My favorite animated movie is Chicken Little.
>A??st?si?
yup
1. mulan
2. finding nemo
i have 0 characters to work with | Sep 26, 2009
Star Trek: Insurrection
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IMDB rating: 6.40 Plot: Engage! Captain Jean-Luc Picard and his Next Generation crew are back. From the beginning of the Federation, the Prime Directive was clear: no Starfleet expedition may interfere with the natural development of other civilizations. But now Picard is confronted with orders that undermine that decree. If he obeys, 600 peaceful residents of Ba'ku will be forcibly removed from their remarkable world, all for the reportedly greater good of millions who will benefit from the Ba'ku's Fountain of Youth-like powers. If he disobeys, he will risk his Starship, his career, his life. But for Picard, there's really only one choice. He must rebel against Starfleet . . . and lead the insurrection to preserve Paradise. |
Actors: Stewart Patrick,Spiner Brent,Burton LeVar,Dorn Michael,Abraham F. Murray,Zerbe Anthony,Henry Gregg,Kelly Daniel Hugh,Welch Michael,Deakins Mark,Action,Adventure,Sci-Fi,Thriller,
What was the best and the worst Star Trek movie?
Star Trek: The Original Motion Picture (1979)
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984)
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986)
Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989)
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991)
Star Trek: Generations (1994)
Star Trek: First Contact (1996)
Star Trek: Insurrection (1998)
Star Trek: Nemesis (2002)
Star Trek (2009)
Best
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)
Worst
Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989)
Woody B | May 27, 2009
worst: all of them D:
Suzy with an uzi? | May 27, 2009
I've always watched the series (all of em) and seen all the movie. Worst in my opinion was the Undiscovered Country. A few of them drug along and were stretched, but that one bore me to tears. Best I would have to give the nod to the original. Awesome effects for it's time with a great cast and cool little twist with the Voyager thing. I also liked the remake and how they were able to tip their hat to the original for trekies, but made it enjoyable for people that had never watched them before.
chonan_1999 | May 27, 2009
The Motion Picture was the worst. Read my review below.
stephenbisback | May 28, 2009
Perfect Murder, A
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IMDB rating: 6.40 Plot: Millionaire industrialist Steven Taylor is a man who has everything but what he craves most: the love and fidelity of his wife. A hugely successful player in the New York financial world, he considers her to be his most treasured acquisition. But she needs more than simply the role of dazzling accessory. Brilliant in her own right, she works at the U.N. and is involved with a struggling artist who fulfills her emotional needs. When her husband discovers her indiscretion, he sets out to commit the perfect murder and inherit her considerable trust fund in the bargain. |
Actors: Douglas Michael,Mortensen Viggo,Suchet David,Moran Michael P.,Lyman Will,Singer Stephen,Birney Reed,Smith Vincent,Thriller,
does anyone know of a place where i can get the full text of these short stories?
i need the full text of the short stories:
the quiet man by maurice walsh and the utterly perfect murder by ray bradbury
Ray Bradbury's story is copyrighted.
redunicorn | Nov 15, 2009
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