Review of 'My Lithium Lawn Mower'

First out - I am no movie geek, no cinephile as they say.
I'm more of a first-season only sitcom or nugent deerhunter type.
But - on to the review of this Tarantino/Herzog collaboration.
Apparently the first. And I'd recommend as the last.

Authenticity is lacking. Every single lawn mowed in this movie is some golf-field fescue with blades as thick as my grandfather's hair. Not a single yard of st. augustine or even caterpillar.
Overdone tech jargon. Yes, it charges on 110 so no special plugs needed. But do I really need to know the details on AC v. DC history down to Nikola Tesla's rubber boots? I blame Herzog for this scripting. For about 10 minutes, I was hoping somebody would say 'And now for something completely different.' Werner! On the other hand, I'd never understood before how gas goes 'bad' in my old mower every year. Now I do. It's the additives.
Too many cuts. I blame this on Quentin alone. As with all of his time-lapsy cut-jumpy numbers - we just see too many different lawns on one lithium charge. Like 10 suburban yards on one 12-hour charge in 15 seconds - followed by a lingering (2 second) shot of a groundhog pup run over. He hasn't done nothing since Reservoir Dog in my opinion.

My own rating of the film: 3 out of 5. Does mention the continued need for Lubes.
Something for background while writing Layoff scripts.

BONUS:
Check out this youtube vid of a Flying Lawn Mower out of Brasil.
Even more practical.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWEUhm76-3E&t=250s

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Batteries, wires and lubes pushing metal.
Same old, same old.
Aren't both the directors over 70.
Silly premise.

I do wish this flick existed.
Based on the review - I'd enjoy it.

I've heard salt-based batteries are being developed that will replace lithium.
I'd guess there is enough salt around.
Maybe off the Guyana coast or the Benicia coast or the Slagen coast.
I hear it's even getting up to Baton Rouge.
Always there is salt for any wound.

Lithium is one of the most interesting elements out there.
Softest solid. Most heat-tolerant metal. Floats on water.
But we are running out of lithium. By 2025 they say.
I take it twice a day.

this is an epic gamer move

I feel like I'm learning more on the Layoff site than at work.
That is, I truly believe I'm learning more here than there.

Solar powered autonomous lawn mowers have been mowing CIA Langley HDQ's since 1996. The venture is known as Operation Grasshopper.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1996/06/17/operation-grasschopper-cia-on-the-cutting-edge-of-lawn-order

That's it. No messy gasoline. No extension cord. No pushing. The mowers, which are about three feet long and two feet wide, do all the work, including mulching the grass. They move about the courtyard constantly, blades churning, seven days a week.

"You put 'em out in the spring, and you take 'em out in the fall," John said. Powered by solar panels on their backs, they sound like egg beaters as they crisscross the lawn in a random pattern, going about 2 miles an hour. If they bump into one of the English dogwood trees or a spy's leg, they shift into reverse and head off in another direction.

A wire buried around the perimeter of the courtyard keeps the mowers from roaming too far. When it rains, they get a day off. If they cruise under a shady magnolia or a flowering crab tree, their computer brains tell them whether their batteries are fully charged. If not, they'll rest a while and retreat back out into the sun to recharge.

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