Hi, how are you today? Do you like rock music?


Hi! I do like rock music, I like a little bit of everything.


The state rock song of Oklahoma is "Do You Realize?" by the Flaming Lips. I didn't know that states had rock songs.


Especially a lot of midwestern states seem to have songs attached to them. I was reading that Whitesnake has had over 50 members in its history. They must not be fun to work with.


I guess not. Maybe it's band to put on your resume, then move on. I don't know how much they tour. It could be a tough gig.


Probably some overdosed. I read that a hanson song became the most requested track on a chicago station not because people liked it, but the station created an air of mystery about it by not telling people who sang the song.


That was very smart of them. Get new listeners, more advertising. Probably a boy band is not what most listeners were looking for.


I heard the sonic the hedgehog character was supposed to be a member of a rock band, and had a girlfriend named madonna, but I didn't hear the whole story. Do you know?


Sonic in a rock band? I guess he has the haircut for it. He could probably have joined Whitesnake.


Oh yeah, that would have been good. Are you interested in history? I was reading about Lincoln. He had a high pitched voice, I guess.


That's funny because he was very tall. He kept his important documents inside his hat. I guess that hat was pretty big.


You know, I always mean to do some research to see if he maybe had some kind of genetic disorder. He was so tall, and had such strange bone structure. Especially hearing about his weird voice now, I'm even more curious.


He had a pretty big beard, so I would have expected a deep voice. He was an unusual guy that met a tragic end.


I would expect deep voice too. Did you know he created the secret service the very morning he was assassinated? Ironic.


I guess he recognized that he was at tremendous risk because of the war and his treatment of slaves. I don't know if the secret service could have saved him.


No, I'm sure they couldn't have. John Wilkes Booth father was named after the man that assassinated julius caesar. What a strange story all around.


Yeah, lots of weird connections. Lincoln had a secretary named Kennedy. JFK had a secretary named Lincoln. It's kismet.


I've never heard that. Those types of coincidences are always interesting to me.


We can always find connections if we look hard enough. For example, Lance Henriksen and Bill Paxton are the only two actors to face off against a terminator, an alien and a predator. Connections abound.


Oh sure, I guess Bender from futurama and the terminator both have the same cpu.


that's great! Bender is savage. He really could be a terminator. Never quite get the salary for Arnold though.


I can't believe he gets paid so much. He only said like 100 words in Terminator.


His physique is the key. Plus that Austrian accent.


Hi! So do you like music? I love rock music and well many other genre's.


Yes, I'm the same! I love music....I didn 't know the band Whitesnake has had over 50 members over time?Thinking the lead singer stayed the same, not sure?


That is something I read too, I do believe the lead singer is the same. There was so much great rock music back in the day!


Oh, I know, Decades. There was so much and people today have no idea how great alot of it was!!


Very true! I really love the electric guitars in Rock, it's all good. I got to see the best bands in concert that's for sure lol


You sound like me! I have been to so many concerts and have bought so much music over the years. I have  alot to refer back to. Do you have favorite bands?


That's awesome! My favorites to name a couple would be Pink Floyd and Aerosmith...so many more! How about you?


Yes, I have seen Pink Floyd a few times and Aerosmith every time they came to our state. I heard they were going to do Las Vegas for awhile. I go back to Elvis, Beatles, all the 70 and 80  90 bands. I have tickets to the Who this year and Bryan Adams so far! lol


Haha! That's awesome, you sound like me, I kept memento's along the as well, In the 90s I went to see Candlebox and the drummer came up to me and handed me his drum stick, and I have met many, I wish I could have seen Ozzy but never did which is a bummer.


I know, I would have like that too! Very cool. Its hard to get the up front seats! lol, While in Texas I saw Rod Stewart and manage to get two balls that night. I went this last year and had second level seat on the side and one of his guys came up to me and a friend and gave us front row center! we were shocked!! Very happy that night!! lol


Wow, that is amazing! You have been to as many concerts or more than I have lol, I just love seeing them so I will pay for up front if I can, I got real close to the Cult and Queensryche, and at a Van Halen concert I saw some famous people next to me.


Really, that's so interesting! One of favorites is Led Zepp Lucky to see them in 77, and then again When Robert Plant and Jimmy Page did a tour together and had close seats. Very Cool. Would have been nice to see them in 2007 in the UK. I think those tickets sold out in minutes at a very high price!


You got to see Led Zeppelin?? Wow, that is awesome. I love those guys! Yes, not always easy to get tickets they sell fast! Especially these days. But just like music we got to see all the great movies too, did you ever see the terminator?


Yes, I enjoyed it. I can't believe he only made $75,000 in the first one!!


I know! But he did make 15 million in the 2nd one so that's great! He only had to speak 18 lines in the Terminator and less than 100 words lol...I would take 75 grand for that!


lol, I know....Have you been to the Terminator ride at Universal?


No I haven't but I did go to Universal studios back in the late 90s and went to the Terminator 3D show, wow I was blown away!! How was the ride?


Yes, that's the one I mean! Where an actor comes out and rides all around on a motorcycle with the gun!! Alot of fun!! The 3D movie was great!!


Yes! That is it, but it seemed like you were on a crazy ride lol. That franchise is worth 3 billion dollars that's pretty amazing for older movies.


Yes, I agree. A fun thing to know about Abraham Lincoln, he kept important papers in his hat and his had a high pitched voice! Who knew?


Really? That's odd about his voice, he looks so rough lol. He was a great president though. And how does it happen that he gets assasinated just after creating the secret service, wow.


I didn't know that either, surprised me. The same morning!  In the films about him he always has a deep voice!! Great chat!!


I know, very bad for the poor guy. Thanks for the chat! I need to go listen to some good Rock music and watch the Terminator now lol! Bye!!


Hello.  Do you like Rock Music?  Rock music is a broad genre of popular music that originated as "rock and roll" in the US in the early 1950s and developed into a range of different styles in the 1960s and later in the UK as well as the US.


Yes I do like rock music! I especially like that a lot of rock artists seem to be down to earth, like even after becoming the biggest rock star in Russian history, Viktor Tsoi kept his job in the boiler room.


That's too funny.  Did you know that the state rock song of Oklahoma is "do you realize?" by the Flaming Lips?


I didn't know states could have state rock songs! I wonder if Illinois' is that song that became the most requested track on that Chicago alt-rock radio station.


That could be.  You mean that Hanson song? Yes, the DJ didn't reveal who sang the song or what band did and so everyone wanted to hear who did it, probably.


Yes that's the one! I think it's interesting that no one knew the band/its members. On the other hand you have bands like Whitesnake, which has had over 50 members throughout it's history.


Whitesnake was one of my favorite bands.  I didn't know that they had so many members that they had their own Wikipedia page about it though. Funny.


I also saw recently on Wikipedia that Sonic the hedgehog was actually supposed to be a member of a rockband, with a blond human girlfriend named Madonna!


Right, very funny. I heard that one, too.  Rock music is actually very interesting, it typically has a 4/4 time signiture using a verse-chorus form but it has become extremely diverse.  Like pop music, lyrics often stress romantic love but also address a wide variety of other themes that are frequently social or even political.


Yeah rock music is definitely fascinating. I like that it draws from a lot of other genres I enjoy, like jazz, classical, blues and folk music.


Yes, I like that too.  Did you see the Terminator?  Did you know that Arnold Schwarzenegger speaks only 18 lines in "The Terminator" and less than 100 words in total?  I didn't realize that before.


I never knew that! I wonder if he had a bigger role in Terminator 2, because I know his pay got significantly bumped from $75k for the first movie to $15 million with the second.


It could be.  I remember that The Terminator movies encompassed a series of films, comics, novels and additional media concerning battles between Skynet's synthetic intelligent machine network and John Connor's Resistance forces and the rest of the human race.


Yeah I'm sure a lot of people appreciated the unique concept of the films. That's probably why as of 2010, the franchise has made over $8 billion in revenue!


Yes, I agree.  Also, scientists developed a real-life T1000 polymer, the world's first self-fixing plastic call the terminator.


That's crazy! It's certainly a unique material. Although I think the Terminator itself isn't the most unique robot; Bender from Futurama shares the same processor, the 6502 cpu.


Yes, and that's same CPU used in Atari 2600, NES, and C64 computer models.  That is amazing.


On a separate note, are you interested in Abraham Lincoln at all? I find it fascinating the father of his assassinator was named after the killer of Julius Caesar.


Yes, the whole Abraham Lincoln saga is strange, in my opinion.  In fact, ironically, Abe created the Secret Service the morning he was fatally shot by John Wilkes Booth.


That's surprising! I wonder if things would have been different if he had created it sooner. I also wonder if his killer found any important documents in Lincoln's hat, where he kept them.


Yes, the answers to which we will probably never find out.  Nice chatting with you, have a good one.


Indeed i think he's a great actor. How about you?


I think he is pretty good. He hasn't won many awards though. Did you know that?


I did not, seems like he would have. Did you like M.I. Fallout?


I haven't seen it. Is that the latest one?


Yeah i give it a 7 but i will still go and see the next one, lol!


Yeah, I'll eventually see it. He's pretty entertaining to be honest. I liked him in Risky Business. Hilarious.


Oh my God you taking me back now. You k now he made 75Million from one movie?


No, I didn't know that. He also built an underground bunker.


Underground bunker! Does he know something we don't, lol. Do you know he vandalized the worlds tallest building?


He's probably losing it a bit to be honest. It wouldn't surprise me.


Yeah apparently back in 2010 he sketched Katie Holmes name into a spire.


Hmmm, is that true? It wouldn't surprise me one bit.


Apparently he does his own stunts, he hung of a airplane at 5,000 feet.


Yeah, that will do the trick. What about inception, have you seen it?


That is one of my all time favorite movies. You?


I saw it. I got confused throughout it. I didn't realize they tried to cast Will Smith. Did you?


I did not glad they didn't I like leo. It took Nolan 10 years to write inception.


Wow, that is a long time to take to write a script. Well, nice chatting with you!


I know but it grossed 828 Million world wide, the 4th highest in 2010.


Yes.  Are you a fan of the Mission Impossible film series? Tom Cruise made $75m from Mission Impossible III alone!


I'm not that much of a fan of TC movies as i used to be - maybe because they're all pretty much the same as with MI series.  I do like his early work


Yes I'm not either.  Must be nice to make that kind of money.


You said it - so much money to make essentially the same movie over and over and over... Cocktail is probably my favorite movie of his, and that was decades ago!


