Then, they just need to encode a message in Data's severed head so the crew will know to send Mark Twain back for them with a phaser and that snake-headed cane.
I remember that episode! Can't remember what the hell *happened* in it, except snake aliens and Jack London, Super Bellboy, but I remember it now.
The Enterprise is called back to Earth, where a team of archaeologists show Captain Picard Data's dilapidated head, which they discovered while excavating a cave near San Francisco. Upon further investigation, the crew dates the head to the late 19th Century, and Geordi discovers a microbial fossil on the head that turns out to be native to only one known planet: Dravidia II. Figuring that Data may have been on the planet when he was transported back in time, Picard orders the Enterprise there to find some answers
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And whether he's guilty or innocent, the Ministry would want to know either way, right?
You might think that. However, considering they just put him in Azkaban without a trial and threw away the key the first time, you'd probably be thinking wrong. The main concern for the Ministry is covering up their own mistakes and making it look like they have everything under control.
Yes, but at some point this goes beyond political commentary and becomes full-blown self-parody. Any politician worth his salt knows the easiest way to cover up mistakes it to avoid making them in the first place. I can certainly understand why Fudge wouldn't want to re-open the Black case after so long, but he'd have to weigh the risk against the political fallout of Peter being alive and the public finding out about it. He can apologize for throwing the wrong man in jail twelve years ago, but if the real killer's gone uncaptured, that's a mistake he's made today, which hurts him at the next election.
I could certainly understand Fudge wanting to investigate the matter quietly, if not secretly, but the notion that he'd just as soon not know is ridiculous. If he's that protective of his job, he'd still want the truth, if only so he'd know which way to spin things if it ever came out.
He can apologize for throwing the wrong man in jail twelve years ago, but if the real killer's gone uncaptured, that's a mistake he's made today, which hurts him at the next election.
It's also worth noting that Fudge wasn't actually responsible for Siruis' imprisonment in the first place, so he's also making the mistake of throwing away an opportunity to point out how much better things are than under his predecessor.
So it seems that man really does suck at just about everything.
It's incredibly gauche of me to complain about the spoiler section at the bottom? I know those movies have been out for forever but ... I can't read that part!
But, seriously. It's Harry Potter, so of course Time Travel isn't the singular focus of the book; it needs that general focus. You, of course, would stop the sentence at "It's Harry Potter."
You're missing the point. Even in movies about time travel, the time travel isn't essential to the story. Star Trek IV could have been a trip to Romulus instead of 1986, and Marty could have been stranded on the moon instead of 1955. Of course, that would have taken some of the originality out of the plot, but the basic conflict and problem solving would be the same.
With this book, Sirius' life literally depends on Harry somehow going back and repeating events, because he screwed things up so badly the last time. Literally, he and Hermione watch everyone walking by, and saying to each other "Oh, if only we'd hung on to the cloak! If only we had waited a few minutes before going after Ron!" If they'd been able to relive the events in the Shack, they'd have said to each other "Oh, if only we'd waited for Snape to come to before revealing Pettigrew
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Well, the Back to the Future films are basically Marty correcting mistakes he will or did do at some time (like preventing the traffic accident that destroyed his musical career), so I'm not sure I see your point. Most of your complains about the series I do understand but not this one.
Well, the Back to the Future films are basically Marty correcting mistakes he will or did do at some time (like preventing the traffic accident that destroyed his musical career)Wait, wha? Are you talking about him not drag racing the guy at the end of the third one? Because the other 99% of the series was just him running around asking for diet soda in the 50s and trying on power laces and riding horse-drawn DeLoreans
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Didio says he's dead for good, so Booster's gone until Didio's replaced. And since Didio did me the favor of killing Booster, I hope he stays at DC for the next hundred years.
Hawkeye, they'll bring back eventually, because unlike Booster, he doesn't suck.
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I remember that episode! Can't remember what the hell *happened* in it, except snake aliens and Jack London, Super Bellboy, but I remember it now.
Not that I really *needed* to.
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You might think that. However, considering they just put him in Azkaban without a trial and threw away the key the first time, you'd probably be thinking wrong. The main concern for the Ministry is covering up their own mistakes and making it look like they have everything under control.
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I could certainly understand Fudge wanting to investigate the matter quietly, if not secretly, but the notion that he'd just as soon not know is ridiculous. If he's that protective of his job, he'd still want the truth, if only so he'd know which way to spin things if it ever came out.
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It's also worth noting that Fudge wasn't actually responsible for Siruis' imprisonment in the first place, so he's also making the mistake of throwing away an opportunity to point out how much better things are than under his predecessor.
So it seems that man really does suck at just about everything.
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But, seriously. It's Harry Potter, so of course Time Travel isn't the singular focus of the book; it needs that general focus. You, of course, would stop the sentence at "It's Harry Potter."
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With this book, Sirius' life literally depends on Harry somehow going back and repeating events, because he screwed things up so badly the last time. Literally, he and Hermione watch everyone walking by, and saying to each other "Oh, if only we'd hung on to the cloak! If only we had waited a few minutes before going after Ron!" If they'd been able to relive the events in the Shack, they'd have said to each other "Oh, if only we'd waited for Snape to come to before revealing Pettigrew ( ... )
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And if Hermione was smart, she'd take some lessons about time travel from Booster Gold, and end up with some lucrative business.
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Incidentally, why have you not mentioned the upcoming Zemo:Born Better one-shot?
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Hawkeye, they'll bring back eventually, because unlike Booster, he doesn't suck.
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