One of my favorite villains is the Joker, do you like him?

I do like him, and especially Harley Quinn!

Yeah Harley Quinn is a badass and also really hot.

Did you watch the movie Suicide Squad?

I watched it once with my daughter.
It was surprisingly funny!

I thought it was great, some of the special effects were too much for me but the cast was good I didnt like Jared Leto as the Joker though.

Who do you think should have played him?

I think casting parts would be extremely difficult to make sure you appeal the masses and are successful with the movie.

I have no idea, its a hard role to play Heath Ledger was my favorite Joker, too bad he passed away, he would have been a great choice for the movie.

OH yes!

He played that part perfectly!!

Marvel Comics has a lot of good superhero movies.

Have you seen the new Spiderman?

I have seen that movie, the latest ones or the old ones?

I just watch the latest one.

It was surprisingly good!

I'm a bigger Disney fan than Marvel Comics though.

Well Marvel is now owned by Disney so that kills to birds with one stone, Sony had the chance to buy all of Marvel superheroes once and at a really low price.

Wow!

Sony must really be regretting that decision!

I heard Disney bought Marvel but doesn't own the rights to feature the "big" marvel characters in theme parks east of the Mississippi.

I wonder if they can in Disney Land in California.

Yeah I bet they are Disney also owns Star Wars, it seems like they are buying all mayor franchises.

I would if I were them too.

If they take the major entertainment companies over, they basically secure their place in the entertainment world.

Yeah those are smart moves, do you also like the Star Wars franchise?

I love the Star Wars franchise!

I have all the movies and watch them frequently with the kids.

Did you know Al Pacino originally turned down the part of Han Solo?

Really?

good thing he didnt get the part, why did he turned down the role?

I bet he regretted that later

I can't picture him as Han Solo.

lol.

He turned down the part because he couldn't understand the script!

lol

That is funny and also a mayor mistake on his part, it is the most successful film merchandising franchise, he could be even more famous.

I know right!

When it comes to movie roles, i bet there are a lot of regrets.

Yeah he could be Han Solo its been great chatting with you by the way.

You too!
Have a great day!


Did you know that astronauts in space can't whistle?

No, I had no clue.

I wonder if that has anything to do with the weightlessness.

The apollo 13 cast could only do 25 second takes when filming in nasa's zero-gravity plane

I don't know but that is interesting to consider.

Astronauts are pretty lucky, not just for getting to go out into space but general motors used to give a free corvette to them when they got back to earth.

Yea that is lucky but their is some risk, moon dust can cut through spacesuit material and is bad for health

It can cut through spacesuit material?

Wow.

I personally wish everyone could travel in space.

There is so much to see and learn about.

I mean, there's a water vapor cloud in space that has 100 trillion times more water than all of the water on earth.

That's crazy!

Japan was able to take a rock sample off an asteroid and return it back to earth

I wonder what they learned from the rock sample.

There is a lot to be learned here on earth too though.

Only 1.5 million of the estimated 7 million animal species are known and described.

Yea and over a million of them are insects, that's nuts

Who knows what's all out there.

We might even discover the actual loch ness monster.

It's been a protected species in Scotland since 1912.

Lol I wonder if he was represented by the lawyer in Switzerland whose clients are animals

i've heard about that lawyer lol!

I wonder what kind of cases he does.

You know though, things are getting weird as far as animals are concerned.

Germany has granted them rights afforded in their constitution.

Well animals from different geographically areas communicate with each other in different languages/dialects unique to that area

It does sound as if they are more advanced as species than originally thought doesn't it?

Perhaps we are more alike with them than we think.

We do hiccup and that is supposedly a hold over from back when some animals hand lungs and gills.

Well some animals are a lot different, their are some lobsters and jellyfish that are biologically immortal

That sounds interesting.

Science has given animals a kingdom called Animalia.

Yea animals are cool.

Do you like the Thor movies?

It was the fourth film in the MCU and one of my favorites

I do like Thor.

I especially like the well known actors that were in it, such as Anthony Hopkins.

Yes Hopkins was good as Odin and Tom Hiddleston was an excellent casting choice for Loki

They both were perfect.

Did you know Hiddleston tried out for the role of Thor?

Yea I read that, glad Hiddleston ended up getting cast as Loki though

Me too.

I've heard that the cast improvised some of the ragnarok language.


I enjoyed the movie Thor, I can't believe Loki gained 50 pounds of muscle to only later be turned down for the role of Thor!

That is amazing.

He is the perfect cast for Loki though.

I can't imagine anyone else playing him.

Yes!

He did a great job!

The language they spoke "Taika Waiti" was actually improvised, I think I would bust out in laughter making gibberish sounds.

I can't believe we saw the infinity gauntlet way back then and no one picked up on it.

Yeah!

I sure didn't.

But what was the infinity gauntlet again?

It is the gauntlet thanos used to destroy half of all life in the universe.

But it is the wrong hand in Thor so they think it might have not been the real one.

Oh!

Thanks for clarifying!

I was a little confused by that statement.

Really surprised that there is an animal called the "loch ness monster"!

I think the name sounds a little frightening.

I would love to know what it really is.
There is theories that it a dinosaur.

Me too!

But it sounds so grand and gigantic!

I was watching Jurassic Park the other day and wonder if the existence of 20 quintillion animals is still accurate, given how dinosaurs grew extinct.

I think there are so many animals in the rain forest we don't even know about yet.

I would love to study zoology.

That's very true, do you love animals?

The intricate food webs and food chains is very interesting and at the same time alarming.

I do love animals.

Growing up in the country you get to see the food chains first hand.

Especially the roles some of those 1 million insects can play.

Oh wow!

I've recently started raising some chickens and I'm still amazed by eggs coming from an actual animal!

You must've seen much more detailed events!

It is amazing to see.

I'm not sure about the theory that domesticated animals develop patches on their head though because that is seen in while horses too.

Yeah, I rarely ever see that but an interesting fact to learn about.

I've always been excited about space exploration.

It's pretty funny to learn about the restrictions of astronauts due to gravity, like they can't whistle in a spacesuit.

That is a neat fact.

I wonder if there is a way to harnass the water vapor that is in space to help eliminate drought on earth.

That'll be really neat, maybe scientists are studying it.

I wish the same effect could be applied to thunder, if we could harness the electricity from one thunder strike, it would be enough to power the entire earth for at least five minutes!

The earth is an amazing creation.

I wonder what the practical applications could be of the drop pods to deploy anywhere on earth.

It could have humanitarian impacts.

Agreed.

There should be courses around the concept of space offered in schools!

I think it would be awesome to offer a stem class in the mechanics of space engineering.

There are so many intricate things that people don't even know.

Yeah, when I was in school, there was only computer science being offered, but I hope that there are more of STEM classes as well in middle school/high school rather than in college.

There does seem to be a push for STEM activites in younger people which is great.

Practical applications always are necessary to learn.

Yeah, I think movies like Thor sparks creativity in children, I highly encourage teens to watch Marvel movies and read the comics.

Creativity gives us a new lens on the world.

I think all scientists need more creativity in their life if we are going to think of out of the box solutions to the worlds problems.

Yes, I know I get completely absorbed in those movies and think about the universe and the life on other planets as well.

I think the creativity allows us to access the right/left brain connections that aren't always used in everyday life.

Yeah, even when trying to improvise a dialogue in thor, that seems stimulating as well haha

The way they tie these films together like with the gauntlet and the ravens is amazing.

It shows high levels of a creative spirit.

Yes and it flows perfectly too, I wonder if they layout the foundation with how many phases to tell the story or what

They would almost have to.

Otherwise the details would get muddled and the bloggers would have a field day picking the movies apart.

haha, so far I've been very impresssed!

It's hard not to be.

They have poured a lot of money into Marvel Studios.

It shows in the quality of work though.

Disney's purchase of Marvel was a great fit, in my opinion.

It was definately a smart money move on their part.


Hello,  How are you?

Have you watched Thor?

The infinity gauntlet is shown briefly during thor (the movie), but its authenticity is disputed because it's right-handed (it's left-handed in comics)

Thor is one of my favorite marvel movies.

The casting of Chris Hemsworth as Thor was a great job.

Absolutely!

Perfect role for him.

Tom hiddleston, who plays loki in the avengers, screen tested for the role of thor.

he went on a strict diet and gained 50 pounds of muscle.

they later decided he would be better for the role of loki.

I never knew he gained that much muscle.

That's crazy but Hiddleston is a great loki

Yeah,  I know right!

Ant man made his marvel debut before spider-man, hulk, thor and iron-man.

Hmm I didn't know that.

Did you know Hugin and munin appear in the Avenger's film?

No I didn't but since I didn't know them before this,  I wasn't looking for any birds.

According to taika waititi, 80% of the dialogue in thor: ragnarok was improvised, in order to create a "very loose and collaborate mood" among the cast an attempt to replicate the tone and sensibility from his previous films.

Nice, they did a great job improvising the scenes

Yeah they did.

Did you know There are about 20 quintillion individual animals on planet earth.

That's crazy, there's only like 7 million species of animals on earth

only?

That sounds like a lot.

Animals develop white patches on their foreheads when they are domesticated.

That's cool, did you know the loch ness monster is a protected species in Scotland?

I did,  thats freaking awesome!

In 2002, germany became the first country in the world to universally give animals constitutionally-guaranteed legal rights.

Does that include the ones the size of  8.5 millionths of a metre?

I have no clue lol it didn't give me any more detail.

That's crazy, there's 1 million species of insects, I wonder if fly swatters are illegal in Germany

haha probably not.

Hiccups are a holdover from early evolution when early land animals had both gills and lungs.

Wow, I never knew that.

Did you know there is a water vapor cloud in space with 100 trillion times the amount of water on earth?

No,  thats amazing.

General motors used to give the mercury and apollo series astronauts a free corvette when they returned from space.

Nice, the USMC are researching using drop pods from space

Awesome,  great talking to you!


Hey, how are you doing?
Are you a fan of Thor the movie?

No.
But I have heard about it.
My son is a fan.

Do you watch any superhero movies?

Marvel Comics have had some great movies as of late, usually produced by Marvel Studios

I like superman and batman movies.

What do you like about them the most compared to other characters?

I like them because they defeated evil beings.

I watched them when I was young.

How about you, who is your fav superhero?

I'm not really sure who my favorite super hero is, they all have flaws but they are all good overall.

