That meant 10000 people saw the ad he said.


Yes, a win-win. And it took only 40 days after it was listed to get those views. Good  innovative idea.


Other realtors gave tacos or wore panda suits!


Right? And it took Kristin Gyldenege, the realtor, only 24 hours after she posted images from the risque photo shoot, for 20,000 people to click on the listing. Successes.


Do you know who published the comic Black Panther is based on?


OK.     I know it is part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, so would guess it was Marvel.


Yes, I really like director Ryan Coogler.


I thought the movie was really well done. It exceeded my expectations.


I also really enjoy stars Michael B. Jordan and Chadwick Boseman.


They did a great job in that movie. I thought Michael D Jordan did really well as I do not normally like him. Boseman was awesome!


I was surprised to hear that Black Panther is actually the richest superhero.    Always thought that was Batman.


It's that vibranium money! I would take either amount though...


Speaking of Chadwick Boseman, did you know he has a past with Denzel Washington!


Denzel paid for Boseman to go to an Oxford theater program, then they met at the premiere of Black Panther.


Wow, that's crazy. Did you see Wonder Woman?


I did.    I find it amazing that the flick is the highest grossing WWI movie!


Yeah! She debut as the Justice SOciety's secretary! How sexist...


True, but that was way back in 1941!    Did you know Gal Godot was actually in the Israel Defense forces?


I heard that. I think she was perfectly cast in that movie. Anyone bigger would have taken away from the movie.


Can you imagine Meryl Streep - even a younger one in that role?


I am not sure I could see her in that role. I see her as to regal now... Am I right in thinking that?


Perhaps, although her first film role was in a sports movie.


I did not know that. Nice chatting with you!


NO I have not see it yet but I really want to. I know its an all African American cast and historic in that way.


Yes. It was pretty good.  I won't share any movie revealing details then if you haven't see it.  The Blank Panthers has an estimated $500 billion dollars and is the richest superhero.


Wow. I know it's the richest superhero in history too. The Marvel Comics character black panther was not named after the Black Panther Party. Which I just learned.


That's correct.  The symbols and written script from the movie are based on an acutal script called nsibdi.


Amazing, I love when things are historical in a movie because it makes it more believable. Chadwick Boseman was accepted in to a prestigious summer theater program at Oxford University but couldn't afford it.


I see that he secured funding through a private benefactor who turned out to be Denzel Washington!


Oh wow, noway! I didn't know that part of the story. How cool would that be! Washington made a good investment in the guy who turned out Black Panther,wow.


Yes!  and over 20 years later Chadwick thanked him in person at the premiere of Black Panther.  Did you see the Wonder Woman movie?


SO cool. Yes, I love Wonder Woman. The actress who plays her Gal Gadot didn't even know that she was auditioning for Wonder Woman at the time she was doing it.


Yes.  I found it interesting that she served 2 years as a soldier in the Israel defense forces so she kind of had exprerience for the role.


That's an amazing personal history not many people have, really incredible. Gal Gadot thought that day she auditioned that she was trying for Catwoman. That is sort of funny. SHes just that good.


That is funny!  Wonder Woman is both the highest grossing superhero origin movie and the highest WW1 movie too!


Neat! I never heard that fact before. I am also a huge Meryl Streep fan. Her first film was a sports film which seems like an odd fit but she made it work, I guess.


I've always liked her!  She auditioned for the lead role in the 1976 King Kong movie.  The producer said she was ugly.  What an insult!


Oh yeah and the funny part of that story is that she speaks Italian fluently! So she responded to his insult in his own language.lol


Right!  lol  She has been nominated for an Academy Awawrd 18 times!


Yes, she has received 31 Golden GLobe nominations , winning eight- more nominations and wins than any other actor.


Meryl Streep's daughter is also an actress. She plays the fbi agent on Mr. Robot, Grace Bummer. That's a good legacy.


Sorry I hit the enter button by accident.  I didn't know that.  How interesting.  I seen where Stanly Tucci make Meryl cook with him to prepare for Julie & Julia.  Neat.


Yes, they cooked together to really get into character. I bet that food was incredible to snack on during the making of the film!


I would have been hungry all the time smelling that on the set!  lol  I have to get running.  It was nice chatting with you!


Hello there, no I have not seen it yet but I really want to.  How about you?


I haven't either. It must have been a good movie. Black Panther is the richest superhero.


Yeah I can't imagine there being super heroes more wealthy than Bruce Wayne and Mr. Stark but I guess there is.


Apparently Black Panther is worth $500 billion but Tony Stark is worth $100 billion and Bruce Wayne $80 billion.


I think it's cool that the symbols and script in the film are based on an actual script called nsibdi.


Yeah that is really cool, I like when actual facts and real history are used in movies.


But apparently they censored "praise hanuman" in Indian releases thinking they would get backlash for a villainous character praising a hindu God. They thought that it was empowering, not insulting.


Yeah and it's always hard to predict how people will react to things.


Right. What do you think about Wonder Woman?


I think it is very cool that the movie was a big success.  I think it gives young girls something to cheer for instead of just the male superheroes, what about you?


Yeah I think so too. Gal Gadot who is the new wonder woman, actually served two years as a soldier.


Yeah I think I have read that before, that is impressive.  I heard she was really good in that movie as well.


It's funny that she did not know she was auditioning for wonder woman. She thought she was trying out for cat woman


That is pretty funny, do you know what year the original wonder women made an appearance?


It's been a long time! I believe it was 1941.


Good call!  Yeah I guess she was originally their secretary in the justice society.


The success of Wonder Woman has taught Hollywood that boys happily accept a female superhero.


Exactly, and yeah the money tells all about that, I know that movie did really well!


Movies need to be objectively evaluated due to their cultural fluency, nuance and context. I guess Wonder Woman and Black Panther are successful in those aspects.


SOme things. do you know who was the one that opposed the internment of japanese aerican during WWII?


Yes that was Ralph lawrence, cannot believe he was the only one


I know right? When texas elected their first female governor other stated did not even ave the amendment in place for it


WOw they were ahead of the game it seems yet we do not think of them as such right?


yes they sure are. In 1934 North Dakota declared martial law and decided to secede from the US


Wow. DO you know where Schwarzenegger lived when he was Cali governor?


Yeah he travelled to Sacramento every day by a private jet


WOw what a waste of money and bad environmental impact at the same tme


Yup pretty much. Did you vote in the last election?


I sure did, In India they set up a voting poll for a single guy who lives in the forest with tigers


Wow scary. Astronauts actually vote from the space


That is so neat. In Alabama one third of the black males are not allowed to vote


I think that has to do with the felony law policy that prevents them from doing so


Yeah so sad. In Texas on the other hand they are voting to rename the garbage dump


Hahha so funny. In the UK not all men could vote until 1918


I wonder what prevented them from doing, maybe class and ranking in society


I wonder , maybe. Do you know how officials were selected to office in the middle ages in Venice?


Yes that was by lottery and it worked so well for them


Yeah it seems so. James Buchanan had a boyfriend that the others in the office called his better half


WOw. Did you know there is no Walmart in NY city?


Yes and that is because local unions do not want them there


hi how are you? what do you know about mars?


I am well and know nothing about mars, other than it is the red planet. do you know a lot?


I do not know much. it is the fourth planet from the sun. it is named after the god of war.


I did read that it is called the red planet because of the reddish iron oxide on its surface.


Yeah, the sunsets are different there too. the atmosphere makes them blue. not much air on mars though.


It has the impact craters of the moon and the valleys, deserts and ice caps of earth. How interesting!


It looks like a place we could live, but i think it would take some work.


A lot with all of that thin air! I wonder if it is actually possible.


we would need atmosphere converters, plus some source of water, which might be there. the gravity would be lower and the year would be longer.


Does that mean I would be lighter on Mars?


Yes, but your muscles would probably atrophy too.


That would be problematic. Sound shave a higher pitch on mars than they do on earth.


Yes, we would sound a bit silly on Mars. But that would make life there more bearable, i think. LOL


WOuld a colony is expectd on Mars by 2023.


I think that is a bit ambitious. traveling there is a huge headache. then you get there and what? is backup or relief coming soon? sounds far fetched.


Can you imagine losing a satalite on Mars?


Yeah, that was a huge mistake. Feet vs. meters. Who uses feet any more? no one. no one uses that system.


Only the US and we are too stubburn to get rid of it.


yeah, but for engineering and science, it seems strange to me. Anyway, great chat!


Do you live in a state where there is a governor ?


Yes I do.  We just had an election for ours that was at the top of national news.


Where I live the governor is mainly a symbol position representing the Queen, nothing like the USA.


Governors have different powers between different political systems.  Schwarzenegger was a Governor in CA!


I must have been tough for him to learn all the political stuff to be governor.


He was surely a "star"!  He commuted by private jet to Sacramento everyday! Our politics in the US is like a sport.


Yeah there must a lot of money in the system when you can ask the Beatles for a campaign song


Come together!!! Great song.  We watched a political fight play out over the temperature in a room.


There is some debates about the ideal temperature of a room between men and women, since they typically dressed differently.


Men seem to drive the temperature. It goes a little deeper though than just temperature.


It goes to what is considered "normal" , and when this normal is driven by a masculine perspective, anything feminine becomes anormal.


Sexist if you ask me.  Did you know that even dry cleaners charge women more for their clothing. --for the same shirt!


The same goes to haircuts, razors and a lot of things.


It seems men are considered to have the "default" body.  But on the flip side, women are considered the "default" parent.


I don't see that as a positive, it only put more pressure on women and less pressure on men.


Gender equality is a pressing issue.  A "unisex" shirt is even cut in men's style.


Shirts have been worn by men at the start, that's why women shirts are considered special. But it should stop.


I suppose some progress has been made.  But not enough.  I am happy to see so many more women in politics.


And they are asking changes for women like Cynthia Nixon when she asked to raise the temperature for the primary debate.


Yeah, that turned into a much bigger debate.  With half the worlds population being women, we sure do need to turn the temperature up!


It is a long fight but it has to be done. Thanks for the conversation.


Great convo!  I'm glad we agree on so many things.


Some stuff. DO you know who the only one to vote againts the internment of japanese american during WWII is?


Yes that was ralph Lawrence, cannot believe he was the only one


Yes. Did you know in Texas they elected a female governor, and that was ahead of many other states?


Yeah they did not even have the amendement ratified then


Yeah. In North Dakota the governor declared martial law in 1934


Yeah. Did you know Schwarzenegger did not live in Sacramento when he was a governor?