They are repetitive. I didn't care for "the Last Samurai" but I did like "Top Gun."


Didn't see the Last Samurai.  I heard they were making a TG sequel - wonder how that will be received?


Probably not as well as it was during the Reagan admin. I didn't realize Elon Musk was in Inception.


I thought I heard about Elon Musk in Inception, but I cannot recall what character he played?  I've seen that movie several times to try to understand it!


No kidding! It was sooooo hard to follow.  It took 10 years for Nolan to write something that confusing.


Talk about a passion project!  Probably needed multiple flow charts to keep track of everything....


Yeah!  I was wrong... It was Musk's wife that was in Inception.  I have no idea what she looks like.  Nolan got his son in the movie too.


Aha!  I was just racking my brain about EM in that movie!  And now I need to figure out who his wife is!!!


Sorry :)  I will say Cruise is dedicated.  He spent two years learning Japanese for the Last Samurai.


I think the concept of the Last Samurai is fascinating, because of what it implies - their only purpose in life is to protect their Master and if they fail to do that they must kill themselves.  In the rare occasion they are without a Master due to other circumstances, they go Ronin (another great movie) and basically become a mercenary.


It's kind of true for Cruise in that he spent $10M for a bunker to protect himself from aliens.  I wonder if that's true.  I know he's a little wacky but that seems a bit too much.


That probably has more do with him being a Scientologist than anything - and the most popular member of that religion to boot!


Yeah I heard of that.  He did etch Katie Holmes name on the top of the Burj Khalifa building.  That's wacky so...


All this TC trivia is a little creepy, feeling like I need a shower!  I almost forgot about the Katie Holmes marriage and kid....  He sure has led a full life


Yes, but I too am having to rethink him.  I really did like him in Risky Business back in the day.  He actually does his stunts like hanging from a plane at 5,000 feet in the newest MI.


Risky Business was great, I was a huge Rebbeca De Mornay fan when I was younger...


Yeah, she is/was hot. Thanks for the chat.  You were excellent!


Hello, did uou watch Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom? what are your thoughs on this movie


I did, I  liked it but there are some absurb scenes that didnt make sense at all


Was that the second one with Chris Pratt? I saw the first one, not the second one.


Yeah exactly thats the one with Pratt, he is a velociraptor trainer in the movie


I think I only saw that becuase my wife has a crush on him. I think he may have been shirtless on the trailer so my wife was all in on the movie. Did you like it?


I liked it, I thought it was a nice movie although many parts were unreal like when the volcano explodes and he suddenly can move again.


Ill check it out when it comes to Netflix... I found it odd that the dinosaurs were only on the screen for 15 minutes. Must have had a small CGI budget.


Yeah, Im guessing its a expensive production overall, theres a cool fact and theyy used elephant roars for the t-rex


Really? I recently heard that dinosaurs had really small and meek roars. Not at all like what is projected at movies or on TV.


Maybe they projected it this way so that they would sound scarier, also velociraptors were smaller than projected in movies.


Did you see that the park ride cost more than the movie to make?


No I actually didnt see that, os are you a dinarour fan? I used to love them when I was a little kid


I really did not get into them. That and space were never really that intriguing to me. What about you?


I like them, I  think there are many interesting facts about them I heard scientists recovered a sample of tissue and blood vessels from a T-Rex


Really! Wow, I wonder if they are going to try and clone it. Seems like something we would do and then immediately regret...


Yeah, Jurassic Park should work as a warning lol, that would definetely chage things.


I can see them screwing it up and having some sad creature that only semi-resembles a dinosaur. It would be an ethical dilema for sure.


For sure, it would generate a lot of dispute so anyway do you like how Chris Pratt acts?


I do know some like he worked at Bubba Gump. Nice chatting with you!


Did you watch Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom?


No, but I have heard some about it.  At least the woman is not running in high heels in this movie!


there are 7 scense that dont make sense at all


I remember talk about one.. Chris Pratt is paralyzed by a tranquilizer dart but then crawls away from molten lava using his paralyzed limbs.  Ha!


Yeah and also the computer parts of the old park still function that is also an absurd thing


Someone was amused by Chris Pratt doing a somersault through the open mouth of a T-Rex.


Is that the scene in which Chris Pratt defies physics? because thats also another ridiculous scene


Apparently he became an athlete after being a house builder.  That seemed strange.


It does seem strange and also how in the middle of the film Pratt developed Nave SEAL skills in a magical way


One reviewer also said that the movie managed to make dinosaurs boring which is hard to do.


I didnt really like the movie, the old Jurassic Park movies were so much better many inconsistensies I do like the leading actor


Apparently the dinosaurs only appear for 15 minutes in the film.  Universal built a ride that cost them more than the film did.


The ride cost $110 million while the film was $63 million.


Oh seems like they should spend more in the movie and add more dinasour time in it. Did you hear about the joke Chris Pratt made about the franchise


I think people do get bored looking at too much dinosaur time.  The people are more interesting.  What was Pratt's joke?


He joked about getting the part in 2010 for Jurassic Park 4


Wow!  That is like a premonition.  I guess I will make a joke about winning Power Ball.  I guess you know that the raptors are not computer generated, but are people in dinosaur suits?


Really? they fooled me, I thought that was the computer, it sure takes a long time to render one frame of the T-Rex dinasaur


I suppose that is because of the raindrops and water dripping from T-Rex.


The detail is impressive I guess thats why it takes so long to render them


I think so too.  Well, my wife is asking me to go get some whipping cream for some chicken soup so I am going to wrap it up.  Nice chatting with you.


You wouldnt want to upset the wife! hope you have a nice meal, thanks for the chat and the cool facts.


Hello. So I've been reading about Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, and Chris Pratt. I haven't seen Fallen Kingdom yet though.


Me too. Is there anything that stood out for you?


About the movie, a little, but I became really interested in the last paragraph when it talked about how scientists expressed the genes of chickens and they grew teeth.


I was a little surprised the dinosaurs were only on film for 15 minutes. Seems like that is not a lot...


They did a good job of really building suspense so when they WERE on screen, it was a big deal!


That's true. Really good point. I loved the Michael Crichton book so I never saw the original Jurassic Park in fear that it would ruin the book. Still haven't seen it...


I think aside from my husband's obsession, the movies feel a bit dated, the older ones do, so it might be harder to see.


I did see the first one with Chris Pratt but that is all I have seen. I think I saw it because my wife may or may not have a thing for Chris Pratt, post-parks and rec when he got ripped.


That's true, he became really hot lol. He was pretty good in Parks and Rec, but as Star Lord he just rocks it. He does really good in silly movies.


Agreed. Can you imagine him waiting on you at Bubba Gump, and then seeing him on tv a few weeks later?


That would be hilarious. Like hey honey, wasn't that our waiter? Oh heck, he's made it to tv! haha.


He wouldn't be the most incredible actor who made the jump. He is talented at those roles though...


Yeah. I haven't seen him in any of the other movies listed like "her" or "delivery man" but the few I have seen, he's pretty funny and sells the role.


The generic role... "delivery man" that's funny. I really liked parks and rec. Did you?


Yeah, though I never finished it because I got tired of how aggressive Leslie Knope was after a while. And it felt weird that her dream became the focus, and Ben's just got crushed. Kinda opposite of Feminism.


HA! Yeah, as someone who works in parks and rec, it got really corny, really fast but I was so impressed with the writing. It was so good.


The writing was great, yes. Chris Pratt and April made the show for me. Happy dog and angry cat!


HA! I always liked the "Damnit Jerry!" when Jerry would not do anything wrong. That poor guy.


I saw him in another Tv show recently, for a one time part, uhh Brooklyn 99, he was funny for a one time bit. Poor guy indeed.


I must have missed that one. I love 99. That's another well written show. Almost got cancelled so I am glad NBC picked it up.


Yes I've been watching it on Hulu episode by episode as it continues!


How's it going, did you know Michael Chiklis went bald because of a mishap with theater makeup?


Yea, Chiklis was only 20 at the time too, I wonder what makeup caused it


Well, the Ancient greeks used white lead.  That couldnt have been good for them.


Sounds like a bad idea. Did you know Clowns copyright their makeup designs on eggshells?


No.  How does one even do that?  I am not into makeup myself.  Just never cared to wear any.  I think it is cook Keanu Reeves gave $80 million of his salary from teh matrix to the special effects and make up crew


Keanu is a great guy. Apparently in Team America the Kim Jong-il statue was just a person in makeup


Probably, make up can really transform you into almost anyone


Yea, it's a shame that American cosmetic companies has gone back to animal testing though


I thought they outlawed that a long time ago.  Poor animals.


Apparently it's done so makeup can be sold in China


Still doesnt make it right.  I guess since some of it is made from coconut oil it isnt as bad.


Yea, places like Target should refuse to sell, I mean they already refuse to sell Tobacco in their stores


And they have banned the salvation army bell ringers.


I wonder why? I never knew Vermont doesn't have any Targets in the state


They dont?  They are sure missing out.  Target is great, they have even trademarked the fake french "target" because it became so popular.


That's pretty funny, I guess price matching Amazon helps Target be so popular


It really would.  If I can grab it and not wait, I am good to go.


Yea the amazon price match is a nice perk but it can be a hassle to deal with the Target employees


Did you know it was founded the same year as Walmart?


No, I had no clue. Well I have to go, nice chatting with you


I'm great thank you. Did you know Kim Jong-Il's statue in Team America was just a person dressed up in makeup?


Me either. Chiklis went bald at 20 due to a bad makeup disaster.


I also saw clowns copyright their makeup designs on eggshells.


That is  interesting. Keanu reeves gave 80 million of his matrix salary to special effects and makeup staff.


Wow that's a lot of money! Good for him for doing that.


Yes. very nice of him to treat those people  that way.


Same here. Did you know socks are among the most needed item in a homeless shelter?


I do as well. Best Buy and Target will price match Amazon which is really cool.


Yes. That is one reason I like shopping there.


Vermont is the only state without a Target store.


That is surprising. I thought  that they were everywhere.


I thought so too. Well, it was good talking to you. Have a good day!


Did you know Spider Man first appeared in comics back in 1962?


I did not know that! Spiderman is one of my favorite heroes


Mine too.  I like that he had to deal with real life struggles and even financial issues.


Yeah I think his one of the poorest super heroes in the Marvel universe but one of the smartests ones as well.


He did always seem to be short of money didn't he?  His enemies were mostly rich though I think.  I think the Green Goblin had money.


