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


yeah have you heard the work done on Revolver?


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


And their genius stands the test of time. The Beatles have the best selling albums of the 2000's!


Yep and they use the word love 613 times!


My first words as a baby came straight from the lyrics of one of their songs on the album, Meet the Beatles. They were influential in my life, but are largely regarded as the most influential band in US history.


Which is especially impressive given they're not American. Paul even composes classical music.


Really? Cool!  I thought it was inspirational when I learned that Ringo was illiterate for much of his childhood due to years of missed schooling from illness. Amazingly, he later went on to be a Narrator on the Thomas the Tank Engine children's TV show!


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


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


Yeah they were so popular with Beatlemania


Right, I forgot about that! Well, mania is not uncommon with the latest fad music. Believe it or not, even classical music had loud, wild, moving audiences during performances back in the day.


Oh for sure, you ever see the movie Armadeus? It really was the popular music of the time


Yeah. Even today, some fans are so obsessed with the music it is amazing. Like, there is one dude, Arthur Lintgen, who can identify a piece of classical music by simply looking at the grooves on a vinyl record.


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


Yeah, and to curb teen loitering in shopping centers. Hey, nice chatting with you!


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


Yeah, the Beatles went through a phase with that stuff.  Harrison is the only one that stuck with it.


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


Yeah, that must count their time in Europe (e.g., Hamburg).  I didn't know that none of them could read music.


Ringo star was illiterate for most of his childhood.


Hmm.  I guess he did OK for himself just having rhythm. Emerick used a "rotating Leslie speaker" -- never heard of such a thing.


Never heard of that either. I read they stopped touring bc current amplification technology couldn't keep up over the screaming.


Yeah, girls can be loud.  I was surprised to learn that Emerick worked with Elvis Costello... He's one of my favorites.


Do you use the internet a lot? The Russians built a computer that ran on water.


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


That's a good quote. Did you know smoking near an apple computer voids the warranty?


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


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


I don't think so.  LSD wouldn't go over as a qualification.  Are you into computers?


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


Yeah, there were 3 of them that used "voting" to get better results.  I bet they didn't smoke near them. :)


That's funny. Did you see the one built from mine craft building blocks?


Never saw a pic of that.  Do you like classical music?  Some don't like teenagers at a shopping center in Australia where it's used to keep them from loitering.


That's cool. Some cities are using the music to deter crime.


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


That's cool. I heard audiences get loud, at classical concerts. Nice chatting with you


I'm a fan!  It's going to be 60 years next year since they were first formed in Liverpool in 1960.  I can't believe it's been that long.


Yeah, i feel old LOL They really evolved over the years. I was sad that they break up, but i understand why.


Yes.  Amazingly the Beatles have the best selling album of the 2000's!  Pretty amazing that they still have that kind of fan power still.


They wrote the classic songs that influenced so many musicians. I dont know what their first hit was though.


You know what?  I don't that.  I think it's because they have so many good songs.  The Beatles wrote "Come Together" for Timothy Leary's 1969 California governor campaign.


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


That surprised me.  That must have been when John was already heavy into politics.  Ringo was illiterate for most of his childhood because he missed 3 years of school due to tuberculosis and peritonitis.


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


I'm not sure.  The Beatles stopped touring because the amplification technology of the time couldn't keep up over the screaming!


The fans were fanatics. i would go to hear the music and just hear screaming. not worth it. i would just listen to the albums.


Yes...I don't think they really toured that much here in the states.  Here's an interesting fact:  none of the Beatles could read music.


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


Yes!  I've heard that of a lot of musicians.  Do you know anything interesting about computers?


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


I wonder how that worked?  They must have used the water to generate a power source.  I didn't even know they had computers back then. lol


There were mechanical computers before that. computers are an old idea. someone built one in minecraft even!


I wonder how that worked? lol  The space shuttles general purpose computer ran on 1mb of ram.  Crazy.  It's been fun chatting!


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


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


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


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


That's crazy! I had no idea! I really like Pokemon Go, I like the handheld console that they made just for that game. My son plays too and always wears his favorite lucky Pokemon Go shirt lol.


That's fun that you have something you can enjoy together. Nintendo also owns the Mariners, meaning they do more than just video games. If you're at a Mariners game, you can use a 3DS app to order food to your seat


It is great fun to play the pokemon go with my son, so Nintendo owns the Mariners?? Wow, that's crazy and interesting! They also produced lego knock offs at one point!


I wonder how long that venture lasted. They also created the first racing game to run at 60 frames per second. It's crazy how much technology has evolved over the past few decades


I know, technology is amazing. I bet we see more and more pretty fast. I wonder if Nintendo has any games that you can play Tennis, that would be fun!


I know the Wii Sports has tennis on it. I think I remember there also being a Mario Tennis game for the 64 as well. Do you play tennis?


I love tennis, but don't get to play very often, but I do love tennis games and I do believe they have one for the Wii. I will have to check it out! It is funny to me all the businesses Nintendo tried prior to going to games in the 70's, they tried everything haha


Many businesses that are now successful have similar stories. They learn how to pivot until they find something that is profitable. Now they're one of the largest and best-known video game companies in the world


Very true! I wonder if Nintendo ever tried any clothing lines, like shirts and shorts, but I guess there are always clothes with brand names in graphics on them. They are huge, valued at over 85 billion dollars.


Since they own the Mariners, I wonder if they technically do have some clothing. Sometimes we know things by their brand rather than the parent company


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


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


I heard that, pretty interesting. I believe Rene ( the crocodile) Lacoste was the designer of polo shirts.


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


Really? Haha, I did not know that, hmmm. That is as funny as in China gang fashion involved layering as many shirts as someone could put on and popping the collars, never knew that was a thing!


I think I've seen photos of that before. It's not any stranger than the aloha shirt being the official business attire in Hawaii


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


It's probably more comfortable. Billy May's funeral pallbearers wore khaki pants and blue shirts to his funeral


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


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


I watch a little, mainly the Open when it's playing.  Do you realize a black man has not won te US open tennis title since 1968?


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


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


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


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


Yes, I played as a kid.  Was pretty good actually, I picked it quick.


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


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


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


A long time age they have came a long way huh. Did you know that NES had online gameplay capabilities


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


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


Yes, it is.  Did you know Nintendo owns the Seattle Mariners?


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


Yes, they are.  I've visited Japan many times , they are crazy about baseball and video games.  Well, it's been nice chatting with you this morning.  Have a good day, friend!


