Some people like fiction to actually make them happy instead of being all "serious" (read: depressing) all the time.

How loud to people turn up their music that they don't hear that kind of stuff going on behind them?

I think one big problem with child-rearing and maybe the American education system as well (not just public school, but the general education mindset) is that if a child is indicating intelligence, that means they're doing well, and are all set to be successful as an adult. In the real world, however, indications are…

If you think you're wasting your life do something now, don't wait before it is too late.

This really has nothing to do with men at all though, does it? That one lawyer they quoted summed it all up nicely; "It illustrates the basic premise that sex harassment is about power, not sex."

This is going off-topic, but I feel very much the same way about presidential candidates. Who looks in the mirror and says, "I'm the one person who's qualified to lead the entire country?" I just can't trust anyone with that much arrogance.

While living in Florida, I was once in a tense situation that appeared to be going south very quickly, so I tried calling 911, and the call was dropped as soon as it picked up. I tried again and the exact same thing happened. After the incident did in fact escalate and I was on the ground in the fetal position, I…

See there ARE people in this world who can put on a convincing act and lead a double life, and if there was a Superman, NO ONE would be looking at their friends and coworkers going "I wonder if this person is really an invincible alien protector." And the idea that Lois and Co. don't notice at least makes some poetic…

What, you mean that's not Batman?

I think it would make approximately a thousand times more sense to switch the placement of the Shazam movie with GL/Flash, so that they'd be introduced before the Justice League movie. I'm baffled as to why DC/Warners insists on bringing most of the characters into that movie without any meaningful prior introduction…

I'll watch it, but only if you have it in pan-n-scan.

If given a fair survey... You will find more Native Americans support the use of those mascots or monikers than are against it.

Seems like a good time to retire the "No Native Americans have a problem with the name" argument.

I really don't understand how the Redskins are more under fire than the Indians, with that logo. At least the Redskins logo has some modicum of respect to it, that really should count for something.

Phos said:

Yeah, one possible explanation for why a hero doesn't want to kill anybody is because of his traumatic experience of being forced to kill somebody.

I've watched many an animated feature and gotten upset over how much destruction and collateral damage there was (for instance, the Superman/Shazam fight, and the fight with Doomsday in The Death of Superman). Just because it's never been a huge discussion, because it isn't from a huge blockbuster movie, doesn't mean…

A lot of people aren't that keen on Ant Man, but a lot of people aren't that keen on Guardians of the Galaxy either. That's the one that's the real acid test, because it's just about as obscure as you can get. Iron Man was hardly a household name for people who weren't comic fans in 2007, but at last there had been…

But it's not like they're throwing everything out and doing a page-one rewrite. It's still gonna be heavily influenced by the groundwork that Wright laid. So if, in his five years of developing the movie, he did figure out a way to make Ant-Man not suck, we'll still be seeing a version of that concept.

That's pretty similar to a concept that I had in mind (not with Charlie Sheen, though), except in my version, Cheadle would get a full solo movie as Iron Man, with a new actor as Tony Stark having a small supporting role. That puts them in a better, more flexible situation; they can either do another one with Cheadle…