Word: spartanly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...movie begins with John Spartan (Stallone),wearing a hat which makes him look incredibly likeJohn Rambo, in a desperate attempt to capture themaniacal Simon Phoenix (Snipes) which ends updestroying an entire building and killing thirtyinnocent people, thus starting off the death anddestruction at a brisk pace...
...Spartan is held responsible for the carnage andboth he and Phoenix are sentenced to the cryogenicpenitentiary where they will undergo some kind ofsubliminal rehabilitation through weird computerchips attached to their heads...
Thirty-six years later, when he is defrostedfor a parole hearing, Phoenix escapes withmysterious new abilities. No one in the year 2032has much experience dealing with criminals so theyhave to unfreeze Spartan to track Phoenix down.What follows is a combination of jokes about thepair's interaction with the future and theirincreasingly violent confrontations...
Aidid's real name is Hassan. Following a common custom, his mother chose a nickname for him that she thought expressed his uncommon determination: Aidid means "one with no weaknesses." He fancies himself a poet in a country nourished on oral tradition and lives the spartan life of a nomad. In the 1950s he served in the Italian colonial police force and as a general in Siad Barre's army in the war with Ethiopia. But as a tribal rival of Siad Barre's Darod clan family, he was never fully trusted and was imprisoned without trial for six years...
Center projects to be completed within the next five to ten years include tether systems which are analogous to satellites on strings, a device called Spartan which produces artificial eclipses, an infrared telescope and several specialized satellites...