That's a fair point, and I'm frankly not sure on it. I think there's probably a colorable fair use argument here,

Moral copyright is not much of a force under Common Law, and I struggle to see its application here. The artist is clearly marketing these works as modification of prior works, and he's left the original artist's name on the painting when it existed there. This isn't destroying work of "recognized stature" or…

Wait, so if he bought the painting, did nothing to it, and then resold it for a profit, that would be okay, right? Because that's what literally every art dealer does, and it's kind of central to the entire business of creating art.

Like most people, I would prefer if Karl Urban were always described as "Dredd, future Dredd 2 and Star Trek's Karl Urban, before commencing filming on Dredd 2…"

You realize people have been bemoaning how kids today think they're soooo special since at least the '60s, right? In all likelihood, it's been longer than that, but almost the verbatim complaints of today's adults were directed not only against them as children but against their parents when they were children.

It's less a question of "raw talent" than it is luck and circumstances. Of your examples, really only "professional basketball player" depends on "raw talent," and there the raw talent is usually just being very tall. Not saying there aren't a lot of talented athletes in the NBA, but your odds of becoming a…

Character actress Margo Martindale? It wouldn't be a close fight. I heard she bit off a woman's finger.

"I love money."

I'd love to hear your reasoning on Tyrion not having the moral high ground he thinks he does. The most common criticism of the character is that he's too close to a Mary Sue for GRRM, and I tend to agree with it.

Now I'm sad there's no Dredd 2 again. Thanks.

The problem with Cyclops is that he's a Silver Age leader type in a book that was most popular during the anti-hero heavy 1980s and early '90s. Harper is right: you have to think of him as the mutant Captain America. I think that there are a few (relatively) recent runs that have gotten the character right, and he's…

This makes sense, because they needed someone taller than Hugh Jackman to make the Wolverine/Jean Grey scenes look right.

Yeah, I noticed that too. Even though he's a naturalized American citizen who has lived here for decades. Stay classy, Para.

I thought it was a state in Glasgow, but maybe the heroin problem really has been cleared up.

What country?

Part of ME's morality system is that being good also usually translated to being smart. I played as a Paragon, but when presented with Renegade choices they were usually pretty dumb. Like, my options were (a) reason with this person, (b) waffle ineffectually because even fantasy you is a useless hump or (c) threaten…

To each his own. Everything isn't for everybody, as the famous sage Eric Kelly has said. http://vimeo.com/42209600

Don't believe the hype about Dark Souls. It's hard, but it's not old-school arcade game hard. You learn how to play after a few hours of it, and suddenly you feel like an incredible badass. It's exceedingly rewarding.

Actually Twinkie flesh and Twinkie filling are Huckabee's bread and butter, respectively.

Somewhat ironic phrasing ("a fucking tail") given the etymology of the word "penis."