I agree with you on that one! It's the only fantasy movie to be up for and win a best picture award at the oscars!


Who's your favorite character4 from lord of the rings mine is Legolas


I would say it is Aragon because he did his best to protect everybody!


Which is your favorite film of of the original trilogy?


It is definitely the second one. I liked all the battle scenes and when Gandolf returns to lead the army to help fight. You?


The 2nd is the best definitely the way the special effects were from a movie from that long ago proves how well made it was between LOR and harry potter both of those had amazing special effects


Well said! Are you into Disney movies at all?


Yes the lion king is one of my absolute favorites what about yourself?


Me too! Do you know who the science consultant was for Flubber?


No who was it, Robin williams was amazing in that film.


He's actually a big speaker now and proponent of education and science he's a great dude


He's awesome! I never had a clue what Minnie Mouse's full name was! Anyways great chatting with you!


YEah I do. I especially like Disney movies. How about you?


Disney does a good job toning down stories yet making them still interesting


I know they do. They have been a master of that since Roy and Walt Disney founded the company on october 16 1923.


Probably the lion king. I have always loved that one. Did you know that walt disney makes about 1110 dollars per second??


I recently re watched some classics and it was nice. They are doing a good job with recent films like wall e too


My son loves wall-e as well. Did you know that disney doesnt except outside ads. All the ads you see on disney are for there shows and products.


They also have been updating their technology from hand to a 55k core supercomputer for rendering


That is awesome. I bet it will make the movies even better. I guess Walt disney got fired rom a newspaper because he wasnt creative enough. I guessed they didnt see what everybody else sees.


Well you could argue he is a visionary as he helped establish the company in american animation and theme parks


I would agree with that. So what do you think about fantasy films?


I enjoy it since it allows for world building with mythology and the supernatural


It really does. I love the Harry potter movies. How about you?


I really enjoyed the book as much as the film. I liked lord of the rings as well


I heard that harry potter actually first appeared in the 1986 film troll. The director says that JK Rowling stole the idea from him.


have you ever been to a fan convention for harry potter? I hear it is very lucrative for actors and authors


I havent. It sounds fun though. Did you know that the actor who plays tyrian lannister in game of thrones is related to nobility in germany?


Yeas in real lie. The actors name is Peter Dinklage. He is a member of the westphalian noble family von dincklage.


Not only a great actor, but also a great lineage


That is true. He is my favorite actor in game of thrones. Well Im gonna have to be going. Have a good one.


hi how are you? I do like youtube. i listen to old songs on there. very convenient and nostalgic.


for sure, they have everything on there. It is the second most vistied search engine


I think that youtube is owned by google, so they share search engine tech.


kind of a monopoly on the search engine game, i get it. Were you into the gangnam style phase?


No, i was not. i know that the song appeared in a super bowl commercial though.


yea I remember that lol. The song almost broke youtube it was played so much. The counter wasn't set for that many people


That is funny. i guess there were a lot of fans in korea.


And a lot of americans loving that style too. I had to dance  it at a wedding once, scarred me for life!


I do not dance, so i would have to avoid that song.Do you like Elon Musk?


I like him for the most part, and for how he is investing in science and such. As a person he has some improvements to make. How about you?


i think he is bright and ambitious and like most of us, has flaws. he tries things that other companies think are too risky.


Right I love his space X vision. I would like to see people on mars before I die


I think that will happen, but i would not want to be in that group of explorers.  Is he going to go himself?


I am not sure, that would be crazy to go. Did you ever see Thank you for smoking, I never knew Elon was the producer and acted in that movie


I liked that movie. I did not know that Elon was involved. I wonder why that film. Does he believe in it or something?


I am not sure, I want to go back and watch it and point him out. His wife was even in inception, I want to watch that one also and see her


I bet he meets all kinds of gals. he is an interesting guy. I will watch inception again and look for his wife.


For sure, I may do it now lol! It was so nice chatting with you!


I enjoyed chatting with you too! Have a good weekend


YouTube is an American video sharing website created on February 2005.


I watch a lot of videos on YouTube. Do you spend much time on there?


One hour a week. How much did you spend time in it ?


I usually spend about a half an hour a day. It's great entertainment for when I'm multitasking. What kind of content do you prefer on there?


Comedy videos, sometime news or latest songs, cartoon videos. which is your favourite content ?


I like music videos, vlogs, and TV shows. I enjoy mixing content that individuals create and upload with media corporations' content.


You can upload the video also it is quite interesting. YouTube now operates as one of Google subsidiaries.


I wonder how much money Google has made on the initial $1.65 billion acquisition of Youtube. It's such a popular site.


It is very interesting. Youtube  is the second search engine on the net. We can search all type of video we needed. It is very useful to show our talent.


It shares more than just talent, too. It also shares ideas and information about companies, like when Elon Musk's interview went viral on there.


We can watch live videos also. It is very amazing. Elon Musk is a successful person.


Elon Musk is very successful, and I think he knows he can utilize YouTube to make his company grow. The ability to record videos and stream live content on YouTube makes it very versatile.


Elon Musk is a technology entrepreneur, he utilize the technology which reach the people as quick as possible to make ads for his products.


Exactly! He is business-savvy enough to reach out to multiple audiences too, marketing cars through Tesla Inc. and crazy things like flamethrowers from the Boring Company.


He is very interested in making solar panel and electric cars which are very good for environment. To reduce global warming and climate change.


He has a lot of interest in his company's success as well, since he took a pay cut to his Tesla salary one year for all but $1!


Tesla is American automotive and energy company, the company is specializes in electric car manufacturing.


It sells three different car models right now - the Model S, Model X, and Model 3. I'd love to try driving one of them.


The Tesla model is road tested on an indoor track because their car don't produce emission.


The lack of carbon emissions is why it is supposed to be so environmentally friendly.


Yeah. They are also manufacturing solar panel also, they know the use of renewable energy resources also. It is the future.


I will be excited to see where Tesla goes, and I won't be surprised if I see news about them on YouTube. It was interesting talking with you about it!


Did you watch any of the new Holiday movies over the Christmas period?


Hi! Yes, I did! So many, one of my Favorites however, is the classic Nutcracker! You can never go wrong with that. How about you?


I did not see that one, my daughter will want to watch it though.  Maybe we'll wait to stream it next Christmas.


Oh its, great. Im sure she will enjoy it. I didnt know Morgan Freeman was in it, he was great!


I'd like to see that Bohemian Rhapsody movie too, probably not great, but it's fun to hear toe songs again.


Oh, I havent heard of that one! Do you know who is in it?


There's a Rami Malek, I know he's been on TV in a show called  Mr Robot.  There's not anyone famous, but the subject matter is, Queen the rock group.


Oh! Im gonna have to check it out! I recently watched "the thief and the cobbler" did you know it took 31 years to complete?! Thats my entire life!


Never heard of that one.  Why 31 years, just a slow worker or was the nature of the production that it had to take time?


due to lack of funding and complex animation atleast it holds a record for the longest production time for a motion picture of all time... thats crazy. Do you enjoy Fantasy film?


I don't mind them, I'm usually not too bothered by the genre of a movie, as long as it is good.  I enjoyed those Lord of the Rings movies.


Me either, as long as its good. I like all movies, and I watched the Lord of the Rings too, they won an academy award for Best Picture, another good one was Harry Potter, did you watch that series of movies?


Yes, I never read the book but my wife did, I used to go with her each time a new one came out.  I liked them and have re-watched them with the kids.


Same here, my husband forced me to watch all of them too, I was reluctant at first but glad I did, not I enjoy them. I didnt know JK Rowlings was a woman!


That I did know.  The publisher was concerned boys would not read her books if they knew it was written by a woman.  So they made her put JK on the cover rather than her name.


Wow! thats brilliant yet sad she couldnt be herself. It takes alot of creativity. Did you hear about the Janitor in Chicago and his Art work?


Its insane! he made a 15,145 fantasy manuscript with over 300 watercolor illustrations, he called it "in the realms of the unreal" it's amazing, Ive come across it before. it was found after his death


That's dedication, I'll have to look that one up.  In the realms of fantasy there is Terry Pratchett and his novels.  He created this whole world over the span of about 50 books, each one adding new details and characters.  Some people are devoted to it.


Wow, Im gonna have to look that one up later, I find it all facinating! I wish I would have known ther was an actual university where you can study science fiction and fantasy literature with Tolkien Studies, I love the weirdness. Do you Netflix?


Yes we do, canceled our cable about a year back and now save about sixty dollars a year.


Me too! Youtube and Netflix, thats all I need. Best decision Ive made, sadly lol JK. Fun chat!! Take care!


I love reading them and used to collect them when I was younger. What about you?


Yeah I mainly like Marvel. Apparently they published a generic comic book so they could trade mark super-hero and super-villian.


That sounds like it didn't work very well in the long run. It hasn't kept other companies like DC Comics from creating their own superheroes and supervillains.


I know right, it's strange that was even an option. DC actually stands for Detective comics. I didn't know that.


It kind of makes the name "Detective Comics Comics" a little repetitive, doesn't it? Curious that they'd do that!


They said to make the name redundant. So weird. I thought Stan Lee was an amazing human, did you like him?


Stan Lee was like the grandfather of all comic books, at least in my mind. I wish I could have met him to tell him that, or even just to hear one "excelsior" myself.


I would have liked to as well. I never thought about when the marvel cinematic universe took place, it takes place in earth-199999. Not sure what that means but it's a multiverse and different from the original earth-616.


I think a multiverse means multiple universes can exist having the same characters, which is why there are different "canon" versions of the same superheroes. It's pretty typical in long-running comics.


Oh that makes sense. Have you ever been to the Michigan state library? It has the largest comic book collection in the world.


I haven't been there, but my uncle went to college there. Unfortunately, I don't think he cared about comics! Can you imagine the size of the collection? I'd get lost in there for days.


Wow, that is cool! I wonder how many actually exist.


Probably too many to read in one lifetime. You'd probably have to devote a decade just to Batman comics. They've made so many Batman TV shows and movies and haven't even come close to the number of comic book issues.


I never really got into the Batman comics but I do love the movies.


I always loved the classic TV show with Adam West, but that's partially nostalgia from growing up watching it. Which movies do you prefer - the Nolan ones, the new Justice League ones, or others?