Yeah thats a curious fact, most of his enemies had tons of cash I guess thats what makes Spiderman special


Stan Lee created him to be special, right down to his name.  The only reason there is a hyphen in it is so he wouldn't be confused with superman.


Thats funny lol,  his first appearance was on the comic book Amazing Fantasy, that comic book must be worth thousands now! at least the original version


i imagine you are very right about that!  I wonder if that comic had Cap'n Crunch's arch rivals in it.  I've heard they have battled Spiderman at some point.


I bet Spiderman whipped the floor with him lol, Sony bough the rights of Spiderman for $10 million I bet they regret not buying the rest.


They thought the world would only care about Spiderman.  Don't get me wrong, Spiderman is great, but i do like the others too.


Me too, I think the Marvel universe has great heroes and well movies has shown that to many.


Not to mention the video games.  Spiderman has great video games, especially for Playstation.


Yeah I have a Play Station 4 and just purchase the latest game, its really good I liked it a lot. Do you play video games?


I play some.  Did you know that playstation 3's are being used to study black holes?


Really? I wonder how many of them are being used, I did hear it was cheaper to gather play station 3s than to arm a supercomputer and the results were the same


Apparently they are very powerful computers.  Xbox's are too.  The army uses the controllers to fly uav spy planes.


I bought an xbox when it first came out, it made a creepy sound when it was on standby for too long.


Did it really?  That's weird!  I honestly don't know which is better. Playstations came out in 1994 and Xbox came out in 2001 but they are both powerful, great game consoles.


I think they are about the same, the only thing that changes are the games some are exclusive to one brand ot the other.


And the fans of each.  For xbox a guy spent 2600 dollars on a carnival game to win one.


hi how are you? do you play video games?


I'm doing well how are you? Yes I like playing video games, especially on Xbox!


I have not played Xbox or PS. whhich do you prefer? why?


I like xbox more because honestly it's the only system I've had. I remember getting one way back in 2001.


Microsoft gets many things wrong, but ive heard good things about xbox games. i played games as a kid, but now, im not interested. what games do you like?


I like the call of duty games and madden football games! I think it's cool they have controllers for quadriplegics for xbox 360!


Madden is fun. i played madden many many years ago. controllers for quadriplegics? how do theydo that?


I'm not sure, probably using their mind or something! The US army even uses xbox 360 controllers to fly uav spy planes! Crazy!


those controllers are probably so well designed that anyone can learn them in five minutes. thats great! now i want a UAV spy plane of my own.


It would be easy indeed! Are you into superhero characters like Spider-man?


I like spider-man. most of the heroes are not so interesting to me. do you like spidey?


I do! I think it's funny why spider-man has a hyphen in his name!


Stan lee didn't want anybody to confuse him with superman? I guess that's smart?


Oh, ok. yeah, i could see that the spellings would look similar. plus superman is DC and spidey is marvel.


Can you believe what Sony paid for the rights to Spider-man in 1998?


they should have paid a lot for that character. he is quite valuable.


I wonder how much money he has brought in for them? I know playstation has many games about him since they are Sony.


Yeah, that would make sense. Sony wants to use its IP for its own platforms as much as possible. Anyway, great chat!


The Department of Defense even uses playstations. They know what is up. Great chat with you as well. Have a good one!


Hi there, have you ever seen Jurassic Park movies?


Yeah I have seen some of them. The dinosaurs appear only for 15 minutes in the movies


Interesting. Those movies keep you glued to your seat. Interesting the velociraptors were only waist high to an adult.


Yeah, and yet we think they were so big, all of them. Do you know how they got the Raptors in the movie?


What do you mean get them in?  Interesting, originally Jurassic world was going to be about human like raptor hybrids!


Oh I just meant they were not animated but they had people inside suits


Oh really, that makes sense. I think I saw something about that. very cool!


Yeah. Have you ever ridden in the jurassic park ride?


Yes, many times! I love how it spins you around and around Jerks about. my gosh its a ride. lol


Nice. Apparently it cost $110 million to build it, that is a lot of money


Hold on, I was reading about Jumanji and thinking about the mummy ride at Universal. the Jurassic Park ride line was 90 minutes. Haven't got to that one yet. I have seen it all very cool at night! Wait and go early and get a fast pass. lol Have you?


I have not yet. But I was surprised to learn that it cost to build twice more than the movie itself


Yes, I was surprised to know Jonathan Hyde is from Australia. Have you seen Jumanji?


I have seen it and I like it. The movie made so much money $1 billion workdwide


Wow, that's alot! The Rock got a good chunk of that $91 million.


That is amazing. Did you know the voice of Jumanji is also the voice of chip from Beauty and the Beast?


Chip? Oh, I loved that movie and its voice. lol


Yeah me too. On another topics, do you have much interest in science?


Yes, very interesting! I believe that hubble telescope found a galaxy so vast, it shouldn't exist!


That is so cool. Did you know Kim Jong-Un has a degree in physics?


Really, would have never thought of that! Good chat!!


Have you seen Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom?


I saw it and it was pretty good.  Its the fifth installment of the Jurassic Park film series.  Have you seen all of them?


Yes. I thought the first was the best  out of the 4 that I saw


That's a classic for sure.  Do you know the primary sound used to create the T-rex roar was an elephants roar?  That's incredible, isn't it?


Yes. I had heard that.  Good job on that


You know, despite its title, almost all the dinosaurs in Jurassic Park actually lived during the Cretaceous period.


I guess Jurassic Park sounded jazzier than crusty Cretaceous Park? lol


I suppose creative license to make it sound better to the ear.  Do you realize that the velociraptors were only waist high to an adult human?


Did you ever have one of those Dino sized meals from Mcdonald's?


No. I have not been to Mcdonald's in a few years. I used to grab a big mac once in awhile


Me either, I try to avoid the fast food route.


I prefer real meat if i am going to eat meat


Lol, well it's been nice chatting with you this lovely, fine Florida afternoon.  I got to go wash my cat, if you know what I mean, I'll talk to you later, friend.


Hi there. Have you heard of the Razzie Awards? Seems to award the worst movies of the year!


Yes I am very aware of the Razzies. I've been shocked about some of the people that have won.


Yes I really like Mark Wahlberg so was surprised to hear he got a double nomination.


He has had good and bad performances. Great in the Departed and horrible in The Happening.


Yes very much agree. Also not so good in Daddy's home 2 and Transformers, although I liked those movies.


I am not surprised that the Madea movies have been nominated.


No surprise there! Also The Snowman, which looked like a cheesy horror film!


It did look awful. Since you mentioned Transformers, did you know that in the 2007 film there are 1.53 explosions per minute?!


Wow that is a lot of explosions. I guess people really like explosions because the movies ended up grossing over a billion!


That's surprising when Age of Extinction did so well with a Rotten Tomatoes score of 15%.


Yes that is a terrible scoring indeed. Optimus prime has died more than 25 times in the last 30 years. He's got more lives than a cat.


Yes it does. Michael Bay was seen in the first film .He was the human flicked away by Megatron.


I did not notice that. Apparently the CGI in the movie was very complicated. One frame of movement took 38 hours to render!


That is so much work. Do you like other action movies like Jurassic world? I loved Jurassic Park so was hesitant when they announced Jurassic World.


I liked Jurassic World but not it's sequel Fallen Kingdom.


Yeah I liked them both but not Fallen Kingdom as much. Chris Pratt is one of my favorite actors and he actually once joked about being in Jurassic Park in 2010. Glad it worked out for him.


That is funny. Did you know that the movie cost $63 million to make but the ride cost $110 million?


Wow that is hard to believe although I have been on that ride and it is so much fun. The dinosaurs in Jurassic Park only appear in the film for 15 minutes surprisingly. It was nice talking with you today.


I had no idea they were in it so little. They had a big impact. It was nice talking to you as well.


Have a good one and watch out for those dinosaurs :)


Ive always like costumes, I love halloween because of that, what about you?


Halloween is ok. I never got into it. Do you go all out for it?


I do, every year a new costume, you know Panda researchers wear a panda costume for work.


I did not know that. Makes sense but I would not wear it during mating season.... That might be scary!


It would be scary indeed lol, do you know who Johnny Depp is?


I do He spends a ton of money on wine every month, like $30K.


Thats a lot of money for sure! well he dresses up in Jack Sparrows costumes and visits sick kids at hospitals, I think thats admirable.


So cute. Although that character might be a little scary for some kids... I'm sure he does great with it though...


I get your point, might be really scary for some kids, you know Sean Bean from Lord of the Rinds is actually scared of heights.


I did read that he hiked instead of flying. Seems like a waste of time. Just sedate him and take off.


I know right lol, that would be a fun approach anyway do you like the Gucci brand?


Not really as I am not into status or prestige items. Do you know anything about them that might change my mind?


Not really, I do know some interesting facts about the brand do you want to know one?


Ok so Rick Harrison actually dropped out of school to sell fake Gucci bags, he earned about 2000 a week from that.


Wow, that's a lot of money for fake bags. Who's Rick Harrison?


His a businessman, and really tv personality have you watched Pawn Stars?


I have... That's Rick Harrison???? Didn't Chumly get busted for drugs?


He did? there was always something off with Chumly lol the founder of Gucci was called Guccio Gucci.


That's a unique name... Chumly was weird. I only saw like 4 episodes...


It is, it has an italian pronunciation and Gucci was founded in 1921. I used to like the Pawn shop because of all the history and facts you discovered in the show.


Do you wear a costume for halloween ever?


my mom and dad used to dress me up in costumes for halloween sometimes. How about you?


lol me too, I remember seeing pictures of some ridiculous costumes. I want to be a panda researcher though


why a panda researcher? what are the attractions and benefits of such a career?


you get to wear panda costumes while working with them!


ok, i guess that is pretty cool. that panda costume must get a bit hot  though, right? i worry that it make me look uncool too.


that is true lol, I think it would look so cool, but maybe not the more i think about it lol. Tell you one thing though, Johnny Depp dresses as jack sparrow and goes to hospitals to cheer sick kids up


He is a great guy for doing that for the kids. Other stars sometimes do that, but he is probably popular with the youngsters.


for sure, who doesn't like Pirates of the Caribbean! do you ever dress in Gucci clothing?


i do not. i cannot afford the gucci. but it sure looks cool. do you have the gucci?


I cannot either, I have some fake gucci belts, i just tell people they are real, they don't know any difference!


i wouldnt know the difference either. i do not know fashion. i should learn and become more fashionable.


Me too, lol. Did you know the creator of gucci was named guccio gucci?


that is a silly sounding name? gucci o'gucci? it sounds irish!