I think if more people acted like superheros, we'd realize the world would get on a lot better.

That's just my opinion though.

Are you a big fan of space?

What space (fiction or non fiction?)

I just read an article.

I felt sorry for Tom Hiddleston who prepared himself to be Thor.

Non-fiction, real life outer space, it's just amazing to think about and hurts my head to think that far into it to be honest.

I see.

Apparently, astronauts in a spacesuit cannot whistle.

I've heard that, did you see the USMC is trying to develop drop pods to deploy anywhere on earth from outerspace?

That's nuts!

I heard about it.
I wonder who was funding the project.

Not sure, I'm sure NASA is a huge help though, but funding is constantly being cut from NASA so I'm not sure.

I wonder how far space really goes.

It will be nice to continue space programs if we have funding.

By the way, GM used to give free corvettes to Apollo and mercury astronauts when they returned to earth.

That's pretty cool, I often think about how an astronaut feels, I wonder how life changing it is to see the earth from afar

Some of them wrote books about their experiences.

Apparently, if astronauts out on a space walk wants to talk in private, they will touch helmets.

Wow, neat!

It's so nuts to think about the water vapor cloud in the space that is 100 trillion times the amount of water on earth, fascinating.

That is fascinating.
Space related facts often fascinate me.

The concept of space is considered to be of fundamental importance for understanding the physical universe, it's just so crazy to think about.

For example, do ants realize humans are around?

If we're like ants in the bigger picture, do we notice that aliens are around us?

I am sure that they are other beings out there but perhaps they are far away.

Disagreements continues between philosophers about our universe.

True, I guess we'll never know.

It was great talking with you though, have a good one!

It was nice chatting with you too.

You as well, I hope you have a good rest of the evening, I'll try not to think about the depths of space that much !

I will read more about the space.
Have a nice evening.
Bye.

You as well, take care and enjoy the rest of the week!


Hey there!

Did you see the movie "Gotti" with John Travolta?

I wouldn't be surprised if you didn't.

It apparently was failure among many critics.

I did not but the reviews did pan it.

The reviews on Rotten Tomatoes were not that horrible though

Hmmm... thought I saw that it got a zero percent on Rotten Tomatoes.

Do you use Rotten Tomatoes much?

It had a 71 percent score on there with an abnormally high number of ratings - like it was faked?

I do use rotten tomatoes to get ideas on what movies to see

Interesting.

Yeah, I had also see an ad by the people who made Gotti comparing the critics to trolls.

Guess audience vs. critics scores were widely different.

(Or perhaps faked as you say.)

Do you read the audience score or the critics scores?

I read both.

I tend to believe the critics scores a bit more, but I am pretty easy-going on movie choices so I do look at the audience scores.

Did you see Incredibles 2?

I think it opened the same weekend as Gotti.

I have not seen it but I have heard it was a great animated flick by Pixar.

I loved it.

My favorite character is Edna Mode.

Was sure the character was voiced by some old lady.

Come to find out the character was voiced by the director Brad Bird.

And I love Samuel Jackson - I understand he played frozone in that movie.

Yeah, love Samuel L Jackson.

One of my favorites.

He's always a big box office draw.

Though I heard Tom Hanks may be this highest all-time box office star.

I love Tom Hanks.

I found it curious how the Lord of the Rings movies had huge losses despite being a success

Wow, that's pretty surprising.

Never know what's going to bring in the money huh?

You know you'd figure anything Disney would be a sure hit but heard that their animated "Treasure Planet" was one of the most expensive box office flops of all time.

Yes.

And John Carter was a flop over here but broke box office records in Russia

And I loved John Carter.

Never know, never know.

I don't like Michael Bay movies.

His rotten tomatoes average film rating is something like 38% but his movies are always blockbusters.

And Ashton Kutcher has never had a single movie with a fresh rating!

And his movies are generally success too right?

Makes you wonder how it all works.

Not that the rotten tomatoes ratings always matter but saw that Netflix has almost 150 movies available with a 100% rating.

You must think that there are fake reviews for anything with a 100 percent rating.

Yeah, kinds brings us back to Gotti.

I'm mean the director, Kevin Connolly is pretty well liked.

So some of those rating could've been faked

Yes especially since it had a horrible 5.1 rating on IMDB

Ha!

That's the same rating as "Police Academy 4!"

Yes!

The original Police Academy was good but they went downhill fast!


good afternoon, how you doing today?

i'm great!
have you heard of the new movie gotti?

oh good lord yes I have, a whopping 0% on rotten tomatoes!

i know can you believe it!
john travolta is usually great

its getting completely slammed by critics too.

the marketing company claimed audiences loved it, but i find that hard to believe

well not just audiences, it mentions gotti's son gave it a 7 out of 10

that man is biased, no way he actually liked it

it eludes to the fact that there could be fake reviews on rotten tomatoes.

do you think that's true?

I dont think so.

there could defintiely be some people trolling, but the tomato score is just generated by aggregating reviews form top critics around the internet

yeah, and given the fact that it sits at 0, it must be painful.

would you watch it?

I might just for morbid curiosity.
its a trainwreck, so it could be funny

i hate to admit it, but sometimes i like terrible movies.

AND i used to watch the gotti family reality show years ago on VH1.

So, this might just be up my alley lol

if you like terrible movies,a ccoridng to rotton tomatoes most of Michael Bays stuff is pretty bad.

hie films average a 38%

haha!

I don't even know who he is!

Also, what does a "fresh rating" on rotten tomatoes mean?

a fresh rating is something that has 70% or more I believe.

Just means that its widely considered to be a good movie.

which no video game movies have, the highest one in that category is only 44%

oh wow.

and apparently ashton kutcher's movies aren't that great either!

really?
what does he average?

it doesn't list his average, it just says he hasn't been in a single movie with a fresh rating

oh man, thats sad for him.
I like his movies usually

i don't recall too many of his movies, i've seen a couple and they are alright.

i did like him in that 70s show!

that show wasn't my cup of tea, but I enjoy him when hes on Shark Tank


Did you see the latest John Gotti Movie with John Travolta?

I haven't seen it yet, but I am excited for it despite it getting a 0% rating on rotten tomatoes.

I like Travolta but this has been done so many times already.

The best version I've seen is with Armand Assante

True that it has been done so many times already, but I don't think that the harsh assessments of the critics were rather harsh

Yeah most times i ignore them as the audience usually right.

It's owned by Warner brothers so there you go, ha ha

I mean some even said it was the worst mob movie of all time.

Also you are right, the marketing team for Gotti did a good job turning the situation around to gather a greater following.

Netflix has about 150 movies with a score of 100% on RT.

I wonder how good those 150 movies are.

I have to say though that most of the time, Rotten Tomatoes does a very good job of rating its movies, much better than imdb.

Hey you remember Siskel & Ebert?

Is that a movie?

No they we're the original rotten tomatoes.

they use to come on tv Sundays i think an actually review movies with clips it was pretty cool.

Oh!

I have never heard of or used Siskel & Ebert before.

I used rotten tomatoes ever since I saw spykids after seeing that it had a 93% fresh rating on rotten tomatoes

13 years before the sequel there was a video game called the incredibles raise of the underminer.

It is too bad that no film based on video games have gotten above 44%.

Speaking of incredibles raise of the underminer, have you seen the incredibles?

I saw the first one, i enjoyed it...Funny!!

It's set in the 60's a pretty good time period.

I also enjoyed incredibles 2 created by walt disney.

Most sequels don't do very well, but disney did a good job.

I did not see the second one but im sure your right.

Apparently Disney thought about closing their animation studio because Sleeping Beauty did so bad.

Well its weird that Sleeping Beauty did so bad considering how iconic it is today.

Although I'm sure their experience with treasure planet in the box office sure didn't help

Ha ha!

You know it's all about the mighty dollar.

I didn't realize that Tom Hanks is the highest movie earnings of all time.

8.5 million.

is that from toy story you think?

I mean he is a star capable of carrying the whole movie by himself to an amazing degree.

It is better to pay a good actor rather than flop like trojan wars The movie with a budge of 15million only earned 309 dollars in box office

That's one i never got to see either, doge a bullet you say, ha ha!

Now Silence of the lamb on the other hand with Anthony Hopkins was a hit.

270 million.

I have to concur.

In any case, this was a wonderful opportunity to chat about movies.


Hey!

Have you heard about that "Gotti" movie?

0% on Rotten Tomatoes.

I never understood the Rotten Tomatoes rating.

I guess having a higher rating is good.

I didn't know it was ratings from critics.

Yes, it's the percent of critics who recommend the film.

No critics have recommended it so far.

Surely, someone somewhere has to like it.

Supposedly, the fan ratings are fake.

They say that it's being well received by audiences.

What do you make of that?

Marketing?

Or are the critics wrong?

I think it could be a little of both.

Sometimes, fans want to prove the critics wrong.

Yes, that's true.

Did you know that Rotten Tomatoes is owned by Warner Brothers?

No, I didn't.

I also have no idea what it means when something is "fresh" on rotten tomatoes.

Do you know?

I think "fresh" means recommended - the percent of critics who support the film.

But, with it being owned by a major studio, you have to wonder about bias.

I agree.

Maybe the studio liked it, and other people didn't...or vice versa.

It would be interesting to study how WB films fare there versus their biggest competitors, and versus independent films.

Yes.

The Toy Story movies have a 100% rating, though, and I don't believe they are Warner Bros movies.

Yes, and Spykids got 93%.

If there is bias, it's probably subtle, but who knows.

Have you seen SpyKids?

I haven't.

I loved that movie about the superhero kids in high school.

What was that called?

I haven't seen it.

Did you know that Disney almost shut down their animation studios after Sleeping Beauty came out?

It did very poorly at the box office.

No, I didn't know that.

I don't think I have ever seen the movie, Sleeping Beauty, although I did have the paper dolls when I was a little girl.

Yeah, Disney's had some ups and downs.

Treasure Planet was one of the most expensive box office failures of all time.

Is that the one that was a Muppet movie?

Oh, no I think that was Treasure Island.

I didn't see either one of those.

Disney has had some box office home runs, though, like the whole Pirates of the Caribbean series.

Yes, they've had a lot of success!

I find it comforting to think of them having failures too - we all have our ups and downs.

Yes.

It makes it seem a little less like Disney is taking over the world.