I enjoyed the animated series as well as some of the new ones, my kids and I enjoy Teen Titans Go!


The classic animated series was fantastic. I haven't seen the newer ones, but I've only heard good things about Teen Titans. Can't say the same about the new "Titans" show, though.


I heard about Titans not streaming on DC Universe's streaming service but haven't watched it. Have you seen it yet?


I've only seen the trailers for Titan and to me they pushed the "dark and edgy" so far it made me cringe. I haven't heard many positive reviews either, so I'm holding off unless things start looking up.


Oh well, maybe it'll be good, if not kids still have Teen TItans! Haha, well it was nice talking to you, I've gotta run now, bye!


When one thinks about the definition of the universe, one must include space and its contents, but also the dimension of time.


Yes I agree. It's interesting that some scientists theorize that universes are subject to Natural Selection, kind of like how species evolve on Earth


True.  It makes sense that when something cataclysmic occurs, something weaker is destroyed.  How about the theory that there is only one electron in the universe.  Surely that is not a serious theory.


Yes I don't know about that theory, or the theory that the universe is one giant hologram, even though I know that's what Elon Musk believes


I did not know that about Musk.  Also, the fact that there are stars cold enough for a human to safely touch them.  Surprising!


I would definitely touch one of those Stars! Do you like Superman movies? Apparently he first made his appearance in the movies back in 1941


I do like him as a character in movies.  I think those early films were animated.  Who is your favorite Superman actor?


I think Christopher Reeve is the best Superman. I don't like whatever new guy they have right now. What about you? Apparently you can't name your son or daughter Superman in Sweden to LOL


I also preferred Reeve.  I like the villain Brainiac too  The comic book writers coined that word.


That is interesting because people still use that word a lot. Did you know Superman was bitten by Dracula once?


No.  Did it have an effect?  I thought only magic and Kryptonite could affect him.


Yes the vampire bit him, but because Superman is powered by the sun Dracula immediately exploded LOL


It takes some imagination to have that happen.  I read that he was originally designed to be a villain.


That is very shocking. Do you read any other comic books? I read a lot that were created by Stan Lee, it's too bad that hes passed away


I read a lot of Marvel and DC when I was a kid.  I have not kept up.  I liked the Batman book character rather than the brooding one in the movies.  They have been around since 1933.


Yes that is definitely a long time. I'm pretty although and even I know that DC stands for Detective Comics, even though that is redundant LOL


Yes.  A lot of acronyms create that redundancy problem.  I don't know if I would brag about having the world's biggest comic book library if I was a university.


No I'm shocked that they allow people to read those Comics because I know a lot of them are worth money too, I want to read the Marvel published "generic comic book" though it sounds really boring but it's probably funny


That generic book makes me curious.  I am going to look it up later.  It allowed them to trademark some words.


Yes that was very smart of them. Do you know if they trademarked the word Excelsior? apparently Stan lee would always end his phone calls with that word, it definitely his trademark


I don't know.  I doubt it though.  Nice Chatting!


I think I would be lying if I said yes, I have a passing interest in poetry at best.


Haha same here. Did you know there is a poem that when read normally it's depressing, but read backwards, it's inspiring?


That must take a lot of effort to create.  Like those pictures that look like one with from one angle and something else from a different one.


I agree. The Japanese alphabet, when recited in order forms a poem.


Intentionally?  I can name the odd poem but it was never really taught to us in school and I find it hard to appreciate.


Not sure if that was intentional. I saw almost all of the Hobbit character names are taken from old Icelandic poems.


I would struggle with English poems, Icelandic are definitely not for me.  I understand poetry used to be in the Olympics.


Me too.I once saw a guy named Demetri Martin wrote a 224 word palindrome.


You watched him write it?  I'm guess NBC would not want to broadcast a poetry writing contest if it were still in the Olympics, not much drama, so to speak.


Again I have a passing fancy, we put up bird feeder outside the back window, that is about it.


There's an extinct Dodo bird that is actually in the same family as the pigeon.


The fate of the Dodo always makes my wife cry.  They appear to have been so trusting, which is what to their demise.


Yep, very very trusting birds. Some birds fly all the way from Alaska to Northern Mexico without sleeping.


I'm the same when I fly, on planes that is, I just can't get comfortable.  I understand some birds, like Ravens, a very smart.


Same here. Most birds have hollow bones so they weigh less to fly.


One bird that always makes me laugh is the Australian Lyre bird, you should look it up on Youtube if you have never seen it.


Haha yea I heard it can mimic sounds of cameras, car alarms, and chainsaws. LOL


If you get a second watch the video, it is remarkable how accurate it is.  I'd never heard of it but an Australian friend of mine was fully aware.


I will take a look at it. It was good talking to you. Take care!


Hey would you ever go to a poetry stage? I don't really like poetry myself so my answer would be no


No I'm pretty bad at poetry, I suck at writing patterns of rhyme


Well don't despair, poetry has been around since about 25 BCE, and even the name is taken from ancient Greek and means "making"


Yea I remember reading some Greek poetry in school like the Odyssey, the Greeks really liked their poetry


Yeah they did. It's interesting to that one poet wrote a poem that when read forwards is depressing but when read backwards it is very inspiring


Yea that's pretty amazing, it takes a lot of talent to make a depressing poem inspiring when read backwards


Haha yes I agree. Do you know what a palindrome is by the way? Apparently Demetri Martin wrote a palindrome poem that is 224 words in length


I think it's something to do with words being the same after a certain pattern but w/e it is I couldn't write a 224 word Palindrome


On a different topic what do you think about Birds by the way? I did eat a chicken for dinner and it was delicious


Birds are pretty awesome, they are technically dinosaurs so I find it fascinating to see living dinosaurs


Yes I agree, it's very crazy that they can range in size from 2 inches to over 9 feet


Yea, it's crazy birds were the only dinosaurs to survive the extinction event 66 million years ago but they are hardy species


What do you think about the dodo bird? I'm kind of sad that it is extinct but at least it is related to pigeons


I would love to of seen a real dodo, they look much cooler than pigeons


Yep I agree. It's crazy to me that bird bones are actually Hollow and weigh less than their feathers


Yea that is pretty amazing, so are the birds who migrate straight to mexico from Alaska without sleeping


Yes I wish I could stay awake that long LOL, what do you think about hummingbirds that steal spider webs? They use them to make nests


Pretty cool, I guess the webs must help keep things together in the Hummingbirds nest


Another topic, do you think we will ever go to Mars? Apparently you would have a higher sounding voice on mars because of the difference in atmosphere


Probably not for a while due to all the iron oxide and other hazards on Mars


It's weird that there is bacteria that could actually survive on Mars, I don't think there is life on there unfortunately though


I don't remember it well. Tony Stark is an industrialist/engineer who comes up with a suit for combat?


Robert downey jr does a great job at playing tony stark


He gets paid so much! Such a life change for a guy that went to prison for drug problems. The other cast members in the movie are great, too.


I haven't seen the recent ones. I'm not big on superhero films, though I did like the Deadpool films. It was a shame that Stan Lee died.


Yeah, stan lee was awesome!  He's an animal!


He always ended his phone conversations with the word Excelsior! Not sure why though. I guess it sounds cool. Do you follow GoT?


Game of Thrones is an HBO series based on a novel by G. R. R. Martin. This year is the final season. Huge following!


That's cool it's filmed in Ireland.  ALways wanted to go there


It costs like a million an episode. One of Charlie Chaplin's descendents is in the series. Would you name your daughter Arya?


i like the name... but woulld not name my daughter a trendy name


I would name my daughter Hodor, in honor of the giant who says only his name.


LOL... ummmmm ok! There's also a descendant of charles dickens


Yes, I wonder how many descendants Dickens has. Might quite a large number. Half of London, maybe.


It's crazy howmany countries they've filmed in


I think it's part of the charm of the series. The writers must have a lot of fun choosing interesting backdrops.


yeah of course, and good for the actors that get to go to all those countries!


Tourism goes up in the countries where the filming is done. I would think that governments would do what they could to attract GoT episodes.


True! Funny how theres a show about lions using the GoT charecters


I think National Geographic is trying to milk the trend. I doubt people watch it for that, though.


Hello, do you like the superhero movies?


I have seen the first one I think. Is that the one where he has that thing in his chest and flies around? haha


Yes, that is the first one. DO you know who produces it?


From what I recall, that was a really good movie! I'll re-watch it, because I remember that I enjoyed it a lot! That film grossed $585 million on a $140 million budget to prove it!


Yeah Marvel for sure made a lot of money off that movie. Do you have an interest in animals?


Yes I do! Quite a lot of interest actually! What about you?


Yes me too. DO you know how many animals are in the world, individuals?


I didn't but had to find out! It's 20 quintillion animals on this earth! That's crazy! The number broke my brain! lol


I do not even know how many zeroes are in that number , to be honest


same! I'm horrific at math! lol So, I just found out that in 2002 Germany became the first country in the world to give non-human animals constitutionally guaranteed legal rights! Wow, we should do the same! That's good to hear that any country did that! We have a lot of animal abuse and neglect issues that  might be addressed if we did so.


That is very true and it is sad so maybe we can remain hopeful since there are governments in other countries who are doing something about it


Ernst Haeckel who divided the animal kingdom into 2 classes, animalia and protozoa, also happened to make some of my most favorite artworks ever! You should check out the animal diagrams that he created! They are so good!


I sure do! :) Do you? I have cats, dogs and fish! But I've had a huge amount of "animal friends" throughout my life! Also I'd love to get chickens if I had the space, so that I could raise them for eggs. I aspire to be a kind of farmer. That is to live with a bunch of plants and animals. lol


Yeah, I have a dog and I heard  that they develop white patches on the forehead if they are domesticated but I have not seen it in my dog


Interesting! Yeah I have a black dog and I guess I'm going to be checking her head for white patches later on to test that theory! :)


Yeah. Do you know why we still have hiccups?


An overlap of the time when we had both gills and lungs


Oh wow! That's so cool! I'm really into science stuff, I'm going to look into that! Hard to believe that life has been around on earth for over 650 million years! Such an amazing thing to think about! It's been a real pleasure chatting with you! Say hello, to your dog for me! :)


Hey. You watch the Olympics? How cool are the skeleton helmets!


