BY matt bieker
What movie do you want to see in 2020? asked at galaxY theatres victoriaN, 1250 victoriaN ave., sParks.
YudY NiNo Tourist
The new Monsters Inc. coming out next summer—I want to know what happens to Boo, the little girl.
Br aNdoN ar aNsoN Customer service rep
Isn’t Keanu Reeves supposed to come out with two new movies on the same weekend, like John Wick 4 and something else? … The Matrix and John Wick both have sequels coming out on April 16, 2020—so says Google. So probably those.
allisYN Walker Student
Smokescreen After a months-long news cycle of mysterious illnesses in lungs” while vaping), this law is a natural progression and deaths, new studies citing the dangers of prolonged that squares a user’s right to vape with the public’s right use and a general shift in public tolerance to invasive, to clean air. fruit-scented clouds in crowded areas—vapings’ day of However, Congress’ decision to raise the legal age for reckoning has come at both the local and national levels. purchasing tobacco products to 21 as part of the national However, while Nevada’s new law is a public health win, spending bill signed by President Trump on Dec. 20 the federal intentions are confusing at best. seems like an overreach in comparison—one that trades Starting Jan. 1 in Nevada, vaping will be banned in personal liberties for a quick-fix scheme to address youth areas like movie theaters, shopping malls, child care vaping. For one, according to Ballotpedia.org, at least facilities and bars and restaurants that don’t a third of states already raised the minimum prohibit minors, while still allowed in spaces purchase age to 21, begging the question why that require patrons be 21 or older. The law a national law was needed in the first place expands the state’s clean-air law, which when the framework for allowing states to Vapings’ day of governs the use of traditional smoking, choose their own solutions already existed. reckoning has and makes these changes in the interest of Proponents say the law will stop protecting the public from second-hand highschool-aged teens from having older come. smoke—which makes sense. friends buy products for them—assuming The prevailing myth around vaping has none of the nation’s teens have 21-year-old always been that it is somehow “safer” than friends—while opponents, including Matthew cigarettes because no actual tobacco is being Myers, president of the non-profit organizaburned. Despite shoddy science behind that claim, many tion Tobacco Free Kids, say the law is a smokescreen users have readily made the decision for themselves and designed to stave off further regulation. everyone else around them—with entire subcultures of “This agreement leaves out the most impactful action the trend creating YouTube tutorials and trading knowlCongress could take: A prohibition on flavored tobacco edge on how to blow the densest, most prolific puffs products, including e-cigarettes,” Myers wrote in a Dec. possible. 11 statement. As more information has come to light about the Raising the consumption age assumes that minors will potential health risks concerned (including from Reno’s abandon vaping after being inconvenienced at the point Desert Research Institute, which in August 2018 found of sale, while leaving the spectrum of flavored products “a significant amount of cancer-causing chemicals stays they enjoy—legally or not—untouched.
I just came back from watching the new Star Wars, and I saw the trailer for Black Widow, which is coming out, if I’m not mistaken, in May of next year. Black Widow has always been my favorite Avenger, so I’m really looking forward to seeing her backstory prior to The Avengers.
BrYaN YouNg Doctor
I don’t know if I know any movies coming out in 2020. Serieswise there might be stuff, but not really. It’s so funny, we get so bombarded with it that I think I just tuned them all out. So, I don’t really pay attention.
Javier Pere z Fourth grader
Top Gun: Maverick. I just like jets and everything. It’s really cool. And then, at the end, they fly the Tomcats. [The original] was really good. It was long. It’s cool because it came out in the ’80s, and its been about 20 to 30 years since they made a new one.
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