They even own the Star Wars movies now.

Yes!
Well, it's been good talking to you.
Have a good night!

You, too!
Have a great night.
Happy New Year!

Happy new year!


did you know the universe might be a hologram?

No, that is an interesting theory though I would say.

I know that is what Elon Musk believes, not that he would 100% know but he seems pretty smart

Yeah he is definitely very smart.

I guess there is also a theory where there is just one electron in the whole universe as well.

hmm that is strange I haven't heard that, kim jong un has a degree in physics so maybe he knows haha

Holy cow, I didn't know that about him, very interesting.

I wonder what university he got it, and he's the supreme leader so did they just let him pass?

haha

Yeah maybe he just said I have one, and they gave him one lol.

Did you know the emperor of Japan is a scientist?

I didn't, do you know what kind of scientist he is?

I wonder what his specialty is

Yeah I wonder that as well.

I guess Harrison Schmitt was the only scientist that walked on the moon.

that seems weird that the other astronauts either wouldn't be scientists or wouldn't be considered scientists, I do know that the wolfram alpha creator got his phd at the age of 20 which is insane

Holy smokes that is insane.
It's crazy how smart some people are.

ya I always wonder if it was genetic, or parenting, or honestly its probably a bit of both

Yeah there is always some genetics at work.

Did you know the internet was created by a scientist?

haha well I would have guessed that, I know al gore claimed to have created the internet but I don't know the story behind that, don't think hes a scientist though

Yeah I always thought that rumor was hilarious.

He was working for the Cern I guess.

lol ya I guess!

but speaking of smart people this says john von neumann when he was 6 could speak ancient greek, like you don't just learn that at 6 your parents have to get involved for that to happen

What, that is too crazy.

Yeah that is working overtime by the parents!

ya that I think may be a little much, but on the other hand he grew up to be a genius so who knows!

Yeah who knows, I'm sure he won't be a bum when he gets older lol.

ya the emperor of japan is actually publishing papers, I wonder what kind of papers trump would publish if he were a scientist haha

Oh geez I'm sure they would be pretty bad.

Well it was nice talking with you today, hope you enjoy the weekend.


Hi, how are you?

I'm great, what do you think about Stephen Hawking and his beliefs about God

I think he is brilliant and his ideologies are definitely worth knowing.

You?

I agree he was brilliant and came up with interesting theories and facts about the universe, I tend to agree with some of his ideas about God and church

I wonder if his atheism is related to science and the larger universe.

I think it is, the more you read and learn the more you will question yourself and your beliefs, too bad he died altough with his condition im suprised he made it to age 76

I agree.

I was shocked he made it that long.

I know I took a ton of science classes in college and started questioning everything.

I really tried to read his books but they were so far over my head.

Yea ha they are hard to follow, did you ever read The Theory of Everything?

its a great book but hard to understand

No, I tried to read a brief history of time.

It was not brief and made me feel bad about myself.

It was pretty long indeed lol, but I guess the title says brief because of how big the universe actually is and it would take an enormous book to document only what we know up to date in a summarized way

Did you read it?

I ever tried reading it upside down so it would force me to read it more carefully and concentrate.

Only book I had trouble with.

Well, that and organic chemistry.

I tried to read it and read some pages but never finished it, you know that there are scientists who believe that universes also evolve through natural selection

That's weird.
Not something I would have thought of.
Or it could be one giant superhologram.

One superhologram?

I guess thats a valid theory as well, we know so little about space everything is possible.

Like there is only one electron in the universe?

Where is it and who has it?

Too many questions and few answers, I guess its a good thing we have physics, at least we can answer some question by applying them.

Not if the physicist is Kim Jong-Un.
You may just get shot...

I agree, I think he has a false degree on physics he sure lies a lot.

I agree.

He may have a degree but it's definitely not legit.

What are his professors going to do, fail him?

Thats true, not a lot of options there lol,  there is a theory that states that the universe could have come from nothing,

Nice chatting with you!


Hi, do you like science?

Hello, Yes I do.

How about you?

I think that Mr. Hawkings was a intelligent man.

He really was, one of his conclusions was that God does not exist.

I believe that as well.

He was a man who had great intelligence and understanding of our universe and not only that but he spoke to many religious leaders like a few popes and others.

I do not think that way, but I really admired Hawkins because despite the hard disease he had , the Lou Gehrig disease, he was really a great scientist and very curious.

He certainly persevered in spite of his illness.

Regarding our universe, did you know that there are stars that are cold enough that a human could touch it?

I had no idea, but I love to learn new things about the universe!

I love to know about galaxies, stars, planets etc.

Me too, and there is so much to learn about.

I have always loved physics.

It helps to understand our world and how the universe behaves.

I did like to learn that pixar spent 3 years studying physics of curly hair

Wow, that must be a lot of information to study for 3 years.

Did you know that Kim jong-un has a degree in physics?

Interesting!

I find the objective of studying physics really interesting- it's to understand how the universe behaves!

Absolutely!!

There is never ending things to learn about the universe.

I read that scientists at Harvard stored a gif animation of a galloping horse in the dna of bacteria!

I can not imagine why but I am sure they know lol.

They do impressive things!

Like Harrison Schmitt, he was the only one who walked on the moon, that is great.

What a magnificent experience that must have been for him!

Jon Von Neumann could divide two 8 digit numbers in his head by age 6 and he could also talk in ancient greek!

Amazing thing they can do.

That is amazing!

another great invention by scientists is the World Wide Web, it has greatly affected our lives

Oh yes it certainly has.

All parts of our lives have been affected by it!These scientists are so intelligent.

The creator of Wolfram Alpha got his PHD at the age of 20!

It is interesting that this term started to be used in the 19th century, before it was sometimes known as natural philosophy

Yes things have changed and advanced through the years.

I believe that there will always be more things to learn about our world and we have only learned a small amount of what is out there.

So many things we were able to get after we learned about physics.

We are in the very beginning, I am really interested in learning more, and my favorite part of physics is astronomy, which is one of the most ancient disciplines.

Astronomy is a fascinating topic.
We do live in an amazing world.
Never stop learning and growing.

Neither do you, It was really nice talking to you!


Hi!
Are you a Beatles fan?

Who isn't.
John did some incredible stuff

Sure!
They were real musical pioneers!

absolutely, especially with Geoff Emerick as a sound engineer

Yeah!

They were the first to do so many neat things that they redefined what it meant to do sound engineering.

yeah have you heard the work done on Revolver?

Sweet!

Amazing what they did as a band without even being able to read music!

Yeah it really was art

And their genius stands the test of time.

The Beatles have the best selling albums of the 2000's!

Yep and they use the word love 613 times!

My first words as a baby came straight from the lyrics of one of their songs on the album, Meet the Beatles.

They were influential in my life, but are largely regarded as the most influential band in US history.

Which is especially impressive given they're not American.

Paul even composes classical music.

Really?

Cool!

I thought it was inspirational when I learned that Ringo was illiterate for much of his childhood due to years of missed schooling from illness.

Amazingly, he later went on to be a Narrator on the Thomas the Tank Engine children's TV show!

Yeah that's pretty impressive that he was able to do that, I grew up watching that show

I remember how the Beatles became so popular that they had to stop touring because the screams from the fans were so loud.

Yeah they were so popular with Beatlemania

Right, I forgot about that!

Well, mania is not uncommon with the latest fad music.

Believe it or not, even classical music had loud, wild, moving audiences during performances back in the day.

Oh for sure, you ever see the movie Armadeus?

It really was the popular music of the time

Yeah.

Even today, some fans are so obsessed with the music it is amazing.

Like, there is one dude, Arthur Lintgen, who can identify a piece of classical music by simply looking at the grooves on a vinyl record.

Classical music have also been used to decrease crime in cities all over the world, it's fascinating.

Yeah, and to curb teen loitering in shopping centers.

Hey, nice chatting with you!


Good afternoon.

Did you hear about John Lennon wanting to sound like the Dalai Lama?

Yeah, the Beatles went through a phase with that stuff.

Harrison is the only one that stuck with it.

I didn't realize the Beatles have been around since 1960.

Yeah, that must count their time in Europe (e.g., Hamburg).

I didn't know that none of them could read music.

Ringo star was illiterate for most of his childhood.

Hmm.

I guess he did OK for himself just having rhythm.

Emerick used a "rotating Leslie speaker" -- never heard of such a thing.

Never heard of that either.

I read they stopped touring bc current amplification technology couldn't keep up over the screaming.

Yeah, girls can be loud.

I was surprised to learn that Emerick worked with Elvis Costello...

He's one of my favorites.

Do you use the internet a lot?

The Russians built a computer that ran on water.

Yes.

As an engineer I appreciate his philosophy that "Everything is possible, nothing is impossible."

That's a good quote.

Did you know smoking near an apple computer voids the warranty?

I heard that.

I didn't know that the Beatles song "Come Together" was for a Timothy Leary's CA governor's campaign.

O that's pretty cool.
I wonder if he won.

I don't think so.

LSD wouldn't go over as a qualification.

Are you into computers?

Yes I am.

I read the space shuttles general purpose computers runs on 1mb ram.

Yeah, there were 3 of them that used "voting" to get better results.

I bet they didn't smoke near them.

That's funny.

Did you see the one built from mine craft building blocks?

Never saw a pic of that.

Do you like classical music?

Some don't like teenagers at a shopping center in Australia where it's used to keep them from loitering.

That's cool.

Some cities are using the music to deter crime.

Cool.

I can't believe that in 2011 a computer actually composed a piece of classical music.

That's cool.

I heard audiences get loud, at classical concerts.

Nice chatting with you


Hi are you a fan of the Beatles?

Yes, i like the beatles very much.
You?

I'm a fan!

It's going to be 60 years next year since they were first formed in Liverpool in 1960.

I can't believe it's been that long.

Yeah, i feel old LOL They really evolved over the years.

I was sad that they break up, but i understand why.

Yes.

Amazingly the Beatles have the best selling album of the 2000's!

Pretty amazing that they still have that kind of fan power still.

They wrote the classic songs that influenced so many musicians.

I dont know what their first hit was though.

You know what?

I don't that.

I think it's because they have so many good songs.

The Beatles wrote "Come Together" for Timothy Leary's 1969 California governor campaign.

I never knew that.
Timothy Leary, the LSD guy?
Come Together?
Ok, i guess he needed a song.
it is a cool song too.

