There is nothing controversial about the assertation: Star Wars is the most beloved space opera EVAR! Most beloved film ever, slightly controversial.

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The Lincoln Highway was one of the earliest transcontinental highways for automobiles across the United States of America. Conceived in 1912 by Indiana entrepreneur. Bob Verini gives pointers on how to write movie sex scenes, using excerpts from well-written sex scenes to demonstrate a writer's options. Directed by David Lynch. With Bill Pullman, Patricia Arquette, John Roselius, Louis Eppolito. After a bizarre encounter at a party, a jazz saxophonist is framed for. Everything going on in this dash cam highway pileup crash video probably couldn’t have gone any worse.

Whatever the case, most of the world has seen it and many who have love it fanatically. As such, the franchise has made billions of dollars for its owners and has spawned other billion dollar industries. It amazes me that a work of fiction has done more economically, not to mention culturally, than some countries. Before it became the juggernaut it is today, there was the influence it had on the film making community, an influence that spawned countless Star Warsploitation films. One such film is the subject of this month’s walk thru: The Humanoid (1. George B. Lewis, who not only borrowed aspects from Star Wars but also co- oped a name very similar to George Lucas.

I thought The Asylum was shameless. The director’s actual name is Aldo Lado, a name befitting an anagram master or a master “sampler” of other people’s work. Oddly enough though, for all the appropriation in The Humanoid, the movie’s title doesn’t have the word “star” or “war” like most of the other Star Warsploitation films. I guess there was a line Lado wouldn’t cross after all, though I am scratching my head on that one. That said, let’s see just how much Lado sampled in this walk thru of the 1.

Star Warsploitation, The Humanoid: Open: Space. Or, more precisely, open to various 1. Orbital- esque electronica. An expositive crawl is read by a lifeless voice, likely planetarium employee who loaned the background images. He recounts the story so far: Earth—now Earthopolis—is in a whole mess o’ trouble. Lord Growl has escaped from the prison- satellite where he was incarcerated and is seeking vengeance on his brother, Great Bruh, for imprisoning him. The crawl disappears and… wait for it…Wait for it…Wait for it…Eventually Lord Growl’s Sun Destroyer™ floats across the screen.

A space police patrol ship races after the tardy Sun Destroyer. Hopped up on space machismo, they order the Sun Destroyer to pull over, copping some fake charges that the Sun Destroyer is flying in a space HOV lane with only a hundred henchmen on board, clearly violating Space Statute 4. Lord Growl, like NWA, has adopted a strict f$& k the police attitude and blows them up for their obvious racist bulls$& t. Push into: Sun Destroyer. Lord Growl, a Rent- A- Center Darth Vader in black Samurai armor and helmet, monologues, “My brother has made his army bloated with peace!” Uninterested, the command crew keep about their business.

After an uncomfortable silence Lord Growl growls, “How far are we from Earthopolis?”“We are approaching gravity,” says Sun Destroyer pilot, Ensign Peon. Ah, so in this version of the space future “gravity” is a unit of distance, which means this movie is in the tradition of strictly separating the science from science fiction.)When they reach Earthopolis’s gravity Lord Growl commands his elite Squalltrooper™ strike team to launch. Their mission: grab the Crapatron and kill that Barbara Gibson.(Wait.

Barbara Gibson? The space future is populated with women named Barbara Gibson? Oh, right. This is a 1. Star Warsploitation.

No one goes to the dollar cinema to actually watch this movie. The audience is either necking or using the back row as a toilet.

My bad. Carry on.)Cut to: Barbara at Work. Barbara works at Earthopolis Central, a building in the middle of the desert where people either wander around aimlessly or sit at randomly placed desks flipping switches, turning knobs, and watching blinky lights. Barbara is middle management, evidenced by her telling some flunky to “check the imprint,” before returning to her panel.

