![]() The artists took inspiration from Clint Eastwood’s character in Sergio Leone’s Man with No Name. The all-white suit was painted silver and designed to appear like the pieces were scavenged from many sources. Faced with this issue, the filmmakers decided to reconceptualize the character as a lone bounty hunter. Budgetary issues allowed them to create only one Boba Fett suit rather than the 100 originally planned. Unfortunately, Lucas would never see his army of “super troopers” come to life. The suit was designed by the film’s art director Joe Johnston and concept artist Ralph McQuarrie. The all-white suit design had never been seen before in the Star Wars universe, thanks in particular to the T-shaped visor. George Lucas conceived of a new type of “super trooper” that would serve as an upgraded Empire stormtrooper. As the story became more complicated and new worlds were introduced, one idea was particularly exciting. SUPER TROOPER Early design concepts for Boba FettĪfter the box office success of Star Wars in 1977, George Lucas and artists of Lucasfilm knew they had a big project on their hand figuring out a sequel. But how exactly did Boba Fett come to be? To figure that out, we’ll need to travel back to the 1980s and the development process for Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back. A man of few words, Boba Fett has become one of the best-known and most loved Star Wars characters of all time. When he first appeared on the silver screen in Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back, Boba Fett clocked in with just six minutes and thirty-two seconds of screen time, speaking a total of four lines. “I love what they are doing with Disney plus, not just with Star Wars shows but also the Marvel shows as well,” Junior Nikhil Bakshi said.Read up on the iconic Star Wars bounty hunter before watching the series finale on Disney+ Disney plus allows for characters to be better developed and that’s exactly what they are doing with this movie. The main Star Wars movies are most likely finished after the release of The Rise of Skywalker, but thanks to Disney plus, Star Wars fans are in for a big treat with all the shows coming out. Star Wars fans know that Tatooine is a pretty irrelevant planet, but in this show it’s the center of attention. Tatooine is the home of Anakin Skywalker and the place where Luke Skywalker was raised. ![]() The show explores the well-known desert planet of Tatooine, in a way that no other Star Wars movie or TV series has before. “When I watched that Mandolorian episode I was shocked to see him, and I’m sure so many other people were shocked too,” sophomore Daniel Son said. The most famous of Boba Fett’s captures is Han Solo in the movie “The Empire Strikes Back.” “Boba Fett is one of the most underrated characters in Star Wars and I’m so glad he finally has his own show to explore his character more,” junior Ethan Kuan said.īoba Fett appeared in the second season of the Mandolorian as a tease for his upcoming show. A bounty hunter is a person who pursues a criminal or fugitive for whom a reward is offered. The Return of the Jedi is the sixth of the Star Wars movies and The Book of Boba Fett takes place 25 years before the next movie in the series, The Force Awakens.īoba Fett is one of the most feared bounty hunters in the galaxy. This time period is the same as the other Star Wars spin off, The Mandalorian. The Book of Boba Fett picks up about five years after Boba’s presumed death in Return of the Jedi in the original Star Wars trilogy. “I have been so excited for the release ever since they announced the show was happening,” junior Abraham Laban said. Each episode will be released weekly every Wednesday until Feb. ![]() The show has already released three episodes and plans to finish off season one with seven total episodes. Now Boba Fett wants to rule the criminal underworld that Jabba the Hutt once loomed over. In this series, Boba Fett, who was once a great bounty hunter, has said those days are behind him. ![]()
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![]() ![]() The suit alleges that Haart overspent on the budget allocated to her for personal expenses, claiming: “In addition to exceeding E1972’s budget by millions of dollars due to her personal spending habits, Haart also freely used two EWG corporate credit cards to purchase expensive clothing and handbags, luxury vacations, and other personal and unnecessary purchases.” Ousted Elite World Group CEO Julia Haart is being sued for millions by ex, Silvio Scaglia. It alleges that she spent approximately $500,000 at Louis Vuitton, $180,000 at Chanel, $140,000 at Dior and more than $500,000 on lavish trips for herself and her family, plus more than $160,000 on makeup and hair-styling services. ![]() The filing, seen by Page