hey there, how is it going?

hey I'm good, did you know that the movie ET was originally going to be a horror movie?

I cannot imagine that, maybe because I have such fond memories of it.

Strange to think that the king of horror movies thought Bambi was a horror movie.

ya I heard of that with Stephen King, do you have an android or iphone btw?

I have an Android.
How about you?

ya I also have an android, personally I don't like iphones, did you know that an iphone 8 actually costs only like $300 to makes

Wow, and they are sold for so much more.

Apparently women are more likely to have an iphone than man.

ah that makes sense, I think it's crazy that more than 2.2 million apps exist in the app store

That is crazy, no wonder people say there is an app for that and for this.

Matt bellamy actually used his iphone to record the heartbeat of his unborn son and used it in his song Follow me

wow that is cool, what kind of music does Matt Bellamy make do you know?

Rock, he is a member of the band Muse.

The first iphone though, Steve Jobs has so much trouble with the ram of the phone and it would crash during the first presentation.

wow that is funny, I'm glad he invented the iphone though, I remember when George Hotz unlocked the original iphone, I think they sued him didn't they

Oh I did not know that, wow.

And Microsoft on the other hand held a funeral to mark the death of the iphone when they launched their own phones.

haha I like that that's funny, did you know that there is no correlation between the bars of service and the actual cell phone connection quality?

Did not know that.
So much interesting stuff out there.

what is your favorite kind of animal?
I like dolphins personally

Oh I do not know if I can pick just one.

I like horses a lot though.

ya and apparently dolphins can communicate with other dolphins over the phone and know who they are talking to

Hmmm have not heard anything about that.

Speaking of sounds, do you have a preferred ringtone?

I do not, I just use the default ones on my android phone actually what about you?

Me either, but apparently phone companies pay a lot of attention to the ringtones that they offer to us to ensure they get our attention.

ya I guess there is a luxury phone maker that uses the london symphony orchestra for their ringtones, I wonder what those sound like

I do not know.

That must cost a lot of money.

Nice chatting with you, have a good one.

have a great day and make sure to watch the exorcist!

no one in the cast thought it was going to be a horror movie when they were making it haha

oh cool, thanks.


Hi, how are you?

I'm great!
how are you doing today?
Do you like animals?

I'm good, hanks for asking.
Yes, I like animals.
How about you?

I do like them.

im amazed that there are 20 quintillion individual animals on earth.

cant even imagine that number.

That is truly amazing!

The world of animals truly is amazing.

and we as humans are a part of that world.

Did you know that animals develop white patches on their foreheads when they are domesticated?

THat is because of us!

Never knew that.
I just thought that was their pattern.
How cool!

human beings have a profound effect on the world of animals!

In 2002, germany became the first country in the world to universally give animals constitutionally-guaranteed legal rights.

i wonder who the lawyers are that protect them.

Wish they would extend those rights to unborn babies.

Animals are great, but human life is, as well.

i dont know how germany treats the unborn, but we do need to make sure that all human beings are protected.

Did you know that under the provisions of the 1912 scottish protection of animals act, the loch ness monster is a protected species?

Well, that's unbelievable!
Have you had the hiccups lately?

i have not.

i have gotten pretty good about drinking and breathing.

LOL

Anyway, they are a holdover from when you were an early land animal had still had both gills and lungs, supposedly.

i guess there is little that i can do to escape history and legacy.

by the way, do you go to concerts much?

Sure do, going to see George Strait and Chris Stapleton in Atlanta this year.

Do you go to concerts, much?

i used to go when i was younger.

had the time and money.

now things are a bit tight.

i liked to go to rock and pop, and jazz too.

I saw Lynrd Skynrd, last year on their farewell tour, when they played for the hometown crowd in Florida.

It was awesome, once in a lifetime show.

Glad I went, it was fun!

What's the last concert you attended?

i saw aerosmith a few years back on one their final tours.

it was pretty loud LOL it was fun.

very nostalgic.

I love Aerosmith.
Steven Tyler has always been wild!

he is a pretty wild guy.

he did an interesting interview on the joe rogan show.

i wish i had seen pink floyd in concert.

people said those were pretty cool.

Me too!

Well, it's been nice chatting this morning.

Happy Friday to you!

yes, i have enjoyed chatting.
have a good day!

You too!


How often do you use your phone?

I have an iPhone that I use all of the time.

Did you know that women are more likely than men to have iPhones?

I did not.
Do you have any idea why?

I do not.

I don't even have a guess honestly.

I know that the front man of Muse used his iPhone to record his unborn child's heartbeat and then used it in a song.

That's pretty interesting.

Wow, he must have a very unique way of viewing the world as an artist.

Did you know that when microsoft launched its own line of phones, they held a funeral for the death of the iphone?

Lol

Wow, that was presumptuous.

Both companies can do strange things.

Jobs had to switch phones secretly during a presentation because they would run out of ram and crash.

Another funny fact is there is actually a iphone game called send me to heaven that creators developed to encourage people to shatter as many iphones as possible by seeing how high they can toss their phone into the air.

It was banned by apple since it encouraged behavior that would damage the user's devices

Wow, I can't imagine why people would have used the app.

Some common sense should be used.

There are plenty of other apps to choose from.

As of January 2017 there were 2.2 million apps on the app store.

Not to mentioned that iPhone is like a small laptop and camera all in one device that can fit in your hand to take photos, play music, send and receive emails, and browse the web

They are pretty amazing.
Do you like horror films?
I love them.

I do love horror

Yay!

The boy who played Danny in The Shining did not know they were filming a horror movie.

That's probably good given how intense that movie is.

I guess that would allow him to show genuine reactions that were captured perfectly on film.

I think horror films are interesting since it has very interesting visuals and watching it can help burn 180 plus calories.

I had heard that it burned calories.
How fascinating.
Do you enjoy Stephen King?

I personally haven't watch him much.

But I have seen many reference in pop culture to him such in Gravity falls.

I also read that the first horror film he saw was bambi.

That is correct.

It terrified him as a child and as a result we have many great works.

I mean horror in general were inspired by many brilliant minds like Edgar Allan Poe or Mary Shelley.

Do you prefer horror in a realistic slice of life setting or a more supernatural, fantasy setting?

I really enjoy both but I probably lean a little more towards realistic.

And I really enjoy Poe and Shelley's Frankenstein.

Did you know that if you watch a horror movie before looking at abstract art you will appreciate it more?

I wonder why.

Did you know Frankenstein isn't the name of the monster, but actually the mad scientist?

I did indeed.
Such a good book.
Have you ever heard of a waterphone?

I recently read they are the instrument that makes those creepy sound signature to horror flicks.

I mean it is amazing there are instruments that I never knew existed but are so prevalent in daily life.

That is correct.


Hi.

Do you watch YouTube ever?

There's so much content I feel like I could watch it all day.

Video clips, TV show clips, music videos, documentary films, and much more.

I'm a big youtuber!

Awesome that makes the two of us.

YouTube is the second largest search engine on the net.

I can't believe its been 14 years since it was created in 2005.

Yeah it's very hard to believe.

Google bought the site in 2006 for 1.65 billion.

That's a big number.

No doubt.

Those 3 paypal employees hit the jackpot!

For sure.

I find it surprising that Justin Bieber has the most disliked video on YouTube.

I feel like you're such a popular guy.

LOL  I think a lot of people went out of their way to dislike that video just because they wanted to try to be negative.

Yes I feel like that happens all too often.

Netflix and YouTube together make up half of peak Internet traffic in North America.

That doesn't surprise me.
North America loves their videos!

Yes they do LOL.

And police actually don't use YouTube because they have their own version called blutube wear they share law-enforcement videos.

I've never heard of that one.

Do you remember Psy and his Gangham Style video?

Yeah that video was so popular.

YouTube had to upgrade the view counter to 64 bits!

Are you fan of listening to albums?

Yeah I love music and listening to albums.

Music has come along way.

For example the audio cassette and the vinyl were used so much in the 70s but not anymore.

Yes!

Linkin Parks Hybrid Theory is the best selling album of the 21st century.

Wow must've been a good one.

On the other hand a timeless album is the Darkside of the moon because it was released over 40 years ago but was the best selling album of 2014.

That's incredible after all those years.

2 identical twins in Japan released a rap album when they turned 100 years old in 1992!

Good for them!

I definitely need to look that up.

Straight Outta Compton was the first album to reach platinum status without the support of airplay or major to her.

That is a big accomplishment.

Well I really enjoyed chatting with you today.

I remember when that one came out.
Yes I had a good time!

Bye!
Thanks again!


Hi!

Guess what prompted YouTube to upgrade their view count integer to 64 bits?

I didn't even knew that happened... what prompted it ?

Gangnam Style!
It got that many views.

Wow!

That's not my favorite kind of music, I'm into different genres :)

Well, Justin Bieber's "Baby" is the most disliked video on YouTube.

I'm not a fan of his.. do you like him ?

I've never paid attention to him, but I think he got famous by making YouTube videos.

Did you know that half of peak internet traffic in the US comes from YouTube and Hulu?

I believe that... internet streaming got insane big, and now Youtube and Hulu ( and Amazon ) are copying netflix success and start to produce tv shows and movies...

Yes.

Did you know that YouTube was founded by three former PayPal employees?

ok, now that's interesting.

....but somehow I thought paypal was newer that Youtube... are You sure it's right ?

No, PayPal has been around for a while.
YouTube was started in 2005.

2005 ?
This is fairly young...
I didn't realize that, sorry.

Yes, and Google bought it in 2006 for $1.65 billion.

So they got rich fast!

...so Google owns Youtube ?

Yes, they've owned it for 12 years now.
They bought it in November of 2006.

Jesus... it's like one giant money making machine... incredible, I can't wait what will they come up with next...

Yes, it is interesting to watch.

Did you know that there is a version of YouTube for police and it's called BluTube?

naah, what is that ?

why does it have to be a separate thing ?

why can't they just put it on regular YouTube ?

It's for police videos so it needs to be private - for their use only.

Wait, so regular viewer like You and me, won't have access ?

Yes, exactly.
It's been good talking to you.
Have a great day!


YouTube is an American video company.