How's it going, have you've ever played Nintendo games? It was founded in 1889 way before video games were made


I like nintendo very much. Especially f-zero which is the first racing game to run at 60 fps


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


They even made a lego knockoff before they produced videogames. They have a great many videogame franchises


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


The newest mario game is supposed to be very good.


Yea it's pretty good. Did you know Nintendo owns the Seattle Mariners?


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


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


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


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


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


Nintendo did make mario tennis games. Tennis is a pretty crazy sport, the longest match was 11 hours


There have been many interesting tennis matches. The first black man won the 1st US open title in 1968


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


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


It's crazy Polos were originally invented for Rene Lacoste


gangs in china used to layer polos and pop the collars


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


That is interesting that they didn't wear buttoned shirts


Well I got to go, nice chatting with you


Have you seen any of the new spider man movies?


I have seen the one before this recent one. I will watch the latest as soon as I can.


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


It really is! Can you believe Michael Jackson tried buying Marvel in the 90's?


No I did not know that. I did see that in the opening to 1990s spider man was performed by Joe Perry.


Wow that is awesome. I wonder if it was good? I'll have to listen to it sometime! Do you know where the word brainiac came from?


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


That's where it came from! I can't believe DC Comics only paid 130 dollars for the rights to superman!


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


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


It really was! Anyways nice chatting with you!


Oh yes very fun company! I am happy with how the Walt Disney company has handled things since acquiring them in 2009.


Yes it has been around for a while. But at that time they were called Timely Publications.


Very cool stat right there. They once created a superhero for a boy who was deaf.


Such a nice thing to do. Are you referring to blue ear? I love when companies do things like that.


Yep, that is Blue Ear. Such a good thing to do. Melts my heart hearing stories like that.


It really does! Do you like the Marvel character Spider-man? He is the only character who Sony has the rights to!


I love Spider Man. I did not know that Sony had rights to him.


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


Wow that's a lot of money. I saw the military is trying to make a spider-man like abilities for soldiers.


Hah that would be epic! There was 700 comic issues of the Amazing Spider Man.


That's a lot! Sad that Stan Lee passed away this year. He brought a lot of joy to the world.


I was sad to hear about his passing. He left a great legacy though. He received 10% of the net profits of anything based on his characters!


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


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


Me too. I didn't know that's what it stands for. Very cool to know.


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


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


Yeah that would be really cool to see. It is a huge market and it was valued at 1.09 billion dollars in 2016. Well it was lovely being able to talk with you today!


Hello, I am doing good this morning. Yeah I like Marvel. Me and my son are always watching superhero movies.


Nice, me too although I am not a huge Fantastic Four fan. I think the movie killed it for me...


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


That makes sense. Sony turned down most of marvel's characthers in 1998 and spent $10M on spiderman. That was not a great choice but siderman is making some money.


Im not big on spiderman. I know it probably makes them a lot of money but I personally think X-Men is a lot better show. It wouldnt have hurt Disneys wallet any to throw in another 15 million for X-Men. Im sure Marvel came out on that deal anyway.


Yeah! I too love X-Men. I own the DVDs of all the cartoons. I will throw them in every few month and get nostolgic about them. Really like them. Who's your favorite


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


Yeah. He's one of my favorites; I always felt bad for him. I like Night Crawler the most though. I like his powers.


If I could pick on power to have it would be professor Xaviors. To be able to read and control minds would be crazy.


Yeah, that would be nice. Did you know there is a characther that is owned by both Marvel and DC, named access?


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


Oh yeah. If they did what a world it would be, huh. SSo why do you think Spider Man has always been so popular. I just dont see it.


I really liked the first one but the new ones have been tough to watch. I do like Andrew Garfield though. I heard 3 companies own his rights so they all have a spin, which is why there are a lot of them and different versions.


3 companies huh. I think they need to stick to one storyline at a time, and really go deep into it. I want a story that makes me want to watch it to see what happens next and Spiderman just doesnt do that for me.


I agree. I heard the new Spiderman Universe cartoon movie was really good. I would like to see that one.


I hadnt heard of it till now. Its just crazy the amount of money they make from this kind of stuff though.


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


I think he is good in roles like that. Just one of the group. I dont think the story is interesting enough to make a series based just on Spider Man.


Hi, I'm good. How are you?  Do you read any marvel comics or watch the movies?


i like some of them.  I am hoping there are more movies now that Walt Disney has bought Marvel.  I imagine Marvel characters are at the theme parks too.


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


i am sure that you are right about that!  Did you know that Disney does not own the rights to the big marvel characters east of the mississippi?


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


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


I think Disney would be able to do more with them in terms of movies and rides. But Universal probably has plans...


i bet they do.  You know Sony had the chance to buy them but only bought Spiderman because they thought that was all people would care about.  They were so wrong!


Yeah! There is one charatcher that is owned by marvel and DC. have you heard about this person?


No I haven't.  What's the scoop on that?  I had no idea DC would own something with Marvel.


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


Talk about taking stuff too seriously!  I mean, they are only comic book characters in a comic book universe.  Then again, Marvel was able to argue in court that mutants are not people in order to pay a lower rate for the action figures.  I can't imagine going to court to argue about x-men!


What if the financial difference was hundreds of millions. It's worth a shot, right?


i guess you are right about that.  I just don't know how i would keep a straight face as the lawyer or judge though.


I am sure there are a lot of cases that both people laugh at but if it pays off, it would be worth it. If Marvel or DC has in-house lawyers, they are salaried so make them earn their keep!


True, very true!  I bet it was fun working for Stan Lee too.  I heard he always ended every phone call with the word- excelsior!


I wish I had a cool line like that when I hung up the phone.  Do you have one?


No i don't but I wish I did too.  You've got to be a non conformist I think in order to be as creative as he was you know what i mean?  He was smart too.  His company published a generic comic book so they could trademark the names super-hero and super-villain.


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


I know. I wonder why they decided to use venom in this movie. I like some of the other villains


Venom is a catchy name.  Wonder if it will be true to the comic book, or go its own way.


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


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


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


Who ever thought that comic book villains could become subjects of movies?  Sort of an anti-hero.


Yea, people like that stuff. Also, all sorts of hero movies are in at this time. Did you know marvel published a generic comic book in order to trade mark the names super-hero and super-villain?


It doesn't surprise me.  Rumors are that Carnage, another Spider Man villain, will be Venom's antagonist.


