The one thing that should be noted about the second set of movies that you noted is that they were not done by Marvel but by other movie companies that had no idea how to handle the characters they were working with. I will take Marvel's weakest movie ten times over the crap some other movie company makes. I know that Spiderman I and II, X-Men I and II were not done by Marvel but they were done by people who loved those characters. When those characters were taken away from them, Raimi and Singer, and made by the studios, we got X-Men III and Spiderman III.
I agree. I liked Edward Norton in his version of the Hulk. The thing that makes me very leery of Mark Ruffalo is that he is a certified moron. If you've ever seen what he has to say on issues you realize the man probably has problems tying his shoes in the morning, and he's wearing loafers.
I must respectfully disagree. I thought Captain America was a very good movie, maybe even one of the best of last year. I thought it was very patriotic and its use of special effects, making Chris Evans scrawny, was seamless. Joe Johnston made the very under appreciated "The Rocketeer" and I thought he brought the same type of gung ho, pro-America feel into Cap as he did to Rocketeer. I can't wait for "The Avengers" and while there have been some misses, Marvel Studios still excites me and I can't wait to see what they have in store for us in the future.
If you want to listen to a great, intelligent, truly educational podcast on Tolkien, I highly recommend listening to Dr. Corey Olsen's "Tolkien Professor" podcast. He is a professor of English at Washington College and he podcasts his lectures, and talks on Tolkien, fantasy, etc. He is Christian, he stated that on an old podcast, and gives no postmodernist claptrap to his lectures (I know, I listen for crap like this and would not listen if it did.) I cannot recommend his podcast enough.
The preview video's for the new MMO game, Star Wars: Old Republic, put all three prequel movies to shame. I'm looking forward to that game.
I've already voted. Here in Oregon, we vote by mail. I didn't trust the mail so I turned my ballot in on Sunday. I wish I could go to the local Tea Party celebration tonight but I am suffering from and recuperating from a very intense bout of Kidney Stones. I will be watching and following the results tonight.
I'm planning on seeing Up tomorrow after church. Really looking forward to it.
I don't mean to be rude but isn't self-control one word and that would make "self-control, bravery, confidence and sex appeal" four attributes, not five.
In Star Trek, you did see a lot of noncoms and enlisted. The problem though was that they were the Red Shirts.
My respect for Jackie Chan has been diminished greatly. I guess he's just buttering himself up before his Communist masters.
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