Yeah it definitely is

They are also the second largest search engine on the web

Interesting, they are owned by google which is the biggest search engine

They also contain Linkin Park's best-selling Hybrid Theory album

They contain many music albums from various artists

Yep, including all of NWA's great stuff.

Music videos are some of youtubes most viewed videos

Apparently there is a rap album from a 100-year old Japanese twin couple.

Thats cool, what type of rap is it?

Japanese rap, but I am not sure beyond that.

It seems like quite a feat.

It sure is amazing for a 100 year old twins

"Baby" by Justin Bieber is a widely liked song

Really, I thought it was the most disliked video for a while

I heard that it is, as well.
But it is also very liked by others.

I'm not sure of that, but the youtube rewind 2018 has surpassed the "baby" to become the most disliked video

That makes sense.

He is a polarizing figure at this point.

His music comes nothing close to music by pink floyd

Pink Floyd is on a whole other level.
That is art.

"the dark side of the moon" still was one of the best selling albums as of 2014

Such an amazing album!


hi, how are you?

Doing alright.

Do you find fish interesting?

The seahorse is the only fish with a neck

that is really interesting, I would think more of them would, but I suppose it makes sense

Yea that is pretty strange.

There is a fish that shares 84 percent of human disease genes called the zebrafish

that is really scary, sounds like a deadly fish to me...

Maybe, I wonder if the zebrafish could transfer illness to humans since they share so many genes

that is very scary, not as scary as this immortal jellyfish I have heard about though

The Black Swallower fish is pretty scary, it can eat prey twice its own length and 10x its weight

that is crazy, imagine if you ate that much for dinner one night haha

I'd have a pretty big stomach ache lol.

It's crazy that freshwater fish drink through their skin and salt water fish drink through their mouths

I never knew there was a distinction, you learn something new every day!

Speaking of water, Unicef donates clean water for every minute you don't use your cell phone

I need to sign up for that, I hardly use my phone any more

It's pretty crazy how far phones have come.

NY's area code of 212 was chosen due to it being the fastest number you could dial on a rotary phone

that is really odd, I wonder if there was a bid for that number?

I don't know but it's not as odd as not being able to separate two phonebooks that have their pages overlapped together

that is also interesting, I guess it just forms an incredibly strong bond though, you would not expect that though

Nope, I also never suspected an iphone has more computing power than the US nuclear icbm deterrent

that is insane, how technology has improved so much,we have all of that power in the palm of our hands these days, just crazy

What's even crazier is a man falsely imprisoned for 10 years studied law at the prison library and freed himself

that is an awesome story, did he get a payout for that?

I know they often do


Do you go to the library often ?

Yes, I love visiting the library.
I particularly like YA fiction.
How about you?

I like to learn things, so I love libraries.

They have so much different medias.

Yes, I have even checked out video games.

My favorite author is Laurie Halse Anderson.

Are you familiar with her?

No, what kind of book does she write ?

She writes books for teens about current and important issues.

For example her novel Speak deals with rape.

She also writes historical fiction.

A lot of authors are writing about those issues, like Angie Thomas and Jason Reynolds.

Does she talk about her personal experience ?

Yes, she is releasing a novel called "Shout" which tells her own experience with sexual trauma at the age of 13.

She hopes the book will be a comfort to other youth who experience similar things.

Was she inspired by the #MeToo movement ?

That movement has a lot of cultural impact.

Yes, I know it inspired me to listen better.

Speaking of listening, do you ever check out your library's digital collection.

I prefer books I can hold in my hands, but sometimes I get an ebook for travel or an audio book to listen to in the car.

I Like e-books because they don't use any space.

But at the library, I love the real thing.

Do you have to pay for your library card?

Actually I do.

This is because I live out of county though.

Our more local library doesn't have quite as good of a collection as the nearby one that I use.

For example, no DVDs, blu-rays, or video games at that one!

Do you pay?

No, it is free.

It encouraging to know that there are more librairies than McDonald's in the US.

Very encouraging!

All that knowledge available for free!

Did you know that A Malawian kid built windmills to help improve his village simply with info from his local library?

This is a story like the prisoner that studied law in the prison's library and became a lawyer.

Yes!

And our library also provides information to answer random questions you have over the phone, although that seems a little redundant with most people having smartphones and regular internet access.

Do you still have a landline ?

Nah, too expensive and not used enough.
I love my cellphone.

Unicef gives a day of clean water to child for every minute that you don't use your cellphone, would you do it ?

Sure, but not forever.

I need info and I have a big family I like to stay connected to.

The only downside is that I live in the country and my connection isn't always that great.

I just recently learned that number of bars doesn't tend to correlate with connection quality either so my problems are hard to predict.

That is why I have a landline, I don't have a good reception in my house.

But landline phone are so stupid, they don't do as much as an IPhone.

Yep!

I agree.

It's been nice talking to you.

I hope you continue to enjoy your library.

You too, I will go this evening.


Do you use the library much?

Yes sometimes I do.

DId you know in Norway if you publish a book the government buys the first 1000 copies of it

Yes and they give them away to the libraries in the country

Yes such a good plan, support the author and the libraries as well

Yes I know.

There are more libraries than McDonald's in  the US

I like that fact because it means that there is hope that people will read more again

Yes agreed.

Have you heard of the Library of Things?

Yes that is in Sacramento where you can check out other things you need besides books.

SO nice.

A man in prison once used the library to learn and prove that he is innocent

WOw that is impressive.
DO you use your phone much?

Al the time actually.

do you know why the NY area code is 212?

That is because it was easy to dial back in the day when they had rotary phones

Yeah pretty cool.

Did you know the cable that sit in the ocean that carry the phone lines are only 2.7 inches in diameter?

Yeh I wonder how they do not get tangled to the animals and break off

I know right?
Have you ever used a phonebook?

I have not but I hear that if two of them get stuck they cannot be separated

WOw interesting.

Did you know that UNICEF donates clean water when you do not use your phone?

WOw I wonder how that works or how they even track that kind of stuff

i know right?
DO you like fish?

I sure do.

there is a species that can eat prey twice their size

Oh yeah that is the black swallowfish, I guess it is in the name too


Have you heard of the author Laurie Halse Anderson?

I am just learning about her.

She has some controversial books out there.

One of her books about rape became a movie.

I can see why that could be controversial, but at the same time, women shouldn't have to be afraid to talk about this because it happens more than it should

I agree.

I hope the book inspires more women to have the courage to come forward, or it helps to end rape culture.

And many of the responses she's gotten are from other girls who have had similar experiences to her own

It has even encouraged people to speak out about shootings like the one at MSD High School.

Many books like hers are becoming popular because it's addressing the issues society has gone too long trying to ignore.

I haven't seen or read it yet, but I've heard "The Hate U Give" is a good one about racism

It is good that there are more libraries in the US than McDonalds so that people can have access to these books.

The more people are educated the less hate there will be.

Definitely!

Sometimes it seems that fewer people go to libraries, but over half of adults in the US have a library card, which is more than I expected

Same here.

Some countries even buy 1,000 books when you publish one to put them in libraries.

That's one incentive to publish a book in Norway.

And it's an additional 500 if it's a children's book

That is a great incentive, I wish the us would do it too

The US has so many people writing and releasing books that it's not necessary.

One thing that we need more of is a "library of things" like in Sacramento.

I would definitely borrow a sewing machine from that kind of place

I would definitely need that, there are things that I can use only once in a while but done need full time.

Exactly.

That's a great idea!

I do like what I can learn from books though.

One man studied law in a library and ended up proving his innocence after being falsely imprisoned for 10 years

I heard that , then he helped others in the same situation.

There are books about every subject we could ever want to learn, even if it's about a pet fish.

Have you ever had a fish?

I did, his name was Joey.
Just a plain little goldfish.

He was likely easier to feed than the black swallower fish.

It can eat ten times its weight and twice its length

Wow.

That would be hard to take care of.

How bout one of those jellyfish that is immortal.

I'm not sure how they even know that it is immortal.

Is there a special test to find that out?

It's interesting

Good question.
Did they capture it, is it like a pet?

They probably study it to see if they can gain any knowledge about how to many humans immortal.

The kind of stuff we see in movies and TV


Hi, how are you?
Do you use Netflix?

Yes I use Netflix almost everyday.

Did yujiro Netflix put on commercials during the Super Bowl in order to get people to watch Netflix afterwards?

That seems like the thing to do now.
Netflix is insanely popular.
People want to watch all the time.

Yep and I think the ad was worth it, even though it cost Netflix about 10 million dollars to make

Yes, it draws people to their site.

Then their stock goes up.

I figure the SB is one of the best times and places to advertise.

Yep absolutely.

I'm just shocked that Netflix started streaming back in 2007, that seems like a long time ago

It does.
Their stock was really low before then.
They still spend money on postage now.

Yes their stock is worth a lot more now, but they are also racking up a lot of debt, they had 22 billion dollars in debt back in 2017

That is a lot of debt.

I guess they are counting on their market.

They have quite a few subscribers right now.

Do you know how many they have?

I just know that they have about a hundred thirty original series at this point, which is a large amount in my opinion

I wonder how many are actually that good.

I heard something about ratings on Rotten Tomatoes.

I wonder if it is true.

Yes they have a lot of movies that are highly ranked in Rotten Tomatoes, you can easily stream them too, apparently streaming is 20 times cheaper than actually shipping a DVD

I wonder who ranks those films.

Netflix employees?

The postage is steep, but I guess that there are customers in areas with low bandwidth.

Yes I'm sure some people still prefer getting DVDs in the mail actually.

I bet that the creator of Netflix would have preferred that as well, he got charged a $40 late fee for Apollo 13 once

Yes, BB really screwed up there.

They made an enemy, then turned down the chance to buy Netflix.

Yep they had the chance to buy Netflix for 50 million and now Netflix is worth 2 billion dollars, talk about a blunder

I wish I had bought stock back in the day.

I could use the money.

From 9pm to 12am, netflix accounts for 33% of all bandwidth in north america.

That's just money flowing.

Yep that's a lot of traffic!

And it gets even crazier if you include YouTube, YouTube and Netflix together take up half of Internet bandwidth

It's insane.
We are all glued to our screens.
Entertainment is our drug.
Anyway, great chat!

