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


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


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


Yeah. Do you know why we still have hiccups?


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


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


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


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


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


For sure. Do you like the movie Iron Man?


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


Animals have a dominant paw like humans.


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


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


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


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


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


It turns out the Black Panther is the richest superhero.


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


Hello,  have you ever seen Black Panther?


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


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


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


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


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


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


Have you watched any of the other Marvel movies?


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


He is the director of most of the Transformer movies.


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


Yes. Do you know how they calculate traffic?


Yes they take the average of devices as they more around


Once they hired goats to eat the grass, pretty cool


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


Yes and took down 40% of the web with it


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


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


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


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


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


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


Yeah. Mercedes created self driving cars in the 80s


Yes and they went 1200 miles at 109 mph successfully


Yeah that project was called the prometheus project


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


Same here, really interesting chat ! good day ;)


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


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


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


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


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


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


Lol, Detective Comics comics, it is really redundant


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


never before this is my first time, have you?


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


Good how are you? Do you like horror films?


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


Surprising that ET was originally supposed to be a horror movie


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


so I guesss jurrasic just sounded better then


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


I cant believe its been 50 years. Thats really awesome


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


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


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


They have been helping out for 30 years!


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


Swimming is the best exercise and make muscle relax.


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


Sure, They want to run throughout the game.


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


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


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


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


How about more serious films like a space odyssey?


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


Indeed. Another reason I will check out the book


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


Have you read any of the Garfield Pet Force comics?


They are cute. Garfield and his friends are superheroes.


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


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


I have not heard of Normalman. Who is that?


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


Very cool. What super powers does he have?


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


I hope not! That is freaky to think about.


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


That is crazy. Have you heard about cold stars?


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


Perhaps Marvel is just doing better than star wars


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


yeah thats pretty funny.  He has a good voice.


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


Great chatting with you as well.  Good day!


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


wow its been nice talking to you. Thanks.


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


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


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


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


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


Cool! Theres a long history behind the system


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


It is. Did you know it is actually white and only appears yellow?


Yes it is due to atmospheric scattering. I was also surprised to learn that a lightening bolt is actually hotter than the sun. It makes me wonder how anyone has survived a lightening strike.


Wow. On July 11  2011 there was a full orbit of the sun when Neptune completed its first rotation since it was discovered.


WOW! I knew it was far out there but I did not realize it's orbit took that long. Shockingly, the sun is only 1 billionth the size of the biggest star discovered in our galaxy. I can't imagine the scope of the largest,


The sun is 1.39 million kilometers still. So it's rather big.


That's huge. So the largest star discovered in our galaxy s 1 billion times larger than that! I can't wrap my brain around that size.


Indeed. I wonder if William Shakespeare wrote about the sun. He was very famous.


His work holds up too. Did you know that he coined many of the phrases we use today such as;  "good riddance. in my heart of hearts. laughing stock. wild-goose chase. devil incarnate. brave new world. as luck would have it. all our yesterdays. break the ice. full circle."


Ah. He invented Miranda, Jessica, and Olivia as women's names also.


I was not aware of that. I like all of those names. I find it very shocking that Pocahontas and Shakespeare were alive at the same time and died only a year apart.


That's intriguing. Jane Austen was very famous too


Yes she was and is. I am much less familiar with her works. I know that she wrote Emma and that Clueless was based on that book.


Yes. Three novels she had written were rejected when they were sent to major publishing companies under a different name in 2007.


WOW! I'm sure they felt stupid later. I was not aware that Mark Twain hated Pride and Prejudice. It's arguably as famous as any of his classics.


Yeah. They both like to use the word literally as hyperbole.


And we all really hate it when people do that now ha ha.


Yes. It's interesting they pioneered a lot of what is done now.


Hello,  how are you?  Did you know Shakespeare coined or popularized many of the phrases we use today. some of these include: "good riddance. in my heart of hearts. laughing stock. wild-goose chase. devil incarnate. brave new world. as luck would have it. all our yesterdays. break the ice. full circle."


no, i didn't. But I did now that he and Pocahontas died only one year apart


yeah thats interesting.  This one is kinda weird: Polish composer Andr√© Tchaikowsky donated his skull to the royal shakespeare company in hopes that it would be used as a prop for the skull of yorick. in 2008, the skull was used in a series of performances of hamlet at the courtyard theatre, stratford-upon-avon.


That is weird.  However it's pretty cool that Shakespeare invented the names Olivia, Jessica, and Miranda.


Yeah I had no idea.  Those are very popular names too!


Yes, without him, they wouldn't be there.  Switching topics, did you know the Sun is actually white?  We see it as yellow because of the atmospheric scattering.


