SONIC, THE HEDGEHOG 3 ( 2024 )

I went to see this movie yesterday, Wednesday, New Year's Day 2025, here at the Century 14 Vallejo in Vallejo, CA after I ate at Selecta Pilipino Buffet Restaurant. The price of admission was $10.00 ( because they come up with excuses to gouge you for more money ( today's excuse being that it's a holiday 😒 ). I brought a packet of Sonic Zero Sugar Limeade Drink Mix to flavor my empty 18 oz ( 532 ml ) bottle because I forgot to bring a 20 oz  ( 591 ml ) bottle of iced Dasani Water.

The following day, Thursday, January 2nd, 2025, I came to see this movie again because I fell asleep yesterday 😔 😴 💤 during the scene wherein Sonic and Shadow became friends. The price of admission this time was $8.50--$1.50 cheaper than the holiday price--but still high because they charge extra for new movies! 😒👎 I brought a packet of Sonic Zero Sugar Limeade Drink Mix to flavor my 20 oz ( 591 ml ) of iced Dasani Water. I also brought a 1.41 oz ( 40 g ) bar of Fulfil Triple Chocolate Vitamin & Protein Bar to snack on; because I didn't have my 2nd meal last night. I was too full from eating at the buffet that I forewent my last meal. 

Here's what I learned about movie ticket prices:

If a holiday's eve falls on a Bargain Tuesday, it doesn't count towards a ticket discount! 👎

A holiday movie ticket costs extra! 👎

A Friday movie ticket costs extra! 👎

Weekend movies costs extra! 👎

A movie that's not over a week old costs extra! ❗

A Telugu movie ticket costs more than a Hindi or Punjabi movie ticket costs! 👎 ( Don't ask me why. It's one of Life's mysteries. 😕 )

A special presentation like Fathom Events cost extra! 👎

UFC, MMA & BOXING as well as other sporting events cost extra! 👎

Senior Discount only applies to Soirée movies, not Matinée movies! 👎

And a Senior Discount only works for me if I remind the box office clerk that I'm an Old Fart!  👴

Auditorium 2, B-6

Auditorium 2, B-6

once again. 🙄

Scene Commentaries:

As soon as the containment tube exploded, they should have started shooting.

Happy Bearthday.  🎂

Sonic said that on his 1st night on Earth, he drew the image of his mother. But, being a new alien, how in the world did he know about colored chalks? 🤷‍♂️

"I have dishonored my marshmallow."  😃

"Mr. & Mrs. Wachowski ... Aliens."  😄

Team Sonic.

"We don't know if it's Godzilla or Hello Kitty down there."  😐

Evil Twin!  😈

"Dude, I'm standing right here."  😀

I always thought that Tails was a girl. Well, the character is voiced by a female. So, that kinda makes me half-right.  😏

The Goat Milker.  😄

Man-boobs! 😁

Elvis Costume circa 1976.  😆

Memories .... 🎵 🎶 

"I unlocked it."  😀

"There's no such thing as a Friendly Ghost." 👻 

"Where have you been my entire life?"  🤨

"Somebody call Google Maps."  😂

London Gun Headquarters.

"I guess someone forgot to flush."  😅

Their anti-laser suits didn't cover their heads!  🤦‍♂️ Why didn't the lasers target their heads?  🤷‍♂️

Laser room dance.  🕺🏻🕺🏼

Variable Gravity Field.  😲

That Shadow punch should have easily killed the Commander.  🤨

Nobody saw the sinking giant robot crab? 🦀 

The Master Emerald.  😲

New suits.  👌

"Damn you, Autocorrect!" I surely can empathize. I hate this function, too!