Yes thank you you too, and check out Star Wars, I can't believe James Earl Jones was only paid $8,000 for the voice of Darth Vader in the first movie

He must have made money on the backend.
I think he must be quite rich.
Thanks again!
Have a good day!

Yep I hope you made a lot of money!

And I hope that Marcia Lucas also made a lot of money she had a lot of good input in the first movie


I think that it is crazy from 9pm to 12am, Netflix accounts for 33% of all bandwidth in North America.

It is hard to believe they use to be a DVD rental company!

Their literally taking over the country.

I use Netflix, but I  just wish they'd have more of the shows that I like.

I agree, they could use a little more variety.

I bet Blockbuster feels silly after declining several offers to buy Netflix for $50 million.

I wonder if Blockbuster is still in business.

I don't think Blockbuster is still around.

I also used to go to blockbuster all the time, it was great for that period in the 80's and 90's.

But you're correct; they made a horrible mistake not getting into the streaming thing  like Netflix did.

Do you use Hulu at all?

It really was massive mistake.

Seeing as Netflix is worth $2 billion.

I don't use Hulu but I really want to try it.

They are starting to become a competitor to Netflix.

I really with Netflix would add live streaming.

Yep, I don't belong to Hulu either but also want to give it a try; yet you can't find anywhere the programs they have, so I shy away from it.

I like a service that has older shows like Twilight Zone, Cheers, and things like Netflix has.

I found a pirate one; but it's slow.

Yes, I am a fan of documentaries so I enjoy Netflix for the particular reason.

However, my son is little and enjoys Disney so I would like to see more of that as well on there.

They had 137 million subscribers as of October 2018.

They should consider adding more content to keep them all.

And stop raising prices.

I agree on Netflix's prices.

I stopped getting the DVD's and for the last 2 years I just use their streaming shows.

Not too bad, at less than 10.00 a month; but the site I use like I said is moviesin.co, no viruses I 've run across; but they have a ton of Disney stuff and other shows from the past.

I may consider looking into that.

Speaking of shows and movies, the first eight Star Wars films were nominated for Academy Awards.

They won the first two releases.

Not many movies can say that.

They have been truly successful in their franchise.

I've seen the first 3 Star Wars, and a little of the 4th; been meaning to check out the others, but just haven't.

Are they as good as the earlier Star Wars films?

I haven't seen them!

I need to watch them though.

20th Century fox thought Star Wars was going to be a flop.

I bet they laugh at that now.

Are they still the distributor of the Star Wars  films?

If so, man have they made a few coins!

First few of them were great entertainment!

You know I  am not sure.

I'm a little embarrassed that I haven't seen them.

James Earl Jones spent only 2.5 hours recording all of his Darth Vader lines and was paid $7,500.

I bet he's super rich now.

That's so interesting.

I don't know your child, of course, but later on you could watch them together.

I tend to watch things on Youtube as well (since it's free), and I've found a lot of good things there...and Netflix and Youtube make up half of internet traffic; I suppose other companies could learn something from that.

Yes we really love Youtube in our household too!

Netflix even spends 20 times more on postage than bandwidth.

They need to save their money and go green using the internet!

I believe your correct in that!

Netflix executives have already noted that the streaming public prefers that type of service in lieu of DVD's.

Heck....I can't even get my DVD players to work on my laptops...thus, I much prefer the streaming and instant gratification.

I think DVD players are becoming a thing of the past with new technology of streaming and live streaming.

Its funny Reed Hasting was inspired to start Netflix after racking up $40 in late fees for VHS copy of Apollo 13.

My how times change.

LOL....you're so correct.

I remember my fines from Blockbuster and even the library from things I'd turn in late.

That''s what I first liked about Netflix...no late fees.

It's like they could care less when you turn them in.

It's amazing!

lol.

I think it's interesting that in 2010 they made they decision to stream in Canada and then Latin America.

Smart business move for sure.

I agree....well thanks for the great chat on Netflix, Star Wars, and general entertainment.

You'll have to give that website I gave you a try out.

Have a great day....and keep smiling!

Enjoy your day!

You do the same!


Did you watch the Super Bowl?

I did.
I watch for the commercials

Interesting, I didn't see many of the commercials.

Netflix ran some.

They really want people to watch cloverfield

Interesting, is there a new Cloverfield?

YEs, It is called Cloverfield Paradox.
It is a sequel to the original

To the original movie?

I thought there already was one with John Goodman in it, right?

I guess its another one.

Are you a fan of the Star Wars films?

I am.

it is the second highest grossing film series of all time!

Interesting, I liked the original 3, all the others were pretty bad in my opinion.

I heard George Lucas wanted to do things differently but was bad at directing

I wouldn't be surprised.

I didn't know that James Earl Jones was only paid $7,500 for voicing Darth Vadar.

And George Lucas became a billionaire!
I hope he got some royalties

I'm sure he did.
Did you play nintendo?

I did.
The NES was my first console

Apparently, it only had 54 colors.
Crazy, isn't it?

It actually surprises me.

Considering how limited tech was back then

yeah, it is pretty crazy, but they were fun games to play too.

Did you know the NFL is legally an entertainment business rather than a sport

Interesting, what about professional wrestling then?


How's it going?

Have you heard or seen The Cloverfield Paradox produced by JJ Abrams?

No I havent,  any good?

It got horrible reviews but Netflix thought it would get viewers by making it available right after the super bowl

Do you watch netflix?

Yea but I haven't seen Cloverfield.

I did watch War Machine with Brad Pitt, which I found disappointing

Oh I never heard of that.

did you know netflix spends 20 times more on postage than bandwidth?

That's crazy Netflix still does that since it's been focusing on releasing it's own content to get more subscribers

yeah,  well some people still dont know how to use the internet or don't have internet lol like my grandparents and some of my aunts.

I wonder if netflix mails out media in the other countries its in like Canada or Latin America

Yeah I dont know,  but I cant imagine why they wouldnt.

do you like star wars?

Yea I really like the 1977 one and 1980s Empire Strikes Back, how about you?

Yeah I love all the originals the best,  but they are all great,  especially the newer ones that have been coming out,  a lot of back story that fills in spots.

I think the originals were so good due to Marcia Lucas

Yes really good input from his then wife

James Earl Jones was iconic as Darth Vader's voice, he only was paid 7500 at the time, I wonder how much he has made since

Probably a ton in royalties.

But still $7500 for 2.5 hours of work,  not too shabby.

George Lucas made out like a bandit by keeping the licensing and merchandising rights from 20th century fox

Thats very smart on his part.

Did you know Ronald Reagan once got rejected for a movie role cuz he didnt have that president look haha

No that's pretty crazy, I wonder if Bill Nye has a presidential look, he does have the Steve Martin look apparently since he won a lookalike contest as him

He does look like him lol

Yep!
Well I got to go, nice talking with you


Hello!

Whats your favorite form of entertainment?

i like to watch movies.
what about you?

I Love watching movies too!

One of my favorite is Star Wars, did you watch that movie?

or movies... haha

i liked the first three of them.
the later ones had too much CGI.

Very true, they spend so much money on those movies they have an estimated franchise of  billion!

i enjoyed the plot and storytelling of the first films.

they couldnt let the computer carry the movie.

I agree, I remember the first films, I would watch it with my Dad in my earlier years and you are right it felt better.

i saw them when i was young and was transported.

i would love to feel that way again.

Me too!

everyone gets emotional with memories of better days, its easier when we are kids but remember we are here to experience life even the bad.

I try to tell myself that.

Do you watch Netflix?

i used to watch netflix.
very addictive.
good quality though.

Yes and its unbelievable how successful they've been since they were founded in 1997

They provide a lot of new content, which is key to success these days.

anyone can send content down a pipe.

That's very true!

Just like Youtube.

Between Netflix and Youtube they make up half the peak of internet traffic in North America.

yes, youtube is very good at that, and they make money on the advertisements.

i figure netflix has a bright future.

right!

I cant help but think how Netflix would be these days if Blockbuster wold of bought them for 50 mil!

Now Netflix is worth over 2 billion...and no blockbuster :(

Maybe BB would not have handled it right.

the content production part is crucial.

Yes, Netflix would be so different.

I think that another company will eventually unseat netflix.

the competition is fierce.

Agreed!

There is always someone trying to get on top.

The competition better be prepared Netflix spends 20 times more on postage than bandwidth!

Yes, that is a market that could be open to the right competitor.

Anyway, great chat!

Pleasure was mine, sending hugs and Love to you beautiful stranger.

Take care!


Do you use youtube?

Did you know it's the second largest search engine on the internet?

Yes I really like youtube.

I think it is really cool and like a lot of videos.

So do I.

It's hard to believe that it was started back in 2005.

I know right?

It has been around awhile but seems to always be changing.

It really does.

People use it a lot and like it.

Combined with netflix it makes up half the peak internet traffic in the country.

I'm not surprised.

I like to look up music on there myself.

Interesting at how much bandwidth it uses too.

Music is one of my favorites to look up as well as do it yourself videos/educational videos.

Did you know the police have their own youtube?

Really?

I didn't know they did.

I do like to use youtube to look up do it yourself videos especially in fixing emergencies.

I hear you there!

Yeah, the police have a youtube called blutube.

They share their videos on it with each other.

I'm not sure if people other than them can access it.

That's pretty cool.

I would of never guessed it.

I have noticed though craft videos seem to be on the rise for youtube.

I guess people like them more than they like Justin Beiber.

His video, baby, is the most hated on youtube.

I really can't stand Justin Beiber.

Could you imagine if youtube had been created during the time of the boybands?

It would of broken the internet probably lol.

There definitely would have been a lot of traffic on the site lol!

Not only would there be a lot of watching music videos but a lot of videos uploaded paying tribute to the bands.

lol I am sure there are somewhere on there by die hard fans that still exist.

Years from now I am sure kids will be looking at the stuff on youtube that is popular now and wondering what was wrong with our generations.

They probably will wonder why we wanted to learn how to do so many things ourselves!

I mean, especially since only 7% of people read the full terms when buying something online.

It would seem like people care but then again they don't.

Everyone is in a rush.

I am guessing the videos make it go faster.

Although youtube is helpful as a visual aid.

Did you know there is one children's show that is done by a retired airforce serviceman?

His show is widely popular especially among children with autism.

No I didn't know that.

That is really great!

I'll have to look that up later.

