There we go. I can go down the acting route. Then I can do the whole fan convention thing on the side as well.


Cool!  Gibson did have a rebuild to his property after a fire in 1996


I guess that's the downside to having a multi-million-dollar estate. You're always worried about protecting it. Maybe that explains the super-fortified and booby-trapped estate near Atlanta?


that is scary! The inside of his house sounds exciting though.  he has glass antique pocket doors that open out to the canyon and ocean views below.


Meanwhile I've got standard windows that overlook... a busy road. And the neighbor's house. Pretty boring in comparison. No European-imported elements or hand-hewn wood flooring here.


He seems green friendly too.  He has working solar panels to supplement the electrical supply to the house.


That's pretty smart. I think a lot of uber-rich people try to be able to set something up "off the grid". I wonder if Duchovny was responsible for that like he did so many of the other improvements.


Maybe.  Do you follow the Academy Awards?  They are a set of 24 awards for artistic and technical merit in film


Not very much. I tend not to watch too many movies. But I did see some of the Jimmy Kimmel one last year. I wonder what films from 2018 will be big winners this March.


Walt Disney won a special oscar in 1938 for Snow White.  They made a statue that had one regular sized statuette and seven miniature oscars


If anyone deserves a special oscar, it's Walt Disney. Or maybe Georges Melies.I learned more about his "A Trip to the Moon" from the movie Hugo. So I guess I do watch some movies after all.


It looks like John Williams has the most nominations for oscars than anyone but disney


Surprised by Eminem's success in the Academy Awards, too. Well, now you've got me interested in watching them this year. Nice talking to you!


If you are interested in science fiction, you can look into the MIT sci-fi club which has two memberships.  They have a lifetime one and one that is more expensive and covers you in case you die and come back!


That is downright hilarious. What will those MIT kids think up next? Take care.


Hi, do you like to fish or like aquariums?


I love aquariums.  did you know the black swallower fish can eat prey twice its own length and ten times its weight.


Nope.  That's some appetite. Fish are interesting.  Anything that can have a drink through their skin can't be all bad.


I know, I could watch them in aquariums all day.  A seahorse has a neck.  It is the only fish with a neck.


Seahorses are cool.  I would go fishing if they had it on PlayStation.  Not much for huntin' and fishin'...


lol, me either.  I saw that there was a breed of Jellyfish that is immortal.  I wish I was, lol.


Something that can sting you is also immortal... Hmmm.  I'll stick to the land playing my PlayStation or Nintendo.  I may be able to do black hole research that way.


I saw the 1760 Playstation 3's were used by the US department of defense to build a supercomputer becuase it was the most cost effective.


I bet Cray wasn't happy.  Wow, they could host quite a gaming competition. They could play the GTA theme and rock out.


That would be cool.  They are even using PS3's to research black holes.


I wonder how that works.  Consoles have come a long way.  Nintendo started out in 1889 as selling playing cards.


they did??? well, The last game made for ps2 is fifa 14, which is also the first game to span 3 console generations.


I don't even know the rules for soccer.  It's all the same.  My 12 year old son used to routinely beat me at everything.


lol, My son as well.  Did you Nintendo is over 100 years old.  It started as a playing card company in 1889.


Yep. They also own the Seattle Mariners.  Is that basketball?


no, that is baseball. In 2001, they released a handheld console for Pokemon specifically.


So many gadgets for these things.  PlayStation has something called a XrossMediaBar.  I'm pretty sure you can't eat it.


I haven't heard of that, but they became a video game company in the 70.


I don't think I heard of them until the 80s or even maybe the early 90s.


Same with me.  I must have been 11 or so.  Nintendo is valued at over $85 billion


Yep, I went into the wrong line of work.  I am the tetrapod of gamers.  Bye, nice talking to you.


Pretty good. Do you like Fish? Did you know most fish are cold-blooded?


I like to eat fish. I ain't never had one as a pet. Fish are not warm and friendly like puppies and kitties.


Nope, especially the black swallower fish that can eat prey twice its length


I would love to have that ability. How many pizzas can I fit down my gullet? Let's find out.


Lol, the black swallower can also eat prety 10x it weight, that doesn't sound too appealing


I figure I could plan ahead. Maybe a long weekend. That would give me time to digest.


Lol, did you know the seahorse is the only fish with a neck?


I would think that the seahorse is unique for that face it has too. Horse-like. Unique. Do you like to eat fish?


Yea when I could afford too. I wouldn't want to eat a zebrafish though, they share 84 percent of human disease associated genes


I think that the secret to cures might be found in the humble zebrafish and its stripey hide.


The jellyfish must lead a boring life. Always floating about, wondering about the universe, watching reruns.


Yea it does sound boring. Speaking of the Universe, Playstation 3's are being used to research black holes


The PS3 is a good way to learn about the cosmos. I figure that a bunch of those together could unlock the secret of life.


Yea, they make good supercomputers, the Department of Defense used 1760 of them for that


That is insane. I wonder how they got the money for that. "We need PS3s for....research. Black hole...research. Yeah."


Too they didn't buy any nintendos. Back in 2001 Nintendo released a handheld console specifically for pokemon


I think that the Pokemon craze pass me by and that's a good thing. Anyway, great chat!


You too, I think I'm gonna play some F-zero X, the first 60fps racing game


They are alright,lol. How about you? I have been playing a lot of Nintendo.  have been playing Airheart.


Nice, yeah I like the fish with a neck, the seahorses


Oh, okay. That's a little interesting. I have been all caught up in Airheart and the way I was playing it wrong. Fortunately, I have be introduced to step to correct my strategy.


speaking of video games, did you know PS3's are being used to study the black holes?


No, that is totally weird. I can not imagine how they are doing that but  believe in NASA and their abilities! WOW


I know that is insane where technology is going these days


I know that the department of defense used playstations 3's to build a supercomputer! I guess it was cheaper than starting from scratch. That is wild.


Yeah that is much cheaper I bet. have you ever played grand theft auto?


NO I have no played that one. I did hear that when placed on a cd player it would play the soundtrack, thats some special secret trick. lol


Yeah that is so cool. how about nintendo, do you play that?


I am a huge fan. I started playing the handheld console in 2001 because I like pokemon and that is when they came out with the handheld. It was specifically for Pokemon originally.


Nice I liked it too. did you know it was founded in 1889 as a playing card company


Yeah, I did not know it was that old. Did you


Yeah I did not know but apparently it has been that long


Cool, I found out Nintendo produced a knockoff lego when they were a toy company.


Man, that is a wide range of companies and interest! I heard you could order food directly to your seat through an app too.


Yeah, the technology out there is really beyond what I can imagine. Nintendo is Japan's most third valued company. ober $85 million.


That is a lot of money but yeah, it so everywhere now so that makes sense. Nice chat :)


Have you ever heard of Date Lab?  I guess it's a WaPo column that helps people get dates?


That sounds cool. Sounds like they have had some matches.


I would imagine. First dates can be so awkward.  It rarely becomes a "Lady and the Tramp" thing.


Yes. Do you like music? Did you know Steven Spielberg played clarinet on the jaws soundtrack?


Yes and no, I had no idea he played anything. I did like the music in the movie "O' Brother Where Art Thou".


That went platinum didn't it? I like Drake but did not realize he graduated high school at 25


Yes.  I'm so out of it.  To me, drake is still a duck.  I do date and I like it to end with a hug regardless.


And a concert is a good date I think. You know when drake went to drake university he did it in the middle of the night.


I'm just not into rap.  To me it's usually very bad and profane poetry set to a well-worn backbeat.  It is impressive the Drake was determine to finish HS.


I like old rap the new rap is hard to understand.


I think Kanye West is hard to understand.  He thinks AIDS is a man-made disease?  Wow.


I think Kanye west has been different since he married Kim Kardashian. The song golddigger is a minor key


Yeah but it seems she already has the gold.  I think that whole Kardashian thing is weird.


Yes. She got famous from a sex tape. Some musicians are smart. Big Sean had a 3.7 gpa and turned down a scholarship to be signed to Kanyes label


I wonder what the major was.  A 3.7 in physics isn't the same as a 3.7 in music appreciation.  I thinks it's good that Kanye West can make fun of himself on SNL.


Yes, but he can be arrogant sometimes. I still don't understand his relationship with Donald Trump.


That is bizarre... I think he'll do anything to get his face in the limelight.  Like the interrupting thing he did to Taylor Swift.


And that was not even about him. He felt Beyonce should have won. I think it was nice of him to give his mic to a fan in a wheelchair at his concert. That shows the good side of him.


Yeah, that's cool.  I would say to Kayne what one would say to a child about the interrupting thing. What if everyone did that when they didn't get their way?


Kanye west was upset after hearing Eminems verse on Drakes album so he took two days and cancelled his appointments to rewrite his


Sounds like he has a lot of attention to detail.  You've been an excellent chat partner.  Thanks.


I like when different races date and learn about each other. I think people should be open to this more often. This couple seems like they would work


Yeah that was a insteresting story.  do you listen to music?  specifically kanye west or drake?


Yes I like kayne west, He seems like he stands up for what he belives in. He also seems like a nice guy. I heard he even helps people and gives to his fans as much as he can. I think he does movie soundtracks


Sure that sounds all good on paper lol but he has been acting crazy for while now.  He goes on all these uncalled for rants.  I am definitely not a fan of his and his music isnt even that good and he always claims to be the best rapper ever.


Well I would go back and take a look at his work, He has has lots of hits. He has some of the most popular songs ever like his song gold digger. He also is very creative. I think he just feels that democrats have not done enough in 30 years and they are using blacks to get elected.


That is just my opinion of him,  I do not like him and I personally do not find his music good reguardless of how many hits he has.  They do not sound good at all to me.


I am not a huge fan, I like techno and alternative rock more. I also like movie soundtracks like jaws and movies with dramatic cool sounds like batman. Kanye could do movie soundtracks and impress people.


I recently learned that Michael Jackson helped with the sonic 3 soundtrack.


That is amazing, I think music can make a movie or game much more memorable. They have cool soundtracks on spotify, I even hear you can create custom playlist


Alicia keys was only 16 when she recorded the Men in Black sountrack.


That amazing, I heard that daft punk got the rights to do the tron movie. They did it in exchange for pancakes. Yummy!


That is interesting.  They must really like pancakes.


It would be cool if drake did songs for movies. I heard he is a big fan of Winnie the pooh books. Most people do not know he collects them. He sound do a movie and make a gangster pooh


I didnt know he appeared in Justin Biebers video "Baby"


Yea drake is very soft and sensitive. When he did a song with Eminem he had to change his because he thought Eminems part was better.


