Interesting question, and I'm trying to kill time at work. So.

Assume a spherical villain falling straight down.

Gravity accelerates an object at a rate of 32.174 ft/s^2 , so the downward velocity of the villain after t seconds in ft/s is 32.174 * t.

Distance traveled by a falling object is (1/2) * 32.174 * t^2 .

Hence, after 5 seconds, the villain is traveling at about 160.87 ft/s, which is not quite terminal velocity (around 180.45 ft/s), and has traveled 402.175 ft.

Now assume the villain fires straight up and is using .45 ACP FMJ ammunition. According to Wikipedia, that ammunition has an initial velocity of 830 ft/s with a test barrel length of 5 inches, and a mass of 15 g.

Since the villain and gun are traveling at 160 ft/s, the actual initial velocity of the bullet would be 670 ft/s.

Assume the bullet incurs no wind resistance. The same free-fall equations apply to decelerating the bullet.

Just eyeballing it, it would only take a bit over 0.6 seconds for the bullet to reach the villains starting point, and the bullet would only have decelerated a bit over 19 ft/s in that time. The bullet would still be traveling at about 650 ft/s, and at 15g would possess about 294 J of kinetic energy, compared to 477 J possessed by a round fired from a standstill.

After 5 seconds, then, the kinetic energy of the bullet would be decreased by about 40%. I'm guessing that would still be enough to injure someone, but I'm not sure.

What if the villain fell even further? He would reach terminal velocity of about 180.45 ft/s after about 5.61 seconds and a distance of 506.03 feet, and would continue at that velocity. A bullet fired at terminal velocity would have an initial upward velocity of about 649.55 f/s.

An object initially traveling at 649.55 f/s would take about 20.19 seconds to completely decelerate, and would have traveled about 6,557.64 feet.

The villian would fall 506.03 feet in 5.61 seconds before reaching terminal velocity, and could cover the additional 6051.61 feet in about 33.54 seconds at terminal velocity.

That means if the villain fell for just over a minute before firing back up, Bruce Willis could reach out of the window and pluck the motionless bullet from the air.

My dad always had great taste in music, and I credit him for shaping my own. I remember the time he decided my brother and I'd had enough Vanilla Ice and shattered the CD on the kitchen floor (alas, MC Hammer did survive). This was after I tried to tell him that, actually, Queen/Bowie could have ripped off Vanilla Ice. I was six.

I don't necessarily listen to all of these artists on a regular basis, but I'm fond of all of them.

My earliest and most pervasive musical memories are listening to pre-Sergeant Pepper's Beatles tapes in the car. All the power hits with catchy choruses, perfectly crafted intros and bridges, and those tight trademark John/Paul harmonies. He would make mix tapes without all the throwaway tracks. He always liked McCartney's songs better than Lennon's.

Eventually he played the rest of their records more and more. I still remember what, I think, was the first time I ever heard Magical Mystery Tour.

In the mid to late 80s, he was still in his 20s and listening to a lot modern rock. Lots of The Police (their later stuff, mostly; I discovered his tapes of the earlier stuff later), Queen, The Cars, Dire Straits, Tears for Fears, Genesis, David Bowie (almost exclusively Ziggy Stardust). He always had a knack for good musicianship and good engineering.

I still listen to a lot of Ziggy. The Police, Queen, The Cars, Dire Straits, and Tears for Fears are all over the radio, but I recently listened to Day at the Races and it brought back a lot of memories.

My mom, coming from a vocal and folk guitar background, loved James Taylor in the 80s. That guy can write a song.

My dad followed a few solo careers, mostly Sting, Paul Simon, Paul McCartney, and Peter Gabriel. I never liked Sting's early jazzy stuff, but in the 90s I was into Soul Cages and Ten Summoner's Tales. He played a lot of Graceland, McCartney, Peter Gabriel's first self-titled, and So.

My dad also liked a lot of mainstream jazz. Being a vocalist himself, he was into Harry Connick, Jr. Not being much of a vocal jazz fan, I now find him to be merely tolerable. His big band was HOT, though. I also remember a lot of Duke, Ella, and Oscar Peterson. It wasn't until later that my brother introduced me to Miles.

Jazz no doubt made up a large part of my early musical exposure. In the first days of learning trombone in the 5th grade band, I kept trying to swing the eighth notes.

Ages 8-12 or so were mostly lost to the local top 40 station, hence the Vanilla Ice and MC Hammer.

My dad was always more into the softer side of the rock spectrum. He never was much into Led Zeppelin. When I was in 7th grade, there was a new classic rock radio station in town. My dad and I were listening to it in the car one day when "Satisfaction" came on, and he realized that I didn't know who it was.

I started listening to that station and familiarized myself with all the cliche classic rock station bands: Led Zeppelin, The Rolling Stones, The Doors, Pink Floyd, Van Morrison, Lynyrd Skynyrd. This was before classic rock stations starting playing bullshit from the 80s like Def Leppard.

Somewhere around that time, my dad heard about the Dark Side of the Moon / Wizard of Oz thing, and we watched it in our basement, loudly, on the nice stereo. I guess DSotM was so ubiquitous to him that he never thought to play it for me before then. Eventually I got into The Wall, no thanks to him. He always thought it was too depressing (and it is; it's like the Schindler's List of music).

Despite my initial fondness for classic rock stations, only a few bands really stuck with me (other than the ones my dad already listened to, like The Police), namely Led Zeppelin and Pink Floyd. I actually can't stand the Stones or the Doors anymore.

The catch is that their in-theater service is terrible, particularly for sold out shows. They generally have one server--MAYBE two--for the entire theater.

I even went to a show that they KNEW was sold out, and they STILL only had one server.

For weekend/full showings:

If you want food, show up really early so it doesn't come halfway through the movie. You'll get the best seats that way, plus they usually have some short films or cartoons playing before the movie.

If you're drinking beer, order pitchers. If you just get a pint, the server won't be back for a LONG time, possibly just to bring you your check.

P.S. There is one in Redmond called "Big Picture", but I can't think of any others in Seattle.

Riverfront Park is a historic park in Downtown. It was developed for the 1974 World's Fair and is home to the Clock Tower and Pavillion, the carousel, the IMAX, and the trash-eating goat. There are many trails throughout the park and it makes an interesting hike with the footbridges over the Spokane River and the falls . You can also go on a 15 minute gondola ride over the falls. If you go to the park drop by Boo Radley's, it is a gag/gift store very much like Archee McFee's (only better... seriously).

Manito park has a duck pond and quite a few specialty gardens , like a greenhouse, a rose garden, a summer garden, and a Japanese garden with HUGE coy. These fish are seriously old and very cool. Just outside of town there is a large arboretum as well called Finch Arboretum .

Rimrock Drive has a nice view of the city, or you can always drive to the top of Mount Spokane. On the way there is Green Bluff , a large collection of farms where you can often pick your own fruit.

Wonderland is in north Spokane and is an arcade on steroids. It has go carts, two very nice mini-golf courses, batting cages, laser tag, and bumper boats all in addition to arcade games. Laser Quest is another laser tag in an old armory building downtown.

There is the Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture . The historic Fox Theatre no longer appears to be a movie theater but a venue. The Spokane Symphony plays at the opera house , another building left over from the 1974 World's Fair. If you are lucky you can catch a performance from  the Spokane Jazz Orchestra .

There is a relatively large mall called Northtown , if you're into that.

There are a surprising amount of bars and night clubs as well, but I probably can't make a recommendation .

For breakfast try Frank's Diner . It's an old train car like Andy's, except not closed.

Hope this helps.