JimKakalios
JimKakalios
JimKakalios

That’s quite a show, mister!

“maybe these dragons used to be more than just Shao Lao”

“Professional dress, in my opinion, is just a costume.” It’s all a costume. Tee shirt, jeans and sandals are a costume. Spider-Man suit is a costume.

“vast majority” - I see what you did there!

Agreed. That is a great movie - not just a great Star Trek movie. It introduced a fantastic concept into popular culture (Kobyashi Maru - and what to do when faced with a no-win scenario) and by addressing the fact that the main characters were indeed much older than when last the series aired, it spoke to something

Agreed. That is a great movie - not just a great Star Trek movie. It introduced a fantastic concept into popular

Oh, in the words of Albert Einstein: “It’s on! It’s on like Donkey Kong!”

Oh, in the words of Albert Einstein: “It’s on! It’s on like Donkey Kong!”

I hear voices in my head all the time. They don’t tell me nuttin’ I don’t already know!

No more calls - we have a winner!

And this is a problem...how?

You might enjoy the Milkwood Trilogy set of novels by Ian Tregillis. The premise is in 1939 the Germans develop a super=powered soldiers (think X-Men) and the British respond with Warlocks. And one of the German’s is a pre-cog who is a psychopath, and is manipulating events for her own ends.

Pretty sneaky, Sis!

Good point on Rocket. After all, his catch phrase is "Blam! I just murdered you!"

Sounds like your experiences mimic an old Woody Allen joke: I took a speed reading class and was able to read War and Peace in 30 minutes. It's about Russia.

If you have a link to Alan Moore citing Cerenkov radiation for Jon Osterman's blue glow, I'd love to see it.

Actually, at the time, Dave Gibbons made Dr. Manhattan blue because pink would look like he was a normal human, red would look like he was on fire, green was too Hulk-like, and blue was it. I asked him this directly when we were both guests on NPR's Science Friday when the WATCHMEN film came out. Gibbons said that

Kudos! Well done, indeed!

If you travel for a day at the .99999999... of the speed of light, then one day will have passed for you. But back on Earth, hundreds of years will have passed. When you return from your trip, which for you lasted only a day or so, everyone on Earth will have been long dead.

Agreed! I laughed out loud at that juggling! I also loved Coulson's "What Motherf***ker."

How is a shark like a golf ball?