That's what makes youtube great.

The fact the people can upload their own videos, even though some could be weird- tribute to boybands for example, others like the children's show are wonderful.

Yeah it is amazing.

That show is called Blippi.

From the comments on his videos he has really helped children and seems to be a good addition to the youtube site.

Hopefully youtube will continue to be more helpful than harmful.

Hopefully so.

It's things like that that make people glad the internet exists.

And it's a perfect example of why the current library of alexandria has a copy of the internet saved.

That is amazing they have a copy of that.

I didn't even know they did that.

Yep, they have one saved in case the internet is destroyed.


Did you hear about April, the giraffe, who might be pregnant again?

I heard a little bit about that.
She is a YouTube star.

Her owners decided to live stream her pregnancy.

That was why she became famous because many people viewed it.

Yes.

Some people complained about nudity and sexual content.

Now I want to see what it is all about.

April is supposed to be nude anyway - it is an animal.

Right.

Animal rights activists were probably behind it.

Though I wonder why it wouldn't be good publicity to bring awareness to giraffes.

They might be religious people not animal rights activists.

They couldn't stop April from being broadcasted.

Millions of people tuned in and it was called the most anticipated birth since Prince George.

That was funny that the media compared it to the birth of Prince William's oldest child.

I am more interested in the giraffe, actually.

Her park was makng money off her fame but it still went out of business.

Where is April now?

Where is Oliver who is 10 years younger than April?

Sorry, actually, it was Toys R Us that went out of business (they had tried to profit off of the giraffe), not the park.

I wonder if the giraffe was actually pregnant again?

Oh, okay.
It had 870,000 views.
That was a lot.

It's funny how much we live stream random things these days.

Because of YouTube.

I did not know that YouTube was created in California.

I thought it was created in England because of the word "tube".

The first YouTube video uploaded was a guy talking about an elephant.

Boy, we do love our animals!

I guess so.

I also did not know that Youtube is owned by Google.

Do you know?

No, I did not know that.

And also three PayPal employees created it.

There are so many smart young people out there.

Three employees getting together?

Right.

It seems like only a few large companies own everything.

I agree with you.
Google owns almost everything.

It will be interesting to see what kind of sectors they go into next.


I am a big animal lover.

I really enjoy going to the zoo and watching wildlife shows.

Do you like animals?

Yea I love animals, nice to see April the giraffe gave birth to a calf on April 15

Yes, it is amazing how fast giraffes grow.

10 feet tall at 1 year is pretty quick

It's crazy that April is 15 and the father of the calf was only 5

True, April was robbing the craddle so to speak

Yea she is, April may be pregnant again lol

She is going to have a full household for sure.

It's fascinating how animals have evolved since the Cambrian explosing 542 million years ago

Yes, way back in the day, land animals had both gills and lungs!

That's insane, that's why humans are cursed with hiccups

Well, I think I would rather have hiccups than still have gills.

I wouldn't mind having gills, it would be cool to breath underwater

If you could breathe underwater you would be the most popular guy on the internet.

Hopefully my videos would be more popular than Psy's gangnam style, it forced youtube to update it's view count integer to 64 bits

I am not sure anything would beat Gangum style.

But I bet you could get close

As long as I don't beat Justin Bieber's "Baby" as the most dislike video I'll be happy

That would also be a tough record to beat, I think you are safe on that one

Good to hear.

Did you know that Youtube is the second largest search engine on the internet?

Second only to Chrome.
And google owns both of them.
They see everything!

Yea, pretty scary since Netflix and Youtube make up half of peak internet traffic in North America

Who knows what Google knows about us!

Anyways, good talking to you and have a good evening


Hello there, are you a dog or a cat person?

Both I love all animals you ?

Yeah I like both but I would have to say I like dogs a bit more.

dogs in moscow have learned to use the subway.

Pretty smart dogs

That is awesome, I wonder if they get to pay a special discounted rate?

The cat is the most popular pet in the world.

I thought it would be a dog

Yeah same here, I think more fish are owned than dogs too.

I  think dogs are the best pets.

I like reptile pets, such as turtles, lizards and snakes

I think it would be a bit strange to own a snake per say, do you own any reptiles instead of the usual dog or cat?

I have a boa.

a gold one.

He eats rats.

i would be a risk in a natural disaster with my pets

That is awesome, I think it's cool to have a snake.

Did you know that Google prefers dogs over cats?

yes.

Dogs can learn over a thousand words thats intresting

Holy cow that is very cool.

I guess they are not color blind like a lot of people always thought as well.

i thought that too.
And they have 'eureka moments'

That is hilarious, I guess dogs and elephants are the only animals that respond to pointing as well.

You like drama ?
Patrick stewart teaches classes now.
I loved him in star trek

I do like some drama stuff, yeah he was awesome in that.

erin from the office.was taught drama by Jon hamm in high school

That is very cool, I used to watch that show all the time when it was still airing.

I love the office.
I would like to see ikea heights

Yeah same here, well it was nice chatting with you, I hope you have a good night.


Hello.

Have you ever been to the Smithsonian American History Museum?

Hello, I have not but would love to see it.

Any of the Smithsonian museums are fun to go to, but the American History one has some unique exhibits such as a huge doll house.

Is that doll house still there, I heard they were thinking of removing it?

To my knowledge, it is still there, but I haven't been out there in many years.

With all the detail that went in to it, it would be a surprise if they really did retire it.

I think it was on and off but nearly did not make it due to sexism.

Yeah, I know they pull it from the viewing public periodically, but the claim that the male curators don't value it seems a bit far fetched.

The house has too much art/historic value at this point.

I think you are right,  Do you have any pets?

Yes, I do.
Dogs, birds, and hamsters at this time.

I think dogs are amazing.

Not just for companionship...they have so many roles such as hunting, police work, military, therapeutic and hauling people and things.

Not to mention their uncanny ability to be a space heater during cold nights!

Haha, that is a good one.

My dog is huge so I get smothered.

I have to point to her bed to get off me.

Did you know that only elephants and dogs understand this gesture?

I didn't know about elephants, but with dogs, I knew that from watching them.

I was surprised to learn that dogs arent actually color blind, though.

That's something I thought I knew from childhood.

Me too.

I thought the same.

I wish dogs could live as long as people.

My German Shepherd is so sweet but when she hears something at night, she sounds like a wolf.

I can agree with that.

Im a dog person.

I have always had one or more.

Boxers are my current dog of choice.

This is part of the reason I like Google as a company, though.

Stated as a dog company, and as long as the dog is well behaved, they can come on campus.

I don't live in boulder, colorado but it is not legal to own pets but ok to be its guardian.

Sadly, I work there.

And I feel it's embarrassing to be associated with a place that says that you don't own a pet, you are just its guardian.

Oh wow.
I think my dog is my Guardian!

I like my own quite a bit, and I think they would be my guardian as well.

But, I'm not sure I could ever try cloning a pet.

Genetically the same, but I doubt personality would be the same.

Yes I agree, animal genetics are so similar anyway which is why they often look identical but have very different personalities.

Maybe some day I would consider it, no time soon...


Have you ever seen "Dolls' House" at the Smithsonian?

Hello - I have not.
What is it about?

It's a Doll House done in painstaking, breathtaking detail

Oh wow that' s pretty amazing!

Did you know Jon Hamm taught drama at his old high school and one of his students was Ellie Kemper?

Interesting.
I have too much drama in my life.
Luckily my dog smooths things out.

Lol that's good you have a dog.

My wife is allergic so no animals for us.

Russia has a tomb of the unknown dog as a memorial for canine research subjects.

Yikes...research subject.

Well, its a dog eat dog world.

In Turkey at least they have vending machines for dogs.

I did see that which is pretty cool.

It says they exchange plastic bottles for the vendor machine dog food and water for stray dogs.

Yeah.
Dogs are real individuals.
Cat are like clones.
That's why they call em copy cats

LOL yea that's funny.

I'm not a big fan of cats.

Dogs can learn over 1000 words and can reason better than chimps.

Elephants are instinctual as well.

Hard to keep as pets...despite there always being an elephant in the room

haha yes.

Some dogs in Moscow have learned to use the subway.

Cool.

Now if only the humans can.

I hear in Japan there are more pets than kids.

Wow that's crazy.

Did you know dogs drink from the underside of their tongue?

They seem to be up to something.
You can't own a dog.
But they can own you.

That's pretty funny.

Did you know people with pets are at greater risk during a natural disaster because the pets make them less likely to evacuate?

OMG.
I blame the fish.
How you gonna carry a tank?

HAHA good question!

I wonder what the stats are for doll owners.

That would be quite a drama.

That would be a good drama lol.

Maybe Jim Carrey could make a movie with that plot.

Might work better as a comedy.

LOL yea that would be good.
It was good talking to you!


Hey do you like dogs?
I think they're awesome!

They are man's best friends for a reason

They're also related to wolves.

Dogs are the most widely abundant carnivores too.

It must be because human and dogs have evolved together for so long that we are incredibly in sync

Yeah I just didn't know that there were 12 different dog blood types.

That's incredible and so is the fact that they do dog blood drives

I mean dogs are unique to human in that people are willing to go through surgery and blood transfusions to keep them alive unlike flushing goldfish

Haha that's a good point.

I like the idea of using stray dogs to grab recycle bottles and giving them a treat for that.

That's a good use of stray dogs haha they do that in Istanbul

Does the us have a lot of stray to do the same thing?

I think it does.

Especially in big cities.

I like knowing that Google prefers dogs instead of cats.

They put it in their code of conduct apparently

Did you know that dog can learn thousands of words and can reason better than chimps?

Oh that's great.

What is weird is that dogs and elephants are the only animals that seem to understand pointing

I can see why dogs understand after being with humans so long but elephants?

Perhaps they do it in the wild with their noises

Maybe humans lift with elephants and use them as dogs back in the day haha.

Did you know that dogs are not actually colorblind?

I still don't think they can see as many color as people though

No you're right.
Do you ever watch dramas?
Have you ever seen the show House

Who hasn't?
It is an amazing series

I do like it a lot.

I guess Hugh Laurie was paid like $700,000 per episode.

I can think of a lot of fun things to do with all that money haha

Wow, I bet he bought an expensive pet with all that money at the very least

Haha maybe he did.
Do you have any pets?
We used to have a dog

I had a dog and a jumping spider.

