6/4/2023 0 Comments Joker batmanAnd we tested it, and I realized that for me, on the one hand, it finishes the Riddler's arc, because you know the way his story plays out and you see him in the wake of what's happened and how Batman has been able to thwart what he was doing. I actually took the scene that's in the movie still out for a brief time. “And the idea for me, why I kept that scene in the movie, even though I cut the first scene that I'm describing, is because it was important for me at the end. “What you're really seeing is a pre-Joker Joker,” he said. Reeves also elaborated on why he cut that initial scene introducing Keoghan’s future Joker - and then revealed that the scene that is in the final cut almost didn’t make it into the theatrical version! And this is his response, and he's eventually going to declare himself as a clown, declare himself as the Joker. “So this idea of him being very incisive and brilliant and being able to get into your mind and basically having this nihilistic point of view that's like from his inception, from his birth, life has been a cruel joke on him. Living his whole life with such a condition has led Keoghan’s character to deem himself “a clown” for the “cruel joke” he feels his life has been. What if this is something that he's been touched by from birth and that he has a congenital disease that refuses to let him stop smiling? And he's had this very dark reaction to it, and he's had to spend a life of people looking at him in a certain way and he knows how to get into your head.’" And I was like, ‘Well, maybe there's something here where it's not something where he fell in a vat of chemicals or it's not the Nolan thing where he has these scars and we don't know where they came from. And it made Mike and I think about - I was talking about The Elephant Man because I love David Lynch. Reeves explained: “He's got this congenital disease. Again, though, that’s not what Reeves said is the condition that Keoghan’s character has in the film.) (Although Reeves doesn’t name the condition or even say it’s a real one, there is a developmental condition called Angelman syndrome that makes people afflicted with it frequently smile and laugh. In order to both ground his film in a heightened reality and to differentiate his Joker from past screen versions’ reasons for why he looks the way he does, Reeves opted to give his proto-Joker a biological condition for his smile. “So he's very much out of the Conrad Veidt mold and that idea of the silent film of The Man Who Laughs.” But I wanted to create an iteration of him that felt distinctive and new, but went right back to the roots,” Reeves said. And he's held in this very suspenseful way, away from you visually. “In the scene that you'll see in the future, you'll see that we worked on what he looked like. Reeves also revealed the thinking that went into this Joker’s makeup design by Mike Marino and even why he has his trademark grin, a reason that harkens back to the original inspiration for the comic book villain: the 1928 silent film The Man Who Laughs. “And for me, I think this idea that the Joker is not yet the Joker, but they already have this relationship. And because the movie is not an origin tale for Batman, but it's his early days, it really is an origin tale for the Rogue's Gallery's characters,” Reeves said. “What's interesting is that the reason that Joker's in the movie is there was actually another scene that was earlier. In our interview, Reeves detailed what that deleted scene was about and elaborated on the inspiration behind his Joker’s look. Reeves told us Keoghan actually filmed two scenes as this proto-Joker but the filmmaker ended up cutting the earlier scene. He’s not, although Matt Reeves confirmed in another interview with IGN that they did indeed shoot fake scenes with Keoghan as the character just to throw people off the Clown Prince’s scent. In what was a clear attempt to throw off the Internet - that is until Keoghan’s own brother revealed it on social media - initial news reports and leaked set photos pegged Keoghan as playing GCPD officer Stanley Merkel. The prisoner then delivers what is the Riddler’s signature line – “Riddle me this” – when asking a riddle whose answer Nashton correctly answers as “a friend.” This dastardly duo cackle away as a bond is forged between them. “One day you're on top, the next day you’re a clown,” the prisoner says before telling Riddler that Gotham loves a comeback story. The unnamed prisoner tries to cheer up Riddler, who is despondent over Batman (largely) foiling his plans.