"Remember what she meant to us. Remember what they took from us."  😡

Dr. Robotnik was kept in isolation for 50 years and didn't age?  🤨

"You're not Maria!"  🥺

"I was saving it for Comic-Con." 😃

"There are no winners with revenge."  😕

"The light shines even though the star ⭐ is gone."  🥲

Spank The Butt time.  😁

"Bring your grandkid to work day is over." 😠

Shouldn't the Death Ray be able to shoot out at the Speed of Light?  🤔 

"Definitely not Power Steering."  😄

"If I can't destroy the World, I might as well save it."  🤨

"It's been a real drain. Thanks for nothing!  😕

"How about just Team?"  🙂

There's a Bonus Scene during the Ending Credits and another one after the Ending Credits.  🤓

I wish that someone will be able to invent shoe soles that don't ever wear down, like the kind that Sonic, Knuckles and Shadow's shoes have!  🙂

Tidbits:

I had to start my New Year's 1st Day with a good walk before and after watching the movie. 🚶‍♂️

8.74 kilometers 

8.42 km

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I decided to watch the Sonic movie a 2nd time to find out how many scenes I missed. As it turned out, I only missed a few.  😒

After the movie ended, I started my walk to the Admiral Callaghan Lane Target 🎯 Shopping Center. Before I even left the theatre's parking 🅿️ lot, I was barked at by 2 tiny dogs that their owner was taking for a walk. It was a good thing that they were on leashes because I hate tiny, useless dogs that act aggressively! And my knife 🔪 was at the ready. I don't play around when it comes to aggressive dogs, no matter what the size❗🤬❗

I stopped at the Chase Bank before I walked back to my car, and I made sure to jog 🏃‍♂️ up the Incline Ramp for a hundred yards/meters.

Then, I drove on over to the CSAA office 3 blocks away to make an annual membership payment. It took a while for me to get called to the counter because there were many people waiting ahead in line of me! But I used the time constructively by formating this blog.

My Hyundai Accent was low on gas ⛽ so I got off the freeway to gas-up at the Chevron Gas Station across from the Discovery Kingdom/Marine World on Fairgrounds drive. As I was about to pay for gas, I realized that I didn't have my cellphone with me!  😮  I thought that I might have left it at CSAA! When I opened my car door, I saw my 'phone on the driver's seat. I went to pay for gas but was told that Pump # 1, where my car was at, doesn't work! 🤦‍♂️ It didn't even have an Out-of-Work sign on it.  🙄  I had to move my car to Pump # 6. I just got 10 dollars' worth of gas.

 

After I put gas ⛽ in my Hyundai Accent, I headed on to the Dollar Tree Store on 1B Rancho Square here in Vallejo, CA. This store is cleaner and better stocked than the other 3 Dollar Tree Stores here in Vallejo.  👍

I like the Kula Watermelon 🍉 on the 

left and the Kupang Strawberry 🍓 

Kiwi 🥝 on the right! I also like

the Molokai Coconut 🥥 on

the far right. I haven't 

tried Zambia Bing

Cherry 🍒 yet.

But the store was out of 10W-30 Motor Oil for my Hyundai Accent. But they have the 5W-30 for my Saturn SC-1 which I didn't need. And they were also out of an Antibacterial hand soap that I wanted to buy.

I had a good walk 🚶‍♂️ by the end of the day.

7.61 kilometers 

7.34 km 

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New Year, New Shoplifting Laws❗👮‍♂️❗

👉 https://youtube.com/shorts/u6yKMuuQUOo?si=nZmcmrVD7h7v87gN

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👇 https://www.facebook.com/100001831609934/posts/pfbid023LaeNzw2ExZUjW7WqA1QXFtD9q6E5b1W7zbvQzmB2neLjnCoKhNL8drcv25emzenl/?mibextid=NOb6eG

👉 https://youtube.com/shorts/VI4hpuD9G7Y?si=H6IzxHKxhVyuZZ8q

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Video evidence of the Jan 6 Pipe Bomber is released by the fbi.  😒

👉 http://opr.news/3f0c82e0250103en_us?link=1&client=opera

👉 https://youtu.be/aOsvcNN1CnU?si=gCrtOYYCGeZHsO10

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More uncounted ballots for the 2024 Presidential Election❗🤬❗

👉 https://youtu.be/OaHtnOeHo10?si=oVu_kxpfwgfNX0Xb

The only way that the DEMON-crats 

can win in any election❗🤬❗

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https://youtu.be/6rsGaUsZdis?si=1Q-pbxxiXCsspIUs