Yes i did.  Very interesting.  A lightening bolt is hotter than the surface of the sun, about 5x hotter. Thats crazy.


This is crazy. Something else that is crazy is that the sun produces enough energy to power our entire planet for 500,000 years in just one second.


Yeah,  a lot of people in my area are converting to solar panels!


I would but it's too expensive.  we think the sun is big, but it is only 1 billionth the size of the biggest star we known of in our galaxy.


Some of my friends say their bill is like $20 per month or less!  I live in an apartment.  yeah thats insanely huge!


I just can't afford to convert.  Wish I could.  Also, Neptune just completed its first full orbit around the sun since it was discovered in 1846.


Yeah right,  what a slow orbiting planet!


I would be so young there, lol.  Are you a movie fan.  I am a big movie buff.  For instance, Clueless the movie is loosely based on Jane Auston's "Emma".


Nice!  I didnt know that. Mark twain hated jane austen's "pride and prejudice"


I didn't know that.  Well, three of her novels were rejected when they were sent to major publishing companies under different names in 2004.


Interesting. The word "literally" has been used figuratively for hundreds of years. charles dickens, charlotte bront√´, jane austen, and mark twain all used it for hyperbole.


That is a cool fact.   the lord of the rings by j. r. r. tolkien; pride and prejudice by jane austen; his dark materials by philip pullman; and the hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy by douglas adams, were the top four novels voted on by the BBC in the UK in 2003.


Yes they are.  Jane Austin works critique the novels of sensibility of the second half of the 18th century and are part of the transition to 19th-century literary realism. Not my cup of tea.


Hmm...well I kind of did as a  kid in the 1960's and 1970's, the Superman and Batman type. I was never into the comic book source of the heros but I did enjoy the cartoons and TV shows based off them.


I love them. There is a comic series about fixing the collateral damage caused by superheroes.


I read that, it made me laugh at the irony a little bit. I did read about Stan Lee last year when he died and he got a lot of good press. If he wrote 15 DC  Comics series re-imaging superhero's he must have been a pretty creative guy and good writer.


That's interesting. I had no idea he also wrote 15 of the DC comics.


Yes, and he ended every phone conversation by saying "Excelsior!", he sounded like quite a character.


That's very funny. He was a good guy for sure. There is a Garfield book series spinoff named Pet Force and it's all of the Garfield characters acting as superheroes.


Yes, the genre seems to me to lend itself to that, like the "NormalMan" who's the only non-Super Hero on a planet populated by Superhero's. That ironic and kind of funny too, then again they're called comic books!


That is ironic. I saw that Marvel takes place in in earth-199999.


Yes, that a lot of years in the future. Doesn't the earth's sun, run out of fuel and burn up sometime before then according to astronomers? Do you like Wonder Woman? That movie was the highest-grossing origin movie and wwi movie, sounds like a studio's dream as a money maker.


I think it does. I've never seen Wonder Woman. That's pretty amazing it grossed that much.


I read that when she first showed up in the comics in 1941 she was originally the Justice Societie's secretary. That a little sexist, but then again in 1941 maybe they didn't think so.


That is very sexist. I bet that wouldn't fly in our society today.


No it wouldn't and good for society for evolving. Did you know that Gal Gadot, the actress who played Wonderwoman actually thought she was testing for Catwoman, the old female Superhero switcharoo...


Wow I did not know that. Did you know Michigan State has the largest public comic book collection in the world?


No, that was news to me. I went to Illinois in the Big 10 and I've been to Michigan State, but I was unaware it was the Mecca of Comic Book collections. Did you know that the DC in DC Comics stands for Detective Comics so DC Comics means Detective Comics Comics, redundant indeed. I wonder who thought up that in the first place?


I wonder as well. I saw that Marvel once published a generic comic book to trademark the names super-hero and super-villian.


Yes, I wonder if the stories in  generic comic book was populated entirely by lawyers as they needed that baseline so the lawyers could trade mark "Super-hero, -villain" etc. as super abilities over the average?


I wonder that as well. Did you know female superheroes are sometimes called superheroine?


I think that Super-heroine is actually more correct grammatically, but a few more letters to pronounce. I also saw that comic books have some origins in 18th Century Japan, becoming popular in the US in the 1930's. I wonder how those original Japanese Comics were marketed in Japan and where they sold them.


Yea, I though Patt Jenkins did a great job directing Wonder Woman


It was the highest grossing superhero origin movie and also the highest grossing WW1 movie.  I was surprised to find that out.


