I only got to know about Walter O'Brien when the TV show Scorpion aired in the UK. Although I liked the techie bits, the general treatment was, honestly, a bit cringe-worthy. Car chases?? I put this down to the director having also directed The Fast and Furious - not something I'd watch. It appears though that Walter himself was, if not the instigator of these silly scenes, he was very much complicit. In his interview on the red carpet for the launch of the show he told the interviewer that he set land speed records. I think I'm right in saying that Richard Noble currently holds the word land speed record and is currently preparing for another challenge. I checked out Walter's statement online and found he'd clarified his statement by saying he'd set a land speed record in a Toyota. Even if he did drive a Toyota faster than anyone else has driven a Toyota then for him to make this claim believable, this achievement should have been verified and recorded by Guiness World Records. It's like him claiming his IQ of 197 was measured at his primary school. I think pressure should be put on Walter to have his IQ verified by MENSA. All this is such a shame because we do need some hero's. We do need more good guys and if he's doing half of what he claims then that's a good thing. So Walter, please sort yourself out, calm down and set all these dubious records straight. You don't need to be a superhero, just a hero.
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