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Due to the quick pacing of the gameplay and a more focused structure of the locations, we went back to using the classic skill tree character progression system and Lo Wang’s arsenal. That’s why the remaining mechanics had to get adapted to this system in order to support and cooperate with it. Opon: Shadow Warrior 3’s core loop is based on quick, seamless gameplay and acquiring Gore Tools. Can you talk about how you refined some of those systems, added to them, and, in some cases, got rid of them? Shadow Warrior 3’s design seems to be focused, in part, on reexamining some of the core systems built into the gameplay. At the same time, a lot of our devs were already acquainted with UE, so that helped immensely. The only minor obstacle we came across was the need to focus more on the basic systems that you need to get the game running, which we’ve worked on once before. The first prototype of the game was created in just three months, which is really fast. Opon: Unreal Engine is really intuitive to use. What challenges did you face when shifting to an entirely new engine for Shadow Warrior 3? Besides, it’s way easier to find developers experienced in UE than teach everyone how to use a proprietary engine.Īs of now, we have four games in production and all of them are powered by Unreal Engine. UE enables us to stay up-to-date with modern technology in game development. Opon: Utilizing an engine that is being actively developed and has proven itself in a lot of productions reduces the occurrences of risks that emerge when you develop your own technology. What made you decide to change to Unreal Engine for Shadow Warrior 3? Shadow Warrior and Shadow Warrior 2 were both built using your internal Road Hog Engine. That’s why we at Flying Wild Hog virtually unanimously agreed that we’re going with a linear campaign with a single-player focus. We also took a closer gander at the classic Shadow Warrior and realized that we’re working on a legacy and need some of those idiosyncratic features that made the classic game so special. Opon: Once work on the third installment had commenced, we had this sense that we had lost a portion of the story element-that focus on this insane, bombastic adventure that Shadow Warrior 2013 had, especially if you take into account the relationship between Lo Wang and his sidekick. What do you hope to achieve with Shadow Warrior 3? Where the 2013 reboot proved that the game could be modernized and successful, Shadow Warrior 2 built up its audience and helped reestablish the title as series worthy. It took a lot of evaluation but I think we pulled off a really good job! However, we believe that edginess also should have its barriers in order to not turn into disrespectfulness. Obviously, Shadow Warrior is a franchise that is intrinsically edgy. We were aware that not everything had aged well since 1997, times have changed and we decided to keep the outdated stuff out of our series. If you’re a fan of his cheesy one-liners, it's fair to say that you can expect that same energy in Shadow Warrior 3! Kuba Opon, Shadow Warrior 3 Game Director: When we started working on Shadow Warrior, our writers reimagined Lo Wang as a younger goofball who considered his jokes a divine power. Going back to the original reboot of the original Shadow Warrior from 1997, how did the team at Flying Wild Hog recreate the best elements of that game while leaving behind some of the less desirable elements? We chatted with Shadow Warrior 3 Game Director Kuba Opon about that refocus, how the developers worked to inject more verticality into this third entry in the franchise, and why Unreal Engine was a good fit for the first-person shooter. This time around, the studio decided to go back to that source game, and pull forward a renewed focus on a story that was historically an “insane, bombastic adventure.” Shadow Warrior 2 received equal acclaim, quadrupling the sales of its predecessor, and laying the groundwork for this year’s Shadow Warrior 3. That first reboot hit in 2013 and managed to do what few other reboots from that era achieved: create an enduring success that would become a foundation for a new series based on the franchise. They wanted to sanitise some of the cheesy one-liners and ‘90s crass humor of the original, but not strip away so much that the game lost its character. When Flying Wild Hog decided to reboot classic 3D Realms shooter Shadow Warrior, the team knew it had to walk a fine line. 6/4/2023 0 Comments Pirates of the caribbean 3Videophilesīe very familiar with the fact that water can and usually will expose weaknesses in even theīest encodings. 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There are the typical sword fights and gunfire scenes – the film is still highly entertaining. When the action does pick up, however, it is well worth it. For a movie that runs nearly 2 ½ hours,įit to cut only 3 scenes. Somewhat is in the Deleted Scenes on Disc 2. Further proof that perhaps this film could have been trimmed Seems to be forcing a more cerebral and dialogue driven approach. The action in an effort to out-do the success of the first film. Dead Man's Chest, in particular, seemed to force The film tends to fall into many slow sequences that tend to drag the pacing down quite a bit.