Well Gal Gadot did a great job in the Wonder Woman role, I'm sure that helped


Yes. I  had no idea who she was before that.  I was surprised to find out that she served 2 years as a soldier in the Israel defense forces.  So she already had some real life training for the role.


Yea, I guess that training was put into great use since the movie takes place during WWI


Right!  When she auditioned for Wonder Woman, Gal thought she was testing for Catwoman. lol


That's pretty funny. Did you know the inventor of the lie detector tes also created Wonder Woman?


I didn't know that!  Do you like to read comic books?  I did when I was a kid.


Yea, I loved reading Garfield, it's funny they originally owned the gmail.com domain


I didn't know that and yes!  I loved Garfield too.  Michigan State University library has the largest publicly available comic book collection in the world.  I wonder if people still check them out?


Probably. Did you know Marvel comics had to spend 10 years convincing the US government x-men were not human?


LOL I didn't know that.  How crazy is that?


Pretty crazy. DC also only paid $130 for the rights to superman in 1938, they made out big time


Wow.  Yes they did.  I just found out that DC comics stands for Detective Comics.


Pretty redundant, but they also invented the term 'brainiac'


Nice.  There are over 300 registered superheroes in the USA.


Petty crazy, there's suppose to 30 superhero movies released between 2016-2020


Wow.  They are making a ton of money off of them.  They will probably keep making them until people stop watching.  There is actually a superhero called Normalman who was the only person without superpowers on a planet full of superheroes.  That's funny.


I'm just glad Michael Jackson wasn't able to buy marvel comics to play spiderman


He might have changed up the role somehow and would have ruined it.  I had fun chatting!  Have a good one.


Hi! I love movies! I liked the Teen Titans, did you see it?


I personally didn't watch this particular movie. What was it about?


It is a superhero movie. Do you like superheros?


I love superhero movies and I did watch one of my favorite superhero movies and it was Wonder Woman a 2017 movie.


I love Wonder Woman too. Did you know Stan Lee almost changed careers? That would have been sad!


Yes that would of been. I loved Stan Lee and without him there are no DC comics.


Exactly, so sad he passed, but he will live on through this work. He co created Hulk, Iron Man X men, so many that probably would not have been movies if he wasn't around.


That is very true. Do you know who produced Wonder Woman?


DC Entertainment I believe. Funny that The Smithsonian had a special viewing for only 1 day of Wonder Womans invisible jet....crazy!


You're correct it was DC Entertainment along with RatPac Entertainment and a Chinese company Tencent Pictures. Do you know by any chance who directed Wonder Woman?


Wasn't it directed by Patty Jenkins? I think it was from a screenplay.


Yes it was Patty Jenkins. Thanks. Do you know the actress that was playing Wonder Woman?


Gal Gardot? I think anyway, with roles played by Robin Wright, Chris Pine, Danny Huston, and many more what a great cast! I think wonder woman is the best superhero. I remember her from a very long time ago.


She was very good at that movie and in fact Wonder Woman was the highest grossing superhero movie.


Really? Wow, that is pretty impressive! Her 1st ever feature film was The Lego Movie.


Did Gal Gadot served in the military in Israel?


I have no idea, lol. Do you like comic books? I had many when I was a kid, what is your favorite?


She served in the Israel defense forces. I love comic books and my favorite was the Hulk what was yours?


I liked Batman and Spiderman  and pretty much all superhero comic books, big fan! So you have not seen the Teen Titans movie, did you ever see the show on tv? You don't need to have seen the show to enjoy the movie! It is very funny and has a lot to offer and great music too. Do you think there will be anymore Wonder Woman Movies?


I have never watched Teen Titans not even on TV but I will watch it at some point based on what you told me. Thanks. I believe that there will be another Wonder Woman after that amazing performance by Gal Gadot.


Great! You will really enjoy it! So many people have enjoyed Teen Titans and Wonder Woman, so I think they will have more movies too. One of the best superheros ever.


Thank you so much for your input and it was very nice chatting with you!!! Bye


Hello! Are you into comic books and superheroes?


I would have to say the Punisher, only because he is human and insane lol. How about you?


I like Batman, he is also human and has crazy skills,


Did you like him in the new DC movies? I thought Wonder Woman was good, not only because it was the highest grossing WW1 movie ever.


I didnt, I prefer the Nolan trilogy 1000 times, Wonder woman was good I agree with you,


I right there with you! I didn't know gal gadot served in the Israel Defense Forces, but I'm sure it's law there to.


She did? wow, I bet she makes the dangerous stunts in the movie herself, its been almost 2 years since the movie came out right?


That's right. I can't believe that when she joined the justice league in 1941, the group made her their secretary!


