Maybe they should treat it sort of like Watchmen—tell the origin story in brief through a flashback montage to the '60s, then cut to the Four in the present day and go from there. Alternatively, the X-Men movies have done pretty well by setting the action back in the period from which the original comics were…

Well, I'm no expert, but I've heard it argued that the relationship between the Ben and Johnny in the movies was portrayed very well. I really only have a vague recollection of seeing the movies, and I'm not a Fantastic Four fanatic or anything, so I'm really just reporting what I've gleaned from other message boards.

Ya, I think that's because Chiklis and Evans were considered the best parts of those movies, and Alba was arguably the most famous member of the main cast. I don't even remember the name of the guy who played Reed.

Maybe the next Fantastic Four movie should use the version of the group from the Marvel 1602 universe. A superhero period piece might be fun.

You make a solid point, and new ideas would be welcome. However, with the source material in place from years of comics, it shouldn't be too hard to make a good movie out of the base of the Fantastic Four. And the current abundance of superheroes is also no excuse for the crappy F4 movies that were put out years ago…

"Or perhaps it will be used to finally define the 13 dwarves who somehow remain nondescript despite starring in all three films. " To be fair, the 13 dwarves weren't really fully defined in the book either.

I feel like I once heard it was a semi-direct response to something Lennon had said (or maybe written his own song about) post-Beatles break-up. But I could be making that up.

I think this looks pretty good, and I'm obligated to watch it eventually, being from Massachusetts. I was never really aware of the whole Winter Hill gang story until I got to college and Billy Bulger was the president of UMass at the time.

Cool, thanks for the run-down. I just might give this a shot this weekend.

Note to self: be more careful with phrasing…

Honestly, I think even those would be too much for me. I really enjoy the game, but I can't keep up with the cost of each new set, and anyway I've always had more fun just playing the people I know.

This is why I was never even tempted to go to any type of tournament/event. Really it's the same reason that I prefer to play video games like Diablo III solo instead of in groups or public games. I know that everyone else on the server is way more into it than I am.

How does the video game work? Is it a number of pre-made decks that you can choose to play from, or do you have access to a library of cards and can build your own? Do you play against a computer, or another person over the internet? Sorry, for the flood of questions, I'm honestly interested in checking it…

I've been playing Magic on-and-off since I was 11-ish, I think. But I've never attended any type of event—just played with my friends and my brother, later my wife. I still enjoy it, but currently in an 'off' phase.

This is exactly what I was going to ask. I guess maybe they couldn't think of any actual weaknesses. They could have fallen back "user's skill" for Cap's shield, and of course you have to be deemed worthy to wield the hammer. That wasn't so hard.

Because they all have to take the form "The Bourne ____". "The Bourne ReBourne" would sound stupid.

You know, I liked the Bourne movies. At least the first 3—I never saw the Jeremy Renner version. They were fun action movies. Shame they killed off that German girl whose name I can't remember though.

Yes I remember it! He thought he was supposed to save JFK, by keeping Oswald away from the Book Depository, but he was somehow compelled to go there and take the shot, and (possible spoilers) it turned out that he was actually there to save Jackie Kennedy instead. And his struggle to stop himself from killing JFK is…

If I could have one job in Hollywood, I think sound designer/Foley artist would be it. How awesome would it be to spend a day stabbing melons, or recording the sounds a bucket of nails falling on the floor, or beating an intern with drumsticks?

I think live music is generally preferrable, but recorded music definitely has its merits as well. For instance, many of the Beatles' biggest hits were never played by the band live.