Footnote from this post techadjacent.substack.c… exploring an AI-Dominated Future in the context of Mechanical Engineering:

“…if you wanted a phased plasma rifle in the 40-watt range, the answer was still, ‘Hey, just what you see pal.’ This is probably the most underrated line in the movie, given how he just kind of sweeps that bit of anachronistic insanity aside while selling a ginormous man enough weapons to equip a second Bay of Pigs invasion.”

I go a little wild in the footnotes at times.