Second, isn't the understanding still that Mars has insufficient gravity to preserve its atmosphere and so the solar wind strips the atoms and molecules right off the top, thus explaining the low pressure we see today? How do you counter that?
Poor Yakov Smirnoff. I'm old enough to remember when he was current, and this forever meme bastardizing his bit that made fun of the fact that soviets went to great lengths to spy on common citizens -- by placing microphones or cameras in private homes -- must be quizzical to him. It is, however, funny....
The one other line of his I remember was, "I'm in American car, and it says, 'the door is a jar.' I laugh, because the door cannot be a jar...."
1) My first reaction was that this was a good thing. One of the reasons Spider-Man is roundly regarded as the best of these movies is because it stays reasonably close to the source material.
Reasonably close? The fact that Spiderman's ingenious web shooters were totally absent, and he instead shot web... out of his wrists! elude you? That, alone, for any self-acclaimed Spiderman fan should have been enough to trounce any thought that it was pure and true to the source. Even Stan Lee commented on this part with regret. The creation of the web-material & webshooters was, acccording to Lee, one of the central themes denoting Peter Parker's scientific leanings which was a large part of the Spiderman story. Mind you, they were still good movies, but your argument 'for' the Spiderman movies being close and fantastic 4 not is tripe. Fantastic 4 #1 was just a bad movie and strayed from the source material just as much the spiderman movies.
2) But then I realized that it was Marvel's insistence on including Venom that ruined the last Spider-Man. The first two probably came out so well because Raimi himself was a fan, and probably understood the heart of the characters better than whatever goons are currently running Marvel.
The last Spiderman was just a bad movie all around. They tried doing waaaaay too much in it. Three villains in one movie? Plus covering a full romance? Plus covering one of THE epochs of the Spiderman series -- the sentient suit. And so forth.... The result was none of it was covered well and what was was sorely lacking. It was the worst of the series. IMO, they should have focused on nothing but the suit and _maybe_ the hobgoblin. At least, this time, they didn't use the stupid mask as in SM1... something Lee himself lamented.
3) Then I realized just how long it's been since I bought a new Marvel Comic (decades) versus how often I read old Marvel comics (weekly).
I would brush up on my marvel knowledge just a bit before posting next time....
How wrong you are. If they had their way you'd pay each time you hear the song on the radio or sung it kareoke or whistled it. Don't put them in such a good-hearted light. There is no end to greed, especially the greed of a corporate entity.
Reading through this thread, for some reason, reminds me of the two citizens of the former USSR sitting in a cell together, one having just arrived and one having been there for years:
Old inmate: "What are you in for?"
New inmate: "I got 20 years for doing absolutely nothing."
Old inmate: "That's nuts! You only get 10 years for doing absolutely nothing...."
I don't know. Profit by patent lawsuit didn't work for the Wright Brothers or the inventor of the modern bullet cartridge (who partnered with S&W and was left spending all the money he made in patent court defending the invention). Can anyone site a successful patent-suing model as a sole means to wealth?
Good point and research. I figured it did rip on sapronoes. Then again, I simply look for things to gripe about, so never trust most of what I say to start with. Then again, life is mostly negative, so, I tend to be right. Hrm. Now I'm all thinking again....
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And those places at least have plenty of clean water.
You mean ice?
And/or might've born a striking resemblence to danny daveto....
Chinese President Hu Jintao called in January for the Internet to be 'purified'
Yes, purified I say. And, squish all bugs. Yes, every single bug is to be found and squished....
But my ex is even colder than all of that, and she grows hair on her chest....
German guy: So, Doctor Jones, boxers or briefs?
Indiana Jones: Depends....
Second, isn't the understanding still that Mars has insufficient gravity to preserve its atmosphere and so the solar wind strips the atoms and molecules right off the top, thus explaining the low pressure we see today? How do you counter that?
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"Old age is the greatest surprise in a man's life." --Tolstoy
...
So all the fat gamers got fat when I met them?
What's wrong with turning 40? huh?!?!
Yep, I was born the same year. Thanks for the reminder.
But, I hold on to the adage, "Men look as old as they feel. Women look as old as they are...."
I saw 'not eating' and nearly fell out of my chair. These guys have obviously never attended a LAN party. Not eating is obviously NOT a problem....
The South Park WoW episode depicts this fact very well....