That surprised me.

That must have been when John was already heavy into politics.

Ringo was illiterate for most of his childhood because he missed 3 years of school due to tuberculosis and peritonitis.

That is amazing!
I am surprised he didnt die.
i wonder what he did with his time.
did he listen to music?

I'm not sure.

The Beatles stopped touring because the amplification technology of the time couldn't keep up over the screaming!

The fans were fanatics.

i would go to hear the music and just hear screaming.

not worth it.

i would just listen to the albums.

Yes...I don't think they really toured that much here in the states.

Here's an interesting fact:  none of the Beatles could read music.

Most of them learned to play by ear, which is typical of rock and pop musicians.

Yes!

I've heard that of a lot of musicians.

Do you know anything interesting about computers?

I know that the russians built a computer powered by water back in 1930s.

I wonder how that worked?

They must have used the water to generate a power source.

I didn't even know they had computers back then.

lol

There were mechanical computers before that.

computers are an old idea.

someone built one in minecraft even!

I wonder how that worked?

lol  The space shuttles general purpose computer ran on 1mb of ram.

Crazy.

It's been fun chatting!

The programmers used the RAM carefully.
Yes, i have fun chatting!

Have a good day!


Hi good morning.

Are you a fan of the Beatles?

They have the best selling album of the 2000s!

I expect that the Beatles will have a best selling album for the next century as well!

Yeah that's a good point I bet as well.

Surprisingly though none of the Beatles could read music.

Like many rocks musicians, they learned by ear.

Reading music is useful though.

I don't think it would have made a difference for the Beatles.

Yeah that's true.

Ringo Starr couldn't read at all as he was a illiterate for most of his childhood.

He was a good drummer.
I did not know that he was illiterate.

Yeah it sounds like he missed three years of school due to tuberculosis and peritonitis.

Wow, that's terrible.

I'm glad he survived.

That must have been hard.

I guess he developed an interest in music then.

Yeah it would be interesting to hear their story.

I would also like to know how they all met and came together in 1960 when they formed.

I guess they were all in Liverpool.

I guess they played in the same clubs.

I guess they were not going to college or uni.

Following their dream that is great.

I think it's cool that the Beatles experimented with several music styles ranging from pop and Indian music to hard rock.

That is the best thing about them.

They did not just do the same stuff again and again.

They traveled.

They explored.

Yeah that's a really good point.

The Beatles once literally stopped touring because current amplification technology couldn't keep up over screaming.

It would have been pointless anyway.
The fans were not listening.
They wanted a Beatles experience.
I would not have gone myself.

Yeah it sounds super crazy.

I can just watch from the comfort of my own computer.

Speaking of computers someone build a working 16 bit computer using nothing but the basic Minecraft building blocks.

I am amazed that they would even try.
That must have taken forever to build.
I wonder why they did that.

Yeah I can't even imagine.

Also smoking near Apple computers voids the warranty by making it a biohazard.

I am definitely glad I don't smoke!

What about vaping?
Can you vape?

I don't know about vaping.

Not if they couldn't vape anymore, they wouldn't!

LOL Anyway, great chat!

Yeah and they even have industrial robots controlled by computers.

So surprising.

Nice talking with you as well.


I don't know about you, but one detail that I remember from my childhood is watching my brother play the Legend of Zelda on our Nintendo 64.

Did you ever play that game?

I don't play that game but I love Nintendo and I like playing Mario, always a favorite!

I guess the company was first founded as a card playing company back in 1889, making it over a century old

That's crazy!

I had no idea!

I really like Pokemon Go, I like the handheld console that they made just for that game.

My son plays too and always wears his favorite lucky Pokemon Go shirt lol.

That's fun that you have something you can enjoy together.

Nintendo also owns the Mariners, meaning they do more than just video games.

If you're at a Mariners game, you can use a 3DS app to order food to your seat

It is great fun to play the pokemon go with my son, so Nintendo owns the Mariners??

Wow, that's crazy and interesting!

They also produced lego knock offs at one point!

I wonder how long that venture lasted.

They also created the first racing game to run at 60 frames per second.

It's crazy how much technology has evolved over the past few decades

I know, technology is amazing.

I bet we see more and more pretty fast.

I wonder if Nintendo has any games that you can play Tennis, that would be fun!

I know the Wii Sports has tennis on it.

I think I remember there also being a Mario Tennis game for the 64 as well.

Do you play tennis?

I love tennis, but don't get to play very often, but I do love tennis games and I do believe they have one for the Wii.

I will have to check it out!

It is funny to me all the businesses Nintendo tried prior to going to games in the 70's, they tried everything haha

Many businesses that are now successful have similar stories.

They learn how to pivot until they find something that is profitable.

Now they're one of the largest and best-known video game companies in the world

Very true!

I wonder if Nintendo ever tried any clothing lines, like shirts and shorts, but I guess there are always clothes with brand names in graphics on them.

They are huge, valued at over 85 billion dollars.

Since they own the Mariners, I wonder if they technically do have some clothing.

Sometimes we know things by their brand rather than the parent company

Very true.

I bet they have made clothes, it would be a huge market just to sell Tee shirts or even polo shirts like they wear in tennis.

What's funny is that polo shirts started with tennis players before it was later worn by polo players.

The name is deceiving

I heard that, pretty interesting.

I believe Rene ( the crocodile) Lacoste was the designer of polo shirts.

That's what I've heard.

What I didn't know is that there's a difference between a button down and a button up, depending on whether the collar tips fasten to the shirt

Really?

Haha, I did not know that, hmmm.

That is as funny as in China gang fashion involved layering as many shirts as someone could put on and popping the collars, never knew that was a thing!

I think I've seen photos of that before.

It's not any stranger than the aloha shirt being the official business attire in Hawaii

Right!

That is pretty cool though, I am sure they love wearing shirts like that.

It's probably more comfortable.

Billy May's funeral pallbearers wore khaki pants and blue shirts to his funeral


Hello, do you watch tennis?

Yes I like tennis more than I used to, especially when the williams sisters are playing.

Yeah they are great.

DO you know the relation between tennis and polo shirts?

Yes I think that Polo shirts were invented for tennis players.

I like polo shirts myself, do you?

Yeah I like them.

It was indeed Rene Lacoste the tennis player

Oh ok, did you know a black man won the first us tennis open title in 1968?

Yeah and the sad thing is that no other has won it ever since

Yes that's true, my mind keep going back to Tiger Woods, but I have to remind myself Tiger Woods wasn't a black man.

Yeah.

And once they had to use a helicopter to dry a tennis court

Wow that must had been an important and valuable game, I'm surprised that game wasn't postponed.

Yeah true.

Do you know how long was the longest match in tennis?

If I am right the longest tennis match went for 11 hours within 3 days, that's a lot of energy for a player.

That is true.
How about video games?

I am surprised that Nintendo is and not was the world's largest video game companies by market capitalization.

Yeah, and it is over 100 years old now since it was founded in 1889

Did you know Nintendo owns the Seattle Mariners?

Nintendo release handheld console for pokemon?

Oh I did not know that.

THey also used to be a toy company and created a lego knock-off then

Oh really, have you heard of the arrow shirt collar?

Those were my favorite shirts in my teens.

I have actually not heard of them.

DO you know how polo shirts were invented?

No not really, how were the polo shirts were Invented, If you know can you brief me short details?

They were invented by the tennis player, Rene Lacoste.

Nice chat


Hi, how are you this morning?

Im doing great.
How bout you.

I'm good, thanks for asking.
Do you like Tennis?

I have never really sat down to watch it to be honest.

I watch a little, mainly the Open when it's playing.

Do you realize a black man has not won te US open tennis title since 1968?

Thats crazy.

Yeah, you would think with Serena and her sister Venus dominating on the women's side, a black man would represent, as well?

You would think that huh.
Maybe they should grunt more.
I guess it gives ou a leg up in tennis.

Apparently!

lol I just learned recently that polp shirts were originally invented for tennis.

I didnt know that.
I used to play table tennis.
do you like table tennis.

Yes, I played as a kid.

Was pretty good actually, I picked it quick.

You dont get really good until ou learn to put that side english on the ball.

Lol.

True that!
Ever played Nintendo?

all the time when I was a kid.
Love me some mario.

Me too, I didn't realize they started out as a
 playing card company way back in 1889.

A long time age they have came a long way huh.

Did you know that NES had online gameplay capabilities

Yes, you know they are the 3rd most valuable company in Japan with a market value over $85 Billion?

Wow.
that is really amazing.
A lot of money.

Yes, it is.

Did you know Nintendo owns the Seattle Mariners?

Thats cool.

Guess its really true how big of baseball fans the Japanese people are.

Yes, they are.

I've visited Japan many times , they are crazy about baseball and video games.

Well, it's been nice chatting with you this morning.

Have a good day, friend!


How's it going, have you've ever played Nintendo games?

It was founded in 1889 way before video games were made

I like nintendo very much.

Especially f-zero which is the first racing game to run at 60 fps

It's crazy how much stuff nintendo use to do before video games, like cab services and love hotels

They even made a lego knockoff before they produced videogames.

They have a great many videogame franchises

Yea I love Mario, Pokemon, and Zelda, they are all great franchises

The newest mario game is supposed to be very good.

Yea it's pretty good.

Yes, they even have a 3ds app for ordering food to your seat, crazy!

I wonder if Nintendo owns any other sports teams, they do have a market value of 85 billion

That value is probably why they were able to release a console specifically for pokemon

I wonder how much the original playing cards Nintendo made in 1889 are worth now

There are probably many other items that they made as well, I wonder if they ever made polo shirts

Nintendo did make mario tennis games.

Tennis is a pretty crazy sport, the longest match was 11 hours

There have been many interesting tennis matches.

The first black man won the 1st US open title in 1968

It's odd that a black man has never won the US open since then

Just one year after that victory they used a helicopter to dry the fields at the us open

It's crazy Polos were originally invented for Rene Lacoste

gangs in china used to layer polos and pop the collars

Interesting, did you know the pallbearers at Billy Mays' funeral wore blue shirts and khakis just like Mays use to?

That is interesting that they didn't wear buttoned shirts

Well I got to go, nice chatting with you


Hi.
How are you?

I'm doing well how are you!

I am good too.

Are you a fan of superheroes?

Yes.
I like superhero movies.

Have you seen any of the new spider man movies?