Haha tell me about this jumping spider?

currently in Colorado you don't own a pet you instead are there Guardian.

That's a negligable difference


Hi there, do you like drama?

Hello, I sure do.

Have you ever seen House MD, the tv drama?

Oh I love that show and I really like Lauire, he was making $700 000 per episode

No wonder, he was great in it.
Do you like Jim Carrey, the comedian?

I love him he is so funny.

Do you know why he does not do dramas anymore?

Yes it has to do with the fact that they do not portray positivity .

Good for him

Yeah he knows what he wants it seems.

How about Michael Caine, do you know why he became an actor?

Hahaha yes all the pretty girls were in drama class, what a guy really

Yeah.

And Jon Hamm , who is so funny, used to be a drama teacher in a high school

Yeah and one of his students was Ellie Kempes.

SHe is just too funny

Haha I guess he was good at passing his charisma to the students.

Do you have any pets?

I have two cats and a dog.

Did you know dogs have 12 types of blood?

Wow that is a lot.

I had heard there are blood drives for dog blood

That is neat, dogs helping dogs.

In Istanbul they have a machine that if you feed it plastic bottle dispenses food and water for strays

Wow that is so creative.

Dogs and elephants can both understand pointing, so smart

Yeah so cool.

Google is also a dog company, they have it in their code of conduct.

I like that, they are awesome.

Did you know dogs are not colorblind as we are made to believe?

Yes they just do not see as many colors as we do, but not colorblind

Exactly.

Did you know the first cloned pet was named copy cat?

Hahaha how fitting.

Roosevelt has 20 pets and among them a bear and a hyena

Wow good for him.

I wonder if they roamed around the white house


Good morning!
Do you like dogs by chance?

Yea I love dogs, it's so interesting that dogs are able to eat a starch-rich diet after spending so much time with people

Yes it is.

I think it's interesting that they come from wolves and yet are our best friends.

Yea, we were able to domesticate a wild wolf to do so many things for us like herding, hunting, and companionship

True.

I wonder if wolves are as smart as dogs and elephants.

Experts say they are the only two animals that can understand pointing.

If dogs came from wolves then I wonder if they understand too.

I don't know it possible but I wouldn't want to try pointing in front of a wolf, they would probably bite your finger off

Lol!

They just might at that!

I don't know, I guess I just wonder how similar they are to dogs now.

Dogs aren't color blind for example.

I never knew that.

Did you know dogs have 12 different blood types?

No I didn't!

Do animal hospitals have a lot of blood in storage for operations then?

I would imagine so, they do have dog blood drives

I am really glad to hear that!

I've never seen a dog blood drive before but I hope too.

I worry about injured dogs and what happens if they need blood.

Me too, it's nice to know in Istanbul they have vending machines that feeds the city's stray dogs

That's is nice!
How do they work?

The people of Istanbul just recycle plastic bottles and it dispenses food and water

Wow!

So it helps the environment as well!

Those machines are a great thing!

We need them over here.

It seems like Google would start that.

I mean, they have it in their code of conduct that they are a dog company after all.

I hope so.
Do you have any other pets?
Theodore Roosevelt had over 20 pets!

Really?
I didn't know that!
What kind of pets did he have?
I've only got dogs myself.

Roosevelt had a bear and hyena, really cool

That is definitely cool!

If a president had something like that now the press would be all over him for animal abuse.

Like in Boulder, Colorado where it's not legal to own a pet but you can be it's guardian.

That is crazy, did you know in the US there are more Tigers as pets than there are tigers living in the wild in Asia?

No I didn't.

I'm not sure if that's a good or a bad thing.

At least the tigers are alive.

Well, it's been nice chatting with you!


Do you have a dog?

I do, but I didn't know that they had 12 different blood types.

I do not have a dog, but that is a lot of blood types.

Apparently, dogs and elephants are the only two animals that understand pointing.

I don't know if my dog responds to this, but apparently dogs and elephants are the only animals that instinctively understand pointing.

Funny, that is what I said.

Google prefers dogs to cat apparently, which if funny since cats seem more popular on the internet.

Dogs aren't really color-blind.
I wonder who spread that rumor?

Well they see less colors, so probably people misunderstood it and thought they only see in grey.

If you go to Istanbul, they have vending machines for dogs.

Bring along plastic recyclables to help the stray dogs get food and water dispensed.

That is nice that they do that.

Do you like cats.

Apparently the first cloned pet was a cat they named "copy cat."

That's cute.

Not too much due to allergies in the family.

But apparently people keep tigers as pets in the US and there are more than living in the wild in Asia.

That's too bad.

It is scary to think of a neighbor having a tiger.

In Boulder, Colorado, people do not own pets.

They are only their guardians.

Teddy Roosevelt had over 20 pets including a bear and hyena.

No wonder there is a "teddy bear"

20 pets, wow.

Although, in Japan there are more pets than children.

That is even more devoted to pets.

Drama is a favorite of mine.

Hugh Laurie impresses with having made $700,000 per episode

That is an incredible amount.

I like drama too.

Apparently Jim Carrey doesn't make dramas anymore do to his beliefs.

If you like radio then you can access it online for free.

There are thousands of episodes.

Episodes of what kind of radio?

Do you know that mime is considered a form of drama too?

Sorry, radio dramas are online for free.

Mime seems very dramatic and is huge non-verbal language.

Speaking of Drama, Michael Caine became an actor because all the pretty girls in school were in drama club

I guess mime is a language.

That's funny about Caine.

Micheal Hamm taught drama at his old high school.

Jon Hamm did and one of his students was actually Ellie Kemper from the office.

Makes you wonder how connected Hollywood is.

But then, dramas are influenced by collaborative productions.

It's like anywhere else I guess where connections help.

If you are a doggy, it helps to have connections too.

In case a dog needs blood, they have doggy blood drives for dogs.


Do you like pets?

Good morning!

I do like pets.

I am a dog person, just like Google!

Google states in their code of conduct that they are a dog company.

That is awesome!

If you could have any pet, which would you choose

I would choose a dog.

I could probably only do a dog and a cat, not like Theodore Roosevelt that somehow had a bear and a hyena among his 20+ pets.

That is too crazy for me!

I like dogs and cats, but I personally would also consider ferrets, rabbits, hamster, etc

Nice!
Japan has more pets than kids under 15!
That is wild!

Well sadly japan is know to have a sever birth rate decline problem too

Yes, they are a very old population.

Speaking of Asia, Asia has less tigers in the wild than we have tigers in the US as pets!

Sad.

Well the people there almost hunted them to extinction and the war on the korean penninsula didn't help either

I agree.

The first cloned pet was actually a cat and fittingly they called it "copy cat."

Lol whoever did this had a great sense of humor

Haha, yes!

Talking about humor, do you like comedies?

I was a big Jim Carey fan growing up and am glad to here is not going to make any more dramas.

He is a comedian!

Well isn't drama divided into tragedy and comedy?

It sure is.

I guess he didn't want to do dramas anymore because they are not positive.

I can think of plenty of positive dramas!

I mean he is a great actor and gave me a lot of great laughs in the past

Do you like The Office?

One of my favorite shows ever!

I did not realize until recently Ellie Kemper was taught by John Hamm in her high school drama class!

Who doesn't?

Fair enough!

I like Michael Caine's approach.

All the prettiest girls were in drama, so he became an actor!

But you can't deny his talent and dedication despite his original motivation.

He did well in austin powers

Yes, he is a great actor.

Loved him in the Batman trilogy as Alfred!

That too.

I hope I continue to see him in all these amazing films.

In any case, thanks for chatting

It was nice chatting with you!
Have a great day!

The same to you.


Have you played Trap Adventure 2?

I have not.
Is it any good?

It is pretty good, I like it, makes me want to smash my phone at times though.

Why is it frustrating?
Is it action or more mental?

It can be really hard and booby traps appear out of nowhere making you lose and start the game all over, it's a difficult game overall, but I love it.

I would have broken my phone too many times to justify playing that game.

Im too competitive.

Really?

so we have that common, what kind of games do you like?

I used to like first shooter games but then I had kids 7 years ago and now I like fathering...

Yeah, no time for video games when you have kids, I used to play a lot I liked the early Mario Bros games.

That's a throw back!

I wanted to like that game so much but my friends were so much better than me so I decided to hate those games...

I was actually pretty good at that game, I manage to earn all the starts from one of the game.

I sure miss those times.

I used to love Contra and all the lives with the cheat code...

I didnt really play that game, what was it about?

You just ran with a gun and shot stuff.

It was fun but you got 30 lives with the cheat code so it was pretty full proof.

Sounds like a fun game I might download it, you should try Trap Adventure 2 as well.

I will!
II hope my phone is ok after...

Yeah you should definetely take it easy lol if not you will have to buy a new one.

Any other suggestions?

No, not really.

OK. Well it was nice chatting with you.

Nice chatting with you too.


Hi there!
Do you play video games?

I used to play nintendo when I was younger.

You?

Same here.

I go all the way back to the original Atari.

lol  It's illegal for kids 16 and under in South Korea to play video games past midnight.

Weird law.

lol

Perfect!

A parent-frindly law if I ever heard one!

Video games used to be called "cathode ray tube amusement devices."

I can see why that name never caught on...

I never knew that!

A game desinger named Jane McGonigal calculated that as a planet we play 3 billion hours of video games a week.

Wow that's a lot of time.

If we played while on a stationary bike, imagine how much healthier we all would be!

Right!

I never knew that Tom Hanks' brother Jim does Woody's voice in video games and merchandise.

Awesome!

Spread the work around the family!

Stephen Fry did the narration for little big planet, hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy, and harry potter video games...

I wonder if he has a brother too?

Nice!
Did you ever play Mario Brothers?

Absolutely!

I started playing Supermario Bros back when Mario was too small to have a mouth, and thus sports his prominent mustachio!

Awesome!

Super Mario Brothers remains the highest grossing non-bundled video game!

Yeah, I heard it grossed about $1.7 billion... Not bad for game!

Cha-ching!

I remember Mario first showing up in Donkey Kong and Donkey Kong Jr. is the only game in which Mario appears as the villian.

Must have been a bad hair day!

