No, I get that completely. The money really does seem to suck the joy out of all of this stuff. I remember being able to anticipate upcoming movies without really thinking about whether or not they'd make gajillions of dollars or not. In some ways it's kind of depressing.

Yeah, to a degree I kind of wish Guardians of the Galaxy had just been a new thing, unrelated to any Marvel tie-in. Because if it's successful it will continue to "prove" to the movie studios that everything needs to be tied in to an already-existing franchise that's been around for decades and decades. Despite the…

To this day I have tried getting into this game but I just feel too damn old for the eighteen solid hours of tutorials and cutscenes. Which is a shame because I have loved every Zelda game I've played. Maybe one of these days I will try it again.

Religion in popular culture either falls under the fedora-wearing atheist view ("Hitler was a born-again Christian!") or the equally stupid sitcom view ("Faith in stuff is good, because faith!")

When you need something, that's a responsibility.