Boxing matches have to  breaks so they don't do something wrong and to not keep pounding each other.


Oh really?  They are called rounds aren;t they?


Yes, Next spring the fourth Avengers movie comes out. Have you seen any?


Yeah... just saw infinity war and it was really good!  Did you see it?


No, good to know, I want to see that. Do you like Marvel Comics?


Yes very much!  Some of the movies are redundant though!  That's cool the lou ferrigno has been doing the voice of hulk!


Yes, I agree with you on that. Walt Disney Company acquired Marvel Entertainment.


Yeah, i saw that!  Seems like they have been doing a good job with the movies?


Yes, But they don't have the rights to the movie Big, Xmen and Spiderman.


I love that they made a movie called blue ear about a 4 year old with earring issues.


Awww... that is awesome and thoughtful!  See, there is one charecter that is owned by DC and marvel?  I wonder who it is?


I know, I don't know.The boy told his mom, superheros don't wear hearing aids, so Marvel created one. Great chat!!


Too bad Sony didn't buy all the marvel characters?  LOL


I've heard of him but haven't seen that movie. I did see Black Panther, though.


I thought it was kind of ridiculous, but that's how I feel about superhero movies in general. I think the theme of isolationism vs global revolution sent a very mixed message.


You dont like superhero movies!! we are on a different page there lol, but I see your point


I think I was more significant for providing a vehicle for black actors, like the 91 year old woman who made her big film debut as a tribal elder after sending in an audition tape.


Really I never paid attention to her, whats her name do you know?


Dorothy steel; she began acting at 88. Seems like a very late start compared to Chadwick Boseman, whose education at a summer theater program at Oxford was funded by Denzel Washington.


Denzel Washington really did that kid a solid, maybe he can appear in one of the Black Panther movies in a future, that would be interesting to watch


He's almost old enough to be a tribal elder at this point haha. He certainly could find a role in any of the Marvel franchises--it's pretty lucrative for a studio that had to use its IP as collateral when securing funding from Merrill Lynch.


Yeah, his an actor that would fit in the franchise perfectly, and what about Infinity War did you watch the first part?


I did not see that, but I heard a lot of big names like Robert Downey Jr. and Scarlett Johansson were in it.


Yeah Mark Ruffalo, Chris Evans, Don Cheadle, Chadwick Boseman many great actors, the cast is crazy even Dave Bautista  is a hero


I heard that Robert Downey Jr. would actually hide food on set and actually used hidden food in scenes. Kind of gross but funny.


That is funny well he is like the leading actor of them all so I guess his entitled to anything,


Yes, although it seems like there's a wide scope of behaviors allowed in the studio; the voice actor who played Jarvis in the Iron Man and Avengers series has never even seen the films!


Never really? that is unusual, another funny fact is how the shawarma sales went up lol


I guess people are pretty easily influenced, although sometimes it's the other way around; Marvel actually created a new superhero just for a 4 year old boy who was uncomfortable with wearing hearing aids and whose mother had told him that superheroes don't wear hearing aids.


Thats admirable, creating a hero to help a kid in trouble, do you know the name of that superhero? I have to look him up.


Its name is Blue Ear, which is probably on the same level of creativity as Ant-Man. Some people are less than even that creative, though; Michael Jackson tried to buy Marvel so he could play Spider man in his own movie!


Thats crazy thank God he didnt buy the franchise that would be terrible, he would ruin the hero lol


Yes, I wonder how he would've felt about Black Panther; maybe his sister will be in the next one with Angela Bassett. Nice chatting!


Avengers: Infinity War, sounds like quite a movie. Have you seen or heard about it?


absolutely!  its a great movie!  They are coming out with a sequel to it this year!


So these movies are a continuation from a previous one. I know the Marvel Characters are highly popular.


sort of.  Most of the marvel movies are touched in Infinity war because all of the characters make an appearance.


That is interesting. I imagine the sequel coming out will be a very popular movie. Do the same actors play in each movie?


No.  sometimes ant man will make an appearance in captain america movie, but not all of them are in every movie.  Infinity war will be super popular because the first one was left with a dilemma.  Its a great series you should watch it!


I will have to try and watch it! Sounds quite interesting. I read that the characters had a falling out in the Captain America Civil War but they will work together, as the need for help is there.


Yes,  a huge falling out,  the group was divided. This is an interesting fact: When robert downey jr. was on the set of the avengers he would hide food on the sets. nobody was ever able to find it so they let him continue to do it. the scenes where he is eating blueberries and shawarma are unscripted and a part of the collection of food that he hid.


That is an interesting fact. I had not heard that before. Now the Infinity Stones are a part of each movie. Each stone is a different power or something and there are 6 of them.


Not each movie,  they are more shown in Infinity war.  a stone has mad an appearance in Dr. strange and Iron man and I think galaxy of the guardians.  But yes each stone has a different power!  I dont remember what each power is,  except one is the power of time.


Sounds like a fantastic idea. The stories are a bit SCi Fi as well as Superhero then. I did not know  Lou Ferrigno has voiced one of the characters. I remember him from The hulk show back in the 70's.


Right!  I cant remember which character though,  which is funny because someone else plays the hulk in the Marvel movies,  Mark Ruffalo


Yes, He played the Hulk in the TV show and Bill Bixby played Dr. David Bruce Banner. I did not realize that is the same Hulk character that Mark Ruffalo plays in the movies.


Yes,  it is.  He plays Bruce Banner and I think the voice of the hulk.  the hulk is cgi.  Hes great!  Really has that awkward / smart guy thing down.


I read here that the Avengers caused an increase in Shawarma sales, is that some kind of food that they eat? I never heard of it.


Because of the fact i mentioned earlier lol.  robert downey jr eats it in one or two scenes lol its a greek dish if I remember.


LOL, yes the unscripted food scenes you mentioned. Of course. Have you seen the Black Panther movie.


Yes,  Ive seen all of the Marvel movies.  Black panther is another great one!


Sounds like an interesting one as well. I guess I have been missing a lot not seeing all these movies.Do you know when the next may be coming out?


all i know is its coming out this year.  You should get started on the Marvel series now,  thats a lot of movies!!


lol, it certainly is. I will have to watch all the time in order to catch up before the new one comes out. Well thank you for filling me in on all the information , it has been wonderful chatting with you!


I am a big fan, but being from New Orleans where jazz originated, its almost a requirement.


That's awesome you're from there!  I would love to see those street musicians!  Clint Eastwood is a lifelong jazz fan.


Its root combines African-american music traditions, along with brass bands, french quadrilles, ragtime and blues


Interesting!  A woman from harlem has held jazz concerts in her apartment every Sunday for 20 years!


Thats cool.   I did not know that Pakistan has a jazz group which is topping the charts!


Who would have thought that?  Do you follow politics at all?


Yes I am a big Democrat.  Worked on Beto O'Rourkes campaign last fall.  Even though he did not get into the Congress, one of the 3 parts of government, I have hope that he will go for president.


I bet that was interesting!  There hasn't been a U.S president who wasn't republican or democrat since 1853.


Yes and the parties have changed a lot - Ronald Reagan used to actively campaign for democrats and was against low wages.


Interesting!  I didn't know that the red and blue colors for republicans and democrats only started to be consistently used in 2000.  Seems to me I remember that long before then.


I am not sure.  I did find it funny that Fox News threatened to sue the simpsons - they apparently did not like being made fun of


That's funny.  Doesn't Fox own the Simpsons?


That is a good question I am not sure.   Did you know that Elmo actually testified before congress?


LOL  No. I didn't know that.  The first woman elected to congress was in 1916.


And she did not even have a right to vote at that time!  That is insane


Yes.  The republicans and democrats in the US congress have played an annual baseball game since 1909.  That's over 100 years!


That is pretty impressive.  The republicans are winning by 3 wins over those years..  But the Dems will come back!


Awesome.  I was wondering what their record was.


Have you heard of fantasy congress?  Its like fantasy football but you draft members of congress!


I never heard of that until just now.  I have to get going. It was nice chatting with you!  Have a good day!


A congress is a formal meeting of the representatives of different nations, states, organizations trade unions and political parties.


The leader discuss about the welfare of the union or people and adopt new plans for the people.


how interesting. Did you know that the US congress has played a baseball game annually since 1909.


Its very interesting. In 1916 the first woman was elected to congress before she even had the right to vote in a national election.


Well Im sure that did a lot for womens rights. Just inspiring in my opinion.


Jazz is a music which originated in the New Orleans, of the United States.


I actually knew that one. Are you a jazz fan.


yes, Jazz is also know as "American classical music" Jazz has become recognized as a major form of musical expression.


You are a wealth of knowledge. Did you know Clint Eastwood liked jazz?


Yes, He is popular in Rawhide series. He is multi talented person.


Yes he is. He actually scored the movie he also produced, million dollar baby. Have you seen it.


Yes, Cool Jazz developed at the early of 1940 introducing calm, smoother sound and liner melodic lines.


Cool, there is a jazz orchestra in Pakistan that is currently topping the charts. Guess its still in


There is a programming language in which the programs are in the musical composition. In the early stage its very difficult to compose jazz music.


I believe it. I dont think I could do it even if I tried.


Jazz is a form of independent traditional and popular musical styles, Jazz is characterized by swing and blue notes, call and response vocals and improvisation.


It also has roots in West African cultural and musical expression.


15% of the tea party movement identify themselves as democrats.


That's very interesting. I'm going to have to be getting to work though. You have a good day.


Ominously? Should I call someone for you?


No, he just keeps an eye on things.  In case of snacks.  You can never tell when I will call snack time. He is a lot more fun than a pet frog.


He is a shelter dog.  Mostly black lab.  But something in there brings the crazy.  Do you have pet animals? Are you ailurophile?


I am not. I am a cynophile. I just put my st bernard down last month. She was 10 and lived past her avg age. She was great.


Big dogs are fun, but short on time.  I might be allergic to cats.


I am allergic to dogs, which I found out when my St bernard was like 2. Didn't stop me from loving her though. I have 2 cats and hate one of them and tolerate the other.


Wow.  I like the idea that a 15 year old cat has spent 10 years asleep.  If only I could do that.


Would you ever get a pet bear? Roosevelt had one.


No, no thanks to the bear.  I think It is great that people have such a variety of pets.  Had a hamster as a kid.   Some people would count a horse as a pet.