Six, also claims that Haart used the company set up to run her clothing line, E1972, as her “personal piggy bank.” ![]() Haart, 51, who was ousted as CEO of Elite World Group earlier this month, is alleged to have spent $125,000 on “cosmetic procedures” -including a boob job, as Page Six reported - according to court papers. “My Unorthodox Life” star Julia Haart is being sued for allegedly spending unauthorized millions of dollars of company cash by her estranged husband Silvio Scaglia. Paul Nassif says ‘RHOBH’ led to the ‘demise’ of marriage to Adrienne Maloof Sofía Vergara files to keep jewelry, artwork, earnings in Joe Manganiello divorceĭr. Sofía Vergara lets Joe Manganiello keep dog after admitting the pooch ‘hates’ her: reportīraunwyn Windham-Burke’s spousal, child support amount from estranged husband Sean revealed ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() This increase your heart rate and blood pressure, which may rev you up a bit or even improve your physical performance. Your pituitary gland senses that neural activity is higher than it ought to be, so it perceives an emergency and releases adrenaline. The chemical structure of a caffeine molecule shares some features of adenosine. The neural activity is not slowed, and you don’t get drowsy or sleepy. So when you drink coffee, the caffeine becomes like a trespassing ship that prevents adenosine from docking in its usual spot. It just so happens that caffeine is a pretty nice fit for those adenosine receptors as well, and caffeine does nothing to slow down neural activity. This is what makes you feel drowsy or sleepy. Think of them as little docks, and the ship that docks in them is a chemical called adenosine.Īdenosine slows down neural activity when it “docks” in these receptors. Effects of Caffeine on the BodyĮvery cell in your body has little proteins known as adenosine receptors. This post covers some of the reasons why your energy level might not be going up when you drink coffee.įirst, let’s discuss go over the way caffeine works-or is supposed to work-on your body. There are also people who have never felt the effects of caffeine, but they still want to know why. The smell of a freshly brewed cup of coffee is always nice to wake up to, but what if that coffee isn’t waking you up? You may feel like the odd one out if coffee isn’t having the same awakening effect for you that it seems to have for so many people.Ĭoffee’s stimulating effects on regular coffee drinkers can diminish over time. 6 Ways to Feel More Energetic Without Using Caffeine ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Even though Sonata can be a bit careless sometimes, she still has a rockin’ sense of style. Sonata Dusk, the member of the trouble-making band, The Dazzlings. Audiences are always enchanted by her magical voice, and her antics only turn up the volume. Quirky and unpredictable, Sonata Dusk’s whimsical approach to everything adds a special kind of sparkle to The Dazzlings. Sonata Dusk is featured in the Rainbow Rocks screenplay novelization The Mane Event and Panorama Sticker Storybook and appears again in Make Your Own Magic: Starswirl Do-Over. You can help improve it by editing this page to include new information. This page contains information about something recently released. Sonata appears alongside Adagio and Aria in their siren forms in My Little Pony: FIENDship is Magic Issue #3 facing off against Star Swirl the Bearded and in My Little Pony: Legends of Magic using their hypnotic singing on Stygian's village before being defeated and banished by the Pillars of Old Equestria. In the season seven episode Shadow Play - Part 2, Sonata and her fellow sirens appear in flashback, creating discord among ponies with their singing, before they were defeated by the Pillars of Old Equestria and banished by Star Swirl the Bearded. Sonata mentions that she once accidentally started a fire by putting tacos in a toaster. Sonata and the rest of the Dazzlings continue to harass Sunset before leaving in their van. When Sunset Shimmer checks their van only to not find the Time Twirler and after reading Adagio's mind, Sunset finds out that they weren't responsible. They appear as suspects to who has been causing the time loop, only for Sunset to misunderstand that she really meant that their song, Find the Magic, was looped while they were on stage. Sonata along with the rest of the Dazzlings return in Sunset's Backstage Pass as performers at the Starswirled Music Festival. Sonata Dusk, alongside Adagio Dazzle and Aria Blaze, make their return in the music video Find the Magic, performing at the Starswirled Music Festival and singing about adjusting to life without their magic.Įquestria Girls: Sunset's Backstage Pass Her siren form can also be seen in one of the human Twilight Sparkle's photos. They also summon astral projections of their siren forms from their pendants.