I have to admit that all this talk has moved me to rent TR.  Watching it
again for the first time in two years I noticed a few things of minor
interest.
        1.  How about all that doggone corporate plugging!  I don't
                think that I go to far to say that this flik has the
                most corporate plugs since 2001.  What do you think?
                Was this simply an effort to create a sense of realism:
                or is it blatant money-grubbing.
        2.  In a similar vein, did anyone notice that on Earth there
                were Coke ads everywhere, and that on Mars there
                were only Pepsi ads? Hmmmmmm . . .
        3.  When Quaid & Laura are eating breakfast, did anyone notice
                the ESPN ad on the TV?  Who was playing?  The Tokyo
                Samurais and *gasp* the Toronto Blue Jays.  As a
                Braves fan I find this prophetic, yet sad.
        4.  Finally, a word about the dome-puncturing bullets.
                Who fired them?  Agency people, and we all know that
                Intelligence entities always navigate around SOP's
                and other regulations "in the interest of security."
                In this light, I think that scene is more plausible.
                (my roomate deduced this, not me.)
 
For what it's worth,
Buck Jordan
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