I hope this doesn't come off as callous but when people have a tiger or bear as a pet, I have no sympathy when they get attacked by it. IT'S A BEAR! It does bear things, like maul people and things. Did you hear about that girl who fell into a cage trying to take a selfie?


Yes, a Jaguar I think.  beautiful animal.  It survived unharmed. There were some cases a few years ago where a gorilla was shot to get the kid back.  Tough call.


Harambe, right? I find the girl to be incredibly dumb and nothing should happen to the cat. Just poor judgment.


Yes, Harambe. It was poor judgment.  I know of a Kentucky town called rabbit hash, their mayor is a dog.  I see that a town in Alaska has a cat for a mayor.  I wonder if they trade post cards. Sister cities and all.


I don't think. They don't get along. They fight like cats and dogs.


Right, that is always a risk.  I have never had a cat.  It is said they fight, but really, does it not depend.  Did your dog care at all about the cats?


Not really. Every once in a while she would let them know she was big but that happened infrequently. The young cat would play fight with the dog's tail and the dog was completely indifferent.


I think that most dogs would learn to tolerate what they can not catch.  If I write a paper, I would list my dog as a coauthor.  I think he would like that.


That would be nice. I think he deserves it.


Some one around here deserves something.  Take it easy out there.


I'm more of a dog person, but cats are cool. I hear there are cafes in Japan where you pay hourly to drink and hang with cats.


Yes that would be fun to see. The life of the cat seems nice. So much sleeping.


Yeah, by the time a cat reaches 15 years old, it's spent about 10 years of its life sleeping.


Lucky cats! Have you ever seen the Godfather? The cat in the opening scene was found on set.


That's cool. I love The Godfather. No wonder that cat is so restless in the scene. There's a town in Alaska that's had a cat name Stubbs as mayor since 1997. Wonder if it has its own office?


I bet it does there are not many people in Alaska! Such a unique name too...Talkeetna.


Speaking of cats in odd positions, a physicist once published a paper with a cat as coauthor so he could write using the first person plural.


That is pretty ingenious. That way he wouldn't be criticized. I like his style!


The first cloned pet was actually a cat. Can you guess its name?


Interesting. Haha copy cat! Very clever!


Love it! Did you know there are more tigers living as pets in the US than living in the wild in Asia? That's nuts.


That is sad to hear. Maybe Teddy Roosevelt had one? He had a bear and a hyena!


A pet hyena sounds like a really, really bad idea. There are more pets in Japan than there are children under 15.


Wow those Japanese love their pets! Apparently in Boulder Colorado, it is illegal to own pets.


What? That seems crazy! Wonder if there are ways around that law?


Oh now that you ask, yes I believe they just actually say you can be a pets "guardian" and it is basically the same thing!


Too funny. Germany became the first country in the world to give animals legal rights guaranteed by the constitution. Probably can't call them pets there either.


Yes good point. I wonder if Germany allows all pets? The reason I ask is because there are so many pets like rabbits, ferrets, pigs, gerbils, hamsters, chinchillas, and many more! Well I really enjoyed chatting with you this morning.


I am gonna go look up pets online! Have a good one!


Do you like folk music? I love it but I suppose that makes sense since I am from Appalachia which is one of the homes of folk music!


I love all country music. I grew up listening to it.


That's great. There are so many sub genres and different origins for folk styles, from America to Europe so really there's probably something for everyone, even if they have different tastes.


I think steel guitars have opened up some new avenues for all kinds of music for sure. It has a unique sound


Oh totally, there is this one alternative "shoegaze" band that I like that utilizes steel guitars for a nice dreamy tone.


I love that U2 pretended to be a country band and no one noticed.


There definitely must be a crossover between those genres.


Oh for sure. They both have their roots in the english ballads I feel.


It's also funny because guitars like the fender stratocaster were designed for country music specifically but I know that that's a popular guitar among punk and indie musicians.


And we always think of the violin as such a classical instrument but it is included in so much of country music that it is iconic.


I think that combo of electric and acoustic guitars is such a classic across many genres now too.


Very true. I have a hard time with george strait and jeff bezos being cousins though


I know, that's so weird! I am always hearing about famous people who are surprisingly related like that.


Right?! They just seem to be polar opposites.


Seriously, that's true. But I guess success comes in many forms since they're both doing so well for themselves.


Very true. I think people still have a stigma about country because of its hillbilly roots.


If so I think that's simply because people fail to understand the rich, deep history of the genre- they think it's all about modern day redneck behavior but these are genres that were born nearly a hundred years ago at least.


Very true. It has woven through blues and rock.


So true! But then again, "country" was the most listened to rush hour radio genre just about ten years ago.


Musical tastes change so much in such a short time. It is good though-opens peoples eyes to the world around them.


It can almost be a bit sad too. I just read the other day that hip hop/rap is now overwhelmingly the most popular genre in the US now, which I am not a fan of, but I guess technically it's like modern jazz.


I would much rather have vintage jazz. There is something unsettling yet beautiful about the musical arrangements.


I didn't want the last one but i saw the one before the last


I didn't watch the most recent one either, but I read about all the excitement up to France winning.


Usually my family and I watch the FIFA Wold cup and watch spain


Yes I am. Well I'm a little neutral towards them. My family loves the team though.


I don't know much about the individual teams. Does your family have a connection to Spain, or did they just end up enjoying that team most?


Some of our family used to live in spain, so we just grew up loving the team.


That's awesome! I lived in Belgium when I was little. Never thought to check if they had a team, though.


Haha nice. Yeah so we have been watching them for awhile. I'm not a huge soccer fan though.


I played soccer when I was little and always liked playing more than watching. I was definitely not World Cup material, though.


I played soccer as a kid! I played in high school, but that's all. I'm terrible. But in high school no one got cut haha.


I played before high school, so at that age they were pretty soft on us. No one got cut from the team for us either. I think I still have my old soccer uniform shirt.


Nice. Do you know who won the world cup last year. I havn't kept up


I think the last winner was France when they had the tournament in Russia. The next one will be in Qatar, which ought to be interesting.


Nice. Maybe I'll actually watch it this year.


I don't think it'll be until 2022, since it's not a yearly tournament.


Lol shows how much I keep up with soccer.


Haha, I'm no expert either. I just figure I'd hear about it in the news a lot more often if it were a yearly thing.


Ahhhh. Do they host it in different counties each year?


Yes, on a bidding system I think. Last time Russia won, and this time Qatar made the winning bid.


I have not yet. I like Marvels superheroes but mostly on the Netflix series. How about you?


I watched it and loved it I also like the Netflix series, too bad they got cancelled


Really? They got cancelled? I like superhero stories where the stories are focused on one hero. Seems like it focuses on many in Infinity War.


Yeah they got cancelled its a shame, I really liked them and yeah , Marvel has dominated the Superhero market for over 10 years, I love the cast, the directors,


I have heard that the villain in the movie is pretty cool, Thanos


Yeah a great villain the Hulk had no chance against him, it was humiliating, but no spoilers


Yeah I heard he was much more powerful than the superheroes and it makes the movie different because usually superheros come out on top.


I like how Robert Downey Jr acts, he is so funny Iron Man is my favorite hero, do you have a favorite one?


I like The Punisher, I think because he doesn't really have out of this world super powers.


hat about Star-Lord his another hero without powers, did you watch Guardians of the Galaxy?


I have not watched that yet. I have not even watched Black Panther which I hear was a big hit! He's the richest superhero.


You should really watch that one as well, yeah he has more money than Bruce Wayne and Tony Stark combined and then multiplied


Yeah. I thought the script I have seen relating to Black Panther was made up. It turns out it is based on ancient script.


It was, wow, that is amazing, the actor of the movie is also really good, Chadwick Boseman is his name


I guess he got his break with the help of Denzel Washington!


Yeah Denzel paid for his education, that was a great thing to do, he must be really grateful because of that


Yes, cool he got to thank Denzel in person at the Black Panther premiere.


His role in Infinity War was awesome, maybe Denzel can become a hero for the franchise one day


So was there a lot of shawarma eating in Infinity War?


I think its because of the first movie and the ending scene, heroes gather in a shawarma place.


Too many lol Frozen,  Little Mermaid,  Moana,  Lion King,  Aladdin.  How about you?


You're right; it is hard to choose. I do enjoy the movie Wall-E. The name actually comes from Walter Elias Disney, kinda like a nickname of sorts


Right.  That movie was ok, def not my favorite of the disney pixar,  I like inside out,  monsters inc,  toy story and finding nemo.


It's still a cute movie though, I wonder if there are any hidden Mickey Mouse images in it. There's a whole subculture dedicated to finding those Easter eggs


yeah I know,  I have only seen like in Disneyland,  those things are hard to find!  I sometimes see them in movies but I really like looking for other movie characters in the movies,  when they kinda do a special appearance lol


Did you ever see the movie Flubber? It's been so long since I've seen it that I don't remember much, but Bill Nye was the science consultant for the movie


I actually never seen that movie..  any good?


It stars Robin Williams, so you know it's going to be funny. Another funny one I like is Big Hero 6. They had to use a 55,000-core supercomputer to render that animation


That movie was really good too!  I had no idea it was so hard to make.


I know! Minnie Mouse is still one of my favorite classic characters though. Her name is actually short for Minerva Mouse. Minnie is more catchy if you ask me


That makes sense,  I never knew that.  Mickey is my favorite.  Did you hear there is going to be a star wars land in Disneyland?


That would be so epic! I would go just for that. It would also be cool to see the headquarters though since it's such a big leader in American animation


Yeah i think it will be open in the next year or so.  Pretty awesome.  Did you know on the ride Pirates of the caribbean there is an actual real human skull?


I think I read that in a book recently, actually. I haven't been on that ride yet, but it would be fun to go


Yeah the skull was donated by a school when Disneyland first opened.  You have never been to Disneyland?


No, I haven't. I had the choice to a few years ago, but chose to do Six Flags instead. I also really enjoyed the San Diego Zoo, especially seeing all the species of birds


I never been to the san diego zoo but I hear its amazing.


When I went, there was a peacock walking around among the visitors. I've heard that most birds' feathers weigh more than their bones because their bones are so hollow


Oh wow that is weird lol ugh I cant imagine my bones being hollow.