A call comes in for Barbara from Tom Tom, a pre- teen asian child who is… her son? Whatever the relation, he’s some kind of mentalist, chocked full of mini- chutneyans™, because he uses a Jeti Mind Ruse™ (which sounds like space jibber jabber) to get Barbara to leave work and come home. Incredibly it works.

Barbara’s face droops into even less expression as she rises from her desk and mechanically walks away. At the outer gate, she guns her X- . Ground Speeder’s™ engine and pulls away just as Lord Growl’s elite Squalltroopers attack. Earthopolis guards are no match for an assault by Stephen Hawking, much less competent soldiers (Squalltroopers can actually hit their targets). The Mountie Full Movie here. The security forces don’t even bother to look up when the Squalltroopers stroll in, despite obviously being there for nefarious reasons.

I know it’s not politically correct to stereotype, but they’re Rent- a- Center Tie Fighter Pilots: helmets that cover their faces, all that shiny black leather, and blaster rifles—come on!)Once they’ve eliminated everyone, security forces and office staff, the Squalltroopers start on their first objective: scour Earthopolis Central for a container marked “K” for Crapatron. In the storage room, that is, a walk- in closet with 4 inset cabinets, the Squalltroopers find four containers, but are confounded because none of the containers are marked with a “K.” They rack their brains trying to decide which container has the Crapatron?

There’s only four containers, which could all be grabbed as there are four Squalltroopers, it’s not like they have to worry if they holster their guns because everyone is dead, but whatever). Kryten, lead Squalltrooper, remembers Lord Growl said the Crapatron might be in an odd shaped container. So they check each. One is round. One is square. The final is… octagonal.

That’s it! Or, wait. Did Lord Growl say it was possibly in a black container? Or maybe it was in Earthopolis West? Moving hastily on…(And, yes, I do realize that was only three containers when there was originally four! Don’t blame me, blame the movie.)Cut to: Sun Destroyer. Back on the Sun Destroyer, Kryten admits to Lord Growl that they didn’t kill Barbara but they did get the Crapatron. Well… probably—fingers crossed behind his back.

Lord Growl almost puts Laser Hands on Kryten, but that would involve special effects and Growl doesn’t want to spoil the Big Boss fight later, so instead he opts to punish Kryten. The punishment? Kryten loses of his privileges for 1. No interwebs? Ouch! That’s why he’s known as Lord Growl The Unfair! His evil know no bounds.)Cut to: Earthopolis.

Princely Hero Nick (the dashing protagonist of the movie) visits the Grand Council of Bros Before Hoes. Great Bruh, leader of Earthopolis and Chugmaster Most Rad, is greatly disturbed by the Squalltroopers attack, yet is thankful Barbara survived. She was the one he drank tequila shots from her… you know what, never mind.) Although the nuclear stockpiles were untouched the Grand Council of Bros Before Hoes calls for the security forces to “inflict death” on the enemies of Earthopolis—but only if necessary. Oh! So that’s why they were such useless dorks. Before the special decree of Inflicting Death all the security forces could do was whimper, “Hey…” and shake a finger reproachfully.)Cut to: Barbara’s House. As it turns out, Tom Tom called Barbara home to play video games. Well, kind of. Tom Tom is too busy reading to give his full attention to the game, which annoys Barbara to no end.

Really?!? Tom Tom is such a dork! The Bachelor Episode Guide. Does he want to grow up what for to be all smart and stuff?

Barbara, like the champ she is, asks Tom Tom for permission to cheat by consulting the computer (“it can solve 1. Even with the help of the computer, and Tom Tom being distracted, he manages to kick her butt with one move.(Maybe Barbara should crack open a book now and again herself.

At the very least read the cover of the book Tom Tom is reading—How to Win at Viddy Games Programmatically by Stephen Hawking. If she had done so maybe she might have had an inkling why Tom Tom was willing to let her use the computer to “cheat.”All of this might have you wondering, so what? What’s going on here?