Pres. Trump will get rid of woke Marxist college accreditors👌❗👍

👇 https://www.facebook.com/dan.bongino/videos/1334622671240308/?mibextid=CDWPTG

"There goes the neighborhood."  😒

👇 https://www.facebook.com/dan.bongino/videos/892943499366659/?mibextid=CDWPTG

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It was a terrorist attack, based

on how it exploded❗

https://youtu.be/KMnNduhg-Ng?si=0TQ1UpVpwAQtR96s

This is what a terrorist "Sleeper Cell" is❗

Just like the Boston Marathon 

terrorist bomb attack!

https://www.facebook.com/NEWSMAX/videos/1798647594230293/?mibextid=CDWPTG

No thanks to brandon, bj kammy, the rest 

of the DEMON-crats & the RINOs❗

Both terrorists are connected to the failed Trump assassin & ukraine(?)!  🤯

👉 https://youtu.be/xzpLryWHxJ0?si=qnMpoLn_BYz8Ygj0

A possible 3rd terrorist attack at the Capitol❗😧❗

👉 https://youtu.be/_ZMIaBslcEY?si=mnYVwYPrSjGm119m

The religion of ( blown to ) pieces! 💣 

👉 https://youtube.com/shorts/pwdTtc9XD4g?si=qxgJE97xUIwbVV-X

👉 https://youtu.be/TCryxRN0z7I?si=DsvN5aEF7Zo2PN7Z

Why are we importing terrorist JIHADIST INVADERS from islamic countries ❓🤷‍♂️❓ There are persecuted Jews & Christians in such countries ❗Those are the only ones that we should allow into our country❗😠❗The rest can go to moslem countries❗😡❗🤬❗After all, THERE IS A RELIGIOUS TEST FOR SCREENING OUT MOSLEMS SET IN PLACE, the US CODE Title 8, Section 1158:

taqiyya guy barry odumbass soetoro 

started the Jihadist Infiltration 

of our country! brandon

made doubly sure

of it❗🤬❗

👉❗TREASON❗👈

Now you know why our own government 

has pro-jihad supporters like

omar and tlaib❗

NO  thanks  to  brandon,  nazi pile-o-shit, 

shoesmear and dead chinny who got

rid  of  the  Immigration  and 

Nationality Act of 1952❗

I'd like Pres. Trump to E.O. this Act

back into effect❗😠❗

A close examination of the US Asylum Procedure 

clearly shows, ONLY Jews and Christians from

jihadist countries qualify for Asylum!

AND ... the Jews are the only ones 

who live south of our border

that QUALIFY for it❗

This is why I keep saying that we

are actively being invaded

by LOW-LIFES❗And

Poverty is not a

qualification!

Neither  is

living in

a  bad

area!

"We  Are  A  Nation  Of  Laws," 

not of Butt-Hurt "feelings"!

Which is TREASON ....  😒

A US veteran does his best to help guard the Southern Border. 👍

👉 https://youtube.com/shorts/6zKQzo3Lv2g?si=uafVVmlWqKB5sBOl

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nato Broke Its Promise To Russia❗🤬❗

👉 https://youtube.com/shorts/FPKBwwpNtD0?si=f95MAXRK6PDNSpjX

Anti-nato protesters want

peace with Russia!

https://youtu.be/d4cZl8rMS9E?si=7GGhmWxC2yEPY37f

Slovakia accuses zylenskyy of Gas Transit sabotage and threatens to cut Electricity to ukraine❗

👉 https://youtu.be/OpAxPoKevwI?si=5aTQF1wmgmkNmLhE

Pres. Putin gives illegal Alien INVADERS only 2 choices❗

👉 https://youtu.be/adxuSJ9_j-o?si=D9zBLKN1x-T546VS

Assassination attempt on assad in Russia.