I also can't imagine what it would be like going without sleep when migrating from Alaska to Northern Mexico


Have you been horseback riding? They are mammals with an odd number of toes.


Yes, I have!  A few times at camp, that's about it though.  I've always found them to be fascinating animals though.  Did you know Dalmatians used to protect and calm horses?  That's why they're associated with fire fighters.


Where did you go to camp? I went to highlander in NC. We rode normal horses of today, as opposed to 45-55 million years ago when they were a small multi toed animal.


I went to a special camp in Missouri for kids with asthma.  All the counselors had "inhaler" necklaces just in case.  Yeah, horse back riding was one of the activities available.  It's funny, with all my allergies, I didn't have any problems with the horses.


Clint Eastwood was allergic to horses. Must have been a pain for all his movie roles with horses.


He probably had a bunch of Allegra or something on set.  Poor guy!  It's weird, do you know there are horses that are born black and brown but turn completely white about six years in their life?


I have heard of them. I believe they are call lipizzaner horses. White horses are rare.


Yeah, I wonder if anyone ever saw one in the forest and though a branch was a horn, thus given birth to the idea of a unicorn?  Be an interesting idea to research I think...


I would love to research how nature gave birds the ability to lay hard shelled eggs. They have a high metabolic rate. I assume from the all the exercise of flying.


Yeah, they have all sorts of interesting adaptation for flight.  Did you know their bones are so hollow that their feathers weigh more than their skeleton?


That blows my mind! It is unfortunate the dodo bird is extinct, as I would love to see one in person.


Weird, that it's part of the family of pigeons and extinct, considering how ubiquitous pigeons are in a lot of our major cities!


Pigeons are everywhere in Disney. I love visiting and looking for all of the hidden mickey images.


I've never had the honor of going to any of the Disney places, but would love to do so someday.  I can't believe how much STUFF they own, Marvel, Star Wars, you name it, it's like they're trying to take over the world!  :)


You MUST visit! It's so fun! Go see Minerva "Minnie" Mouse in Orlando!


oh, is that her full name?  I didn't know that!  Did you know they named Wall-E as a reference to Walter Elias Disney?


That's a sweet shout out to Walt. They should name a character after his brother Roy too.


I'm sure they have, somewhere... It's amazing to think how far Disney has come since it was starting in 1923.  They're even rolling out there own streaming service!


I hope they show Flubber on their streaming service. I love the accuracy due to Bill Nye's consulting work.


Lots of CGI in that movie... speaking of CGI did you know it took a 55,000 core supercomputer to render all the artwork in Big Hero 6?  Makes sense with all the visual effects in that movie!


That was another great movie. Nice chatting with you!


Hi. Do you enjoy riding horses? Apparently the horse evolved over the past 45-55 million years from a small multi toed creature!


wow thats crazy! You're right theyve been around for a long time, humans first started domesticating them back in 4000BC


Wow surprising. There are even feral populations of horses but most consider the Prezewalski horse the only true wild breed.


thats interesting, also interesting that Clint Eastwood was allergic to horses, he rode so many in his career


Oh wow that would make work tough! Highschool students once got suspended for riding their horses to school!


lol thats funny, I love dalmations and I always wondered by they were associated with firehouses, I guess they would calm the horses down back when firehouses used horses


Yeah that is interesting. I wonder if they calm the Icelandic horses who actually have a fifth speed in addition to the 4 that traditional horses have.


wow thats cool, the extra speed is called the tolt, I wonder why other horses can't move at that speed?


Yeah good question. I always thought it was funny how horses are afraid of birds. Birds are so small and light-their bones are even hollow!


that is crazy! Birdsare delicious btw I just ate some chicken! Its amazing that they range in size from 5cm to almost 3 meters!


Yeah they come in all shapes! They can even fly from Alaska to Mexico without sleeping!


wow that is a lot of time, can you believe there is a species of bird that uses spiderwebs to make their nests, that is hard core!


Yeah it is. There are even birds in Australia who mimic the sound of a camera!


haha I would be more terrified that they can also mimic the sound of a chainsaw! That would scare me silly at night haha


Yes good point! A lot of birds eat mice. Actually Minnie Mouse is short for minerva mouse!


wow didn't know that! I also didnt know that the pigeon is closely related to the dodo bird, maybe we can use them to help us clone dodo birds back into exisitence


Yeah good idea. That would be a funny disney character- a dodo bird! Bill Nye actually worked with Disney on the Flubber film!


haha well thats interesting, did you see the movie Big Hero 6? apprently they created it on a 55,000 core computer, which sounds like a supercomputer to me!


Oh wow never seen it but maybe I should! Apparently there are "hidden mickeys" in all things Disney and there are a lot of people who strive to find them lol!


haha wow sounds like they have too much time on their hands, also did you know that Wall-e the movie was named after Walter Elias Disney?


Oh no I didn't no that! Disney has come so far from simply starting as an animation company.


I didn't know that astronauts could vote from space, did you?


Well, if a chimpanzee can receive enough votes to come in third in a mayoral election, I guess anything is possible.


That's true. It's also ridiculous that people in Austin Texas actually voted to have their garbage dump named Fred Durst.


I think that's hilarious, and was surprised to learn that JFK voted against the civil rights act.


That's pretty surprising since his brother, Bobby Kennedy, was very pro-civil rights.


They were so different on many things. Not surprising, Alabama seems to do Alabama things, and keep the ban on interracial marriages, even though its uneforceable.


Yes, it's also surprising to discover that 34% of black men don't have the right to vote in Alabama. That seems odd.


Is that due to felons not having the right to vote?


I'm not sure of the reason. It would seem unlikely that 34% of black men in Alabama are felons, though. In the UK, all men didn't have the right to vote until 1918.


I never knew Steven Colber went to congress to defend agriculture visas for immigrants.


I had no idea he did that, either. Good for him. I think it is strange that Elmo testified before Congress.


Ashton Kutcher testified before congress a few years ago. He is very involved in stopping sex trafficking.


That's interesting. I wonder how he became involved in that cause. I figured he would be more involved in causes surrounding pediatric heart disease.


I'm not sure, I think it was a random thing that he found when he was on the night shift when his daughter was a baby.


That's interesting. Sex trafficking is a big problem around the world. It's something hardly anyone ever discusses, though.


It needs more attention, since most of these "runaway" girls are probably in the hands of sex traffickers.


When I was a kid, I loved to read novels about runaway girls. I'm not sure what my fascination was with it. One of my favorite books in junior high was, "Go Ask Alice."


I've never read them. Did you see that facebook was doing psych experiments during the 2010 congressional elections.


Nothing surprises me with Facebook's activities. I feel like it is all a big mind game...trying to "figure" people out.


One would think they would know as much about people by now, as there are many ways to cook an egg, thats what the folds in a chef's hat represent.


That's funny. I didn't know that. I have a family member who is a sous chef. I will have to impress him with my newfound knowledge.


I impressed mine when I told her that the fur hats Russians were are called ushanka. She didn't know that, and grew up in Ukraine.


Thanks for chatting with me this evening.


Hey there!  Do you follow politics closely?  I have to for work, but I get sick of it!  It is important to vote though.  Astronauts even cast votes from space!


I follow a bit. Did you know that US Congress has played a Republicans vs. Democrats baseball game annually since 1909?


Yes, I did the practice for that last year was where the shooting of the congressman occurred.  Sad story, glad he survived.


Yes, I agree. Can you imagine that Elmo is the only non-human to testify before the US Congress?


I find that hysterical!  It is also hilarious that in Austin, TX voters changed their garbage dump to be named after Fred Durst!


That is crazy! Did you know that Indian government sets up a polling booth in a forest full of lions for a single voter?


Every vote counts!  That is why it is sad to here that in Alabama 34% of the black male population can no longer vote.


That is a shame. I've heard that not all men in the UK had the right to vote until 1918!


Crazy stuff!  I recently learned there was a fantasy league for congress where players draft congressmen and get points for legislative successes.  I cannot even imagine!!!


That would actually be pretty fun. There are even three subway lines exclusively for Congressmen to move between the Capitol and House and Senate Offices.


Very convenient.  I cannot imagine the hats they donned in Congress back in the late 1700s and early 1800s.  I bet they were outlandish!


I agree. Until 1998, British politicians had to wear a top hat if making a point of order in the House of Commons. I wonder if a hat maker made that rule?


Haha, keep the profits up!  Speaking of hats I think it is funny the most popular hat in the old west was the bowler hat.  Everyone just assumes it is the cowboy hat, myself included!


Yes, that is exactly what I would have thought too. I know in the past hats were an indicator of social status.


I play and watch a lot of golf where tipping the cap is very popular.  Did you know that tradition dates back to knights?


They would raise their face visors to show friendliness.


Oh, that makes sense. Did you know there was a law made in 1908 about the length of hat pins?


I have heard that before.  They though they could be used as weapons right?


Yes, that is the exact reason. Fears that suffragettes would do just that.


Interesting!  Well, it was fun chatting with you today.  I learned a lot!


Yes some stuff. Do you know what Ralph Lawrence became famous for?


Yes he opposed the internment of japanese americans during WWII


Yeah. Did you know Texas was one of the first to elect a female governor?


Yes and that was before the 19th amendment was ratified in other states


Yeah. DO you know the song COme Together by beatles?


Yes it is a really nice song too. Do you know why it was written?


Yes for the governor Leary's campaign in california


Yeah. Did you know the governor of North Dakota declared martial law once?


DO you know where Schwarzenegger lived when he was governor?


I know that he did not live in Sacramento as he should have


Yes and he travelled by plane every day to get to Sacramento


Yes and that took 3 hours everyday, what a waste


I agree. Did you know that republican presidents usually have a beard?


Yes, and since 1853 the president has either been a republican or a democrat


Yeah I guess we really do not hear of other parties


Do you know when both parties started using the red and blue colors?


