Enforcer84

Ah, Freedom Force. How I've missed thee.

by a cartoon. 
 
Though he only appeared once I believe. 
 
http://superfriends.wikia.com/wiki/The_Scarlet_Samurai

This just made me smile today. 
Best Sports Injury Ever. 
 
https://i.imgur.com/9wXrRWT.gifv

Don't judge me!

Sure they are. They're trying hard to make sure the downside TO THEM is bearable. A movie that makes boatloads of money is--by economic necessity--going to be one that appeals to the vast majority who don't buy comics. A BIG comic might sell 100,000 copies. A multi-million dollar movie that only sold 100,000 tickets might as well be the boat anchor the money guys are going to use to make sure the body of the guy who greenlit it stays at the bottom of the ocean. If you follow the conventional wisdom (brightly colored costumes won't work) and the movie founders, well, you tried. If you went against the convention wisdom and you succeed, hey, you're a genius! If you do it and fail...you're finished. No more donuts and whores for you.
 
Sure, fanboys are gonna complain. But so what? Anyone who knows anything about ANY field can point out countless ways that Hollywood gets it wrong because either the truth doesn't make for an entertaining story or they just don't care because it looks good enough. Everyone complains about something. "Good enough" is good enough if makes money.

It's plain risk analysis.  You are spending one hundred meeeeellion dollars of someone else's money on a comic book superhero movie; if it fails you are jobless and homeless.  Who do you alienate--the 90% of the population who are reasonably willing to see it, or the 5% of hardcore fanbois who will complain endlessly about costume brightness on the internet and then pay to see the movie anyway?

Plenty of people (gay and straight) already get married outside church, so I doubt that the state has much interest in forcing churches to marry gay couples. It's always possible that individuals might sue but I'd rate their chances of winning such a suit somewhere between zero and nothing - meaning the issue will never get anywhere near the Supremes.
We can estimate the outcome of this decision, and the likely outcomes are summed up in this handy graph (http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-rDtD2GFR2wQ/T9ecKo7jQhI/AAAAAAAACQc/2Dj3NZfUiNw/s1600/consequences_of_gay_marriage.png)
 
Cheers, Mark
 
Edit: and I should note that in a number of countries where gay marriage was made legal (eg: New Zealand, Denmark and others), and some church groups campaigned against it, post-legalisation, those same groups are quietly adopting "rules of conscience" allowing gays to get church services anyway, if the pastor is agreeable. I mean, marriage licences, and their money is as good as anyone's, and pastors have bills to pay too, and etc, etc. Obviously, not everyone is going to change their stance, but removing gay marriage from the political agenda (via legalisation) allows a lot of the fear and angst to drain out of the issue.

I really wish I could hide threads from myself. 

No I was having a weird moment where I was wondering why the Avengers thread had started to move off topic and I was actually beginning a response when I realized that I had not entered the Avengers thread and merely allowed myself to get distracted  

I thought Hermit had stolen his girl. I could see why he wouldn't want to talk about it. 

Oh, and there's a story on the priestess & her bodyguard
 
http://www.giantitp.com/index.html#6eam4vhlOtdyflgooaB

Well my team may not have won but I liked them a lot. 
 
So here's to us. 
NSFW Language
https://youtu.be/pdEmsYOOQjU

I plan on watching it.
 
Having Dean Cain and Helen Slater play Kara's Earth parents is a great casting gag.

Corporations: Not just people, but the only people that matter

The Onion: Tsarnaev Death Penalty A Warning To Any Other Religious Fanatics Hoping To Be Martyred

Quite the opposite. It mostly involves shoving things of various sizes and shapes up Zuckerman's ass until he rolls back some of the crappy predatory policies his horrible website inflicts on reality. 
...and then taking his money and giving it to Nepal.

my wishes for facebook are a bit more sinister.

Quite the opposite. It mostly involves shoving things of various sizes and shapes up Zuckerman's ass until he rolls back some of the crappy predatory policies his horrible website inflicts on reality. 
...and then taking his money and giving it to Nepal.

my wishes for facebook are a bit more sinister.

Lamb-Bacon Burgers with Spicy Aioli

*sniffle*
 

This hits a lot of my buttons so it's no surprise I hope she takes them to the cleaners and other employees join in for their share. This #### needs to be stomped on so hard it leaves a crater. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lm46-envrHo

Which ever one lets me win

Whatever the majority says they want is fine with me. I'm flexible. (Just ask Pariah!) TMI!!! Lol