Yeah he commuted by a private jet everyday


Yeah what a waste. Did you vote last time?


I did. Do you know how officials were elected in ancient venice?


I have no idea, how? Did you know astronauts vote from space?


That is so cool and in venice they used to be elected by lottery


WOw cool. In the UK not all men were allowed to vote until 1918


Hmm I wonder what restrictions were in place then to prevent them


No idea. In Alabama sadly one third of black males are not allowed to vote


Yeah and that is a permanent ban, they lost the right


Yeahsad. IN Austin Texas people seem to be busy voting for other things


Yeah they really want to vote on renaming the garbage dump Fred Durst


Hhaa people are really very different sometimes. Do you know how officials were elected in Venice in the ancient times?


Yes that was all by lottery and it worked well


Yeah definitely! I love avengers infinity war although some people refer to it as an abusive family which I find odd.


lol that is kind of funny and I can kind of see that. I felt that movie was great and can't wait for the finale End Game


Yes it's going to be epic! Thanos played by Josh Brolin is such a brutal character.


For sure, so thrilling when he is on screen. Avengers created a notable increase in shawarma sales after its release


That is interesting why is that? Because Thanos is a greek name?


I would think that is why. Did you ever read the marvel comics growing up?


Yes sometimes I did. The marvel branding began back in 1961?


wow that was a while ago! Good thing sony didn't buy the rights to all the characters in 1998, I think things would have been different


Yeah that would've change things for sure. And only for $25 million dollars. Surprising.


Right, I wonder how much Disney bought it for a few years back. I did hear disney didn't get complete rights to some of the characters


Yes you are correct. They don't own the rights to show big Marvel characters at theme parks east of the Mississippi.


I wonder why that is, that is interesting for sure. Stan Lee will be missed for sure. Did you ever hear about the superhero named Blue Ear?


Yes Stan Lee may he rest in peace. Blue ear was created for a four-year-old boy who didn't want to wear hearing aids. That is really cool.


That is so cool, I wonder if there are other created superheros like that


Yes I'm not sure. Marvel successfully argued in court that mutants are not people and they got pay a lower rate on X-Men toys. Pretty funny. And smart.


that is awesome and great marketing even lol. Were you into the guardians of the galaxy movies?


Yes Chris Pratt is one of my favorite actors. James Gunn did an incredible job of directing it.


I agree, I watched the first one so many times. It was different and very appealing to all senses. Did you ever hear what the China version was translated to?


Oh yeah funny you should ask. Interplanetary unusual attack team. Ha ha that is hilarious.


That is so accurate lol. I like it, it rolls off the tongue lol! It was so nice chatting with you, enjoy your day!


Have you seen the movie Avengers?  It is an interesting flick


I have not. My daughter says I should. What can you tell me about it?


There is a very controversial scene, where the adopted, brutalized daughter of the Titan is going to reveal a secret to stop him from torturing her sister.


Sounds abusive to me. IS this supposed to make me interested?


He had to sacrifice something he loves to recover the stone.  He sacrifices his daughter for the stone


Bad choice if you ask me. Like, how many of these Marvel movies are there anyway? I like many of the actors, such as Cumberbatch, Ruffalo, Johansson, but I am way behind on storyline details and I fear too many movies have passed to allow me to catch up...


There are a lot of  them.  I like the Guardian of the Galaxy one but I have not seen volume 2


Yeah. I want to watch those too. I like Chris Pratt. I am also a hulk fan...Ferrigno


Yes the original Hulk was great!  Marvel has been around forever - it started in 1939!


Ok. Someone told me that the Avengers caused an increase in shawarma sales, but what the heck is a shawarma?


I do not have a clue.  I do think its funny that the voice actor for Jarvis has never actually seen the movies


Yeah.  I heard that there was a  Mary Poppins line in GG2. Do you know what that was?


No I do not recall it.  I know that groot first appeared in 1959 however.


I heard that Vin Diesel plays Groot in the film, and they wrote a separate script for him to help give him  a clue about voice inflection for one of his lines.


Yes I can see Vin Diesel struggling with that.  I think its funny that in China they were referred to as a interplanetary unusual attack team!


Gotta love it. I hear Sony was offered the right to Marvel characters for a mere $25 million and they balked. Epic fail.


Absolutely!  They thought that Spiderman was the only superhero anyone would ever care about?  Had they never met a geek?


Right? Can anyone say "comic con?"  But Sony is not the only studio with questionable ideas on this. Disney doesn't own the rights to many of the marvel characters for theme parks east of the Mississippi. Orlando is east of the Mississippi!


Wow that is pretty nuts - Disney World is a huge park!  It is funny there is one character named Access who is owned by both Marvel and Dc who's only purpose is to keep the companies universes apart


A sad reason to exist. Oh well, at least we get to watch it unfold. Avengers: Infinity War was the first movie to be filmed entirely using Imax digital cameras, so it should make for a spectacular show!


Yes - and they are good folks in general - they even make a superhero for a 4 year old who wore hearing aids just so he could relate~!


Hi, do you like the Marvel Comic Universe?


Hi!, I would say I Love... something about super heroes and the possibilities of the universe that marvel movies offer, keeps people wanting more. Do you have a fav Marvel movie?


I really liked guardians of the galacy and black panther. You?


Its hard to choose, I like groot from the guardians of the galaxy but love scarlette johanson in Avengers.


Did you know groot goes back to 1959? I had no idea.


I didnt either! I found interesting how James Gunn really wanted Chris Pratt ( I dont balme him) for Guardians of the galaxy he was willing to cgi a six pack lol


I could use that CGI in real life... Do you know anything about the May poppins line in the movie? I do not recall it.


Me too! haha, I know that the line was ad libbed. Who was your fav character in the movie?


I like Chris Pratt's character's interaction with the Racoons. It always makes me laugh.


Yes! thats true, I do love their interaction too. That movie has alot of great actors I couldnt pick just one. I am a movie aficionado.  Mark ruffalo was awesome, zoe saldana to name a few


Do you know what china/taiwan call the movie?


Interplanetary Unusal attack team. It just rolls off the tounge!


Lol, yea, just rolls off haha I cant beleive how far the Marvel corp has come since their start in 1939!


Yes, apparantly by the early 50's they had generally become Atlas comics and the Marvel branding began in the 60's... its gone through its own evolution.


That's crazy. I did read that there is a shared hero, access, between Marvel and DC to keep the two seperate. Inventive!


That is! thus they are so successful, as an outsider its cool to see the growth but im sure from their point it was a challenge and they fought through until reaching success...gives me hope :)


Agreed. I always feel bad for those who choose a side. I enjoy both sides so I won't choose.


Im happy to be in the middle too, I cant choose. Although fun fact...did you know Vin Diesel played Groot? I think only in one of the movies but still I had no idea!


I had no idea either! Nice chatting with you!


Yes, I do like it a lot. Do you? What about jazz music?


I listen to everything. lol  Viktor Tsoi kept his job in the boiler room of his apartment even after becoming the biggest rock star in Russian history!


Wow, that's pretty good dedication to work! I've heard restaurants with loud rock type music can make patrons choose burgers over salads. What do you think about that theory?


lol I think that's pretty interesting!  For some reason I can see it.  I can't explain it though.  The state rock song of Oklahoma is "Do you Realize?" by the Flaming Lips.


Wow, that's an interesting pick of songs, it's much more modern of a rock song than I'd imagine. I've been in coffee houses where they play both rock and jazz. It's nice. Have you?


I haven't been in coffee shops, but where I live there is a lot of wineries and they have live rock and jazz bands there.  So I can relate!  We're you ever a fan of Whitesnake?


Not a huge fan, but I have heard their stuff. Not bad. What about you?  I really like Led Zeppelin, but I guess I'm not alone.


I like Led Zeppelin.  Be nice if they did a reunion before it's too late.  Whitesnake has had 50 members throughout their history! lol


Wow, that's a lot of members. It would be hard for a fan to keep track of them all! I guess rock music isn't always good in restaurants...Mario Batali's always played it and how he's got a lawsuit on his hands.


Wow.  I didn't know that.  A Hanson song became a most requested track on a Chicago alt-rock radio station because the djs did not reveal the name of the band. lol


Meant to say now he's got a lawsuit, not how, lol. That's funny about Hanson! Did you know Sweetgreen is a salad restaurant chain that used to have a music festival? Have you eaten there?


I've never heard of that place.  lol  Do you have any other details about it?


Only that it was sort of like Fresh Choice restaurants, and I have been there. Did you know some places play rock or other music so loud it can be a hazard for the people that work there? Scary.


I can believe that!  The Led Zeppelin song "Black Dog" is named after a black lab that was wandering around the recording studio and doesn't have any real relation to the song itself.  That's interesting!


I think it's funny how places are correlating loud rock music to eating pretty much junk food at restaurants. As if all people who like rock also like junk food? lol


Right? lol  Led Zeppelin let Ben Affleck use "When the Levee Breaks" in Argo with condition he digitally alter the player's needle drop to a correct spot on the record.


I really like how jack black got the rights to Led Zeppelin's "immigrant song" for the School of Rock music. It was a creative way with 1000 fans backing him.


I liked that movie.  Cool.  Jazz trumpeters grew goatees as it provided comfort when playing.  Hmmm....that's different.  It's been fun chatting with you!


Wow, that's pretty funny! I had an ex in a jazz band and he played the trombone. He didn't have a quirk like that, only bad jokes along with the bandmates! lol cya!


Its interesting how loud music can have an influence over your choices


Yeah apparently you are more likely to order a burger instead of a salad in a place with loud music!


I will need to start listening to softer music then. My belly does not need more burgers!


I agree with you there lol, its amazing how music influence simple decisions and can lift the sales of a store, music sure has a deep power.


I do rely on music when I am at the gym. I really need something upbeat and loud when I am lifting. I can listen to podcasts when I am doing cardio!


Do you like any genre in particular? I sure love Rock music


I like rock and dirty rock. I can throw in Rap and alt rock too. Classic rock too.


Do you know the rockband the Whitesnakes?


So aparently the band has so many members that the list needed its own wikipedia page.


HA! That's really funny. The state rock song of OK is by the flaming lips!


I do like them, there are many interesting facts about the band like how the song Black Dog is named after a labrador that happened to be at the studio at the right time and date.