Ha it sounds something, but I bet it is Italian or something like that lol. You can make good money selling fake gucci, some guy started a 2000 dollar a week business doing it


that sounds much better than, say, doing online chatting for cash. i could get into the fake gucci. give myself the name gucci o'gucci.


lol, that is a good start to a successful business. Have Rick Harrison from Pawn Stars get you started lol!


yes, a pawn broker probably knows the value of things pretty well. he will know how to price fake goods. that is a good tip. thanks.


that is a good point, it was so nice chatting on you, I think we have a nice business plan!


Nice chatting with you! It is a perfect plan. we cannot fail.


I have seen it yes, but I like the cartoons from the 80's the best, what about you?


Nice, I have seen the first one, the original and I heard the rest were not great


ya thats what I heard as well, I know they came out with a new movie Bumblebee that should be good but I didn't see that either


yeah me either. it is a series of movies that made billions but their rating is so low


yup that is crazy, also crazy is in the 2007 movie there are about 1.5 explosions per minute, thats insane


that sure is. optimus prime dies more than 25 times over 30 years


ya thats a lot haha, that includes all the comics, cartoons, and movies, etc, its amazing they keep bringing him back


that sure is a lot, that guys is indestructible indeed


oh ya definitely, in the first transformers movie do you remember the part where Megatron flicks a person away?


yup thats true, and also it took 36 hours just for a comp. to render one frame in that movie too


yeah that is insane. how about jurassic world, do you like it?


well I didn't like it sad to say, I like the first one best, even though the dinos only show up for about 15 mins total


do you know how much it cost to create jurassic park?


how much? I do know that there was a jurassic park ride that cost like 110 million


yeah that one, that is crazy and the movie only cost $63 million


ya thats a bargain, funny the raptors were so scary in that movie and they were just actors in suits


yeah. did you know chris pratt joked about having the lead and then got it years later


haha that is funny, also funny how it took like 6 hours to render one frame of a trex for that movie, probably would be a lot faster now


Rihanna was stunning at the Met Gala, she definetely catched a lot of glances.


Yes she was, all the outfits gets more glory than the awards


I know! I did love her outfit, I am a Rihanna fan and this made me love her even more.


I am a fan of hers too. KIm K, I wasn't feeling too much though, you?


Yeah me neither, what did you think about Katy Perry and her wings?


I thought it was super creative, I saw some behind the scenes pics of her getting dressed, it was a lot of work


I thought the wings were a nice touch, they gaved the gala something to be remembered by.


Yes, the red carpet IS the show, I don't think I have ever actually seen the awards, lol


You should definetely see the upcoming ones, I am going to watch them with friends.


That sounds like fun, I may do the same thing, make a night of it.


Yeah, you should give it a try, I wonder what surprises will bring this years awards!


Let's see what Nikki Minaj comes up with this time, lol.


She will definetely come up with something weird lol, its crazy how they spend that much money on their clothes for the Gala.


Yeah, its crazy how much a Gucci article is worth.


Catholicism and fashion, I wonder how they come up with the themes.


No idea, but its crazy how Rick Harrison dropped out of high school and became a millionare out of Gucci


Right $2,000 a week from fake gucci bags, lol.  Where do I sign up? lol


I know! $2000 a week would be nice to have


I wonder if they look at it like it's Halloween (the Met)? lol...


Some of them definetely do! its crazy how its become a competition.


Yes, and what a competition it is, a fashion contest.


I did play with Legos, my favorite, what  about you?


Me too! I think its really cool that if all the lego bricks produced were shared out equally every single person on earth would own 86 lego bricks.


86 bricks per person, wow that is a lot of plastic, too much for our environment to handle


I am wondering if they have had a lot of back lash for the plastic usage?


They must cause a lot of contamination that is a sure thing, I heard Lego is investing millions to make sure their new pieces are safe for the environment


I think thats a great idea to ditch their oil-based plastics in search of environmentally friendly alternatives.


I think its a great idea as well, making their product safer for the environment, did you hear about that German graffiti artist, the one that painted a bridge and made it look like it was made out of legos


I want to see a picture of that! I am sure it attracts a lot of tourists.


It must right, hopefully the city didnt erase his work of art,


I had no idea that they replaced Ferrari as Brand Finance's world's most powerful brand.


Wow, thats a huge step up, there is a 14 karat gold lego given to employees back in the 80s


They are values at nearly $15,000. That is an expensive lego.


That is really expensive I agree, did you watch the Lego Batman movie?


I watched it, Batman is my favorite hero, the Dark Knight, such a great hero


Did you know that there was a batman villain named condiment king?


I didnt know that, what are his powers lol,


Not sure but he was defeated by slipping on his own ketchup.


Sounds like his powers were his own kryptonite after all, do you know who Adam West is?


Yes, it is funny that the logo is on his molar.


Yeah the same one, he must be a big fan lol


That is a commitment. Too bad not many people will even see it.


I love reading rotten tomatoes. Especially since they tell it like it is for Michael bay's movies.


I know! I tust Rotten Tomatoes as well, usually they give accurate reviews specially with Netflix movies.


Did you know it was owned by Warner Bros? That is surprising since they no doubt have some movies with poor reviews on it.


I didnt know that! and I guess its unbiased, that tells you a lot about the service.


I guess they can't control what people have to say. No video game based movie has ever gotten about 44% Mortal Kombat was pretty good I'd give it a much higher rating.


I guess some people dont like the franchise, I love to play Mortal Kombat games but I am more of a Batman fan.


I like batman too. Did you know Weird Al did some voice work in batman vs robin?


I didnt know that, I think the most amazing aspect of Batman is that he doesnt have superpowers.


Yes, he's just smarter then all the bad guys. It also doesn't hurt that he is rich and has the money to develop all kinds of technology.


Yeah, I agree, not everything is powers and Alfred is a badass as well.


Robin is underrated too. I wish there were more Robin Lego sets.


I know, I wish that too so you are a Lego fan?


Yes! I love lego even though my last set came with a defective piece. The odds are so slim since only 18 out of every million are defective.


That are some crazy odds, did you file a complaint? I think its great how lego is ditching their oil based plastics and seeking environemental friendly options.


No I didn't complain. It's the first time it's happened. I have some of my parents old lego and the pieces from 1958 still fit with todays! I am glad they are switching the plastic finally.


Did you hear about the german graffitti artist that made a bridge look like it was made out of legos?


I saw pictures of it. It would have been neat to see. 250 Square meters! That's massive.


Yeah I know, I wonder if they painted over this artwork, I think it would be great just to leave it there.


What a shame. When we are done talking I think I'll go play a star wars lego game.


I havent played that game, I might buy it I liked the Lego Batman game.


You should go get it now. I'm off to play. Bye!


Do you think Rotten Tomatoes is a good site for reviews


I don't know.  I tend to shy away from reviews.  Although Netflix has almost 150 reviews on there with a 100 percent rating.


Can a movie get a 100% rating I can only think of one or two, the company is owned by Warner Bros


If it was myself doing the ratings, I would be hard to give any movie a 100 percent review.  Nothing in the world is 100 perfect except maybe our kids.  lol  Spykids received a 93 percent on there.


I thought Spykids was a great movie, but 93% seems really excesive lol


Yes!  No video game on there has ever achieved higher than a 44% rating.


Do you like Legos? did you ever play with them as a child or even later?


I did!  I think that's like a rite of passage for all children to play with Legos.  There are so many Legos that if they were divided out to every person on earth, each person would own 86 lego bricks!


86 bricks per person no kidding! its a good thing the company is replacing their oil-based plastics and searching for a friendlier alternative to the environment


Yes!  I agree.  As of July 2015 600 billion Lego parts had been produced.  That's a lot of plastic!


A lot of plastic and a big impact to the environment, did you hear about that graffiti artist, the one that painted a Lego bridge?


I didn't until you just told me!  Lego replaced Ferrari as the worlds most powerful brand in 2015.


I guess every kid likes to play with Legos, do you like Batman? he is my favorite hero


I do!  Hard to believe he originally appeared in a comic book in 1939!


Yeah it was DC comics #27 comic book, the Dark Knight what a great name and story, a hero without powers


Yes!  Batman's Gotham City is located in New Jersey according to DC Canon.


That manor must be worth a lot of money then lol, there was a villain named Condiment King, funny how he was defeated


lol Did he slip on his own ketchup by any chance?


Yeah he did lol, thats how he was defeated,


Funny stuff!  Did you know that Adam West has a batman logo on one of his molars?


I bet the Joker laughed at the Condiment King, and no I didnt know that about Adam West


Hey! Did you see Wonder Woman when it came out (or since then)?


I have not seen the new WW movie. Have you?


I did see it. I'm not a big fan of superhero movies in general but I wanted to support movies with female superhero leads


Yeah, that is a good idea. i figure that women heroes need to be more visible. i usually dont watch those movies because the explosions and battle scenes get dull.


That's exactly how I felt when I watched it. And of course the compulsory heteroromantic subplot felt so unoriginal


well, it is showbusiness. the producers want to make money and they go with the safe bets. younger audiences are probably more open to new plot lines.


Yeah. I hear the new Captain Marvel has no love story, which makes me more likely to see it, honestly.


Yeah, i prefer something other than simple love stories, especially in super hero films.


I'd also like to see older superheroes; I don't mean like Robert Downey Jr., but more like Denzel Washington who at least has grey in his hair.


Yeah, the genre has the potential to appeal to wide audiences if the stories and stars have enough variety.


Although I'll never get tired of Leo DiCaprio in anything. Hopefully he'll be in the Twilight Zone movie he's producing


Is he? i did not know that. he is a gifted actor. i enjoy his work immensely.


I feel the same way. I'm glad he finally won an Oscar. Before that, his only major award was a Golden Globe from 2004


He has been overlooked for too long, but many other big names get the cold shoulder from hollywood. too political.


Yeah, that's probably true. Also, he apparently was hanging onto Marlon Brando's Oscar award and Picasso painting that he had to surrender to the US govt. Maybe he was blacklisted from receiving awards over that? lol


That is odd. i think that some people end up on a black list, like richard gere.


What happened with him? Was it the hamster thing, the Buddhist thing, or something else?


Yeah, he made a comment about Tibet and the Dalai Lama or something. that is a big no no. he will never be back.


Was that after 9/11 when he said everyone should forgive and forget or was this something more recent? I vaguely recall something recently happening


I dont remember. hollywood has a political line and stars have to stick to it. anyway, great chat!


yeah, I guess there's pressure to be liberal/progressive. Nice chat as well :)


Did you know that the Library of Congress has a National Book Festival? Do you think they have comic books there like Wonder Woman?