Thats funny lol, I bet she would kick their behinds if they made her their secretary now


Haha too funny I'm sure she would! Did you know there are over 300 real life superheroes that are registered?


over 300 really? a lot of creativity out there,


I wonder what their "superpowers" are? I should check out Michigan State's library because it has the largest public comic book collection in the world!


That is a great place to start, maybe the comic series about fixing collateral damage is available there too


I remember hearing about them, that would be a bad job to have haha. I would like to be normalman haha.


Who is normalman? Im not aware of that hero lol


He is the only person without superpowers on a planet full of superheroes lol.


Sounds like he has a hard job lol, his at a disadvantage there, Stan Lee had a lot of imagination I wonder if he created Normalman


I agree! Stan lee ended all phone conversations with "excelsior". That is too funny!


That is funny, so sad he is dead, I heard  he wrote 15 DC comics, I have to find out wich ones


Oh really? I'll go look into that right now. Have a great day!


Do you know much about Google and the AI they're creating?


Hi,  I like Google,  I dont think I know much about the AI they are creating,  besides their self driving cars.


Well, that's not something to worry about. But google is a very big company impacting lots of people's lives.


Why wouldnt that be something to worry about?


Well, google went down for about 5 minutes at one point, and it took down 40% of web traffic with it.


Oh thats why I shouldnt worry about self driving cars as articial intelligence?  That makes sense lol


Also, some AI an mimic and learn human functions. So they might overpower us one day.


Kinda sounds like you are just having a conversation with yourself,  thats cool.  Oh really,  very interesting.


A robot, programmed by a computer, could also be designed to carry out a conversation like this.


Is that a hint??  Are you a robot? Yeah,  I think companies already do that,  have an automated answering service,  pretty weird.


Facebook, is developing an AI to understand emotions and identify stuff, so there's also those kind of AI/ Robots.


I hear Google artificial intelligence class uses Google hangouts to teach more efficiently.


I believe it Stanford's free artificial intelligence class that uses hangouts to teach more effectively.


Kristen stewart co authored a paper about artifical intelligence.


I wonder if someone at Google ever read it.


Google employees that need help could improve their knowledge by reading it.


Did you know robots can be controlled by using rat brains?


I heard that it's personality is changed depending on the brain they used.


Anyways that was nice chatting with you. Goodbye.


A little bit.     It is apparently a new, human-sounding voice assistant.


It would be cool to have john legend make reservations for me though!


It might be, but voice that sounds exactly like a human could be troubling.


That is a little scary. Reminds me of black mirror, although I have not seen that...


Google has done a lot!   Do you know much about the company?


I know they prefer dogs over cat! I also know their stock price!


Interesting.    Did you know a google search takes more computing power than NASA had in the sixties!


I did not know that. But that does make sense. I did not know they owned youtube either.


True.     In 2013, google went down for five minutes and took out 40% of the web traffic!


They also use goats to mow their corporate headquarters.


That is funny.    They use android devices to determine traffic for maps.


They also manipulated boarders when there is a dispute over it.\


It is amazing how much artificial intelligence is coming from Google.


I know. Plus their self driving cars too! THey are going to own the world.


Even those learning about AI from Stanford use Google Hangouts!


I've only use hangouts once. Have you ever used it?


Yes.    I was in a session once with Grant Imahara from mythbusters.


Really? That's cool. Was Kristen Stewart in there too?


No, although I would like to talk to her about AI!


she wrote a paper about it. I would not have thought her capable of doing that though.


People are surprising - as are robots!    I saw a video with one deboning a chicken.    Very cool!


Wow. Seems a little gross but I have a weak stomach. The US military use an xbox controller for the eod robots.


Thanks for the chat!    I think I'm going to check out the non-profit for the advancement of AI site!


Hi, are you ok over there? Ready for a chat? We can talk about the guitar


Ok, I love guitars. Guitars are fretted instruments that usually have six strings but there's also 12 string guitars.


There are also 7 string guitars when 6 don't do the job.


Very funny. Guitars are played with both hands by strumming or plucking the strings with either a pick or the fingers of one hand while simultaneously fretting with the fingers of the other hand. Cool!


I seent it! Guitar what have 7 strings. No fibs. They can be plucked with finger, toes, tongues, what have you. Jimmi Hendricks used his teeth.


Cool, love that Hendrix music. The sound of the vibrating strings are projected either acoustically or electrically.


I would say electrically for the most part. I figure the acoustic part is pretty good but not as sexy.


When Eddie Van Halen recorded the guitar solo for "Beat It" he literally set the studio speakers on fire.


