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Don't forget inflation. http://data.bls.gov/cgi-bin/cpicalc.pl $200 in 1987 = $358.98 in 2006

That's exactly what I was thinking when I read the question. I also would argue that Luthor is Superman's main adversary in a way that few other heroes have a main bad guy. Wolverine has Sabertooth, but he also has Lady Deathstrike and Magneto. Batman has Penguin and Catwoman; Captain America has Baron Zemo. Spider-Man has the Green Goblin, but he also has Venom, Sandman and Doc Ock. Luthor is the Superman villain.

This one will definately be a rent-first, because I want to try the analog control system before I buy it.

There are all kinds of marijuana references that are just waiting to be made using this statement as a starting point.

IGN has listed the "legends" as well. No Jericho here either but Eddie Guerrero is there as I expected. Bam Bam Bigelow Hulk Hogan Roddy Piper Bret Hart Jerry Lawler Shane McMahon Jim Neidhart Steve Austin Cactus Jack Dude Love Mankind Tazz Dusty Rhodes Mr. Perfect Eddie Guerrero The Rock It will be interesting to see who is on Smackdown commentary: JBL or Tazz. I'm surprised Shane is in there, but not Vince.

Every individual with superhuman powers should be exempt from such a law. Forcing everyone who acts as a vigilante (whether that person has superhuman powers or not) to register is one thing, but forcing everyone with powers to register, even if they don't use them, seems to me to be a massive overreach of government power. If the NRA, GOA or JFPO was active in the Marvel Universe they would say "powers don't kill people - people kill people." Even in the real world, if you use excessive force to defend yourself you can be prosecuted. You can hold them accountable py putting them in jail for manslaughter. But it isn't just about forcing vigilantes to register, it is about forcing anyone with powers to register even if all they want to do is mind their own business and be left alone. Philosophically, I see a big difference between registering inanimate objects and registering people.

After reading the "Luke Cage" issue of New Avengers, I'm much more inclined to side with Captain America in this storyline. Cage was sitting in his apartment, not bothering anyone and not engaging in any superhuman vigilantism, and they came and tried to arrest him. I don't think Captain America is in the wrong here, even when he is committing "terrorist" acts. (Technically, George Washington was a terrorist.) He's fighting against a government that has stepped way over the line. In the context of this storyline, he is in the same class as the men who founded this country. As I said in my last post, I am very dissapointed in how this storyline is going. The story would be much more balanced and would be a much better read (in my humble opinion) if this was about forcing anyone who acts as a superhero to register with the government rather than about registering anyone with powers. Luke Cage, IIRC, did not get his powers by choice - he was subjected to experiments without his consent. Since when is being victimized by a criminal in and of itself a criminal act? Why should he be arrested if he is not bothering anyone and not acting as a vigilante?

One thing that bothers me here is the retconning as the series has moved forward. Originally, this was about whether people who fight crime should be registered in order to do so - which to me seems perfectly reasonable. In the real world, if I go around wearing a mask and beating up muggers, how long do you think it would take for the law to come after me? I understand the storyline world of the Marvel universe is completely different from the "real" world, but come on. Now, it seems to be about registering anyone with powers. Two completely different stories, seemingly meant to cast the "pro-registration" forces as the bad guys. Iron Man in particular is being written as a real jerk.

IGN has confirmed the roster for SDvR 2007. Several from the previous game got eliminated from this one. My guess is that Eddie Guerrero will be in as a "Legend". No Jericho. Can't say I'm surprised, but it would be nice to see him in the game. Maybe as a Legend? The "must haves" for Legends are Hogan, Rock, Austin and Bret Hart. You don't need three different versions of Hulk Hogan. Surprised Paul London didn't make the cut. Scotty 2 Hotty makes for a good game character, even if he is given nothing to do on television. I hope the "Season" mode is improved. There were far too few storylines and it quickly becomes repetitive. It is fun the first time around, but I can only listen to the same ******* 10-minute promo by Triple H so many times. Wrestler-specific storylines are needed as well. The General Manager mode in 2006 was not nearly as fun as it should have been - too many variables to watch. I don't want to deal with contracts. That needs to be improved too. Will ECW be a "brand" in the game? Does not look that way.

Yoda is the R.D. Reynolds of the movie industry.

I can't see the picture.

AJR is right. The first one was really bad, and the fact that it had so much potential made it worse. Watering it down to get a PG-13 was shameful.

Well, yeah, but it is never explained in the context of the story. That would be really cheap though. Walk into the movie, go through the whole first scene until everyone gets off the coaster, then all the characters have heart attacks. End of story, credits roll. You just spent $8 to watch a 15 minute movie.

