Apologies up front that this has absolutely nothing to do with your comment or the ongoing discussion, but... I saw you wrote “tired of fighting auto” and it reminded me of something too good not to share.

My first thought about that was “Bat’leth”, but I think you’re probably right about about it being a Pedantic Katana.

Similar to what a couple I know did. Their last names had a syllable of overlap, so they dropped everything else and just kept that (think “Finklestein” and “Steinbrenner” merging to become simply “Stein”).

I rewatched T3 recently (I was bored and half-asleep)... damn, what a stinker. Even worse than I remember.

I did actually read it, every goddamn page (if in fact the book I’m thinking of is the same one you’re thinking of, but this was at least 15 years ago). Thankfully, I can’t remember for certain and I’m sure as Hell not going to go out of my way to figure it out now. Hadn’t heard that little tidbit about MZ Bradley,…

Hey, life is all shades of grey. Seeing things in B&W is... easier, I guess, but it just ain’t the whole story.

I had a bad experience with a book once, many years ago, that pissed me off so much I think I must have blocked out the details. Can’t remember the title or the author.

There is absolutely some merit to this line of thinking, but sometimes perseverance really pays off.

Nuance is hard to get across when folks are out for blood. I see the point you’re trying to make, but you’ve got to understand that it’s mostly going to fall on deaf ears, in this case.

I, uh... I just have something in my eye. I mean, uh... it’s allergy season. Yeah, that’s it. It’s allergies. That’s why my eyes are so red.

I never suggested that we’re in danger of going extinct, that would be a ludicrous proposition. I meant it in the abstract - somebody has to do it. I’m going to assume that you would prefer it not to be yourself (but by all means, please correct me if I’ve drawn the wrong conclusion). And also, since I’m going to…

If you don’t mind my asking - what are the 3 or 4 stories that have genuinely surprised you?

Here’s another way to think about it: if no one had children, we would go extinct. If you don’t personally like kids, then maybe just be thankful that somebody else chooses to propagate the species so you don’t have to?

pssst - I’m pretty sure she just did it for the lolz, to write this article. If this was meant to be a genuine movie review from a newb’s perspective, she would have (hopefully) put a little more effort into it.

But this isn’t comics-Hulk. Movie-Hulk is a different character with different history, different motivations, maybe even a slightly different power set. The MCU has drawn on comic history plenty, but they have also shown no hesitation to modify things (sometimes to intentionally subvert our expectations).

I was very exited recently to introduce a friend to her first MCU movie - Black Panther. It was perfect since it was almost completely self-contained, and no prior knowledge was really necessary (I started to explain the post-credits scene with the “White Wolf”, but then gave up because I realized it didn’t matter one…

Yep, we’ve already watched Labyrinth at least a couple dozen times. My girls now recognize David Bowie’s voice when it comes on the radio and will call it out. “Dad! It’s the Goblin King!”

We watched a regular DVD, from the Alien Quadrilogy Box Set I picked up years ago. I have a decent-quality Samsung Smart TV, but the DVD player in that room is fairly old; it’s a PS3. Your implication, if I understand you correctly, that sub-standard image quality may have contributed to my daughter’s dissatisfaction…

Nightmare on Elm Street has gore and jump scares a-plenty, but the violence is so cartoony that kids (some kids, at least) can easily dismiss it as unreal. Something more “realistic” can be deeply disturbing to a young mind.

My youngest daughter has the strongest inclination toward scary movies of any of my kids, and so I tried to watch Alien with her last year (she was 7). She’s a big Ghostbusters fan and considers Sigourney Weaver one of her heroes, so I thought she would love to see the role that kickstarted her career.