Yes that was recent actually, since 2000s


Yeah I thought that was always the case with those colors


I do. I like superheros like batman and superman, but not all of their movies are great like the batman vs superman one


yeah that is true. did you hear about the batman villain called the condiment king


Just the name tells you they were running out of ideas. For me, joker forever


yeah it was weird because it defeated itself by slippin on its own ketchup


I like batman's origin story and I think the Dark knight did a good job, though he sounded like he was gargling marbles


yeah that is true. adam west has a batman logo on his molar


Wow, I never knew he was such a fan. Then again, he is the superhero most relatable to us feeble humans in a world of superheroes


exactly, good point. do you know where gotham city is located?


yes it is. joker and batman do not call the name of each other in confrontations


I wonder if that was planned or a coincidence


I have a feeling it is staged. maybe there is a message behind that


Perhaps. Contrary to batman, how do you feel about superman?


I like the movie actually. do you know how much dc paid to get the right


Do you mean the right to the character superman?


I think they only paid like a hundred bucks. A real shame for the creators. It is interesting how initially superman was a villain though


Yeah something like that and look how much they have made off of that


I wonder how much the exclusive rights for superman would go for today?


Do you like Ben Afflecks back tattoo?  Many people are mocking it.


Sounds like he was getting treatment for alcohol addiction.  Hopefully, he recovers.


Yeah, addiction is never good and I am concerned for his well being too


She is very compassionate person. I've like her for a while. She is a genuine actress too


Too bad the paparazzi gets involved in these serious matters.


They truly lack compassion for celebrities


Do you remember his relationship with Gwyneth Paltrow after she got the Oscar for Shakespeare in Love?


I do. I wonder if he was jealous of her winning the Oscar for the award and he got nothing


Bennifer was a strange way people described his relationship with Jennifer Lopez.


I wonder how that affected his career when their relationship ended?


I didn't think it lasted long. His new girlfriend from SNL seems to be a good match for him


Yeah, that is why I was sad to see them divorce


They have tried to co-parent and have discussed that openly with others.  They remain friendly it seems too.  I wonder if they will get back together ever.


Ben was the worst of the Batman actors many believe


I always liked Adam West.  I never saw his batman log on his molars though lol


He was truly the best as well as Michael Keaton


I enjoy the classic actors, especially Carol Burnett was hilarious. She was the first celebrity to appear on Sesame Street.  Superman was a classic too I enjoyed, but I didn't know that the writers came up with the word "Brainiac."  That's funny.


I did! What do you think about it being shown in Saudi Arabia


well, it ended a 35 year movie ban so that is a great thing


I agree, It is crazy to think until a few years ago woman could not even drive there.


yeah that is pretty sexist. did you know black panther is the richest superhero?


I did not know that, I bet it would help if he put some money back into the movie industry in America.


yeah probably. do you know who is the highest box office ranking actor?


I agree, so many great films over the years


disney once wanted to shut down the studio after sleeping beauty flopped


I am glad they didn't , Do you remember John Carter?


It was a flop movie in the states from Disney but in Russia of all places, it broke box office records.


wowww interesting. have you seen the lion king?


yes it is. it was the first disney movie to be dubbed in zulu


That is interesting, Disney is a trendsetter. Did you know they use multiplane camera to make older films like Bambi more realistic?


wow did not know that. have you seen frozen?


I haven't seen it. He is the richest superhero with an estimated worth of $500 billion.


Yeah that is crazy,  I guess that makes sense though,  he owns a country lol


True! He beat out Tony Stark and Bruce Wayne!


Did you know that the symbols and written script in black panther are based on an actual script calleed nsibdi.


That is very interesting,  I did not know that.  Amazing!


I am amazed that Tom Hanks is the highest all-time box office star. He has earned over $8.5 billion worldwide in film earnings. Amazing.


I am not.  He has done so much over the years.  Almost all his movies are a hit,  I actually can't even think of one bad movie he has done lol Did you know that he doesn't take any bad guy roles?


I could see that. He is so likable!  Did you ever see the movie treasure planet by disney. It was the worst ever. It was also one of the most expensive flop of all time.


Wow,  never saw it.  Can't believe there are Disney movies that didn't make money lol


I know! Frozen was the first disney film directed by a woman. I would have figured it would have happened before that!


That is weird.  A lot of the Disney movies have women leads too lol That movie was really good,  Frozen


I liked it too. Especially surprising because Walt Disney Pictures is regarded as one of Hollywood's big six film studios.


I believe it,  children make parents spend lots of money!  lol


Exactly, case in point, the toy industry gets involved in disney animations even before the beginning of film production. Lots of money to be made!


Yeah,  seriously,  before a movie comes out my kids are asking for toy characters I never even heard of!


Mine too! they sure can make a ton of different toys with all the characters that are in these movies.


Yeah,  I admit  I like a lot of Disney stuff too,  not the toys but some collectables.  Disney is smart that way though,  aim for the kids first lol


Yes...and the adults will follow. They once considered shutting down their animation studio after sleeping beauty failed. Can you imagine if they did?


No I can't imagine that one movie flop will bring that whole company,  even at the time of sleeping beauty lol its been really good chatting!


Yes it was a decent film. I generally enjoy the quality of recent Marvel superhero films and it had a high quality cast as well. Did you know black panther, the superhero, is estimated to be worth $500 billion?


Wow, I thought Tony Stark was the richest of them all, that is interesting, well he is like the President of Wakanda.


Regardless, it is impressive enough that superheros such as stark, wayne, and black panther is worth billions!


Yeah, I thought Wayne was the richest of them all and turns out he has an $80 billion worth, black panther was called black leopard at some point


Well if you are that rich, you can spend without thinking about expenses so after a point, they are just amazingly rich period. Furthermore, Black Panther is also unique in that it will end the 35year ban Saudi Arabia previously enacted.


Yeah, I heard they had a strict ban due to religious reasons, women couldn't drive until after 2017.


This change could reflect the changing socioeconomic climate in Saudi Arabia as the Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salam wants to brand himself as a social modernizer while consolidating power.


Im just glad I live in America, so many issues in other countries, one thing is certain, that Disney and Marvel are the big winners here.


Indeed, American movie studios like Disney and Marvel require foreign markets for growth and this recent change benefits them substantially.


They sure are kicking DCs behind, the international box for that movie was around 29.5 billion dollars


DC did well on wonder woman and the dark knight, but recent movies like batman vs superman or green lantern weren't the best.


I loved the Batman trilogy and I agree with you, DC hasn't made good movies lately, I wonder how much their box office was.


Too bad the box office doesn't necessary represent how good the movie is. For instance, Disney's well known sleeping beauty was considered a box office failure.


I didnt know that!  its one of the most popular movies now, Tom Hanks is the highest box office star of all time.


I recently read he made over $8.5 billion in film earnings. He is a good actor.


I think he is a good actor as well, do you like Walt Disney Pictures?


I feel that Walt Disney does a good job of refining old fairy tales to be more kid friendly. They have also produced many popular films like lion king or frozen.


I agree, did you know that Frozen is the fist animated film with a woman as a director.


I also only recently read about that. Disney does a good job of producing high quality products and generating revenue through various different revenue streams such as with the toy industry.


I know! it seems unreal how the toy industry is behind the productions


Are you a comic fan.  I love Batman.  He is a DC superhero.


Yes, I agree. So I guess you watched "Batman V Superman: Dawn Of Justice", right? Did you like it?


Not really, I was disappointed in it.  Did you know that Batman had a advisory called Condiment King.  He was defeated by slipping on his own ketchup.


No, I didn't know. I also didn't know there is a silver coin with superman on the heads side. This is legal tender in Canada.


Cool, I need one of those.  Adam West, who played Batman has the batman


Do I understand correctly that the first time superman as superhero was published in a comic book in 1938?


Yes, it was.  I was saying he has a Batman logo on a  molar.  Also Gotham City is supposed to be located in New Jersey.


True. I didn't know that there was a version of superman created where superman was raised in USSR. I'm wondering what was an idea behind that.


I read that comic.   In the most recent DC animated film "Batman vs Robin" Weird Al did some voiceover work.


Yes, and pays great I'm sure. Changing topics, Pixar studio has a secret room that celebrities visit.


Well, I didn't know, but I'm not surprised. It's easy to imagine.


Also, I cant believe that Judge Judy makes $123,000 per episode.


I won't pay so much. In my opinion, it's very very average work and nothing special there.


what???  That amount makes her the second highest paid celebrity.  Lebron James is first.


Yes, I know about LeBron James. Btw, did you know that Jenna Marble makes over $300k annually on YouTube channel? I'm wondering how much people make on YouTube in general.


I am not sure.  I did know that the first celebrity to appear on Sesame street was Carol Burnett.


Yes, I remember I watched it with my nephew. Sesame is good.


Yes.  I will leave you with this.  Going back to Superman, the actor Henry Cavill, who currently plays Superman, almost missed the call for the role because he was playing " World Of Warcraft".


hello, let's have conversation about Snake Eyes


Did you know that Dawn Moreno is the new Snake Eyes in IDW's "G.I. Joe?


yes and also Larry Hama has been writing "G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero" comics since the series' days at Marvel Comics, which is interesting to learn


Snake Eyes is one of the more popular characters among fans.


yes exactly, both in the comics and in various animated series and even the "G.I. Joe" live-action movies, do you agree?


I am glad more females are playing characters. Are you watching the movie now?


yes I like to watch,"The best we can do is give something a good shot and throw it out there, and see if it flies," Hama said, what do you think?


The female characters have brought new life into many of the storylines.


yes I totally agree with you, let's discuss Snakes


I never really liked snakes myself, I was too scared of them.


I am afraid of them too they are awful, but did you know Like all squamates, snakes are ectothermic, amniote vertebrates covered in overlapping scales?


They are the legless wonders of the world thats for sure.


did you know that Many species of snakes have skulls with several more joints than their lizard ancestors?


I did not realize that. Do you own a snake?


no of course no lol, Areb you aware that there are no snakes in New Zealand?


No, I was not aware of that. What is causing the delay on your end?


I really like Marvel and DC Comics for GI Joe.


Hello, do you like snakes? I am afraid of them, really afraid


I actually love snakes lol, I just think their narrow bodies are pretty cool and they scare everyone


I want to move to New Zealand, I heard theres no snakes over tehre


Not only in New Zealand but Ireland has no snakes too


Another great place to go then, I hear there are also flying snakes


They sound pretty scary, I've never heard of flying snake but it's pretty cool they can launch at prey


You know the fear of snakes is not only hardwired in our brains but also in the brains of monkeys


I heard not only the fear of snakes is hard wired but of spiders too


Spiders are scary too, enough about those scary creatures do you like comic books?


