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IMO, the trailer looks awesome and this movie will be awesome. What needs to be realized is that movies and books are two completely different mediums through which a story can be expressed. People need to stop comparing between books and movies, because almost always, they will end up differently. To expect that they won't is only setting yourself up for major disappointment. Certain things can work in books that can't work in movies, and vice versa. And so what if they decide to split the seventh book in half? IMO, it should already be a given that the studios are out to make money. And, to be honest, people ARE going to see both movies. And, each time, people will come out having had a good time. So there really is no big deal. Treat both the books and the movies as two separate things. Some things will get lost in the translation over to a new medium. It's to be expected. Enjoy both for what they are, and don't waste your time getting pissed off over something that's not worth it.

ISWB is one of my favorite stories on the web. Thank you Dan for starting it. My condolences to his family. Rest in peace.

Oh, and did anyone else think Mohinder became HOT this season? Holy cow. When I first saw him w/o his shirt, I nearly fainted. Haha

Warning: There are spoilers in my response. If you haven't yet seen the latest episode or any of the seasons, 1) GO WATCH 'EM! and 2) Don't go any further. .... 1) Who is your favourite hero? -- Nathan Petrelli. Okay, his power sucks. But he is my favorite. 2) Who is the most powerful amongst them? -- Peter Petrelli, obviously. Too powerful, in my opinion. 3) Who would you want to be? -- Peter Petrelli, obviously. He has all the power 4) Who do you think would manifest more hidden abilities? -- Better not be Peter. I think no one should get any more powers. They'll make it more complicated if more people get more powers. 5) Who is the most interesting character? -- Season 1: Nathan Petrelli; Season 2: Adam Monroe a.k.a. Kensei; Season 3: Right now it's Angela Petrelli 6) Would Sylar prevail? Or would there be another "better villain"? -- I'm tired of Sylar. Really. I think he's overrated. I want to know more about the fear guy or the guy who shoots blue flames. Or rather, BRING BACK ADAM MONROE! He was, by far, the best villain on the show. I hope he comes back. 7) Where is Nikki Sanders and Micah Sanders? -- Nikki = dead. Micah...He can die to. I don't think he's necessary. 8) If you were given a chance to write a scene for "Heroes", what plot would you give? -- Someone has to die. It has to be a major character too. One of the biggest problems I had with last season (besides the fact that it was pretty slow), was the introduction of Claire's blood as being able to bring back the dead. After that, I feel that every main character, particularly those Claire cares about, will be invincible because of her blood. In shows like this, where people have super powers and are stronger/better than the average human being, I believe that it would make the show more suspenseful and a lot more interesting, if all these characters were vulnerable to death. Those characters who can never die are boring. One personal qualm I have with the show: WAAAAAY too many characters. Again, another reason why I advocate the death of one or two main characters. Kill off Parkman. He's worthless. And what was up with him painting the future in the last episode? There needs to be conflict between Ando and Hiro, and I'm glad that the season seems to be headed in that direction. Hiro should kill off Ando. Now THAT would be interesting. I also am one of the people who don't find Hiro that interesting at all. Claire and Peter, in my opinion, are on the lower rungs of the interesting ladder. His brother and mom are pretty up there. Mohinder has moved up. The first two seasons I thought he was the worse. What happened to the mimic girl from New Orleans? And plague girl is boring. I wanna see Kristen Bell again. I like her. I have more to say, but I can't think of it right now. Looking forward to the next episode.

I agree. However, it's hard to separate the Olympics from politics when the very boycott of an Olympic Games has been used as a political tool in the past. But, I try to think of the athletes and whatnot, instead of the bickering between nations about human rights and pollution. Although both are important issues, when it comes to the Olympics, I'd prefer the news focus on who's winning what instead of what China's doing to piss off the foreigners.

I just use whatever I saw my mom use back home. Or whichever is cheaper. And it's not like I clean up often. My dorm room was a disaster zone last year.

F-R-E-E, that spells free creditreport.com baby. or... Freecreditreport.com Yee ha! I could have seen this coming (something) like an atom bomb (something) (something) (something) send you email alerts so you won't end up selling fish (?) to tourists in T-shirts. Yes, I memorized them. (Or at least, part of them.) I'm pathetic. I have found myself to be a buyer whose buying decisions are influenced by commercials. Decisions are usually based on how funny the commercial is, how creative, how entertaining, etc. Like, I'd totally go with Geico because of the gecko. Weird, I know. Probably not very smart either.

Athens! Rome! London! Amsterdam! Oh, and Boston.

Haha. Yeah, I could But it was one of the better ones.

Wait, what?? That's not Philip Rivers. That's Scott Porter who plays Jason Street on 'Friday Night Lights' on NBC. (Excellent show. Go watch it ) This is Philip Rivers. And he's a douche. Wasn't he the guy who got into a shouting match with a member of the crowd during a football game? Yeah. Douche. That smile just screams, "Douche!" And you forgot Tom Brady of the New England Patriots. (Whoo! Go team! ) And Eli Manning of the New York Giants. (Who I think is sooooo much better looking than his older brother.) Oh! And Brady Quinn of, I believe, the Cleveland Browns. So yes. Lots and lots of reasons to watch football. These are only three

Super Bowl commercials are the best. However, while I was growing up, the local cable company would always replace the Super Bowl commercials with local ones. (I grew up in a U.S. territory.) Now that I'm in the continental U.S., I finally am able to watch the commercials. My favorite one this year was the one with the guy sitting in an armchair in front of a mouse hole, eating a bag of Doritos chips. Suddenly, this man in a mouse suit jumps through the wall and tackles the guy. HILARIOUS.