He is a budding pyromaniak. He destroyed perfectly good equipment because of his passion.


Speaking of Eddie Van Halen, did you know that he played that solo for Michael as a favor and free of charge?


Eddie probably didnt need the money but he probably could have used tix to one of Michaels shows. Or maybe that glove that Michael wore. Plus Eddie set fire to the equipment, so he owed him for that.


Michael is pretty wild too. Did you know that Freddie Mercury cancelled a duet with Michael in the 80s because Michael insisted on bringing his llama to the studio? Har-de-har-har!


Michael had many friends among animals. I dont know how they communacated but they did. Mike had a sixth sense about these things.


Not only animals but Michael wanted to buid a 50 foot robot of himself to roam the Nevada Desert.


He would do something like that. Maybe Eddie van halen would set in on fire. LOL.


Michael was very cool. His popularity helped to bring the channel MTV to fame. I loved Michael.


Michael was a true hero to us humans, and to the llamas. He should be remembered as a 50 feet statue in the dessert.


Well he was famous for his robot and moonwalk dance! Michael's distinctive sound and style has influenced many,many artist of various genres.


His robot could carry on his tradition in a giant way. Off to the dessert and roaming around moon walking.


Michael will NEVER be forgotten.  Did you know that the Bart Simpson hit song 'Do the Bartman' was written by Michael, a massive Simpson fan?


Michael has touched so many in so many ways so many times. I truly miss his genius. He was not tall but he cast the shadow of a 50 feet robot.


Yes, he WAS that wonderful! Nice chatting with you.


Good morning! Are you a fan of michael jackson music?


Yea I'd like MJ's bigger hits like Thriller and Beat It


I see that M actually wrote the song to the Simpsons "Do the Bartman."


That's pretty cool, I know he did a guest voice too. I never knew he wanted to do a  Harry Potter musical though


That's interesting. Freddie Mercury also cancelled a duet with him because he insissted on bringing his llama into the studio


MJ was a weird dude, I'm shocked Steven Spielberg wanted him to play Peter Pan in Hook


Honestly, that would have been creepy, even back in the early 90s.


I agree, Michael hasn't been non-creepy since he recorded Thriller with the band toto


Heh. Fair point. He wanted to build a 50 foot robot of himself to wander the nevada desert.. which is interesting.


I'd be down if the robot did the moonwalk, even though MJ didn't invent it


Yea, it's quite ironic that Jackson popularized the robot dance and wanted to build a robot lol


I don't know, I'm kinda glad his brothers Jackie, Tito, Jermaine, and Marlon didn't share his vision of making a 50ft robot


Are you interested in the Piano at all? There was a mute man who could only communicate via piano in England


It's odd how many people are able to play it, like Richard Nixon who performed a piano concerto on the Tonight Show


the BBC decided once they had no news, so they play music instead lol


That's pretty cool, so is the piano Mozart and Haydn made from the same tree!


apparenly british climbers found a piano on the highet peak?


Spooky. Well I got to go, nice chatting with you


Hello there,do you have a favorite instrument?


I do, I like guitar and piano as well. And you?


Nice, I like guitar too. Did you know Van Halen once set the speakers on fire while playing the guitar?


Wow that is amazing. Do you know who Brian May is?


Yes the lead guitarist of the Queen who is also a genius scientist


He sure is, with a degree in astrophysics and a PhD at that, that is impressive


It sure is. Do you know who Matthew Bellamy from Muse is?


Yeah the guy holds the record for the most guitars smashed while on tour


That is insane and a lot of money there too. Brian from Queen uses coins instead of picks


I wonder if those work better. How about the piano?


Love the piano too. Once the BBC only played piano as they did not have newsworthy news


I like that actually. Mercury and McCartney used the same piano for their songs once


I think  I heard of that, Bohemian Rhapsody and Hey Jude right?


Yeah exactly. Have you heat of a song called circus gallop?


I think that is the song they use to stress test piano and cannot be played by humans


That is so cool. There is a piano that was found on the highest mountain in Britain


Wow wonder who put it up there. Do you like Michael Jackson?


I do actually he has some amazing music. He was once supposed to do a duet with Freddy Mercury but that did not go through


Yeah if only Michael had not insisted on bringing his llama to the studio


Yeah and we could have had a great hit for sure. He helped write the soundtrack for Sonic 3 though


That is pretty cool. And he also built a robot of himself to roam in Nevada desert


Hello there, I am good thank you.  How are you today?


Very well, thanks. Do you know a lot about Google/


I don't know too much, I would say average.  I know that they are a huge company that is involved in much more than people would think.