Īlthough there is much action, as is typical of the franchise on the whole, there is not as muchĪs in the previous two films. There are so many subplots that it is, at times, hard to keep track of who is who or what is what. This third installment of Pirates of the Caribbean is easily the most convoluted of the three Johnny Depp as Walt Disney Pictures' Captain Jack Sparrow: pirate and rapscallion Calypso will assist them in making the world safe for pirates Their mission is to assist the goddess Calypso in freeing her from her current human form, a state that they, themselves, placed her in. Jack must be freed so that he can lend his aid to theīrethren Court (a council of pirate lords). The crew of the Black Pearl, with the aid of Captain Barbossa, is seeking to free Jack Sparrow fromĭavy Jones' locker. In Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, the story picks up at the exact moment wher the last film left Knightley (Elizabeth Swann) and Geoffrey Rush (Captain Barbossa) has returned, this time with the added help The entire all-star cast of Johnny Depp (Captain Jack Sparrow), Orlando Bloom (Will Turner), Keira DuHamel, December 2, 2007Įveryone's favorite swashbuckling heroes are back for Disney's supposedly final installment of the Pirates of the Caribbean trilogy. Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End Blu-ray ReviewĬaptain Jack Sparrow returns at world's end in and in marvelous high definition. Starring: Johnny Depp, Geoffrey Rush, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley, Jack Davenport, Bill Nighy DuHamel on Decemwhere this Blu-ray release scored 4.0 out of 5. 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Terrorizing ghost ship, the Flying Dutchman and Davy Jones - under the control of the East To free Captain Jack Sparrow from his mind-blowing trap in Davy Jones Locker meanwhile, the Heroes Will Turner and Elizabeth Swann are allied with Captain Barbossa in a desperate quest Screenshots from another edition of Pirates of the Caribbean Trilogy Blu-ray Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007) Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End Blu-ray 6/3/2023 0 Comments Coffee buzz vs teaWhite tea is tea that has been picked earlier in its development than green or black tea generally the more mature the leaf and the more it is processed, the higher the caffeine content. If you are a big tea drinker, you can also try low caffeine alternatives to black tea, such as white tea, which only contains 6-55 mg of caffeine per 250ml cup, in comparison to green tea, which comes in at 30-70 mg and black tea, which has 47-90 mg. Hot water and lemon is a good substitute, peppermint tea, fresh fruit and veg smoothies, plain soda water with a squeeze of lime, matcha or red tea, and coconut water are all good choices.” “The best thing you can drink for your body is water, but for a lot of us we find we need something more to kick start the day, and caffeine like a lot of things is a habit and not a good one. Instead of caffeine, Dr Perry tells us to drink more water. Related: Drinking this much coffee may trigger migrainesĬaffeine alternatives: What to drink instead.The symptoms associated with caffeine allergy are slightly more severe in that a person can develop itchy skin, rash and increased irritability and shakiness.” The extent of symptoms may vary depending on the level of sensitivity an individual experiences as well as the amount of caffeine consumed. Symptoms of caffeine sensitivity include:īrodell adds: “Caffeine sensitivity can manifest as a racing heartbeat, headaches, nausea, anxiousness, and difficulty sleeping. What are the symptoms of caffeine sensitivity or intolerance? Although you may not have a specific sensitivity to caffeine, if you have a history of anxiety disorders, you may want to avoid consuming it if possible. Since people with caffeine sensitivity metabolize caffeine more slowly, their symptoms may last for several hours.”Ī review in the journal of General Hospital Psychiatry indicates that caffeine can exacerbate symptoms of anxiety and panic disorders, with 51.1% of participants in one study having a panic attack after consuming caffeine, but not when they took a placebo. Those with caffeine sensitivity may be able to tolerate small amounts of caffeine, depending on their individual capacity to metabolize caffeine, however, those with caffeine allergy will likely react to even a small amount of coffee. “Often symptoms are experienced due to metabolizing caffeine slower than normal, leading to caffeine remaining in the system for longer. Jenaed Brodell, Dietitian at Nutrition and Co, working with Pro Plus says, “Caffeine sensitivity can be caused by a variety of factors, such as gender, age and weight as well as an individual’s genetic variation in brain chemistry and liver metabolism. Only one case in Spain is referenced as being caused by caffeine alone. A study in the Asia Pacific Allergy journal indicated that anaphylaxis due to caffeine allergy is very rare, with most cases involving another, secondary trigger such as aspirin. Those with a caffeine sensitivity are generally reacting badly to the adrenaline response that caffeine causes, whereas those with a caffeine allergy are having a histamine response to the caffeine itself. Related: Allergy vs intolerance: What's the difference?