Hey, I watched some of the Olympics. Those skeleton helmets are very cool


Yeah kind of like a mix between Game of Thrones and Dracula!


For sure. Do you like the movie Iron Man?


Yes I love that movie.Tony Stark plays Iron Man so well!


He is a very good actor. Did you know Downey Jr. only made 500 thousand for Iron Man, but made 10 million for Iron Man 2?


Wow what a huge contrast, well deserving though he is the man behind the success! Stan Lee created Iron Man because he thought no one would like him!


Stan Lee is awesome. Stinks that he passed away recently. He lived a long good life.


Yeah he was a mastermind behind all the comics. Did you know the first ironman movie was filmed without a script?


Oh wow that's amazing. Tony Stark's captors are revealing the entire movie plot in a language called urdu in the beginning of Iron Man.


So cool. I also really like animals. There are about 20 quintillion individual animals on earth!


That's a ton of animals! There is a lawyer in Switzerland who represents animals in court.


Power to the animals! Germany also protects them as they were the first country to universally give animals constitutional rights!


That's hilarious! There's a jellyfish that can live forever.


Wow. blessing and a curse I suppose. I hate getting the hiccups but apparently its from early evolution of having both gills and lungs.


I agree. That's funny, I didn't know that about hiccups.


Yeah. There are also cool animals on TV like in Game of Thrones or in other words A Song of Fire and Ice.


Animals have a dominant paw like humans.


Oh I wonder if most are right paw dominant like us? There is actually a show on nat geo about Lions and they are portrayed as Game of Thrones characters!


I wonder as well. That would be cool to see that show. What a good idea.


Yes. GOT is actually financed by Ireland to increase tourism!


Have you seen the Black Panther? I wanted to see it but never got around to it.


Nope. I haven't.. I heard it was great. I think it came out in 2018.


It turns out the Black Panther is the richest superhero.


Dang, I figured Bruce Wayne would have taken that spot. Marvel Comics made a good profit too..


Black Panther is at $500 billion apparently, and Bruce Wayne $80 billion. Not sure exactly how that is calculated.


I heard Michael B Jordan did a great job acting as the Black Panther.


And Chadwick Boseman couldn't afford to go to a prestigious summer theater program. He got funding through a private benefactor who actually was denzel washington.


Denzel is awesome.. I was sad that Stan Lee a creator of the comics had died last year. Whose your favorite character?


I actually am not really into superheroes. I guess I would say Superman, because I used to like to watch the Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman when I was a kid. How about you?


I actually like Blue Ear because of the story behind the character.


Hmm, I haven't heard of that one. I find it interesting that Marvel offered all their characters to Sony for $25 million and that offer was rejected in 1998.


They probably lost a lot of revenue. Blue Ear was created because a 4 year old was uncomfortable wearing hearing aides.


That's an interesting story. Yes, I am sure they lost a lot of money since all sorts of superheroes are extremely popular these days.


I guess you could look up the reviews on Rotten Tomatoes to find the good superhero movies.


Yes, Rotten Tomatoes is a good resource. I just learned it is owned by Warner Bros.


They seem to own everything. Michael Bays movies have an average rating of 38%.


I can't believe that Spykids got a 93% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. I didnt' feel it was that good.


I don't like Spy Kids at all. I thought it was too hokey.


Yeah, it definitely wasn't fun for me. It has a better rating than The Dark Knight Rises, for instance, which is surprising.


Netflix has 150 movies available with a 100% rating. It seems Netflix is the way to go.


I do subscribe to Netflix but I find I run out of stuff to watch.


Hi, how are you? I like movies! Do you??


Hi! I do love movies as well! In fact, I loved Black Panther and do agree with the fresh eating on Rotten tomatoes as well as the 100% rating it got on the first 50 reviews!


I ain't seed the Black Panther film yet, but I knowd that it got nomanated for a prize or something.


David Ehrlich from Indie Wire said it's the first superhero movie that "flows with a genuine sense of cultural identity, memory and musicality" and he couldn't be more accurate!


I guess I shold ought to see it then. It sounds real good. Is it based on a comic or something?


It is based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name. But Black Panther himself actually made his debut in Captain America: Civil War in 2014!


I dint see that one either. There are alot of superheros out there and a bunch of films with them. Marvel? Is that the batman, and the superman?


I honestly don't know. But I do know, surprisingly enough, That Black Panther is actually the richest superhero with an estimated networth of $500 billion. That's more than Bruce Wayne and Tony Stark combined! That is crazy, isn't it?


I guess any thing is possable in the superhero unaverse. I could be rich if i were a superhero.


So true! Speaking of money, Marvel actually offered 5he cinematic rights of nearly all of its characters to Sony for $25 million but they would only purchase Spider-Man's rights for $10 million thinking movie goers would only like him. Boy, was that a mistake on Sony's part!


Boy, they WERE dumb. $25 million? That aint hardly nothin for Sony.


Agreed! I think it's also crazy that Disney doesn't own the rights to the characters like Spider-Man,X-Men, Avengers, etc. in theme parks on the east side of the Mississippi river because of a contract they signed with Universal Studios back in the 1990s!


That is a odd legal scramble over those characters. I think that it would be better to buy them all and not have the confusion.


Agreed. Speaking of legal scrambles, Marvel was successful in their court arguments that mutants weren't people and thus, were able to pay lower rates on X-Men toys instead of higher rates for the dolls simply because they're not technically human. I thought that was funny!


I agree. Totally. Funny! It's a good idea to be human in the US, but not if you're a doll. I see now how I should proceed if I get a species change in the future.


Ha! No kidding! Since we're on the subject of comic book characters and movies, are you familiar with Rotten Tomatoes? I never knew until recently that they were owned by Warner Bros.


I use Rotten Tomatoes for many things. They got rid of the best parts of it though. Now its just got regular movies on there. Still, its good enough.


Agreed. I think it's sad that Michael Bay's average movie rating on Rotten Tomatoes is an abysmal 38%. That's bad for such a big name director.


He is good with the special effects and such like. He knows how to blow up things. Boom! 38%


Ha! So true! And then, no video game based movie has received a rating over 44% on the site either. That's sad as well.


That sounds wrong. Those movies have a loyal fan base. I figure something must be good in there.


So true! And I thought it was surprising Spy Kids received a higher rating than both The Dark Knight Rises and Lincoln. Spy Kids got a 93%. Now that is unbelievable to me. Ha! Well, it was nice chatting with you today. Take care, friend!


Hello,  have you ever seen Black Panther?


No I haven't, but from everything I've seen I think I should. Have you?


Yeah,  its a great movie!  Kinda slow at first then it picks up. Did you know Black Panther is the wealthiest super hero?


No, I didn't. But I'm really curious to know more about the technology and economics of Wakanda.


Yeah its really advanced,  they even have a sort of healing bed,  that would be super amazing if we had that.


I'm really interested in post-scarcity themes in science fiction, so I need to watch it for sure.


Its on Netflix right now,  you should before they take it off lol


Have you watched any of the other Marvel movies?


I'm not normally much of a comics or superhero person. Have you?


Yeah I think I have watched all of them lol Did you know there is one character that both marvel and dc own?


I didn't. But I wish there was less intellectual property over characters and it was easier to mix them up in fanfic.


Yeah.  I guess.  I hear marvel created a super hero called blue ear for a 4 year old boy who didnt want to wear hearing aids.


That's cool. I like the idea of regular people seeing themselves more in comics.


yeah.  Do  you know Michael Bay?  His average rotten tomatoes film rating is 38%?


No, I've never heard of him to be honest.


He is the director of most of the Transformer movies.


No.  I heard that it was the first film ever shot in digital imax.


Interesting. I have not watched it either. I wonder why it caused an increase in shawarma sales.


I don't even know what a shawarma is.  I suspect it was shown in an attractive way in the film.


I believe some kind of sandwich in pita bread. It's amazing that the voice actor who played jarvis in the iron man series and avengers hasn't actually seen the films


It sure is!  Marvel has sure made a mint out of their group of characters.


Yes.  At least I have. I originally started with DC comics but the Marvel characters seemed more nuanced.  They really got some big league actors in that Infinity film including Robert Downey Jr. and Josh Brolin.


Have you heard of Blue Ear? This superhero was created for a four year old boy who was uncomfortable wearing hearing aids. The boy told his mom that superheroes don't wear hearing aids so Marvel created one.


That is neat!  How about "The Lion King" being dubbed into Zulu for its African release?  That is also neat.


That is cool. I like that Frozen was the first animated Disney film directed by a woman. It sure was successful.


They used to have to draw animation frames by hand, so they also reused some in movies in the 70s.


Yeah, I can imagine. Drawing by hand requires a lot of effort.


Yes.  That undoubtedly made each frame costly.  Disney is one of the Big Six film makers, and of course they do things that are not animated.


No.  Marvel hocked all of their hero rights to borrow money to build their own production company.  It became successful or Merril Lynch would have owned the rights.


Hmm, interesting. Did you know there is one character owned by both Marvel and DC named Access? His purpose is to keep both companies' universes separate. I have to look into that.


I have not heard of the character.  The name does not make the superpower obvious either.  Marvel did not start using the name Marvel until 1961.  They were Atlas Comics before that.


So Sony rejected a deal to purchase all of the rights to Marvel characters for $25 million. THey only bought Spiderman for $10 million thinking that audiences would only care about him.


There have been a lot of such offers that were not accepted then looked like bargains in hindsight.  I guess you were right about Disney acquiring Marvel Entertainment.  Sorry for the misinformation.


That's okay. Yes, I guess they acquired Marvel in 2009.


Good Morning....don''t know anything about Avengers or Infinity War....but I'll try my best on it. Your views?


Good morning, I saw the movie, and thought it was pretty good.  It contains alot of different superheroes that have to work together and try to stop the bad gut Thanos from getting all the Infinity stones.  Having all of then allows him to instantly kill off billions of people on Earth.  Spoiler Alert: He gets the stones and some of the people killed are even some of the most beloved superheroes.


Wow! Wait a sec....I did see one of those Avengers movies. (Can't remember which one). But, I liked the Robert Downey Jr. character (can't remember his name) But, Simple Minds "Don't You (Forget About Me)" is a pretty awful song.