How does that show he is soft and sensitive?  He probably just wanted his part to sound as good as eminems


A rapper being in justin bibers videos is soft in my book. Plus what grown mad collects whinne the pooh books. He also was on a teen show called Degrassi.


lol k.  That video is pretty old,  maybe he was just getting noticed and making appearances,  doesnt really mean he is soft and sensitive.  Winne the Pooh books are classics,  they will probably be worth a lot in the futur..


His dance moves are very girly also. If you see him dance in his video Hot line bling you will know. He got a Grammy for that song.


I have seen that video.   I dont think that his dancing is girly,  just a different style.  But I do not like that song,  it doesnt sound good to me.


Do you like his song Gods plan, I heard it broke streaming records. That song is pretty good.


its very interesting, but this is the first time I have read about the ganymede being so large


That would be Jupiter's moon? I wonder if Jupiter is one of the five planets visible to the naked eye.


The planet Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise and has no seasons. That seems boring.


uranus also has a strange rotation, it rolls around rather than spinning


That is unique. I think Mars sounds like a weird planet. It is called Red Planet and named for the Roman god of war.


Mars is also considered a terrestrial planet and the fourth planet from the Sun. Must be hot there.


True and valleys and deserts so maybe it is pretty diverse. It is the second smallest planet in the Solar System.


i did not know wifi was a byproduct from astronomy


That is pretty neat. I didn't either. The town of Saadat Shahr in Iran is called the astronomy town and even bought an observatory. On special occasions they turn off all lights to improve the view of the night sky.


I wonder what would people would say if we did that to an american town


People would probably like it. Did you know Mercury was the smallest planet?


Would you be interested in the mars colonization project planned for 2023? I guess it will be a reality tv show.


it would be cool, I did not know plants like Lichen could live there already.


Yeah I think it sounds cool as well. It would take 2 or 3 days to get there under constant 1g acceleration. That's a bit long!


Well it's been nice chatting. Maybe I'll see you on that trip to Mars. LOL!


Good evening! Are you into astronomy? Did you know that Venus has no seasons because it doesn't tilt?


I enjoy learning about it.  That is interesting about Venus.  Our solar system is pretty vast


It is! Did you know that there is a planet where shards of glass precipitate sideways at 4500 mph in 2000 degree Fahrenheit weather? It sounds fascinating.


Wow!  It also sounds dangerous!  How about the fact that all of the planets would fit between the earth and our moon?


Yes! Fascinating. And precursors to life have been discovered in a planetary system about 455 light years away.


I wonder how they determined that?  That seems like a microscopic issue rather than a telescopic one.


Yes, I would like to know. I've been reading about observational versus theoretical astronomy, but I don't know what research methods would have been used to detect the building blocks of life so far away.


Can you imagine how complex the orbit would be for that planet that orbits four stars?


I haven't heard of that planet! What is it called?


That was all I read about it.  However, the math that describes orbiting one star is complex enough.  That math would be crazy.


Yes! Did you know that planets were redefined in 2006 by the Astronomical Union? It's been controversial. The definition is based on where an object orbits and disregards its mass.


I suppose that is why Pluto was downgraded.  I wonder how the Chinese are controlling their rover on the dark side of the moon right now.


Yes, I wonder. Ceres, Pallas, Juno and Vesta were also once considered planets and then downgraded.


Mankind has studied astronomy for a long time.  Even the Vatican has an observatory for studying it.


Harlow Shapley, a noted astronomer decided to study it because it was the first subject in the course catalog at college.  Strange world we live in.


Yes, and a byproduct of astronomical research led to the development of wifi. Had you heard that?


No.  But I am old enough to remember Teflon being a byproduct of space exploration by the USA.


Fascinating! I was not aware of that. Did you know that sounds are higher pitched on Mars because of atmospheric differences?


No. But it makes sense.  Sound is different in water here on earth.  I also read of a town in Iran that is so much into astronomy that they shut the lights down on occasion to improve the view of the night sky.


Wow! That would be a fun place to visit. Well, it's been good talking to you! Have a wonderful evening!


He, is I think he nailed the role and well the movie has a pretty good cast as well


yeah. did you know deadpool described himself as ryan reynolds with a shar-pei, before ryan was even cast?


Really? that is an interesting fact, another cool fact is that the video game cost more to make than the movie


wow. apparently the voice of the mystery villain is ryan as well


You know Deadpool is the highest grossing r rated film to have a different director than Cameron or Lucas!!


I did not know that, quite something. speaking of superheroes, do you like Marvel Comics?


I do, some of my favorite heroes are from the Marvel Comics universe, I sure love the movies


did you know they offered the right to sony for all superheroes and they only bought sony?


I heard they bough Spiderman and I used to like the old Spiderman movies with Toby Maguire as the star, he was a good Spiderman


yeah I will agree with that, for sure. they should have bought the rest when they had a chance


I agree, considering now they are worth billions, that sure was a poor investment decision, the X-Men are also pretty good, I like them


did you know marvel successfully argues in court that mutants in x-men are not humans?


I didnt and did winning that argument helped them in any way?


yeah it did actually, they paid the lower rate on toys


Oh I see Im guessing that made them millions then, Wonder Woman is also a great film, have you watched that one


Yeah I have I really loved it and looking forward to the second one. You?


I did, I thought it was a decent film and will watch the second one for sure, it generated a lot of money


yeah it is the highest grossing superhero origin movie


and also highest grossing WWI movie, I guess Wonder Woman has a lot of fans.


I haven't seen it yet, did you? I am a pretty big fan of the Marvel Comics Universe though.


Yeah I have seen it ,  it was really good and funny.


How was Ryan Reynolds? He's carved out a pretty iconic role for himself as Deadpool and was great in the first one.


Oh yeah,  for sure,  he was perfect for this role.  Did you know in the 2004 comic Deadpool describes himself as a " Ryan reynolds with a shar-pei"  which lead Ryan to believe he was destined for the role lol


No, that's awesome though. Did you know James Cameron and David Fincher were involved in pushing for Deadpool 2 to be made. Two pretty big names right there.


wow that is awesome.  Thats pretty funny that the Deadpool videogame cost more to make than the movie.  lol I never played the game.


Are you a fan of any the other Marvel characters/movies? Stan Lee's estate must have been very valuable.


Yeah I love all of them,  I guess if id have to pick,  I really like Thor,  Guardians of the Galaxy and Avengers.  How about u?


I'm a big fan of Thor. I thought Ragnorak was the best Marvel movie. Chris Hemsworth is awesome as Thor. They probably couldn't have picked anyone better.


Right!  Thor ragnarok was hilarious!  That was the best of the thors.


It's funny back in 1998 Sony could have bought all cinematic rights for Marvel for $25 million but they decided rejected the offer. I bet they wish they didn't.


I know right,  this couldve been big awhile ago,  but I guess they only wanted spiderman.


Yeah, crazy. Oops. Did you know there's a character owned by both Marvel and DC?


It's this character called Access. It's kind of weird, his sole purpose is to keep the Marvel and DC separate universe separate from each other.


Thats cool,  I wonder if they will make a movie about him,  since both DC and Marvel have a ton of movies and tv shows out now.


I don't think so. Do you like any of the DC movies? I heard Wonder Woman was good but didn't see it.


Yeah wonder woman was great,  I think the second one is coming out soon,  The newer supermans with Henry cavill are good,  I like the batman series too,  and the tv show the flash.  Arrow was good but hes so dark,  I only have room for one dark super hero and I like batman lol


Cool, how did you like Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman?


She is awesome,  really great actress,  I liked her in fast n furious series.  She also served in the Isreali army. well I believe everyone in Isreal has to serve its a law


I didn't even know she was in the Fast N Furious series. I remember the classic Lynda Carter Wonder Woman too. Do you?


No I don't think I ever watched the older wonder woman.  Yeah she plays Giselle in Fast N Furious.


I remember my parents used to have it on every once in a while, it was pretty good. I should check out the new movie. Can't believe Marvel started in 1939.


I know right,  its been awhile! Its been fun chatting.


hey there, do you like superhero movies?


Yes, I do. Do you have a favorite publishing company that is in charge of superhero movies and such?


Yes, I do. My favorite publishing company associated with superhero movies is Marvel. What's your favorite publishing company?


Same here. Do you have a favorite superhero?


Yes I do. My favorite superhero is Batman.Who is your favorite superhero?


I am going to go with the classic I think, SUperman. Apparently Spider-man is the only big superhero owned by Sony


I like Superman. Yes, Spiderman is the only big superhero owned by Sony, in partnership with Marvel Studios.


Have you ever heard of the character Access


No, I haven't heard of Access. What kind of superhero is that?


It is character whose main power is to keep marvel and dc separate from each other and is co-owned by both studios


Interesting! I like the concept of that character. Which studio do you prefer: Marvel or DC?


I am not sure, I do not pay much attention to studies as I do to the movies they make. Marvel did create a special superhero for a little boy though


Which superhero did they create for the little boy?


It is called Blue Ear because the little boy was hard of hearing


That is heart-warming. Did you know that Marvel claimed in court that since mutants aren't people, they should pay the lower rate on X-men toys. Because they're not considered human, so they don't qualify as dolls.


THey must have had some really good lawyers. Did you every watch wonder woman?


Yes, I have watched Wonder Woman. Did you know Gal Gadot fought in the Israeli special forces?


I think that is why they hired her, she had the skills she thought she was testing for catwoman not wonder woman


I am surprised to hear that. I thought auditions were more straightforward. I imagine it was a surprise for her to find out the truth!


Yeah, well she did well. GOod for her. I mean wonder woman is the highest grossing superhero origin movie


Yes, it is. That makes me happy. I am glad Wonder Woman did so well in theaters. Did you see the  movie?


I did it was so good. And apparently it is also the highest grossing wwi movie too


Yes, it is. That is good. Well, it was nice talking with you!


I am good! Currently fascinated about Mars. What about you?


I'm good as well! Mars is so crazy these days huh?


Yes! Have you heard about the sounds on mars?


Don't they have a higher pitch than sounds on earth?


Yes, due to differences in atmosphere, sounds on mars have a higher pitch than they do on Earth.


That is so cool! Can you believe how they are trying to fund a mars colonization project by 2023?


That is crazy. Do you know how they are going to fund it?


I wonder what that reality tv show will be about. I love reality TV so I will probably watch it regardless.