I have seen the one before this recent one.

I will watch the latest as soon as I can.

Can you believe a teen injected himeslef with mercury at least three times in an attempt to convert his bones to metal after seeing x-men?

Yes.
That is  crazy  stuff.

It really is!

Can you believe Michael Jackson tried buying Marvel in the 90's?

No I did not know that.

I did see that in the opening to 1990s spider man was performed by Joe Perry.

Wow that is awesome.

I wonder if it was good?

I'll have to listen to it sometime!

Do you know where the word brainiac came from?

I remember a brainiac  character from the superman comics when I was a kid.

That's where it came from!

I can't believe DC Comics only paid 130 dollars for the rights to superman!

Yes that was a great deal for them.

Marvel does great things though, did you hear what they did about a kid with hearing aids?

No I have not.

Some kid was saying that superheroes don't wear hearing aids to his mother, so Marvel created a superhero that does.

So cool!

That was  a cool thing for them to do.

It really was!
Anyways nice chatting with you!

You too.
Have a good day.

Thanks!


Hello, do you like Marvel?

Oh yes very fun company!

I am happy with how the Walt Disney company has handled things since acquiring them in 2009.

Me too.
I saw Marvel started in 1939.

Yes it has been around for a while.

But at that time they were called Timely Publications.

Very cool stat right there.

They once created a superhero for a boy who was deaf.

Such a nice thing to do.

Are you referring to blue ear?

I love when companies do things like that.

Yep, that is Blue Ear.

Such a good thing to do.

Melts my heart hearing stories like that.

It really does!

Do you like the Marvel character Spider-man?

He is the only character who Sony has the rights to!

I love Spider Man.

I did not know that Sony had rights to him.

Yes back in 1998 they bought the rights for $10 million!

Wow that's a lot of money.

I saw the military is trying to make a spider-man like abilities for soldiers.

Hah that would be epic!

There was 700 comic issues of the Amazing Spider Man.

That's a lot!

Sad that Stan Lee passed away this year.

He brought a lot of joy to the world.

I was sad to hear about his passing.

He left a great legacy though.

He received 10% of the net profits of anything based on his characters!

That's very cool he got that legacy.
Do you read comic books ever?

I did in the past.
I liked both Marvel and DC comics.
DC stands for detective comics.

Me too.

I didn't know that's what it stands for.

Very cool to know.

If you ever want to see the largest publicly available comic book collection, just go to The Michigan State University Library!

That's hilarious.

I'm not too far from Michigan so I'll have to drive up there and check it out one day.

Yeah that would be really cool to see.

It is a huge market and it was valued at 1.09 billion dollars in 2016.

Well it was lovely being able to talk with you today!

For sure.
Good chatting with you today!


Hi, how are you?
do you like Marvel

Hello, I am doing good this morning.

Yeah I like Marvel.

Me and my son are always watching superhero movies.

Nice, me too although I am not a huge Fantastic Four fan.

I think the movie killed it for me...

Yeah, we havnt seen that one yet, and he isnt at the age to get into comic books yet.

That makes sense.

Sony turned down most of marvel's characthers in 1998 and spent $10M on spiderman.

That was not a great choice but siderman is making some money.

Im not big on spiderman.

I know it probably makes them a lot of money but I personally think X-Men is a lot better show.

It wouldnt have hurt Disneys wallet any to throw in another 15 million for X-Men.

Im sure Marvel came out on that deal anyway.

Yeah!

I too love X-Men.

I own the DVDs of all the cartoons.

I will throw them in every few month and get nostolgic about them.

Really like them.

Who's your favorite

Wolverine.

I like the story behind him, and he just seems like a real dude as well.

Yeah.

He's one of my favorites; I always felt bad for him.

I like Night Crawler the most though.

I like his powers.

If I could pick on power to have it would be professor Xaviors.

To be able to read and control minds would be crazy.

Yeah, that would be nice.

Did you know there is a characther that is owned by both Marvel and DC, named access?

I didnt know that, whats he like.

He looks a little corny with blue costume and red piping but his job is to stop the two universes from becomming one.

Oh yeah.

If they did what a world it would be, huh.

SSo why do you think Spider Man has always been so popular.

I just dont see it.

I really liked the first one but the new ones have been tough to watch.

I do like Andrew Garfield though.

I heard 3 companies own his rights so they all have a spin, which is why there are a lot of them and different versions.

3 companies huh.

I think they need to stick to one storyline at a time, and really go deep into it.

I want a story that makes me want to watch it to see what happens next and Spiderman just doesnt do that for me.

I agree.

I heard the new Spiderman Universe cartoon movie was really good.

I would like to see that one.

I hadnt heard of it till now.

Its just crazy the amount of money they make from this kind of stuff though.

Yeah.

I just saw the latest Avengers movie on Netflix and was surprissed to see him on there...

I think he is good in roles like that.

Just one of the group.

I dont think the story is interesting enough to make a series based just on Spider Man.

I agree.
Nice chatting with you!


Are you a Marvel Fan?

They just released a new Marvel "Fantastic Four" comic book last week.

I do like marvel but not the fantastic 4 really.

What about you?

I like "the Amazing Spider-Man."

Marvel is discontinuing publishing the Fantastic Four so I guess it's not as popular.

Now that's sad.

I may not like it but isn't it a staple in comic books?

Marvel offered rights to Sony for almost all its characters for 25 million but they rejected.

They would've made a fortune.

Man, that would suck to be that CEO... Lost billions!

Maybe someone can pick up Fantastic four and pump life into that!

Marvel finds all kinds of ways to make and save money.

They even argued in court that xmen are not human so they can pay a lower rate.

Weird...

The US military is trying to acheive spiderman like abilities.

I would love to have that tech!

Disney probably has the rights to it though.

But they don't have the right to show "big" marvel characters in their theme parks east of the Mississippi due to contracts with Marvel.

Really?

That's odd.

Stan lee would probably get 10% though...

Marvel has some good traits though giving a hard of hearing boy who didn't want to wear a hearing aid a superhero blue ear.

That'd be so cool for a little boy.
Im glad they could do that!

Did you know that DC stands for Detective Comics, not Washington, DC

That's interesting.

I did not know that.

Did you know Access is owned by both DC and Marvel.

I wasn't aware, but if you like the Marvel comics, then head to Michigan State university for the largest comic collection in the world.

Really!

Im an Illini guy so I can't step on that campus...

Spiderman's opening was performed by Aerosmith's Joe Perry.

No wonder it's so good the music.

That's so interesting.
I like Joe Perry!

Stan Lee was rich.

He got 10% of net profits of anything from his characters and the first Spiderman got $800 million in revenue.

I would have taken 5%!
Can you imaine being that rich?
I bet he's not doing HITs.

Marvel even had a wedding in 1987 for Spiderman with Stan Lee officiating.

He probably got paid big too for that one.


Hi, how are you?

Hi, I'm good.

How are you?

Do you read any marvel comics or watch the movies?

I do.
I really like them.
Do you?

i like some of them.

I am hoping there are more movies now that Walt Disney has bought Marvel.

I imagine Marvel characters are at the theme parks too.

Probably.

There will probably be a whole wing of the park for them and star wars, now that they own them too.

i am sure that you are right about that!

Did you know that Disney does not own the rights to the big marvel characters east of the mississippi?

I did not but now that I am thinking of it, I may have seen thor at Universal in Orlando.

You probably did.

Marvel signed a contract with Universal back in the 1990s so Disney can't show the characters at Disney World but they can at Disney Land.

I think Disney would be able to do more with them in terms of movies and rides.

But Universal probably has plans...

i bet they do.

You know Sony had the chance to buy them but only bought Spiderman because they thought that was all people would care about.

They were so wrong!

Yeah!

There is one charatcher that is owned by marvel and DC.

have you heard about this person?

No I haven't.

What's the scoop on that?

I had no idea DC would own something with Marvel.

I guess his name is access and he makes sure the characters do not cross into the other universe.

Talk about taking stuff too seriously!

I mean, they are only comic book characters in a comic book universe.

Then again, Marvel was able to argue in court that mutants are not people in order to pay a lower rate for the action figures.

I can't imagine going to court to argue about x-men!

What if the financial difference was hundreds of millions.

It's worth a shot, right?

i guess you are right about that.

I just don't know how i would keep a straight face as the lawyer or judge though.

I am sure there are a lot of cases that both people laugh at but if it pays off, it would be worth it.

If Marvel or DC has in-house lawyers, they are salaried so make them earn their keep!

True, very true!

I bet it was fun working for Stan Lee too.

I heard he always ended every phone call with the word- excelsior!

I wish I had a cool line like that when I hung up the phone.

Do you have one?

No i don't but I wish I did too.

You've got to be a non conformist I think in order to be as creative as he was you know what i mean?

He was smart too.

His company published a generic comic book so they could trademark the names super-hero and super-villain.

Nice chatting with you!


The Venom movie is coming soon.
Are you going to see it?

Well, it does star Tom Hardy.
So maybe.

He was one of Spider Man' villains.

I know.

I wonder why they decided to use venom in this movie.

I like some of the other villains

Venom is a catchy name.

Wonder if it will be true to the comic book, or go its own way.

I think it won't be true at all.They need to attract all sorts of audiences.

Deadpool stuck closely to the comic book and does very well as a franchise.

Of course, Ryan reynolds is great, and very funny.

Who ever thought that comic book villains could become subjects of movies?

Sort of an anti-hero.

Yea, people like that stuff.

Also, all sorts of hero movies are in at this time.

Did you know marvel published a generic comic book in order to trade mark the names super-hero and super-villain?

It doesn't surprise me.

Rumors are that Carnage, another Spider Man villain, will be Venom's antagonist.

is Carnage evil?

Oh, yeah.
Carnage is even more lethal than Venom.

What makes him so lethal?

He has power similar to SpiderMan, but is an alien.

that's crazy had no idea.

I wonder if he was human at some point too.

No.

Carnage is an extraterrestrial parasite, and is an enemy of Venom.

I think the long range goal is eventually tie everything together into a SpiderMan mega-movie.

Wow, amazing.Who is playing Peter Parker now a days?

No idea.

They have different Batmans all the time, why not Spider Mans.

Always felt George Clooney was the best.

Spider Man has been so successful.

Sony bought the rights for $10M in 1998.

What a bargain!


How's it going, do you swim?