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


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


that's crazy had no idea. I wonder if he was human at some point too.


No.  Carnage is an extraterrestrial parasite, and is an enemy of Venom.  I think the long range goal is eventually tie everything together into a SpiderMan mega-movie.


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


No idea.  They have different Batmans all the time, why not Spider Mans.


Always felt George Clooney was the best.


Spider Man has been so successful.  Sony bought the rights for $10M in 1998.  What a bargain!


How's it going, do you swim? People are able to swim weeks after birth


I'm afraid to ask what Elmo testified to Congress about. Something about funding PBS, maybe?


Maybe, or maybe elmo cheated on his taxes


LOL. Sorry, I didn't see your initial comment. No, I don't swim. Do you? I remember the swimming baby on the cover of Nirvana's Nevermind.


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


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


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


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


I don't know, maybe it has to do with the swimsuits. The olympics did ban one swimsuit worn by 94% of the winners in the 2008 races


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


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


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


I guess everyone didn't have access to it. Did you know there is a type of swimming were people swim just like dolphins?


I noticed that. I've heard of some weird ideas for sports, but that's out there. On the subject of shoes, my old work boots have lasted me about 6 years but it's about time to get some new ones at the surplus store. Do you have many pairs of shoes?


I think I have 2 pairs of shoes. It's crazy there is 5000 year old shoes that perform better than modern shoes


I'm not surprised, considering how much stuff today is deliberately designed to fall apart so you have to buy more. Sounds like you've got about as many shoes as I do.


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


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


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


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


Well I got to go, nice chatting with you


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


It's okay.  Most people swim for recreation and exercise.


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


I do.  I enjoy swimming in summer with my grandchildren. I also enjoy watching swimming competition in the Olympics.


That is sweet. Who is your favorite swimmer athlete?


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


That was cool.  Do you know that native americans introduced the front crawl swimming to the west?


Just like it sounds.  It mostly uses hand strength.  The British people only used breaststroke before it was introduced by the native americans.


I think it is similar.  By the way, the US received as many as gold medals in the Olympics in swimming as the rest of the world combined.


Well, then maybe our practices increases way more stability.


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


It has nothing to do with appearance.  It was because 94% of swimmers wearing the banned swimsuit won the races during 2008 Olympic.


That is weird. What a ridiculous situation.


It is.  Also, Cornell university students must pass a basic swimming test before they are allowed to graduate.  That is a ridiculous requirement.


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


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


I am not sure.  But I'd definitely see the recent Spider Man film.  I heard it was really good.  And it won some Oscars


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


No, never have read many of them.  I miss out on a lot of back story that way.


Yeah, I never got into comic books or manga.  But I do like graphic novels.


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


No I didn't.  I heard Stan Lee wanted Spider-Man to have a hyphen so people didn't confuse it with Superman.  Makes sense to me.


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


Yes definitely.  Did you know the rival of Cap'n crunch, called Sogmaster, exists in Marvel.  He has fought Spiderman. Ha ha


I didnt know Cap'n Crunch was a superhero.  Thats pretty cool.


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


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


Oh I didn't realize it was on Netflix already.  I'll have to watch it.  Did you know that Marvel invented a superhero called Blue Ear just to make a 4 year old boy feel better about wearing hearing aids?


I heard about that.  That is the best.  I love things like that, it helps out kids realize that they are ok.


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


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


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


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


Yeah, French people really like comic books, manga, and graphic novels.  There is a long tradition of comic books in France.


Thats pretty cool.  Sony didnt take the rights to Marvel characters in 1998.  They only bought Spider-Man


Wow I think Disney owns part of Marvel too.


Just not the big character like the Xmen, and Avengers.  I am not sure who that leaves though.


Oh okay.  Well speaking of comic books, I'd like to someday visit the comic collection at Michigan State University.  It's the largest comic collection in the world.  And its open to the public.


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


Yeah.  They must have comics from all over the world


Probably a lot of older comics too.  That would be neat to see the development of comics.


Yeah.  I think Marvel started in the 1930s or so.


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


I think there are comics way before that.


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


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


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


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


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


It really has.  I have not followed it much but there are at least 1/2 dozen movies.    its amazing Sony rejected buying the rights from Marvel for 25 million.  They really missed an opportunity of a lifetime!


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


Being born in the early 1960's, I remember pestering mom when we went into town to let me get a comic book.  It seems to have had a resurgence of late.  Did you know that Marvel created a blue ear superhero for a 4-year old boy who was uncomfortable wearing his necessary hearing aid.  The boy told his mom superheroes don't wear hearing aids.  That was really an amazing gesture from Marvel Comics!


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


How Stan lee dreams up this stuff is amazing.  Peter Parker is an orphan who gets bit by a radioactive spider to get his spider abilities!  Did you know that Stan Lee hyphenated Spider-Man so that he would not be confused with Superman?


He can climb walls and shoot spider webs.  Sometimes I wish I could do that.


Those are interesting superpowers, but I rather the Iron Man suit.  Spider-man made a brief appearance in the third Avengers movie.


The Marvel characters have superpowers, but are written as human, too.  Peter Parker had to deal with issues of adolescence and finance.


it sees that is the case with most of them.  Human issues with a superpower alter ego.  Did you know there was a Spider-Man Broadway musical?  It happened to be the most expensive Broadway production (75 mill) and had numerous delays and injuries.  At one time it closed because its injury insurance was canceled!


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


True.  What I find amazing is the collector's market for both Marvel and DC comic books.  Did you know Marvel once published a generic comic book to trademark the names "Super-Hero" and "Super-Villain"?


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


I heard about that.  I guess that is why DC Comics "Superman" and "Wonderwoman" are never part of Marvel's Avengers.   Did you know that Michigan State University has the largest publicly available comic book collection in the world?  That must be Mecca for comic book readers and collectors!


I wonder how far back their collection goes.  Comics appear to have originated in Japan in the 18th century.


Supposedly comic books took off in the US and the UK in 1933 with the publishing of "Famous Funnies".  Famous Funnies was a reprint of a collection of newspaper comic strips with simple plots.  I am not quite sure when "real" comic books appeared with longer story lines of all genre and not restricted to humorous tones.


Marvel has a history almost that long.  It started in the 1930's as Timely Publications.  In 1961 it acquired the Marvel name.