Oh see, I'm the complete opposite on that one haha. Do you know how long it would take to get to mars?


If you fly to mars under constant 1g acceleration it will only take 2 or 3 days. I thought it took a lot longer.


Me too! Movies make them seem longer, but they might be going much much slower for airtime lol.


That is true. Have you heard about the lost satellite on mars?


Yes, locheed martin used the imperial system while nasa used the metric system.


Oh boy how funny! Can you imagine if Earth had shard of glass that precipitated sideways at 4500 mph?


That would be terrifying. Especially because they are in 2000 degree Fahrenheit weather.


We would probably have some great tans on that planet haha.


Very true. I wonder how scientists even measured that.


Good question! Anyways, had a great chat with you, have an awesome day!


Did you hear that Elmo is the only non-human to testify before the us congress?


I did hear that. I also heard that are three subways to transpport staff between the capital and their offices.


Wow did you know that they have fantasy congress?


They aslo have a baseball game that dates back to 1909.


wow i never know that. Are you a star wars fan?


Yes indeed George is a genius, don't you think?


The first one was in the 70's and it was the last three in the series that he released.


The first 8 films were nominated for academy awards and a combined box office of $8.5B!


Yeah and his name is still living on long after he's gone. That what legacy is all about!


I read his ex-wife has done a lot for the movies too. She even killed obi wan!


You got to feel me in on that one. i liked the video games as well. The new one aren't as good but still good enough, the movies i mean.


It was her idea to kill off obi wan, leia's incestual good luck kiss and make the trench run more tension filled.


wow now that's drama. James earl jones spent 2.5 hours only recording all of darth vadors lines for 7,500.


If only he knew what that would do, he would have demanded more. Or if he was paid by the hour, at least talk slower.


Right but i'n sure that was a lot of money back then.


Not if all 8 of them made $8.5B in total box office! That's a small percent for a main character!


7.500 for two hours of work will work for me my friend, lol. Astronauts in a space suit can not whistle.


Yes, I would definitely take it. Why cant they whsitle?


I have know idea just a known fact. Better question is why would they want to in that suit, lol. apparently there is a water cloud in space that hold 100 trillion times the amount of water on earth.


There's a lot of questions there! Maybe for our next chat. Have a great day!


Yes I personally love Star Wars. George Lucas is a visionary for creating it.


For sure, Stars Wars made him a billionaire!


No doubt. The first eight films were nominated for Academy Awards and also commercially successful.


Wow, I think George Lucas' wife got an oscar for editing for the films


Yeah it sounds like she was the major reason for making changes to the original film.


I wonder if it was for the good or for the bad lol


Yes I would like to know that as well! I think it's so cool that George Lucas was able to keep licensing and merchandising rights for them self. It really paid off!


For sure, he would not be worth nearly as much as he is now. Did you ever hear how much James Earl Jones was paid for his voice


I almost don't believe this number but he was only paid $7500, can you believe that?


I believe that, that would be like 3000 dollars per hour I bet lol. I am hoping he made more after the first movie


Yeah I am sure he did. In 2013 Star Wars was dubbed in Navajo making at the first major film to be dubbed in a Native American language.


That is awesome that they did that, but was there really that much of a demand for that?


Yeah I'm not sure it might just be more symbolic than anything. But I love how the film is set in space. It is such an interesting concept.


For sure, it was out of this world at the time, no pun intended lol. Space is so mythical


Ha ha it really is. I would really love to go to space. But apparently astronauts in space suit cannot whistle, I wonder why?


I couldn't whistle and I wasn't even in space lol! I wonder why too, maybe the no gravity makes it impossible


haha! Yes perhaps. If astronauts out on a spacewalk wanted to talk in private they would touch helmets. Good to know.


Lol, that is awesome, secret code is the best! It was so nice chatting with you!


Yes it is! Astronauts even got free corvettes back in the day! So nice talking with you too. Bye!


I want a corvette, lol. Have a great weekend!


Did you know that Hillary Clinton was president of young republicans in college?


Apparently she adopts a southern drawl when campaigning in southern states.


That I did know. What I didn't know was that Taylor Swift is taller than Kanye.


Kanye is an interesting character. He believes that aids is a man made disease.


I know, I didn't know that Evel Knievel sued him though.


Damage to his reputation from "Touch the sky"


Kanye can be nice sometimes. He once gave a mic to a fan in a wheelchair at a concert.


I head about that, I didn't know he was 41 though.


Well, he has accomplished a lot in those years, and has been responsible for cultural movements and progressions within hip hop.


I didn't know that he incorporated gospel in some of his songs.


That's cool. I also like how eclectic his music is.


Yeah, I do too. It is pretty interesting.


Do you like music in the minor key? One of  Kanye's most successful songs, Gold Digger, is in the minor key.


I actually play a lot of music. I heard that Kayne barely plays in minor keys, sort of surprising to me.


I kind of like how surpising Kanye can be. Have you heard of dragon energy?


He's a lot more interesting, that's for sure.


Yeah, I am not really sure what dragon energy is but Kanye has been tweeting about it.


I'm not sure either, he should make a soft drink called that! LOL


Well, that would be interesting but probably not surprising in the scope of what Kanye does, haha!


Hi, how are you? Who would you vote for, Hillary or Kanye?


Kanye West for sure! No more gold diggers. What about you?


I would want them on the same ticket. They could release duets and make a ton of cash.


I would love all the Kanye conspiracy theories when he's in office. He believes that aids is a man-made disease.


I figure that he could go into the secret files and find out about Area 51 and the AIDS conspiracy. The aliens brought AIDS.


Haha. Do you remember him on TV during that Hurricane Katrina telethon years back?


Um not really. Did he say some crazy stuff? Did he say the govt caused the hurricane?


Oh yea. He said "George Bush doesn't care about black people" on live tv.


Well, that would make sense from his point of view. The hurricane devastated the place and there was little help.


True. In hindsight, it actually doesn't sound crazy at all. Do you remember when Kanye interrupted Taylor Swift?


He busted on stage and grabbed the mic. That was crazy. Maybe he could be president one day?


I think you have to be slightly crazy to be president. Like who actually wants to be president.


I think Kanye would want to have Trump as his running mate.


He could get rid of Mike Pence. Trump and Kanye 2020?


Kanye and Trump, 2020. Kanye don't play that. He ain't VP.


Oh man. I don't know if Trump would be down to be VP, especially after being the P. They might have a conflict.


Maybe Tump would do it if it meant he'd have more free time, maybe to play golf.


As much as Trump would like that it's bad for his brand. He wants to make his brand name more valuable.  Most of net worth is attributed to the value of his name.


True. He could put a TRUMP sign on the guest house and rent it out. Anyway, great chat!


I think he would like to put a Trump sign everywhere.  Kanye might like it too, since he wears that hat everywhere.  Take care!


No I haven't.  I'm not a very big super-hero movie person.  Have you?


yeah, it was actually pretty good and apparently good enough for someone think that india could take lessons from it. LOL


Yes, I tend to doubt the film makers were trying to remind Africa and India of their shared past.


hahahaaa.. you never know! the inspirations has to come from somewhere!


I suppose. I did think it was interesting Marvel Studios put up their characters as collateral.  If it hadn't been successful Merril Lynch might have been making these movies


True!  The Black panther is the richest super hero.


Is he?  Richer than Bruce Wayne?  Or is that a separate universe


it just says superhero... says tony stark is worth 100 million and black panther is 500 million.  Maybe they are talking about marvel


Maybe.  And Black Panther was the 18th Marvel universe film.  I guess most of them have escaped my notice


Maybe! Would rather watch a disney movie or a marvel movie?


Umm, Disney I suppose.  But really I kind of tend to think of them all as kids movies anymore.  Just a sign of getting old I guess


oh that's so true!  you see frozen was the first disney film to be directed by women?


I did kind of like Frozen.  Sad that it took that long to get a female director.


well, i guess it's better late than never.  like early to the table is the toy industry taking advantage of putting toys out before a film is released


Well we've got to hook the little kids, parents are where the money is no?


yes they are!  Geez... wreck it ralph development started back in the 80s


I don't remember if I ever saw the original jungle book, but its very funny that the four vultures were supposed to be voiced by The Beatles


did not know that!  lion king was dubbed in zulu for africa


Interesting.  I'd love to hear "circle of life" sung in zulu


so would i... probably on youtube.. been a good chat, thanks!


Did you see the movie Black Panther yet?


I haven't but I heard it was really good!


The character is the richest of all the superheros


I can't believe that the symbols and written script in the movie date back to the 4th century! So cool.


It is! Buts its a shame that many associate the character's name with the Black Panther party of the 60s


I thought it was very cool though that Chadwick was accepted into a summer theater program at oxford university and it was funded by Denzel Washington!!


I thought the same thing, It is the coolest real life story to the movie. Denzel once joke that he wanted Chadwick to repay the tuition since the movie was such a success.


Do you know what else is a success? Astronomy. Do you know anything about it?


Only thing I know about it is what Bill Nye taught me through the tv when I was a kid


Well it is super awesome! It's a natural science that studies celestial objects and phenomena.


Astronomy is too complex for me. I have more of a Walt Disney kind of mind. lol


I love Disney! What is your favorite movie?


That was the first Disney film to be dubbed into Zulu for its African release!!


I am a huge collector of Disney toys. I wish I could get some of the production samples from the toy companies


Thats a good one too; its this generations lion king and a instant classic. The song helped to catapult that movie too


Yes the soundtrack like many Disney movies helped enhance the film!!


This was Disney's first movie with a woman director too.


That is so encouraging to hear. I also can't believe that wreck-it-ralph production in the late 1980's


Yes and I loved did did you know it is the richest superhero?


Yes his net worth is $500 million in total


Yes even more than Bruce Wayne and Tony Stark


Yes. Did you know the symbols in the movie dated back to 4th century


Yes they are from a script that is called nsobdi from present day Nigeria


Yeah pretty cool. Did you know they censored the praise hanuman utterance?


Yes that was for the indian releases because they were afraid to insult them


I do. Do you know who wrote the oldest example of a cyborg?


Yeah that was Edgar Allen Poe, what a guy


Yeah I know. Even Caesar wrote fiction in his youth


Yeah. Did you know George Martin does not like fiction?


Yes he thinks it is a copyright infringement and a bad things for writers to take on


Yes interesting thought there though not sure I agree


Me either really. Did you know a judge tried to ban a science fiction novel


Yes only because the character was black


Yeah that is so sad but I guess it was the 50s


True. Did you know there is a page that lists characters based on their powers?