I agree with you about the song! All I think is a Molly Ringwald 80s movie.  Well, anyway what's so funny about Robert Downey Jr. is that he hid food while he was on the set and the crew could never find the food he hid, so they just kept letting him do it.  Some of the scenes in the movie are  some of the food he hid.


LOL...Was Robert Downey's character called "Flash" or something? I can't remember, been years since I saw it. Too many of these movies have flooded the market with so many characters, I can't keep up. I'd never download a Jeremy Renner app though. Dont need all the ads that probably come with it.


Robert Downey Jr. is Tony Stark AKA Ironman.  And I have too many apps already, I couldn't download another, if I wanted to!


LOL...thanks for the info. Man, I don't even remember that character name, but I loved the first movie with him. Perhaps I should seek out more of those movies, good escape entertainment.


The little kid that lives next door to me loves the flash, though.  I see him in his costume zooming around in their yard all the time.  Too funny! Have you ever watched Disney's Big Hero 6?


Nah....haven't seen it. I'm 61 years old and those movies like the new Avengers: Infinity War rely on your knowledge on the characters to truly follow along with the plots. Heck, I can't believe this is already the 19th film from Marvel Comics.


Hey, you're never too old.  I'm a grandparent myself! Lol I did see Big Hero 6 with my grandsons and it's a good little cartoon movie.  Fantastic graphics it was made using a 55,000 core supercomputer.


That;s probably the reason why I don't get caught up in those movies. I don't have any children, let alone grandchildren, I bet they keep you up on what's going on with these Marvel Comics films. I wasn't even much of a comic book reader when I was a young man.


Yes, they do that!  Do you remember watching Disney's, "The Jungle Book"?


Now, you're talking more my speed...LOL. Yes, I liked the Jungle Book as well as more of the Walt Disney pictures.


Well, I only found out recently that the four vultures towards the end of the movie that sing were based on the Beatles.  Isn't that funny?


Wow! The Beatles are my all-time favorite band. It's been years since I saw the Jungle Book, but sort of remember that end of the movie. I'm gonna have to watch that Walt Disney picture again...put a smile on my face.


Yes, it is a classic for sure and I too love the Beatles.  Have you ever seen the Pixar move,"UP"?


I've never even heard of it. What's it about?


It's a Children's cartoon movie, it's kind of sad, to me.  It's about a little old man that ties balloons to his house to float it to his and his dead wife's favorite place.  I always wondered how many balloons it would take to lift a house, if that's even possible.  You hear of people strapping theirselves in lawnchairs with balloons tied to it, but a house, I bet that would take many balloons to lift that?


LOL....I hear ya, I haven't given that much thought. But, just what you said reminded me why I loved the Walk Disney pictures as compared with the Marvel films. The Disney Pictures always pulled at your heart strings and were more sentimental than the BOOM-CRASH action films. That's perhaps why I loved them.


That is so true, Disney is a master at that!


You're great to chat with, glad you controlled this one. Knew very little about Marvel Comics or the newer films. Have a Great day, and hope to run across you again in these chats.


Hello there, I do, I love movies.  How about yourself?


I do. I am a big Disney fan. I even like the movies in the 70s despite them recycling a lot of animated frames.


Yeah I love movies from the 70's and especially the 80's.  Disney made a ton of good movies in the 80's and 90's.


Thats about the time that they started working on Wreck-it-Ralph. That's a really long time.


Wow, that is a long time to make a movie.  I don't think most people realize how long some of those animated movies take to make.


I would think a year. Do you like the marvel movies?


I think they are ok, but I have not seen too many of them.  How about you?


I have seen a lot of them. I liked the Avengers. Do you know any characters or actors from that movie franchise?


Not really no, but I do know the characters from the X-men series, I grew up watching those cartoons.


I just learned that marvel paid less for x-men toys because they are not human, they are mutants. How interesting.


Wow, I'm sure there was a court battle and a lot of money spent over that issue.


I did not know that, but that is a smart move.  They can release as many superhero movies as they want then.


What is really interesting is that they do not own them east of the Mississippi due to a contract with universal studios


Really? That is very interesting.  Did you know they created a superhero who was deaf and needed hearing aids?


I did not know that. I also did not know that there is one character that is owned by DC and marvel whose sole purpose is to keep the companies universes separate. I wonder what character it is. DO you know?


Really, no I don't know.  But I wonder why they would do that and what Marvel thought when DC started that character.


They are both worth so much money. There must be a legal reason for it. Sony could have purchased them all for 25 million 20 years ago but decided not to.


Yeah think about that decision not being made, and like blockbuster buying netflix, crazy how some things pay off and some things don't.


It was nice chatting with you, I learned a lot of new things.


Yeah same here, I hope you have a good day.


Hello. Do you use Google much? A single Google search is so powerful!


I love Google, it is the #1 search engine, how about you


Yes I love it too. I mention that it was a powerful search engine. A single search requires more computing power than it took to send Neil Armstrong to the moon.


That is so crazy to think how far technology has come. I click enter in Google and I have more power than that!


It really has come along way. Google maps even tracks traffic by tracking how fast android devices are moving.


wow lol, that is awesome. Did you hear about their headquarters?


Are you referring to the fact that they haven't goats mow their lawn instead of people LOL?


right, you think they would help the economy more and hire a lawn crew or something lol


Yes good point. They have so much traffic on their site. In 2013 Google went down for about five minutes and took 40% of web traffic with it.


wow, I bet that is true! What do you think of their self driving cars?


I think they are fascinating and likely the future. Nevada thinks so too because they're the first state to allow self driving cars.


wow, I think it is scary allow AI to drive for me, but I think it will be the future of cars in my opinion


YesIt will free up a lot of time I hope. Mercedes-Benz creative self driving car in the 80s. I thought it was more of a recent thing.


Wow, I never knew that. I am one of the 75% of people who are scared of self driving cars, are you?


That is a lot of people. I think I am in the minority and I am not scared by them. I am more excited by them.


that is awesome, I think that number will change more and more they become popular. It will be like cell phones probably, you need to have one eventually


Yeah I am definitely looking forward to getting ones in the future. It would almost be like living in a video game. Speaking of video games they used to be called cathode ray tube amusement devices.


Video games sounds much better, lol! I love video games!


No doubt about that I do too. A lot of people do actually, as a planet we play 3 billion hours of video games a week. Well I really enjoyed this chat.


I enjoyed this chat as well, time to go play cathode ray tube amusement devices! Enjoy your day!


Yes a lot. Do you know how much a single search takes in terms of power?


Yes more than in took to take Armstrong and 11 others to the moon


Yes. Do you know how they calculate traffic?


Yes they take the average of devices as they more around


Once they hired goats to eat the grass, pretty cool


Yeah I know. Did you hear of that time GOogle went down for 5 minutes?


Yes and took down 40% of the web with it


Yeah that just speaks volumes on how powerful and used it is


Yeah. what do you think of self-driving cars?


They are cool. Nevada is the frist state to allow them


Yeah. Do you know which game they are using to advance them?


Yeah. Do you know who was the first person to have an unlocked iPhone?


That was George Hotz who built a self driving car in his garage


Yeah. Mercedes created self driving cars in the 80s


Yes and they went 1200 miles at 109 mph successfully


Yeah that project was called the prometheus project


Yeah. Did you know that many people are afraid of self driving cars?


Yes more than 3/4 of people. Nice chatting with you


Transportation seems to be the focus theses days. Autonomous cars are taking over. Nevada was the 1st state to get onboard and allow self-driving cars.


Hmmm. thats a good question. I know the benefits are huge...increased traffic flow, better mobility for those who don't drive like children and elderly...they're making strides everyday.


It scares the heck out of me... machines can't be trusted with our lives like that... plus the joy of driving is something I'm not willing to give up...


& 5% of Americans feel the way you do. Mercedez-Benz built a self-driving car in the 80's. This was called the Prometheus Project.


Good for Mercedes, but based what I know about that techology is still flawed... based on white lanes on the road and sensors around the vehicle... what if it snows ? or it's so cold the sensors will go crazy ? no no no... sorry ;) there is no way I'm getting into car like that ;)


Actually, self-driving cars IMPROVE safety. Advanced control systems with high tech sensors help to safely operate the car without the factor of human judgement errors. Sounds good to me.


Ok - how does a car know to change the lane ? I mean how does the car knows it's IN the lane and when it will be in the right lane after changing lanes ?


Technology is amazing. Just like we have technology such as GPS that knows how to guide us, self-driving technology is mind-blowing.


GPS is different. The worst that might happen is You get lost... but with self driving technology ? You can die... It's way too dangerous...


When I think of all the drivers who get into accidents by making unsafe lane changes, not detecting objects in blind areas and so forth, I feel that robots are much better at detecting these things.


That's a valid point - but once a person is making that mistake it's his own - and his own responsibility AND the punishment will be just for that man. Who will take responsibility for a faulty batch of cars ? And another thing, don't You feel like we are giving our freedom little piece by piece ? They want to control us... how fast we drive, they want to know where we are all the time... what if they will take control of Your car against Your will... it's just a scary concept for me...


Understandedly!! People have the same thoughts as related to cell phones and Alexa and others. Self driving cars also help to keep others safe...by making sure that you share the road safely with others.


I do share the road safely with others... if somebody is not, he/she should be send to re-do their driving license... there is too many factors to trust a machine... last year tesla car killed a woman on a bicycle because the sensors didn't work as they should... I mean the person INSIDE of the car was fine and safe but a biker was killed...


I agree that should not have happened. That's why technology continues to advance to make them safer. MANY people kill others everyday...on bikes....motorcycles...pedestrians.. far more than are killed by self driving cars.


Here is my point... this scares me because it starts innocent like this - great, safe technology of the future... sure. BUT what I'm afraid of is that in 50 years, man won't have a choice and WILL HAVE TO use that technology... I want freedom. I love freedom, and I hope we will have both - self driving cars for people who needs it, and regular cars for people that love driving...


I think that whether or not to drive a self-driving vehicle will REMAIN a choice. 75% of Americans are uncomfortable as you yourself are. The battle is on, nonetheless, UBER and Waymo are both fighting for the winning spot in transportation.


