I'm not sure of the point of contention. That the OP confused the terms doesn't invalidate the fact that trademark law still allows individuals to establish claim on a name, even a very common name. As someone else pointed out, the Edge Games lawsuits, attacking companies that put the word 'edge' in their games, is a…

Sorry... what does Games Workshop have to do with Eric Shawn's trademark squatting on the term 'Dreamworld'?

This means nothing if Games Workshop has the legal muscle to enforce their 'trademark'. That's how the modern IP & trademark game is played.

Actually I'm pretty ambivalent on the Tolkien movies. But thanks for this. You made it all worthwhile.

Hey, these torches and pitchforks don't wave and stab themselves.

I'd like to point out to you that Fellowship of the Ring has a 92% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, The Two Towers has a 94% rating and Return of the King a 96% rating. Could they be wrong? Sure. I hate The Hobbit cartoon with a horrible fiery white hot passion. But you pointing to a reviewer on the radio doesn't really…

What do you believe those consequences should be? What's the preventative measure? Should we consider legislation that phone pranks should be banned? How far down this road are you willing to go?

You seem to forget your original argument was one of dismissal, compounded by some fallacious argument that I should just abandon my perspective "because look! Here is its score on Rotten Tomatoes! Ergo, yours is the flawed minority opinion!".

I'm sorry but... what is the NAIEA? Are you talking in reference to that illegitimate scam "agency" run by William LameBull?

Yep. It was done fairly well in the Incredible Hulk movie.

I'm slightly puzzled by the first 30 seconds. Was she trying to walk up a downward moving escalator (only to be accidentally turned into a character in a stop motion cartoon)?

So as a man who has no hesitation identifying himself as a feminist, I've gotta say... fuck 'em. *shrug*

One could easily argue that the ratio of MRAs to radical feminists is 300 to 1. But radical feminists like allecto do exist and can undermine perfectly reasonable, equality-focused feminism.

And yet completely meaningless. Rotten Tomatoes and their scores are not the gold standard nor the final arbiter of what constitutes a good film. Sorry to disappoint you but preferences and opinions DO vary on certain films. Nothing is sacrosanct.

For what it's worth, I am a member of the Cherokee Nation but I'm a pretty lousy member. I've only voted in one election and that was more than a decade ago. But as for the viewpoint of other Natives, they're out there. As one should expect, the perspectives aren't uniform. Here's a few.

Meh. It looks okay, I guess. If you like that sort of thing.

Look at that. You're getting there.

There's no proof whatsoever that he has any Native American ancestry. Is he on the Dawes Roll? Should be easy enough to verify, yes?