Did you know that the same guy has done  all the music for all the mario bros games?

I didn't know that.

There is a screen shot on the Super Mario Brothers 3 box that isn't in the game.

I never noticed that.

I think if I remember right there was a lot of yellow on the box.

Lots of yellow everywhere in that world!

It is hard to believe that the game first came out in 1983 for arcades.

Things certainly have changed over the years, in both video games and television!

Makes me feel old to think it's been that long.

I used to love watching "That 70s show" when it was out.

Now I'll watch it on Netflix.

Have you ever watched the UK remake?
I heard it was awfull...

I haven't seen it.

What was the name of it so I can look it up?

Days Like These

Thanks!
I'm going to go look for it now.
Thanks for chatting!


Hi, how are you?
Do you play video games?

Hi!

yes I do!

love them.

Have you every tried virtual reality games?

No, not really I tried some playstation games long ago.

I never played FIFA, which is a game that has longevity.

I haven't tried virtual reality yet, seems like it would be very strange lol.

But I hear they are fun.

The old headset units gave people headaches.

The resolution was low.

I would rather play the old-style games, like Grand Theft Auto

True!

I love Grand Theft Auto, it has come a long way since it first came out.

I liked how the original one could be popped into a cd player and it would play the soundtrack!

The game had great music.

The PS has a lot of flexibility and power.

The DoD build a supercomputer about of 1760 PS 3s.

The cheaper solution chosen by the DoD!

Surprising.

Wow, that's interesting!

Playstations are used for so many things, like how the Ps3's are used to search for black holes, pretty crazy.

Not surprising how popular they are seeing how the Ps 4 sold 80 million consoles in only 24 hours.....

Soon PSs will have the ability to do everything, maybe even be a smart phone.

Do you know why New York has the area code 212?

I would not doubt that Playstations could eventually be used as smart phone, they do so many other things lol, I love my smart phone when I got a new one recently....I did not know that, I wonder why?

NY's area code is 212 because it was the shortest one to dial on a rotary phone.

The only place to find rotary phones now is in a museum.

The cables carrying all the data across the bottom of the oceans are less than 3 inches thick!

Oh wow!

That's interesting for sure.

Telephone have come a long way in just a few years, I remember the rotary dial phones and using phonebooth's lol seems like a lifetime ago.

Just like iPhones, they have major computing power.

People spend a lot of time on their phones now.

I wonder how effective UNICEFs program to get people off their cell phones has been.

I know!

Everyone is always on their phones and it's kinda sad.

I hope that UNICEF is getting clean water to those kids in need!

Hopefully it is working.

If people can control themselves, I see little water going to the kids.Are you a fan of comedy?

The kids deserve fresh water, I hope it is working.

I was just talking to someone on the phone about a comedy movie I saw recently, which is older but very funny.

I love Jack Black!

I guess he was originally going to be in The Green Lantern!

Jack Black as Green Lantern?
I guess it would have to be a comedy.
He has done a range of roles though.

He does, and it was originally supposed to be a comedy.

But I guess someone had a better idea!

I like older comedy like Saturday Night Live back when Bill Murray, Dan Akroid and John Belushi were one it.

Do you like Comedy?

Comedy is a great genre.

I think it's difficult to be funny.

I like the fact that the programming language Python is named after Monty Python.

Comedy s the best, I agree.

And wow, that is really interesting!

I love Monty Python.

I really like 3rd Rock from the Sun there for awhile but don't watch it much anymore.

Comedy is great when done right.

Too often, it's done wrong.

Comedy Central has canceled over 100 shows since 1989.

Well, it's been nice chatting!

That's interesting!
It has been great!
Bye!

Ok, bye!


What hobbies do you entertain?

Reading and watching a lot of tv.
How about you?

I like watching tv and playing playstation

Oh i forgot about the PS4 i love it.
What games do you play?

Playstation has a lot of history and diverse consoles but I like the PSP

I have not played that one i think i'm old school but i know it's cool.

It was originally launch back in December of 1994.

Isn't PSP pretty old too?
Now it has been PS Vita for a while

Oh ok i have heard of that.

When the PS4 was released it sold 1 million consoles in the first 24 hrs.

Wow, yeah i bought one too.

lol!

PS4 is also great as well.

Personally, the music and graphics of PlayStation is really great

Yes i agree technology has come a long way and i don't think it's slowing down at all.

It's already the fastest selling console in history.

I wonder what the future of games are.

Did you know PS3 are being used to research black holes?

Really hope that's not the future of gaming, lol!

I'm sure V.R.

is going to blow us all away!

It would be great if we could play while we sleep

Well know you're getting into the movie inception, lol.

Did you know the original GTA disk when placed into a cd player would play the soundtrack?

Ya it is pretty cool how some games have built in easter eggs.

Yeah that is cool.

Did you know that the ps3 only had 256 mb of ram.

Wow we are way out there know, It's like watching a movie.

Technology is advancing so fast

Yeah you're right!

I guess Sony stop making the PS2 on January 4, 2013.

Do you watch comedy?

I do.

I think that kung fu hustle is a classic

Yes i've seen that.

The empire strikes back was nominated for best comedy if you can believe that, lol.

I question that choice, but hey who am I to judge.

Anyway thanks for chatting.


How's it going, did you know there are cables carrying phone and internet data across the oceans?

I did know that.

I think it is really cool how far we have come as a society to have that.

Yea we came pretty far from having NY area code 212 because it was the fastest number to dial on a rotary phone

So true.

We have come from corded phones to needing to have a challenge to keep us from our phones.

Yea, it's scary that an iphone has more computing power than the entire US nuclear ICBM deterrent

You would think that the nuclear stuff would be on the most powerful servers there are.

Apparently not which is frightening.

Yea, it's pretty funny that the U.S department of defense uses ps3s to build a super computer

wow that is pretty sad when our budget doesn't even let them make a real supercomputer that they had to link almost 1800 PS3s.

They are so hackable too.

It's crazy how ps3s can be used for supercomputers and to research black holes

I don't think I would trust it though.

I mean if your execs can't manage to not retweet things they shouldn't I dont' put much faith in your company.

That's pretty hypocritical that Sony was prosecuting people for retweeting unlock codes and nothing happened to the exec

I do have to admit though playstation has done some cool random things like when the disc for GTA would play the soundtrack in a CD player.

I remember playing gta and other playstation games on a cd player, it was pretty cool

I do like that it runs an android OS.

I am a hardcore Android person so that appeals to me.

Have you ever played the Playstation Vita?

I used to have a psp and thought it was pretty cool

No I haven't but it sounds intriguing.

They are certainly doing lots to make themselves still be a competitive brand.

Yea, I like that the PS3 could also play blu rays like Kung Fu Hustle, hilarious movie, Bill Murray thinks it's a supreme achievement in comedy

See I really like Bill Murray but I have to question his choice in comedies.

I think Monty Python should have that honor.

Well Monty Python has been honored by a lot of peole and even by the creator of the python programming language

I love that comedy group.

They deserve to have things named after them with how hilarious they are.

Yea they're great.

Well I got to go, nice chatting with you


do you use your phone much?

All the time.

Do you know why the NY area code is 212?

That is because it was easy to dial on a rotary phone?

Yes that is it.
DId you ever use a rotary phone?

I did and it was too funny.

Did you know the phone cables at the bottom of the ocean are only 2.7 inches wide?

Yes that is not very wide at all and how do they not get tangled?

I wonder too.

DId you know UNICEF donated clean water when we do not use our phones

I wonder how they can do that, would be nice to know

I agree so we can figure a way to contribute more to that

Yeah.
DO you like PlayStation?

I love it.

DO you know which is the last game made for PS2?

Yes that is FIFA 14 which is in all three consoles

Yeah.

THey are also being used to research black holes

Cool.

Grand Theft auto when played in a music player it turns into a soundtrack

Wow that is pretty genius that is has two functions in one CD

I know right.

The US department once used many of them to build a supercomouter

Nice.
Do you like comedy?

I love comedy, my favorite genre, and you?

Yes me too.
Have you seen Kung FU Hustle?

I have.

Did you know Bill Murray thinks it is the funnies movies of modern age?

Yeah I do not get it but maybe he thinks differently


Hi, are you aware of Imran Khan's Pakistan?

I know nothing about it.
I know pakistan.
who is imran khan?

I am not sure but it sounds like the winner of a power struggle in pakistan.

I think that pakistan is probably trying to rid itself of extremists.

i hope that khan can do something about that.

I reads like he is a freedom fighter tired of the political pressure put on the press...

I hope that pakistan can join the rest of the world in trying to stop terrorism.

Religion is a source of that kind of extremism.

I agree.
Do you have a house phone still?

I do have a house phone.
it is a good backup.
redundancy can be helpful.

Did you know new york's area code is 212 because it is the fastest number to dial?

That was on the old rotary phones!
did you ever use one?

Yeah.

My parents had one growing up.

My finger would slip and it wwould take forever to redial... You?

Yes, those things were so slow.
9-1-1 took a while too LOL

Yeah.

Can't be too hurried while your life is on the line or it will take too long.

yes, you want to connect to the operator so they can hear you gasping your last breaths.

LOL.

Ha!

The cables carying phone and internet accross the ocean are only 2.7 inches?

i think that is fiberoptics.

carries a lot of signals.

probably very expensive.

plus not too much at the bottom of the ocean.

The iphone has more computing powerr than the nuclear icbm.

Yes, plus the ICBM deterrent does not handle text messaging too well.

maybe we should upgrade them to iphones?

I am sure it has to do with a lack of hacking ability.

Ok.
Anyway, great chat!

Ditto.
Nice chatting with you!


Hello - how are you doing today?

Hello.
I am doing good and yourself?
Do you have an iphone by chance?

I'm doing good too.
I do have an iPhone.
What about you?

i don't, i have an android but i've heard that iphones have more computing power than the entire us nuclear icbm deterrent.

I've heard that too which is kind of scary stuff.

It really is.

Phones are wonderful inventions though.

Just think about it.

They convert sound into electrical signals.

I can't imagine not having a phone.

New York's area code is 212 because this was the fastest number to dial on a rotary phone.

Is that right?

I wonder what the rest of the country thought about that when area codes were decided.

Not too sure.

The cables carrying phone and data lines across the ocean are only 2.7 inches thick and just lay on the ocean floor.