Did you see the Black Panther movie that recently came out?


I did, I liked it a lot, I though it was a great movie with greece songs in it.


That is cool, I want to see it but haven't done so yet.  I heard it did really well too.


Its relatively a new movie, it came out on 2018 and its part of the Marvel Comics franchise.


Yeah and I heard in the Marvel world his is the riches superhero there is.


Yeah he is the owner of a whole city and his net worth is 5 times bigger than Tony Starks


Yeah that is crazy I know Tony has a ton of money!


Yeah, around 100 billion, mora than he can spend for sure and Bruce Wayne around 80 billion.


That is just way too much.  Did you know the character's name was briefly changed to black leopard?


I didnt know that! Black Panther sounds a lot better though, the actor of the movie was sponsored by Denzel Washington, it seems like he couldnt afford going to acting school.


Yeah I think I read that somewhere about it, very interesting. I think there will be more Black Panther films in the future based on how well it did.


Yeah hopefully there will, I loved the first movie, I want to see how things turn out after Infinity War, I was really happy when I first knew there was going to be a black panther movie, back in 2014


Yeah I don't think you are alone there.  I guess the symbols and written script in the movie were based on actual script dating back to the 4th century!


Thats really interesting, I might google it later, it would be crazy if Wakanda actually existed.


Yeah that would be, I think a college student did a project and made it out the Wakanda was.


Yeah I saw that video, it was really funny and the teacher actually believed it.


Yeah that was hilarious.  Speaking movies, are you a sci-fi movie fan?


I do like sci-fi movies, I love Star Wars and the Starship Troopes novel.


Yeah I always loved the Star Wars movies, I still have to see the last two that came out.


They are not as good as the old ones but still pretty decent movies, must watch if you have watched the others.


Hi!  Did you see the movie Black Panther?  I tried and could not finish it!  The throwback to the old "Black to the Future" phrase did not do it for me!


Lol yes I watched it I thought it was pretty good but I can see how you would think that. It definitely dominated the pop culture scene and likely will continue to do so.


Yea, people loved it!  I wanted to give it a fair shot.  Maybe I will try and watch it again.  Marvel and Disney usually make good movies!


Yeah I agree. The main actor Chadwick Boseman was invited to the summer theatre program at Oxford!


Wow!  I enjoy the Iron Man movies.  Crazy to think that Tony Stark and his 100 billion pales in comparison to black panther's 500(!) billion!


Jeez that's a lot! Dorothy Steel was a 91 year old actress who made her debut in Black Panther.


That is amazing!  I did not realize until recently Marvel was using the name black panther before the political party, the black panthers, existed.


Yeah I didn't know that either. I wonder if Ryan Coogler, the director, ever though of giving it another title?


I am sure they weighed out the pros and cons.  I wonder where the black panther ranks on the wiki page that ranks fictional characters according to their abilities and power.


Yeah good question. Marvel must have a lot of characters. They once attempted to create their own independent studio.


I am surprised it did not work out.  It is good that a movie like black panther can become such a hit.  In the 1950s, a federal judge tried to actually ban a comic because it featured a black character.


Yeah how times have changed. Fiction is definitely popular. The worlds longest piece of fiction is 4 million words!


Crazy!  Fiction has always been important to the human race.  Even Julius Caesar wrote fan fiction!


Yeah that's a good point. An ancient greek wrote a science-fiction story about aliens 1800 years ago!


That is amazing.  Even crazier than Edgar Allen Poe writing the oldest known example of cyborgs!


Yeah true. Orson Scott is also popular as he won both the hugo and nebula awards for his books two years in a row!


Wow, good for him!  I have never really liked science fiction that much.  Interesting that Starship Troopers is recommended by three of the five US military branches!


Oh is it really? Another good read may be Ride by Ray Bradburry because Epcot used it to make one of their rides!


Interesting, ill have to check it out!  I live in Florida so I go there a decent amount with my daughter.  It was nice speaking with you today!!


Oh awesome! Margaret Cavendish was a science fiction author and a proponent of women's rights! Nice talking to you as well!


Good morning!  Are you a fan of comic books?


I do like superheros but I cant say ive read many comic books.


I'm the same way.  Did you like the Deadpool movie?


I did!  He is my favorite superhero.  Its crazy that the video game cost more to make than the movie


It is.  I wonder if the video game ended up making more than the move?  In a 2004 comic book, Deadpool described himself as "Ryan Reynolds crossed with a shar-pei" which led Reynolds to believe he was destined to play the role.


He was certainly perfect for it.  He is likely the reason it was the highest grossing film not directed by Cameron or Lucas.


I agree.  Did you know that the voice of the mystery villain is also Ryan Reynolds?


I didn't.  I thought I recognized something there.  That explains it.  Did you see Infinity War?


I did!  It was the first film ever to be shot entirely with digital imax cameras.


Wow.  That is neat.  I missed it in theaters.  I heard it caused a notable increase in shawama sales.


Interesting.  I thought it was neat that in the movie the Avengers and the Guardians of the Galaxy worked together to stop Thanos from amassing the all-powerful Infinity Stones.


The voice actor who played Jarvis (who also played in the Iron Man series) never was actually seen in the film.  I never noticed that.


Did you know that the waitress Captain America saved is the voice behind Gretchen in Recess?


That is where I recognize that voice from.  How neat.  The oringinal hulk, Lou Ferrigno has voiced the hulk for decades.


Wow!  I didn't know he was still doing it.  Did you like the Ant Man and the Wasp?


I enjoyed it.  It's good for a few laughs.  It only received a rating of 2.5 stars though.


I didn't think it deserved that low of a rating.  It was nice chatting with you this morning.  Hope you have a good day!


So do you like Shakespeare?  I read that they coined or popularized many of the phrases we use today.


this is true. He wrote many plays and was very popular.


Some of the phrases include "Good riddance, in my heart of hearts, laughing stock, and wild goose chase.


Those are all classics. Did you know he died in 1616.


No I did not.  I read however that Pocahontas and him were both alive at the same time and died only a year apart.


Thats interesting. Wonder if they ever met each other.


That would have been an interesting meet up.  I saw that Shakespeare invented the names Miranda, Jessica, and Olivia


thats ool. My daughters name is Olivia and my sisters name is jessica. Thanks shakespeare


I also just read that Polish composer Tchaikowsky donated his skull to the Royal Shakespeare Company


Guess he wants it to be used in a play or something.


Yes He was hoping it would be used as a prop for The Skull of Yorick


I guess that would be one way to live on.


It actually ended up being used in a series of performances of Hamlet at the Courtyard Theater


I think hamlet is the more popular of the two anyways.


Yes, I'm sure.  They say that his works take on a different meaning when performed with an era-appropriate accent


I ould see that. Play it for the time when he wrote it nd it makes more sense. Makes sense to me.


So off subject but what do you think about the piano.  It was invented in Italy by Bartolomeo Cristofori around 1700


Me too!  This is interesting on April 18, 1930 the BBC decided that there was no news worth reporting so they broadcast piano music instead


How many people never listened to that station again after that. Lol.


yes, exactly it was an interesting choice.


Have you seen the movie Ant-Man and the Wasp? I heard it was rated 2.5 stars


I have not actually. did you? are they any good?


I didn't see it. I think that there are better movies out there like Deadpool which was so good!!


I like deadpool too, ryan reynolds is so good in that


He is.  I am not sure how I feel about Paul Rudd as Ant man. He just doesn't seem like a superhero to me.


Yeah that is interesting. did you know deadpool described himself as ryan reynold crossed with a shar-pei?


No I had not heard that. Did you know that the Deadpool video game cost more to make than the movie?  Crazy!


that is crazy. yeah, and that was before ryan was even cast


Are you into comics? I forgot that Disney acquired Marvel in 2009. It seems like Disney has a piece of everything@!


they sure do. apparently the voice of the mystery villain deadpool is ryan himself


I heard that. Surprising. One thing is that Disney doesn't own the rights to the "big" chararcters like avengers, x-men, spider-man due to a contract that Marvel signed with Universal Studios.


wow, that is amazing. did you know sony had the chance to buy all the superero rights from marvel and passed on it?


Wasn't it something to do with them only wanting rights to Spiderman, thinking that movie audiences just cared about Spiderman. That was a mistake.


yeah they got spiderman only for $10 million


Marvel also created a superhero called Blue Ear who wore hearing aids for a 4 year old boy who didn't like wearing his hearing aids. He had told his mom that superheros don't wear hearing aids. Well so Marvel created one! Pretty cool.


that is so heart-warming. good for them. have you heard of Access?


a superhero that keeps the universes of marvel and dc separate


Oh, for a second there I thought you meant to type the Avengers. Who I have heard of. I mean who doesn't like a movie with Robert Downey Jr., Chris Helmsworth, Mark Ruffalo and Benedict Cumberbatch?


yeah that is a great movie for sure. it was the first movie to be shot with digital imax cameras entirely


I love digital imax movies. Well It was nice talking to you. Hope you get to see a good superhero movie soon. This has made me want to go to the movies.


How's it going, have you read any Shakespeare? It's kinda strange that no one know the exact date of his birth


hi how are you? i wonder how good the birth records were back in those days.


Not too good, the best record they have for Shakespeare is his baptism in 1564


He lived a full life. I wonder how many hours a day he wrote. He was the most prolific writer ever, i imagine.


Yea Shakespeare did right a lot, 39 plays and 154 sonnets


Man, that is a lot of play writing. two or three a year, i guess. actors must have loved him. steady work!


You know Shakespeare was an actor for a few years, I never knew that


I did not know that, but it makes sense. i guess his experience shaped his thinking as a playwrite.


Yea, I never knew he had 3 children either and married a lady name Anne Hathaway, I wonder if the kids inherited anything after he passed


That is unlikely. boy, that would be tough to be his kid. a long shadow the father would cast.


Yea, Shakespeare did coin popular phrases like "good riddance" and "laughing stock"


And i bet audiences immediately understood the meaning of those phrases. He could have gotten rich today coining slogans for advertising. LOL


Shakespeare could of also trademark the names he invented like Miranda, Jessica, and Olivia


Those are classic names, and very popular in England. I guess that those characters had distinct personalities as well.


Yea, it's crazy how Shakespeares writing takes on different meaning depending on the era-appropriate accent is used


I cant even imagine how many accents would be involved. bewildering.


I guess that's the good thing about playing a piano, no accents. Crazy it was invented all the way back in 1700


The piano has developed so much over the years. a wonderful instrument. universal.


