1. In “Return of the Jedi,” when Luke and Leia swing to safety, what is the rope attached to? It can’t be attached to the barge they are blowing up, because then it would snap when they are in mid-air, right? Even if was securely attached to the barge for the duration of the swing, there’s no way it could provide the arc needed to swing to another vehicle, especially since the duo doesn’t get a running start.
2. What’s up with Michael Jordan’s rude treatment of Charlie Sheen in the Hanes commercials? Sheen seems like a decent guy who is just trying to make a friend. Jordan comes off an arrogant elitist — that seems like an odd trait to ascribe to your pitchman.
3. Why is there a ground war at the end of “Avatar?” I don’t know much about military strategy, but it seems odd to deploy troops on the ground when the mission calls for air strikes.
4. Does Taco Bell expect us to buy this “Taco Bell diet” thing? It’s not that I don’t believe someone could lose weight immediately after eating at Taco Bell — usually it takes about 10 minutes — but in the long run, regular visits to The Bell can’t be particularly healthy.
5. In “Star Wars” spinoff fiction, why doesn’t Leia appear to grow older? On the covers of books that take place a few decades after “Return of the Jedi,” the portrayals of Han and Luke look like the present-day Harrison Ford and Mark Hamill, but the portrayals of Leia don’t look anything like the modern Carrie Fisher. Maybe Leia is on that amazing Taco Bell diet.