I usually don't watch music videos on YouTube. Rather, I watch other people's covers of songs and a capella stuff. Here's one of my favorites: It's Firedrill!, an all male a capella group, covering Alicia Keys' If I Ain't Got You. The lead singer is HOT! You can barely see him in the vid, but if you do a bit of stalking (like I did ), you'll find his MySpace page and see his pictures

Really? I thought it was terrible. Five minutes into the movie and I already wanted to walk out. But I stuck through it, because I was curious as to what was killing everyone. There are some good parts. Like . But, overall, the plot, directing, and acting just sucked. And I'm surprised about the acting. Because I like Mark Wahlberg, Zooey Deschanel, and John Leguizamo in their other movies and consider them to be decent actors, but they were just absolutely terrible in this movie. After Lady in the Water, I told myself never to see an M. Night Shyamalan movie again. I should have listened to myself.

I'm morbidly fascinated with the idea of dick popping. How indeed does one find out that they have the ability to pop their weiner? In keeping with the topic though, I don't know if this is much of a talent, but I can bend my fingers (with the exception of my thumbs) back far enough that the tips are an inch or less away from the back of my hand.

That's exactly what I said. I told him that it was hypocritical to say that there was nothing wrong with being attracted to men over women, but yet there was something wrong to be attracted to a certain race over another. Personally, I think his objections are rooted in a very strong sense of race. My parents would most likely have the same sentiments as this guy. They find it more appropriate for me to date someone of my own race, rather than someone of a different race. I guess it's the changing times that have me believe differently, but what surprised me is that this guy was my age, 18, and yet, still had the same views that I find to be so archaic.

For personal/relationship fears: Afraid of being alone for the rest of my life...Y'know, never finding that one person. Oh, and being trapped. Trapped in a town/city/place where there are no opportunities, no way for me to get out. Where I'm trapped because of obligation/duty, when I wish to be elsewhere. The world around me: I'm afraid of heights and of deep water. I can't swim Internet: Viruses scare me often. Mostly because I have waaaaaay too much stuff on my computer that I would hate to lose. But, whatever. Just get Norton Antivirus and you'll be fine. I hope.

I just had a very interesting, heated debate with someone about attraction to different races. I told this person that I was generally attracted to white guys, but also could be attracted to people of other races. He responded with, "Ewww! You're a potato queen!" (FYI: Potato queen = Asians who are only attracted to white men. Y'know. Brown on the outside. White on the inside. LOL) He found it offensive when Asians were only attracted to white men, but yet, did not find it offensive when Asians were only attracted to Asians. He called it, the former, being narrow minded. And yet the latter, to him, was being open minded. Or at least, doing the "right" thing. I'd like to know what you guys think. Is it wrong to be attracted only, or generally, to one particular race that's not your own? Is it the right thing to be attracted to your own race over others? I answer in the negative for both questions, but I'm curious as to what other people think.

Has anyone seen 'Michael Clayton'? It's an excellent movie. I wasn't very impressed with George Clooney's performance, but the story...Just everything was excellent. Tom Wilkinson was fantastic in it. Tilda Swinton was good, but she didn't deserve the win for Best Supporting Actress.

One of my favorite things to do on YouTube is to watch the videos of random people singing covers of songs or singing their own songs. theboiwonder is my favorite of all of them. He's really cute And oh, he can sing too. Lol.

Haha. Exactly That's why I'm having a hard time reading it. I have a terrible time with poems.

Nuh uh. Kelly Clarkson >>>>> Carrie Underwood.

Haha. I'm more inclined to buy a new car than to get a cat. Don't really like cats. And yes, absolutely do I want kids. Lots of kids. Maybe like four. Or five. They're just so adorable. Sure, they can be a pain in the rear, and I would know. Being the oldest of six kids, I had to deal with quite a lot of butt pains. But, in the end, they're nice to have around. I would like to have a surrogate mother. But would place adoption before that. For the first kid though, I'd like to adopt a baby. But as my family grows, I would like to adopt older children who no longer have families. I went to an orphanage once and it just really brought me down watching those kids and realizing that they didn't have families. Ideally, I would have a partner by the time I'm ready. I didn't realize that you could adopt kids when you're single. I always thought that children could only be adopted by stable couples. Regardless of my relationship status, I'd want kids.

For class: 'Odyssey' by Homer. Pretty much everyone knows the story for this, or at least has heard some of it. It's probably good to read the actual unabridged version, although I'm having a difficult time getting through it. It doesn't read like a book, more like a really long poem. For pleasure: 'Thin Red Line' by James Jones. I saw the movie a while ago and I loved it. So I decided to read the book, and I'm loving it so far. But I haven't had much time to read it, so my progress is very slow. It's about a company (C Company, I think) in the battle for Guadalcanal in World War II.

Zack! His name is Zack. And he's a Mormon too! There's something about hot Mormon guys.

Wait. Is Philip the blond? If he is, bah. I like the other one better