Waymo... I don't think I've heard about that one... is there a difference between those two ? Of course they compete... huge money are involved ;)


Waymo is an Alphabet-owned autonomous driving car company. They claim UBER stole some trade-secrets from them. The trial is cutthroat...to them winning is everything...2nd to none!


wow, is that like happening now ? Is that current news ?


They actually reached a settlement earlier this year. The battle still continues on...lol. It was nice talking to you. Emjoy your day.


Same here, really interesting chat ! good day ;)


How's it going, are you into comics? They originated in 18th century Japan


Hey! I was in the past! Yeah it seems like they took off in Japan and was a huge industry by 1995!


It's pretty cool Stan Lee would end every phone call with "excelsior"


Haha yeah that is cool. He created so much. Marvel even published a generic comic book to trademark super-hero and super-villain!


Pretty smart idea to trademark "super-hero" and "super-villain", I wonder how marvel get's paid for it


Agreed they make a ton of money now. They beat out DC for sure. DC comics stands for detective comics by the way.


Lol, Detective Comics comics, it is really redundant


Very! The marvel cinematic universe takes place on earth but in a different multiverse.


Yea Marvel denoted the cinematic universe as earth-199999 in their canon


Interesting. Do you like Marvel films? I loved Black Panther, Ryan Coogler did a good job directing!


Yea Black Panther was great, Chadwick Boseman did a great job as T'Challa


Agreed. The symbols and written script are based on an actual scripts called nsibdi.


That's pretty cool Black Panther incorporated nsibdi scrips in the film


Yeah very cool. The characters name was briefly changed to black leopard in order to not associate it with the party name black panther.


I never knew Marvel's Black Panther came out before the Black Panther party


Yeah I didn't know that either. I also love the movie Deadpool and I saw both the first and second. In 2004 reynold read the comic and though he was destined for the role!


Well the Deadpool comic described himself as Ryan Reynold crossed with a shar-pei


Yeah that explains it. The voice of the mystery villain in deadpool 2 is actually ryan reynolds!


That's pretty cool. Did you know the Deadpool video game cost more to make than the movie?


How is that even possible!! Apparently Deadpool 2 is the 11th installment of the X-men film series.


Neat. Well I have to go, nice chatting with you


Have you heard about the Puerto Rico Strong anthology of comics?


never before this is my first time, have you?


Yes. All the profits go to United Way of Puerto Rico. It has a lot of stories about Puerto Ricos history.


Sounds interesting doesn't it? Specially given the great writers behind the comic. And it's a great cause as well. Have you seen the Black panther films before?


Haven't seen it, but heard good things from the critics. I know it came out this year and was made by Marvel.


Yes correct, I've seen the first but have yet to see the second. Given their intentions and the great writers do you believe it will have an impact on the public's perception on Puerto Rico and its history?


I think it might. Especially after the hurricane that hit there. They had a lot of economic problems before it hit.


Yeah, I hope so too. Given that they still seem to be struggling from the Hurricane to this day. It's interesting how they are implementing comics for this. Its interesting how popular they became in the US and UK even though they originated in Japan.


Yeah, it was a great move for them. And the cover artist was Naomi Franquez. She did a good job.


Yeah, for sure. Hopefully the general public hears about the history behind the Jones act and the struggle the Island has had economically, specially from their own point of view.


Yes. One of the co-creators had worked on Deadpool. It's good they got such amazing people to do it.


Hopefully an impact is made. I cant believe how Deadpool became one of the highest grossing r-rated films of all times, I knew it would be big but not this big.


Wow. Caught people by surprise. There was a lot of diversity in the Puerto Rico Strong project, and a lot of diversity in Deadpool 2.


yes, didn't know about that before this. I find interesting how Super Hero movies like these can implement actual cultural artifacts like the writings on the script that originally originated from Nigeria. It's just amazing, hopefully this new comic book also has interesting facts like these as well as serves its intended cause.


Yes. It's good to learn about cultures. MSU (Mich State U) has the largest available comic collection in the entire world that is available to the public.


Yep. how so many offered to answer the call for such a project speaks a lot about the Puerto Rican people like Schwartz mentioned.


Yeah. They really wanted to do it. for Puerto Rico. It was thanks also to Lion Forge. They were the publisher for the comic.


Yeah not only the people but these organizations like Lion Forge who will match the first $25,000 and Diamond Comic Distributors also donating 5 percent of retail sales to United Way of Puerto Rico .


Yes. Comic books really do mean a lot to people. It's interesting that dc stands for detective comics.


Oh yeah, I was thinking the same. Never crossed my mind to even think about what DC stands for. I just hope that all their intentions become reality and the people of Puerto Rico at the end of the day benefit from this. It was nice speaking with you about an interesting topic like this.


Yes. Thank you for the conversation on this topic. It was intriguing.


Hey there what do you think about Puerto Rico? You think it should become a state.


I'm on the fence. I see good points and bad points. I'm more concerned with the devastation the destruction they've had from Hurricane Maria.


Yeah it sounds like it was really bad over there. I guess they started a comic book about Puerto Rico to help raise money


Yes, I heard that too. It's called Puerto Rico Strong. I can't remember who the donations go to though, do you?


Yes they go to the United Way of Puerto Rico. I think that's a good cause. And also the donations will be matched by other


Yeah, that was it. I'm not a big comic book fan, but this is such a great cause. I like h ow they are involving so many Puerto Rican comic book writers and they write about any topic to bring awareness to Puerto Rico.


Yeah I agree. Definitely a good cause. Would you read comic books outside of the Puerto Rico comic though? I only watch comic book movies myself


No, not really my thing, but when I was growing up, my Dad had a collection from his younger years that he would pull out from time to time and we'd read through them. They have changed so much over the years. They've been around in the US since 1933.


Yeah that's impressive. that's definitely a long time, it said Stan Lee passed away, I love that he would end his phone conversations with the word"Excelsior"


That's funny! There are so many fun facts! Like MSU has the largest comic book collection in their library.


Yeah I didn't know that. I actually have friends that went there and I never even heard that they had a comic book collection. Do you like Marvel or DC Comics more by the way?


I like Marvel. Have you seen Black Panther? It was based on the Marvel comics.


See black panther. I was shocked to learn that he is actually the richest superhero, even more wealthy than Tony Stark who is Iron Man


Really?! I didn't realize that the character black panther predated the founding of the black panther party.


I didn't know that either. I also didn't know that the symbols used in the movie were based on real written symbols from the 4th Century, that is impressive


That's pretty cool...I wonder how many movies have been made based on Marvel comics. Do you know of any more?


Yes there's Iron Man, Captain America, and they're coming out with Captain Marvel soon. Personally I think there are too many Marvel movies coming out though LOL


lol...Yeah, my son likes them, but not me. I think Deadpool was another one. Also, another one I didn't see. lol


Oh Deadpool's actually really good! I like knowing that the main character in Black Panther gave thanks to Denzel Washington, because Denzel lent him money back in the beginning of his career


I didn't know that! That's pretty cool. There were some really good actors/actresses in Black Panther. I actually may take the time to watch that one. lol


Yes it's worth a watch. and you should see Deadpool 1, but maybe not Deadpool 2, I thought Deadpool one was a lot better personally


I thought it was pretty good. The character is the richest superhero with an estimated 500 billion dollars.


That's impressive. I always thought the richest was Tony Stark.


He is close - 100 billion dollars. With bruce wayne at 80.


I guess you need a lot of money to be a superhero these days.  Do you know if they are going to make a sequel to the movie?


I don't know, I would think so. It was really popular.


Seems like I saw the character, Black Panther, in the movie Captain America-Civil War.  Was he in it?


I'm not sure - I haven't seen that one.  Have you seen Deadpool?


Sorry,  I haven't seen that one either.  Was it good?


It was okay. There are so many superhero movies these days. It's the eleventh movie in the x-men series.


I didn't know it was part of the x-men.  I have seen a few of those movies.


I actually haven't. I know Ryan Reynolds is in Deadpool and I like him. I just haven't gotten around to seeing it yet.


He is funny. I liked him in that movie with Sandra Bullock.


It's good.  I think it's where she's his boss and has him pose as a boyfriend and then end up falling in love.  If I'm right, Betty White is in it too.  You know, Ryan Reynolds actually worked on the script for Deadpool.


Yeah he did. Well it was nice talking to you.


Good how are you? Do you like horror films?


I do I did not know it exsisted for over a century


Surprising that ET was originally supposed to be a horror movie


i cannot believe that, and maybe if I watch it I can loose 180 calories


Have you seen inception? That was supposed to be horror as well.


I saw it a long time ago so I don't remember much, but I remember I liked it


I did watch jurrassic park and I thought the dinosaurs were in it for more than 15 minutes.


I saw that too- kind of cool that an elephant roar was the primary sound used for the trex roar in the movie


its hard to believe the fim only cost 63 million to make


Even though it was called jurrasic park - the dinosaurs from the movie were almost all from the cretaceous period


so I guesss jurrasic just sounded better then


Yeah I guess so - I think sounds a lot better than "cretaceous park" haha


chris Pratt sounds like a nice guy going to see sick children


I haven't heard of that - is that a new movie he is in?


No he is the actor and he goes and does charity work


Oh oops I read your sentence wrong. Yeah that is nice of him.


I wish some one could CGI a six pack on my body like, like chris pratt got offered


He gained 40 pounds when he was dating Anna Faris because she likes to cook


Yes I do watch hockey. Do you ever watch the Special Olympics? Did you know that they first started back in 1968


Wow, I did not know it has already been 50 years!


Yes it's been a long time! And apparently they wrote about it in the newspapers and used language that would definitely not be politically correct today


Yeah, imagine if social media was around then.  I knew Chicago was where it originated because my co was headquarted there.


Oh that makes sense. What do you think about swimming by the way? You ever watch it on TV or in the Olympics


I am terrible at self propulsion through water haha.  I like watching it on tv though


Yeah swimming is fun to watch. It's crazy that there was a swimsuit that was banned because it was so good and in fact, it was used by 94% of all athletes in races haha


The US has almost as many gold medals in swimming as the entire world combined!


Why we must have some really good swimmers! And I know that Michael Phelps is really good, he has more gold medals than 80% of all countries in history lol


Oh wow.  Cornell students must pass swimming test to graduate!


That is interesting! I know that where I live you are also required to pass a swimming test in school, what is interesting too is that when people say that you can freestyle swim everyone just does the style called the front crawl because it is the most efficient


How about bounding hands and feet and swim like a dolphin?