I like Marvel Comics, I'm surprised they are only the 3rd largest comic book publisher


The 3rd largest really? I know DC is on top but what other company is there


I guess the Japanese manga company Viz Media distributes more


It does? that is suprising havent heard of that one before, just like the superhero Blue Ear


Have you heard of Access, the only shared superhero between DC and Marvel?


No, what are her supper powers? or her purpose?


Access only purpose is to keep the DC and Marvel universes apart


Oh I see, I bet she is really powerful still, do you like Marvel comics or DC comics better?


I prefer Marvel Comics and their earth 616 universe


I do too, besides their movies are way better


I am a fan of the originals. i heard Solo barly made 100 mil on memorial day weekend


Yep bombed big time! They said female characters were underused.


They say that but they dont see the trend of movies with female leads tanking.  The movie cost upward of $200 million to make and i dont see it


They say the new generation has moved toward movies like Black Panther and Get Out.


Yeah they say Little boys would never identify with a female superheros. Maybe it is not the superhero but the poor actress/writings fault?


Perhaps. Ron Howard directed the movie but I guess great directors have flops too.


"A Quiet Place," John Krasinski's $17 million directorial debut, has become a global juggernaut,. I think it was ok but it was not original.


He's moving on up in the world. He was on the office, right?


Yeah he was Tim or Ted or whatever it was. In 2013, star wars was dubbed in navajo so it is nice they get to hear it in their language


True. I read somewhere that Black Panther was the richest superhero..


i guess but he is by far one of the worst. black panther was not named after the black panther party like most people believe


Sadly we will never get a real superhero movie because of how they sold charecters off. but the true story of Thanos not the one in the movie is one that will make you question if he is bad.


I'll have to read up on that. My favorite was Bruce Wayne aka Batman. The older movies of course. They say he's the 3rd richest superhero.


tony stark is worth $100 billion if i remember right.


Yeah he is iron man. and the book you want to look for is called Thanos Quest.


Is that the name of the popular reddit account? Now this all makes a bit of sense. I


Im not sure about that. it was the story about him search for the stones. Marvel censored m'baku's utterance of "praise hanuman!" in indian releases of black panther. i guess they did not want to offend


hey there, did you ever watch Star Wars?


Hi! Yes, I've see all the Star Wars movies, I was a contributor to the $100 million opening box office revenue on opening weekend. Do you watch Star Wars?


Yes me too, it is really good. It is so popular it was even dubbed in Navajo.


It took them a long time, but I wonder why they chose to do that. Guess how much James Earl Jones made for his work on recording all of Darth Vadar's lines for the franchise


Was it a lot? 20th century fox even thought it was going to flop altogether.


He made $7500, but it only took him 2.5 hours to do all of the recordings! That's not a bad payday, especially if he also gets other revenues from licensing and merchandise and dvds!


Oh nice, they that is true all the money on the side. George Lucas made so much money because of it because he convinced the studio to keep the licensing and merchandising right to himself for a small fee.


Genius! It's crazy to think that he believed in himself so much when no one else did and look at how much it paid off! He's a billionaire now because of his creativity! But his wife was also a reason for the major changes in the original star wars film and she even won an academy award for editing the film!


You never know right? They made such a good team in that sense. Isaac apparently asked that his character be a native of planet yavin 4 because it was filmed in guatelama and he is from there.


They really do, if they divorce, it sure would be a costly one. Oh I didn't know that about Isaac. I actually really like Marvel films too, especially the Black Panther film, my children imitate the X "wakanda" sign at home all the time.


That movie has been such a huge one, really. It is the richest superhero too.


Oh really? I would've thought that Tony Stark from Iron Man was the richest character.


He much but rich but not that rich. did you know that scripts and symbols in the movie date back to 4th century?


Wow, I didn't know that. I wonder how they came up with all those interesting names of the characters. Marvel had to censor m'baku's chant in India because they feared that a character or villain praising a Hindu God would lead to backlash


How about disney, do you know the real name of minnie mouse?


No, What is the real name of Minnie mouse? I love Disney, especially Pixar movies. Do you?


Her name is minerva mouse. I wonder who came up with that name. Yeah me too.


That's an odd name, I wonder if any parents named their children after the characters. I had no idea that Disney hides mickey mouses in their disney things and there even a whole subculture dedicated to that. Kind of like the Stan Lee signature at Disney theem parks.


Yeah that is really strange. Did you watch wall-e?


I did see that movie and Disney really has established itself as the leader in the animation industry and its also present in their film production, television, and theme parks!


very true. it was names as such as a tip fp the hat to walter elias disney.


Oh ok, I didn't know that AT&T owned Walt Disney Studios because they own NBC and Warner Media. Is that true?


I did not know that either, that is pretty cool. It was nice chatting with you.


Yes.  I believe there was much missed opportunity in the film.


Same here. I didn't like how they changed the character of Han Solo. It didn't line up with how he was in the original trilogy.


Agreed.  The actor lacked too many of the inherent qualities Harrison Ford brought to the role.


I thought so, too. I knew it would be different because it wasn't Harrison Ford. Nothing against the actor in Solo. I thought parts of the storyline were OK, but it seemed really formulaic at times.


The studio really needed to reevaluate and reinvent more for this film.


I agree. It seems they just thought "Well, it's Star Wars, just throw in whatever has worked in the past and people will pay to see it."


Yes.  It seems like the most successful movies now are the innovative, new ones.


Exactly. Did you see "A Quiet Place"? I really liked that one.


I am going to see it this week, actually.  Looking forward to contrasting it with other suspense films.


I think you'll like it. It's very different than most other films. I won't spoil the story for you, but, most of the dialogue in the film is done with American Sign Language (with screen captions).


Great.  I do think that audiences really appreciate unique films presented by innovators more than "widget" based blockbusters.


I think they do. I remember the first "Paranormal Activity" film. Say what you will about the mediocre sequels, but the first was very inventive. Even if "found footage" films had been done before.


Yes,  I think there is plenty of room in the marketplace for more originals and less sequels.


True. However, with Disney about to own Fox, I'm skeptical that will happen.


That is true.  Although they do manage to produce a lot of innovative ideas.  They just overcycle them too often.


I didn't see Black Panther. Was it any good?


I have yet to see it, but the reviews seem promising.  I have it on my list.  The socio-political overtones seem to be played up by many reviews.


Well, I have to get going. But, it's been nice talking to you.


Good. Did you see the New Star Wars sequel, Solo? I heard it tanked at the box office.


I watched a little of it on netflix but not the whole thing yet. I usually save movies for the gym when I am on the treadmill. Have you seen it?


No. I have it on my list of movies to watch, right after the other Star Wars movie released just before Solo, The Last Jedi.


I saw that they just released that on Netflix. I may not finish solo and just go to the last jedi. I think that got better reviews...


With a measely $100 mil on opening weekend, Solo fell under harsh criticism. I think it was destined to suffer some because Harrison Ford, the original Hans Solo, was so beloved.


$100M is struggling to squeak by? Imagine if it was good? I think Disney did too many too quick and saturated the market when it wasn't needed.


Agreed. Give me $100 million for one weekend, and I would be happy with a flop too. Of course, Solo came out so close to Avengers: Infinity Wars and Deadpool2 that it may still do well over the long haul.


Yeah. I wonder what it cost to make that movie? Do you think it was worth their time and resources?


I heard it cost about $200 million to make and another$140 mil to promote. They could have done better if they just bought everyone free tickets.


I just read that star wars was the first major fild to be dubbed in a native american language. That's cool.


Nice. I remember when the Original Star Wars came out, everyone in my class talking about it and seeing it like10 times before it left town, and now the average classroom of students barely noticed this prequel was even out.


Yeah. I do feel like Episode 1 (the 4th one) was really anticipated. I also know that Jar Jar Binx killed the movie...


The Binx-inator, killing sequels... I wonder if George Lucas, the original director, had anything to do with that.


I hope not, I think he has more sense than that but who know. He made a lot of money selling to disney though...


Like he needed more money. Did you know that he originally negotiated to forego his directing fee in order to retain merchandising and and licensing rights.  20th Century Fox choked big on that move.


I didn't know that. Did you know minnie mouse is short for minerva mouse?


Met her at a party once. She had a serious addiction to helium as I recall. Got it from Mickey. Another actor with  a funny voice, R2D2. Lucas said R2D2 was the one who first told the sage story some hundrend years after it's occurrence.


HA! Nice. Did you know Wall-e was named after Aleter elias disney? I had no idea!


I noticed the family resemblance. Disney is a funny place. Did you know that the Disney Channel never advertising shows other than their own?


Hi!  Did you see the new Beauty  and the Beast!


Not yet, but it is a favorite classic! I love the clothes they wear in it. I love that the beast wears clothes even though clothes are usually for humans.


Yeah.  I am excited to see it.   I remember loving the cartoon.  Alan Menken composed the music, he also did the little mermaid and many other disney films.


I heard Bill Condon directed the 2017 film that was co-produced by Disney.


Did you know Jackie Chan provided the speaking voice for the beast in the Chinese versions?


No, I did not! I have heard that the 2017 remake had an estimated budget of $255 million!


Wow, I heard that Celine Dion was reluctant to sing the theme, but it launched into stardom


I did not know she was in it. I don't care for her voice. No wonder the budget was so high. It is one of the most expensive films ever made.


That was probably for the cartoon version years ago.  Then Titanic.  I think she is more famous for that than anything.


No, it was for the remake. The film received generally favorable reviews, and many said it stayed true to the original.


That is good.  I mean it is classic disney.


Yes, for sure. The film grossed over $1.2 billion worldwide, becoming the highest grossing live action musical film of 2017.


That is pretty incredible.  George RR Martin. wrote 14 episodes of the Beauty and the Beast series for Ron Pearlman and Linda Hamilton


Oh, I didn't know. I know back in the 70's  Walt Disney used to recycle a lot of their animation frames which resulted in identical scenes in some movies.


ive heard that, i guess ive recognized some things


I do love Disney. Did you know that the Disney movie Frozen was the first Disney animation directed by a woman?


I heard that.  That is shocking!  I loved that movie, there is going to be a sequel too!


I just heard! I wonder how long it has been in the making? I know Wreck it Ralph's animation spanned nearly three decades, starting in the late 1980's!