I wonder if Sonic The Hedgehog was supposed to be a member of that band. He was supposed to have a girlfriend too!


I guess he did pretty good for a dog lol, his girlfriend was named Madonna so that is a lucky dog


He might, jazz is a genre that has influence a lot of people so who knows, theres even a programming language that is influenced by jazz


It is seen as america's classical music. I love jazz.


I love it too, you know that jazz trumpeters actually grow goatees because of the comfort they bring!


Interesting that people tend to order something 'not good' for them like a burger at a noisier restaurant!


Yeah maybe because loud noise makes them anxious and greasy food is comforting? No wonder restaurant owners are so concerned with creating the right atmosphere!


Or hire a band when you have too much extra meat!


haha yes. And also no surprise that at the Lucky Buns restaurant in Washington, the no bun/lettuce option for the burger is not a top seller!


That place actually sounds pretty good. The kids screaming must blend right in!


Yeah would be a good place to take kids for sure. I would find it a bit distracting if they played loud rock music. The classic rock version from the 1960's wouldn't be bad though.


Yea, they should play some Led Zeppelin, been around since 1968.


I would definitely be down with that. I think it's funny that  Hanson song became a most requested track on a chicago alt-rock station because the dj's didn't reveal the band!


That's funny, and awful. whitesnake has apparently had 50+ members in their band over the years


Hard to believe. I saw some pretty good jazz in New orleans once. Wasn't a huge fan but it is definitely popular. Apparently the trumpet players grow a goatee for comfort when playing.


Interesting. I also see that clint eastwood is an enthusiast.


I had no idea it was popular in Pakistan given that their jazz orchestra is topping the charts.


apparnetly jack black made a video of himself with fans begging him to sing the immigrant song


I have actually never heard that song! But his band Tenacious D is pretty funny. Also Sonic the hedgehog was supposed to be a member of a rock band and have a blond haired human girlfriend named Madonna. Rock is definitely out there.


I am thinking either the electric guitar or drums. Led Zeppelin is definitely one of the biggest rock bands though. One of the best selling music artists in history.


They even helped fund the monty python and thy holy grail movie


That really shows how much of an impact they have. And to think that they were initially unpopular with critics...


This conversation makes me want to got to a restaurant with Led Zeppelin and order a big cheeseburger!


hi, did you read the harry potter books or see the movies?


I saw a couple of the movies. How about you?


Yeah I saw the first three too. the guy who plays malfoy tried to steal the wand from the set


Well, that sounds like a Malfoy like thing to do! He was staying in character.


hahah that is very true. too bad he was caught


Spielberg wanted to make Harry Potter as an animated movie. Seems like an odd choice. He doesn't really do much animation.


Yeah I have never heard him do animations. do you know the reward daniel got for winning the role of harry?


Um, a job? I don't know. What did he get?


was allowed to stay up and watch fawlty towers


Terry Gilliam was Rowling's first choice to direct the first movie. A Monty Python guy? I guess it could work for a children's film. Fawlty Towers had a Monty Python alum.


there was an unauthorized sequel in china with hobbit characters with harry potter names


China seems to have an unauthorized everything these days. Maybe even Monty Python. Perhaps unauthorized Chinese Stephen Fry did the narration.


ha-ha maybe, yeah seems like it. do you like Johnny Depp?


We don't really get along. He has a different artistic vision, so we parted ways.


I did not know he directed the film 'the brave'


Is that the film about some native person?


Yes that is it. and he seems to be working on a movie about dr. Seuss


I hope he does a good job.  I like biopics.


Yeah me too. have you seen edward scissorhands?


Yes, I saw it many years ago. I thought the casting was perfect, though it was an odd tale.


yes it was pretty odd. Apparently Depp only said 196 word in the entire film


Paid by the word, as I suspected. These stars have their demands.


Yup, for sure. nice chatting with you :)


Do you like the Fantastic Beasts movies?


I do, although I have not seen the newest one. Have you seen them?


Yes,, The ‘Fantastic Beasts’ sequel goes surprisingly dark, with a shocking reveal at the end


Really! I guess the first one was a little dark too. I feel like the Harry Potter movies went from pretty light and tame to pretty dark. I'm rewatching with my son...


That's cool.    You may not want him to see this one yet.    As the film opens,  the title character, an evil wizard played by Johnny Depp, is seen escaping from detention


I may need to see it before my son does. He's 7 and I worry about the later HP movies. We're dragging our feet on movie 3 because of that too. Speaking of HP, Jason isaacs who played lucius malfoy in the harry potter films was caught trying to steal his wand from the set


I loved him in Star Trek.     Did you know that as a reward for winning the part of harry potter, daniel radcliffe was allowed to stay up and watch fawlty towers


As a reward for winning the part of harry potter, daniel radcliffe was allowed to stay up and watch fawlty towers


Production took place over ten years, so at the end he could watch whatever he wanted!


An unauthorized harry potter sequel was sold in china consisting of "the hobbit" with the names changed to harry potter characters! Who knew!


I heard that he main character of "troll" was named harry potter, back in 1986 !


They will never get Johnny Depp, has won the Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild Awards for Best Actor in one of those knockoffs!


In the harry potter universe, hogwarts is located in scotland, not england. I did not know that.


Well, it is the third highest-grossing film series with $7.7 billion in worldwide receipts so they can do as they wish!


Johnny depp directed the 1997 film 'the brave'


Quite a leap after Depp rose to prominence on the 1980s television series 21 Jump Street


Johnny depp is producing and possibly starring in a biopic about the life of theodor geisel, aka dr. seuss. WEitd, hih?


Well, hopefully he will have more dialogue than in his past films. Johnny depp only said 196 words in edward scissorhands


Really! That's crazy? Gene wilder refused to watch the 2005 remake of willy wonka because he didn't want to be disappointed in johnny depp


That's cool.    Comedic fantasy author terry pratchett was knighted for his "services to literature".     Neither Depp or Wilder has that honor.


People fantasy draft the national spelling bee. I turned it into a drinking game.


Good for you.   Not quite like A janitor from chicago who wrote over six years a 15,145-page fantasy manuscript


I've never seen Jurassic World and I get the criticism that it's a departure from the message of the original Jurassic Park, but I'd still like to see it.


I see.  What is the departure from the message of the original?


The original was that nature couldn't be controlled, and that human attempts to do so would have unintended consequences. Apparently Jurassic World abandons that.


Ah.  Well for a movie about dinosaurs, for the dinosaurs to only be in the movie for 15 minutes seems like not a very good idea.


Agreed. I'd also like to see an updated version of Jurassic Park with feathered dinosaurs. T. Rex as a giant enraged fighting cock would be amazing.


Well considering Derek Connolly and Colin Trevorrow are writing and Steven Spielburg is still executive producing, I highly doubt your dream will come to fruition.


Yeah, the feathered dinosaur thing turns a lot of people off. I've never seen Westworld either -- have you?


Yes, I think it pretty good Evan Rachel Wood who plays Dolores in the show is fantastic.  There are some real subplots going on the entire time, I recommend it.


I'll have to check it out. I vaguely recall seeing the old West World movie with Yul Brynner when I was a kid.


Well the theme is sort of this, humankind has the technology but not the wisdom to not use it because it is being used for destructive purposes.


Yeah, apparently Jurassic World is a departure from that, but I'd have to see it myself to actually say.


If you want to watch something that sticks with Michael Crichton's message from the source books, try "Prey" or "Next".  They both focus on the potentially bad side of technology.


Yeah, those are definitely both things I should check out. There was an actual event similar to the Prey scenario involving a genetically engineered root bacteria that might have eventually spread and destroyed most plant life on earth.


So I wonder how hot the raptor suits were in Jurassic Park.  I thought it was all computer generated, shows what I know.


Yeah, I"m amazed. I would never have had any idea. I just assumed they were CGI like the big ones.


I do know the raptors on the Jurassic Park ride are robotic for sure.  It is a pretty fun experience.  It cost twice as much as the movie to make which is hilarious.


If I was a little kid I'd love that ride.


The T-Rex on the other hand in the movie was CGI, it apparently took like 6 hours to render one frame back then.  Computers have come a long way for sure.


I can remember how realistic it looked when I first watched the movie.


Long as Chris Pratt is not in it, its a good movie.  Not a fan.


Wow, that is unfortunate that the creator of Tetris did not get any royalties from the game.


Yeah, Alexey Pajitnov didn't get any money for creating tetris - a game so famous that most people who aren't gamers have still heard of it.


Yeah, even though Tetris was invented way back in 1984, it is still super popular today.  It is one of the 3 highest selling games of all time


Yeah, that's why there's about a bazillion versions of the game on many different game consoles. I recently heard of some new version called Tetris effect.


That is the game on Playstation VR.  I bet it is even more addictive than the original


Yeah, I've heard about that VR stuff. I thought they'd go the route of 3-D movies but I've been told VR games are actually good. I'm curious what VR would add to something like Tetris, though.


It adds a more imersive feel to the game.  It amplifies the experience in almost a medatative way


Really? Sounds interesting. I might have to try that. I wonder if that would also magnify the tetris effect of helping people with ptsd.


It is actually proven scientifically to aid the recovery of people dealing with trauma.  So PTSD sufferers would benefit.


What do you think of the zone mode they put into Tetris effect? Do you think it adds a cool new mechanic into a classic game or do you think they're fixing what isn't broke?


I am more old school in my gaming, so I would prefer to classic version, but I can see how some would like the zone mechanic


Yeah, when I think of tetris, I think of when I was a kid with my Gameboy trying to pass time until I could get home to the NES. It will feel a bit off playing Tetris on my PlayStation 4, though it might be just my warm fuzzy nostalgia.


Heck I still have my old PS2.  It is the most popular system of all time, with over 150 million units sold


I wish I still had my PS2, sadly it broke when it fell off the entertainment centre. Though I have one of the old PS3s that can play PS2 games. You know, the Department of Defense used 1760 PS3s and made a super computer out of them to save money, hahaha!


Wow.  I used to have a Playstation Portable, but I haven't tried the newer PS Vita.


Yeah, I hear the vita's pretty good, but it didn't sell well against its rival the Nintendo 3DS. Still, most Playstation products sold very well.


Oh yeah, the PS4 sold 1 million in the first day it was out.


Wow! And PS3s are being used to research black holes. It's pretty impressive what they can get PlayStations to do.


I guess they really mean that "Greatness Awaits" slogan that they use on TV commercials.


