And with the release of that tab still fresh in consumers' minds, it's likely forward-facing OEMs targeting the high-end space will follow suit, issuing copycat 10-inch takes with equal or better eye-watering displays.

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The Prometheus expedition, despite its grandiose ambitions, is a corporate endeavor, headed by Meredith Vickers, who is played by a distant, short-tempered Charlize Theron, looking sleeker than ever in a silver-gray mohair suit the epitome of outer-space chic.

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Davis and his sister, Bethie, had been entranced since infancy by this figure, by its bulbous, ghostly white space suit, its forever-unseen face behind the glistening visor of its helmet, its suggestion that perhaps within the interior of the McDonald's there existed some secret gravity-free realm.

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