They really have an impressive history.  But many of the founding creative geniuses have passed away.  Stan Lee died in November 2018.  Do you think they can keep the momentum going without the genius of Stan Lee?  Stan had an interesting eccentricity.  He ended each phone call not with good bye, but with "Excelsior!".


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


True.  Disney has kept George Lucas's creations, Star Wars and Indiana Jones, going strong for some time now.  Its interesting that Disney can't have big Marvel characters in their theme parks east of the Mississippi.  Apparently Marvel, prior to the Disney acquisition, gave those rights to Universal Studios.


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


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


I was just reading about the acer pensylvanicum that can switch from male to female.  Had you ever heard of that before??


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


I know! This particular tree is a striped maple found in the US and Canada. I wonder if that affects if they produce maple syrup  or not.


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


Right.  Apparently it's triggered to switch from male to female if there's been damage done. I wonder why that would be??


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


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


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


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


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


LOL. I didn't know that. I do think rabbits are found in a lot of literature, especially fantasy literature, like Alice in Wonderland or Watership Down.


So you like fantasy literature?  George R. R Martin is one of my favorite authors


Trying to think if there are any rabbits in Game of Thrones LOL
 But seriously, who doesn't like fantasy lit?  I was surprised to find out it's a pretty modern genre, with most written since the 1960s.


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


I read a lot of fairy tales when I was a kid.  Would they be classified as fantasy?


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


No kidding. They make great TV.  But I would like to read his books, as well.  I imagine they're pretty good.  Have you read the books?


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


I read that one fantasy author named Peter Brett wrote his first book ON HIS PHONE while commuting. That's amazing!


That is amazing! I guess he took advantage of that unused time commuting


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


I like some of them like Spider-man. DO you know why there is a hyphen in the name?


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


Because Stan Lee did not want it confused with superman


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


For sure, he was a legend. Did you know Marvel offered the rights of characters to Sony but they only bought Spiderman?


I think they did not foresee the appeal of superheros to a public starved for entertainment. A mistake on their part.


Yeah for sure, they could have made much more now. Do you know who did the voice of Madame web in the spiderman series back in the day?


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


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


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


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


Yeah, I know. It cost $75 million and the music and lyrics were done by Bono of U2


I guess there is a star factor there, but I would not want to risk my money on that investment. Too unusual. TV and movies are better for superheroes.


Yeah I guess. Have you heard of the superhero named Access?


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


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


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


The cereal? I liked the crunchberry kind when I was a little kid. Do you?


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


Not really. I mostly listen to 90s grunge and punk. I respect his skill as a musical artist though. Are you a fan of his?


I think MJ was the greatest musician ever. Do you agree?


It's hard for me to rank artists in different genres, but in terms of technical skill and creativity he's definitely in the top rank. Re Spiderman comics, one reason he was so popular was that the older generation of comics only had teens as sidekicks to adults, and he was the first teen to be a superhero in his own right.


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


Have you ever read the first spider man?


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


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


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


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


I've never seen that one either, LOL. I guess I should, since it's such a big part of pop culture.


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


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


Hilarious, did you know google purchased the domain gmail?


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


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


hi how are you? are you interested in fantasy?


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


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


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


I guess for political junkies and policy wonks, it is a lot of fun. for me? no.


Me neither haha. I want to read that fantasy novel that was written in the 2nd century! It talked about the moon, aliens, and war between planets. My mind is blown!


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


I'm still in shock people thought of that back then. It does make me believe in aliens haha. I don't know if I have time to read the longest work of fiction ever though.


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


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


I don't even want to know I would be so bored haha. Are you into science at all?


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


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


I think the astronauts are selected from a pool of pilots. not a whole lot of pure scientists there. in the future that could change.


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


Yes the scientists and engineers dont get to enjoy the fruits of their labor! Maybe Elon can change things.


I hope so! That's cool that Japan's emperor is a scientist! We need minds like that in more in control of society!


There will be a new emperor in Japan this year. Yes, we need more scientists and people trained in science. Anyway, great chat!


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


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


I haven't seen it yet.  I hear it's funny, but not very family friendly.  Is that true?


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


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


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


I used to be a big comic book fan and Colossus was one of my favorites!  Is this the movie that introduces the team X-Force?


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


That is really interesting and I hope the game was worth it!  Are you a fan of comic books at all?


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


At least he lived a long, productive, and successful life!  I am also a fan of comic books, but it is an expensive hobby and I stopped collecting a while ago.


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


I guess if I am able to drive to Michigan State University in East Lansing, I can read what I want without costing an arm and a leg.  Their library has the biggest comic book collection available to the public!


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


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


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


Ha!  So Detective Comics Comics!  :)  You mentioned Stan Lee earlier.  Although the creator of Marvel Comics, he actually wrote 15 DC comics!


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


They might be a good place to start!  I guess not all superheroes are in comics, because I heard the US is home to 300 registered superheroes.


So many superheroes! there is a superhero called normalman, I bet he is a lousy superhero lol.


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


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


Hello!  Did you see the movie Deadpool 2?


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


Nice!  I didn't know that.  The Deadpool video game cost more to make than the movie!


I never even knew there was a video game ha ha. Have you played it? Did Ryan Reynolds voice the mystery villain like he did in the film?


I never played it.  I'm not sure if he did.  Ironically in the 2001 comic book Deadpool described himself as "Ryan Reynolds crossed with a shar-pei".  That led Reynolds to believe he was destined to play the role.


He was destined to play the role since the Deadpool character was butchered in that X-Men movie. Destiny required they do the character justice this time.


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


I really only read manga and Alan Moore comics sometimes. Did you know they've been around in Japan since the 18th century??


My one son is a huge Manga fan.  I remember one of the first book series he was into when he was younger was One Piece.  I had no idea they've been around since then.  I know the first modern comic book in the US came out in 1933.


One Piece is great! You should look into it. It gets better after the first few chapters. And isn't that comic called Famous Funnies?


I have no idea! LOLOL  I had enough of a time trying to figure out buying One Piece books for him.  That was all so new to me.  Didn't understand the genre.  Was a big learning curve for me. lolol


Ha ha, I can understand that. If you were a superhero, you'd be normalman! Apparently he's an actual superhero ha ha.


haha.  Good stuff!  There are over 300 registered superheroes in the US.


We should go an register too. You ever heard of One Punch Man? You can be Genos and I'll be Saitama. We'll be the best out of those 300 for sure.