Who is this Barbara and Tom Tom? The answer is discouraging: because script. The kicker: Tom Tom is Barbara’s pupil. Uhm. Okay. She’s as smart as a dusty gummy bear.

Lincoln Highway - Wikipedia. Lincoln Highway. Route information. Length: 3,3. 89 mi (5,4.

Existed: 1. 91. 3 – present. Major junctions. West end: Lincoln Park in San Francisco, CAEast end: Times Square in New York, NYLocation.

States: California, Nevada, Utah, Wyoming, Colorado, Nebraska, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York. Highway system. Auto trails. Lincoln Theater in Cheyenne, Wyoming. Watch Little Miss Magic Online Freeform. The Lincoln Highway was one of the earliest transcontinental highways for automobiles across the United States of America.[1] Conceived in 1. Indiana entrepreneur Carl G. Fisher, and formally dedicated October 3. Lincoln Highway ran coast- to- coast from Times Square in New York City west to Lincoln Park in San Francisco, originally through 1.

New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska, Colorado, Wyoming, Utah, Nevada, and California. In 1. 91. 5, the "Colorado Loop" was removed, and in 1. Lincoln Highway through the northern tip of West Virginia. Thus, there are a total of 1. The first officially recorded length of the entire Lincoln Highway in 1. Over the years, the road was improved and numerous realignments were made,[3] and by 1. Counting the original route and all of the subsequent realignments, there have been a grand total of 5,8.

The Lincoln Highway was gradually replaced with numbered designations after the establishment of the U. S. Numbered Highway System in 1. U. S. Route 3. 0 from Pennsylvania to Wyoming. After the Interstate Highway System was formed in the 1. Lincoln Highway were largely superseded by Interstate 8. New York City area to San Francisco. Note: A fully interactive online map of the entire Lincoln Highway and all of its re- alignments, markers, monuments and points of interest can be viewed at the Lincoln Highway Association Official Map website.[5] Google Maps prominently labels the 1.

Most of U. S. Route 3. Philadelphia to western Wyoming, portions of Interstate 8. United States, most of U. S. Route 5. 0 in Nevada and California, and most of old decommissioned U.

S. Route 4. 0 in California are alignments of the Lincoln Highway. The final (1. 92. Lincoln Highway corresponds roughly to the following roads: 4. Street from the intersection of Broadway at Times Square in New York City westward 6 blocks to the Hudson River.

Holland Tunnel from New York City westward under the Hudson River to Jersey City, New Jersey.(Note: The Lincoln Tunnel (opened in 1. Street, was not an original part of the Lincoln Highway. In 1. 91. 3, Lincoln Highway travelers crossed the Hudson River via the Weehawken Ferry from New York City to Union City, New Jersey.

In 1. 92. 8, the Lincoln Highway was re- routed through the Holland Tunnel (opened in 1. New York City to Jersey City.

However, the original Lincoln Highway Association made no attempt to map a route from Times Square to the Holland Tunnel, so today, use the West Side Highway (not a part of the Lincoln Highway) to connect from the west end of 4. Street down to east portal of the Holland Tunnel.)U. S. Route 1/9 Truck from Jersey City westward to Newark, New Jersey.

New Jersey Route 2. Newark southwestward to Princeton, New Jersey. U. S. Route 2. 06 from Princeton southwestward to Trenton, New Jersey. U. S. Route 1 from Trenton southwestward to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

U. S. Route 3. 0 from Philadelphia westward across Pennsylvania, the northern tip of West Virginia, and westward across Ohio and Indiana, to Aurora, Illinois.(Note: There have been many new 4- lane bypasses constructed on U. S. Route 3. 0, so to follow the 1. Lincoln Highway, at times it is necessary to travel the old U. S. Route 3. 0 alignments through the center of the cities and towns along the route.)Illinois Route 3. Aurora northwestward to Geneva, Illinois.

Illinois Route 3. Geneva westward to Dixon, Illinois. Illinois Route 2 from Dixon westward to Sterling, Illinois. U. S. Route 3. 0 from Sterling westward across western Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska and Wyoming, to Granger, Wyoming.

