Reliability from models of this era however, has proven not to be a strong suit.

He hasn’t even managed to do that. While he rabidly refuses to reveal his net worth it’s been calculated several times that if he just invested his inheritance he’d be worth far, far more by now. 

Give me a $140 million dollar ‘loan’ (in adjusted dollars) from my dad and I’ll make Trump’s career look like trailer trash alcoholic who just won $1000 on a scratch ticket. Trump literally managed to turn gold into shit for decades and survived only because he’s a decent con man and because he’s leveraged to the…

Ah, Trump’s no TRUE Scotsman, er, I mean, business leader. Got it.

Yep, typical Republican: I don’t care if he’s an evil scumbag, how much is he going to hurt the libs? This is how we get evangelicals lining up to vote for a thrice-divorced pussy-grabber. Keep cutting off your nose to spite your face...

So your reasons for voting Trump were that he’s NOT a competent woman with decades of government experience and you THINK he’s a good business leader who surrounds himself with the best people? The first point is subject to debate, but only an absolutely oblivious idiot would think that Trump is in any way a ‘good…

You’re lying, just like your pussy-grabbing cult leader. There was a unanimous, bipartisan bill that would have funded the government sitting on his desk the day before he threatened the shutdown. He refused to sign it, shut down the government and has been throwing tantrums ever since. This is the guy you looked at…

Christ, I studied at SUNY Brockport which is only about 20 minutes west of Greece. It was the nearest suburb of Rochester that boasted a decent mall, shops, restaurants, etc. so I often drove in for entertainment or other necessities. I probably shouldn’t be surprised there’s a thick undercurrent of bigotry there…

I like the looks and was actually sorry that they stopped making them when I needed a larger car for my new daughter (the Mini Cooper convertible baby’s quite nicely if you can drop the top and snap the bucket carrier right into the receptacle; it’s a lot harder if you can’t drop the top because it’s raining). Anyway,…

This. You can get the most out of any small engine with a manual. I had more fun with my MT 77hp Chevy Sprint than should have been legal. 

Absolutely correct. And now we have movies with people in colorful costumes going up against people in dark outfits with obviously evil accessories (horns, monstrous faces, fangs, etc.) who are chasing the infinity macguffins stones. The only difference is that some of the dames (but not enough yet) are now kicking…

Ah yes, I remember now: losing his wifi made Hugh an independent thinker but the Enterprise crew were adding a ‘count to infinity’ virus as well. I seem to recall a later episode of some Trek show where they run into Hugh again and the independent thinker trait caused a Borg schism.

Nope, but knowing who he was, what his shtick was all about and that he was bearing an infinity stone that gave him power over time were all pretty useful things to know before the movie starts. Note there’s been no magic at all in the MCU until he comes in (even Thor talked about Asgardian ‘technology’). It also…

Yeah, that’s the obvious response to most comic book scenarios, but they can’t really do it without the heroes becoming mass murderers. The Punisher tries it, but he's a particularly problematic character because of it. 

And they DID send him back as I recall and it DID have a major impact on the Borg. But that wasn't really genocide, just infecting them with free thought and individualism.

It’s also important to realize that the MCU was NEVER going to be as innocent at the comics. Comics are sold to kids and they try very hard not make their heroes mass murderers (with some exceptions like the Punisher who has that as his main characterization). There was even a Hulk story where someone mentions that in…

Exactly. In fact, one of the parts of Battlestar Galactica that I absolutely hated was when they were having a big moral crisis over whether or not to infect the cylons with a computer virus that might kill all of them. They’re literally standing around wondering whether they should commit genocide while I’m screaming…

That “It seems to work on electricity” line was obviously sarcastic. Cap’s no idiot, but the idea that he’d understand the complex inner workings of a Starktech industrial-class hover engine is ludicrous and Tony should have known it. He was literally the worst guy they could send on a tech-oriented repair mission but…

There’s also just one other point that the DCEU completely dropped the ball on: humor. Comic books are supposed to be FUN. That’s why kids read them. Yes, there are these awesome scenes of demi-god slugging it out, but in between there’s a ton of characterization and a shitload of humor. Spider-Man can’t stop…

*You’d want to have a beer or a long lunch with any of those people. They seem fun and interesting in real life.