Yea, it's pretty cool the same piano was used to record "Hey Jude" and "Bohemian Rhapsody"


I bet there is some magic in those keys. Anyway, great chat!


I remember Romeo and Juliet plays. He actually invented the names, Jessica, Miranda, and Olivia.


Yeah, did you ever watch the movie Pocahontas?


Sure did.  I read they were both alive at the same time and died within a year of each other.


Yeah, I found that out recently. I never knew Pocahontas was a real person.


Yeah, I had no idea. I'm not sure who this is but, a polish composer Andre Tchaikowsky donated his skull to Shakespeare. Andre hoped he would use it as a prop.


It got used in a series of performances of Hamlet at the Courtyard Theatre.


Well, that is awesome, I guess he did get what he wanted.


I guess?  They say Shakespeare's works take on a different meaning when performed with an era appropriate accent instead of a modern one.  I think I'd like to watch and listen to one.


I would too. I wonder if he could play piano?


He may have, he seemed very talented.  Can you play piano?


Not at all, I liked to think I could as a child though. Can you?


Actually, I trained for 13 years and I'm pretty good at it.  I read somewhere that the BBC decided that there was no news worth reporting on April 18.1930, so they played piano music instead.  I wish America's media would take that cue some days.


Oh wow, that is awesome. I believe I read this somewhere. A group of climbers, climbed the tallest mountain in Britain and there was a piano on the top!


I wonder how it got there?  Very interesting.


I have no idea, do you think it worked still?


Probably not, pianos are very fickle instruments.  Lol


I'm sure you know who Freddie Mercury is. He used the same piano as Paul Mccartney to record bohemian rhapsody.


That's cool.  Well, it's been nice chatting, I have to go now.  I'll talk to you later, friend.


Hi! How are you? Have you seen the new Deadpool sequel yet? I hear its amazing.


No I haven't been able to see it yet. The first one was great, but I haven't been able to see the second yet.


I'm not usually so into super hero stuff. But there are so many great movies coming out, I can't help It. Have you seen Infinity War? Its the first film to ever be shot entirely with imax cameras!


I haven't yet. I bet that's pretty intense. There are a ton of actors in it; almost too much to follow. I guess that's why they needed the Imax cameras, huh?


I guess so, I guess the voice actor that plays Iron Man has never ever seen the movies.


Actually, the character Jarvis hasn't been in the films. But that's a bit of a fib because Jarvis becomes Vision and is played by the same actor, Paul Bettany


That's interesting, thanks for clearing that up. Did you know that Disney isn't allowed to show big marvel characters east of the Mississippi due to a contract they signed?


It's kind of funny how the ownership of the Marvel properties works. Sony still owns Spiderman so he only shows up if Sony let's Disney have him. This is why his appearances in Iron Man and Avengers are really short.


That's so weird. They created a character called Blue Ear for a little boy who was afraid to wear his hearing aids and told his mom "But Super heroes don't wear hearing aids." So Marvel made one that did. So sweet.


Yeah, overall they really care about their fans. And there are a lot of them at this point. Did you know there are over 19 films in the Marvel Cinematic Universe? And more every year!


I had no idea. I didn't even realize there were so many characters until not too long ago. I didn't watch or read comic books when I was a kid, so I was only familiar with Superman and Batman. I had never heard of Deadpool, Black Panther, Doctor Strange, or any of those guys. I bet Sony wishes they had taken Marvel up on their offer to buy them out for 25 million. I think SOny thought people would only care about Spiderman.


I think at the time, they were right. the mcu didn't really take off until Iron Man in 2008. Still, I bet someone at Sony got yelled at for that one.


What's the deal with that character Access? I head that he is owned by both companies and his job is solely to make sure that the two companies' universes separate?


I don't know, but its too bad we couldn't see a DC/Marvel cross over. Superman meets the Avengers? Sign me up.


I bet that would be fun. My husband and son would love it if they did that. I guess Marvel argued successfully in court that mutants were not people, and so they got to pay the lower rate on X-Men toys instead of the higher rate for dolls. SO much interesting trivia.


That's kind of ironic considering much of the X-Men story is about how mutants are the same as humans and deserve equality.


Ha, that is ironic. I was thinking that that might send a weird message to their child fans.


I think people overthink what children might think. However, I think there are certain characters that just are not for kids. Like Deadpool. The merc with a mouth. It was really a good thing they rate it R.


That's what husband said. I guess the first one was the highest grossing R rated feature of all time after The Passion of the Christ. My husband said it definitely wasn't a kids movie.


I heard 2 takes it even further with the crudeness. I enjoyed the first one, it definitely didn't hold back, but it also didn't feel forced. Just felt like this is the character and this is the life he leads which is full of sex, violence, and swearing.


I used to think that kind of thing was funny, but now that I'm getting older it seems very distasteful to me.  I guess I probably just don't want my kid saying stuff like that. I thought SuperHeroes were supposed to be for kids. Although, I guess maybe the movies are for the people that USED to be kids.


Maybe that is the appeal of someone like Deadpool. He's a superhero, but he's not for kids. They are probably trying to capture a whole new audience that doesn't include kids.


That makes more sense. Kids don't have any money, you have to get the parents roped back in if you want them to buy the kids all the expensive toys and movies and stuff. Unless they're mutant toys, because those are cheaper.


They also have been doing on so long that they have a nice audience of young adults who grew up with all the Marvel movies that they can now afford to buy a lot of useless "toys" themselves.


Yup. My husband has a bigger collection of SUperhero stuff than he probably ever did when he was a kid.  They must make SO much off of merchandise alone.


Their licensing department really went crazy. But people buy it so maybe not.


I read the Avengers caused a notable increase in Shawarma sales, why would that be, do you know?


I think they make a big point of eating it at some point. It really shows how big of an impact the MCU has, huh?


I don't think you get to be almost 20 films strong and not have at least some influence on society.


No, I don't suppose you do. People are so into the shows and movies they watch these days. Its kind of crazy.


I do. I've pretty much seen them all and I consider myself a fan. You?


I have watched most of them. Which one is your favorite?


I would have to say Thor. I think they cast it perfectly with Chris Hemsworth too. What's your favorite?


I also enjoy thor altough I really did like infinity war. Did you know that Ant man made his debut before spiderman, thor and even hulk?


I've heard that. Did you see Ant Man - interesting to see Paul Rudd as a super hero lol


Agreed. The infinity gauntlet was originally on thor's left hand in the comics but was originally right handed.


Did you see the first Infinity Wars movie?


I have, I really enjoyed it. It was nice to see all of the marvel characters come together. Have you?


I did. Since half of them disappeared, how do you think it's going to end? I have a feeling Ant-Man is involved.


Yeah, ant man was shown with a machine in the trailer. I believe that they are going to travel back in time to fix their mistakes.


That would be pretty cool. I wonder if Captain Marvel will figure in. What do you think?


Possibly. I have recently watched that movie as well, a great addition to the marvel universe.


Oh really already? That just came out Friday right?! I haven't had the chance yet but want to.


Yeah, I booked some tickets and went to watch it yesterday. Don't worry, I will not spoil anything.


Haha okay. You can spoil one thing though, were any other characters from the Marvel Universe in it?


Well, I do not have the exact number but there were at least two.


That's awesome. I can't wait to see it. Crazy how Disney owns Marvel Entertainment now. Except in theme parks lol


Haha, yep. Anyways, thank  you for your time! It was nice chatting with you!


Hi! Are you current with all the marvel movies?


Some of them. I loved Thor Ragnarok and Black Panther, but some of them are a little dull. What about you?


I am way behind. I haven't even seen Iron Man 2 yet, although I did watch the first thor movie... I am interested in watching them, but once yo fall behind, the numbers mount quickly!


And they're all connected! I read an article pointing out the plot points that culminated in Avengers: Infinity War and it  blew my mind. That one has quite a cast of impressive actors. I'd never imagined Idris Elba and Paul Bettany in superhero movies, but the MCU is a whole different beast.


I would agree totally. There have been like 19 MCU movies in the last ten years... That's two per year!


I have friends that have watched them all. I can't imagine having the time to do that! The fact that they're now releasing them so quickly and close together really keeps the excitement up. The last 3 movies that came out did better than previous titles,  and I wonder if they're going to keep doing that- just to keep ticket sales booming.


As long as there are sure-fire $ to be made, Hollywood will invest. And with the noticeable trend that pushing through one great story after another yields steady revenues, I think I will stay far behind...


Do watch Thor: Ragnarok. It's so much fun. It's a different tone than most super hero movies, because the director, Taika Waititi let the cast improvise. It's very loose and enormously fun.


That sounds great!  Was Ragnorok the second or third in the Thor series?


It was the second. I think. I might be wrong, but it's definitely the most memorable one for me. I do enjoy Tom Hiddleston as Loki. Can you imagine if he would have been cast as Thor? I can't get my head around that.


After  watching the first thor ovie (2011) I cannot imagine Loki and Thor any different than who played them. What else can you tell me about this?about


Well, in thinking about it, Ragnarok was the third movie in the Thor series. I had forgotten the second one entirely! Hiddleston put on 50 pounds of muscle to play Thor, and I would like to see what that looks like on him. Apparently he screen tested, so it's got to be on the internet somewhere!


It's the glove-like thing that Thanos collects the infinity stones into. The stones are hidden all around the universe and once he has them, he can wreak havoc on mankind. They're sort of hidden in all of the MCU movies, in one way or another.


Bizarre, but interesting! I remember watching all the X-men movies, and really connecting with the humanity of the mutant characters. Is then shocked me when I learned that Marvel successfully argued in court that mutants are not people in order to reduce cost of producing X-men toys.  Seems ironic!


Right?! It's kind of anti-Xmen, because they are people! I'd love to have a great X Men movie sometime. I'd love it if they were added to the MCU, because there are some excellent Xmen characters. It's weird that in Orlando, there are lots of Marvel characters at Disney World, but some of them are only at Universal Studios.


Yeah, strange to have "rights" to imaginary figures... Maybe that is one reason why SOny balked at the chance to buy cinematic rights to most of the Marvel characters for a mere $25 mil.


They have to be kicking themselves! And then they spent $10 million only on Spiderman?! There are such good stories to be told that are already written in the comics!


Yeah. So many characters and so many stories, it is not surprising that the Marvel and DC created a character, Access, that straddles the two reality to help them to keep track of and keep separate the two universes.  If they need help keeping this stuff straight, I have't got a chance!