I rented "Final Destination 3" this week. Basically the premise is this: because someone gets a vision into the future, several people escape what should be their "time" to die. It was a plane crash in the first movie, a huge pileup on the interstate in the second movie, and a roller coaster accident in the third. Death, however, comes after the people who should have died. This is an interesting concept for a horror movie. With a "normal" bad guy, the killer can be contained even if he cannot be killed for some reason. Trapped inside five foot thick concrete walls one mile underground, the killer of Friday the 13th is not going to menace anyone. That is not the case with Death, which is a force of nature. This force of nature has an agenda and no one can escape their time to die. I got pretty much what I expected. The people who cheat Death in the major accident are killed in gruesome ways. Where the movie falls short, though, is that Death's inevitable victory is treated almost like a farce. I would have preferred the subject matter be taken more seriously, perhaps with a little more of a philosophical tone to it. What are the moral implications of defying Death? How did the main characters in all three movies get a vision of the future? Where does God's will fit into this? The DVD's special features are amusing, including the documentaries and the very funny animated short film explaining that your chances of dying eventually are one in one. I was disappointed with the "choose their fate" option, however. Only one of the deaths is significantly different from the rest. As in most horror movies, there is an obnoxious, slimy character. Virtually everyone watching the film wants this character to die. As it turns out, he survives if you choose the correct path in "Choose their fate". Overall, the second film in the series is the best, exploring the psychological effect of trying to escape Death. The lone survivor from the first movie has locked herself up in a psychological ward, avoiding anything that could possibly be dangerous enough to cause her death. It is never explained, however, why Death needs to set in motion an absurd series of coincidences for these "accidents" to happen, instead of just simply giving everyone a massive heart attack. Final grade: B

I don't think 2 was all that bad. It certainly vould have been a lot better, but I thought the "posession" angle was interesting. 6, though, was just awful. Not the worst horror movie ever made, but awful.

For whatever reason, it is working fine now. I had trouble with the "FFIV" disc for about a day and a half, and then it suddenly started working. Strange.

Of course, he didn't stick around long enough to know if Lois was with child, either. Lois didn't keep this from Superman, he just took off for five years. I don't think Superman would have been shut out of responsibility against his will, had he stayed around. He could always persue custody in a court of law. (Then again, being an illegal alien, he might not have standing. If we have any attorneys here, they might eb able to shed some light on this.) That still leaves stalker and wanna-be adulterer. And burgular. After all, he did sneak into Lois' house to see the kid.

Well, the Superkid really doesn't follow the Superman 2 story that well to begin with, as Jack explained in Post #4. The movies aren't obligated to be faithful to previous movies anyway. After all, they completely "forgot" about Superman 3 and 4, and "Batman Begins" has nothing to do with the previous four "Batman" films.

I just had to link to this.

I would tell the owner that it is worth a lot more. Who knows, he might appreciate the honesty and sell it to you for the listed price. As for finding $100 in a comic book, I would keep it. If I'm getting a used comic, it is going to be from a store. In that case, there is absolutely no way to know who the $100 belongs to, so there's no way to give it back.

It was very good. By adding an overworld, the bosses, the quest for balloons, it was actually better in many ways than Mario Kart 64. You could even argue that it played better, and the extra vehicles were very cool. There was one thing that killed it though, and that was that you had to finish first in every race. That was incredibly annoying. The "overall winner" system in Mario Kart 64 was much, much better.

In all fairness, though, the games these characters appear in are two totally separate genres. A Role-Playing Game will automatically have a lot more story and character development than a shooter or an action game.

WARNING: there are spoilers in this review. Scroll down to read it. I saw Superman Returns yesterday. It was an fun movie, one that is meant to inspire awe in the return of earth's greatest hero from a hiatus in the far reaches of space. The rescue of the plane early on was certainly cool, and Superman stretching the limits of his power to save the earth from destruction at the end was a great finale. This movie introduces a major difference between the traditional all-American hero with strong family values and this script's interpretation of the character. This is also the main problem I had with the movie itself. Superman is not the hero he used to be. Instead, he is a deadbeat dad, a stalker, and a wanna-be adulterer. These traits make it difficult to sympathize with the character, and serve to dampen the enjoyment of the movie. When Superman comes back to earth, he finds that Lois Lane is engaged to another man. Lane has also been living with him for the past five years and has a four-year-old son. (Apparently, it did not take Ms. Lane much time to "move on" after Kal-El disappeared.) As it turns out, Richard White is not child's father: Superman is. So basically, Superman is a deadbeat dad who knocks up Lois lane and then takes off into space for half a decade. Heartbroken to see that Lois is shacking up with Richard, Superman hangs out in their yard and uses his x-ray vision and super hearing to spy on Lois and her family. This is creepy, and makes Kal-El look more like Superstalker than Superman. Finally, Superman meets Lois on the top of the Daily Planet building, where he attempts to romance her. She pulls away at the last second from kissing the man of steel. Hello, is anyone home? She is engaged, is living with her fiancé, and has a four year old son. There has been no indication so far in the movie that the child is actually Superman's instead of Richard's. Is this the hero we remember from the previous movies? The acting was good, and some of the action scenes serve as a fun adrenaline rush back to the heyday of the first two Superman movies with Christopher Reeve. The movie was not without its flaws, though, the main one being Superman's lack of character. There were also too many loose ends that should have been tied up. What happens next in Superman's relationship with Lois and their child? What will happen when the child starts showing more signs of super powers? What happens to Lex Luthor, who is trapped on a small island but not captured by Superman? Final grade: B+, mostly on the strength of the special effects, the action scenes and Kevin Spacey's Lex Luthor.

It would almost be better to buy a PS1, since I have a PS1 controller.

I got my PS2 in January 2005. Is there any way to fix the problem without buying a new system? I'm going to be very unhappy if I have to buy a new system, since I recently purchased both Chono Cross and FF Chronicles!