That sounds really scary lol. Speaking of sports, what do you think about hockey? Did you know that the women's Olympic hockey team lost to a high school boys team


Yeah, the Dolphin thing is a competition too.  That is crazy about the womens olympic team.


Yeah that is very shocking. It's also shocking that back in 1932 India beat the United States 21 to 1 at hockey, I didn't even know they had a team haha


Wow.  I would have quit.  Did you know they lose 8 lbs in one game of hockey?


I didn't know that but that is awesome! Maybe I should take up hockey haha. Do you ever play tennis by the way


I play it badly.  Did you know they used helicopters to dry the field in 69?


Haha well that is a good idea. It's also weird though that before 1978 you could use any object as your tennis racket, and not just a designated tennis racket you could theoretically use a sledgehammer I guess haha


Whoa, I would have used a car door then haha.  Nice talking to you.


Yes nice talkin to you. Also make sure to watch the longest point in tennis history, it was a 643 shot volley that lasted for almost a half-hour lol


hey did you know that Canada's national sports are hockey and lacrosse, would have just thought it was hockey personally haha


I knew that hockey was their national sport, I didtnt know a country could have two lol, but its good to know.


haha ya, I play tennis do you? the longest tennis match was spread over 3 days that is so long!


Wow that is a long time to play a match, I wonder who won lol, after 3 days I guess both players wanted to give up, there hasnt been a black champion since 1968


haha ya I would be so sad to be the loser, I like the ingenuity of using a helicopter to dry a grass tennis court though that would probably work great haha


I agree lol, although that is an expensive way to dry a tennis court, do you know who Gael Monfils is?


nope I haven't heard of him. What is he known for?


Well he is tennis player and apparently a natural one, he learn how to play a few days beofre facing Federer and ended up winning the match, a lot of talent


wow that is crazy! Federer is like one of the best too, I think it's funny that polo shirts were actually invented by a tennis player and not polo players


Yeah he's a legend, imagine getting beat like a rookie in that way, and that is funny the name of the player was Rene Lacoste, wonder if he has anything to do with the Lacoste brand.


haha ya he does, he invented the polo and was actually a tennis player which is cool, I wear polos all the time what about you?


I do as well and it never crossed my mind a tennis player invented them, I wonder how much weight tennis players lose in a match? I know hockey players lose about 8, maybe its a similar physical effort


ya that is a good point, tennis is very tiring I know I sweat a lot and definitely lose weight when I play, do you play any sports?


I like to swim, I think its a great sport, works all the muscles in the body, what about you?


well I do like to swim, I haven't swam in a long time though, I've heard that it burns a ton of calories because the water is cold and your body has to work hard to keep you warm too


Yeah it does, its one of the most completes sports actually and you know the US is the leading country in swimming olympic gold medals


nope I didn't know that, I do think it's weird that hockey rinks and basketball courts can switch spots easily, thats how they do it at sports stadiums


Yeah, talk about taking advantage of a court lol, its good they use that space for other sports when hockey is not on season,


ya that is a good use of space, crazy that canada scored 132 goals in the first olympic games, I wonder why they are so good at hockey


Maybe because its one of its national sports, a lot of people interested in playing and a lot of support towards players


that's true, I want to be the guy that was traded for $1 only to win 4 stanley cups later on the new team, his first team must feel really dumb for trading him haha


I cant believe its been 50 years. Thats really awesome


It is, the 50th anniversary was hosted in Chicago, I think its great to promote sports, disabled people have the right too.


Yeah, im glad we are trying to end discrimination. Not just in sports but other aspects as well


Yeah its a great thing, it demonstrates that the world choses to include everyone, Bank of America is one of the sponsors of the event.


They have been helping out for 30 years!


Its sad how 70% of Americans with disabilities seek employment but only a third of them find one, there should be more inclusion.


At least bank of America is helping out. They have more than 300 individuals with disabilities on the support team.


yeah they do contribute a lot and help a lot of disabled people, they provide work that has to do with warehousing, print services and others.


Even 100 of the employees are athletes in the Special Olympics.


Really that is so cool, I heard Erin Bailey is one of them and also Tyler Kennedy, both won medals at the Special Olympic games.


Nearly 350k people with disabilities entered the workforce in 2016!


I think its a good step, but more improvements need to be done, I think more businesses should follow the example of Bank of America then a real difference can be made.


I like swimming, not sure I understand your question but I do like it,


I meant how! oops. Im a slow swimmer. I would like to try that banned suit.


There is a banned swimming suit? I wonder why they did that, maybe its was an indiscreet suit.


It won 94% off all races in the 2008 olympics. More than Michael Phelps has golds over countries!


Oh so thats why, it makes sense to ban it after that, the US has also more gold medals than the rest of the countries combined


NBA star Tim Duncan was almost an Olympic swimmer. But he was scared of sharks. Wonder which career he would of been better at.


I have no idea I don't really know who he is I'm more of a tennis fan.


Swimming is the best exercise and make muscle relax.


Never really been into swimming myself.  My kids swim though, I'd like to get them one of those banned swimsuits that must make them go quicker.


I also like swimming in river is very nice. You like to swim in pools or river.


I used to prefer the sea until I got stung by a jellyfish.  Do you play any other sports, tennis maybe?


I know some about tennis. Who is your favourite player.


I've always liked Federer.  I once went to Wimbledon when I was in England, saw a whole bunch of tennis and can't remember a single players name.


Ok. There is a type of competitive swimming where the athlete has their hands and legs bound, and swims like dolphin.


That sounds like drowning to me! I like that Cornell University makes students pass a basic swim test.  Imagine being best in class and then failing because you can't swim.


So only America scored more gold medals in swimming compared to the rest of the world..


Like I said my kids swim, when we go to events there are so many kids doing it there must be millions in America.  Their coach says other countries don't take it a seriously.


yes, It also very good habit for the teenager because While swimming we get more oxygen to brain it make ourself active and focused.


Yeah, I like that the kids swim, it exercises all their limbs.


Yes, It make more active brain and good habit are hard to form and it make self-discipline and focused on single thing.


Have you ever player Hockey?  I'm not good on skates so it never tempted me, I'd be dangerous with a hockey stick in my hand.


When i am kid was hit by hockey ball. On this incident i always only watch hockey. I am very afraid.


Those pucks look dangerous flying around.  I understand that most other countries understand hockey to mean field hockey.  I guess it depend on if your country is cold or not.


Canada is the only country in the world with two national sports, lacrosse and ice hockey.


I guess they can't decide.  Just like the arenas that are both hockey and basketball, I wasn't aware they had the basketball court on top of the ice.


Ice hockey is very interesting, but they are playing very aggressive


I guess they sweat a lot, they can lose eight pounds in a game.


Sure, They want to run throughout the game.


I have to get the kids up, have a good day.


Not as much as I use to.  U.S. movies tend to be strong on special effect and weak on acting.  I do like a good sci-fi that is well acted.


I enjoy how scifi films incorporate fictional science based depictions of phenomena that boggles peoples minds.


I agree, but not something so far-fetched its unbelievable.  I like the science to be futuristic, but realistic enough to appear attainable.  I also like sci-fi based on books, like Hunger Games.


How about more serious films like a space odyssey?


Space Odyssey is based on a short story titled "The Sentinel".  So, it has a place on my favorites lists.  How about Sci-Fi books?  2018 had some winners.


I tend to watch scifi movies more. Did you know that scifi films have become even more popular since star wars and nasa even has a list of accurate space terms to help writers write scifi stories?


Considering the imaginary concepts (e.g. Star Trek transporter), I think it is good that NASA emphasizes real definitions for actual terms and concepts.  What I find interesting is that some Sci-Fi actors may no longer be regular actors but still have high earning at conventions signing autographs, etc.


Well that explains why fan conventions are tremendously lucrative for actors, making 100K+ in one weekend


I wonder if the NASA list has a definition for "Hyperloop"?  As of late, I have not heard much about Elon Musk's hyperloop tunnel in SoCal.  Do you think it will work?


Elon Muzk has founded many innovative companies and the hyperloop tunnel was such a type of plan he would have. I have rather been hearing more about his aerospace company spaceX


SpaceX id definitely a leader in private space transportation and exploration.  It also highlights Elon's weird (and expensive) sense of humor.  Did you know he short a cheese wheel into space as a tribute to Monty Python's cheese shop sketch?


I guess he has interest in improv and acting. He even produced and acted in thank you for smoking.


It also seems like the acting bug bit his wife as well.  She made an appearance in the "Inception" movie.  Are you interested in being one of the first to join Elon's first transport to colonize Mars?


The first perhaps, but I think I would much rather go to mars after everything is proven to work


So true,  The first traveler will be true explorers, going in knowing that success, if it occurs, will be a hard fought struggle.  But, then perhaps they can ask the alien commander from 3rd Rock from the Sun for survival tips... LOL


Who knows? Maybe they will teach Elon musk how to build a vertical take off supersonic, electric passenger jet that he so desires to build


He does have a vivid imagination and deep enough pockets to dream that big.  But, some of his antics are humorous.  In a way they remind me of a old British comedy Sci Fi TV series "Red Dwarf".


I enjoy the Red Dwarf too. I enjoy comedy in general since it encourages laughter and focuses on humor.


Agreed.  I have a reading list on my e-reader.  Glancing over it, I see I am weak in Sci-Fi.  So, I am thinking of adding some new releases.  Have you read any write-ups / reviews for "Sophia of Silicon Valley"?


I recently heard that that it offers a surprising insider's look, also succeeding as a roman clef. In any case, I will also consider reading this book. Thank you for your time chatting today


I like the way the author has rubbed shoulders with Steve Jons and Elon Musk.  She probably got good insights from people accustom to "pushing the boundaries".


Indeed. Another reason I will check out the book


Oh, yeah, I've seen them both! Really enjoyed them, although some of the "fourth wall" breaks got a little over the top in the second one... still, lots of fun!


It's the highest grossing r-rated film of all time.I haven't watched it yet. Looks scary.


Hmm... weird.. could have SWORN Passion of the Christ was the highest grossing R rated film... but maybe not..