Ī drawing of Sonata's siren form is briefly seen in Friendship Games during the CHS Rally Song. As a result, their inability to sing leads to them being chased off in disgrace.Īside from flashbacks, Sonata's true form is never physically shown in the film, but she and her fellow band members gain pony-like ears, extended ponytails, and translucent fin-like wings. In the final battle against the Rainbooms, Sonata and the Dazzlings are eventually defeated, and the gem pendants with which they controlled the students are destroyed. Sonata and the Dazzlings use their siren's songs to control the students' opinion and advance through the competition bracket. She and the Dazzlings later convince the students with their music to turn the friendly Musical Showcase into a Battle of the Bands. They first appear in a café causing tension between the patrons, and Sonata briefly argues with Aria Blaze. They are sirens from Equestria who were banished to the human world by Star Swirl the Bearded before they could conquer Equestria with their dark magic. In the film, Sonata and the other Dazzlings are introduced in the human world. Sonata Dusk, Adagio Dazzle, and Aria Blaze in a storybook. Only her blue belt appears in the final film.ĭepiction in Equestria Girls Equestria Girls: Rainbow Rocks On the doll, her blue belt also is slightly different as her belt hangs off her waist with cutie mark chains hanging off of it. In music terms, the word " sonata" refers to a composition for an instrumental soloist, often with a piano accompaniment.īoth the original animatic of the opening credits and the doll merchandise depict Sonata wearing purple tinted sunglasses. Her non-siren forms are similar in color scheme to S05E24 Unnamed Earth Filly #1. Like those of her bandmates Adagio Dazzle and Aria Blaze, Sonata Dusk's fin-like wings are translucent and non-feathered. She is a backup singer in her band the Dazzlings, rivaling the Rainbooms. Sonata Dusk is a female siren and one of the main antagonists in My Little Pony Equestria Girls: Rainbow Rocks. ![]() Shannon Chan-Kent ( English, Find the Magic) Hiromi Hayakawa ( Latin American Spanish) ¤ Light arctic blue with moderate persian blue stripes (human) Student at Canterlot High School ( temporarily) Human Sonata Dusk in " MLP Equestria Girls™ Rainbow Rocks Part 2" ![]() ![]() ![]() “Making our future autonomous vehicles as user friendly as possible is key, and motion sickness is something we knew we needed to research as so many people experience it even now as a passenger. Pete Bennett, from Jaguar Land Rover comments: We are particularly excited about applying this new finding to Virtual Reality headset use.” It’s also very likely this method can be used in other domains such as sea-sickness for navy staff or cruise passengers. Imagine if when someone is waiting for a test-drive in a new autonomous vehicle they could sit in the showroom and do some ‘brain training puzzles’ on a tablet before going out in the car, therefore reducing their risk of sickness. “I hope that in the future we can optimise the training into a short, highly impactful method. Motion sickness has, for a long time, been a significant limitation to many peoples transport options and this research has shown a new method for how we can address this. ![]() Human factors research is all about how we can design products and services that are pleasurable. ![]() “Being able to reduce an individual’s personal susceptibility to motion-sickness using simple ‘brain training style’ tasks training is a massive step-forward in the development of future transport systems, including autonomous vehicles. This included exercises such as a looking at a pattern of boxes that and having to identify which image out of three is the original just rotated, paper folding tasks and understand spatial patterns.Īfter the training period, participants took part in another motion sickness assessment and it was recorded that motion sickness reduced by 51% in the driving simulator, and 58% in the on-road trial.ĭr Joseph Smyth, from WMG, University of Warwick comments: A ‘fast motion sickness scale’, was also used to capture ‘real-time’ symptoms as participants were asked to rate their sickness every minute on a scale of 0-20 considering nausea, discomfort, and stomach problems.Īfter their first run, participants completed various pen-and-paper visuospatial training tasks, once per day for 15 minutes per day, for 2 weeks. Participants in the study went in either the WMG 3xD simulator for a driving simulator trial, or on an on-road trial where they were driven around as passengers, imitating what it would be like to be in an autonomous vehicle.