People are able to swim weeks after birth

I'm afraid to ask what Elmo testified to Congress about.

Something about funding PBS, maybe?

Maybe, or maybe elmo cheated on his taxes

LOL.

Sorry, I didn't see your initial comment.

No, I don't swim.

Do you?

I remember the swimming baby on the cover of Nirvana's Nevermind.

Yea if there is a pool around, I'd really like to learn how to do the front crawl that Native Americans introduced to the British

Interesting.

I don't live near a pool and the water outdoors is very cold here most of the year, but I do a lot of walking for cardio.

I like to watch swimming on the Olympics, The US almost as many gold medals in swimming than the rest of the world combined!

I wonder why the US is better at swimming.

I never watch the Olympics much, but it's interesting how countries develop a division of labor on what they're good at.

I don't know, maybe it has to do with the swimsuits.

The olympics did ban one swimsuit worn by 94% of the winners in the 2008 races

That's weird.

I wonder what they thought was unfair about it -- I'd have thought choosing swimsuits for characteristics that aided speed would just be an accepted thing.

I guess not, maybe Congress found something unproper about the olympic swimsuits

I don't get why, if it was available for everyone to wear.

I guess everyone didn't have access to it.

Did you know there is a type of swimming were people swim just like dolphins?

I noticed that.

I've heard of some weird ideas for sports, but that's out there.

On the subject of shoes, my old work boots have lasted me about 6 years but it's about time to get some new ones at the surplus store.

Do you have many pairs of shoes?

I think I have 2 pairs of shoes.

It's crazy there is 5000 year old shoes that perform better than modern shoes

I'm not surprised, considering how much stuff today is deliberately designed to fall apart so you have to buy more.

Sounds like you've got about as many shoes as I do.

I wonder how reliable the $15 shoes Stephon Marbury promotes are

I should google them.

But I really need heavy boots -- I usually get army surplus or steel-toed lineman's boots.

I think I need to buy some tea bags from my shoes to see if they really do absorb odor

I usually have a lot of used teabags, so I should try that too.

Well I got to go, nice chatting with you


hey there.

I live in upstate NY near Cornell.

Students there must pass a basic swimming test before they can graduate.

I've heard of a few schools who have that requirement.

That might be why the US has more Olympic golds in that than the other countries combined

could be.

wonder if we have ever won anything where the swimmers arms and legs are bound and they have to swim like a dolphin.

That would be an interesting one to watch in the Olympics.

Maybe they'll allow them to wear the swimsuit that is not banned.

It's so good that in the 2008 Olympics, 94% of the winners were wearing them

that's interesting.

i like watching swimming in every summer olympics.

it is always among the top public recreational sport too.

The Native Americans were even avid swimmers.

The British only knew the breaststroke until the Native Americans beat them using the front crawl

that's cool.

the british also chose the name Congress for the 13 colonies to be recognized as a self governing entity.

The term Congress even dates back to the Middle Ages and was used for a parley during battle

Cool.

I heard Elmo is the only non-human to testify before the US Congress  hahaha

Did he testify, or did his puppeteer testify?

That's a bit of a gray area if you ask me

true, kinda like fantasy Congress where players draft members of congress and get points for legislative success.

kinda nerdy if you ask me though.

Unless that's what you're studying.

I'm not into politics enough for that, but I would like to see the baseball game between the Republicans and Democrats in Congress

that would be cool.

they have done that annually since 1909.  pretty cool

The Republicans are winning by three, but it would only take a few years for that lead to change

true.

i like that there are subway lines between the capitol, house and senate buildings for exclusive use by congressman.

probably gives them more time for baseball.

Three different lines, too.

Maybe that was a woman's idea.

It's funny how a woman was elected to Congress before women had the right to vote

true, it's amazing in today's world that women could not vote back then in 1916

I know.

And that means she was voted in entirely by men

good point.

i just hope Elmo never gets to vote.

I just saw that Steve Smith from the NFL Carolina Panthers leaves his cleats on the field after every game to raise awareness for homlessness.

interesting

Considering that modern shoes don't perform as well as shoes from 5,000 years ago, he's not losing much by leaving them there

well, if shoes lasted a long time these days, then shoe companies wouldn't sell as many shoes.

like ballet dancers who go through 4 pairs in a week.

Not to mention the shoes that get thrown out due to their smell.

One remedy for smelly shoes is using dry tea bags

dry tea bags!

that would be cool.

but not on my daughters soccer cleats.

no way!

lol  it's funny how fashion dictates shoes having heels or not and how high.

comfort is what i need.

I like when comfort and style meet in the same shoe.

It's the best of both worlds!


Do you like to swim?

I love swimming.

Do not think that I am a professional, I am not a professional.

It's okay.

Most people swim for recreation and exercise.

I can only doggie paddle.
Do you like to swim?

I do.

I enjoy swimming in summer with my grandchildren.

I also enjoy watching swimming competition in the Olympics.

That is sweet.
Who is your favorite swimmer athlete?

Michael Phelps

I saw him in the Ellen DeGeneres show.
He was teaching Andy how to swim.

That was cool.

Do you know that native americans introduced the front crawl swimming to the west?

What is the front crawl swimming?

Just like it sounds.

It mostly uses hand strength.

The British people only used breaststroke before it was introduced by the native americans.

Isn't that like the butterfly strokes?

I think it is similar.

By the way, the US received as many as gold medals in the Olympics in swimming as the rest of the world combined.

Well, then maybe our practices increases way more stability.

For sure.

Did you hear that there was one type of swimsuit that was banned by the Olympics?

Maybe, bikinis were banned.

It has nothing to do with appearance.

It was because 94% of swimmers wearing the banned swimsuit won the races during 2008 Olympic.

That is weird.
What a ridiculous situation.

It is.

Also, Cornell university students must pass a basic swimming test before they are allowed to graduate.

That is a ridiculous requirement.

That is ridiculous.
I would definitely lose.
Good thing my major is not in Cornell.

I've got to run.
Nice chatting with you.


Do you like trees?
I find nature fascinating.

Tree are very fascinating indeed!

Did you know some male trees can turn female?

I didnt know that, didnt even know that trees had genders also lol,

I didn't either!
Are you into the fantasy genre?

I like fantasy yeah and also play fantasy games like fantasy football do you like the genre?

I like fantasy football too haha and yes I kind of get into it.

Did you know Lord of the Rings is the first and only fantasy film ever to win an academy award for best picture?

Lord of the Rings is a great franchise I loved all the movies and I didnt know that, it does make sense though.

I did too.

There is an actual university where you can study science fiction and fantasy literature with a concentration of Tolkien studies!

I'd be reading the lord of the rings everyday!

That sounds like a nice university I wonder if George R.R.

Martin ever attended that university, maybe he can be one of the teachers one day.

That would be awesome!

I wonder if the janitor who wrote a 15,145 page fantasy manuscript listened in on it?

A janitor wrote a 15,145 page manuscript!

woah he must be really famous by now wonder if his work is any good.

It was only discovered after his death unfortunately!

He did have 300 watercolor illustrations in it though!

300 of them?

that sounds impressive and too bad, maybe his manuscript is really good, he could have been a rich man,

Oh for sure!
Do you like science at all?

I do like science, I think that scientists make big contributions to society, they make human kind better and smarter.

Well said!

Did you know the NFL has a coach who was a rocket scientist?

I didnt know that, do you happen to know his name?

It's Matt Patricia!

He coaches the Lions and didn't have too great of a year this year haha.

I guess his better off with rocket science lol, he must be a really smart man though.

I think so myself haha.
Anyways, great chatting with you!

Another smart man the emperor of Japan he is also a scientist and it was great chatting, thanks for all the cool facts, bye.


Are you a Spider-Man fan?

I am not sure.

But I'd definitely see the recent Spider Man film.

I heard it was really good.

And it won some Oscars

I heard it was really good, hes not my favorite superhero, but Id definitely see it also.

Do you read any other comic books?

No, never have read many of them.

I miss out on a lot of back story that way.

Yeah, I never got into comic books or manga.

But I do like graphic novels.

Cool.

Did you know Stan Lee used to end all of his phone conversations with "Excelsior!"

No I didn't.

I heard Stan Lee wanted Spider-Man to have a hyphen so people didn't confuse it with Superman.

Makes sense to me.

I agree.

There are so many superheroes, I can see why people can get them confused.

Yes definitely.

Did you know the rival of Cap'n crunch, called Sogmaster, exists in Marvel.

He has fought Spiderman.

Ha ha

I didnt know Cap'n Crunch was a superhero.

Thats pretty cool.

I know, ha ha.
Have you seen the movie Black Panther?

I havent, I just saw that its on Netflix, so I have to check it out.

Oh I didn't realize it was on Netflix already.

I'll have to watch it.

Did you know that Marvel invented a superhero called Blue Ear just to make a 4 year old boy feel better about wearing hearing aids?

I heard about that.

That is the best.

I love things like that, it helps out kids realize that they are ok.

Definitely.

Everyone needs to feel like they have super powers, but especially kids having a hard time!

Plus, that way they feel that it is ok to be different.

Yes.

Did you know the largest comic book market is Japan, and that France is another large market?

I would believe that in Japan, but didnt realize that in France.

Yeah, French people really like comic books, manga, and graphic novels.

There is a long tradition of comic books in France.

Thats pretty cool.

Sony didnt take the rights to Marvel characters in 1998.

They only bought Spider-Man

Wow I think Disney owns part of Marvel too.

Just not the big character like the Xmen, and Avengers.

I am not sure who that leaves though.

Oh okay.

Well speaking of comic books, I'd like to someday visit the comic collection at Michigan State University.

It's the largest comic collection in the world.

And its open to the public.

That is pretty neat.
I bet it is pretty diverse.

Yeah.

They must have comics from all over the world

Probably a lot of older comics too.

That would be neat to see the development of comics.

Yeah.

I think Marvel started in the 1930s or so.

It would be cool if they even had stuff that predated Marvel, if that is even a thing.

I think there are comics way before that.

I think it is cool how they have different universes, even within the same franchise.

Yeah, but it is a smart business decision to do that.

I think it was even neat that Marvel published a generic comic book, just so they could trade mark superhero and supervillain.

Totally.
Smart decisions.

That is why they are legendary.
Its been great chatting!

Same here.
Have a good evening

You too!


Since he was created in 1962, Spider-Man has really become popular.