Nice!  My son would love that I'm sure.  haha I'll have to look up One Punch Man.  When I grew up we had Garfield comics. lol


Ah, the classic that is Garfield. He became a superhero once. He formed the pet force! Now, that would be a weird comic to read.


Yes.  I think that came along after my time as well. LOL  I just googled One punch man.  My son loves those japanese anime shows like that as well.


Your son sounds like a cool cat yo. But is he as cool as Stan Lee and say "excelsior" to end his phone calls??


LOL That's great!  I just learned that DC from DC comics stands for Detective Comics. I had no idea.


The more you know, I tell ya. Did you also know that Stan Lee wrote for DC as well? Now that is one heck of a shock to me.


I did not know that either! lol I'm way behind the times.  It's been a real pleasure chatting with you.  Thanks for giving me good thoughts about my son!


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


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


I thought the article was amazing, i am a huge fan of Marvel and  comic books and was nice to read about them. how about you? what were your thoughts


I got into the marvel universe with the movies, so I cannot comment on the comic books. But saying that I loved Deadpool and the how Ryan Reynolds is carrying the role.


Did you happen to see Ryan Reynolds first appearance as Deadpool? i believe it was in wolverine origin movies. What i found most interesting was that the Video game cost more to make than the Movie (Deadpool)


Yes, but I hated how it ended with him being weapon X and sewing his mouth shut! The character is known for his snarky humor, they wasted a great characters in that movie for e.g. Gambit. I didn't know about the video game that's an interesting thing to know. Were there any other X-force members in comics apart from what they have shown in the movie?


There was a handful that was missing from X-Force but really the team is just comedic timing.


I just read in the article that there was comic with Garfield & his gang as Pet Force. That got a chuckle out of me imagining Odie as a super powered dog. Do you like Garfield comic strips?


i can only imagine Garfield eating his way through problems and Odie fixing everything


Haha, That's true and poor Jon would be pulling his hair out. Just a question, did Marvel do comic books series like DC's Elseworlds?


Marvel does so many comic and there was so many topics back in the 70s and 80s im sure that they would have anything. Just last week Marvel released a League of Legends themed comic with Riot Games


Wow, the more I get to know about this stuff the deeper it goes. It's interesting to note that Michigan state university library has the largest comic book collection publicly available in the world.


Yes, i found that extremely interested and i wished i would have known that sooner as i no longer live in the region i would have spent a good deal of time there. but what i did find funny was that DC mean detective comics.  but they go by DC comics


That would have been great, right? All the comic books you wanted to read. Yes, the DC & Comics again seems redundant, What did you think of Zazie beetz as Domino I think she got the role right with her attitude as happy go lucky survivor.


She did do the role very well. but i think what really got me was you had both Josh Brolin, played Thanos and Cable and if the MCU every does a crossover it be weird


Haha True that, I used to think what would happen if Fantastic Four(before the new rehash) did a cross over with Avengers who would Chris Evans play The Human Torch or Captain America? Ryan Reynolds as Green Lantern would probably never do a cross over with Deadpool universe but the end credits scene put a bullet in it literally.


well it would be captain America for sure, though i heard that Deadpool will no longer be making another sequel but maybe make one more movie as Xforce


Yeah, I am like waiting to see how End Game Pans out. But I thought the X-Force was dead with all of them in chunks literally. Though I would love to see a Wolverine & Deadpool team up if possible.


Wolverine and Deapool team up would be cool but really just want to see a Hulk VS film the animated short films are amazing and seeing a Hulk VS Deadpool would be fun with the merc with a mouth


It really is sad to see copyrights marring such great ideas of having Super-heroes or super-villains team up. I loved how they tried to include the Planet Hulk timeline in Thor:Ragnarok but I think a Standalone film would be better to connect  with the character.


yes agreed, but i would highly reccommend the animated series when watching some of the Marvel Universe as they are able to do so much more without the copyright restrictions as oppose to live action. but one thing for sure is i definite need to do more research on "Normalman" that would be a fun read


I would have to check that out too, and Normalman sounds fun I would also check that out.


Yep between Normalman and the female reimaginations of the Marvel universe would be good. but a live action film with a multiverse would be cool like the new animated spiderman would be next level and interesting.


Let's not get into the multiverse right now, it's too huge for my mind to comprehend right now! But I have been hearing great things about the new spiderman I didn't get to see it yet.


Yes the new spiderman is basically done my marvel with Sony's permission. RDJ is in there


Yes I like the first Deadpool a lot. The second one I didn't think was as good but I did like Josh Brolin as cable, what did you think


I did not watch the first deadpool but enjoyed the second. I have heard the first was better so maybe better that I watched the second one first so I don't get disappointed haha! Some people think Deadpool 2 was funnier though and I do like comedy.


Well you should see them both because they are both pretty good. I do like the first one a lot more. It's a lot more tongue and cheek. Also, I can't believe that they didn't bring the first director back, they should have definitely done that it may have been a better movie


Did you ever read the comics? Hardcore comic fans seemed to lament the inconsistencies between the comics and the films.


I'm not that into Comics so it doesn't bother me, but I guess it would bother some people, did you ever play the Deadpool video game by the way? I did it's really good


I am not too into video games. The video game cost more than to make the movie!


That's very impressive! And yes the video game was awesome like I mentioned, also the movie is the highest grossing R-rated film of all time, if you don't include movies directed by James Cameron or George Lucas


I thought it was a really unique film, quite different than the other superhero films because it was just for adults, and rated R, not PG 13.


Yes I agree. It was a breath of fresh air, you should also know that Ryan Reynolds does the voice of the mystery Villain at the end of Deadpool 2, I'm not ruining anything for you though haha


In a 2004 comic Deadpool described himself as Ryan Reynolds crossed with a shar-pei, so Reynolds thought he was destined for the role.


That is really funny! I'm glad they were able to get Ryan Reynolds in the movies then, do you read any other comic books by the way?


I don't really. I tried to get into them when I was in 3rd grade because it was trendy in my school. I just found out that the dc from dc comics makes it redundant!


That is crazy! and you're right, DC stands for Detective Comics so you're saying Detective Comics twice that's hilarious


Have you heard of Marvel's generic comic book? It was published in order to trademark super-hero and super-villain.


No I didn't hear about that. I'll have to check it out it sounds interesting. I also want to check out the library at Michigan State University, they have the worlds largest publicly available comic book collection


I wonder if they have any comics containing normalman.


