I realized I said "first" at the beginning. I bought a second, brand new - almost too pretty to touch - when I thought I had lost my KA-BAR coming home from the Grand Canyon (I initially blamed the TSA). It was in a checked bag that I failed to give a thorough once over when we were unpacking. A year or so later it…

USMC Mark 2 Combat Knife

I had this record player as a child. My Mom sold it at a yard sale, probably for a quarter. I never forgave her. Lots of my toys went this way, many well used and tattered, sold for pocket change. Some, including my Big Wheel, went to a dump on my uncles farm. Years later, while squirrel hunting, I found my Big…

My all time favorite band, Bad Company, and their hit "Shooting Star" starts out like this:

As a name-spelling-challenged American I would like to concur. My name is old hat compared to this travesty.

Why isn't Highlander 2: The Quickening on the reviled list?!?

Superman - Kal El - an alien from a highly advanced and ancient civilization, is "kind of dumb"?

Marvel can no more be blamed for selling these properties off to various studios years ago than DC can be blamed/credited with movies made by Warner Bros based on their properties. It's a damn shame that it happened and it's unlikely to be rectified but there's always hope that Disney gobbles them back up someday. …

I'm from Illinois and I'm definitely NOT a Black Hawks fan. GO BLUES!

Well obviously the vampires are behind this. Low hanging fruit... I'll see myself out.

I've read just enough to confirm what I expected would follow this article: lots of Marvel fan boys stroking each other off.

Most of the problem with "John Carter" was the marketing. The movie was fun and I enjoyed the hell out of it. Just calling it John Carter was colossally stupid. "John Carter of Mars" or "John Carter and the Princess of Mars" would have made a bit more sense and play up the pulp angle ala Star Wars/Indiana Jones. …

Damn! You got me again. You're pretty good at this Internet thing. You should do this full-time.

Damn, why hasn't anyone asked you to direct? You've got it all figured out.

And again, you're making assumptions based on nothing but the possibility that Cooper MIGHT have a multi picture deal to VOICE a space raccoon. Not to appear in the films mind you, but to be HEARD in one. I was originally waxing nostalgic about what might have been if Cooper had been cast as Hal Jordan. Heaven…

You betcha, sport.

Do you have kids? Or - were you able to adopt a kid after a long unsuccessful period of trying to conceive? Or, did an alien baby fall out of the sky for you to adopt (that the government covets) after a long unsuccessful period of trying to conceive? Jonathan Kent's motivations aren't entirely unique, save for a…

I could get behind that. The aliens alone would be worth the price of admission.

Man, what a burn. It felt like 8th grade again.

I'm not sure that you're working with all of the facts OR your faculties either, bub. I'm speculating, you're speculating. I'm having fun - you're being a dick.