Passion?  Yes, it is.  It was very controversial for being rather graphically violent.  (Some argued gratuitously so.)  You know, speaking of Deadpool, crazily enough the video game cost more to make than the movie!


Yeah, a LOT of money goes into the development of video games these days.  In many ways they're bigger businesses than movies!


Yes, true. It use to be just toys based upon movies. Now the video games have a life of their own.


Oh, speaking of superheros.. did you know even Garfield was a superhero for awhile?


I use to watch Garfield but didn't know that.


I didn't either, and I used to read the books when I was younger.  They had a book series spinoff called Pet Force which had him as his friends as superheros...


Speaking of superheros and all that.. did you know that Stan Lee (RIP) wrote 15 DC comics?  I never knew he'd ever written for DC...


He's the guy who created the X-Men, Fantastic Four, Spiderman, and one of the original writers of Marvel comics.  He also had a cameo in all the Marvel movies.


But yeah, he was a big star in the comic book/superhero world.  And speaking of stars, do you know there are stars that are cold enough to be touch by the human hand?  Weird to think about when you consider our sun is a star...


I've read that. Do you think earth was ever a star?


I got my doubts, but dunno enough about it to say for sure.  I've heard somewhere that it was once a lot smaller and got hit by a large asteroid which upped it's mass a whole bunch...


Maybe I will look into that. It was nice chatting with you. Have a great afternoon.


Actually, I haven't. I've been meaning to, but I am watching the MCU in order, and haven't made it to his movies yet. Ironically, the Deadpool video game was more expensive to make than the movies.


I haven't seen it either, but I want to. I saw Deadpool described himself as Ryan Reynolds crossed with a sharpee.


That was what lead to Reynolds thinking he was getting the role. Nothing like literally having it drawn out for you.


Agreed lol. The voice of the mystery villain is actually Ryan Reynolds.


Have you read any of the Garfield Pet Force comics?


They are cute. Garfield and his friends are superheroes.


Oh very cool. I would like to read that then. I saw there is a comic series about fixing collateral damage created by superheroes.


I haven't heard of that one. Have you heard of Normalman?


I have not heard of Normalman. Who is that?


He is the only person on a planet without super powers.


Very cool. What super powers does he have?


Well, as he is the only one without any, he has none.


Ahh ok I just saw he didn't have powers. That would be lonely then lol.


I doubt it, he has plenty of company. There are over 300 superheroes registered in the US. I'm sure hes friends with many.


Wow that's a lot. Do you know much about the universe?


Not too much, other than there is  theory regarding the universe being one giant hologram.


I have heard that too. There is a theory that the universe only has one electron.


I guess there are some stars that are cold enough to be touched.


Definitely. Well, it was good chatting with you. Take care.


Yes, I did!  I loved both Deadpool movies!  I think it is hilarious in  2004 that Deadpool described himself as a cross between Ryan Reynolds and a sharpei!


haha ya I'm so glad they got him in the role, I was happy that both are rated R and not pg-13


Yes, the most surprising part by far of the first movie was how inappropriate it was.  I loved that!


lol yup I agree, I like it much more than the Avergers movies


Me too.  You know a movie is going to be good when both James Cameron and David Fincher read the script and champion the project.


you're right about that theyre both great directors, do you know who did the mystery villain voice at the end of deadpool 2 btw?


haha yes! did you play the deadpool game btw? Its actually really good and cost more to make than teh first movie!


I have not played it, maybe I should check it out.  That is shocking considering Deadpool is the highest grossing R rated movie not directed by George Lucas or James Cameron!


haha it is shocking! what other superheroes do you like? apparently there are 300 that are registered in the USA which is a lot to choose from


I was am a huge fan of all the Batman movies.  I would have loved to see Garfield as a superhero.  There was a spinoff of Garfield named Pet Force which featured a gang of superheros along with Garfield.


haha ya that sounds cool to me! did you know stan lee actually made some comics for DC? Im shocked he alwayd did stuff only with marvel


That is really cool  I was very saddened to hear that Stan Lee passed away a few weeks ago.  He was a pioneer.


ya I agree I miss him, I want to read the comic about the the collateral damage that is caused by superheroes that sounds interesting


That does sound interesting.  I am more interested to learn about normalman, the only person on a planet of superheros without power.


lol I would read that too, what do you think about our universe though, do we live in a big hologram?


It is so deep to even contemplate.  Some say that only one electron exists in the universe.  Mind boggling stuff!


yes I agree! I don't know how that works, or how a star could be so cold that you could touch it!


Some scientists think that, like Earth, universes are subject to natural selection and darwinism.  Puts a whole new spin on things!


wow yes it does! I also wish we could explore outerspace more, there is apparently a part of outer space that is pulling on our currenty galaxy


hi how are you? what do you think of this universe of ours?


I think the universe is very fascinating! what about you?


I love learning about science. i think it is interesting to hear all the theories of the universe.


I agree. Have you heard about the theory with the universe and natural selection


I guess it makes sense? better universes with better laws and constants would be more robust?


Yes, it is crazy to think that universes evolve through natural selection much like different species do on earth. I have never thought about it like that.


I wonder how our universe is doing. is it going to be around for another billion years? lets hope so.


I hope so too! Have you heard that the universe may be one giant superhologram?


if so, then are we just tiny holograms? am i chatting with a hologram?


I hope not! That is freaky to think about.


We could all just be illusions. some god dreams, and we are part of the holo-dream.


That is crazy. Have you heard about cold stars?


I have not. cold stars? i thought stars were hot.


I did too. But apparently there are stars in the known universe that are cold enough to be touched by the human hand.


i guess that could be interesting. i would rather mars. or the moon.


I think that stars are fascinating. many people do not know that our sun is star.


I know. I feel like you learn that in middle school though.


Yes, they should know that, but some people sleep through most of school. anyway, great chat.


Haha true. I bet Sir Isaac Newton did not sleep in school!


I am! Are you?  Have you seem the  young Han Solo movie?


I have seen it.  Actually watched on Netflix recently.  I liked it!


Nice!  I have not seen it yet.  I was just reading a review on it actually.


It's worth checking out.  The combined box office revenues from all the Star Wars films have brought in over $8.5 billion dollars!


That is a lot of money!  Did you know that 20th Century Fox agreed to forgo a $500k directing fee to let Lucas keep the licensing and merchandise rights?


I wonder how they feel about that now.  Lucas pulled one over on them.  The entire franchise is estimated to be $65 billion dollars!


I know! It has cost them billions and made Lucas himself a billionaire.


Cha-ching!  His wife Marcia, won an academy award for editing the first movie!


That she did.  George however did not win for directing.


Right!  James Earl Jones only spent 2.5 hours recording all of the lines for Darth Vader's voice for the first movie.


Yup, and he was paid $7500 for it.  Not bad for 2.5 hours worth of work!


Not too shabby.  lol  Did you know that Han Solo was a tie fighter pilot prior to piloting the Millennium Falcon?


I did not know that actually.  Did you know he was an Imperial lieutenant before his friendship with Chewy?


I did know that!  You didn't see the movie yet so I won't want to spoil how he became one. LOL


lol  Christopher Walken was considered by George Lucas for the part of Han Solo in the original movie.  He might have been pretty good in that role.


Probably would.  Al Pacino turned it down because he could not understand the script.


Do you know any facts about planets you would like to share?


If Jupiter's moon Ganymede orbited the Sun it would be considered a planet!


Now that's interesting!  I had a good time chatting with you!


Good evening. Did you see the new Solo Star Wars movie? I thought it was great!


I thought it was okay... I'm curious to see what the original directors were doing with the product before they got fired for "creative differences".


Yeah me too. I just love Star Wars in general. I especially loved the first one in released in 1977!


Yeah, it was a huge part of my childhood growing up!  They say the whole franchise is worth like $65 billion now


I believe it. Apparently George Lucas' wife had some input on the films.


Yeah, I heard that!  Many have stated that it was her editing and idea inputs that really saved the first film.  She even won an award for editing the first movie.  They maybe should have brought her in for the prequels!


Wow yeah she deserves all of that. Star Wars was the first major film dubbed in Native American. It really is popular in all cultures.


Like him or not, you gotta admit Lucas's business smarts.  He forgoed a $500k fee on Star Wars to keep the merchandising (ie toy) rights.  That move made him a BILLIONAIRE.  Cause, what kid didn't want those toys in the 80s?


Wow interesting. Yeah a major powerhouse. James Earl Jones was only paid 7500 for voicing Vader! He missed out!


Speaking of Star Wars, could you imagine Bill Murray in the role of Solo?  They say he auditioned for it!


Haha no way. I'm glad he didn't get it. Al Pacino also auditioned and turned down the role.


Dunno if it's true, but I heard somewhere Nick Nolte also audition.  That might have been kind of funny... esp since he always has one scene in every film where he gets all exasperated with everything... lol


Haha hilarious so true. Add Christopher Walken to the list as well as he was considered!


I read in an early draft that Han Solo was supposed to MARRIED to a Wookie.  The heck?!/


Haha that would have made things interesting. I like the star wars world but I also think our planetary system is interesting. Venus for example, does not have any seasons!


I did not know that!  Yeah, the space is really interesting.  Did you know you could git every other planet between earth and the moon?  As Douglas Adams once said, "Space is big, really big!"


Whoa very smart words. Jupiter's moon would be considered a planet if only it orbited the sun!


Speaking of Jupiter, do you know it would be impossible to have manned space stations in it's orbit because of all the radiation the planet emits?


Oh that sounds very cancerous. Interesting. Uranus doesn't though and it actually rolls around the sun.


Speaking of rotating, there's a planet that orbits FOUR different stars.  Gotta google that sometime..


Wow I def need to look that up. But I also need to stay away from the planet that precipitates shards of glass. Well it was lovely talking with you I hope you have a great evening. Goodnight!


Have you seen the young Han Solo movie?  It is great!


Yes, I thought so too.  I just read something that said the robot was the best part.  I don't agree.


Nah I really like Alden playing Han Solo - he's young and handome


He did a good job.  I thought the cinematography was excellent too.  I don't understand how it got such a bad review.


I am not sure - I loved Chewbacca as well - what a great character!


Yeah.  Maybe people expected a total Star Wars duplicate.  It's its own movie.  It did have a George Lucas feel to it...