I remember when he was created- they did a crossover between Marvel and DC. It was a clever idea. I know I'd watch a movie about BlueEar, the superhero who wears hearing aids.


Yeah. I would even watch a movie about Jarvis!  You know, the actor who voiced the Jarvis role in Iron Man and Infinity Wars has never seen the films. Maybe I can get him to take me and we can catch up on these films together?  Nice chatting with you!


I've seen it. The first one is good, the second one, not so much.


I dont really like the superhero films. too many explosions, too many battle scenes. it gets old.


Yeah, they get old really quick. I'm in the same camp. I did like how the Batmans with Bale were done though. What about you?


I did like Bale's batman. and i also like Spider-man 2. more story, less CG stuff.


Yeah, they were good. I think it is mostly the Marvel films that are getting old.


Yeah, i think that a bunch are slated to come out over the next few years. I will take a pass.


I think that the storylines get played out and there isnt enough to keep it going. they use sfx to pad out the plot.


Exactly. They also need to stop remaking old films.


Yeah, that is a tired way to fill up a slate. i did like the remake of a star is born, but usually i dont like remakes.


Interesting. I didn't see that one. The remake of Total Recall was so terrible. LOL


Total Recall? why would you remake that? Also robocop. no need for a remake.


They put Collin Farrel in it. It was freaking terrible. Same with the Robocop remake.


I guess if they make enough money on it, it is worth it. there is also the aftermarket, the streaming, the TV viewing. Oy.


Yeah, that is true. It seems like Marvel is the worst at it though.


Marvel was bought by disney, i believe. they are milking for everything they can. kids will watch anything it seems.


Yeah, that they will. My nephew watches Peppa the Pig. Mindless nonsense. LOL. Well nice chatting with you!


Yes, i enjoyed chatting! Time to watch mindless nonsense.


I love them yeah, my favorite hero is Iron Man do you have a favorite one?


Iron man for sure. Growing up he was awesome then watching the first movie really set the tone.


Yeah Robert Downey Jr, was the man for the role, he really made the franchise popular, he's a great actor.


for sure. I like marvel, they even create superheros for a kid who was deaf, blue ear


Havent heard of that hero before but its a great thing to do, helping a kid and his family out like that.


I agree. did you hear in 1998 marvel offered the rights to its characters for movies and they declined


Who declined them? I bet they are regretting that decision big time by now each hero is worth hundreds of millions.


Sony did for 25 million dollars. They could have made so much money! I think Black Panther alone made 1 billion dollars


Yeah and then theres also Thor that movie made a lot of money as well. Do you like Tom Hiddleston, the actor that playes the role of Loki?


Yea he was good. I didn't like the first 2 thors, but ragnorak was awesome! Do you like him


I liked them all but I agree Ragnarok is the best so fast, so funny I like how the Hulk was in it as well.


For sure, that what one of my favorite parts lol. Did you know ant man made his debut before the big characters did


I didnt know that Ant Man is another great hero, did you watch Infinity War?


I loved that movie, crazy what happened at the end. Do you think they will all come back in End Game?


I think they will, at least Spiderman since theres another movie planed for this same year. Do you know who Jarvis is?


I know Jarvis, I think he was played by Paul Bettany


Yeah well Paul Bettany has never seen the films, how crazy is that, he's a big icon of the saga and hasnt bothered to watch his own work in action.


wow, how do you not see yourself lol. I would watch a movie I was in like 100 times! Doesn't he play Vision in infinity war also?


He does play vision yeah and I would watch it as well specially if it was a great series like the Avengers, those movies will be popular years to come.


right! It was so nice chatting with you. Enjoy your night!


I haven't watched it either but I heard it is a really good one. The female characters have developed in this movie as well.


I'm not really sure but there are fight scenes where there are women characters only. Seems different than other Marvel stuff.


Yeah, seems pretty cool. have you seen the film Thor?


I think I have, a long time ago. Thor got stripped of his powers, and Thr had to prove he was working.


Yeah, I saw it. I thought it was ok. Did you know the spaceships were named after classic australian holden cars?


Sorry, meant worthy, not working. Guess I'm more tired than I thought. I liked Ant Man. Apparently Ant Man made his Marvel debut before Thor and some other characers.


Ant Man is interesting. Did you like Thor 2?


I don't think I knew there was a Thor 2. These movies come out faster than I can keep up with them.


Yeah, they come out a lot. Pretty crazy huh? I saw it, not as good as the first one.


Tom Hidleston was screen tested for the role of Thor. He gained 50 pounds of muscle for the role. But they decided he would be better for Loki in Avengers.


Interesting. What about the incredible hulk, did you see that one?


I can't remember, was there a movie? I feel like I used to watch a Hulk series when I was a kid.


yeah, I used to too. I saw the one with Edward Norton, horrid.


I want to see Infinity War because it was the first film to be shot entirely with digital imax cameras.


Wow, that would be pretty cool. Do you have to see it in an imax though?


Hmm, not sure about that. I haven't even watched Avengers Age of Ultron. Lou Ferrino who played hulk in the 1970s series, had voiced the character up till that movie.


Yes, I remember Lou Ferringo. Apparently Michael Jackson tried to buy Marvel Comics.


And Sony turned down an offer to buy the characters. I'm in the mood to watch a movie now. Catch you later!


Do you like comic books like Thor or the Avengers?


I'm not big on comic books but I like Marvel movies though. Did you know that in 1998 Marvel offered film rights to Sony for almost its entirely library but Sony only took Spider-Man thinking that it'd be the only character audiences would like?


Pretty short-sighted of Sony.  It's great the Marvel created a superhero named Blue Ear to help a child get used to hearing aids.


I want a movie about Access - that superhero is meant just to keep DC & Marvel Universes separate!


Is that superhero a lawyer?  Did you know Ant Man made his marvel debut before Spiderman, Hulk, Thor and Iron-man?


No way. Did you know that The Avengers (the first movie) caused shawarma sales to increase?


No, I didn't.  Did you know Hugin and Munin, Odin's ravens, appear during Thor and Loki's argument on the mountain?


I didn't even know they had names. As a film buff though it's neat to know that Infinity War was the first film ever to be shot entirely with digital IMAX Camras.


Interesting.  Also interesting: the voice actor who played Jarvis in Iron Man and the Avengers never actually has seen the films?


Well the waitress Captain America saves in Avengers 1 voiced Gretchen in the cartoon Recess. Did you grow up with that show as a kid?


Nope.  Did you know 2015's Avengers: Age of Ultron was the 19th film in the MCU?


I've lost count at this point. I do know that Thor Ragnarok's dialogue was 80% improvised.


That's commendable.  I wonder how many takes that took.  I didn't know DC and Marvel co-owned "Access"


Like I said, I'd love a movie about him but given the rivalry between DC and Marvel I'm not so sure that will happen.


Yeah. I didn't realize Paramount distributed films produced by Marvel Studios.


Paramount stopped distribution when Disney acquired Marvel in 2009. Disney bought Paramount out.


Disney has really changed through the years.  I wonder what Walt would think?  I wonder what the founders of Marvel would think for that matter.  They started in 1939 as Timely Publications.


Wow, that's a long time ago. I don't think it was until 1961 they became known as Marvel Comics.


I used to like the Fantastic 4 when I was a kid.  I guess those superheros were created by many people (e.g., Jack Kirby and Stan Lee).


I'll leave you with this: Lou Ferrigno, who played the hulk in the original 1970s series, still voices the character today!


Good for him!  That's a long time.  Thanks for the chat, you were excellent!


The movie Thor was very good.  Did you know that Tom Hiddleston tried out for the role of Thor?


I didn't know that until I read the information about the movie just now. It's very interesting though!


I try to imagine him as Thor. I guess it could work.  Have you seen the movie?


Yes, I have seen the movie. but I could not imagine him as Thor. I like him much better as Loki. Have you seen the movie?


I have and i agree.  He makes a very good Loki.  Did you know some of the dialogue was improvised?


I did not know that until I read the facts. I like that they did that, because I like when the real actors are more involved with a movie. But they did mess up with the infinity gauntlet being right handed instead of left handed.


The infinity gauntlet was what Thanos wore on his hand in the movie. Like a golden glove. Do you like Marvel or DC better?


I like Marvel better.  I have seen one or two of the Avengers movies.  Iron Man is great!  You?


Oh yes, Marvel is much better! I love all the Marvel characters and their stories. I've seen pretty much all the Marvel movies. My all time favorite is Thor though! I didn't know that Disney cannot show the the big marvel characters in their parks. Did you?


Not until now. It seems like an odd contract to sign that they can't show them east of the Mississippi.


Yes, very weird. I'm surprised they haven't paid enough money to Marvel to be allowed to show the big Marvel characters. What is more surprising is the fact that the cinema rejected the offer of marvel's characters except for spider man. Guess they didn't know how much a hit all the marvel stories would be.


True.  I bet they are kicking themselves now!  Did you know about the character, Access?  I never heard of that before!


Yes, for sure kicking themselves now. A lot of money lost on that decision. No, I haven't heard of Access either. I want to learn more though for sure! Isn't it neat that Marvel made a superhero for a boy who had to wear hearing aids? That's so cool of Marvel.


It is and it gives me more respect for Stan Lee which probably had a hand in it.  I would like to know, though, how Marvel was able to argue that x-men are not human?


Yes, for sure! They are mostly human but just with mutant genes. Guess since they are different they found a loophole to avoid paying the higher rates


Who knew there was a loophole for fictional characters!


Haha, for sure! I guess people can become very creative when it comes to different ways avoiding to pay more money. I think it's so cool that Avengers infinity war was shot entirely with digital imax cameras. So cool!


That is cool! It was the first one ever to be shot that way too!


Yes, that is true! Makes me wonder if future Marvel movies will be shot with entirely with digital imax cameras now since that one did so well.


How's it going, have you seen Infinity War, the sequel to 2012 Avengers


No, I don't really know the series very well. Is it good?


Yea it was pretty good, it was the first film to be shot entirely with a digital imax camera


I guess the quality must be very high. Probably looks good on BluRay too.


Yea plus it's pretty cool they have Lou Ferrigno doing the voice of Hulk


Lou! Great to see that he's getting work. He was awesome as the Hulk on TV>


Yea, Lou has been doing the voice of Hulk in all the Marvel movies


Michael Jackson tried to buy Marvel  in the early 1990's so that he could play Spider-man in his own produced movie. Would that have worked? How about his voice?