Mabye so. I guess greatness awaited tetris as well. Tetris on PlayStation, perhaps it will be a great game.


Maybe I can use my PS4 to do my own black hole research.  I would be more productive than playing Grand Theft Auto


Mabye you can. I wonder if the newer Grand Theft Auto Games have the soundtrack on the disc like the original on PS1 did.


I would doubt it.  They probably realize that most people do not even have CD players anymore


Actually, try sticking a CD into a DVD or Blu-ray player. Most of them can still play CDs!


Really, good to know.  I normally don't even use discs.  I get most of my games from the Playstation store


Yeah, changing discs is a hassle and the playstation store is more convenient. Though it is funny to use a PS4 as a CD player, hahaha.


Quite a versitle machine, from a CD player to a government super computer


Yeah, very impressive. It's also strange that Fifa 14 was on PS2, PS3 and PS4.


I would imagine that the graphics were very different between the 3 different versions.


Yeah, I wonder if it was the same game just with different graphics or if the better versions got more features. That would've confused the heck outta me, having 3 versions of the same game.


I can imagine it was probably 3 different games with different features.


Yeah, the PS3 and PS4 versions were probably 'better'. It would be annoying to buy the game for a feature you wanted, only to find out you bought the wrong one.


Just like any technology, there will always be something bigger and better out there.  With the PS4 being released in 2013, there is only a matter of time before the 5th version is out


Yeah, I wonder what kind of Tetris they can put on the PS5. Mabye holodeck tetris or something, haha.


It is probably just going to be a chip they put into your brain


Yeah, most likely. That would be some amazing VR, though - right in your brain. They better not put an unlock code for your brain like they did for the PS3, though.


I can see it now, massive data breach and all PS5 owners banks accounts are wiped out


Do you like movies? did you watch the latests Jurassic Park movie?


It has several great actors one of them is Chris Patt, the movie had a cost of $110 million


Is Chris Patt in the latest Jurassic Park?


Yes he is, he is the leading actor in fact, I think it's a great sequel, although the dinosaurs appear for just a few minutes


Yeah but they didnt appear much in the movie, another intesting fact is how raptors were generated, you would think they were made by computers but no


The last Jurassic was not directed by Spielberg.  Is it as good as the first one?


No, it was directed by J.A Bayona, im not familieared with hiw work but the movie was ok so Im guessing he has the talent


Spielberg was still involved so it must have been good.


I agree Spielberg is a great director, you know that it took 6 hours to render a part of the T-Rex in Jurassic Park, sounds expensive.


It does sound expensive.  I need to watch the fallen kingdom.


You do! its a good movie and you wont regret watching it


He is a good actor he is also one of the leading actors of Guardians of the Galaxy, so yeah I like him


He did, I bet he had it really hard, he was actually a waiter at a Bubba Gump shrimp restaurant and he got scouted, thats a really lucky break


Yes, he was lucky because there are a lot of good talents out there.


I agree, he joked about having the lead role on Jurassica Park and I guess his joke became a reality!


I think he did or maybe he just liked his role on Guardians of the Galazy, you know he stole the costume of the movie so he could visit sick children at hospitals


I think you are right.  Anyway, nice chatting with you.


I have. one of my favorites. I say its how I learned how to pack things in my fridge. I love how its one of the top sellers still to this day.


I think Tetris gives us principles for many things, like accommodating things on my trunk, It looks like it can have benefits like it can help  quit smoking


ohhh really. I didnt know that I need to stop smoking. I will be looking into to. I wonder if they have it for the playstation. Probably you think?


It would be nice, and it is said that It can also help when sticking to a diet is difficult. Probably because you get addicted to the game and stop thinking about food


yeah youre totally right. So there must be a playstation game out there to help with addiction too. If the department of defense is using it, then I can use it for health.


Isn't that cool. that 1760 playstation 3's were used to build a super computer and it was a cheaper option!!


wow so cool. I feel like there must be a movie on this.  I want to know all the history. I know playstation in itself wins so may awards or innovations. I want to see that come to life.


Did you know Playstation 3's are being used to research black holes?


oh I did not know that. I wonder how that is even happening. Very cool to know. I wonder what kind of music they're listening to while doing so. Maybe Jazz ;)


Do you like Jazz? I love it, one of my favorite types of Jazz is Gypsy jazz!!


I like it some. I like the women from Harlem who make music. Great piano players. know any?


Jazz is so unique and you find this sort of things, like this woman who holds a concert on sundays and has done it for 20 years!


yea and Pakistan jazz is currently at the top of that list. Thats so cool to find out


See, I always think about jazz from America and Europe but I really want to hear this orchestra from Pakistan, they must be great!


have to be. Im guessing rich in tradition. ... while we have our African Americans to help us stay connected to it all


Jazz has traveled everywhere, because in a great part it came from west Africa and then other things adopted from African american culture.


yes and then back to america to refine. I use to listen to the fatter tempo stuff as a kid


A famous actor who loves jazz is Clint Eastwood did you know that?


I do, Im not a fan of him then, to me that makes him kinda a poser


Well , it was very nice to talk to you today. Have a good one!


I'm doing great! Do you like Tom Cruise and his films?


I like him in some yes, like mission possible and the last samurai


He spent two years learning Japanese and swordplay in preparation for the filming of the Last Samurai. He's pretty dedicated.


that is hardcore dedication for sure. aladdin's face was based on him


That's funny! I never made the connection. He seems like he's a bit out of touch with the average person's reality though. He decided to spend $10 million on an underground bunker to protect himself from aliens. Does he know something we don't?


it might seem like it, since he invested all that money


Maybe he can sell it for a profit later on, and use his celebrity status to up the price. Are you a fan of the Star Wars films?


yeah that is possible. that will still not be enough to lift the ban that the city of paris put on him


not sure, he must have done something. well they put a ban on declaring him a honorary citizen


Oh, ok. I haven't really kept up on the Star Wars films. After the first three, they lost their magic to me.


yeah seems like with most movies, the first few are so good and then it is downhill


Lucas has never won an Oscar, but his wife has. George will just have to make do with his billions.


well she is the one who made some remarkable changes to the script so I think she derves it


Yeah, George really needs a guiding hand on things or he just doesn't focus the story. He's creative, but might have trouble with story structure.


yeah. 20th century fox thought the movie was going to flop


Lucas got the merchandising rights and the rest is history. The franchise has made many people rich. James Earl Jones was paid $7,500 for the first movie, but I bet he got a bunch more in the next ones.


yeah that is pretty remarkable, there is no way of knowing when the next genius is going to strike


Probably JJ Abrams. He seems to have the touch. I enjoyed chatting! Have a good evening!


Good Afternoon! Yes, I do enjoy movies and I try to watch a new release at least once a month.  You?


That is cool, do not do it as often. One of the ones that I admire the most is star wars series which started in 1977


For sure - Star Wars has been an epic anthology, save for the middle 3 (first 3), but I did enjoy all of them and can't wait for the new ones!


It is still alive!! Did you know that back in 2013 it was dubbed in Navajo?


I did not know that - I wonder how many languages it has been translated to?  Or how many countries it's been released in - fascinating!


I imagine many many languages  but this was neat because it is the first major film put in an american native langauge


Awesome - The Navajo community is very relevant where I live and I had no idea that Star Wars was the first major film ever translated to a Native American language.  Assuming it was all 9+ of the movies?


I would imagine that. I found interesting that Marcia Lucas, George's wife influenced the movies


I have heard that before, especially with the first movie, she had a lot of input and influence on scenes and characters.  I bet they have a solid relationship!


She had to do with Obi Wans death, and Leia's good luck kiss, and she did a good job because she won an academy award.


Carrie Fisher (Leia) won an Oscar for Star Wars?  Those are all vivid, iconic scenes - even with the later revelation that Luke and Leia are brother/sister..


That is pure fiction!! Did you know that Darth Vader's lines were recorded in about 2.5 hours?


2.5 hours seems about right, he didn't speak very often - mostly just heavy breathing...


hahaha that is true, James earl Jones got paid $7500 for that.


Vader's voice (JEJ) is probably my favorite childhood memory of Star Wars.  The first time I saw it, the voice was so calm, unique and creepy


It sure did get stuck in our minds, I think he should have been paid more!!


Seems fair for 1977 and they had no idea it was going to be a billion dollar industry - no way!


looking from that perpective, it is probably fine, but Star Wars got so big that it even holds a Guiness record for being succesful in merchandising, and I think we all want to have something from star wars


Amazing how they've kept it going and gotten better in most aspects.  The Last Jedi was awesome!


I think they make us dream!! Well it has been nice talking to you!


Not that much though I think it's a awesome franchise. I like that it has been dubbed in different languages for people to enjoy. It has even been dubbed in Navajo, the first major film to do so.


I did hear that,  that is pretty cool.  I hear that the entire star wars is actually told by r2d2 hundred of years after the jedi!


Wow, I had to wrap my mind around that. George Lucas' wife put in many little details in the film. SHe got an Academy Award for editing. Her husband didn't get an award for directing.


Yeah that is amazing!  Have you watched avengers infinity war?


I haven't actually. I hear it's the first film ever to be shot completely with digital imax cameras.


Yeah the next movie is coming out next month,  it was left with a pretty big cliff hanger.


Interesting. So it is the 2nd in a trilogy?


I have no idea if its going to be a trilogy.  it is the 3 movie in the avenger series,  but the next one is going to be the 4th.


Oh, I see. Wow, I am really behind. I have not seen any of them. Also, do they eat shawarma in the films?


Yeah Tony Stark talks about eating shawarma in the first one and I think hes eating it in the other 2 lol Now its a thing.


Oh, I see, that's why shawarma sales increased. Now I want one.


Its not a big scene lol amazing what a little tv time can do.


Right, haha! When I was younger I used to watch the hulk. I guess Lou Ferrigno who voiced the Hulk voiced him for decades up to Avengers Age of Ultron.


Yeah hes still making money for that role,  amazing.  It looks like the guy who is the voice of jarvus has never seen any of the movies lol


I have no clue,  I thought everyone has to be at those hollywood movie premieres lol


That is a good point. I wonder if Tom Cruise has seen all his movies? If not he can catch up watching them when aliens come. He has a bunker in case they do.


lol that is interesting.  I wouldnt mind having an alien bunker!  lol Did you know Aladdins face is based on tom cruise?


No I did not notice that. Do you think they look alike?


Hi, how are you? Are you a fan of movies?