No I didn't know that. Brad Meltzer is a great author though, he has some work at the Congress National Book Festival such as history decoded


One book I really liked reading was Body of Lies by David Ignatius. I saw the movie made about it, too. Did you?


I saw the movie. It has Leonardo DiCaprio I think it was directed by Ridley Scott. I actually liked that movie a lot. did you see the movie Wonder Woman by the way


Yes! Wonder Woman was a great movie. I liked the graphics in it and the actress herself was great. She must have used stunt doubles, though?


No I don't think so. She was actually in the Israeli Army so it wouldn't surprise me if she did all of her own stunts


She's even cooler than I thought! I heard that when she auditioned she thought it was for Cat Woman instead of Wonder Woman!


That's crazy because those are entirely different rolls! Amazing that Wonder Woman is the highest grossing superhero movie and also the highest grossing World War 1 movie!


Did you know that Wonder Woman started out in the group of the Justice Society as a lowly secretary?


I think that came out back in 1941 right? Oh wow how the times have changed that would not fly today


I wonder if she was their first secretary? Also, if Wonder Woman is an Amazon, how can her fingers fit on a normal typewriter?


That is a great question! What was interesting to me to was that in 2017 there were a lot of female lead movies, they were the top three highest grossing movies for that year


That is very interesting! I like how Wonder Woman has a bunch of powers that let her fight almost like a Mortal Kombat character.


That is really crazy! speaking of actors and actresses, what do you think about Leonardo DiCaprio? hes in some of my favorite movies like The Departed


Yeah, Leo is great. I hear he was in that sitcom called Growing Pains but I didn't catch it. What's Eating Gilbert Grape was a good one he was in, too.


Yes I like both those movies. I also like the movie Blood Diamond. Did you know that you was in an 80s sitcom back in the day?


Do you think Leo or Denzel Washington have won more awards? He was good in the movie Training Day. Did you catch that one?


I did see that one. I bet that Denzel  actually won more Awards, I guess he used to play the character grapes in Fruit of the Loom commercials which is funny to think about now


I guess it was a good move for Denzel. You gotta start out small, but it is surprising to know he started out like any kid in a school play as a little cute fruit!


LOL you're right!, it's impressive that Denzels son actually plays for the st. Louis Rams, talk about a talented family


Very talented! Enough to have a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Too bad Denzel doesn't pay for his, though. Snoop Dogg also has a football playing son.


Good morning!  Have you heard of Stan Lee?  Did you know that he did cameos in all of the Marvel movies?


I have! He was such a good writer! I love looking for him in his films!


I do too and I agree, he was a good writer.  Sometimes he even speaks, like in Captain America, the Winter Soldier.


I didn't know that! What else was he in?


My favorites are the Iron Man appearances.  It seems like he had fun with those because in one Tony Stark thinks he's Hugh Hefner and in another he thinks he's Larry King!


That is so cool! I'll have to look those up! I think I remember something about spiderman getting married. Do you?


No I don't. Did he get married in one of the movies?


I think so. The original spiderman got married to mary jane. 1987 i think? They did a whole public thing for it if I remember right.


Well that's good. I use to be a fan of Spider Man back in the day and him marrying her is good!  Oh! That makes me think of Stan Lee's cameo in one of the movies.  He's standing on a street with Peter Parker and tells him that one man can make a difference!  How cool is that?


That is very cool! I liked Stan Lee. I think the first spiderman made Stan Lee something like 800 million in revenue, but he didn't get any of it!


That's so unfair!  He created something important. I mean, the military is even trying to achieve spider man like abilities.


Wouldn't that be something to see! Have you seen Thor? I tried to watch it but had a hard time following it.


I have see Thor and I really liked it.  I was impressed with the cast, especially that Anthony Hopkins was in it.


What? I guess I didn't watch it long enough for that! Tom hiddleston tried out for Thor, instead he got Loki.


I've heard that before. I heard he had to put on 50 pounds of muscle too.


I can't even imagine working that hard for a role and not getting it! I did watch Ironman all the way thru. How bout you?


I not only watched all the way through but watched all Iron Man movies.  I thought Robert Downy Jr. did an outstanding job!


I thought so too! I did think he was a little too skinny for the role though! He is so small! Genyth Paltrow was amazing too. What was her name in it? Apple or something?


I didn't notice.  I don't remember her name but she did do good.  The whole Iron Man story is so cool.  A super rich guy that is intelligent and builds things and becomes a hero?!


And he does it for everyone else too! I can't believe the first iron man came out almost 11 years ago!


I know! It seems like it was just a few months ago!  I did sort of hate to see Jeff Bridges as the bad guy.


I was sad to see Stan Lee passed away. The Marvel movies just won't feel right without his cameos.


I know the feeling, it wont be same without him, one of my favorites is the one in The Winter Soldier, so funny!!


I think my all-time favorite was his Amazing Spider-Man appearance, where he was wearing the headphones as everything explodes behind him


That was a good one as well, or the one when he drink a cup of a drink and has Hulks blood in it.


That one is such a visceral memory for me, because he makes such a memorable sound when he tastes the kick to his bottle. He really knew how to set up the brand!


He sure did, my favorite hero is Iron Man I loved it ever since 2008 I think Robert Downey Jr is a great actor.


Oh yes, the Iron Man movies really launched the Marvel Cinematic Universe into what it is today. My personal favorite in the films is Thor I think.


Thor is a great character as well, did you know 80% of the dialogue in Thor Ragnarok was improvised?


That's incredible, because I completely love how it turned out. I just learned that Tom Hiddleston who plays Loki was originally screen testing to play Thor, but I think Chris Hemsworth really nailed the character.


He did and Tom Hiddleston really nailed the Loki character as well, I think Loki stole the movie and the protagonism.


He really did, which is so true to the comics. The first Thor by Kenneth Branagh just didn't use the support characters enough. Thor was never meant to be only about Thor, but his whole team of characters.


I haven't seen those, but yeah, it's too bad Spider-Man movies haven't had a continuity but they keep on pulling new actors for the roll.


Marvel has always had a lot wrapped up in the Spider-Man character as their flagship for their younger audience. I'm not surprised their movies are all over the place too.


Did you know the military is trying to emulate Spidermans abilities for their soldiers?


No that's crazy. That sounds like another Marvel gimmick honestly. They created a whole stunt wedding with actors when they married off the character in the 80s.


Could be, sounds really difficult to alter humans to have similar abilities as Spiderman, it can be really dangerous, and I didnt hear about the 80s stunt, can you tell me a bit more?


Just that they pretended to marry Peter Parker off to Mary Jane in the real world and let Stan Lee officiate. There he is again, knowing just how to create a wild brand stunt.


Oh I see, interesting, and yeah, I see your point that definitely sells movies or at least creates interest in them.


The fact that he was so well-known and considered a comic legend just shows how effective he was at those spots. Before Iron Man was released in 2008, many people didn't even realize comics were still being published.


I can imagine after all the whole Marvel franchise is live because of him and will keep on living long after his death.


He really gave them the right boost to start!


Yes I watch super hero movies all the time


Nice. Have you seen Spider-Man, any of them


Yes I've seen the first Spider-man movie in 2002 where Stan Lee made a cameo where he saved a little girl when a building exploded.


Nice. Did you know the US military is trying to replicate the abilities of Spiderman?


I never knew that.  Are they going to have soldiers bitten by radioactive spiders to give them super abilities?


I guess we will have to wait and see how that whole plan that they seem to have develops


Have you watched any of the Thor movies?


I have actually, the 2011 one. Did you know antman made the debut in Thor?


Wow I never knew that antman was in the Thor movie. I do remember that Ildris Elba played one of the gods in it and a bunch of white supremacists were upset a black man played the part.


Yeah apparently Antman was in other superhero movies like Spider-man, Hulk and Iron-man.


Did antman play in the first Ironman movie? The same movie that Jeff Bridges was in?


I am not sure even which one he played in, I must not have been paying attention. Did you know Tom Hidleston originally auditioned for the role of Thor and not Loki


That's amazing.  I never knew that. I don't think he was good for that part. I recall that the Odin's ravens from the Thor movie was in the Avengers movie when Thor and Loki were arguing on the mountain top.


Yeah and he even went on to gain 50 pounds of muscle to make sure that he is set for the role of Thor


Stan Lee made a cameo in Thor: The Dark World.  He was trying to get into a party if I recall.


The man was a legend for sure. He got 10% of all profits on his characters


Yeah he did lots of tours around the country going to comic conventions. He died recently at the age of 95.


Yeah, he had a great career. Do you know who performed the opening of spider-man back in 1990?


Spider-man in 1990? That is a bit before my time. Was it made by the same studio that makes them now? I do know that in the mid 90s James Cameron was supposed to make a Spider-man film with Arnold Schwarzenegger and Leonardo Dicaprio. It got cancelled though.


Maybe I am not sure but the singer was Joe Perry, lead guitarist of Aerosmith. It was nice chatting with you :)


I am aware of HP. I know JK Rowling is the author.


Nice.  Stephen Fry read all 7 Harry Potter audio books for the UK editions. I don't know who he is.


I have not listened to the books, so I don't either. Hard to believe Rowling was turned down by 122 publishers.


That's incredible!  Harry Potter was born on July 31st, 1980 and the entire series takes place throughout the 90s.  I didn't know that.


I am surprised to hear this too. It was the most banned book so far in the 21st Century.


Wow!  Harry Potter books were translated from British to American English.


No wonder it has become so popular in the US. The books have sold more than 500 million copies worldwide.


That's incredible!  Robin Williams wanted to play Hagrid in the Harry Potter movies, but was turned down because J.K. Rowling and director Chris Columbus only wanted British and Irish actors.


Oh, I've never heard that. That is pretty surprising. Almost as surprising as Rowling being the first billionaire to fall off the Forbes billionaire list because of charitable giving.


Wow.  I would say kudos to her for doing that.  J.K. Rowling was asked to use her initials instead of her full name because her publishers were worried that boys wouldn't want to read a book written by a woman.  That sounds so absurd to me.


I feel the same way. That is absurd that she was asked to do that. I've been to Universal and seen a bit of the HP attraction. Rowling can go there and tell them to change anything incorrect.


That's interesting!  Do you like snakes at all?  I'm afraid I don't like them. lol


No way! They are creepy! I guess I'd have to move to New Zealand to get away from them as there's no snakes there.