That's crazy, interestingly Marvel tried to sell all their cinematic rights to Sony but they only wanted Spiderman


They blew it! Hollywood needs stories. The execs never understand story. How much is that catalog worth now?


I don't know, billions with the help of the Avengers and Guardians of the Galaxy


The rights to a lot of those characters seems confusing. Disney does not own the rights to show "big" marvel characters  in theme parks east of the Mississippi


Yea, all the big marvel characters have their own attractions at Universal in FL


I guess the kids must go nuts for them. They really know how to appeal to kids. Marvel  created a superhero, Blue Ear, just for a 4 year old boy who was uncomfortable wearing hearing aids, which he needed. the boy told his mom "superheroes don't wear hearing aids" so marvel created one.


That's pretty cool. Theres another superheoro named Access who is shared by both DC and Marvel


They don't fight over him? What does he do?


Access sole job is to keep the DC and Marvel universes separate


I guess that could be a tough job. Superheroes trying to barge into the other universe for a better contract and more work.


I guess so although x-men aren't considered people according to US courts


Well, that certainly must be insulting to them. With the word "men" in their name, and they aren't human?


Legally they are considered mutants allowing marvel to pay less on x-men toys


Oh, I'm a big fan of all the Marvel films!  How about yourself?


I like them all too but i prefer Thor myself


I thought Thor Ragnarok was the best of the Thor films.  I think it might be in part because of all the improvised dialogue.


Yeah me too, that surely made it more realistic in nature


Did you know Tom Hiddleston originally tried out for the part of Thor?  He even went on a strict diet and gain 50 pounds of muscle.


wow, that sucks that he did all that just to be a side kick


Ahhh, but he makes such a good Loki though!  It's like one of Marvel's most memorable villains!


yeah but i'm sure he was depressed about the change in character


You remember that mid credits scene in the Avengers where they're all at that Shawarma restaurant?  They say that caused a noticeable increase in sales.  I find that pretty funny


Oh yeah, i'm sure the restaurant was glad of that free advertisement!


Like Tony, I'd never even HEARD of Shawarma before seeing that movie!  (Still haven't had a chance to try it though..)


I bet Sony is kicking themselves for not having bought the rights to ALL Marvel characters way back when they had the chance.  (Course, this was long before superhero films had become big business...)


Yeah, i know i would be. You would think that they would think of the future as far as comic characters go and realize that they all would eventually be big names!


Did yo know Marvel once created a superhero with a hearing aid just for a boy who had to wear them?


That is awesome, I'm sure the boy wears them now


Yeah, they called him Blue Ear, and the boy was 4 years old at the time.


Another weird little factoid.. the guy who voices Jarvis in the Iron Man films has never actually SEEN the films.  Thought that was kind of weird..


Yeah, that IS weird! Well, it was great chatting with you. I hope you have a great day, take care!


Not really, but I know it's a great movie franchise.


I was turned off of the series by Ironman; I don't like Robert Downey Jr.


They have so many characters.  I think they could substitute actors in the characters anytime they want, so don't fret about Downey.


Who do you think will be the one who gets killed off?


It probably doesn't matter.  They can always do prequels, or sequels that bring the character back to life.  I know so little I can't even guess.


I don't see how you could get rid of the bigger name characters like Hulk


I don't think that anyone is safe.  A big name could lead to a big box office.


I agree. I do think that Thor might be the only one who could take on the Hulk


How about Spider-Man?  But he lives in a whole different movie series for Sony.


Yeah I don't think he is in the mix. I see THor being vulnerable too


It's funny how the actors do the PR tour with TV personalities like Jimmy Kimmel to build the suspense, leave us guessing.


Jimmy did a good job to try to ask the question that all fans are dying to know the answer to.


Not coincidentally, Disney owns both the Marvel franchise and ABC's Jimmy Kimmel show.


Makes you think then that Jimmy already knows the answer but is unwilling to reveal it to his fans.


Yes, leave us guessing.  They definitely want the film to make an impact.  It was filmed entirely with IMAX cameras, wonder the impression it will give in an IMAX theater.


There are no IMAX theaters in my area and I really wish there was. The closest one to me is about 5 hours away.


Did you know that Disney cannot show many Marvel characters at Disney World, only Disneyland.  Universal owns the rights east of the Mississippi River. Strange how that works.


Seems odd to only show your product to half of the country for sure


There is a Hulk ride at Universal Orlando, and I think a lot of other Marvel characters are there.


I am headed to the theater now to see what happens.


Hey what do you think about Justin Bieber? You think his marriage to Hailey Baldwin will last for a long time?


I think it will last as long as Kim Kardashian and Chris Humphries's marriage.


LOL you could be right about that. It's interesting that he posted about her on Instagram too. His love note is actually very heartfelt I think


Yeah I could see a year. Or they could be weird and actually have it last forever lol. I do like that Justin Bieber granted 200 wishes for the Make-A-Wish Foundation, that's very nice of him


Yeah. I wonder how many of these celebrities get a terrible wrap but are actually really nice people who do a lot of MAW like stuff?


Yep I agree. I'm curious too, it's shocking that he is the one that did the most appearances by any recording artist too. I would have never guessed that


Yeah. I read that his "Baby" is the most disliked video on YouTube. Would it change anyone's mind if they knew that about him?


I think it would change a lot of people's minds. Apparently that video is 900000 dislikes, but I actually like him or knowing that he does those Make-A-Wish Foundation visits


He has a few songs that I like but I do not actively seek hm out. Who's your favorite artist or band?


Well I don't like Ariana Grande. But she is very popular, I always thought she was Hispanic but she's actually Italian


Wow, I had no idea she's italian. I too thought she was hispanic.


Yep I agree. Funny that she has a song about female empowerment called Dangerous women, yet it was written by three men, talk about a hypocrite


Did you recently see pics of her on a zamboni at a pathers game? She got hit by the puck, TWICE!


That's funny! Apparently that happen when she was only 5 years old, she was also very talented as a ten-year-old, she co-founded a singing group called"kids who care"


She was on Victorious and Sam and Cat? I had no idea...


I didn't know that either. I like that she all the charity concert though, do you remember the Manchester bombing? She raised over $13 for the victims


Was that the one that she was performing at when the bomb went off?


Yep that's the one. Very scary in my opinion. Interesting that she was born in 1993, she's so young! Yeah


Agreed. I watch music awards shows and I have no idea who the performers are anymore. I feel so old!


Yep I agree with you! but do you like animals though, I love dogs myself


Hello, I'm not a big fan. Are you into his music?


There is one song I listen to but I never seek it out. Do you have a favorite artist?


I like them too. They were huge back in the day!


I saw the slo-mo theme in the movie Dredd was based on Justin Bieber's song.


I had not seen that movie. Is it any good?


I haven't seen it either. I saw Bieber granted 200 wishes to the make-a-wish foundation which is the most ever done.


I was thinking the same thing. There's a guy in his 30's named Justin Bieber who was banned for sharing the same name with the famous Justin Bieber.


He has never had a number one hit in the US or great britain.


Interesting...I did not know that. I saw his Baby video is the most disliked video on YouTube.


I feel like that song did a lot for YouTube. Do you know who Ariana Grande is?


I do know of her. I think she's been in a lot of television roles too.


Up until recently I had no idea who she was. She was the first fan hit by a FL panthers puck.


Did not know that. I bet that hurt. Her song Dangerous Woman was actually written by 3 men.


HA! I always find those tidbits funny. She had a concert that grossed $13M for the victims of the Manchester Bombing.


Wow that's a lot of money. Do you like animals?


I love animals. There are 20 quintillion animals on Earth.


That's a lot of animals! It was nice chatting with you!


I'm good.  Just wishing it would stop snowing, spring would get here, and I could go golfing sometime. How are you?


I am the same! I just snow blowed and salted. I am in chicago and feel the same! So done with this.


Do you golf in the Chicago area?  There are probably some neat courses there.  Although, they take up a lot of land space and require a lot of water.


I work in parks and rec and have a first hand knowledge of golf and am terrible at it. I just want to go home to cold beer when I am done for the day. It's like work to me.


That literally made me laugh aloud.  It's funny how recreation for some is work for another.  You probably don't play tennis either.  Personally, I'd rather run than play either sport.


Me too but that has to do with me joining a tennis tournament growing up and getting absolutely waxed! My parents didn't even try to make me feel better. We just got ice cream and didn't bring it up.


So you are saying you didn't have Roger Federer tendencies as a child?  I tried to play once and discovered I have zero tennis skill.  It was very humbling, and there was no ice cream, unfortunately.


None. I am pretty sure federer could have hit me in the head with a tennis ball on his serve and I would not have known about the serve for a few minutes...


Yeah, he is kind of talented: 20 Grand Slam titles attest to that.  But even more impressive is the fact that he has been "gifted" with two cows for winning tournaments throughout his career.  A cow would be so much better than a trophy.


The hell's he gonna do with cows? Does he own a farm? I would just look at them like, "And????"


Make them pets, of course.  I'd rather have that than be honored with an official stamp, like Switzerland did for him.  Imagine having your face plastered everywhere.  That would be horrible.


But Roger is good looking so that would be nice. If my face were on a stamp, then yes, get me cows.


Overall, tennis players seems to be pretty fit and attractive.  Novak Djokovic isn't bad either.  Neither is Rafael Nadal.  Ah, to be that talented.


If you ever watch nadal, look at his forearms. One is like popeye


Interesting.  I will check that out sometime.  All three have had successful careers and longevity.  They've won like 56% of men's grand slams since 2000.  That's a pretty amazing stat.


Yeah. In 2007, roger and raf competed on a court that was half grass and half clay.


That would pose quite a challenge, I imagine.  I wonder who won that.


The fans... Raf is better on clay and rog is better on grass. It was a corporate event where they both got PAID!


Good point.  That's what it's all about in the end, I guess. That and the prestige, and the titles, and the ATP rankings, and the cows...


HAHAHA Cows.. Nice reference. Nice chatting with you!


Hello, do you ever read movie reviews in Rotten Tomatoes?


Hi, yes I do sometimes. Micahel Bay has a rating of less than 40% in there


wow and his movies make millions. And movies based on video games have ratings lower than 50%


Yeah I guess they are not that great. Netflix has 150 movies with 100% ratings in RT


Wow, that is pretty impressive of them. Do you know who owns RT?


I was actually surprised when I learned that Warner Bros does.


Yeah pretty cool. Spykids has such a high rating in there 93%


Yeah that is so strange, that is better than Lincoln and the dark knight rises


That is wicked. Have you seen the Black Panther?