👉 https://youtu.be/YIdfo2zqZkw?si=wZ7WSAAhJqazEm1X

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Millions leave Shanghai❗

👉 https://youtu.be/Rpdk6NWmkGQ?si=NUc0nIm0_lchpI16

China has no money for New Year's Eve❗ 

👉 https://youtu.be/RMtdyw01bpc?si=zYlllx9bRyHFmsDW

Funny Money in chy-nah❗

👉 https://youtu.be/m6KO8TqOfDU?si=dEc1PanYxjTbX5Ox

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Free Will is True Love, True Love is Free Will ❗

👉 https://youtube.com/shorts/WIPII2aq6Hg?si=VRrEXP6Z3A3P_66g

Free the hostages NOW❗

👉 https://youtu.be/vQ7uRmYW99Y?si=PrtEWbC-sGEjbbV3

Israeli 48-hour attack against HAM👉Ass, Lebanon & Syria! 💥 

👉 https://youtu.be/i9gw7Mqr-04?si=3n4Ufbv-0lSgrfHp

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Pinoy Chicken Adobo, Malaysian style. The only differences, it seems, are that the Malaysian kind uses more Sugar, has minced--not sliced--onions and is topped with Green Onions!  😕

👉 https://youtu.be/CZksHGPIICg?si=cT2Qw_MmsMrgzDR4

Well, it was bound to happen. Banana Ketchup❗🍌❗ You non-Pinoys don't know what you're missing! It's used exactly like how you'd use Tomato Ketchup❗😋❗

👇 https://www.facebook.com/ProjectNightfall/videos/632596709098740/?mibextid=CDWPTG

These kids are going to have a bad social life❗🤦‍♂️❗

👇 https://www.facebook.com/ProjectNightfall/videos/2935514136623901/?mibextid=CDWPTG

Conspiracy, much?  🧐

👉 https://youtube.com/shorts/rAzpK6SM5oY?si=xRbfNnJlQAXclVSt

He sure didn't see that coming❗😖

👉 https://www.facebook.com/reel/1300205421290274?mibextid=9drbnH&s=yWDuG2&fs=e

The Colorado Springs Black Widow serial killer ❗😱

👇 https://www.facebook.com/100001831609934/posts/pfbid02LMwySrDDx9JD1hPzFV9RzChsM3YoHBtf3k2qV2cRUhU1xVyJopMuxDcUcJdFFvYtl/?mibextid=NOb6eG

Just 6 months left to live, but a woman refused chemotherapy and got herself cured!

👉 https://youtube.com/shorts/uXerqSazjnI?si=21k9OQX9OuftZ_ZI

Be careful when choosing a surgeon❗

👇 https://www.facebook.com/100001831609934/posts/pfbid03WJRV2N2TSGuneqtjErvVfEehoRyrAKcT7znKHDqHQBnE5pZCQ2PxccKMztTZoUbl/?mibextid=NOb6eG

A millipede march. 

👉 https://www.facebook.com/reel/952467379577116?mibextid=9drbnH&s=yWDuG2&fs=e

Parrots.  🦜 

👉 https://www.facebook.com/reel/900557612190387?mibextid=9drbnH&s=yWDuG2&fs=e

Monkey doesn't give a damn anymore ....  😕

👉 https://www.facebook.com/reel/1289206822112118?mibextid=9drbnH&s=yWDuG2&fs=e

Just hungry cats.  😹

👉 https://www.facebook.com/reel/1531485417566838?mibextid=9drbnH&s=yWDuG2&fs=e

Cats will be cats.  😏

👉 https://www.facebook.com/reel/602584048812572?mibextid=9drbnH&s=yWDuG2&fs=e

Ski cat.  🎿 

👉 https://www.facebook.com/reel/1114272946777004?mibextid=9drbnH

Early morning hyperactivity.  😼

👉 https://www.facebook.com/reel/510266248048789?mibextid=9drbnH&s=yWDuG2&fs=e

Babies, Toddlers and Cats!  😻

👉 https://www.facebook.com/reel/890103116594476?mibextid=9drbnH&s=yWDuG2&fs=e

Missed the mark.  😒

👉 https://www.facebook.com/reel/381735991664739?mibextid=9drbnH&s=yWDuG2&fs=e

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Here are yesterday's 24-Hour Le Cine-Man's Race winners:

And here are today's 24-Hour Le Cine-Man's Race winners. Drumroll 🥁 please ....

Congratulations to Singapore for 

winning in 1st place!

🎉🎆🏆🎇🎊

🇸🇬🥇🇸🇬

❗❗

🍾

Congratulations to Mexico for 

winning in 2nd place!