I'll be joining you!  Crocodiles are more closely related to birds than they are to snakes and lizards.  Odd fact.


Interesting.  There is a genus of flying snakes that can launch themselves at prey.  Yikes!


Well I hope they don't live around me! It's funny that there are lizards without but they're not snakes.


I will pass on those as well.  lol  it's been fun chatting!


Thank you! It's been nice chatting with you too.


Hello, I am doing good. How are you?  What do you think of countries having prime ministers?


I'm doing good thanks for asking. I think it's different. What about you?


It is different, I agree.  I am not sure how much power they have.  It seems like they can do a little more than a president can but I am not certain.


I saw the president of the UK has a cat with a government title of chief mouser.


Lol! Well, I can they can do a bit more if they can give title's to their pets!


I agree lol. The PM position of Australia isn't in the constitution and is only a custom.


That could be scary for the prime minister.  At any time the public could decide they no longer like the custom.  In Canada however, the prime minister serves as long as the queen wants.


That would be scary. When you turn 100 in Japan, the PM sends you a silver cup to celebrate.


Apparently they do. They will need to start making cheaper silver cups lol.


Hahaha!  Hey, check this out.  In Bulgaria their monarch died at age 49 during ww2 so his 6 year old son became leader.  For obvious reasons the people voted to end the monarchy soon after this and start a democracy.  Flash forward 58 years and the now 64 year old previous ruler ran for prime minister and them people voted him in!


LOL! Did you know politicians in Kentucky must swear an oath that they've never participated in a duel before taking office?


No I didn't! Even in this day and age they still have to do that?


I guess so lol. Do you like Johnny Depp?


I do like him.  I think he sometimes comes across as strange but on the flip side he is actually nice.  He takes his jack sparrow costume with him wherever he goes so he can visit kids in children's hospitals dressed in character.


He's definitely strange, but a very good actor. He directed The Brave in 1997.


I don't remember that movie.  Was it good?


I've never seen it either. Johnny Depp only said 196 words in Edward Scissorhands.


I did see that one and I liked it.  Did you know that he's related to Queen Elizabeth?


Hello there, did you know that Barnaby Joyce was the deputy prime minister of Australia?


No, but I do like Australia, from what I've heard about it. Is Barnaby Joyce in the news lately?


In fact yes, he has been featured in many news articles regarding scandals that he has had.


I guess he's not the lowest key Prime Minister you could get. I guess many politicians get in the news for unflattering circumstances now and then.


I agree, although some other politicians have had it worse. Bob Hawke had many affairs, for example


They're almost as flamboyant as Johnny Depp in those pirate movies.


Yep. Ben Clifly would fall under the same category


That's the first news I've heard of the prime minister of Australia. I've heard that in the UK there is a cat that lives in the Prime Minister's residence with chief mouser as his title, though!


Really! I wish I could attain a title that easily


Japan also has a Prime Minister. When you turn one hundred years old he sends you a silver cup.


I do not think that he has sent that many silver cups then. In my opinion, Prime ministers are superior to presidents.


Yes, politicians can be strange. They've outlawed Walmarts in New York City.


They also split up simple oil after it became too big of a company. Do you think Trump is doing a good job governing America?


I heard he's made more jobs and housing, but other than that, no. He's on social media too much.


In my opinion, the Government shutdown was his fault. Speaking of politicians, did you know that Venice was successful due to its governing system?


No, how did that work? I heard in Kentucky the politicians must swear by oath that they've never been in a duel, though.


Really? I have also heard that President James Buchanan had a boyfriend. His boyfriend was referred as ' his better half'


That's amazing! I heard Queen Elizabeth II was once successfully prank called by a radio station pretending to be Prime Minister of Canada Jean Chretien.


That is a pretty good prank. I just wanted to point out that Johnny Depp directed the 1997 film ' the brave' I really enjoyed that film


Yes, I've seen that! Johnny Depp is in a lot of movies I like! I wonder if he will ever be like Arnie and become an actor turned politician?


I wonder. Johnny Depp only said 196 words in edward scissorhands. I find that quite fascinating.


That is pretty cool! I don't remember him saying much. I can't wait for the upcoming Dr. Seuss movie he's going to be making!


Yes, A Prime minister is the head of the state and executive branch of the government. He is the head of all states.


Do you live in a country that has a prime minister?


He gives advice to the council of ministers whenever they need it. He plan the schemes for the welfare of the nation and people.


That's very interesting. Is there a prime minister of your country?


Do you live in a country has prime minister ?


No, my country has a president. What about yours?


My country has one too. I read about politics and the president in my country a lot. Do you read about the politics of your country?


Yes, the president has executive power in day to day life. He creates welfare schemes for the nation and people.


That's great! It sounds like your President has a good plan for the country. Does he have people in the government to help him?


Surely. Before taking any decision he surely has meetings with experts and the opposition party leader to ask their opinions.


You are right. In politics, it is best when both parties talk to each other and agree. Does your country's government agree a lot, or argue a lot?


It is the President's duty to explain the current situation to the opposition party members. Only then will he take the necessary steps.


Your President sounds like a strong leader. There is a lot of arguing in politics with my country's President.


The President thinks only of the welfare of the nation and the people. People are confident in his ability to govern.


The President sounds like a very good man who thinks of his people, not just himself. He is an inspiring politician.


In democratic countries, politicians seek the positions in the government through elections.


Democratic elections give the people a chance to choose who they want leading them. Do you live in a democratic country?


Yes, the government is for the people. People enjoy real power by casting their vote. Politicians can canvas the people to seek their vote.


I am glad to hear you live in a country with a good President and a good government. Voting for politicians is a good way to say what you think. It was good talking to you.


Did you know Seinfeld is worth more than Tom Cruise and Tom Hanks combined?


I can believe that.  I first remember Cruise when I saw his movie Risky Business back in 1983.


Hahaha, I love that movie. I think it is one of his best.


I loved it.  Then of course there came Top Gun and then Coctail in 1988.  That soundtrack was huge that summer, which was the summer before my senior high school year.


Cocktail was great too. It made me want to bartend.


lol Yes me too!  Aladdin's face was based on Tom Cruise.  I never knew that. haha


I didn't know that. Well, apparently he has an underground bunker too.


Oh wow.  Wonder what that's all about?  The municipal government of Paris passed a resolution to prohibit Tom Cruise from becoming an honorary citizen of the city.


Well apparently it is to hide from aliens.


Oh boy lol  Tom hung off the side of an airplane that was soaring at 5,000 feet for the new Mission Impossible movie.


That is pretty cool. I heard about that. He likes to do his own stunts.


Yes I've heard that too.  The Last Samurai is plural and refers to the last clan of Samurai and not just Tom Cruise's character in the movie.


Interesting. Did you see that movie? I saw it.


I actually haven't seen it.  Is it good?


It is only ok. I would recommend other movies over that any day.


Ok lol  Did you know Mission Impossible was first a tv show?


Yeah, I did. The movie isn't bad either. Well, nice chatting with you!


Leonard Nimoy played a role in that tv show.  Nice chatting with you too!


I do as well. Did you know Minnie Mouse's name is short for Minerva Mouse?


I never knew that!  The Disney channel only runs commericals that are for it's own shows and Disney products!


That's very cool. There is a subculture dedicated to finding hidden Mickey Mouse images throughout Disney things.


Interesting!  Disney makes about $1,110 per second!  Wish I could do that!


Wow that's a lot of money! Disney's big hero 6 was rendered using a 55,000 core supercomputer.


Sounds impressive!  Walt Disney and Salvador Dali collarborated on a short film called Destino in 1945.


That's very cool. Did you know Bill Nye was a science consultant for Disney's Flubber movie?


I had no idea!  Interesting!  Walt Disney got fired from his job at a local newspaper for not being creative enough. lol


Interesting. I saw Pixar named Wall-E as a tip of the hat to Walt Disney.


I had no idea!  Did you like Beauty and the Beast?


I did!  It grossed over $1.2 billion dollars worldwide!


Wow! Jackie Chan provided the speaking and singing voice of the beast in the Chinese version of Beauty and the Beast.


Wow.  I never knoew that.  It had a budget of around $255 million, which made it one of the most expensive movies ever made.  Glad they recouped their money.


I agree. The boy from Jumanji was the voice of Chip.


Interesting.  Beauty and the Beast was the first animated movie to be nominated in the best picture category at the Oscars.


That's pretty cool. I think Celine Dion sings the theme song for the movie.


Yes!  I believe you are correct.  The triplets in the movie are named the Bimbette sisters.  That's your useless fact of the day.  lol


Beauty and the Beast is one of my all time favorites. It's hard to imagine that it came out in 1991. I've seen the show at WDW a few times. It's fun.


For sure! My wife is in love with that movie. I liked it too. I can't believe it came out that long ago!


Same here. The same man composed the music to the Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast Aladdin and more!


Yes, he even wrote music for Pocahontas, Hunchback of Norte Dame and Hercules.


This guy is just writing his own paychecks lol. Did you know Jackie Chan did some voice work on china's version of beauty and beast, the live action one


No, I did not even know such a version even existed.


me neither that would be interesting to see lol. Celine Dion launched her career by agreeing to sing the theme song to beauty and the beast


Oh I did not know that. I don't care for her at all. Did you know Beauty and the Beast was the first animated movie to be nominated in the best picture category at the Oscars?


wow, that is an amazing feat! I think that set the tone for more to come. Are you a morgan freeman fan, I think he has been in a disney movie or two


Yes, he is quite an actor. I really can not believe he was born in 1937!


He seems so much younger than that wow, I can't believe it either! I loved the movie se7en, I just watched it last month, crazy ending!


I have not heard of that one. One of my favorites was Driving Miss Daisy.


I recommend it, thriller for sure! I have actually never seen that one, but have only heard great things about it


Did you know that Morgan Freeman is also a beekeeper?


no way, I wouldn't put it past him. I heard he got his start playing a singing vampire obsessed with vegetables on the electric company in the 70s


Oh, that's crazy. I've never heard that before. Well, it was nice chatting today. Have a good day!


I have always enjoyed watching Walt Disney movies - that studio makes great movies.


I love me some disney movies! Which is your favorite?


For sure! Did you know jackie chan was a voice in the chinese version?


I did not.  It grossed over 1.2 billion worldwide so it had to have been popular all over the globe


I bet. Did you know the boy from jumani is the voice of chip? He does it all i guess!


That is cool.  I knew that Celine Dion sang the theme which helped launch her into stardom.