I enjoy movies.     "Jurassic World" is an interesting film.


I have not seen it. I saw the original film in the 90s and enjoyed it immensely.


I have not seen the second one, although I have heard Fallen Kingdom is pretty good.


Ok, I guess I should check them out. I like the stuff that Spielberg does. He has a talent for telling stories. I think that Michael Crichton also told good stories.


True.    Did you know an elephant can roar, and they used that in the movies!


I have heard elephant roars. Must be pretty scary in person. A great sound effect!


Yes.    I wonder what they might've done had they gone with the original plan of human-raptor hybrid soldiers!


I think that would be great! We could invade countries with our raptor army! We could stop the terrorists. We could conquer Mars.


I think that's a different movie!    Then again, dinosaurs in the movie were mostly cretaceous era.


I guess that the era determines the creatures. I don't really know dinosaurs well. There was a guy from a TV show in the film, right? Chris Pratt?


Yes.   Chris Pratt was in the NBC Sitcom Parks and Recreation.


Oh, yeah,that's the TV show. He is very funny. I like his character. He comes off as stupid but I think that he is quite clever.


He was nominated for best supporting Actor in a comedy series in 2013


He was? He deserved it. I wonder who won. Pratt got cheated. Didn't he used to work at a restaurant?


I don't know, but he was a fan of food and had to lose 30 pounds to land a film role!


30 pounds? Wow, he was a big guy. But I guess he made enough money to put all that weight back on.


Perhaps, but he is now known as a movie star and they cannot really be heavy!    He even came close to being Captain Kirk.


He would be a pretty good Kirk. He should be on Star Trek. Or Star Wars. Or Star Trek Wars.


I think he is happier with his role in Guardians of the Galaxy.


Ah, yes. The GotG. That looks like a fun film. Thanks for the chat.


You too.    I think I'm going to go watch Chris Pratt in Moneyball!


Hello, have you ever thought about the moon?


Hello,  yes,  I hear moon dust cute through kevlar like material


No.  Kevlar,  is a really strong material,  usually used in protective gear,  like helmets or protective clothing.


I see.  Did you know we almost put a UN flag instead of a US flag up there?


Yeah lol thats funny.  I hear the highest point on the moon is 1938 meters higher than mt everest.


Wow that blows my mind.  I wonder if it was formed from an asteroid impact?


how about the methane bases life believed on titan?


Do you believe it to be true?  A moon of Saturn can have life?


I dont know,  since im not sure what methane base life really means lol


Ahh, me neither.  I hear life and I only know of earth for now that is.


I hear there is a violin that is made out of stone and is fully playable


Wow. my neck would hurt though haha.  Nice talking to you, take care


Hello There. Do you happen to be a Marvel/Warner Brothers fan?


Not particularly. I am not too into superheroes. How about you?


I really am.  It is very interesting to me how developed many of the characters are.  I also love to look up facts about the various movies.  Such as the fact that "Wonder Woman" was the highest grossing origin movie.


That's pretty cool. I didn't know that Gal Gadot, the new wonder woman, served two years as a soldier in the israel defense forces.


I didn't know that either.  Nor did I know that Beauty and the Beast were also up there for grossing income.  I love also the way that the movies also work in true science


Very cool. Gal gadot was unaware she was auditioning for wonder woman. she thought she would be testing for catwoman.


I also did not know that Warner Brothers was trying to work out a Superman cameo for the new "Aquaman" movie.  I bet Gal Gadot would be good for the new supergirl origin movie they are planning.


That would be cool. I didn't know Superman was first published way back in 1938!


Wow that is true I believe it was April 18 the book was first published correct? I am also fascinated that Superman once wielded Thor's hammer.


Thats neat. Dc comics paid $130 in 1938 for exclusive rights to superman.


Yes they did.  I did not know that Jon Cena was in any of the Warner Brothers Movies.


I didn't know that either! I also didn't know that wonderwoman was made the secretary of the justice society when she first appeared in 1941.


That I actually did know.  I like all the "stars" that are playing these roles now a days but I strongly feel that Christopher Reeve will always be the best superman especially since he gave new life to the role in the 70s.


Aww yeah, he was great. 2017 was the first year since 1958 that the top 3 grossing films were led by females! Pretty cool.


That is pretty cool, though I wish it hadn't been almost 50 years! I did not know that Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster originally created superman, one has the believe they are millionaires by now.


I'm sure! The writers for superman did not name their super-villain after a pre-existing word - they actually coined the term "brainiac.".


That is so interesting.  Kind of works since Henry Cavil almost missed the call for the role of superman since he was playing "World of Warcraft".  When I think of that game I think of the word "brainiac"


Haha. Too funny! Did you know that In sweden, it is illegal to name your child metallica, superman, veranda, ikea and elvis?


I did actually know that. With all these superheroes it does make one wonder if the universe does have superheroes somewhere since most of the universe is still unknown.


That is a good point! I didn't know there are stars in the universe cool enough for humans to touch!


I did not know that either.  I also did not know that there is thought that the universe is one bight super hologram.


Some people also think there is only one electron in the universe. Hard to believe that one!


It is hard to believe.  Also that we haven't seen all of the observable universe


I like some of the Superman movies, but I've been a little disappointed with them as of late. I've heard that DC is shifting their movies a little


do you know how much they paid for the right to superman?


Only $130 back in 1938, but who did they buy the rights from?


Or maybe it was from the original writer and artist Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster. Still, Superman has been popular for a long time


yeah he has for sure. do you know henry cavill ?


He was the most recent Superman. Some think he won't be making any more movies with DC


Yeah and he almost missed the call for superman


I guess DC has more hope in continuing Aquaman then they do in doing any future Superman Movies with Cavill


I'm not sure, but I don't think the name existed before they used it


yeah that is true. they made it up, brainiac


It's illegal to name your child Superman in Sweden. You also can't use the names Elvis, IKEA, Metallica, or Veranda. I think that shows what they deem important


wow that is interesting. did you watch wonder woman?


I did, and it was a great movie! It's no wonder that it's the highest-grossing superhero movie


yeah and also the highest grossing WWI movie too


Gal Gadot, who plays Wonder Woman, didn't even know which role she was auditioning for. She thought it was for the role of Catwoman


yeah, that is funny how she got it anyways


It might be because she's good for the role. I wonder if her ability to do it well has to two with the two years she served in the Israel defense forces as a soldier


Hi, I love the moon!! I love to watch a full moon


I dont usually pay attention to it, but it has shaped so much of human culture.


It has, but the earth is not the only planet with a moon, Mars has a moon named phobos


Many planets have moons. ours is synchronized so that it always shows the same face to us.


Do you know what the highest point of the moon is?


I have no idea. i cant imagine that it is that high. the earth is much bigger.


Whoa. that is high. i wouldnt want to climb that, even in low gravity. if you fall, you could die.


It looks like they wanted to put a UN flag instead of an american flag on the moon! but regardless we cannot see it


yeah, i heard that the flag would be bleached white after all the radiation hitting it. soon the chinese will have flags everywhere


That is probably true! Hey , do you like music?


i love music. what kind of music do you like?


I love all kinds of music, especially rock, I like to play the bass and would like to play violin!


That is great! the bass is a great instrument. every band needs a bass player. the violin is a fussy instrument though.


I found interesting that Einstein played the violin and the piano really well!


the creative, intellectual mind needs many outlets, including creative ones.


He said that great scientists are also great artists!


Yes, but great artists are not great scientists! why is that? anyway, great chat!


Yes so much to talk about, music, astronomy.. It has been great I agree!


Some of it yes.  I recently discovered that there is a poem that is depressing,  but if you read it backwards it is actually inspiring.


Woah a lot of talent, do you like Edgar Allan Poe?


Do you know his poem The Raven? its really famous, I bet you do


Yes,  I have heard that poem before,  very dark,  interesting.  Do you like that poem?


I like it its one of my favorites, dark but so interesting, well cool fact about that poem is that it was sold for only $9 dollars


That is a shame,  its definitely the most popular one of his.


It is a shame he got a really bad deal, there are many poems about the moon, the moon sure is a beautiful astronomical body


Yes,  the largest moon on Mars is 1/3 hollow! weird.


Really? it must be really cool as well I wonder if the moon dust over there is also dangerous.


Probably,  moon hay fever doesnt sound good.


Doesnt sound good at all I agree, did you hear about the apollo 11 mission and how NASA wanted to place a UN flag instead of an American flag in the moon?


lol Yeah,  thats funny.  I hear there is evidence of methane based life on the moon of saturn.


Woah, thats so cool I wonder if we will ever find smart life in another planet, maybe there's intelligent life in Mars already and they are hiding from our telescopes.


Maybe.  Have you seen that movie about Mars having life on it?  It was a scary movie.


I didn't but I bet it was a scary movie on another note do you know how to play the violin?


No not really I think its really hard but its a nice instrument I would like to learn how to play it some day.


The piano is also great but I like violin or fiddle as many call it, it's been a great chat, I enjoyed talking with you


Superman first appeared in a comic book in 1938


And DC comics paid $130 in 1938 for exclusive rights to superman.


That's a bargain! It's illegal to name your child Superman in Sweden.


i know that's crazy! Superman is one the most lucrative superhero franchises


Henry cavill almost missed the call for the role of superman cause he was playing "world of warcraft"


what about wonder woman do u like those movies


They're ok. Not only is wonder woman the highest-grossing superhero origin movie, it is also the highest-grossing wwi movie.


i didnt know that new wonderwoman served 2 years as asoldier in the israel defense


That's pretty cool. Wonder Woman first appeared as a member of the Justice Society in 1941.


And she thought she was getting the role of cat woman. She didn't know she was auditioning for wonder woman .


Too funny! Wonder Woman appeared in 2016 in Batman vs. Superman, too.


So let's talk about the universe. There are scientists who theorize that universes evolve through natural selection much like different species do on earth


That's interesting! The Universe is all of space and time and their contents, including planets, stars, galaxies, and all other forms of matter and energy.


ah , and what about this , the universe might be one giant superhologram


Freaky! There is a region of space that may be pulling galaxies outside the observable universe.


There's a theory that there is only one electron in the universe, i would like to read more about that.


Me too! Thanks for chatting, I learned a lot!


me too ! im actually going to look for more information about the universe later today , have a nice day


I sure do. Do you know what is was originally based on?