It really has.

I have not followed it much but there are at least 1/2 dozen movies.

its amazing Sony rejected buying the rights from Marvel for 25 million.

They really missed an opportunity of a lifetime!

The 1960's really was the Silver Age of Comic books.

Being born in the early 1960's, I remember pestering mom when we went into town to let me get a comic book.

It seems to have had a resurgence of late.

Did you know that Marvel created a blue ear superhero for a 4-year old boy who was uncomfortable wearing his necessary hearing aid.

The boy told his mom superheroes don't wear hearing aids.

That was really an amazing gesture from Marvel Comics!

Spider-Man's alter ego Peter Parker lived an ordinary life as an orphan in the comic.

How Stan lee dreams up this stuff is amazing.

Peter Parker is an orphan who gets bit by a radioactive spider to get his spider abilities!

Did you know that Stan Lee hyphenated Spider-Man so that he would not be confused with Superman?

He can climb walls and shoot spider webs.

Sometimes I wish I could do that.

Those are interesting superpowers, but I rather the Iron Man suit.

Spider-man made a brief appearance in the third Avengers movie.

The Marvel characters have superpowers, but are written as human, too.

Peter Parker had to deal with issues of adolescence and finance.

it sees that is the case with most of them.

Human issues with a superpower alter ego.

Did you know there was a Spider-Man Broadway musical?

It happened to be the most expensive Broadway production (75 mill) and had numerous delays and injuries.

At one time it closed because its injury insurance was canceled!

The musical is probably worth more than the $25M that Sony could have paid for most of the Marvel franchise in 1998.

True.

What I find amazing is the collector's market for both Marvel and DC comic books.

Did you know Marvel once published a generic comic book to trademark the names "Super-Hero" and "Super-Villain"?

There is even a character shared by both Marvel and DC, whose purpose is to keep the comic universes separate.

I heard about that.

I guess that is why DC Comics "Superman" and "Wonderwoman" are never part of Marvel's Avengers.

Did you know that Michigan State University has the largest publicly available comic book collection in the world?

That must be Mecca for comic book readers and collectors!

I wonder how far back their collection goes.

Comics appear to have originated in Japan in the 18th century.

Supposedly comic books took off in the US and the UK in 1933 with the publishing of "Famous Funnies".

Famous Funnies was a reprint of a collection of newspaper comic strips with simple plots.

I am not quite sure when "real" comic books appeared with longer story lines of all genre and not restricted to humorous tones.

Marvel has a history almost that long.

It started in the 1930's as Timely Publications.

In 1961 it acquired the Marvel name.

They really have an impressive history.

But many of the founding creative geniuses have passed away.

Stan Lee died in November 2018.

Do you think they can keep the momentum going without the genius of Stan Lee?

Stan had an interesting eccentricity.

He ended each phone call not with good bye, but with "Excelsior!

Disney owns Marvel now.

If anyone can maintain a franchise, it's Disney.

True.

Disney has kept George Lucas's creations, Star Wars and Indiana Jones, going strong for some time now.

Its interesting that Disney can't have big Marvel characters in their theme parks east of the Mississippi.

Apparently Marvel, prior to the Disney acquisition, gave those rights to Universal Studios.

I'll be like Stan Lee, and end this conversation... Excelsior!


trees are interesting, I didnt know they could change their gender

I was just reading about the acer pensylvanicum that can switch from male to female.

Had you ever heard of that before?

No, thats new for me, didnt know trees had a sex apparently this can be determined when they bloom

I know!

This particular tree is a striped maple found in the US and Canada.

I wonder if that affects if they produce maple syrup  or not.

I don't know but it sounds like it's a weird species, it can take a mere three weeks to bloom and can switch sexes, that must be a pretty unique capability

Right.

Apparently it's triggered to switch from male to female if there's been damage done.

I wonder why that would be?

I think theres a lot to learn about this tree still, they arent sure why it can change sexes and I guess there a lot to learn about the tree, maybe info that will change how we view nature

Not only that, but apparently the worry is that climate change will cause more damage, and make more females, and less males, which could be the end of the species.

That's sad.

It is, specially if we dont know how to control that, maybe we will learn before its too late, not producing enough fruit can have consequences on the ecosystem as well

On a lighter note, did you know it's illegal to own a rabbit in Queensland (presumably Australia) unless you are a scientist or have a magician's license!

I didnt, thats interesting the emperor of Japan is a scientist I guess he can own a rabbit in Australia if he ever decides to leave power and go to live there

LOL.

I didn't know that.

I do think rabbits are found in a lot of literature, especially fantasy literature, like Alice in Wonderland or Watership Down.

So you like fantasy literature?

George R. R Martin is one of my favorite authors

Trying to think if there are any rabbits in Game of Thrones LOL
 But seriously, who doesn't like fantasy lit?

I was surprised to find out it's a pretty modern genre, with most written since the 1960s.

I cant recall any lol, and yeah, I cant believe its a modern genre I wouldnt know what to do without fantasy in my life,

I read a lot of fairy tales when I was a kid.

Would they be classified as fantasy?

Yeah I think they are, speaking of GOT, you know that George R.R Martin was unsure about putting dragons into the mix, good thing he did,

No kidding.

They make great TV.

But I would like to read his books, as well.

I imagine they're pretty good.

Have you read the books?

Yes, they are as good as the series, more details in the books fantasy novels are great

I read that one fantasy author named Peter Brett wrote his first book ON HIS PHONE while commuting.

That's amazing!

That is amazing!

I guess he took advantage of that unused time commuting


Hi there, do you like superhero movies?

Not really.
I find they have too much CGI.
What about you?

I like some of them like Spider-man.

DO you know why there is a hyphen in the name?

I have no idea why.
Why not just one word?
Other superheroes have names like that.

Because Stan Lee did not want it confused with superman

Ok, I see.
I guess that makes sense.
Stan the Man knew what he was doing.

For sure, he was a legend.

Did you know Marvel offered the rights of characters to Sony but they only bought Spiderman?

I think they did not foresee the appeal of superheros to a public starved for entertainment.

A mistake on their part.

Yeah for sure, they could have made much more now.

Do you know who did the voice of Madame web in the spiderman series back in the day?

I have no idea.
Madame Web?
Don't know.

Yeah it was actually Stan Lee's wife, Joan B. Lee

I guess he chose her for the job.
I never really watched the show.

I see.

The Spider-man musical is the most expensive production on Broadway

A Broadway production of Spider-man?
That's an odd choice.
Not very typical.

Yeah, I know.

It cost $75 million and the music and lyrics were done by Bono of U2

I guess there is a star factor there, but I would not want to risk my money on that investment.

Too unusual.

TV and movies are better for superheroes.

Yeah I guess.

Have you heard of the superhero named Access?

No, I haven't.
Is that Marvel or DC?

It is the superhero that maintains the balance between the two and they both own it

That's great!
I guess they are frenemies of a sort.
Well, I enjoyed chatting!
Have a good night!

Same her.
Have a good one.


I'm not a big comic fan and I've only seen the first Spider-man movie, but I'd like to see more of them.

Do you like Captain crunch?

The cereal?

I liked the crunchberry kind when I was a little kid.

Do you?

Yeah, the cereal.
Do you eat cereal?

Nah, I usually eat a yogurt berry smoothie for breakfast.

You?

Hilarious!
Do you like Michael Jackson?

Not really.

I mostly listen to 90s grunge and punk.

I respect his skill as a musical artist though.

Are you a fan of his?

I think MJ was the greatest musician ever.

Do you agree?

It's hard for me to rank artists in different genres, but in terms of technical skill and creativity he's definitely in the top rank.

Re Spiderman comics, one reason he was so popular was that the older generation of comics only had teens as sidekicks to adults, and he was the first teen to be a superhero in his own right.

WOW

Yeah.

I notice that in the old "Greatest Generation" era of comics the teen sidekicks were always about a head shorter than the adult superhero, kind of like Bud on Father Knows Best.

Like they were trying to infantilize them.

Have you ever read the first spider man?

Nah, I've never been a much of a comics person, but I'd like to catch up on the movies.

You?

Yeah, me either.
Did you see the movie Glass?

I never heard of it to be honest.
Was it good?

It wasn't that good.
I didn't like the end.
They killed Bruce Willis' character.
Let's just say, he didn't "Die Hard?"

I've never seen that one either, LOL.

I guess I should, since it's such a big part of pop culture.

Nice.

Did you know DC comics paid $130 for the rights superman?

I only read that recently.

That's amazing.

I'm not a believer in copyright in the first place, but paying that little for a copyright that you can used to keep the creators from using their own ideas is especially awful.

Hilarious, did you know google purchased the domain gmail?

I thought they originally owned it because it was a Google application.

Yeah, that is crazy!
Well nice chatting with you!


I find science fascinating.
How about yourself?

I do too!
Ezspecially natural science.

Were you aware that the emperor of Japan is a scientist and still publishes papers?

I had no idea!

How fun.

The world wide web was invented by a scientist too.

I always thought it would have been an engineer.

That is interesting.

I would have thought the same.

It's strange to me that the term scientist wasn't even coined until 1833.

I wonder how they referred to previously?

Maybe they were just called Philosophers?

Have you seen where they put the picture of the horse on DNA?

I saw it the other day on the news!

That's possible.

I did see that.

I don't understand how they fit that much data in DNA.

Me either.
It's astounding what can be done.
Do you like to read?
My fave is fantasy.

I do like to read.

As far as fantasy, I do respect Terry Pratchett and find him quite humerus.

It's amazing to me what people can use fantasy for.

Did you know they fantasy draft the National spelling bee?

I was surprised!

I did not.

They will fantasy draft anything now it seems.

When I mentioned Terry Pratchett, I just recently learned that he was knights due to his literature work.

I'm glad he received that honor.

I had no idea.

I haven't read much of his work, but my son loves his lit.

I have read some and he is great.

Since you mentioned fantasy drafting earlier, people also draft members of congress.

I did not know that!

Did you know people were writing fantasy novels in the 2nd century?

I was reading about that the other day!

I did not.

Wow, fantasy has a very long history.

I do love Game of Thrones.

Apparently George RR Martin was hesitant to include the dragons but someone convinced him.

I am thrilled that they did.

I loved GOT.

I wonder if the books are better then the show?

I decided not to read them.

I have friends that did and they said that he is way too descriptive.