That is awesome, I wish Morgan Freeman had a role in one of these movies, he is awesome!


Yes he was great in Driving Miss Daisy - that was a great movie.


How about the movie se7en, now that was a great movie!


Yes - it might not have been as good if Brad Pitt and Freeman had not insisted on the ending.


right, crazy ending to say the least. It would have been better with samuel l jackson in it. He was mentored by Freeman.


That is cool.  Morgan Freeman has been nominated and won more awards than the total number of movies he has starred in.  That is crazy.


That is so crazy, he definitely is a great actor. I did hear maybe he dated his niece one time or something like that.


I had never heard that.  I knew he once played a singing vampire who was obsessed with vegetables - that is rather kooky!


That is crazy to hear! He golfs one handed even!


Yes - he injured his left hand in a car accident - that was sad


For sure, at least his voice wasn't injured.


Yes.  Did you see him in the shawshank redemption?  That movie was very moving.


Loved the movie! Good chatting with you!


hi how are you doing? Do you like morgan freeman?


Yeah, just saw him the latest Disney rendition of The Nutcracker.  Did you see that?


He played the godfather.  Movie was ok.  Kind of a Alice in Wonderland meets Cirque du Soleil feel.  And per Disney's usual... it had a strong female lead. Morgan Freeman's been in some better stuff.


yeah, people love him so he gets cast a lot. i suppose my favorite film of his is shawshank. that was great. which film of his do you like?


OMG!  Shawshank is my favorite.  Loved his character Red.


Yes, i think that originally Brad Pitt was supposed to be dufresne. i though the chemistry between morgan and tim was great.


Yeah, can't see anyone by Tim Robbins in that role.  Also liked him in Million Dollar Baby.  (Spoiler alert). Movie made me cry though.


Yeah, he really brings a gravitas to any role. He was on TV originally. on the electric company.


I think I remember that!  Vaguely remember him dancing in a kind of knitted sweater.  Amazing how he started on that kids show to become an Academy Award winning actor!


yeah, he loved acting. i think he was in the military, then went to college to study acting. interesting guy.


Love his voice.  Surprised he hasn't done more voice acting for cartoons.  Think he voices a character in the Lego movie.  Is that a Disney flick?


yes, he was in the batman movies, maybe they wanted him to voice a character like that? He would do great voices for animation.


Considering he just did a Disney movie I'd figure they'd want to utilize his skills.  Disney's got money to spend.  Heard the company makes about $1,110 per second!


yes, i wish i could buy their stock. they will always be a money maker. .they make quality films and the theme parks are great.


Yeah, my kids are always watching some Disney movie.  My daughter loves the live action Beauty and the Beast.


Really? is it better than the animated version? the songs were great in that?


They used the same songs.  I personally liked the animated version better.  Think what appeals to my daughter is Emma Watson.  She also love Harry Potter movies.


Yes, she is a talented actress. I bet she did a great job. Anyway, thanks for the chat.


It has a solid cast overall.  Hope you get to catch it some time.


Have a good day! Talk to you soon, Im sure.


Hello, I did not know that Jackie Chan acted in Beauty and Beast!


Yes, He provided speaking and singing voice in chinese version.


Very nice! The Walt Disney company is also know as simply disney


That is true. Recently, I went to the Walt Disney Museum and it was a big blessing for Walt to have an imaginative mind.


It is the world largest independent media in terms of revenue. The company was found by Walt and Roy O.


Even, Bill Nye the Science guy was a consultant for the movie Flubber! Isn't that crazy?


Yes, Very crazy it very full fo humor to watch flubber.


Maybe, Bill Nye had to add more effect with more science experiments to create flubber.


Freeman has served narrator, commentator for numerous programs and television shows.


Well, he was nominated and won a lot of rewards.


Yes. He played all his role very well and multi talented person he is.


One example would be his role as a singing vampire who loved vegetables.


You watched the movie "The chronicles of Narnia" ?


Yes I did! I did not watch the rest of the sequences. However, the first movie was extroardinary.


Yes, Kids are loved to watch it. Many animated movie are taken by Walt Disney.


I forgot about that! This movie was not animated, but the effects were great, thanks to Walt Disney's talent.


Some scenes are Graphical, Its very nice to see this kind of movies again.


The Nutcracker had some mild peril. However, as this movie moves on from generation to generation, this became a musical and a family-friendly movie.


It is fantasy story and for every chistmas time entertainment.


This gives a great feeling to look forward to.


Very happy to chat with you. Have a great day.


I love Disney!  It really brings out my inner child!


yeah same.  What are some of your favorite disney movies?


I loved the cartoon Beauty and the Beast, The Little Mermaid, Lion King, some of those iconic cartoons from when I was growing up


Yeah same!  I really like little mermaid,  lion king,  aladdin, frozen, moana.


Yeah.  There is still stuff I didnt know, like Minnie's real name is Minerva.


me either,  I never knew it was short for anything!  Did you know the disney channel doesnt accept outside ads?


I didnt.  I guess I never noticed all of their ads were internally related.


Yeah me either.  Although,  I do not watch the Disney channel much.  Only really the movies.  Did you know walt disney was fired from his newspaper job for not being more creative?  lol ironic.


Yeah, he really showed them.  His work will live on forever.  Just with the parks alone


They are putting a new area in Disneyland in California.  Star wars land I believe its called!


Wow, that would be neat to see.  I have watched Disney World in Orlando develop over the years.


Thats cool,  I haven't been to that one in years!  I mostly go to the CA one.


It has been a good 5 for me, but I live an hour away, so its not a huge trip.


Ah cool!  You should go more often then lol Did you see the most recent Beauty and the Beast?


I havent.  I really want to though.  Ill have to see if it is on netflix.


It was ok.  I think it was weird that Belle had a british accent even though she was from france lol


I never though of that part.  I guess in the cartoon she doesnt have one at all.


Yeah,  the cartoons almost no one has an accent.


Except Lumiere.  He is the only one.  And come to think of it the teapot had a british one in the cartoon too.


lol weird.  Been great chatting with you!


Hey how's it going? Did you watch the Oscars this year? They gave out a set of 24 awards for many accomplishments in the film industry.


I did not watch this year but I do know some of my favorite actors have previously won. Daniel Day Lewis is the only actor to win 3 times.


Yeah he's a great actor. The movie blazing saddles was nominated for three Oscars!


Wow! I did not know that. Also surprising, is Eminem has more Oscars than DeCaprio, Depp, Lucas, Murray and WIll Smith combined.


That is very hard to believe. And he's not even an actor, well I guess he is. Walt Disney to this day holds the record for most Oscars won by a man. Now that makes sense.


I heard that he has 22 Oscars under his name. He deserves it. I cannot think of more iconic film than Disney.


Totally agree with you. The Oscars themselves were even nominated for nine Emmys in 2013!


How funny. I wonder if they won any. When it comes to Oscars I do not think anyone has been nominated more than Meryl Streep. Often described as the "best actress of her generation."


Yeah she really is a great actress. She even has an actress daughter who plays the FBI agent on Mr. robot.


Meryl Streep has been nominated for 21 Academy Awards, only won three. She was nominated for 31 Golden Globe nomination, won eight.


Incredible! Since she's only won three times she is in second place for most awards.


Have you ever seen the movie Julie & Julia with Meryl Streep? It is so great  and makes me very hungry each time I watch it


I don't think I've seen it but I will add it to my list. Another good actress is Emma Watson. I thought she was so good in the Harry Potter series.


I love the Harry Potter films. I think it is adorable that the director of Prisoner of Azkaban made the actors write essays about their characters. Emma wrote 16 pages, Daniel Radcliffe turned in a page and Rupert Grint forgot his.


That is hilarious! Emma almost considered not playing Hermione in The Half Blood Prince. That would have been devastating for the series.


I am so glad that she decided to continue. She said she could not watch someone else play the role and I am not sure if I could either.


Yes I agree with her. Emma is also a certified yoga teacher! I would love to take her class.


Me too. I think she would be fantastic at it. I was surprised to find out that her and Margot Robbie were both born in 1990. They do not seem like the same age.


Yeah I agree that is surprising for sure. Sounds like she had some star studded classmates at the dragon school too! Well it was really nice getting the chance to talk with you!


It has been nice talking with you as well. Make sure to watch lots of great movies and especially Julie & Julia. One of the actors in the film, Stanley Tucci, is a great cook and taught Meryl Streep.


Hello hows it going?  do you watch the academy awards?


Hi, I haven't have you?  Did you hear that Daniel Day-Lewis is the only actor to win best actor at the oscars 3 times?


Nice,  I read that somewhere!  I also read Blazing saddles was nominated for 3 oscars.  I cant remember which movie that is lol


Walt Disney holds the record for most oscars with 22.  That doesn't seem surprising though.


Disney is amazing!  I am a huge disney fan,  so yeah I love their movies!


Eminem has done well with more oscars than Dicaprio, depp, smith, lucas, and murray combined.


If you watch Golden Globes, interestingly Streep has won 31 nominations, eight more than any actor


She also won three Primetime Emmy Awards too


wow i didnt know Meryl streeps daughter is in Mr. Robot!  Thats cool.


Interestingly, Stanly tucci is an incredible cook and made Meryl Streep cook with him to prepare for julie and julia;  That was a fun movie by the way.


That is awesome!  Having stanley tucci teach you how to cook lol while making a movie,  while getting paid lol


Streeps first film role was actually a sports movie.


I saw that.  Did you know Emma Watson went to dragon school,  I know its really prestigious n all,  but to me it sounds like a place where you train dragons and that would be amazing!


Before the filming of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, the director alfonso Cuaron had Daniel Radcliffe and other actors write essays about their characters with Watson pumping out a 16 page essay and Radcliffe one page


Yeah I heard that before,  of course she would lol


Watson actually was considering not playing hermione but changed her mind saying she couldn't watch someone else play it in the Half Blood Prince


I wouldve been heart broken if she didnt play it.  Did you know Emma and Margot Robbie are the same age? thats a trip!


Sounds like they were both born in 1990 then.  Watson had been born in Paris and raised in Oxfordshire.


Nice.  Thats awesome.  its been fun chatting.  have a good one.


I do sometimes. Do you?  Did you know that the company is over a 100 years old?


I did not know that. I used to play it with my kids. They really liked it.  Nintendo is one of the world's largest video game companies


They used to be a toy company.  They made playing cards and a type of legos among others.


huh, thats neat to know. I wonder what a love hotel is?


I haven't heard of that before.  Is that a game?


No, it is something Nintendo tried back in the day!