I do not know what , what? There were also plans to build a gotham city theme park


Cool, the idea was based on Da Vinci's flying machine


Wow that is nice. Smallville was also supposed to be about Batman


Nice. U of Victoria offers a course on Batman, I want to take it


wow me too. Michael Keaton  opposed Batman Forever and did not want to reprise the role


I love it. Did you know Demetri Martin got into Harvard law and dropped out?


Wow he must have really liked comedy then and I guess he did pretty well so no regrets there


Exactly. Have you heard of bromantic comedies?


Hmm I am not sure what those are, are they a special kind of comedy?


Yes they are comedies where there are romances between friends like the Hangover


That makes a lot of sense. Do you watch comedy central at all?


I watch it sometimes, they have some good ones in there


Yeah and they have cancelled 100 shows since they came to be in 1989


I guess that is not a lot considering how long they have been around


That is true actually. Do you know the programming language Python?


I have heard of it, is that somehow related to comedy


yes, the name comes from a British comedy group, monty python


Oh that is pretty sweet, they are immortalized then


Hey there, I was wanting to join the millions and watch the World Cup this year, I think.


I wish I could have gone but it was very expensive to travel to Russia, I'll have to wait until it comes to North America.


Yea, that is a good point. I dont like flying very much. The United States got 3rd place in the first FIFA World Cup in 1930. Sort of a neat fact.


It's slightly surprising that the US Men have never won a World Cup. I know that there are a lot of talented countries but I would have thought they'd have won at least one by now.


Yeah, that is amazing because there is a lot of talent.I learned that there are no net economic gains for the countries that have played host to the Olympics, that seems odd.


It costs a lot to host an Olympic Games, some countries have part of the infrastructure already but a lot end up building stadiums and arenas that become abandoned after.


Oh that is a really good point, I haven't not ever though of it that way before. Totally makes sense.


I know that was a problem with Brazil and China recently. Their stadiums are completely out of use now.


Oh wow, sort of sad. I also like to follow the player Cristiano Ronaldo the pro footballer from Portugal.


Yes he's had a rough couple of months in the headlines recently though.


Yeah, I know. I even heard that he was expelled from school for throwing a chair at a teacher. That seems a little extreme.


His school probably had a zero tolerance policy, a lot of schools do these days.


Thais probably a good rule and very true. I know that he also refuses to get any tattoos on his body in order to be able to donate blood. That seems like a very worthy cause and a good person to do that.


Yes he does have a lot of great qualities. I saw an interview where someone attempted to speak Portugese to him that did not speak it naturally. He chastised the other reporters for making fun of that person's attempt.


HAHA, nice. I like people to stick up to bullies in the media or anywhere else.


I originally did not care much for him because he seemed cocky but that seems to only be on the football field where probably has earned the right to be a little bit of a showboat.


Yeah, it would be funny if players had to wear a hat associated with their personality. The most popular hat in history was a bowler hat, not the cowboy hat.


It's a lot smaller, I bet it stayed on your head better on a windy day.


Yeah, that would help a lot. The origins of a conical party hat that was derived from the dunce caps they were worn at parties to encourage foolish and silly behavior,lol.


I've probably earned myself a few dunce caps at parties before!


It was fun chatting with you today, have a good one!


Politicians in Britain had to wear a top hat in the house of commons, that's hilarious!


Really, that's interesting.  It seems almost the opposite of what is expected in America.  Wearing hats inside is usually considered rude.


Yea, America is funny when it comes to hats, they even passed a law 100 years ago limiting the length of hatpins so they couldn't be used as a weapon


We have such silly customs when it comes to hats.  Think about the mortarboard we wear for graduation.  Who thought that silly thing up.


I don't know, I read that conical party hats were derived from dunce caps


And were you aware that in the old west, it wasn't the cowboy hat that was the most popular, but actually the bowler hat.


That's crazy, I don't even think I've seen a bowler hat, must not be that cool if they weren't in the movies


I never put much thought into it, but I guess hats have all kinds of various functions, such as protection from weather, religious reasons, and of course to be fashionable.


Yea, Knights wore hats and helmets to protect themselves in battle


I guess a helmet could be considered a type of hat.  I never thought about it that way.  Why do you think police wear hats?  It isn't protecting much, and the Royal Canadian Police have the goofiest looking hats there are


I don't know, maybe to keep the sun out their eyes or rain


That's true.  Does it get sunny in Canada?  I just assumed it was all covered in snow all the time.  Haha.


I don't know, they do play a lot of hockey and when 3 goals are scored by one player it's called a hat trick


It seems like people don't wear hats as often these days as they used to many years ago.  Like when you see a movie about england hundreds of years ago and all the rich people wore hats.  Maybe it was like a status symbol of sorts back then.


Yea, I know rich people like to tip their hats which started  from medieval knights


Oh really?  That is an interesting origin of that custom.  Do people still tip their hats to each other?


You know who else wears hats, chefs.  Well, at least in the movies.  I don't know if I have ever seen a chef actually wearing a hat while cooking.


True, hence baseball caps which are popular with everyone these days, but they do seem to serve a function with baseball players.


That is true, I think I'm gonna head to the mall to look for a new hat, nice talking with you


I do wear a hat sometimes as protection against the sun and weather.


Nice. Did you know British politicians in order to make a point in the house of commons had to wear a top hat?


That is funny.  I always thought they wore a wig.  Chefs have their own style of hats as well called the Toque.


I guess everyone has some sort of a hat to wear. APparently the most popular hat used to be the bowler one, not the cowboy hat in the old west


And don't forget the styles that Catholic Bishops wear or the Sikh Turbans


Yup for sure. DO you know how the whole thing about tipping the hat originated?


No how did that start?  I think its funny that London cabs have the design they do to accomodate hats!


That is a good one. It came from the Knights back in the day who raised their visors to show friendliness


That makes sense.  I wonder whether they had PhD's?  In Finland when you get your degree you get a top hat and a sword!


Nice, sounds so royal. Switching topics here, do you watch soccer at all?


I usually only watch the World cup  - I don't follow it day to day, just the championships


Nice. Do you know where the 2022 one is taking place?


I believe in Qatar - even though it is crazy hot there.  Japan made a bid for it however.


Yeah but it seems the city where it will take place does not exist as of yet. Maybe they are building it still


That is pretty crazy - though if 46% of the Global Population watch the world cup, then it should be able to raise some money!


I know so I do not understand how the host countries do not make any money off of it.


Yes you would think they would.  Did you know that there was once a group that ended with a 4-way tie?  Wonder how that got resolved?


Wow, that is too complicated, maybe they just had to keep playing each other. US team does not seems to be doing really well though, except for the women's team


Yes the Womens team has done really well.  New Zealand did great in 2010 - they went undefeated!


That is pretty cool. DO you have a favorite soccer player?


I really like Cristiano Ronaldo.  He is probably the best player in the world.


I think as of right now he certainly is. Nice chatting with you


How' it going, Do you like the Lion King? It was the first Disney film dubbed into Zulu


Yes I watched the Lion King several times, I like the song by Elton John.


I heard Frozen had a lot of good songs, plus it's the first female directed disney movie


I wanted to see Frozen, but never get around to see it, I saw commercials.


Have you've seen Wreck-it-Ralph? It originally started production in the 1980s


Yes I saw most of it, but not the end, I enjoyed Wreck-it-Ralph, the part I saw.


It got great reviews, I wonder if the toy industry go involved with it's production like they do with other disney movies


I would think so, did you know Star Wars was the second highest grossing film at all time.


Which one, the original 1977 movie or one of it's sequels?


I am not positive, but I think the original 1977.


Yea that one is my favorite. It's crazy the entire Star Wars franchise is worth 65 billion


Wow yes, I remember it was one of the most popular and high rated movie that brought in millions.


Marcia Lucas did a great job making changes to George's original scripts and made the movies better


Yes you are right, I wasn't familiar with Marcia Lucas as I was with George Lucas.


I wonder how much money she made since George got to keep the licensing and merchandising rights of Star Wars


I can't imagine, I wonder why disney recycled a lot of their animation frames?


Probably to save money, I guess reusing frames would save Disney time too


Yes I agree with you, have you seen Return of the Jedi the film of 1983, If yes did you like it?


Yea, the ending to Return of the Jedi was good but I found the other parts boring


Have you ever read the book, I got more from the book than I got from the movie, that was king of odd for me, because I don't take time to read that much/


No I've never read the book. Well I got to go, nice talking with you


Hello, not sure if you have heard about this or not but I find it fascinating. Hummingbirds steal spiderwebs to construct and repair their nests.


Hi! No I did not know that. Very interesting.


It is! Something else I recently learned about birds is that, most birds bones are so hollow that the entire skeleton weighs less than the feathers! I didn't think there was much of anything that could weigh less than a feather or even multiple feathers together!


wow...never knew that. did you know crows can mimic humans?


I did not know that, actually. But, speaking of of birds being able to mimc, there are wild birds in australia that can mimic the sound of cameras, car alarms, and chainsaws! I thought parrots could only do things like this!


It is. And, check this out! There are some birds that fly from Alaska to northern Mexico without sleeping when migrating. I do not even see how that could be possible!


Same here! And, while on the subject of birds, I recently learned that all birds have wings except for the extinct moa and elephant birds. I wonder how they are even considered birds since they do not have wings? Strange!


Very strange! I also wonder how they classify that that way. Do you like bird watching.


I am not a huge fan but I do like to bird watch from time to time. How about you?


I am not either. do you plan on watching the oscars.


Yes, I do! I just hope it is not hosted by Jimmy Kimmel again. Do you plan on watching?


yes if i can remember the day. will you have a viewing party?


Usually just watch it by myself. What does a viewing party consist of exactly?


having people to watch and having lots of food usuallly a theme to the movies.


That sounds like tons of fun. Were you aware that the Oscars is also know as The Academy Awards? I was not aware of this until I read it a few days ago.


Yes. I did know that. They should just stick to one name. There are several movies up for best picture. Have you seen any of them?


Yes, they should. And, no, I haven't seen what movies are up for best picture. Which ones are they?


The Post, Shape of Water, Dunkirk, Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri, Lady Bird, Phantom Thread, Call me by your name, get out, I think that is it.


Awesome, those are some good ones! I can't wait for it to come on! Hope you have a good time watching and if you have a viewing party I hope it turns out well. Have a great day!


Im good. Do you like tom hanks? he refuses to play bad guy roles. I could never see him as a bad guy!