🇲🇽🥈🇲🇽

❗❗

Congratulations to Hong Kong for 

winning in 3rd place!

🇭🇰🥉🇭🇰

❗❗

And congratulations to the USA for 

winning in 4th place!

🇺🇲🏅🇺🇸

❗❗

❗

Thanks to the countries that participated in today's 24-Hour Race to the Finish! 🏁          🛣️          🏎️

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PAUL, R ( 1 hr & 44 min )

where:  CENTURY 14 VALLEJO in Vallejo, CA
when:  Friday, March 18th, 2011
show:  5:10 p.m.
costs:  $7.50 Ticket + $4.00 small Hi-C Punch/Pink Lemonade = $11.00
auditorium:  10
seat:  4th row, 7th column

synopsis/overview:  Graeme ( Simon Pegg ) and Clive ( Nick Frost ), two British comic book fans,  go to the Comic-Con in San Diego, CA.  Later on, they rent an RV to go on a road trip to visit sites of alleged UFO sightings.  They get more than what they had hoped for  when a space alien on the lam hitches a ride with them while assorted characters are in hot pursuit and closing in fast.

noteworthy scenes:  1.) Farmhouse incident; 2.) Comic-Con; 3.) "Do you believe in aliens"; 4.) "Between a woman and a machine"; 5.) Chevrolet Avalanche pick-up truck; 6.) Car crash; 7.) "Put the 'phone down"; 8.) "How much can I learn from an ass"; 9.) "I was speaking English"; 10.) "People get in accidents all the time"; 11.) "Was that Klingon"; 12.) Road block; 13.) "Camouflage response"; 14.) Alien probe; 15.) Gas station; 16.) "Plausible deniability"; 17.) Bird; 18.) "11 o'clock, 12 o'clock"; 19.) 'Phone call; 20.) Campground; 21.) 1980; 22.) "Jesus shoots Darwin"; 23.) "How do you explain me"; 24.) Sketch; 25.) "Collective knowledge"; 26.) Mooning; 27.) Jealousy; 28.) "I can curse"; 29.) "Eye for an eye"; 30.) Roy's Bar; 31.) "It's probing time"; 32.) "You gentlemen seen anything unusual this evening"; 33.) "They were about to make-out"; 34.) Campfire; 35.) "He can read minds"; 36.) Disguise; 37.) "Who has space-man balls"; 38.) "Is that you on the cover"; 39.) "Pretty good"; 40.) "I've got to quit smoking"; 41.) "We're all in this together"; 42.) Radio scanners; 43.) "Your reality is all that matters"; 44.) "It's okay, he's alright"; 45.) "He'll be fine"; 46.) Fireworks; 47.) Plan B; 48.) Shotgun; 49.) "That sucks--I don't even get to eat him"; 50.) "You freed me"; 51.) Awesome; and 52.) Bonus Scene during the Ending Credits.

favorite scenes:  I liked the Creation vs. Evolution argument scene.

I liked the scene wherein Paul sneaked into the house to retrieve the passport.

I liked the exploding farmhouse scene.  The explosion was a real one and of  the kind where you don't have idiots casually and slowly walking away from its blast radius  like in some other movies!

audience reaction:  The audience liked this Sci-Fi Road Trip Comedy.

recommendation:  I liked it, too.  If you're into comic books, science fiction and UFOs, this movie is for you.