I'll have to check it out! What do you think about Stan Lee by the way? He was such an icon and would end every phone call with the word Excelsior lol


I didn't know much about him but yes, he is certainly iconic. His legacy will live on for a long time!


Yes I agree.  what other superheroes do you like? speaking of hinm too, Stan Lee wrote about 15 DC Comics which I didn't know about


I like The Punisher, maybe because he's kind of "normal-ish"


Hi Turker, do you like superhero movies, if yes, do you have a favorite hero?


I like spider-man and I am interested in Deadpool but I haven't seen it.


My favorite superhero is the Incredible Hulk, I haven't seen Deadpool either, but wonder how good is the movie.


It is the highest grossing R-rated film of all time not directed by James Cameron or George Lucas.


Oh, I heard It is very funny. Have you seen Avengers: Infinity War?


No, I heard the movie was different then the comic though.


I saw X-Men, I like the entire movies, my favorite is Wolverine and Iron Man.


Back to deadpool, it took ryan reynolds 11 years to get his vision of deadpool made. That is a long time.


Yes it is, so that much mean that he was thinking about this movie for 11 years?


That is impressive. That makes a great actor.


Yes it does, are you a fan of comic books, if you are, how many books do you have?


I am not. But appears that their is a lot of money in the industry.


Yes, you are right, I have lots of comics books, I am not a reader, I like them for the drawing of the characters.


That is interesting. Dc comics paid $130 in 1938 for exclusive rights to superman.


Yes, Superman and Archie rich are two of the most valuable book I heard of according to my knowledge.


I think its funny that marvel comics spent 10 years convincing the US governement that x men are not humans.


That's true, I didn't know that Deadpool was made just to make people laugh, I am not used to seeing superhero comic movies.


I agree. I cannot believe that there are at least 30 superhero movies set to be released between 2016-2020.


Wow that's a lot, did you see Black Panther, If yes, did you like the movie?


Yes, I saw It twice, But I didn't like it, because the actor who played the black panther won so many awards, I think the other actor, I forgot his name, deserved those awards.


Hey, did you see the new Deadpool 2 movie? It came out this year.


No.  I was surprised to find out it was R rated and not only that the highest grossing r rated film not directed by james cameron or george lucas!


Yes, that surprised me too. Did you know the movie cost less to make than did the video game?


Nope.  Didn't know that!  To be honest I'm not into superhero stuff although I do like the fact there is a super hero NormalMan!


Wow, that is intriguing. There are over 300 superheroes which are registered in the US!


Yes.  I was deprived as a child, my mother wouldn't have comic books in the house.  As an adult I find the graphics mixed with the words jarring.  I don't read manga either.


Oh I see. Yeah, I was never as into comic books either. However I find them interesting. Do you know what the dc stands for in dc comics?


Yep, it stands for detective comics.  I think that aspect is what got my mother so opposed to them.


I see. Yeah, it's kind of interesting since dc comics is a bit redundant. Did you know Michigan State University contains the biggest publically available collection of different comic books?


I read that somewhere.  I wonder if they allow people to look at them or if they are microfished or digitalized?


I don't know. I'd want to find that out. What do you think of having Ryan Reynolds in the lead role in Deadpool? He seems like a good fit.


Not having seen the movie, or knowing the storyline beyond the bare basics, I can't say.  What did you think?


I think he is excellent. The screenwriters said he also voiced the mystery villain.


So pick a superhero name and a superhero power.  I'd be Reader Girl and my superpower would be knowing everything that had ever been written!


I would want to be like the Invisible Man, so that I could get some peace and quiet whenever I wanted. Be great to "disappear" during meetings at work, too.


Well, I can see some advantages to being invisible, but when you 'disappear a work they tend to fire you!


True. Maybe I can change to a different universe. The marvel cinematic universe takes place in the earth -1999999. That seems like a fun place.


Yes it does.  What would  your uniform/outfit be as a superhero?  I would wear glasses, have spiked hair, thigh high boots over leggings with a tunic.  I think maybe black with red accents.  My hair would be silver.


I like blue and black. I'd want to wear something like from Yu-Gi-Oh. I would want silver hair, too, though.


Well, you know what they regarding imitation. They had a garfield book spinoff called pet force, did you know about that?


I do enjoy them, especially the original trilogy


Me too, those are the best.  Do you have any of the memorabilia?


Yes, I still have my original lunch box with thermos from when I was a kid.  It's banged up some, but I'd never part with it!


That is awesome.  I still have some things from my childhood I cant part with too, like my glow worm.


Ahh!  that's so sweet!Merchandising has always been really big for Star Wars.  You know it holds a Guinness world record for most successful film merchandising franchise.  Pretty impressive!


It is.  Star Wars is legend.  It was spanned so many years!


That's a fact.  Did you realize that James Earl Jones only spent 2 1/2 hours recording his Darth Vader lines and only got paid $7500.00?


That is nuts!  That voice is so iconic.  Do you know Marcia Lucas is behind a lot of  the films main scenes?


I had heard that before and that she had actually won the Academy award for editing, while George did not for directing!  Wonder how he feels about his ex wife?


I dont know, some break ups are amicable, she did help out a lot with the movies from what it seems like.


Well, that's true! I still can't believe 20th Century Fox thought it was going to be a flop!


I know, didnt Harrison Ford not want to be credited initially because he though it would not do well.


They really did here we are almost 50 years later and it is still going strong!


That's my childhood!  It shocks me to see that the value of the Star Wars franchise is $65 billion!


And that makes it only the 5th highest grossing media franchise.  I wonder what beat it?


Yeah, it makes you wonder?  Well, it's been nice chatting with you this morning.  I've got to head into work.  Hope you enjoy the rest of your day.


Yea I like the original trilogy. Apparently The Force Awakens was selected to be locked in a vault on Shutterfly


Yea, I guess younger people don't find The Force Awakens that interesting and prefer Black Panther


Interesting. I haven't watched Black Panther or The Force Awakens. Have you watched both?


I've saw some of Black Panther, couldn't get into it. I heard Get Out was good


I havent watched that either. I guess the only one I have watched is Frozen. The song is quite catchy. Before Let it Go was written, Elsa was the villain in Frozen. Because the song was uplifting, they changed her character.


Yea, I'm surprised Frozen was the first female directed Disney animation, I figure there would be one sooner


It's interesting that they did not want to call it Snow Queen because feminine titles don't perform as well.