That really surprised me, that is a long time to work on a film, I wonder how long the toy industry had to wait to release what they started to make,


I am not sure, but I know the toy industry gets involved before film production even begins. Nice chatting!


I like tennis. Did you know that polo shirts were originally invented for tennis?


I had no idea, but I love wearing polo shirts. Do you wear them?


I did for a job but not in quite a while. Did you also know that a black man won the first US open title?


I did not know that. Looks like a black man hasn't won since then.


That is correct. Did you also know that in 1968 they used a helicopter to dry the court grass?


Wow I didn't know that. Very smart idea. The longest match in history went 11 hours.


How on earth could you play that long? I would be insanely exhausted and unable to move my arm the next day.


I would be exhausted too. Do you like Serena Williams?


She's very good. I saw she can speak French and Italian.


I did not know that. I did know that she co-owns the Miami Dolphins.


Sounds like she has a lot of money lol. She has won 23 grand slam tournaments.


Yes she does. She is very talented. This is off topic but do you like comedy?


I love it as well. Are you familiar with Demetri Martin? He is a stand-up comedian.


I'm not too familiar with him. Is he pretty funny?


He is. He is also very smart. He was accepted into Harvard law but left to pursue his comedy career.


Wow very cool. I saw Ryan Stiles dropped out of high school to pursue a career in comedy.


He's funny. I remember him on Who's Line Is It Anyway. It was nice chatting with you. Have a good day.


Hi! Have you ever wondered what our world would be like today if Hilary Clinton had won? better or worse? I know ts hard to say especially after the scandal. Atleast she has been consistent in politics, did you know she was President for young republicans in college?


No, I don't pay that much attention to Politics. I'm not surprised that she was a republican at one point.


I try not to either, as of late it's been all over the place. Yes, infact Hilary has been campaigning for a while she even campaigned in the south, and while there she adopted a southern drawl. Shes full of surprises.


Well if we were in India we could go to the polls in a forest!


interesting! I guess even if we tried to get out in space we could still vote from there... no excuses!


Hilarious! Did you know people in Austin Tx named one of their dumps after Fred Durst?


interesting, no I did not know. I Love fun facts! I guess its better than what Alabama is going through 34% of Black make population has permanently lost the right to vote. I thought that was illegal.


Interesting, is this current day? I cannot believe that.


I haven't heard any updates. It'll be interesting to follow up. Im glad the UK has come a  long way since up to 1918 not all men could vote.


Yeah, seems sort of weird, but then again the monarchy is hard to follow.


its true, Well not to mention that since the 1900, the taller candidate has won the presidential elections 75% of the time


Yeah, I've heard about that. I bet that goes into the Vegas Odds.


You know, going back to Hilary Clinton, I think she was a great role model. //she always gets me when she talks about daughters and Fathers. She talks to young women and reminds them they can be anything they want to be, including the President of the United States.


Interesting. Apparently while campaigning in the south she would adopt a southern drawl.


She had a facination that women who were the first born had a Father could easily pursuade his vote versus having a son first.


Interesting. Did you know Stephen Hawking used to lecture at the white house?


No I didn't, I don't doubt it, He was amazing.


Yeah, too bad he passed away a few years back.


Its unfortunate, he was brilliant. Just like Hillary Clinton Speech, when she won the grammy for best spoken word album for the audio recording of her book "it takes a village"


Interesting. I didn't know she won a grammy.


She is very accomplished, not only did she win a grammy, she is a Politician, diplomat, lawyer, writer and public speaker, shes impressive. How did she maintain a Family, that's what I want to know, I can barely get up in the mornings.


I'm not sure. But it was nice chatting with you!


Do you like the sun?  I can't get enough of it.  haha


The sun is a good thing to have.  It seems in short supply. Unlike authors who display their family problems.


I agree lol.  The suns diameter is 109 times the size of Earth!


The sun is big then.  With a mass of 330,000 times the earth, I bet the sun weighs a good percentage of the solar system.


It accounts for 99.86 of the total mass of the solar system!  lolol


If anyone would write a book about the sun, it would not be Kathryn Harrison.  Her stories are all about the crazy family she grew up in.  Not science at all.


I am not familiar with her. What are some of her stories?


An older book by here is "The Kiss".  Apparently she had a in appropriate relation with her father.  Apparently the diameter of the sun is 1.39 million km.  I would hate to drive around the sun, it would take forever.


I will have to look her up.  Did you know that the sun is really white?


Yes, white.  We see the sun as yellow or red because of the atmosphere of earth.


Interesting.  A lightening bolt is hotter than the surface of the sun.  5 times hotter!


I wonder who they got to hold the thermometer. I am willing to bet the surface of the sun is one temperature and its a bit warmer a few thousand km inside.


Hahaha It also produces enough energy in 1 second to meet the needs of the entire planet for 500,000 years.  No idea how they could possibly know that.


The needs of the people on the planet, or the needs of the planet.  Seems to me a planet dose not need to be plugged in.


Yes!  lol  The sun even though seems big to us is only 1 billionth the size of the biggest star discovered in our galaxy.


An I thought the sun had a weight problem accounting 99.86% of the solar system.  I guess there is more out there than just us.


Do you have a choice between fiction or non-fiction?  I tend to lean towards being interested in things that are non-fiction.


Yes, non-fiction for me.  Think about Neptune, it is so far away it took 165 years to travel around the sun once.  Thats good non fiction there.


I wonder what the atmosphere would be like because of that?  The biggest selling non-fiction book of all time is the Bible!


Cold.  I bet Neptune is cold.  Winter is coming after all.  Takes 165 years for a seasonal cycle.  George RR Martin needs to get to the point.


lol Yes he does!  It was fun chatting with you!  Have a good rest of the day!


I had no idea that the sun was really white, did you?


I had read that somewhere, it's only perceived as yellow because of atmospheric scattering.


Sounds good. Do you know who Kathrine Harrison is?


I have heard of her, did she write "The Kiss?"


Yes she wrote the kiss as well as several other novels. This i hear appears to be her more controversial one.


That's cool, any idea what this one is about?


This one is about an affair she had in her early 20's. Have you heard of any other's of her works?


I have not. I just read "The Kiss" by happenstance, I like reading fiction books mostly. Did you know there's a wiki which ranks fictional characters according to their powers and abilities?


I did not know that. I did not know she wrote Joan of Arc. I've seen the movie and it was really good.


I didn't know she wrote that. I haven't seen the movie yet, I've heard it was good.


Very! Did you know that lighting bolts are 5x hotter than the sun?


That's hot! I've heard that the sun is only 1 billionth the size of the biggest star discovered in our galaxy.


Man when you think how small we are in the universe. The sun even produces enough energy in one second to take care of the planet for 500,000 years.


It is astonishing. Did you know that on July 11, 2011, Neptune completed it's first full orbit around the Sun since its discovery in 1846?


Wow that's a long time. So is the sun in the center of our galaxy or solar system?


It's the center of the Solar System I believe.


Oh ok i always get those mixed up, lol! Have you read any of Edger Allen Poe's work?


I have, I really like Poe. Did you know that he wrote the oldest known example of a cyborg in fiction?


Wow that sounds like something way before his time. Have you read that one?


I believe it was "The Man That Was Used Up" if I'm not mistaken.


Wow. Did you know that Julius Caesar wrote fan fiction?


His fiction was about Hercules and Oedipus.


That's pretty neat. Well I have to get going. I hope you have a great day!


Hi there ! Looking forward to chat with You !


Good morning! Did you know there's a state with a "none of these candidates" option on their ballots?


lol ! ;) so why would anybody leave house if there is no vote given ;)


Maybe they would vote on some of the items on the ballot but not others, or tell their friends they were voting for one candidate but actually vote for none.


lol ;) shady bastards :)  I actually don't care what my friends think of me, I always say who I'm voting for ;)


That's very honest of you. Did you know that voter turnout for presidential elections hasn't risen above 62.8% in the last 100 years?


I guess people don't believe they can make a change... and probably for the past 100 years no bog change was made :)


That and it's harder for some people to vote because of transportation, work schedules, child care and other responsibilities.


That's right.... hey - why can't they make it online ? I'm sure frequency would improved...


Yes, but it would be harder to avoid voter fraud.


I don't know... I mean those voted are going into the computer anyway... but first people are counting it... so there are two margins or error/fraud :)


Did you know that in 2012, international election observers were blocked from the polls in nine states?


No. I'm not sure. Did you know that 34% of black men in Alabama have permanently lost the right to vote?


what, like in today's times ? What did they do to deserve that ?


Probably felony convictions, which is unsettling when you think about how some groups of people are more often charged with crimes whereas others get away with the same things.


You're probably right, but I would need to see the same numbers for white people as well :)


Yes, it would be interesting to see the full stats on that.


Did You know that astronauts can vote from space ? :)


Yes! I wonder if they do so by absentee ballot or by some other means.


They put it in an envelope and drop it on Earth ;) lol


That sounds like fun. It's been good talking. Have a great day!


Did you know that citizens of Austin, Texas voted to rename their garbage dump after Fred Durst? That's funny to me!


That is quite an interesting fact you have there. Is there a reason why they are naming it after Fred Durst?


I dunno, I guess the population isn't much of Limp Bizkit fans.


Did you know that Hillary Clinton hates Limp Bizkit as well?


She probably beat them when she won the grammy for her audiobook "It Takes a Village."


The book is quite interesting, given that she rejected Bill's marriage proposals for two years before finally agreeing to marry him.


I'm surprised he didn't give up. He had high aspirations dating the president of Young Republicans when she was in college.


Yah. She use to be a Republican. Quite the turn of events there to be the Democratic Party's nominee for the 2016 election.


Yeah it is. She was a role model for many women. Father's were able to show their daughters that they could be anything they wanted to be.


I totally agreethat if the father's first child is a daughter, it can sway the father's vote towards female.  We're in the day and age of role models.


I agree we are. Everyone needs someone to look up to.


It's not just limited to politics, it applies to other fields such as science, technology, engineering and mathematics. Fields which are currently dominated by males.


It's good to see diversity in different fields. I definitely see it as a good thing.


Yes it is. However, you have the other side of the coin with all these #MeToo movements...


Yeah that has taken a toll, especially on Hollywood. Some of it is justified though.