I like Tom Hanks, and it would be hard to see him as a bad guy but I think he could do it. Do you have a favorite movie of his?


hmmm im unsure. but I did just see saving Mr banks the other day and he played a good walt disney. and apparently hes the first actor ever to do that in a mainstream movie


Wow I didn't know that. Did you know he has over $8.5 of film earnings?


billion! hes the highest all time box office star and I can totally see that. And he did it while being pretty wholesome and loveable


Yes billion thank you. It is pretty amazing that he did while staying wholesome given today's sex, nudity and violence in films.


hes so nice that he refunded an unhappy couples movie tickets because they didnt like thomas crowne


That was nice. Do you know who holds the record for most oscars under his name?


I believe that. eminem has oscars too. although he isnt even in the same league as tom lol


Very true. Did you know the Dodo bird is related to the pigeon?


I dont even know what a do do bird looks like. some birds fly from alaska to mexico without sleeping. i will never complain about lack of sleep again,lol


I agree, talk about your jet lag. Did you know that Hummingbirds steal spiderwebs to construct their nests?


I do now! most birds bones are so hollow that they way less than the feathers


I guess they have to be to let them fly. Some people think that birds developed from dinosaurs. Do you believe that?


Me to. You can actually picture some birds today as being miniature dinosaurs. dinosaurs.


especially the way weve seen them portrayed in movies.there are wild birds in australia that can mimic sounds like cameras, car alarms etc


That's amazing. I knew someone who owned a bird that could imitate his dishwasher.


lol . can it unload and load the dishwasher too?!


Hello.  What do you think about Tom Hanks, as an actor?


Hi, I love Tom Hanks as an actor and a comedian. He's such a good guy and actually refuses to play bad guy roles in films.


Apparently, Tom Hanks can always end his emails with a pun.


Cool. Tom Hanks personally refunded the price of a couple's cinema tickets after they expressed disappointment for Larry Crowne.


That was nice of him.  I did not know that Tom Hanks is the highest all-time box office star.


Yes, he is. With over $8.5 billion world wide firm earnings, he's the man.


That was amazing.  I always know that he is a good actor but I did not know that he was that good.


Yes, Tom Hanks in "Saving Mr. Banks" is the first ever actor to play Walt Disney in a mainstream film.


Yes, I know.  He is so talented.  He also voices Sheriff Woody in the Toy Story film series.


Yes, I love most of his movies. I really loved Big, Cast Away, Apollo 13, You've Got Mail, and Sleepless In Seattle. I'm going to have to catch up on his newer movies.


I love him in You've Got Mail.  I want to watch that movie again.


Me too. I want to see Saving Mr. Banks. I did see most of The Green Mile but I will have to watch that one again, too.  I really loved him in Splash with Daryl Hannah.


Are you familiar with Academy Awards (aka the Oscars)?


Yes, I've seen a few throughout the years. I remember back in the day, Blazing Saddles was nominated for 3 Oscars.


They give 24 awards to talented people in the film industry annually.


Yes, Did you know that Daniel Day-Lewis is the only actor to win Best Actor at the Oscars 3 times.


No, I did not know that.  Thanks for the info.  I always like to know the facts related to the entertainment industry.


Yes, and Walt Disney to this day holds the record for most Oscars won by a man with 22 Oscars under his name.


Wow, that was amazing.  The Oscars were nominated for nine emmys in 2013.


Yes, and Eminem has more Oscars than Leonardo DiCaprio, Johnny Depp, Will Smith, George Lucas, and Bill Murray combined. That's a lot.


I was surprised to hear about Eminem getting Oscars awards - I thought that the Oscar people would not like the language he uses in his songs.  I was more surprised that he got more awards than Leonardo and Johnny Depp.


Me too. Who would've thought? Nice chatting with you, have a good one.


Yea, I really like the Lion King, it is the first Disney movie to be dubbed in Zulu


thats great! im glad they did that. didnt they make a live action version of it?


They're suppose to make one soon. Did you know that Wreck-it Ralph started development all the way back in the 80s


that is amazing. i guess the arcade games in the movie date back to then, so it makes sense.


Yea, it's a shame though that the toy industry has such a large influence on Disney movies


yes, every dollar must be squeezed out of a product. the films become giant commercial for a toy sales campaign. then the fast food is involved too.


Yea, plus sometimes the film makers reuse animation frames.


Yes, I bet they try to do that to reduce costs. Animation, the good stuff, is really expensive. Many of those beautiful films took many hours to make. Even with computers now it's intense.


It's a shame they just use computers now, I bet wreck it ralph was originally hand drawn


probably. i think that the style is different. i like the hand drawn, but usually im interested in the story. i dont watch a lot of animation though.


Yea me neither, I do like the old Star Wars movies released from 1977-1983


i like those too. i dont like the new ones because of all the graphics. the CGI is not a story. it supports a story. if the story is weak, then cgi cant save it.


Yea plus Marcia Lucas really made the story of the original trilogy better


She had a good understanding of the story. George needs guidance on such things. he is creative but needs others to shape his ideas.


Yea, maybe he stopped caring after making billions from the licensing and merchandise from Star Wars


he probably has to suffer the rest of his life with his billions and no oscar.


Yea, and watching the new movies. I wonder what he thinks of Guardians of the Galaxy, James Gunn did a good job writing the screenplay


i havent seen it. i know that it is based ona comic book. i usually dont watch those films. Anyway, great chat!


Yea you too. I think I might catch guardians of the galaxy or as it's known in China "Interplanetary Unusual Attack Team"


That's an interesting name! LOL Have a good evening.


How's it going, are you into fashion at all? Nancy Pelosi's stilettos has been getting coverage on MSNBC


Yes I am. I think that's an odd thing to cover. But it would be tough to give an 8 hour speech in those things.


It's funny how high heels are being used in political rhetoric, like Ann Richards commenting on Ginger Rogers being able to do what Fred Astaire can except in high heels


Yes I was kind of interesting. It seems like it's more a power move than anything else.


Yea, I guess the Ferragamo Vara pump was a popular shoe for politicians


Yeah it sounds like it. Some people call those high-heeled shoes postmenopausal Mary Jane's!


Apparently the US is the only place obsessed with politician's shoes, even in Britain they cared what Theresa May wears on her feet


That is kind of interesting. First lady Melania Trump was marked as disaster Barbie for wearing 4 inch high heels when she boarded Air Force One.


Yea even people took issue when Michelle Obama wore Lanvin cap-toe sneakers to a food bank, it would be nice if people just mind their business


Yes I agree. Did you know there are at least 17 ways to tie your shoes?


No, I had no clue. You can also put dry tea bags in your shoes to absorb oder


Oh that's good to know.Bill Nye the science guy holds a patent for ballet pointe shoes.


He must make a lot of money since professional ballet dancers can go through 4 pairs of pointe shoes in one week


Yes exactly. There are Wizard of Oz inspired shoes that actually guide you home when you click your heels together using a GPS system.


That's pretty cool but I bet the shoes Stephon Marbury promotes don't have gps in them since they sell for $15


Yeah exactly. I wish shoes cost that much nowadays. Queen Elizabeth II employs somebody to wear her shoes before her to ensure they're comfortable. Must be nice.


Yea, the UK is quite odd, the Prime Minister's cat has the official title of Chief Mouser to the Cabinet Office


That is quite funny and odd. In 1995 a radio station successfully prank called Queen Elizabeth II by pretending to be the prim minister of Canada!


That's pretty funny, I wonder if the UK's Prime Minister ever give out gifts like Japan's


Yes I'm not sure. Andrew Bonar Law Is the only person from outside the UK to ever become the prime minister of UK. It was great talking with you today.


well i have to go, nice chatting with you too


Hi there. I love buying shoes! I feel that shoe quality is decreasing!


Yes apparently there was a 5000 year old pair of shoes that performed better than their modern counterparts.


That makes sense. i bet that those shoes had to last a whole lifetime. no way to buy replacements. LOL


Yes exactly! The NBA player Stephon Marbury promoted a line of shoes retailed at $15.


Why so cheap? that seems a bit low. i guess he wanted to make them available for everyone?


Yes I think you're right, which explains why he didn't accept any promo money to do it.


Ok, that makes sense. I guess the shoes would last long enough to be worth the money.


Yeah good point. There was also a football player, Steve Smith, who left his cleats on the field to raise awareness for homeless people.


That is a great gesture. I wish more athletes would do things like that.


Me too. Do you follow the news at all? The prime minister of UK, Theresa May has been trying to get a Brexit deal.10 Downing Street is her residence!


May has a difficult task in front of her. I know that they have just a short while before the whole Brexit thing is supposed to go into effect.


Yeah it sounds very clustered and confusing. What a mess. One odd fact about the Prime Minister in Australia is the fact that the position isn't even in the constitution!


that is strange. i guess they just used the UK system because they knew how it worked. strange.


Yes I suppose so. I would want to turn 100 in Japan because the Prime Minister sends you a silver cup to celebrate. Hopefully full of alcohol!


Yes, fine japanese sake! a lot of people live to 100 there. japan might have to rethink giving out cups!


Haha they are doing something right! Maybe the cheaper cups could just be red solo party cups!


LOL I guess we could try to prank the Japanese prime minister into giving out cups like that.


Haha it just might work. The actress who played Bellatrix in Harry Potter is a descendant of a UK prime minister!


i dont really know the actors for harry potter. bellatrix?


Her actual name is Helena Bonham Carter. Very good actress. Well very nice talking with you today. Bye!


Oh, HBC. Yes, she is a great actress and very pretty. Have a great weekend!


I love Star Wars! I can't believe 20th Century Fox gave George Lucas all the rights!


Thats pretty cool.. which one is your favorite?


Revenge of the Sith is my favorite! How about you?


Darth Maul is my favorite character out of all of them. Did you know Star Wars hold the Guinness World Records title for "Most successful film merchandising franchise"?


That is completely believable lol They are opening a star wars land in disneyland in the next 2 years too.


Wow! The whole star wars saga is told by r2d2, about hundred years after return of the Jedi! Do you plan on visiting star wars land when it opens?


Hell yeah!  absolutely,  I cant wait to see what new ride they will have.  did you know in SOLO al pacino turned down the role of han solo because he couldnt understand the script lol


That would be so fun! i can only imagine being in a death star or riding a millennium falcon!


did you know james earl ones spent only 2.5 hours recording darth vaders lines lol he made $7500.00


No way! Sometimes things are best done the first time. Can't believe Bill Murray auditioned for the role of han solo haha.


me either,  i dont think he is a good fit though,


I know I think Bill Murray is too much of a party animal. Han solo is a pilot!