Without a doubt - it is a new story.  They had bradford young doing cinemagraphy - it has to be good right?


Yep.  I was surprised to learn that James Cameron was a truck driver that, after seeing Star Wars, decided to get into the film industry.


That is pretty crazy.  All of the first 8 movies in the series were nominated for Academy Awards - that is amazing for a bunch of sequals


Yes it is.  George Lucas said that the whole Star Wars saga is told by R2D2 about 100 years after the Return of the Jedi.  I didn't know that!


I had never heard that either!  What a great idea!  The series holds the Guinness World record for the most successful film merchandising franchise.  They have sold a ton!


So many things have been produced for Star Wars.  DId you ever see the Family Guy versions?  So funny...


I have not - that is pretty unique.  I think its funny that Al Pacino could have been Han Solo but he turned the role down


Also Bill Murray auditioned for the part.  I just can't see anyone but H. Ford now.


For sure - though if George Lucas had made Han Solo a large green alien maybe so


Or a wookie.  In the original Star Wars I guess he was secretly married to one.


He was secretly married to a wookie?  Really?  Was Chewbacca jealous?


I hope not.  I would hate to see him angry.  I loved Firefly, there is supposed to be a toy Han Solo in every episode.  I totally missed that.


I have never noticed a toy.   I wonder what solar system they were in?  It seemed to have a lot more than our own 8/9


Don't know.  Apparently there is a planet that orbits 4 stars. That must be one weird orbit.


That would be a very weird orbit - I wonder if it tilts or has seasons?


What did you think of Solo: A Star Wars Story?


While I am a fan of the franchise, I heard that it failed to gross more than 29million


Yeah,and it only had one third the size of its normal audience during opening weekend.


While I don't think the quantity of people of who watch a movie during the opening weekend is any accurate indicator, I have heard mix reviews of the movie


Some people think it's a bad omen for the Star Wars franchise and the rest of Hollywood because it tells about consumer's moviegoing behavior.


True. When a major release is having such a low turnout, it usually means the worth of mouth and interest is lacking.


The big drop on the second weekend also tells a lot.


Indeed. It is especially troubling when there were no other major releases since at that problem its a you problem


Yes, this ratio has been very accurate in predicting the overall box office of the spring and summer period.


Do you think there is an emerging trend of less people interested in seeing films immediately after they are released in movie theaters?


I think so. Is Netflix to blame? I know I'm not interested in going to the movies anymore!


I don't know. Personally I do enjoy going to watch movies in theaters, but I don't feel an need to go as soon as it is released.


Then again, what about the success of Black Panther and Avengers Infinity War?


Perhaps Marvel is just doing better than star wars


They made that box office year up seven percent. It's a similar ternd for the year before but by August things had cratered out and the box office was down.


Currently, the star wars franchise is worth 65 billion. I wonder how these recent releases will affect the star wars franchise


It's the fifth highest grossing media franchise. I would have thought it would be higher on that list


I mean George Lucas became a billionaire off the merchandising rights along for the original star wars


He has his wife to thank for some of the little details in the original star wars film. She got the academy award for editing the film.


When I can. I prefer to watch TV series though. How about you?


I like both.  Did you know disney considered shutting down their animation studio after sleeping beauty was a failure?


I didn't know it was a failure in the box office since I loved it as a little kid. Disney doesn't always make the best choices though. Its treasure planet was the most expensive box office flop of all time.


ouch,  that sucks.  although,  I never watched it.  What disney movies do you like?


I like all of the animated ones, haha. I guess Tom Hanks does not know about box office failure. He is the highest earning box office star of all time.


Good for him.  He is a great actor,  I cant even think of a movie he is in that sucked lol


It's difficult to predict what will flop and what won't though. 20th Century Fox was convinced that Star Wars was going to flop. George Lucas said that he would forgo a $500K directing fee so he could keep licensing and merchandising rights. The decision cost fox billions


Since valentines day is coming up,  I heard Silence of the Lambs came out on v day in 1991 and made 270 mil at the box office hahaha that doesnt seem like a valentines day movie.


No it does not, haha, though,  I wouldn't mind watching a superhero movie like Avengers Infinity War. It's the first film to be shot entirely with digital imax cameras.


That was a great movie,  the second one is coming out soon!  You should watch the others to catch up lol


Yeah, that sounds like a fun Valentine's Day actually. The Avengers caused an increase in shawarma sales. Did they eat shawarma in the movie?


hahaha Tony Stark says it at the end of one of the avenger movies that he wants to eat shawarma after a huge battle,  i think they show him eating shawarma a few times after that


Interesting. I remember watching the original hulk when I was little. The actor who played the hulk in that series has been voicing the characters for decades.


Yeah probably the only way he gets work,  I havent seen him in anything else.


Speaking of voice work, the voice actor who played Jarvis in the Iron Man series has never actually seen the films.


yeah thats pretty funny.  He has a good voice.


The waitress that Captain America saves in the Avengers was also the voice of Gretchen in Recess


I actually dont know that show recess, and I dont think I know that actress,  is she good?


I am not really sure. Interesting how there is a lot of overlap in voice work and acting though.


its been fun talking to you,  have a good one, bye.


Good afternoon.  Yes, I do like Star Wars.  How about you?


I liked the first three films. The ones after that, not so much. I'm amazed that Al Pacino turned down the role of Han Solo because he couldn't understand the script.


Not the great Al Pacino? I'm glad he turned it down, I can't picture him being Hans Solo!


George Lucas originally intended Solo to be either a large green alien or a black man. I figure Sam Jackson would have been good for that.


Yes, he would have.  He would have put his extra special spin on it for sure. I had heard that Christopher Walken had been considered by George Lucas as Han in the original Star Wars and I can't picture him, either.


Walken is a bit too dark. Maybe something imperial for him? Then again, Han Solo was an imperial lieutenant before his companionship with Chewbacca.


I didn't know that!  I still find it hard to believe that 20th Century Fox thought Star Wars would flop.


Lucas had done a tremendous film before Star Wars. I don't know why they thought a sci fi film would do badly. Maybe they didn't understand the story.


Well, that was a big mistake on their part, but it made him a billionaire.


licensing and merchandising rights for 500k. Lucas knew that the toys and t-shirts would sell.


You know, I still have my original Star Wars lunchbox and thermos from when I was a good.  It's in pretty rough shape, but I would never part with it!


Too many memories. Too much nostalgia. James earl jones spent only 2.5 hours recording all of darth vader's lines for star wars and was paid $7,500. I wonder how much he made on residuals.


I hope more than $7500, that seems like a low amount for such an Icon of the franchise.  Everybody knows Darth Vader's voice!


In 2013, Star Wars was dubbed in Navajo, making it the first major film to be dubbed in a Native American language. I wonder if JEJ had anything to do with that.


IDK, I wonder if James Earl Jones had anything to do with that, as well?


Could be. Maybe he learned to pronounce Navajo. He has such a distinct voice.


I wonder if George ever got mad because his ex wife, Marcia won an Academy award for Star Wars and he didn't?  That's kind of funny.


I guess that could be a source of tension over the years. He really never got recognition from the Academy, but I guess he'll have to make do with billions.


I'm sure he's crying all the way to the bank, as well.  But, I'm sure she got her share of that too!


Great chatting with you as well.  Good day!


No, but i have heard that Jo Nesbo just wrote a version of McBeth set in 70s in Northern England.


His "Macbeth" takes place in 1970s Northern England, where a drug lord named Hecate (a stand-in for the three witches) defies both Police Chief Duncan and Inspector Macbeth.


Yes a little bit. He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon".


He is a great dramatist that influenced a lot of people, like Joe Nesbo.


Pocahontas and shakespeare were alive at the same time and died only a year apart. Thats kinda amazing if you think about it.


To think he invented the names of Miranda, Jessica and Olivia, he was good at giving names.


Yes that a cool fact also. Do you like being out in the sun?


Yes, I do like the sun, I like the heat, especially in winter.


But it is surprising that a lightening bolt is hotter than the sun.


Yes but it does The sun is only 1 billionth the size of the biggest star discovered in our galaxy


The universe is so big, even in our solar system, Neptune just completed its first orbit around the sun since 1846, the year of its discovery.


Yes I read that Its diameter is about 1.39 million kilometers, or 109 times that of Earth, and its mass is about 330,000 times that of Earth the sun is . So cool.


Also it is so massive that the energy created from its reaction take between 10 000 and 170 000 to get to its surface.


wow its been nice talking to you. Thanks.


You too, what do you think about Jane Austen ? Mark Twain did not like her.


Yes I like what I read. Talk to ya later.


Nintendo is over 100 years old.  Did you know it had been a playing card company?


hi, no I didn't know that! I love Nintendo


They produced a lego knock-off when they were a toy company


Cool! Theres a long history behind the system


Nintendo even owns the Seattle Mariners and a 3ds app lets you order food right from your seat


Oh WoW! That is awesome! you know they could lose 250 million bucks every year and wouldn't run out of money until 2052!


Wow!  Do you follow tennis?  They used a helicopter to dry the grass tennis courts for the 1969 us open


Cool! I love tennis! Until 1978 a tennis player could use ANY item as a racket! How strange!


That is very strange!  The longest tennis match was 11 hours over 3 days.


Whoa, that takes endurance! Soccer makes more money than Tennis, football, basketball, golf combined!


Polo shirts were invented by rene "the crocodile" lacoste and then only later adopted by polo players


Interesting! I did not know that. Some believe that grunting before a shot in tennis is considered cheating! hahaa


Could be distracting I guess.  The universe may be a giant superhologram.  That sounds strange.


Cool! I love the universe it is such a mystery! it once was completely opaque!


One theory says there is only one electron in the universe.  That is strange


Really??? I wonder how that could be possible! Weird.....They think the universe may exist inside a black hole...kinda scary!


There is a region of space that may be pulling galaxies outside what we can observe


New details were released on Super Smash Bros. Ultimate for Switch and it includes every single playable character in the franchise's 19 year history


WoW, That is cool! If you could fold a piece of paper in half 103 times....it would be as thick as the observable universe...strange!!!


How is that?  A character name Waluigi is a bizarro version of Luigi.  That's strange. Have a good one!


The sun is quite fascinating. Don't you agree?


Absolutely. It is a hot star at the center of the Solar System, after all.