Interstate 8. 0 from Granger westward across western Wyoming and Utah, to West Wendover, Nevada. U. S. Route 9. 3 Alternate and U. S. Route 9. 3 from West Wendover southward to Ely, Nevada. U. S. Route 5. 0 from Ely westward across Nevada, to 9 miles west of Fallon, Nevada. From 9 miles west of Fallon to Sacramento, California, there are two Lincoln Highway routes over the Sierra Nevada. Old U. S. Route 4.

Interstate 8. 0) from Sacramento southwestward across California's Central Valley to the University Avenue exit in Berkeley, California.(Note: Originally this leg of the Lincoln Highway followed what would later become U. S. Route 5. 0, from Sacramento south through Stockton and over the Altamont Pass to the East Bay (now Interstates 5, 2. Carquinez Bridge was completed in 1. University Avenue from Interstate 8.

Berkeley Pier.(Note: In 1. Lincoln Highway travelers crossed the San Francisco Bay via a ferry from the Berkeley Pier to the Hyde Street Pier in San Francisco. Today, use Interstate 8. University Avenue down to the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge (opened in 1. San Francisco, then take the Embarcadero from the Bay Bridge northwestward along the waterfront to connect to the Hyde Street Pier in Fisherman's Wharf.)From the Hyde Street Pier in San Francisco, take. Hyde Street southward 2 blocks to North Point Street. North Point Street westward 3 blocks to Van Ness Avenue.

Van Ness Avenue southward 1. California Street. California Street westward 5. Avenue. 3. 2nd Avenue northward 2 blocks to Camino del Mar.

Camino del Mar westward into Lincoln Park, arriving at the Lincoln Highway Western Terminus Plaza and Fountain in front of the California Palace of the Legion of Honor. The Western Terminus Marker and Interpretive Plaque are located to the left of the Palace, next to the bus stop. History[edit]The Lincoln Highway was America's first national memorial to President Abraham Lincoln, predating the 1. Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.

C., by nine years. As the first automobile road across America, the Lincoln Highway brought great prosperity to the hundreds of cities, towns and villages along the way.

The Lincoln Highway became affectionately known as "The Main Street Across America".[citation needed]The Lincoln Highway was inspired by the Good Roads Movement. In turn, the success of the Lincoln Highway and the resulting economic boost to the governments, businesses and citizens along its route inspired the creation of many other named long- distance roads (known as National Auto Trails), such as the Yellowstone Trail, National Old Trails Road, Dixie Highway, Jefferson Highway, Bankhead Highway, Jackson Highway, Meridian Highway and Victory Highway. Many of these named highways were supplanted by the United States Numbered Highways system of 1. Most of the 1. 92. Lincoln Highway route became U. S. Route 3. 0 (US 3. US 1 in the East and US 4.

US 5. 0 and US 9. West. Since 1. 92. US 3. 0 have been re- aligned with new bypasses; therefore, today's US 3. Lincoln Highway routes.

Most significantly, the Lincoln Highway inspired the Federal Aid Highway Act of 1. National Interstate and Defense Highways Act (Public Law 8. President Dwight D.

Eisenhower, influenced by his experiences as a young soldier crossing the country in the 1. Army Convoy on the Lincoln Highway. Today, Interstate 8. I- 8. 0) is the cross- country highway most closely aligned with the Lincoln Highway. In the West, particularly in Wyoming, Utah and California, sections of I- 8. Lincoln Highway. The Lincoln Highway Association, originally established in 1.

Concept and promotion[edit]In 1. America, and roadways were primarily of local interest. Outside cities, "market roads" were sometimes maintained by counties or townships, but maintenance of rural roads fell to those who lived along them. Many states had constitutional prohibitions against funding "internal improvements" such as road projects, and federal highway programs were not to become effective until 1. At the time, the country had about 2.