īaseline motion sickness was first measured during their initial ride, using a verity of pre-validated questionnaires, to report severity of the symptoms. In the project, researchers have found by using visuospatial training you can essentially train the brain to reduce motion sickness by over 50%. However, in the paper ‘ A Novel Method for Reducing Motion Sickness Susceptibility through Training Visuospatial Ability – A Two-Part Study’, published in the journal Applied Ergonomics, researchers from WMG, University of Warwick have been successful in reducing motion sickness. In fact, if we were able to reduce motion sickness so much that people could read and work in future cars, it’s predicted that this productivity boost could be worth as much as US$508billion per year according to Morgan Stanley.Ĭonsidering the number of people affected, relatively little research has been done into motion sickness, especially not into motion sickness and autonomous vehicles. It is expected that due to potential vehicle designs and people’s desire to engage in non-driving related tasks such as reading or watching films, motion sickness will be a significant factor for vehicle occupants. With the concept of autonomous vehicles coming closer to our roads, the need to reduce motion sickness is more apparent than ever. Motion sickness, sometimes referred to as travel sickness usually can occur during travel in cars and boats, but also when using virtual reality headsets or in a simulator. Researchers at WMG, University of Warwick reduced motion sickness by over 50% using the training tool and it was found to be effective in both a driving simulator and on-road experimentation.Įveryone can experience motion sickness, with 1 in 3 of us being highly susceptible to motion sickness. Visuospatial training exercises can train the brain to reduce motion sickness, providing a potential remedy for future passengers riding in autonomous vehicles. A cognitive training tool designed by researchers at WMG, University of Warwick has been proven to help ‘train the brain’ to reduce motion sickness by over 50%.Motion sickness can occur during car travel, at sea, using virtual reality headsets and is expected to be a significant factor in self-driving car.Everyone can suffer from motion sickness, and around one in three are known to be highly susceptible to motion sickness. ![]() ![]() ![]() Hampton Mayor Ann Tarpley said the city would hold a prayer vigil Monday evening for the four victims and their loved ones. The shootings marked the 31st mass killing of 2023, taking the lives of at least 153 people this year, according to a database maintained by The AP and USA Today in a partnership with Northeastern University. The most recent homicide before Saturday in the town of 8,000 had been in 2018, Turner said. Hampton is home to the Atlanta Motor Speedway, Georgia’s racetrack for NASCAR events. “What was going through that man’s mind after he did all he done?” Foster wondered. Foster was inside his house when he heard crunching metal. Ron Foster, who lives on the main road outside the subdivision entrance, said Longmore drove through his yard and his neighbor’s yard, destroying multiple ornamental windmills and leaving tire tracks in the grass. About 40 houses on two streets flank a lake in the neighborhood, about 25 miles (40 kilometers) south of downtown Atlanta. At least three police cars staked out the neighborhood Sunday, limiting access. Turner told reporters earlier that detectives were investigating at least four crime scenes in Dogwood Lakes. Worth said Longmore appeared to evaluate whether he needed to shoot again and then “started walking casually” toward the entrance to the subdivision, then at a “brisk stride.” Worth said he ran upstairs, watching Longmore disappear behind some trees as he called police. “He didn’t appear angry, upset, agitated,” Worth said. Worth said he first thought there’d been a road rage confrontation, but said the man moved deliberately. ![]() ![]() A small group of countries could advance more quickly than others, only temporarily, and only if it were absolutely essential to do so. No new arrangements would be accepted in the basic regulations of the internal market they should apply to all member countries in the same way. Special arrangements would not be adopted unless they were supported by a minimum number of countries, later to be decided. Finland's ten-point programme includes a proposal that flexibility should be permitted to all member countries wishing to apply the principle. Earlier in the week, Finland's EU ambassador, Antti Satuli, presented Finland's position to the institutional committee of (the European) parliament. Member countries agreed unanimously that EU rules should permit some members to advance more quickly and further than others. For her part, defence minister Taina told MTV 3 (Finnish commercial television) news that nothing had occurred that would give a reason to change (Finland's) policy of (military) non-alignment.