"In Mexico, Lyndon Johnson is call, 'El BJ....'" --Jay Leno
Customer: "I would like a Dell and Ubuntu without Ubuntu on it."
Dell: "You can't have it."
Customer: "Why not?"
Dell: "Well it wouldn't be a Dell with Ubuntu now wou'it?..."
Poor Yakov Smirnoff. I'm old enough to remember when he was current, and this forever meme bastardizing his bit that made fun of the fact that soviets went to great lengths to spy on common citizens -- by placing microphones or cameras in private homes -- must be quizzical to him. It is, however, funny....
The one other line of his I remember was, "I'm in American car, and it says, 'the door is a jar.' I laugh, because the door cannot be a jar...."
That's entirely opposed to both the comic book story as well as an interview I saw with Lee where he lamented the change.
1) My first reaction was that this was a good thing. One of the reasons Spider-Man is roundly regarded as the best of these movies is because it stays reasonably close to the source material.
... out of his wrists! elude you? That, alone, for any self-acclaimed Spiderman fan should have been enough to trounce any thought that it was pure and true to the source. Even Stan Lee commented on this part with regret. The creation of the web-material & webshooters was, acccording to Lee, one of the central themes denoting Peter Parker's scientific leanings which was a large part of the Spiderman story. Mind you, they were still good movies, but your argument 'for' the Spiderman movies being close and fantastic 4 not is tripe. Fantastic 4 #1 was just a bad movie and strayed from the source material just as much the spiderman movies.
... something Lee himself lamented.
Reasonably close? The fact that Spiderman's ingenious web shooters were totally absent, and he instead shot web
2) But then I realized that it was Marvel's insistence on including Venom that ruined the last Spider-Man. The first two probably came out so well because Raimi himself was a fan, and probably understood the heart of the characters better than whatever goons are currently running Marvel.
The last Spiderman was just a bad movie all around. They tried doing waaaaay too much in it. Three villains in one movie? Plus covering a full romance? Plus covering one of THE epochs of the Spiderman series -- the sentient suit. And so forth.... The result was none of it was covered well and what was was sorely lacking. It was the worst of the series. IMO, they should have focused on nothing but the suit and _maybe_ the hobgoblin. At least, this time, they didn't use the stupid mask as in SM1
3) Then I realized just how long it's been since I bought a new Marvel Comic (decades) versus how often I read old Marvel comics (weekly).
I would brush up on my marvel knowledge just a bit before posting next time....
Khaaaaaaaaaaaaan!!!
"We have not only forgotten we are one people, but that we have just one planet...." -- Jacques Cousteau
How wrong you are. If they had their way you'd pay each time you hear the song on the radio or sung it kareoke or whistled it. Don't put them in such a good-hearted light. There is no end to greed, especially the greed of a corporate entity.
Reading through this thread, for some reason, reminds me of the two citizens of the former USSR sitting in a cell together, one having just arrived and one having been there for years:
Old inmate: "What are you in for?"
New inmate: "I got 20 years for doing absolutely nothing."
Old inmate: "That's nuts! You only get 10 years for doing absolutely nothing...."
I see junk DNA. They don't know they're junk DNA....
I don't know. Profit by patent lawsuit didn't work for the Wright Brothers or the inventor of the modern bullet cartridge (who partnered with S&W and was left spending all the money he made in patent court defending the invention). Can anyone site a successful patent-suing model as a sole means to wealth?
I'll take a stab, but I am rusty. Anyone can correct if they like:
"Is that that that that man talked about."
verb, preposition, object noun, preposition, adjective, subject noun verb preposition.
"Those f*cked-up f*cking f*ckers are f*cked."
Predicate nominative, adjective, adjective, subject noun, helping verb, verb.
Basically, "that" ranked 3 parts of speech & f*ck (sry at work) ranked 3 as well. A dead heat!
Either way, I don't think my professor woulda used your word to illustrate....
This is just a starter planet anyhow....
Good point and research. I figured it did rip on sapronoes. Then again, I simply look for things to gripe about, so never trust most of what I say to start with. Then again, life is mostly negative, so, I tend to be right. Hrm. Now I'm all thinking again....
"Asparagus. Fireplace. Ladder. Mosquito."
... in winter!...
I know! A vegetarian house fire in the Caribbean!
Anyone else remember 10,000 Pyramid game show?
It was the quirk of a mobster in therapy that drew me to the show. It made for interesting drama.
And was totally ripped by the "analyze this" movies....