Threes? We're up to like six famous people now inside of a week.

Threes? We're up to like six famous people now inside of a week.

I had some ideas, but I wasn't expecting it to be Stormin' Norman Schwarzkopf.

I had some ideas, but I wasn't expecting it to be Stormin' Norman Schwarzkopf.

It's called "Born On the Fourth of July".

It's called "Born On the Fourth of July".

You would be wrong if you somehow did not consider The Avengers a goddamn *great* superhero movie.

You would be wrong if you somehow did not consider The Avengers a goddamn *great* superhero movie.

You are, of course, entitled to your opinion, just as any man is, living or dead, no matter how wrong it may be.

You are, of course, entitled to your opinion, just as any man is, living or dead, no matter how wrong it may be.

"It's" is a contraction for "it is".  "Its" is possessive, as in "this film finds its heroes in unlikely places".

"It's" is a contraction for "it is".  "Its" is possessive, as in "this film finds its heroes in unlikely places".

"These days", yes, after the hyper-inflation of a housing boom, the fact that this movie made this specific address famous (thus further inflating its value), but "these days" are not "those days".  Even so, on a 20 year mortgage, 1.58m will run you, what, 7K a month?  Hardly chump-change, to be sure, but it still…

"These days", yes, after the hyper-inflation of a housing boom, the fact that this movie made this specific address famous (thus further inflating its value), but "these days" are not "those days".  Even so, on a 20 year mortgage, 1.58m will run you, what, 7K a month?  Hardly chump-change, to be sure, but it still…

Yeah, and?  The family might be pulling $200K a year.  That's well-off, not One-Percenter territory.  Flying to Europe, round trip, runs about $1500 a head, let's say $3k a head for first class (though I think I'm very much overstating that price), this not considering any early scheduling, package deals, frequent…

Yeah, and?  The family might be pulling $200K a year.  That's well-off, not One-Percenter territory.  Flying to Europe, round trip, runs about $1500 a head, let's say $3k a head for first class (though I think I'm very much overstating that price), this not considering any early scheduling, package deals, frequent…

Do you not have any siblings?  Do you only have the one child?  Mutual verbal abuse and humiliating pranks is how siblings bond.

Do you not have any siblings?  Do you only have the one child?  Mutual verbal abuse and humiliating pranks is how siblings bond.

I'm not getting that vibe at all.  Yeah, they're well-off… but, then again, so are a lot of families in movies and TV that aren't Roseanne or Married… With Children.  They're not treating the kids as disposable or as accessories.  This is illustrated in the opening scenes of the film where the house is absolute chaos,…

I'm not getting that vibe at all.  Yeah, they're well-off… but, then again, so are a lot of families in movies and TV that aren't Roseanne or Married… With Children.  They're not treating the kids as disposable or as accessories.  This is illustrated in the opening scenes of the film where the house is absolute chaos,…