Ĭaffeine sensitivity vs caffeine allergy: what’s the difference?.We’ve also spoken to the experts to find some low caffeine or caffeine free alternatives to your daily cup of joe. We’ll explore the difference between caffeine sensitivity and caffeine allergy, and give you an idea of the symptoms you may experience with caffeine sensitivity. If you are reacting to caffeine, it is more likely that you are experiencing symptoms due to the increase in the hormone adrenaline that caffeine causes in our bodies. If you have experienced these symptoms, you may think you have a caffeine allergy, but this condition is actually surprisingly uncommon. 6/3/2023 0 Comments One check on whatsappThis will let you search for a message of a specific date. By tapping the calendar icon, the date picker would appear to select any month, date, and year. As per a couple of screenshots provided by the report, a Calendar icon would be available when using the Chat Search option on WhatsApp. The Search by date feature is currently under development and is not available yet, WABetaInfo reported. Fortunately, WhatsApp plans to makes it easy to search chats by date so you can easily find the information you’re looking for. However, one thing that can be difficult to keep track of in group chats is the date of each message. One of the most popular features of WhatsApp is its group chat function, which allows users to chat with multiple people at once. WhatsApp uses the internet to send and receive messages, meaning that it can be used anywhere in the world as long as there is an internet connection. WhatsApp is a cross-platform messaging app that allows users to communicate with each other without having to pay for SMS. This will be an important feature of the app as one will be able to search for a particular message by just typing the date. Well, Whatsapp is pretty soon going to have a feature by which users can search for chats by date. The app offers a variety of features to its users, but what if you need to find a specific chat from a while back by date? This app from Meta owned company is a great way to stay in touch with family and friends all over the world. WhatsApp is one of the most popular messaging apps in the world, with over 1.5 billion monthly active users. 6/3/2023 0 Comments Kitaria fables moneyUnbeknownst to either of our heroes, though, the situation is about to worsen. The impending adventure ahead consists of helping the anthropomorphic citizens with minor tasks, caring for the crops, and slicing the denizens of the wild. It, coincidentally, is also home to her grandfather, who has provided his farm for your stay. With her pink puffball sidekick, Macaron, by her side, they’re both tasked with protecting Paw Village. In a world that has outlawed the use of magic, you play as Nyanza von Whiskers, a knight of The Capital City. With the heroes of old having perished, it begs the question: what’s to become of Canoidera ? That tranquillity wouldn’t last, though, and whisperings of the Calamities return spread fast. Everyone came out of hiding, carrying on with their lives as if nothing had happened. Combat raged, and after the uphill battle that followed, they successfully defeated that evil, and peace, once again, reigned. They were not to go unopposed, however, as several heroes stood their ground with weapons in hand. A mysterious power began to run rampant through the land, transforming once docile creatures into bloodthirsty monstrosities. Legends tell of a Calamity that swallowed the entirety of Canoidera, plunging it into an era of darkness. Since finding out about this game, I’ve promoted the hell out of it, and now the question is, does it live up to the hype? I’ve had moments of pleasure but also some disappointment. After many excruciating months of anticipation, I’ve been fortunate enough to go neck-deep into this journey for about a week now. Harvesting, cultivating, killing, and collecting are all critical parts of this adventure. Well, Kitaria Fables aims to satiate the cravings with a familiar gameplay loop and vibrant world. Since Rune Factory 5 has been pushed back into next year, many hungry gamers are out there fiending for that farming/combat hybrid experience. Only, they strive to rectify it by handing felines not only weapons but allowing them to cast various types of spells: it’s your funeral, guys. It seems I’m not the only one either, as Twin Hearts seemingly shares the opinion. It’s a sentiment I firmly believe because it does well to explain their usually annoyed demeanour. Cats are nature’s perfect – excuse me – purrfect killing machines, but were made tiny and non-threatening as some kind of sick joke. Subreddits like NameThatSong ( visit), WhatsThisSong ( visit), and others can be helpful. You can also try asking around on Reddit, which has a much larger user base and a higher chance of a faster reply. You should soon start getting responses from people who can recognise the song for you. Just post a snippet of the song (or music), or describe it as well as you can. WatZatSong is a forum full of music lovers who can help you identify songs and music. If you’re unable to find which song is playing near you with any of the methods above, or if you’re looking for an obscure song that you suddenly remembered from your childhood days, try asking about it on a forum. Though originally it could only recognise music playing in Amazon Music, Alexa can now identify songs from Spotify as well as other popular music streaming services.