[rayiner]

It's not a "weird complaint" at all. The cut goes to the heart of why it's supposedly impressive. Because of the cut, all he had to do was say one sentence before the rocket lifts off (which is happening at a time that's known down to the second).

[Cockbrand]

I never understood it any different, but the effect still superb IMHO.

[globular-toast]

All Paul McCartney had to was write a sequence of words to a melody beginning with the word "Yesterday".