He will have a whole section describing the food at a dinner.

I'll stick to the show.

Just as a side note, it was a person named Phyllis Einstein that convinced him about the dragons.

Oh really?

The dragons were fun.

I found it hard to keep up with the show sometimes.

I felt like Martin had us all over the place for a fantasy.

It does get complicated.

I love the intrigue though.

I am amazed that the longest work of fantasy is three million words long!

That's insanely long.

That is a lot of writing.

I once heard a janitor in Chicago wrote a 15,000 page manuscript, but i have never seen it.

He must have been writing for awhile.

I wish he would have shared it.

He potentially could have had a lucrative career.

I would love to read it.

I guess he did a lot of illustrations in it too.

I would love to see that.


hi how are you?
are you interested in fantasy?

Hello!
I'm doing great!
I am to a point haha how about you?

I know a little about the genre.
I read fantasy lit when I was younger.
Tolkien.
You?

Same here!

I'm interested in what this fantasy congress is though!

I guess for political junkies and policy wonks, it is a lot of fun.

for me?

no.

Me neither haha.

I want to read that fantasy novel that was written in the 2nd century!

It talked about the moon, aliens, and war between planets.

My mind is blown!

Wow.
that is quite imaginative.
i wonder who wrote it.
that is amazing!

I'm still in shock people thought of that back then.

It does make me believe in aliens haha.

I don't know if I have time to read the longest work of fiction ever though.

Is that the one by the janitor?

No but close!
This one had 3 million words in it!

That is insane.

I wonder how long it took to write that many words.

I don't even want to know I would be so bored haha.

Are you into science at all?

I like science.
i enjoyed it in high school.
You?

Same here.

There was only one scientist that has walked on the moon which is nuts!

I think the astronauts are selected from a pool of pilots.

not a whole lot of pure scientists there.

in the future that could change.

I hope so because I feel they put all the work in!

Yes the scientists and engineers dont get to enjoy the fruits of their labor!

Maybe Elon can change things.

I hope so!

That's cool that Japan's emperor is a scientist!

We need minds like that in more in control of society!

There will be a new emperor in Japan this year.

Yes, we need more scientists and people trained in science.

Anyway, great chat!

Great chat to you as well, have a good night!

Have a good night!

Thanks!


Did you happen to watch Deadpool 2?
I thought it was so funny!
!

I haven't seen it yet.

I hear it's funny, but not very family friendly.

Is that true?

Not at all family friendly, it has a lot of blood and material that its not appripiate for the family.

Are there a lot of big names in the movie other than Ryan Reynolds?

Not really, not that I know of but there some cool characters like Cable and Colossus.

I used to be a big comic book fan and Colossus was one of my favorites!

Is this the movie that introduces the team X-Force?

Yes its the team that introduces the X-Force, you know the video game actually had a higher cost to make than the movie.

That is really interesting and I hope the game was worth it!

Are you a fan of comic books at all?

I am a fan of comic books, its sad Stan Lee died.

At least he lived a long, productive, and successful life!

I am also a fan of comic books, but it is an expensive hobby and I stopped collecting a while ago.

He did, he ended every phone conversation with the phrase excelsior, and I can see why its expensive although it can also be considered as an investment.

I guess if I am able to drive to Michigan State University in East Lansing, I can read what I want without costing an arm and a leg.

Their library has the biggest comic book collection available to the public!

Thats a great idea I bet they have a lot of interesting comincs in there, do you also like DC comics?

I do.

I used to be all about Marvel when I was younger, but I got into DC later.

What about you?

I do like them as well, DC comics is called Detective Comics, I didnt know that.

Ha!

So Detective Comics Comics!

:)  You mentioned Stan Lee earlier.

Although the creator of Marvel Comics, he actually wrote 15 DC comics!

Wow I didnt know that, I bet those comics are pretty good, I wonder if there are available at the Michigan State University.

They might be a good place to start!

I guess not all superheroes are in comics, because I heard the US is home to 300 registered superheroes.

So many superheroes!

there is a superhero called normalman, I bet he is a lousy superhero lol.

I can't imagine he has a lot to offer, but it sounds sort of interesting.

He has a hard job though, he lives on a planet that's full of superheroes.


Hello!
Did you see the movie Deadpool 2?

Yep, I loved it!

Apparently so did a lot of people because it's one of the few R-rated movies to be among the highest grossing of all time.

Nice!

I didn't know that.

The Deadpool video game cost more to make than the movie!

I never even knew there was a video game ha ha.

Have you played it?

Did Ryan Reynolds voice the mystery villain like he did in the film?

I never played it.

I'm not sure if he did.

Ironically in the 2001 comic book Deadpool described himself as "Ryan Reynolds crossed with a shar-pei".

That led Reynolds to believe he was destined to play the role.

He was destined to play the role since the Deadpool character was butchered in that X-Men movie.

Destiny required they do the character justice this time.

lol  Do you read comic books?
I haven't read them since I was a kid.

I really only read manga and Alan Moore comics sometimes.

Did you know they've been around in Japan since the 18th century?

My one son is a huge Manga fan.

I remember one of the first book series he was into when he was younger was One Piece.

I had no idea they've been around since then.

I know the first modern comic book in the US came out in 1933.

One Piece is great!

You should look into it.

It gets better after the first few chapters.

And isn't that comic called Famous Funnies?

I have no idea!

LOLOL  I had enough of a time trying to figure out buying One Piece books for him.

That was all so new to me.

Didn't understand the genre.

Was a big learning curve for me.

lolol

Ha ha, I can understand that.

If you were a superhero, you'd be normalman!

Apparently he's an actual superhero ha ha.

haha.

Good stuff!

There are over 300 registered superheroes in the US.

We should go an register too.

You ever heard of One Punch Man?

You can be Genos and I'll be Saitama.

We'll be the best out of those 300 for sure.

Nice!

My son would love that I'm sure.

haha I'll have to look up One Punch Man.

When I grew up we had Garfield comics.

lol

Ah, the classic that is Garfield.

He became a superhero once.

He formed the pet force!

Now, that would be a weird comic to read.

Yes.

I think that came along after my time as well.

LOL  I just googled One punch man.

My son loves those japanese anime shows like that as well.

Your son sounds like a cool cat yo.

But is he as cool as Stan Lee and say "excelsior" to end his phone calls?

LOL That's great!

I just learned that DC from DC comics stands for Detective Comics.

I had no idea.

The more you know, I tell ya.

Did you also know that Stan Lee wrote for DC as well?

Now that is one heck of a shock to me.

I did not know that either!

lol I'm way behind the times.

It's been a real pleasure chatting with you.

Thanks for giving me good thoughts about my son!

Same to you.
Hope you and your son have a great day.
Bye now.


Hello my friend, Excelsior!
What do you think of the article?

I thought the article was amazing, i am a huge fan of Marvel and  comic books and was nice to read about them.

how about you?

what were your thoughts

I got into the marvel universe with the movies, so I cannot comment on the comic books.

But saying that I loved Deadpool and the how Ryan Reynolds is carrying the role.

Did you happen to see Ryan Reynolds first appearance as Deadpool?

i believe it was in wolverine origin movies.

What i found most interesting was that the Video game cost more to make than the Movie (Deadpool)

Yes, but I hated how it ended with him being weapon X and sewing his mouth shut!

The character is known for his snarky humor, they wasted a great characters in that movie for e.g.

Gambit.

I didn't know about the video game that's an interesting thing to know.

Were there any other X-force members in comics apart from what they have shown in the movie?

There was a handful that was missing from X-Force but really the team is just comedic timing.

I just read in the article that there was comic with Garfield & his gang as Pet Force.

That got a chuckle out of me imagining Odie as a super powered dog.

Do you like Garfield comic strips?

i can only imagine Garfield eating his way through problems and Odie fixing everything

Haha, That's true and poor Jon would be pulling his hair out.

Just a question, did Marvel do comic books series like DC's Elseworlds?

Marvel does so many comic and there was so many topics back in the 70s and 80s im sure that they would have anything.

Just last week Marvel released a League of Legends themed comic with Riot Games

Wow, the more I get to know about this stuff the deeper it goes.

It's interesting to note that Michigan state university library has the largest comic book collection publicly available in the world.

Yes, i found that extremely interested and i wished i would have known that sooner as i no longer live in the region i would have spent a good deal of time there.

but what i did find funny was that DC mean detective comics.

but they go by DC comics

That would have been great, right?

All the comic books you wanted to read.

Yes, the DC & Comics again seems redundant, What did you think of Zazie beetz as Domino I think she got the role right with her attitude as happy go lucky survivor.

She did do the role very well.

but i think what really got me was you had both Josh Brolin, played Thanos and Cable and if the MCU every does a crossover it be weird

Haha True that, I used to think what would happen if Fantastic Four(before the new rehash) did a cross over with Avengers who would Chris Evans play The Human Torch or Captain America?

Ryan Reynolds as Green Lantern would probably never do a cross over with Deadpool universe but the end credits scene put a bullet in it literally.

well it would be captain America for sure, though i heard that Deadpool will no longer be making another sequel but maybe make one more movie as Xforce

Yeah, I am like waiting to see how End Game Pans out.

But I thought the X-Force was dead with all of them in chunks literally.

Though I would love to see a Wolverine & Deadpool team up if possible.

Wolverine and Deapool team up would be cool but really just want to see a Hulk VS film the animated short films are amazing and seeing a Hulk VS Deadpool would be fun with the merc with a mouth

It really is sad to see copyrights marring such great ideas of having Super-heroes or super-villains team up.

I loved how they tried to include the Planet Hulk timeline in Thor:Ragnarok but I think a Standalone film would be better to connect  with the character.

yes agreed, but i would highly reccommend the animated series when watching some of the Marvel Universe as they are able to do so much more without the copyright restrictions as oppose to live action.

but one thing for sure is i definite need to do more research on "Normalman" that would be a fun read

I would have to check that out too, and Normalman sounds fun I would also check that out.

Yep between Normalman and the female reimaginations of the Marvel universe would be good.

but a live action film with a multiverse would be cool like the new animated spiderman would be next level and interesting.

Let's not get into the multiverse right now, it's too huge for my mind to comprehend right now!

But I have been hearing great things about the new spiderman I didn't get to see it yet.

Yes the new spiderman is basically done my marvel with Sony's permission.

RDJ is in there