Īsk Other Music Lovers to Help Find the Song 17. Also, you’d need active internet connection for music recognition feature to work.įinally, we have Alexa, another popular voice assistant, which has been improved by leaps and bounds over the past couple of years. īixby’s song recognition feature is comparatively slower than Google Assistant and Siri, but it gets the job done ultimately. Now, ask “ What’s the name of this song?” or “What track is playing” or “Who is this singer?” and you will get the search results with song name. To do so, simply activate Bixby by pressing the side button or trigger the assistant by saying “Hi, Bixby”. If you’re using a Samsung smartphone, you can ask Bixby to identify songs for you. Use Google Assistant to Recognise Songsīixby, Samsung’s proprietary voice assistant has picked up quite a few tricks over the years to compete with the likes of Siri and Google Assistant and song recognization is one of them. Is it safe to use sound identification apps?ġ. Can Google Listen to a Song and Tell Me What It Is? Is There an App that Can Identify a Song?
We’ll compare the seven applications listed here: Raw Converters: Let’s work on the above raw photo, zooming in on the red marked area of the image and applying an "s"-shaped contrast curve to better see what would happen if we processed the image after noise reduction. This comparison is intended for reducing noise before you do anything else to it in order to retain faint stars and nebulae. What we are doing in this step, is called pre-processing: creating a single file which you can work with in your favorite image editor. We will work with Adobe Lightroom as a hub to find, compare, and eventually process the image. We'll eventually compare stars in a dark area, a nebula-rich area in the Milky Way, and in the foreground with high contrast to the light polluted sky. That keeps the light-polluted horizon well within the histogram and certainly works wonders for noise reduction purposes. Let’s say we don’t bump the ISO all the way to 12,800, but settle for a stop less at 6,400. The maximum setting on the D750 will overexpose the city lights on the horizon (light pollution), so we avoided maxing out the camera. Above that range, the signal will be amplified once it's been recorded by the sensor. At any lower setting than 100, that signal is attenuated. The camera used to capture an image to test the capabilities of noise reduction software was the Nikon D750, with a native ISO range of 100-12,800. While both record a value of 30%, neither of those will ever reach 100%, because of Earth’s day and night cycle. Now, consider that at the end of the exposure, our planet has rotated and the sky seemingly shifted one pixel. Let’s say a pixel recorded about 30% of its capacity. The electric charge recorded over the exposure time multiplied by the ISO-setting is a measure for how bright that star actually is. A photodiode, a piece of a pixel on a camera sensor, translates the brightness of that star into an electric charge. As it progresses along the night sky, its image is projected upon the camera sensor. Think of a star that at the beginning of the exposure is in one place. The 500-rule is a better rule of thumb, but for the sake of the argument, think more along the lines of a 300-rule if the Milky Way is the subject for your full-frame. Even a shutter speed of 20 seconds with a 14mm lens on a full-frame body is really pushing it in terms of preventing star trails. While this may be the case when your composition includes either celestial pole, it is definitely not the case when you capture the galactic core of the Milky Way. So, if I shoot at 14mm, this “rule” will tell me that I can expose for up to 43 seconds until the stars appear to trail. The rule of thumb is the 600-rule, which states that if you divide 600 by your focal length on a full-frame camera, the maximum shutter speed in seconds pops out at the other end of the equation. Just skip to ISO and we’ll catch up there. If you can follow along, this next part may appeal to you. To make a long and complicated story short: An increased exposure doesn’t necessarily mean more and brighter stars. To avoid star trails, there’s a rule of thumb going around the internet, but I’ll warn in advance that there’s more to it. But we can’t expose for the stars any longer, since the rotation of the Earth will stretch them from pinpricks to streaks across the sky. We want to increase the signal-to-noise