Īt the intergovernmental conference in Brussels delegates disagreed over which rules would be governed by flexibility. In Norrback's view, Finland and Sweden should walk in step on the NATO issue because the two countries' starting points in security policy were now considerably closer than during the Cold War. He said the main thing was for Finland not be left like a bystander, suddenly realising that it had been excluded from security arrangements. ![]() Mr Norrback hoped that the government's forthcoming white paper on defence and security would evaluate various security policy options, including the possibility of joining (NATO). He said it was odd that in Finland the possibility of membership was not even analysed when, at the same time, former communist countries were joining the organisation. In an interview with the newspaper Aamulehti, the minister of European affairs, Ole Norrback, said that the government should openly consider the possibility of NATO membership. He regarded an enlarging and strengthening EU as the best partner for Russia and for other major players in the international community. He emphasised that the Finnish government adhered to the view that the key to European security lay in economic and political integration. The President reiterated the remarks on security policy that he made in a speech in Keuruu (central Finland) in December. ![]() ![]() He spoke of the need for the EU to shoulder responsibility when the strength of a member state needed a boost. President Ahtisaari regarded the strengthening of the EU as justified in international political terms. He pointed out that Finland's decision to take part or not would be made by parliament which would have to weigh the consequences of remaining outside EMU. The President spoke of EMU as a pillar of European economic stability. One of the key themes of President Martti Ahtisaari's New Year address was European economic and monetary union, EMU, and Finland's possible participation in it. ![]() ![]() ![]() Power is sent to the rear wheels through a rebuilt two-speed Powerglide automatic transmission. The 348ci V8 was reportedly rebuilt under previous ownership, and service performed in preparation for the sale is said to have included replacing the spark plugs and battery as well as performing an oil change. The five-digit odometer shows 899 miles, approximately 200 of which have been during current ownership. The two-spoke steering wheel with a horn ring frames a 120-mph speedometer along with gauges for coolant temperature and fuel level. Features include laps belts, manual windows, and a Straight Line Tuning push-button radio. Der LS6 hat 7,5 Liter Hubraum und leistet 335 kW (456 PS). Chevrolets leistungsstärkster Motor, der LS6, wurde in einigen El Camino der dritten Generation verbaut. Die dritte Generation des Chevrolet El Camino wurde von 19 hergestellt und hatte etwas größere Außenmaße als die Vorgänger. The steering wheel and dashboard are said to be sourced from an Impala. Weitere Versionen des Chevrolet El Camino. The interior was reportedly reupholstered in blue vinyl with houndstooth cloth inserts on the bench seat and door panels. A spare wheel is stored behind the rear bench. The selling dealer states that a dual brake master cylinder was installed. Equipment includes power steering and power four-wheel drum brakes. The selling dealer notes that the doors appear to be a lighter shade than the body, and there are paint chips on the upper edge of the doors.įactory 14″ steel wheels wear polished covers and are wrapped in 225/75 whitewall tires. Exterior details include wraparound front and rear windshields, quad headlights, rear fender skirts, dual side mirrors, a fender-mounted antenna, and a dual-outlet exhaust. The car was refinished in blue with brightwork trim around the windows, trunk bed, and rear fenders. This El Camino is offered with the factory jack and handle, the owner’s manual, and a clean Wisconsin title. ![]() An upgraded dual brake master cylinder was installed under previous ownership. Service performed in preparation for sale consisted of replacing the spark plugs and battery as well as performing an oil change. Equipment includes wraparound front and rear windshields, quad headlights, rear fender skirts, dual side mirrors, lap belts, and a Straight Line Tuning push-button radio. The car was acquired by the selling dealer in August 2021 and is said to have been refurbished under previous ownership. This 1960 Chevrolet El Camino is finished in blue over matching upholstery and is powered by a 348ci V8 paired with a two-speed Powerglide automatic transmission. ![]() ![]() ![]()
