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Just let me have my slightly more optimistic view that the workers benefit, even if they probably don't...

The idea was the Doctor would go to a neighborhood barbershop in Nigeria (not known for being open to gay men I might add but not mentioned) because he could "be himself" there and fit in, as if the Doctor had any connection to African heritage at all. I have no objection to him dealing with...

I really can't blame them. The workers in those factories probably don't make enough to cover the retail price of a single Marvel Legend in a day. If 10 people staying an extra hour, or during some down time, work together to make an extra 100 units from excess materials that could clear $1,000...

Interesting, as to me it could play directly into your view of who Stark was in the MCU (arrogant, fascist), just with no constraints and fueled by anger or despair. Kind of how in What If? they made a version of Dr Strange who became obsessed the bad guy. Maybe a Stark who couldn't use...

I don't think Whitaker was written as clearly the smartest person and best problem solver in the room enough - when she needed to be super competent and confident as the first female Doctor... They just never gave her enough instances of dominating a story as the focal point, solving it on her...

Hulk and Thor Busters work for me the way that Batman had contingency plans for taking out other heroes if needed. But at some point you have to ask if he could make a suit that powerful (like to take on Phoenix or Galactus) why not use it all the time.

Interesting, I assumed they had access to the mold and the specs to make the figure, not copied/reverse engineered it. This depends a bit on the bootleg, I am not talking about the instances where they took figure X and used it to make knockoff figure Y, but as an example when you could get...

The IP owner is the one who would lead any investigation or legal stuff I think - they have a lot more to lose in terms of copyright if they didn't attempt to pursue unauthorized release of their IP. In this case it isn't the typical bootlegging as what was being sold is fully packaged. For...

This is the economic argument - even if the US penny didn't cost more than a penny to produce, the reality is there are no transactions that truly require less than 10 cents anymore - you can't walk into any store/business in the US and spend less than 10 cents as your total. Anything that...

Punisher is more popular, probably.

Off topic, but saw on Facebook a friend's grandson dressed up as Art the Clown. He's 10.. So went looking and found it - Good for ages 4 -14 - https://www.amazon.com/shyhand-Terrifier-Costume-Terrify-Halloween/dp/B0CK2SNPZ9/ "This terrified costume for kids comes with a coverall, a mask, a...

If they can keep that pace up (doubling every day), they will hit 16 million backers!

That's how ToyBiz did it for Legends, Destroyer was the variant (running change) in some cases instead of Thorbuster.

If the factory felt it met its obligation and produced a quality product and the company refused delivery (and presumably refused to pay for it) then of course the factory would offer it to someone else to liquidate and recover some expense. Especially if it was a one-off job at a factory for...

Running a small business is hard, and from a distance it is often hard to tell whether problems are malfeasance or incompetence or circumstances outside of ones control. But you have to be honest - both with your customers and with yourself - and accept responsibility and maybe realize when...

From a few years ago: https://creationedge.medium.com/the-story-of-toy-overlord-inc-f6e2e041c14a

Interesting. Still think this will be...

I went with the three with the "squiggly" ends on the bottom and three with the "curved" ends on the top. The "squiggly" ends seem to work OK as support/feet if you use the bottom three in a tripod stance. Really like this guy, not sure if there will be long term issues with the legs losing...

Last of the Mohicans, Heat, Manhunter and Thief are all classics. What I like about Mann's stuff is so often he manages to show true expertise/professionalism from both the good guys and bad guys in a away that elevates away from being just a crime drama or thriller or historical action film...

This might be part of it - the Horror genre in my youth/young adult years tended to either be the series like Halloween, Jason, Elm Street, (I've never like the "gore/kills" based horror), or the classics from the Universal Monster or Hammer eras (campy fun, but didn't fully work as scary per...

I feel like I am in Bizarro world with people calling the Shining dull and disliking Unforgiven! 🤣 They would both be in discussion of Top 10 favorites of mine... Eastwood is prolific enough that he can be hit or miss to be sure, but I think he did great in both seats in many of his films - it...

I assume they are going for the ripped pants look with that? Seems like it might work from some angle more than others.

I haven't seen that in years. I will note that is an example of an acclaimed director working in the horror genre.

I think some of that gatekeeping about good films not always being recognized also falls on some of the fandoms of specific genres, who tend to almost dislike mainstream appreciation - sort of like an indie band or artist getting popular so it can't be good anymore. I think a film needs to...