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As long as this public perception remains and compounds with Stake’s already shady reputation, then the brainwashing might fall flat.

Some abandoned vehicles that look pretty much intact, apart from a dented bonnet here or a flat tyre there, are not spared either.

He has a certain Amelia Bedelia quality in which he takes every sarcastic quip of Jack’s literally, his reactions played for laughs that fall totally flat.

The best part is when Evans, as Jack, attempts to explain the whole mess to his son and ends up describing the inexplicable and ridiculous plot in a hilariously flat and literal manner.

But funding across NASA, adjusted for inflation, has plummeted from its Apollo-era high and remained essentially flat for decades.