![]() ![]() Three years later, Ho is released from jail. Ho's brother Kit keeps training at the police academy. Ho is imprisoned in Taiwan while Mark is left a cripple. He is walking out thinking that he finished all of them when their leader crawls out from under a table and shoots him in the knees. Mark attacks the Taiwanese gangsters in a restaurant: alone he coldly kills most of them. The triad's boss tells him that his own nephew betrayed them and joined the Taiwanese gang. Mark learns of the failed mission from the newspapers. Kit arrives and a lengthy fist fight ensues which ends with Kit's father being stabbed to death by the hitman.īefore dying, the old man's last words are a plea that Kit forgive his brother. Jackie tries to defend the old man as the old man fights with the hitman. Hours later a hitman enters Kit's home and tells their father that Ho crossed the line by killing those men. The police chases them and Ho decides to give himself up in order to help Shing escape. Ho and Shing, trapped in the house, are indirectly saved by the cops that rush in, and give them an opportunity to escape. Ho and Shing meet the Taiwanese gang in a remote area of Taiwan and deliverīut it is an ambush: Ho is wounded in the shootout and kills several of the Taiwanese gangsters. Ho has decided to abandon the criminal career: this will be his last job. Jackie fails her examination because of Kit's comical disasters as he tries to help her.ĭuring a lunch with Shing, Mark tells him of when gangsters made him drink urine. Knows of Ho's criminal life and, when he remains alone with him, makes him ![]() They are meeting at Kit's home where their father is dying. ![]() Ho congratulates his little brother and meets his girlfriend Jackie, who Kit has just graduated to police detective. Ho tells Mark that he wants his little brother to live a honest life, get married and have children. The boss also asks Ho to take the rookie Shing with him to a mission in Taiwan. The boss reminds Ho that his brother Kit is graduating that day. Mark flirts with a secretary, Linda, who doesn't pay attention to him. They deliver the money to their boss who runs a large business office. Wearing a suit and tie, and driving in a Rolls Royce, they deliver a briefcaseįull of such counterfeit money to a Western businessman who pays with a briefcase full of real Hong Kong money. They inspect a laboratory where scientists Ho and Mark are gangsters and very good friends. The Wild Bunch and of Ford's western movies. So did the generally melancholy atmosphere mixed with comical scenes. (exagerated gunplay, slow-motion sequences, actions filmed in a mirror) The intense, visceral and at the same time stylish narrative of this film The themes of duty, honor, loyalty, revenge were recast in a cruel, industrial Gun shootouts were assimilated to the ethics of martial arts. Thanks to characters that were tragic if not moral heroes, Marked the beginning of the "hero film" genre in Hong Kong.Īcrobatic gunplay replaced acrobatic kung-fu moves. Yingxiong Bense/ A Better Tomorrow (1986), the film that Take the druglord hostage and escape through the jungle chased by the Yingxiong Wu Lei/ Heroes Shed No Tears (1986), in whichĬhinese commandos are sent to fight a Thai drug ring, Run Tiger Run (1985), his first collaboration with Tsui Hark (who acts in it). Herbert Ross' The Sunshine Boys (1975), and The Time You Need a Friend (1984), which is basically a remake of The supernatural comedy Mo Deng Tian Shi/ To Hell with the Devil (1981), roughly modeled after Stanley Donen's Bedazzled (1967), came theīa Cai Lin Ya Zhen/ Plain Jane to the Rescue (1982), Last Hurrah for Chivalry (1979), possibly the best of his kungfu movies.Īfter the farce From Riches to Rags (1980) and Gwong Law Yau Gwai Yan/ Hello Late Homecomers (1978).Īfter the thriller Follow the Star (1978), he returned to martial arts Woo found success with light-hearted comedies a` la Jerry Lewis such asįa Qian Han/ The Pilferer's Progress/ Money Crazy (1977) and Influenced by the martial-arts films of Chang Cheh (for whom he had been assistant director), His first film was Tie Han Rou Qing/ The Young Dragons (1973), a kung-fu movie thatĬharacterized by highly-complex action sequencesĪfter more minor ventures into martial arts films and Chinese opera, Woo started working in 1969 as a scriptwriter and assistant director. John was raised in poverty,īut developed a passion for western cinema that resulted in forming a group When he was five, his parents moved to Hong Kong. Yu-Sum "John" Woo was born in 1946 in China in a Christian family. ![]() ( Copyright © 1999-2020 Piero Scaruffi | Terms of use)ĥ.0 Once a Thief - Brother Against Brother (1996), John Woo: biography, filmography, reviews, ratings ![]() |
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