spoiler alert!  Although there have been many reported "UFO" sightings in Wyoming for many, many years, there was no reported sighting in Moorcroft, Wyoming, in July of 1947--but there was a sighting in April of 1963.  The only reported sighting for July of 1947 was not in Moorcroft, Wyoming, but was the  one  in  Roswell, New Mexico, and which was printed in the town's newspaper.  People who believe in God--or gods--might be offended by this atheistic look at "The Big Picture."  The solo car accident involving Paul would have been enough to break the alien's neck because his head is too big and too heavy for our terrestrial environment.  Paul's disproportionately big head atop a scrawny neck would seem to suggest that his home planet has a weaker field of gravity as well as have an atmosphere that is "thick" enough to support the weight of his head.  In other words, his planet would most likely be  a watery world.  'Ever noticed how there are plenty of  aquatic creatures  out there whose heads are disproportionately big compared to the rest of their bodies?  Or, to put it in another way, Paul is not anatomically structured for a suitable terrestrial life here on Earth.  And his eyes are too big to be practical.  The biggest land and sea creatures here on Earth have small eyes because millions of  years of evolution have proven that such eyes are the most practical ones to have for their respective sizes.  Big eyes are more injury prone and more vulnerable to sun damage, infections  and  diseases.  Of course, lots of insects out there have very big eyes; but their eyes are protected by an outer lining since they don't have eyelashes and eyelids; and they  see outside of  the visible light spectrum with their compound eyes to avoid sun damage.  Since Paul transferred his memory to his new-found friends, they would have instantly known what Paul was up to and where he was heading so that they shouldn't have had the need to ask him where he was going!  And these are two other possible outcomes of the memory transfer:  Paul's friends would be able to read, write and speak in his language; and they would be more smarter ( in the field of  alien technology ) for it all.  And speaking of thought transference, why didn't Paul just do a memory transfer--in the first place--on those top-level security interrogators and scientists who kept him as a "guest" in Area 51 for over 60 years.  There was a scene where Clive stuck his finger in one of  two bullet holes in a mask  that he wore; but no explanation was offered as to why he was not even wounded--at the very least!  Paul, a long-time cigarette and marijuana smoker,  could hold his breath for quite some  time but, all of a sudden, he runs  out of  breath?   A window was broken and,  more importantly, the front door was opened and enough time had elapsed for the gas to have been diluted to the point  that the explosion would not have happened the way it was shown.  And the bullet should have found its mark because when it was fired from the gun, the secondary explosion ( i.e. the house blowing-up ), with its shock wave,  trailed the bullet's own velocity. The shotgun wound was in the area of  the Heart, Ascending Aorta and Pulmonary Artery so that he would have been killed instantly ( meaning, there really was no time for that "tear-jerking" small talk ).  The landing gears retracted slowly.  So, by the same token, the landing gears should have extended slowly, not fast like some kind of  giant flyswatter snuffing-out a bug!  When the alien spaceship lifted-up and its landing gears retracted, the body was nowhere to be found.

fyi:  With the advances in Science and Technology, we know  that the Earth is more than 4,000 years old.  The age determination is accomplished through the use of  half-life dating techniques such as Radiocarbon Dating, Uranium-Thorium Dating and suchlike.  The point that I'm getting at is that people who take for granted the modern advances in  the fields of  Science, Technology and Medicine, yet still insist that the Earth is just 4,000 years old,  SHOULD ALL GO LIVE IN A CAVE!  Period ( and Exclamation Mark ).

My friend, Hector, has that same exact  sword.  One of  his sons gave it to him.  Its  handle has a hidden knife.  But, neither Hector nor I--nor anyone else for that matter--could figure out how to pull the secret knife out.  Where was  King Arthur when I needed  him the most?

Back when my family lived in the apartment in Matina, Davao City, Mindanao, Philippines, I had this crazy idea that if  I cut-off  my eyelashes they'd grow back longer and thicker.  So, I proceeded to cut my eyelashes off.  And my eyes were watery and swollen for the next three days!

word of advice:  With the countless numbers of  stars out there with their own solar systems, life on other planets is more than just a probability.

tidbits:  If you look closely at  the movie poster that I used for this blog, you'll notice the release date of  Valentine's Day, 2011.  It premiered on that date in some other countries and it was uploaded to movie2k.com at around that time, too.  I was gonna watch it first on movie2k.com a couple of  days before watching it on the big screen, but the uploads are of  poor quality in the sense that the movie would keep buffering and resetting back to the start point.

It's good to finally see a "little green man" not go around butt-naked!  I mean, we're talking about highly advanced beings here who can travel across galaxies faster than the speed of light.  Yet, somehow, they forget to put a pair of pants on before going on an inter-galactic "road trip".  How stupid is that?

Q:  Why is the Starship Enterprise like a piece of  toilet paper?

A:  Because it goes around  Uranus in search of  Klingons!  Ha, ha, ha--snort!