ratio. In which other genre do you max out the ISO as well as the shutter speed for almost every shot? Anyway, raw converters and Photoshop plugins will help to reduce noise, but what we really want is to increase the exposure of the stars in these nightscapes without increasing the noise. I'm choosing to compare those tools on a nightscape image, because its typical usage scenario is almost always the same. There are many tricks and tools available to enhance the quality of our images, about as many as there are genres in photography. In fact, I would love to learn which current software reduces noise the best myself. I’m just a regular landscape photographer who happens to shoot Nikon. Methodįull disclosure: I’m not affiliated with any brand or software developer. “Expanse of the Night.” Shot with a Nikon D750 with a Samyang 14mm f/2.8 IF ED UMC Aspherical Nikon AE (Rokinon, Bower, Walimex: they’re all the same, just rebranded). 6/3/2023 0 Comments 2018 ford focus hatchbackUpdate at 24 months and 37,000 miles: Check engine light came on in Dec., dealer replaced catalytic converter under warranty. Still happy with the car, for what it cost. Update at 18 months and 28,000 miles: No problems, only expense has been oil changes every 5K miles. I took it to the dealer the next day and they said no codes came up. I did so, and a few minutes later another message said OK to resume driving. One scare: driving up a long steep hill in October with 2 other passengers, I could feel the transmission slipping and then a message appeared on the display that said the transmission had overheated, pull over and stop as soon as possible. Update at one year - No problems and getting 38 mpg on long highway trips 27-29 mpg on typical city/suburban driving (doing the math at the pump). Drove an S/T and it's a HOOT, like a Golf GTI for thousands less … (after rebate) wanted it but wife won't drive a stick shift and it only comes that way. Titanium is too much money to put in this car. SEL costs very little more than an SE with automatic, and you get a lot more. Acceleration is perfectly adequate though not exciting. Very impressed with handling and quiet ride, for the price. Leather-trimmed seats are optional.Īdvertised $4000 rebate and dealer discount got me to the dealer to drive one. It's equipped similarly to the Titanium trim but boasts xenon headlights and restyled taillights. While the Cold Weather package is standard, an optional Titanium Technology package adds automatic high beams, blind-spot monitoring with cross-traffic alert, and lane departure warning.Īs you might guess, the hatchback-only Focus Electric is powered by an electric motor (143 hp, 184 lb-ft of torque) that runs through a single-speed automatic transmission. The interior gets leather-trimmed seats, four-way adjustable headrests, eight-way power-adjustable driver seat, a leather-wrapped shift knob, rear center armrest, seatback map pockets and remote start. Its exterior wears a different style of 17-inch wheel and chrome exterior trim. The Focus Titanium has the highest level of standard equipment. Options include the aforementioned Cold Weather package and navigation with satellite radio. Standard equipment includes 17-inch wheels, daytime running lights, foglights, a sunroof, ambient interior lighting, dual-zone automatic climate control, rear proximity sensors, an 8-inch entertainment screen with Sync 3 (includes Android Auto and Apple CarPlay support), two USB charging ports and a 10-speaker Sony stereo system. The SEL trim is available as a sedan or hatchback. A 17-inch wheel upgrade is also available with this package. SE trims equipped with the 1.0-liter engine have access to an Appearance package that adds different 16-inch wheels, daytime running lights, foglights and black exterior detail elements. Available options include a Cold Weather package (adds heated mirrors and heated front seats and steering wheel). Standard SE equipment includes 16-inch alloy wheels, cruise control, power rear windows, a trip computer, a front center armrest, rear air vents and a six-speaker sound system. The hatchback comes with the 2.0-liter engine and six-speed automatic, while the sedan uses a turbocharged 1.0-liter three-cylinder engine (123 hp, 125 lb-ft of torque) and a six-speed manual transmission or a six-speed automatic. One step up is the SE, which is available as a hatchback or sedan. It comes with 15-inch steel wheels, keyless entry, air-conditioning, a height-adjustable driver seat, 60/40-split folding rear seats, a tilt-and-telescoping steering wheel, a rearview camera, a 4.2-inch central display, power front windows (manual rear windows), power locks and mirrors, Ford's MyKey (limits speed, audio volume, etc., for young drivers), voice controls, Bluetooth, a four-speaker sound system and USB port. A five-speed manual transmission is standard, and a six-speed automatic is optional. The base S trim is available only as a sedan and employs a 2.0-liter four-cylinder engine (160 horsepower, 146 pound-feet of torque). |