Men deserve to be called out for their injustices against women.


At the moment/instant it happens or can it be up to the lifespan of the person? What's the limitation?


I feel that some women are embarrassed by the situation. It takes a lot of courage to come out, but I think allegations should be made sooner rather than later. That adds more to the justification.


Fear sounds like an excuse, but do understand that point. If you don't have any support, it's going to be difficult to come out, same with being part of LGBTQ.


Support is key. It was nice chatting with you!


Hi there, do you think elections are important?


I think elections are very important. They have represented democracy since the 17th century.


Officials in Athens thought that elections would lead to oligarchies so they used lotteries instead.


That is very interesting. The study of results and other statistics related to elections is called psephology.


Interesting! So since 1900, the taller candidate has won the us presidential election. I hope that's just a coincidence!


Yes that is an interesting stat. Trump was taller than Hillary I believe. 75% is a big majority.


Do you think having a none of these candidates voting option is useful?


I think it would be nice to have. I'm kind of surprised Nevada is the only state to have it.


Yeah me too. So astronauts vote from space, but for those of us on earth it seems the voter turnout is low. The turnout for presidential elections hasn't reached 62.8% in the last 100 years.


I wish it was higher. During the 2012 US elections international electoral observers were blocked from the polls and nine states. Is that even legal?


Hmm, how weird. In India they made the effort to include people who couldn't easily vote. There was a polling booth in a forest full of lions for one single voter.


That sounds dangerous but very good for democracy. Surprisingly not all men in the UK had the right to vote until 1918.


In Alabama 34 percent of the black male population has lost their vote


That is terrible. Even citizens in Austin Texas voted to rename the garbage dump Fred Durst.


Yeah we use voting for some interesting things!


Definitely. It was a big surprise Clinton didn't get elected. She was president of the young republicans in college even though she identifies as a Democrat now.


Wow, interesting! Another interesting thing about Hillary is she adopts a southern draw when campaigning in southern states.


Very smart of her. Stephen Hawking once lectured at the White House on science with both Hillary and her husband.


I wonder what the lecture was about. I'll have to look that up.


Yeah it would be fascinating to hear you're such a smart guy. Clinton is actually Grammy winner too. Very talented. Thanks again for talking to me today hope you have a good one.


Great chatting with you. Have a good one!


Hi, how are you? What do you know of our friend the Sun?


Hi, I know the sun makes up 99.86% of the mass of our entire solar system.  But, I'd sure like to see him sometime today, it's been raining here at my house, all morning!


He can be a shy one at times. Give him some time. He'll come back, as radiant as ever.


Yeah, I hope to see that nearly perfect sphere of hot plasma.  How about you?


I do like the Sun. He has generally been consistent. He shows up regularly but doesn't really get in the way too much. Does his job.


Did you know the sun's equator rotates faster than its poles?


I guess it's not solid so the widest part moves pretty fast. That makes sense.


Interesting fact:  Helium was discovered on the sun before it was found on Earth!


Huh. I did not know that. I guess it's a tough element to detect. Maybe the sun is a fiery ball of mischief with all kinds of secrets.


Apparently so! Have you heard about the radio station where you can listen to the Sun's music?


I guess the Sun likes to sing, like many of us. I wonder if the Sun can carry a tune. Probably not.


Well, it might sound pretty wild when the solar flares are active!


Yes, the flares really can rock hard, hard enough for the kids!


True that!  The Sun is by far the most important source of energy for us Earthlings or so I've read.


The Sun has been quite generous with his resources. In fact, the sun produces enough energy in one second to meet the needs of the entire planet for 500 000 years.


That's awesome!  I couldn't imagine life on Earth without its warming rays.


Well, most of us couldn't. We have become dependent, almost addicted. I hope that one day we will give credit to the great one in the sky.


Amen to that!  On a side note, I've heard that the sunsets on Mars are blue.


I will never see a sunset on Mars. Don't have the money for it. Anyway, GREAT CHAT!


Great chatting, with you as well.  Enjoy the rest of your day, I'm going to continue to watch it rain and hope the Sun will show its face for a little while.  Lol


I'm sure that he has fond feelings for you too. Have a good day!


Did you ever read "The Kiss" by Kathyn Harrison?  It is about an affair she had with her long-estranged father while in her 20's


Yes, it is very shocking.  She had written about her childhood with her grandparents, but later this.


From this it sounds like the person likes the book.  a touching and at times jaw-dropping portrait of the maternal grandparents who raised her, is that she's only getting to this rich material now.


Her grandmother apparently is a fabulous character.


Wow, I guess so. Her first novel was called Thicker then water.


Her grandfather apparently was raised by a widowed mother and she had to take in boarders.  Her grandfather was a surveyor and engineer in Alaska and then fought in WWI ending up a traveling salesman in California.  Her grandmother


I was just reading that! Our financial collapse is schizophrenic. We are desperately poor, and I lack for nothing," How is that possible?


They had all kinds of items and lessons along with fancy things, but still saved up for a toaster with Blue Chip trading stamps.  I guess they balanced things out still making her appreciate what she got and work for it.


I guess so. The vocabulary was British - sweaters were jumpers, washcloths were flannels.


Interesting!  She had to go to bed at seven!  I wonder if she had any siblings?


That is a good question! Did you know this? The Sun is the star at the center of the Solar System.


That's cool! It can produce every energy in one second to meet the needs of the planet for 500,000 years!  Ouch!


we need to harness that! I'll have to look this up! There is a radio station that translates solar activity into sound and you can listen live to the sun's music


I wonder if the music is as good as Elvis!  Did you know that the sun is only 1 billionth the size of the biggest star discovered in our galaxy!  I wonder how much power that star has!


and The sun makes up 99.86% of the mass of our solar system!


Looks like it rules!  Do you like to read?  George W. Bush seems to as he read 14 biographies of lincoln during his presidency and 186 historical non-fiction books.  I wonder how he found time.


Wow, I'm actually impressed! This is bad though..The world's longest piece of fiction is a 4 million word super smash bros brawl fan fiction.


The best selling "non-fiction" book according to Guinness is the Bible.  So many people have bought it, wonder how many have read it?


Mu hasband and I were talking about that last nite. Scary, huh? Term "robotics" was accidentally coined by science fiction author isaac asimov in 1941.


Wow, interesting.  Books often inspire the future or cartoons.  For instance, I remember watching the Jetsons with "Face Time" with George's boss! Haha!  Do you like fiction?  Julius Caesar wrote fan fiction of Hercules and Oedipus in his youth.  Nice chatting!


No. My son is a fan.  I'm interested in discussing and knowing more about it though.


I have not seen most of the movies but I have seen various parts. Did you know that the Last Jedi grossed 620.2 million dollars?!


I heard about it.  I think the force Awakens grossed better, adjusting for inflation.


Another fun fact is that James earl jones spent over 2.5 hours recording all of darth vader made 7500


That was amazing.  Is George Lucas still making movies.  He created the star wars.


He made over $8.5B (before adjusting for inflation) for his star war movies. I wonder why he stops making more movies since he is young enough, I think.


I can't imagine having all of that money. Are you interested in disney movies


I do. I watch disney movies with my granddaughters.  The Walt Disney Company, the owner of disney movies, is very successful.


My family loves disney too! Did you know that the lion king was the first disney film to be dubbed into zulu for its african release


I did not know that.  Thanks.  Apparently, Disney used a special camera to make their older films, like Bambi, to look more realistic.


Thats crazy technology for back in the day.


I know, right.  Disney is always trying to keep up with technology.  That's why it is very successful.


I think its very interesting that the toy industry gets involved the beginning of the film production.


Please tell me more about it.  I am only aware that they were involved after movies were produced successfully.


It is before the production actually. I am sure they want to be able to have products launched as the movies are being showed for the first time.


It makes sense.  Apparently, it would take over 9.4 million party balloons to lift Carl's house in disney pixar movie entitled "Up".  I like Pixar movies.


Pixar has great movies. They are known in the Big Six film studios


Does Disney own Pixar now?  I heard about Disney wanting to buy Pixar but I'm not sure.  Also, is the public allowed to tour Disney Studios in Burbank, California?


I know they work together but I am not sure if they own it.


I see.  Do you know that Michael Jackson tried to buy Marvel Comics so that he could play Spider Man in his own produced movie?


I would have loved to see that. Thriller probably would be featured.


I love Thriller. Michael Jackson was not successful in his bidding but Walt Disney ended up acquiring Marvel Entertainment.  Anyway, I've got to run.  Nice chatting with you.


I sure do. Do you know who Oscar Isaac played in it?


Yeah he playes Poe Dameron and requeste that he be from Yavin 4


Yeah because that was filmed in Guatemala which is where he is from


Yeah that was cool of him to request that, going all the way back to his roots


Yup agree there with you. Did you know Goeroge's wife won an academy award because she changed things in the script?


Yeah and she deserved t because she put scenes like Obi Wan's death and such in there


Yeah exactly, or Leia's good luck kiss. Those made the movie what it is


True. It was also the first major film to be dubbed in Navajo


That is awesome. 20th century originally thought it was going to flop. man they were wrong


Yup and he was smart to buy the rights to it for $500 000 and make billions later


Exactly, smart business man and a great movie maker


I love Marvel. Did you know they offered the rights to the character to Sony and they only bought Spiderman?


they had a great chance there but thought only spiderman was going to be popular, their loss


Yeah exactly. Do you know the character Access?


Yes the guy that keeps DC and Marvel separate, pretty cool


Yeah it is. How about Blue Ear, the superhero?


Yes that won was created for a deaf little kid who complained to his mom that there are not superheroes with hearing aids


Yeah that was super sweet of them to accommodate a little kid and make him feel powerful


I know, they do stuff like that from time to time


Hello, yes I do like Disney.  I heard recently that the movie, wreck it ralph, had been in development since the late 1980s!


That is crazy. I am surprised that it has taken that long. It was a really good movie.


I agree!  Maybe that is why it was so good though, because they took so much time with it.  They changed the title alone four times.


It is a unique title. My favorite is Lion King though. It was the first disney film to be dubbed into zulu for its african release.


I love Lion King, the movie and the soundtrack!  Hey, did you know that back in the 70s Disney reused a lot of their animation frames which resulted in identical scenes in some movies?