Yea I don't think the title "Snow Queen" would have stopped it from grossing a billion at the box office


The writer of Let it Go has won an emmy, grammy, oscar, and a tony. he knows his stuff!


Yea, Robert Lopez is pretty talented, he also co wrote a South Park episode


Interesting! I really should watch more movies for myself and quit watching them with my kids. I have been meaning to watch Black Panther.


Yea, apparently the Black Panther character is the richest superhero worth 500 billion


Yeah, it's suprising Tony Stark is only worth $100 billion.


Yea and Bruce Wayne is only worth 80 billion


Black Panther was going to be called Black Leopard at one point. I wonder if it would have been as popular if it kept that name.


Lol I don't know. I also never knew the Black Panther comic predates the Black Panther party


Yeah, I was wondering if it had anything to do with the Black Panther party.


Yea, apparently Denzel Washington funded Chadwick Boseman tuition for an oxford university theater program, that's nice


The was really cool of him. Over 20 years later Boseman thanked him in person.


Did you see the force awakens?  It came out in December of 2015.


Hello there, I did, I thought it was pretty good.  How about yourself?


I loved it! I am a huge star wars fan. JJ abrams did a fantastic job on the score.


Yeah I thought he did really well.  And, I know how tough it is to take on a Star Wars project, the fans are really intense.


It is the 35 and over crowd that supports star wars.


Yeah that is true, I guess only 32% of people between 25 and 34 saw the film.


That age bracket preferred black panther to star wars.


Yeah i read that as well, did you see the Black Panther film?


I did not. I'm not really into the marvel and dc comics films. I fell off that genre way before the 18th film of black panther.


Yeah I did not see it either, but I would if I had the chance.  I don't watch any of the Marvel movies except for the Xmen films I have seen some of those.


Black panther is worth 500 billion, way more than tony stark's 100 billion.


Yeah I was surprised they made a superhero more wealthy than Stark and Bruce Wayne.


George Lucas is so talented and began star wars in 1977. I wonder what his net worth is.


Yeah that was some creation, I wonder what he thought he was starting way back when.


James earl jones must have had no idea because his pay was only 7500 for voicing vadar.


Yeah, but when you read how long it took him to do it, I would say thats some pretty good dough per hour!


That's true! Those movies are so good and deserving of their 8.5 billion box office.


Yeah they are, do you have a favorite of all of the Star Wars films?


Empire strikes back from 1980 is my favorite to re-watch. How about you?


Yeah, I would have to agree, I think me and you are like most people as well when we pick that one.


Are you a Star Wars fan? There are so many movies out that I can't keep track of them all.


I do like them but haven't seen the new "Solo: A Star Wars Story."  Have you?  What do you think of Hans Solo if you have?


I haven't seen it either. I think that Disney will try to do a backstory movie on every character. "R2-D2 and C3PO: two robots in love"


I like Harrison Ford.  He made Solo so loved.  His character was such a skeptic.


Yeah, he balanced out the mumbo-jumbo of the Force. I wonder how he comes off in the new film.


Did you realize that Al Pacino was chosen to take the part of Solo but he turned it down because he didn't understand the script?


I bet he didn't. He really would have made a strange Solo. I know that Sean Connery was offered the part of Gandalf but said no. Casting is key to the success of a movie.


Very true.  Christopher Walken was also considered by Lucas to do Hans Solo.  That would have made a difference too.


A much darker, more brooding Solo with great dance moves.


George Lucas' wife had a large impact on the movies too.  She won an academy award for editing the first Star Wars film.


She got that Oscar that George never got! Oh well. He'll just have to be content to be a billionaire. I wonder what he does everyday besides count his money.


Poor James Earl Jones at that time only made $7500 for recording all of Darth Vadar's lines in the original Star Wars.  It took him 2.5 hours.  I guess though that isn't too shabby when you think about it.


Nobody really knew just how much money would be made. I bet the next movie paid handsomely.


20th Century Fox thought he would flop.  They sure were wrong!


That's how Lucas got the merchandising rights and the cash to set up Lucasfilm. He really gambled smart.


I wonder if he'd agree with the theory that there is only one electron in the universe?  How does that explain all the universe of planets, stars, and galaxies?


Only one electron in the universe? That sounds like a crazy theory! How come only one? Have you heard that the universe might be a hologram? Maybe we are just an entertainment system for some alien race.


Sometimes it seems like that.  Can you imagine that you can actually touch some stars because their temperature is cold enough.  How do they burns so bright?


Fusion is the source of a star's energy. I think that if we harness the power of fusion in our lifetimes, many energy probes will disappear. Flying electric cars for everyone!


I wonder if Lucas thinks about all these things when he films?  Interestingly, Star Wars was made dubbed in Navajo in 2013.  This was the first major film to be in that language.  Sounds like they have a lot more success to come.


Star Wars could very well be the first series to have a sequel made on Mars.


That sounds very interesting.  I wonder if Lucas has some connections there?  Lucas had originally wanted Hans Solo to be a large green alien so it's possible.


Hi Turker, have you seen the Star Wars movies, if yes, did you like it?


i didn't like it. but harrison ford is cool. detached and ironic is how id describe his performance


Yes I like harrison ford also, I saw return of the Jedi and he played his part well.


they say he was skeptical about doing the film


I wonder why, how did you like the actor Luke Skywalker in star wars, I remember you didn't care for Star wars, but just the actor.


Hamill looked like a goof. i hear he didn't want to do the sequel


Hahaha, strange, but I always like the show Star Trek since back in the days, did you ever watch the shows?


I watched star trek. its more intellectual. I don't like these "lord of the rings" / "game of thrones" fantasy things...but Harrison ford and star trek are the exceptions


Ok, did you know James Earl Jones spent only 2.5 hours recording all of darth vader lines for star wars and was paid $7,500 in 2013?


he's got the voice. christopher walken's voice would've added some edge


I didn't know that, don't you know that george lucas became a billionaire during the star wars movies.


wow. luckily he didn't make solo a green alien as originally planned. else he'd be in the poor house


Did you know that there are stars in the universe that cold enough to be touched by human hands?


really. does that make the theory that the universe is a giant superhologram more or less likely?


I am not sure but I would say more likely, there is a theory there is only one electron in the universe.


well, if space is pulling galleries out of sight, how will we ever know?


We may never know, I didn't know that AL Pacino turn down the role of han, he couldn't understand the script.


maybe he should watch the navajo version.