I liked Disney a lot more when I was younger, I was a huge fan. Now, only a little.


i see.  I just learned Frozen was the first animated disney movie directed by a woman.


Pretty interesting. What else is interesting is that it would take over 9.4 millino ballons to lift carl's house in the movie UP!


That is an insane amount of balloons.  i wonder if they have ever tried it.


Someone probably will eventually. Jungle Book was one of my favorites. The vultures hair looks like those of the beatles!


That was a good movie,   I really liked Aladdin,  Little Mermaid was good too.


Yea those were my favorite too but I really like Hercules!


I dont think I have ever seen that one actually.  Its been good talking though.


Hi! Yes I love Star Wars! How about you?


Me too, Im a big fan of Star Wars movies, which one is your favorite one?


I would have to say the very first Star Wars but they were all good I think. The Empire Strikes Back was really good too!


I liked it a lot as well but I think that the Clone Wars was better, or maybe Episode I


Good one too! It's crazy how 20th century fox thought Star Wars would be a flop! I can't imagine how much money these movies made in total!


I imagine that a lot, considereing the amount of fans the franchise has, it even was the first movie to be dubbed in navajo


Right! I thought that was awesome. I do know the first 8 films made over 8 billion....that's not including the merchandise! Star Wars holds a guiness world record for most successful merchandise franchise.


I didnt know that, thas a lot of money what I did know is that the franchise had an estimated value of 65 billion dollars!!


Wow! That is insane! Did you see Solo;A Star Wars Story? Al Pacino turned down the role of Han Solo because he didn't understand the script!


I did see that one, and thats crazy, he missed on a really big role, that would have changed his carreer for sure.


Exactly, too bad I guess lol, also they were thinking of casting Christopher Walken but don't know why he didn't get the part.


He would have been a good Han Solo, there is a hole story behind Solo, like how he was a tie fighter pilot before.


True! He would have been great in that role. I didn't know that, very interesting. I didn't know Solo; A Star Wars Story was distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures! I love Walt Disney!


Yeah, Disney bought the franchise or the rights of Star Wars, and I also love Disney, one of my favorites, The Lion King


Wow, I didn't know that. And yes I love The Lion King! it was the 1st Disney film to be dubbed into zulu for the african release, pretty cool!


I guess that answers part of the question of why Disney is so popular, did you watch Frozen?


Yes, it does! Yes, Frozen is great! And it was directed by a woman, first time for an animated film!


It is! its also interesting how the toy industry gets involved with Disney and the fimals before they even begin, a lot of money there too huh!


I know, I read that too, pretty crazy. I guess the toy industry is probably a huge part of all Disney productions!


I guess it is, and Disney is considered as one of the "Big Six" fim studios, that is pretty interesting as well.


Will the Star wars Movies be culturally relevant in 200 years? 1977 was a long time ago right now.


I think it will, there are many fans of the saga, hopefully one day the old movies will be remade.


Lucas had a plan for the stories.  I think the Disney takeover will cause some problems.


I think it will, they bought the franchise for a lot of money its now worth like $65 billion


$65 million is a lot.  Was Lucas lucky or talented.  I say lucky in some way.


It is a lot of money, Star Wars is great not only because of Lucas but his wife was a big influence on the franchise as well


20th century fox thought it would be a dud.  Lucas was able to secure the rights to licensing any merchandise. Lucas becomes Billionaire.


I heard about that, they have give the chance to forego his directors fee, it was about 500k, Lucas made the right decision


I guess you should always bet on your self.  Solo, a star wars story was ok. But I think the film is at odds with some of the other narrative previously established.


Valuable lesson, Fox sure had it coming, so do you have a favorite Star Wars movie?


The empire strikes back I think.  Maybe the best is yet to come.  Given the movie Solo, how could Han have ever been a tie fighter pilot.


I thought the Solo movie was good but not as great at the other ones I liked The Clone Wars and The Phantom Mennace


Rogue One was kind of refreshing.  Good sci-fi with not to crazy of a plot.


Thats was a good one I also liked it, you know Star Wars holds a Guinness World Record for the most successgull film merchandising film


I am sure Disney will try hard to break that record.  The toy industry gets involved before the beginning of filming now.


Im sure they are getting really involved in Star Wars, they also own the franchise


I dont understand wreck it ralph.  how could anything be in development that long?


Maybe Disney didn't had much faith on the franchise I do like the movies and I hear the video game is great.


There is a wreck it ralph game?that would be merchandise before the movie.


Yeah its originally a game I think, a really old arcade game, did you watch the movie frozen?


Parts of Frozen.  Olaff the snow man is funny.


Yeah Olaf is a funny one, cool fact about the movie but its the first animated Disney film directed by a woman, anyway its been great chatting with you I think Im going to watch a Disney movie now.


It's crazy to think that Daniel Day-Lewis has won Best Actor three times.


I agree, I wonder which movies he won them for.


Hmmm, I think he won for Lincoln for sure, and There Will Be Blood. The latter movie was really good. I'm not sure about the third one though.


Blazing saddles was nominated 3 times, I honestly have no idea what that movie is about. I guess I probably should check it out.


It is absolutely hilarious. It's got Gene Wilder (the dude who played Willy Wonka). Pretty much a 70s spoof on Western Movies.


Oh its a comedy, then I definitely want to see it. I love comedy and spoof movies. I also like science fiction. I can't believe some of the actors make so much money just from doing autograph signings


Yeah, and on top of that, we think Science Fiction is super common today, but I guess that it's only been mainstream for like 50 years thanks to Stanley Kubrick.


I agree, I think a lot of people were like closet science fiction fans, but now with all the different events and what not they are more comfortable expressing that. I mean some may take it to far with the whole membership for life that covers you in case you come back


Haha at least they have all their basis covered. Do you know any popular science fiction films that won Oscars? I know John Williams won a bunch for composing the Star Wars Music, but I wonder if any of them won for best picture?


I honestly can say I do not remember a science fiction film winning an Oscar for best picture. It usually ends up be some dramatic movie or something. Its possible they may have won before my time, but I don't remember


Yeah, what's you're favorite sci-fi film?


Off the top of my head I can't think of one. I love movies dealing with aliens and such though. I also enjoy when the sci fi has a little bit of a fear element to it. What is your favorite


I like the fear element too. Normally, I'm not too much into the alien/outer space movies, but I've been huge into the Marvel movies lately. I can't get enough of them.


I do enjoy them as well, I like a lot of the series they have created too. Sometimes though the storylines are a little too much.


Oh yeah, a lot of them are super unbelievable, even for the Marvel Universe. Did you see the most recent Avengers Infinity War?


I haven't yet but I really want to. It looks really awesome. Did you see it and if so was it good


Yeah, I really liked it. It's not your typical superhero movie or the typical "hero's path" plot. It goes up and down the whole time, so it's really entertaining. I think they have it on Netflix now.


Oh awesome, I have netflix. I definitely will check it out. Thank you for the info.


Not a problem, any recent movies you'd recommend me?


Honestly as of lately the only movies I really saw were Hallmark Christmas movies, yes I am that dork that watches those lol


Haha I love the cheesy Christmas movies!


I didn't get to watch many this year, but def will be in the holiday spirit in 2019.


Me too, well it has been great chatting tonight. Thanks for the movie recommendation.


hey there are you going to watch the academy awards this year?


I would love to watch it, I don't know when it is though. I think the last Academy Awards was in early March 2018, so I anticipate it would be coming up in a couple/few weeks then?


I think it is late Feb actually, and yes they give out like 24 awards


That's so cool. I think I heard Walt Disney has received the most Oscar nominations out of anyone, ever. He once got a special Oscar (for Snow White) that was a statue of Snow White and the Seven Dwarves


Yes I think you're right, I also like Blazing Saddles it was nominated for 3 oscars


I've actually never seen Blazing Saddles, is it any good? Who's in it?


Yeah it's good and it's funny, not politically correct thought.


Oh actually, I was thinking of Brokeback Mountain (way different). I have seen Blazing Saddles, I don't remember it too well but I remember liking it! Do you like sci fi movies?


I do like those movies, I like stuff like robots, cyborgs and space travel, you?


I love sci fi movies. I love the movie Contact, which came out in 1997. Did you know that Men in Black, Gattaca, The Fifth Element, and Starship Troopers all also came out in 1997>


wow that was a great year for movies, I think the landmark scifi movie was 2001 by Kubrick back in 1968


Oh yeah, 2001: A Space Odyssey. That was when the sci fi industry started to be taken seriously. And then once Star Wars came out, special effects really became popular and everyone went crazy over them


ya you're right, cool that Nasa named Gattaca as the most accurate sci fi film


Oh I didn't know that! I did know that apparently the movie "Woman in the Moon" influenced NASA a little in that they use a similar "countdown" and a launch pad, g-force, and multistage orbital rockets. It's so cool how sci fi films can be accurate


I agree! nasa also has a list of space accurate terms for movies to use, nasa is cool!


Yeah Nasa is definitely really cool, I'd love to learn more about it. By the way, do you like tennis? I used to play, but I was really bad haha


ya I do I also used to play, I played in high school, you?


I like watching tennis now. I don't know much about tennis, but I know a little about how grunting can give a tennis player more power in their swing and actually some professionals consider it "cheating"!


lol I didn't know that, crazy the longest tennis game was 11 hours thats exhausting


That's crazy! The longest single point lasted almost 30 minutes. They just kept hitting the ball back and forth, back and forth, 643 times! Talk about exhausting...


wow thats nuts! and ya the longest game at 11 hours was actually played over 3 days, so even that is at least you're getting a break


Wow three days, one match. I don't think I have the stamina for that!


I think my new goal is to own a house like the one Mel Gibson is selling. :-)


Must be nice to own something for $16 million.  Ocean view is a plus!


I think the privacy piece is crucial too. And the two different swimming pools seem ideal.


Wow, sounding even better.  Gibson now is 62 and had started his career in Australia and received his recognition for "Mad Max" in 1979"


In that case, I've still got about 2 decades to catch up to where he's at. Maybe I can create the next fashion trend like the tennis guy who invented polo shirts.


If you are interested in acting, then perhaps you can get a start in a role like a detective.  Gibson gained greater recognition in the U.S. for his role as a detective in "Lethal Weapon"