That's incredible that all of that information travels in lines so small!

I agree!

It's impossible to separate two phonebooks that have their pages overlapped together.

You know, I've actually heard that before.

I guess it would have to be too very thick phone books for that to be.

I saw that Unicef will donate a day of clean water to child in need for every minute you don't use your cell phone.

That's a great program!

I'd like to find out more about it.

Do you know how to sign up or anything like that?

I do not.
Do you like the movie Jumanji?

i like the original with Robin Williams and Bonnie Hunt.

It was good!

I do too!

The boy from Jumanji was the voice of chip in Beauty and the Beast.

I didn't know that.

That's cool.

Oh, hey, I do know that Bradley Pierce did the original voice of miles on sonic the hedgehog.

I didn't know that.

Jumanji had an opening weekend in the US of $36 million.

That's pretty good for something that started out as a children's book in 1981!

I think so too.

Tim Curry is the voice of slick in the Jumanji cartoon.

I like him.

The movie is taken from a book by Chris Van Allsburg and he also wrote the movie so I bet that's why it's so good.


Hello, did you ever see Jumanji?

Hi yeah I did, I liked it too.

The guy who did the voice in the movie is also chip in Beauty and the Beast

Nice that is pretty cute.

TIm Curry does the voice of Slick in the cartoon version

Oh awesome.

The movie paid The Rock 20$ million, that is a lot of money

Wow that is and the total budget was $91 so he got a good chunk

Yeah that is true.
Do you use your phone much?

All the time.
Did you ever use a rotary phone?

No I did not but I guess it took forever just to place a call with those phones

Yeah and that is the reason why the NY area code is 212, quick to call

Yeah exactly Did you ever use a phone book too?

No I have not but I heard if two of them get stuck together, you cannot separate them

WOw I want to try that actually.

Unicef donated clean water when you don not use your hpone

Wow that is amazing.

iPhones have more computing power than the US nuclear icbm deterrent

That is a lot but they do need a lot of it to get so many things done at once

Yeah true.
Do you like Pixar movies?

I do .

I heard they have a secret room where only celebrities are allowed

That is kind of unfair.

Do you know who makes the most money among celebrities?

I know that Judge Judy makes a ton of money, over $123000 per episode

Yeah that is a lot but LeBron makes more than her so I wonder how much more that is

Yeah, the guy is everywhere now.
Do you know who Carol Burnett is?

yeah she is the first celebrity that actually appeared in Sesame Street


Hi, how are you?

I am good.

I was so happy to heard about the 11 year old battling cancer getting birthday gifts from strangers.

Stories like this one always warms my heart.

I love them!

Yes she got lots of paper flowers and over a hundred packages.

Wow!

It's so terrible to have the cancer return but then to have something that great happen is amazing!

Yes that was awesome!

And then she got pizza - my favorite food!

And I love the fact that she shared her flowers

And got to watch Jumanji.
I hope it was the new one!

I did not know there were two Jumanjis..

I did know it was originally a children's book

Yes.

The boy was the voice of Chip, from Beauty and The Beast.

Yes and one of the guys also played miles in sonic the hedgehog

Wow!

It eventually got over $1B worldwide in the box office!

That is pretty nuts.

It had a budget of 91 million so it made a nice profit

Yeah!

I would have liked the $20M the Rock got!

Yeah its funny when you think of how many people stream movies - the cable carrying internet data across the oceans is only 2.7 inches in diameter.

That seems tiny!

Yeah!
A strong fish could bite through it.
How would they fix it?

I have no idea!
It is just laying on the ocean floor

Did you know NYC's area code is 212?

Yes - that makes sense because NYC is so large!

It is impossible to separate two phone books that have their pages overlapped.

I find that hard to believe...

Phone books can be pretty large - especially new york city ones!!

Nice chatting with you!


Hello, are you interested in Cricket?

Hello.

I think Cricket is interesting although I have never played.

I think it is one of the only games I can think of that has 11 players on a field at a time.

Yes, sounds interesting that the players of the batting side score runs by striking the ball bowled at the wicket with the bat while the bowling and fielding side try to prevent this and dismiss each player so that they are 'out'.

That is interesting.

I meant to say that each team has 11 players on the field at a time.

I didn't know there was International Cricket Council.

Did you?

Yeah, I heard about that.

I also heard that there's an all US born Cricket team from Compton that won the British cup twice.

That is awesome!

It seems like Australia does very well in cricket considering they have won 45% of all world cups.

Not only that but the Australians have also appeared in 63% of all finals and have won 71% of their final appearances.

I had heard that somewhere.

However, apparently both England and Australia had diplomatic consequences for using nasty tactics against history's best cricket player.

It sounds like this game can get serious.

Apparently, it can get nasty and go for a really long time as well.

The longest match in the history of cricket was in 1939 England playing against South Africa that took part in a single match that lasted 14 days.

That would be a really long match.

I wonder if people stayed to watch.

Some cricket players have interesting names like the professional Indian cricket player Napoleon Einstein.

I thought that was cool too.

They keep playing until ten players have been dismissed, then the innings end and they sway roles.

That 14 day game must have been exhausting for the players.

They probably had extra players coming in from each side to pull that off.

They must have been.

I think it is interesting that the game of cricket spread globally when the British Empire expanded.

I think a game close to Cricket is played in most other countries except the US where football reigns in the sports arena as the national pastime.

Football is extremely popular in America which is probably why those with successful careers in sports are often associated with celebrity status.

Yes, that's certainly true.

Celebrity status is often associated with wealth referred to as fame and fortune, while fame more often provides opportunities to earn revenue.

Football certainly lends itself well to that aforementioned celebrity status.

I think it is interesting that as popular as football is that LeBron James is the highest paid celebrity followed by Judge Judy,

Agree on that, too.

Judge Judy makes $123,000 an episode.

Wow, I wonder just how much Lebron James rakes in then?

Right!

I can't believe that.

Celebrities also get special perks like a secret room at Pixar studio that they can visit.

I wonder if Judge Judy or Lebron James ever visits there.

Good question.

They both have probably been there!

Celebrity status gives many perks that common people would never know about.

I know that Carol Burnett was the first celebrity to appear on Sesame Street.

I bet that was a real honor for Elmo and the rest of the gang!

Yes.

She is pretty funny.

Speaking of funny actors, Robin Williams started the trend of celebrities performing voices in animated films in Aladdin.

Yes, he was such a funny guy.

Other countries also have celebrities too.

Ethiopia has a celebrity chef who thinks he can combat his country's hunger problems by encouraging everyone to eat more diverse foods.


Hello, How are you?

Interesting that New York got the fastest area code number!

Good!

I think that number should have gone to emergency services, but that is me.

Yes, I agree!
Wow Judge Judy makes a lot per episode.
$123.000!

She certainly does.

Speaking of celebs I think it is cool that John Cena holds the record for wishes granted with 400

Yes, Awww, Carol Burnett was the first celebrity on Sesame Street.

I wonder if she pulled her ear, like she's famous for?

She probably did.

I saw her do a show recently and she did it there too.

Oh good!

I don't know that much about cricket, looks like fun!

It does.
It is similar to baseball I think.

The longest match was in 1939 between England and South Africa it lasted 14 days!

That is a long time.

There is a batsman who scored 165/245 runs for his team, no one has reached that percentage again.

That's unreal, Its good an all US born team won the British cup twice.

It is.

Australia dominates in the world cups though.

Theyve won 45%

I didn't know that.

How does eating diverse foods help with hunger in Ethiopia?

Well if people arent all eating the same things there is more food to go around.

Probably, but what if there's no food at all!

Our Iphone's have a vast amount of power!

Then that is a real problem.

Phones do have a lot of power, dolphins even talk over them.

Oh really, I loved Robin Williams he could make me laugh so hard!

He could do amazing things with his voice.

He really could.

It was tragic what happened to him.

someone who brings so much joy to others suffering so much

I know its so upsetting!

I wonder whats in that Pixar studio visited by celebrities?

Good chat!

I dont know whats in that room.
Im not a celeb so in not allowed in.

Very Disney I bet!
Have a nice day!
!


Have you seen the original Jumanji movie with Robin Williams?

I have seen the original as well as the reboot - very good movies!

I agree.

It didnt start out too good on it's opening weekend netting just 36 million dollars but it has done very well since.

Amazing statistics, and the fact that they paid the Rock $20 million - I'm sure they were nervous after that soft opening!

They paid him alot considering they only had a budget of 91 million.

It certainly seems of balanced - make me wonder what the other actors were paid.

Like Kevin Heart and Jack Black?

The rock is a major celebrity.

The bigger the celebrity status the more money they make.

Very fair point and celebrities have become some of the most important and influential people on Earth!

Unfortunately they really have.
That is mostly due to mass media.

Mass media, social media, internets...

I remember the days of rotary dial telephones - makes me feel old!

I remember too.

Did you know that new york's area code is 212 because it was the fastest to dial on a rotary phone.

That doesn't seem quite fair to the rest of the country.

Definitely not fair, but few things are - then and now!

Telephones are all but obsolete because of cell/smartphones

Yes indeed.

But back in the day we had phone books and I've recently learned that it is impossible to separate two of them that have overlapping pages.

Interesting - I'm trying to imagine that, overlapping pages.

Like a zipper?

I don't think I've ever done that

I don't think I have either.

I guess phone books used to be so thick that if you combined them you couldn't separate them.

I cant remember the last time I saw or needed to reference a phone book - Google has totally replace them!

Yes it has.

The internet has so much information and the cables that carry it across the ocean floor are only 2.7 inches in diameter.

The logistics and infrastructure required are mind boggling and fascinating at the same time!

That is so true.

I mean the iphone, just a phone, has more computing power than the entire us nuclear icbm deterrent.

Smart phones have become everything to everyone - I bet there's an app that could detect and alert you to an icbm launch!

I wouldn't be surprised.

They can even be used to help people, Unicef will donate a day of clean water to a child in need for every minute a person doesn't use their phone.


Good morning!

Have you ever heard of the game called cricket?

I have, It is a game played by two teams with eleven players on each team.

They use a ball and a bat to play the game.

Nice!

Australia have won 45% of all cricket World Cups!

they have also been in 63% of all the finals and have won 71% of those appearances.