Al Pacino turned down the role, christopher Walken was considered the part of han solo in the star wars movie.


well, james earl jones  made out well. 20th century too. they thought it would flop at first


Yes that's true. When George Lucas was working on Star Wars, he initially wanted either a black actor or a large green alien to play Han Solo.


Yes I am, I also like Harrison Ford, I think he is a great actor, what about you?


I am as well! I cant believe how much money the series has made. Over 8.5 billion


I know that is really surprising, but there are 4 others that make even more moeny.


I heard Marcia Lucas had a lot to do with some of  the great ideas of the series.


Yeah she even won an academy award! Something George Lucas didnt


Yeah I heard she won the award for editing the film, you know Star Wars was the first movie to ever be dubbed to Navajo?


Thats really cool. I cant believe that Fox gave Lucas licensing and merchandising rights! All because they thought the film would bomb


I bet they are regretting this choice and someone definetely got fired lol, It sure cost them billions.


The franchise itself is worth $65 billion.


I like that Star Wars explored the universe, although many things of the movie are fiction it made me wonder as a kid, you know that there are stars that are cold enough that can be touched with bare hands


Thats crazy to think considering all the energy our own sun puts out


I know, I guess that energy runs out eventually, what do you think about theory of the universe being a giant hologram


I guess anything would be possible. Even the theory that there is only one electron in the universe


I agree I am willing to keep an open mind after all theres a lot that we dont know about the universe


Yeah and theres only an observable section that we can see. Who knows what else there is


Yeah so back into the Star Wars topic, did you know that back in the day Al Pacino turned down the role of Han Solo


Another possible regret. Unfortunate that he didnt understand the script. Christopher Walken was also considered


I see, so Ford is actually lucky, you know Han Solo was a tie fighter  before he evenbecame the pilot of the millenium falcon.


Yeah very lucky, he almost didn't get the part. Wasn't even allowed to audition at first.


Thats surprising! I think he was perfect for the part, well the new movie is also good and it grosses about 393 million worldwide.


I find fish to be very interesting. How about you?


I do too, it's interesting that the seahorse is the only fish with a neck


That is very interesting. Have you heard of the black swallower fish?


Yea, the black swallower sounds lke a scary fish, it can eat prety twice it's length


Yes and 10 times it's own weight. That's pretty terrifying. I wonder how it digests that?


I'd like to know too. Did you know a zebrafish shares 84 percent of genes associted with human disease? They must be used for research if true


I did not. I agree that we must really study them further. Another that I would like to see studied it the jellyfish because some of them are immortal. We need to find out how and why that's possible.


The immortal jellyfish sounds like something from a science fiction novel. I wonder how long the oldest one has lived?


That's a very good question. If they do not get disease or injured they will never die so I wonder if there is an ancient one out there somehow.


That be pretty funny if there was an immortal Jellyfish that has been stinging humans since ancient Egypt


That would be funny. Do you know how freshwater and saltwater differ in how they consume water?


Yea, apparently freshwater fish drink through there skin by osmosis and salt water fish just drink through their mouths, I'd would think it would be the other way around


You would think that. It's very interesting. Off topic but do you enjoy Disney films?


I loved the lion king, it was the first disney movie to be dubbed in Zulu


I'm glad that they did that so others could enjoy it. Did you know that the first animated Disney film directed by a woman was Frozen? It seems like that took far too long.


Yea it does, you'd figure with all the movies disney has made there would be a female directed on way before Frozen came out


I agree. Have you ever noticed identical scenes in any Disney movies especially those from the 70's?


Yea, I've seen videos on youtube that show the identical scenes that Disney recycled from the 70s


It's because during that decade they recycled a lot of their frames. I wonder if that was budgetary of time concerns?


Possibly. Did you know Wreck-it-ralph stared development all the way back in the 1980s?


I did not. I'm actually glad they took longer to make it though because they got to add so many other cool characters that would not have existed yet.


Hello, have you seen the new A Wrinkle in Time? Oprah is in it.


Actually, I haven't but I have read the original novel by Madeleine L'Engle way back when I was in elementary school.


That is a good book. This new movie is done very well, especially the young actress, Storm, who plays Meg.


Yeah, I've read she really felt a bond with the character.  And really related to her on several levels.


I was surprised to find that Meryl Streep's first role was in a sports movie.


Hey that's pretty neat!  Did you know she also speaks fluent Italian?


I did not, I know her daughter plays an FBI robot on a series.


Yeah, some Italian producer called her ugly (in Italian) when she was auditing for King Kong (1976) and she surprised him by responding in his language!  That had to be embarrassing, huh?


That would have been hilarious. She's been nominated for 18 academy awards, she's awesome.


Yeah, it's weird though, she's been nominated 18 times, but only won 3 times.  Most have been some stiff competition or something.


Politics, lol. It even inflates awards. I never knew her middle name was Louise, that's my grandmother's name.


Oh, that's awesome!  Speaking of awards, she's also received 31 Golden Globe nominations and won eight.  That's a lot of awards!


Frozen was the first Disney film to be directed by a woman. it's about time they become more inclusive.


Really?  Huh.. could have sworn Brave had been co-directed by a woman... or maybe it was just co-written by one, I can't remember... (I'm getting old.. lol)


I am too, lol. I cannot believe Disney actually recycled some of their animation frames, I wonder if the artists receive royalties on those movies?


Yeah, I saw a youtube video about that.. they recycled, for example a "dancing" scene in Snow White for their Robin Hood cartoon.  Did you know the toy industry gets involved in Disney animations before the film production even begins?


That is so insane. So is taking three decades to make Wreck-It-Ralph, and I still don't think it's a good movie.


AHHHH blasphemy!  I loved Wreck It Ralph!  Ahh, well, to each is own, I guess.  Did you know Lion King is the first film to be dubbed in Zulu?


I did. That is amazing. Thanks for chatting with me, have a wonderful day.


Hey, you too!  Hope the weather is good where you're at!


Same here! Are you into the fantasy drama at all?


Yea stuff like game of thrones you mean?


Lord of the rings is a classic I think that long format influenced many of the films we see today.


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


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


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


Which is your favorite film of of the original trilogy?


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


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


Well said! Are you into Disney movies at all?


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


Not only a great actor, but also a great lineage


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


I enjoyed chatting with you too! Have a good weekend


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


Robert downey jr does a great job at playing tony stark


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


It's crazy howmany countries they've filmed in


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


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


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


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


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


Hello, do you like the superhero movies?


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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