That, and there's the whole "New Continent Made Partially Of Kryptonite That Superman is Somehow strong enough to throw into space after being barely able to walk on it..."

With any movie, especially one based on a comic book, you have to suspend your disbelief to a point to enjoy it. But when the movie is breaking it's own rules as a plot point, that illusion gets shattered.

I'd also suggest a setting in the 1930's... Kind of a "Sky Captain and the World Of Tomorrow" look. Superman Returns (in my opinion) was horrible to the point of being unwatchable.

No bitterness - as far as being strange, well... aren't we all a little strange?

There's nothing wrong with enjoying them both. Like I posted earlier, I own a lot of Van Halen CD's.

I just don't get the pedestal for his guitar playing skills, I think there are a number of guitarists that are far better... in the end though, this is all subjective opinion. It's my opinion that Rhoads was/is far better than Eddie Van Halen.

Steve Vai is a machine. Fantastic guitarist. Don't overlook Joe Satriani, either.. (And I agree about George Lynch - that guy is a phenomenal guitarist.)

Nope. Not in my top ten.

In no particular order other than Randy Rhoads first - but to round out the top ten I've have Jimi Hendrix, Jimmy Page, Zakk Wylde (Ozzy / Black Label Society), George Lynch (Dokken / Lynch Mob), John Petrucci (Dream Theater), Steve Vai, Joe Satriani, Oz Fox (Stryper - hugely underrated guitarist IMHO), Dave Murray (Iron Maiden) and Marty Friedman (Megadeth).

He's very talented. Another underrated guitarist from the 70's is Glen Buxton (Alice Cooper).

I own the CD - Van Halen II... and Spanish Fly is FULL of two hand tapping and other tricks, and some flat out speed - not much different from the rest of his catalogue, really.. However, Just because he's playing it on an acoustic guitar doesn't mean it's in a classical style.

Spanish Fly opens with a hammer technique, and then to fast triplets and some harmonics, followed by a few quick runs, and some more triplets before he starts going to town with the tapping 35 seconds in to it.

Compare that to the intro of Diary of a Madman or Dee - especially the arppegios that Rhoads wrote and plays in Diary, and come back when you're not quite so uninformed.

I've been playing guitar for nearly 30 years. How about you?

You realize Rhoads was only 16 when he formed Quiet Riot, right?

Overrated. Not even in my top ten of all time.

Had Randy Rhoads not been killed in a plane crash, Eddie would probably be a footnote in late 70's/early 80's music. Rhoads was able to do everything EVH could do with the two hand tapping and the other parlor tricks, and Rhoads (unlike EVH) was also able to play in a classical style.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLi_S-x8pwg

You might check out Red Eye on Fox News (3 AM EST... but that's what DVR's are for). Some of the best moments from that show is when the Camera Crew completely cracks up.