Awesome!

The longest match in cricket history took place in 1939.

Do you know who the two teams were and for how long it lasted?

I do, it lasted 14 days and was played by South Africa and England.

Whew.

That has to be one of the longest games of all time.

lol  There is a pro indian cricket player named Napoleon Einstein!

interesting.

There used to be a team from Compton and they won the British cup twice.

What are the odds of that?
Do you follow any celebrities?

Some, lets talk about celebrities next.

The movie Aladdin and robin Williams started the tread of voices being performed by celebrities.

I loved those movies.

Carol Burnett was the first celebrity to appear on Sesame Street.

Judge Judy makes a lot of money per episode, she receives 123,000 per show.

Nice!

Have you ever heard of the celebrity TV chef from Ehtiopia who believes he can combat his country's hunger problems by encouraging everyone to eat more diverse foods?

I have not.

there is a secret room at Pixar studios that celebrities like to visit.

I have't heard of him either.

lol  I wonder what they keep in that room?

Did you know that Unicef will donate a day of clean water to a child in need for every minute you do not use your cell phone?

Sounds like a good thing to do.

I did not, lets talk about the Telephone next.

The reason why New York's area code is 212 is because when they used rotary phones it was the fastest number to dial.

That's an interesting fact.

It's impossible to separate 2 phonebooks that have their pages overlapped together.

I don't think I've used a phone book in years now since I have had a cell phone.

I would think they would be huge, but the cables used on the ocean floor are only 2.7 inches in diameter

I'm surprised one of the cables haven't been pinched by a lobster.

An iphone has more computing power than the entire US nuclear icbm deterrent.

interesting, the cables not only carry phone data but they also carry internet.

Yes!
It's been fun chatting with you!

You too, have a nice day.


Are you a fan of Donald Glover?

Yes, I am He has a great Tv show called Atlanta have you ever heard of it?

No but I recently saw one of his videos and immeidately became a fan

He's a pretty good rapper, He definitely knows how to make a stage performance fun.

Are you a fan of Star Wars?

Yes I definitely am what about you.
Whats your favorite film in the serious

The orignals with Mark and Harrison

Me too empire strikes back is most definitely my favorite its an absolute masterpiece.

Eight of the movies in the Star Wars series have been nominated for Academy Awards

Are you a fan of any of the newer ones that have recently been released?

Not so much.

As I have gotten older, I have found a greater appreciation for the classics.

This is very true, even though film technology keeps getting better they will never be able to recreate the same magic from the classics

I think Empire Strikes Back was the best one of all time

George Lucas made history and has influenced many film makers

The Force Awakens gave the series a new identity in 2015 I think

Solo: a star wars story didnt receive as much promotion last year as many of the other releases

Yeah, it was seen as a flop in comparison to other Star Wars films among some of the critics.

Do you know what the total value of the franchise was estimated at in 2018?

I would think it would be in the billions?

It was estimated at right around 65 billion

That is a record I believe.


Hello, do you shop online at all?

Hi there, actually quite a bit.
I love shopping on AMazon and you?

Me too so convenient.

Did you know Jeff built a clock on a mountain somewhere

Yes and I hear it is supposed to run for 10 000 years

Pretty crazy.

I like that they deliver on SUndays now though.

Yes that is super convenient and all thanks to their contract with USPS

Yes indeed.
And they own IMDB as well

Right, since 1998 actually so for quite a while now

Yeah that is true.

Did you know they named a building after their first customer?

Yeah and all the guy had to spend was less than $30

Yeah that is amazing, what a gift back from them to him.

Their workers seem to be really busy every day

Yeah for sure, I heard they can walk up to 15 miles s day , that is how busy they are

That is a lot.
Do you watch dramas at all?

I do, I love them and one of my favorites is House MD.

Do you watch it?

I sure do, Laurie is great in it and he made $700 000 per episode, that is insane

Yeah the show was making so much money too.

DO you like Jim Carrey?

I like him as a comedian a lot, he is funny.

Did you hear he does not do dramas anymore?

Yeah apparently he does not because they do not carry positivity with them

Yeah.
Do you listen to radio dramas as well?

Sometimes and there is a fere website to listen to them, pretty neat

Yes that is cool, to at least try and see if you like them.


Hi, how are you?

I'm doing great!
How are you doing?

I am well, thanks.
Do you like star wars

I enjoyed the first three moives.

After that, not so much.

I guess the charm just disappeared, or I got old.

I think Jar Jar Binx spoled it for a lot of people.

I wish the next three were better.

Lucas had a lot of guidance on the first three movies.

People helped him develop the plot and the characters.

His wife edited.

Didn't she win awards for that?
Seems like she is very capable

Yes, she did.

He never did.

He got billions instead.

I don't know what Disney is going to do with this property.

It doesn't look promising.

I agree.

They are saturating the market with the franchise and diluting it.

It's sad.

I at least hope they make great rides out of it!

That's a good possibility.

There is a lot to mine in that franchise.

20th century Fox, convinced that star wars was going to flop, agreed to George Lucas's proposition to forgo an additional $500k directing fee in return to keep licensing and merchandising rights for himself.

George saw the potential in toys.

That's brilliant!

I do not underestimate those type of minds.

I am always jealous of that forethought.

He knew that he was creative.

he had successful films before Star Wars.

James earl jones only spent 2.5 hours recording his part in star wars?

Just a few lines.

I don't think his character was on screen much.

I wonder if he got residuals for that role.

If he only got 7500, I hope there was some backend points!

I hope so, but then again, he probably got a pile for the next two movies.

They needed him for the franchise!

Yeah.

I heard something like that the other day.

Someone signed on for the first movie and made almost nothing.

Then they forgot to write in the second movies so the actor took them to the cleaners!

Yeah, that sounds fair.

I bet the actors have trouble guessing what's going to succeed.

Alec Guinness made a fortune, even though he didn't like the story.

I am always happy when they make a ton of money.

I try not to hate...

Well, if the movie succeeds, they win.
If it doesn't, they lose.
They take the risk.
No quality, no payoff.
It doesn't bother me.

Nice chatting with you!


Childish Gambino is such a talented artist, he's a rapper, singer, comedian, and an actor!

I've heard the name.
Don't know much about him.
Where is he from?

I'm not sure, but seeing as he wrote and stars in the FX show Atlanta, I'd probably say there haha

Oh, I've heard of that show.

Hasn't it done pretty well, awards and stuff?

Yeah, it's done pretty well in the Emmy's I think.

A lot better than his other roles, like in the Star Wars Solo movie.

I enjoyed the first three Star Wars films.

The later ones, not so much.

What about you?

I like the most recent ones, it's kind of like a new story to the overall Saga.

But the originals are the best.

Lucas had a lot of guidance during the first three.

The later ones felt unfocused, with too much computer.

Yeah it's crazy that the first two won Academy awards, but clearly all the prequels were bust

Marcia Lucas won an award for editing.

Well deserved but I bet it still bothers George that he doesn't have a statue.

Yeah, but I don't think it keeps him up at night, seeing as the entire series as had a box office revenue of $8.5 million

Yeah, he sold the franchise to Disney and now he sits at home on a pile of cash.

Creative guy.

I wonder what he's doing now.

Probably trying to figure out how to make and ruin the next Indiana Jones movie haha

I've heard they are planning one.

People go just for nostalgia.

I wonder how many languages Star Wars has been dubbed in.

Everyone probably haha.

They even dubbed it in Navajo in 2013, which signified the first blockbuster film to do so

Makes sense.

How much do you use the Internet every day?

Do you feel like you're getting addicted?

Sometimes I do, but then I take a break every once in a while.

How about yourself?

I bet a lot of people are addicted.
Click ... WOW  ... Click ... WOW.
Too much stimulation.
Like a rat in an experiment.

Yeah, I think the internet is amazing for the wealth of knowledge, but the clickbait is so out of control.

Yes, and if the Internet disappears, we can get the backup from the library at Alexandria to get our fix.

Finally, we'd go back to the library!

The addicts would line up for a fix.
Well, I've enjoyed chatting!

You too!

Bye

see ya

Bye

bye, again haha

Make sure to hit the DONE button.

It's not popped up yet, sometimes it takes more than 10 turns

Oh, it's popped up on my end.

Ok, well, I guess I should have read the terms of service better.


I read that Hugh Laurie is the highest paid actor ever for tv drama

Wow, How much does he make?

he makes $700,000 per episode of House

Did you know they had a celebration of Leonard Berstein's 100th birthday?

They had dancing, singing and the National Symphony Orchestra.

Must have been quite the event.

wow sounds nice!

I just read that there is a website where you can listen to thousands of episodes of classic radio drama for free.

Kind of neat

Yes, there was a big Gala with big names in business.

wow that neat.

I bet some people go into acting for the girls just like Michael Caine started doing drama to meet the girls

Could be.
Do you like Opera?
Wolf Trap has a training program.

Not really but I saw that a shopping center in Australia in using classical music to stop teenagers from loitering

Interesting, is that like reverse psychology?

Goerke will sing in the Brunnhilde at the Metropolitan Opera nexy year and sang some of Wagner's "ring" cycle.

In 2011 a computer composed a piece of contemporary classical music

Did it copy anything?

Did you know the term soap opera came from the stories being sponsored by soap companies?

Who wouldn't known?

i didn't know that but classical music concerts had loud moving wild audiences during the performance

I never heard that.

In 1972 Deep Purple broke the world record for noise

in 2002 a creed concert was so bad that four concert goers filed a lawsuit against the band

That's not good.

Did you know that fans of heavy metal and classical music have similar personalities?

I wouldn't have thought that.

yeah that is interesting.

in 1972 I see that Pink Floyd recorded a live concert at the ancient roman amphitheater in pompei, with no audience

Wonder why?

Just for the cool factor I guess.

Paul McCartney and the Beatles composed classical music and released four classical albums.

I know I was wondering that too..

I didn't know the Beatles did classiscal music.

A man named Author Lintgen can correctly identify a piece of classical music by simply analyzing the grooves on vinyl record

That sounds amazing.

Sir Anthony Hopkins composed classical music as well.

You already told me that.

Anyhow, a woman driving to a Dave Matthews concert helped a stranded cyclist who turned out to be Dave Matthews.