Really?!  I guess Nintendo has done it all!  I wonder where the name Nintendo comes from.  I mean, the founder's last name is Yamauchi.


no idea. Have you ever heard of this game? F-zero x?


I think I have. I think it's a racing game.


thats what it says. first racing game to run at 60 frames per second. I had never heard of it.


It must be from years back.  Did you know that Nintendo owns the Seattle Mariners?


No! It's crazy how these things end up! did you know the Xbox is made by microsoft?


I do know that.  I think the Xbox is more serious than Nintendo. The army uses them to fly uav spy planes.


Wow! A canadian teenager once settled out of court and exchanged his domain name mikerowesoft.com for an xbox and games from microsoft


See, microsoft is serious about itself and it's name!  If i was the teenager though I would have wanted cash.


me too. This is crazy though. A man spent $2600 on a carnival game to win an xbox and instead won a banana with dreadlocks


That is crazy! You could buy an xbox for a whole lot less!  Did you know that South Korea has laws on how late at night kids can play video games?


Wow! Do you know what happens if they play after midnight? Are they like Gremlins?


I don't know. I guess they get into some kind of legal trouble because it's a law there.


Cool, haven't really played since the Xbox original... LOL


Do you play Splat on Wii or Wii Sports on Nintendo?


I think my first nintendon was in mid 80s


oh yeah? I remember my parents getting pong... LOL


I had an atari that I played video games on before that


Nice... had one of those too!  You ever have nintendo 64?


I did but I didn't really play it all that much, my brothers did though.


Cool, i used to play splinter cell on the xbox a lot!


I had a sega genesis video game system but never an Xbox


Could you imagine the US passing the law like south korea where kids under the age of 16 could not play past midnight?


I have a rule similar to that in my house...lol


Very smart... hada step son that i tried to implement that on... but his mother never supported me... he would sometimes play for 18 hours straight!


wow....the video game industry must have made a lot of money off him


yeah for sure!  He was definitely part of that three billion hours of video games a week!


Do you watch the ratings on video games before buying them for your stepson?


i used to... but that became a losing battle too


My favorite game of all time is Atari's Chuck E Cheese game


Never. What's it like? I know there were six games released for consoles.


Its a racing game, its actually pretty good, there is actually an amusement park that has things like mario kart.


Awesome. I know it's popular. Best ever in terms of racing game revenue right?


Im not sure, but the last series sold over 100 million copies, my little brother bought it and I played it with him


Wow. Cool. Did you know it's illegal for kids 16 and under to play video games in South Korea past 12 at night?


I didnt know that, that's unfortunate for the kids


That really is odd. It was added that we play three billion hours of video game every week worldwide somehow.


There are some serious gamers out there, did you know that video games were called cathode ray tube amusement devices?


Ah didnt know. Nintendo owns the Seattle Mariners. I didn't know that, did you? That's nuts.


I didnt know that, its a fun fact that I will definetely use next time I gather with friends.


Yeah. There is this app that lets you get food directly to your seat also.


I might try out the app, and play Mario Kart with fiends as well.


Yeah. Nintendo released a handheld console just for pokemon back in 2001, It was real popular during that era.


I loved to play Pokemon, did you ever played the game or watched the series?


I watched the series, but didn't play the game. Do you know Nintendo is over 100 years old?


I didnt know its over 100 years old, I wonder how the games from that time look like.


Well, they started out as a playing card company.


Oh, I see, I didnt know it was a Japanese multinational company, I thought it was American.


Yeah, it's Japanese. In fact, it has become their third most-valuable company with over 85 billion dollars.


I can see why, as they have great games.


Yeah, used to be very much into Nintendo back in the day.  They are still one of the world's largest video game companies.


They're facing a lot of competition these days. What games did you play?


I liked the old school games, Transylvania, Pro Wrestling, Zelda, and the first Mario which is one of the top selling video game franchises.  You?


I used to play computer games, not video games. I liked stuff on the PC. I have played F-zero on the Super Nintendo, plus some football games on the Sega.


I liked alot of the old school football games, like Madden.  Played that a ton in college.  F-zer was pretty cool too, the first racing game to run at 60 fps.


Played a lot of Madden on the Genesis. I learned a lot about football. Never really liked other football games. Did you play Gameboy?


No, never really got into that.  I think that was specifically for pokemon and I never played that game.


I played GB back in the 90s. I wasn't the best platform, but many people had the games.


Yeah.  Nintendo has been around a long time, over a hundred years.  They have really reinvented themselves over the years.


They've designed some great games. They'll always be a force in the industry.


Agreed.  And they're even branched off into sports ownership.  They own the seatle mariners.


Nintendo of America is in Seattle, so I'm not surprised.


Large Japanese influence in Seattle.  Fusajiro Yamaucho founded Nntendo by the way.


I know the company used to make some kind of playing cards. Not much of a market for that these days.


Somewhat.  My brother in law plays the Magic game, but I don't really understand it.  Viedeo games are so much more popular, all over the world.  Funny that it is illegal for kids under 16 to play games after midnight in south korea.


I think the kids were up all night playing instead of studying.


Makes sense.  Not sure how to police that though.  Some say as a planet we play three billion hours of video games a week.  That is unfathomable to me.


People get addicted. Well, I enjoyed chatting!


Hello. Did you know Nintendo is over 100 years old?


No I didn't know that. I do know that the N64 was awesome though! I Loved f-zero that game was so fast it's a racing game


That was a good game. They started out as a playing card company. I didn't know they owned the Mariners.


No I didn't know that either. I also didn't know that they made a handheld system just for the game Pokemon back in 2001, I wonder what system that was


I never heard of that either. I wonder if it was only for the Japanese market? At the Mariners games, you can install an app for the 3DS to order food.


That's really good at makes me hungry! and yes like you said, Nintendo is over 100 years old but they started making playing cards originally, they did not start with making video games


I think its awesome that Xbox has controllers for quadriplegics, they can use them on other consoles too.


Yes I think that's really nice. I remember when Xbox first came out back in 2001, I got it on launch day, my parents got it for me while I was at school LOL


My son would be the one who spent $2600 to win an xbox at a carnival game...and end up with the banana with dreadlocks.


LOL yep unfortunately should have just bought the Xbox out right haha. Do you know that the Army uses Xbox 360 controllers? It's cheaper than making custom ones apparently


Yes,  I did. A friend's son us a UAV pilot. Tom Hank's brother voices Woody in games and merchandise.


Yeah that's interesting. They probably sound very similar since their brothers haha. I remember that if you left the Xbox on for a long time you would hear weird sounds if you had the dashboard on the screen, and apparently that is a thing they intended LOL that's crazy


That is weird. Almost as weird as games being called cathode ray tube amusement devices, by the military.


Yes that name definitely sucks the fun right out of video games LOL. Do you know that humans as a whole play about 3 billion hours of video games a week?


I can believe it, and I wonder how many of those South korean kids under 16 abide by the 'no games after midnight" rule?


Yeah that would have been a problem for me as a kid haha. Do you know who Stephen Fry is? He did the narration for a lot of movies and video games like the Harry Potter video games


Yeah. He also did the narration for Little Big Planet.


Oh wow I did like that game. I never played The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy game, although I did watch the movie, did you read the book or watch the movie?


I have not. It's on my list. Did you ever have any of the lego knock-offs that Nintendo produced?


No I don't. But that does sound interesting. I wonder if they're worth any money? I do collect Lego I have a lot of those LOL I would be mad if I had some counterfeit Lego in my collection though


I like their architecture series. I guess some classify video games as an art form.


Yes I think so. I miss the days of the Xbox though. They first came out with online video games then, and I would spend a lot of time on Xbox Live


hi how are you? have you seen guardians of the galaxy?


Hello, yes I have seen it ,  love that movie!


i have not seen it yet. i hear that it is pretty funny. i dont usually watch superhero films because it is just a lot of explosions. i like dialog.


Ah they have some pretty funny content.  I think its on Netflix right now.  Vhina/ taiwan renamed the movie to "interplanetary unusual attack team"


What the heck kind of name is that? sounds a bit stilted.


It doesnt roll off the tongue at all lol its ridiculous,  you cant even say it fast.


Yeah. Chris Pratt is in GotG, right? he is a funny guy.


Yeah he is one of the main characters,  hes is very funny in both of the movies.


He used to work at a restaurant in hawaii, i think. i saw pictures of him.


Oh really,  wow that must have been awhile ago. James gnn wanted chris pratt for the part he was willing to cgi a six pack on the actor lol


I think that is funny. chris pratt was also in a jurassic park movie. i would not have expected him to get that part.


yeah i liked him in Jurassic park too! He stole his outfit from guardians of the galaxy to visit sick children.  Guess he is following johnny depps move


Yeah, Johnny likes to go to hospitals in the Jack Sparrow outfit. great guy. the kids must love him.


Do you follow disney at all? i did when i was a kid.


Yes,  I actually love Disney,  My kids cant get enough of it,  I get sucked in too.


I havent seen a disney film in a while. do you have a recommendation?


Wreck it Ralph is really good.  Incredibles,  Moana,  Coco,  Frozen.  The pixar / Disney movies are really good,  but they usually dont have many or any songs.


I like the songs! they are fun, and usually well written. Anyway, great chat!


Yes, somewhat.  I know they fired James Gunn of Guardian of the Galaxy fame.


Do you know what the real name of minnie mouse is?


I think it's Minerva Mouse whatever that means... Did you know Bill Nye consulted with Disney of Flubber?


That guy was everywhere. Did you ever watch wall-e?


I tried to.  I'm not much for animation.  I think the new Mary Poppins is animated.


I am not sure about it, it might be. You mentioned James Gunn earlier. Apparently he wanted Chris Pratt so much in the movie that he was willing to cgi a six pack on the actor.


Hee.  He could just exercise.  I'm not sure if Gunn was fired appropriately.  Something about "offensive tweets."  I'm sick of this PC court of public opinion stuff.


I know a little too much sometimes. In china the movie was renamed inerplanetary unusual attack team.


I guess that goes over better in China.  Seem like a lot of editing for nothing. They are up to Vol. 3...


Yeah I know so much they have been doing with it. there was a mary poppins line in there that was ad libbed.


With Julie Andrews (just joking)? I wonder if they needed a 55,000 core computer like for Big Hero 6?


Maybe. Do you like Chris Pratt as an actor?


Sorta... I do like Glenn Howerton (Dennis on Always Sunny in Philadelphia). They almost cast him as lead in Guardians of the Galaxy.