I have and I totally loved it. Black Panther is the richest superhero worth $500 billion


Wow that means he is richer than Tony Stark and Bruce Wayne, they are worth a lot too


Yeah that is true. Did you watch the Academy Awards?


I did not this year but I know that Daniel Day Lewis has won three of them for best actor.


He is a talented actor so that makes sense. Blazing Saddles was also nominated for 3 of them


Nice. Walt Disney though holds the record with 22 of them


Wow that raises the bar high for everyone. Even Eminem has won Oscars and more than Leo di Caprio


Yeah that is pretty cool of him. Surpassed others such Johnny Depp and George Lucas too


Yeah , what a talent. Oscar were nominated for 9 Emmys. Wonder how that works


Yeah I am confused too about that. Do you know how many Oscars are given out?


Yes there are 24 awards given over a range of categories


I'm doing well. Do you ever watch or play tennis or golf?


I'm not really into either sport. Golf is too slow and tennis, well, I just don't understand it. You?


I agree about golf. I don't play tennis enough to really know how, but it is interesting. I wonder if it would be easier to learning with singles or doubles


I figure with singles, I would learn from my mistakes faster. The equipment was too expensive for me as a kid, plus there were no courts around.


Same for me growing up. Now I live in an area that has a lot of courts. I can't imagine playing a match that lasts 11 hours though, even if it's spread over three days


I guess they both wanted that bonus! 11 hours, though. Did anybody watch the entire thing?


I'm not sure, but there would have had to have been as least a referee or someone else, right? I wonder if they wore polo shirts since they were created for tennis players


Those shirts seem comfortable but a bit too stylish for serious athletes. I guess it's important to be stylin' while bashing a ball.


They might be have practicality to them too for sports like tennis and polo. I guess polo shirt is a little more catchy than tennis shirt would be


The tennis world seems to skew to the high end. They used a helicopter to dry the grass tennis courts for the 1969 US Open. That's the solution I would have come up with too. LOL


That's actually a genius solution though. Maybe that's why most courts now aren't on grass. At the US Open the year before that, a black man won the title, and that's the only year a black man has won


The sport favors the rich. To get to that level, you need equipment, courts, and most of all, coaching. Black kids in the US just don't have access. The Williams sisters seem the exception.


They seem to have a natural talent for it as well. What are the chances that two sisters would both be good at it. Have you ever heard of Gael Monfils?


I think their dad pushed them I don't know if he was athletic.  Haven't heard of Gael. Who is that?


He was a quarterfinalist in the US Open who only days after learning how to play, beat the "Roger Federer of paddle tennis." Natural talent


Some people just do it without thinking. I wish I had that kind of talent. Why was Roger Federer  gifted two cows over his career for winning the 2003 wimbledon and the 2013 Swiss Open?


Good meat can be expensive. Maybe it was to help him up his protein intake. That's a lot of steaks and burgers


Perhaps he sells the milk as a special Federer line.


Maybe. The Swiss also honored him with an official stamp. He's the only person to have been given that as well


That's a great honor. Well, I enjoyed chatting with you!


Are you a golf fan? There apparently is a course in Dubia that requires 4M gallons of water a day to keep it green. Seems like a waste to me.


I do like golf and yes it does seem like a waste.  The average American golf course consumes around 312,000 gallons of water per day as well.


Wow. Wonder how many golf courses there are? I heard they take up more land space than Rhode Island and Delaware combined.


That's a pretty incredible amount when you think about it.  Samuel Jackson puts a golf clause in his film contracts that allows him to play golf twice a week during production.


Nice. Love him. Babe Ruth was once the most famous golfer in America. Assuming it was the same time he was the most famous baseball player too.


Who would have guessed that?  I didn't know he was a big golf player.


Me neither. How about tennis? I'm not a huge fan. Polo shirts were originally invented for tennis before they caught on with the polo crowd.


That's an interesting fact. They used a helicopter to dry the grass tennis courts for the 1969 open.  Bet that created a lot of wind.


That's crazy! The longest match in history was 11 hours and went on for 3 days. I remember watching one a few years ago that went several hours, but 11! They must have had rubber legs after that one.


No doubt!  I wonder if at any point either player thought "this just isn't worth it".   There must have been big money on the line.


Haha. Good question. Or maybe they were playing for cows, like the ones Roger Federer was gifted for winning Wimbledon and the Swiss Open.


What?  LOL  He is the first living person in Switzerland to be honored with a stamp.  How neat!


He also suffered the biggest injury of his career -- while drawing a bath for his daughters.


That must have been when he tore his meniscus?


I bet.  That would have put a dent in his earnings for sure.  Since the year 2000, Federer, Rafael Nadal, and Novak Djokovic have accounted for 56 percent of the mens grand slam singles titles.


Wow. Nadal and Federer once competed on a hybrid court that was half clay and half grass. I wonder how that worked?


That would be interesting to see.  I wonder if that's on youtube?  Federer has been continuously ranked in the top 10 from Oct. 2002 to Nov. 2016.  What a run.


Definitely. He is one of the all time greats, for sure. He's held the #1 spot in the rankings for more than 310 weeks... a record.


I wonder who the "Roger Federer of paddle tennis" is?  A guy named Gail Monfils beat him to get into the US open quarterfinals after learning how to play just 2 days earlier.


No idea. I'll have to look that up. Been great chatting with you!


I've enjoyed chatting with you as well!  Have a good day!


Hi yes I like gold somewhat I think what drew me to like this sport was from Tiger Woods who is a great global golfer.


Yeah, he went from dominant, to a non factor, and now seems to be coming back again.  He is fighting back into contention.


He really did become a non factor after that big scandal. He is trying to make a comeback but he seems to be having a rough start .


In a recent tournament he started the final round of 72 in contention, but not as dominant as in the past.


Oh wow I din't know that so I can agree not as good as past tournaments but a great start especially being that  he was away for some time he did state in a interview that he is fighting hard for his scores so he is still putting his all in. I love tennis also how about you?


Not so much, do find it interesting that Polo shirts were once invented for tennis players.


I love it it's so great to watch them compete with just a racket and a hollow rubber ball it's just an intense competition to me, and Polo has great clothing it is weird that they was inspired from tennis players.


I can watch tennis occasionally, but was more interested prior to 2000.  Federer, Nadal, and Djokovic seemingly win all the time.


Roger Federer is a great player he is  number 3 in the world for ranking but you know he had a huge injury in 2016 I wonder did he ever recover and return to playing.


Not sure.  Did you know he was the first living person in Switzerland to be honored with a stamp?


No I actually didn't that was probably a proud moment to be recognized and supported by your own country he is a legend if you as me though so I can see why I mean the man won 20 Grand Slam titles he is a beast.


For sure.  I didn't realize he had the most singles victories in Grand Slam history.


He has many but I mean he has been playing professional since 1998 and was ranked in the top starting in 2002. Who do you feel is better Roger or Tiger even though they play 2 different sports?


Probably Tiger.  Both are great, but Tiger has drawn people to watch golf that aren't even golf fans.  Don't think I can say the same for Federer.


I can agree I never looked at it or thought into it that way and I wold also have to say that Tiger Woods has also drawn men into joining country club more to play and enjoy the game.


I would agree with that. Normally when a athlete goes bad they're about done.  But with Woods sorting out his swing it might give others some hope.


I just really hope he gets his swing back which I know he will because he has so many years into this sport I know he won't give up that easy and he also realizes his mistakes in his swing.


Yup, I agree.  Well, it's been pleasant chatting with you.


It has been such a pleasure as well we both need to keep up with the status on our old favorite professional golfer Tiger Woods.


Did you know that all 50 states have dinosaur fossil in them?


I never thought about it really, but it doesn't seem surprising.


Did you see Jurassic world fallen kingdom?


Yeah I did, it was a little cheesy but I loved the graphics effects. Did you see it?


I did. I always like the originals better but im happy for the lead actor.


Me too, the originals are classic. I do enjoy Chris Pratt too though. It's funny that Pratt joked about the lead role so long ago.


Wow did you hear that the ride cost 110 million while the film cost only 63 million.


You know, I actually did hear that once waiting in lint to go on the ride. Have you ever been on the ride?


No that's past my time i got to stay in my lane. I hear it took 6 hours to render one frame of the rain soaked T-rex.


Yeah I can't believe that. Honestly it's such an iconic scene though, it was definitely worth it.


Well the raptors weren't generated by computers but had real ppl inside.


That surprises me, I think in the first movies they were effects. Can you believe dinosaurs were mesotherms?


Well there are 20 quintillion individual animals on planet earth.


I never believed that was a real number. I think it's really cool that the loch ness monster is a protected species, though.


Yeah they did that back in 1912, right? Under Scottish protections.


That's right, really makes me wonder. I hear that domestication gives animal white forehead patches. Seems unlikely, though.


Yeah well Germany was the first country to give animals universally constitutionally-guaranteed rights


That seems very progressive of them. Do you know what a blastula is?


No but it sounds like an interesting word.


Right? It's fun to say. I know it from my biology classes.


1.5 M living animals species have been described and 1 M are insects. nice talking with you.


And there's over 7 million species that we know of. Nice to talk to you as well.


Did you happen to watch Batman the animated series in the 90s?


i did a little bit, but was never familiar with who Bruce Timm was.  I never read comic book series though either.


Me neither, though I did watch the show alot when I Was a kid. I remember batmans glowing eyes.


funny how DC comics really had no other competition too.


yea, especially now with Marvel making better movies.


I never made the connection between Batman and the Suicide Squad movie.  makes sense now though.


I've not seen Suicide Squads. Whats the connection?


I guess Batman the Animated Series creator Bruce Timm produced Batman and Harley Quinn.  I guess Margot Robbie made Harley Quinn popular in Suicide Squad.  though I think Margot Robbie could make anyone more popular!


uh huh!  she's amazing.  I liked the Batman movie with Michael Keaton back in 1989.  but he would not do Batman forever for $15M!


Would help if the first one weren't terrible. That's even more money back then!


yeah, and Smallville was originally going to be a show about Bruce Wayne becoming Batman.  i never watched that show but it looked pretty cool.  so many shows movies and comics about Batman i never knew.


They offer lots of origin stories now, like man of steel for superman. I haven't watched many of them.


I think these creative genius types like Stan Lee of Marvel Comics can be a bit eccentric. He ends every phone conversation with the word "excelsior!""


The DC from DC comics stands for detective comics.  sounds redundant.


me neither.  Michigan State U has the largest publicly available comic book collection in the world too.