I would like to see that. Another new one that I love is Frozen, which was the first animated disney film directed by a woman.


Frozen was very good I have to admit.  I thought I might be getting too old for Disney but I did like it!


I have never thought about the toy industry in regards to movies.


I do sometimes. There's a lot of different toy related movies.  It seems like the toy industry gets involved before the movie is released.


It makes sense that they will have inventory before the movie shows. It would be bad for sales to wait until after the movie is released to start making toys.


I agree. Toys are very important.  Marvel went to court about their xmen toys.


I heard about that. They argued that mutants are not people!


I don't see how they won in my opinion, they are people lol! But hey, it's cool!  Disney even owns a bit of marvel now speaking of disney.


And they still can't show their characters at the theme park


It's sad to have to adhere to contracts signed before you buy something.  Marvel signed a contract with Universal and that effects Disney.


It would have been cool to see the characters walking around the parks for entrainment and pictures.


True.  Maybe someday they'll be able to get out of the contract.


I am sure with enough money they will be able too.


Disney does have the money.  They are regarded as one of the big six film studios in hollywood.


I like that they still give back and try to help kids!


I am. It was illegal for women to wear pants in France until 2013.


Was it? I think women wore pants. What happened? Did someone get arrested? What about all the American tourists? Did they pay fines?


Sounds weird to me but i read it. Also women were not allowed to wear pants on the Senate floor until 1993.


that makes sense. Why would we want women wearing pants on the Senate floor? Sets a dangerous precedent. Soon women would be wearing pants everywhere, and that would be chaos!


Speaking of pants apparently one of the hulk's superpowers is indestructible pants, haha!


The man had to buy special pants. They don't sell them on Amazon. He is a modest monster.


Imagine having a job where you have to test bulletproof cloths by getting shot in them.


that sounds like a great job! How much does it pay? When life gives you bullets, get a job testing clothing!


Apparently the Greeks made asbestos clothing and it was treated like it was as valuable as gold.


The Greeks? Boy, they must have had lots of cancer and breathing problems. What would you do with clothing like that? I guess you can impress your friends.


Well when you compare it to the guy who wore 70 items of clothing in a Chinese airport to avoid bagging charges, not sure who wins.


I would wear a hundred items if need be! I don't care if people stare! I don't care if security makes me take them off!


I hear you. Apparently the color of baseball empires is of vital importance to the league.


The color of baseball umpires? Their clothing? I always thought it was pink because that's the most festive color.


Apparently Black is in. lol! Have you ever seen Frozen?


Isn't that some sort of kids movie? I haven't seen it, but I bet it was popular.


Kids went crazy!!! It was Disney's 53 animated film.


Disney is a hit machine! The kids are addicted! It's like crack for kids!


Yeah a they have a lot of money. They just bought marvel not to long ago.


Marvel is now the Mouse. Well, I had fun chatting up a storm with ya!


You too, Apparently Olaf got to go to space because of an 8 year old little girl.


Did you know that pilgrims used to wearing clothing that was full of color?


No, I thought they wore black all the time. This is another conspiracy from the black dye complex.


If I had money, yes, since I have none, I have a nice shirt that goes for job interviews and funerals. The rest is strictly functional.


Me too.  I would dress to the 9's if I had the money.  There is a store in Alabama that sells clothes found in unclaimed baggage at airports.  That's more my style. I can get more bang for the buck shopping at Goodwill and the Salvation Army thrift stores.


You could have great clothe there, people who have enough money to fly have enough money to buy clothes. I never seen a flying hobo.


That's funny! lol  Have you ever heard of the brand Rip Curl?  I guess they make their clothes in North Korea but the labels say made in China.  I never heard of the brand.


They makes short and surf styled clothing.  It is mostly for teens and young adults, or old people who want to look young.


Ahhh...ok.  Not for me then...I'm 48 and on the downside. lol  Did you know that Apple had a clothing line back in 1986?


No, did you had to update your clothes every few months ?


Hahaha That's awesome.  (in my best old lady voice....) Do you like to wear trousers? lol I do.  I don't go anywhere without them.


Trousers are the best, I don't know why the romans would consider them barbarian.


I never knew that.  I guess that's why they are always shown wearing togas, etc. lol


Maybe because barbarian were wearing trousers at that time, not because they were snobbish of pants.


LOL  I find it funny that Aladdin's pants were modeled after MC Hammer.  That is spot on hilarious!


Do if Aladdin was filmed in the 70s, he would wear disco pants and shirts with large collar ? I would want to see that.


hahaha  Nice.  In Collinsville, IL they have a law that prohibits saggy pants. lol


Maybe that is for safety reasons, if it is a rural town, saggy pants could be dangerous around machinery. .


That would make sense then.  Never thought of that.  We have an Amish community near me so I could see something bad happening.  There's a lot of the Amish who have had bad accidents in some of the lumber mills they have where they got caught in the machinery.


Yeah, safety is important, that why you don't see people in robe or toga in refinery. Even if they were fireproof.


Ha!  I had a good time chatting with you today!


You too, and keep looking for discounts on clothes.


hi how are you doing there? do you like to wear trousers? I quite enjoy them myself.


I do enjoy them. I usually call them pants though since I'm in the US.


pants means underwear in the uk, i believe. i usually call them pants too. trousers sounds a bit refined.


It definately does sound posh but I think a lot of british words do.


quite true. posh is a word that sounds quite posh. LOL.


Lol it does. I love fashion in general. There are few things fancier than high fashion.


i am not abig fashion person. i dont have the cash. it looks intringuing though. quite posh LOL


It is crazy how much people can determine from simply looking at your clothes. Like if your clothes gap in certain ways it shows you wear off the rack.


i bet they can see that everything i wear is right off the rack LOL. i would love to own good clothes.


I wonder if apple's clothing line was any good. I never heard of it so it couldn't have been in business too long in the 80's


i bet it was cheesy. who would wear apple clothing back then. it was anti-chic. geek chic?


Who knows. Probably a lot of turtlenecks and jeans. Still better than most of the other clothes of the 80's though.


yes, the Jobs look. LOL the 80s had a lot of big big hair. and high waisted jeans. not really a look for the heavy set.


Nope not at all. Then there was the oh so lovely MC hammer pants. That was not a good look for anyone.


he was a dancer, so i understood. i thought he patterned his look off of aladdin, not the other way around.


Hmm I could see them making movie aladdin with pants after him. I wonder if pants like that make it easier to horseback ride.


I figure that they are loose, so yeah. but dont let the romans catch you wearing though barbaric britches!


I wonder what they would say if they seen some of the saggy pants of today.


they would outlaw those too as barbaric. Anyway, great chat!


A town in IL actually has a law about them. More towns should have that law.


yeah, it is a silly look. nobody wants to see your drawers. Have a good night!


Yes, so do I. Did you know that jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans in the late 19th and 20th centuries? Also, it was developed from roots in blues and ragtime.


Yes, I did. Its interesting that a goatee gives comfort to trumpeters when playing.


I thought that too. Did you know that there is a modal jazz developed in the late 1950s that used a mode or musical scale as the basis of its musical structure and improvisation? That sounds cool.


No I didn't, very cool. in the 1940's cool jazz developed that sounded calmer and smoother!


Yes, did you know that Pakistan has a jazz orchestra that is currently topping the charts?


That's surprising! I knew that Clint Eastwood directed and acted in movies, but I didn't know he was a lifelong jazz enthusiast pianist.


Me either, I didn't know that he scored several films including Million Dollar Baby.


Yes, Are you interested in birds? I love the hummingbirds. They steal spiderwebs to make and repair nests!


Now that is really interesting. I love hummingbirds, too. Did you know that most birds have bones so hollow that their entire skeleton weighs less than their feathers?


Yes, makes sense. I can see how the extinct dodo bird is a sub-family of the pigeon.


Yes, and that some birds fly from Alaska to Northern Mexico without sleeping when migrating.


There are known groups of birds without wings that are extinct called moa and elephant birds!


Wow, didn't know that before. Human activity threatens about 1,200 bird species with extinction but efforts are now underway to protect them.


Yes, glad for that! I love to swim especially in the ocean. Do you? I didn't know the US has won as many gold metals in swimming as the rest of the world combined.


Yes, I love to boogie board in the ocean. What fun that is. Did you know that humans can hold their breath underwater and undertake rudimentary locomotive swimming within weeks of birth as a survival response?


No, I didn't know that! There is a bathing suit that was banned,in the 2008 Olympics the swimmers wore it and won 94% of the races. I wonder what it was made of?


Maybe shark skin, lol!  Also, there's a type of competitive swimming where the athlete has their hands and legs bound, and swims like a dolphin.


i saw that. That's scary! Haven't seen that, but would like to!  Good chat!!


Good morning, yes, I do like birds, I think they are fabulous creatures.


Awesome.  Did you know the dodo bird is actually a sub family of the pigeon?


No, I didn't know that.  But, what's amazing to me is how hollow and light bird's skeletons are.  So much so that their feathers weigh more than the entire skeleton.


Thats really weird!  I definitely wouldn't want my bones to be hollow!  That makes sense though,  they have to be light enough to fly.


So true!  I was shocked to learn that there in Australia there are wild birds that can mimic the sound of chainsaws and car alarms.  How wild is that?


Thats hilarious!  I wouldn't mind seeing one of those!  Do you happen to know what they are called?  Some birds migrate without even sleeping the whole trip!


I'm not sure of their name, but they put a bird that can say, "Polly want a cracker?" to shame!  No sleep, at all?  There's no way, I could make that migration. Lol


I know right,  I would fail as a bird!  haha I think its really facinating that birds can make really good nests!  They dont even have hands lol They are even smart enough to know that spiderwebs are great at holding the nests together,  so they steal spiderwebs lol


So smart and crafty!  On a different note, do you know how to swim?


Me too!  I learned at a very young age, my mom took me a few weeks after I was born.  Apparently, I picked it up pretty quickly.


Wow thats really awesome!  I learned like around 6 years old I think,  thats what my parents told me.  Do you know how to dolphin swim?


I actually can!  I probably can swim just as fast with my hands and legs bound as I can swimming the regular way.  I've never competed competitively doing it, but there are alot of athletes that do.


Thats pretty amazing,  I tried once,  its so hard.