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Sounds like editorial blunder due them wanting the GLC and Guardians wiped out when they had Hal go nuts just to bring in Kyle.

I suspect that Mogo broke off a piece of itself and we will have Mogo 2 floating around soon

When was Mogo first killed off? I don 't remember Hal/Parallax killing him.

Seems like now would be a good time to make it avail via transfer. Transfer to EU server for 24 hrs then back again and badge dings.

If someone transfers to an EU Server then transfer back to a US server will they get the Passport badge?

If Mogo is truly destroyed then that is a major problem for the Lantern Corps and the recruitment of new lanterns since Mogo is the guiding force behind the rings scanning sectors.

I agree some mystery is always a good thing, but the Shepard's past was just screaming to be revealed. Though the art on Shepard's tale could have been better it was still a nice bulletpoint revelation of the key points of his life.

Now Boba Fett's history being revealed in the movies as a Jango clone was different.

That was a good biopic movie, although the Ted Healy era was glossed over a bit. Shemp left the Healy act, yes; but it was only Shemp and not all three. Curly then joined and Moe Larry and Curly worked a bit more with Ted Healy until all three agreed to ditch him. My memories of Ted Healy are a bit dusty but as I recall he and Moe were friends from childhood, but Ted was notorious for not paying them properly and was also both a drunk and a mean drunk as well.

The text at the end of the biopic did state that they became one of the best paid acts after TV revived their popularity, and they were supposedly paid well for the movies they did. Also when they would do appearances on TV, since Curly Joe DeRita was the closest they ever got to copying Curly, they were able to revive a some of the Curly material and jokes, especially the "MAHA...AHA!" routine. They also did some TV commercials for assorted products, check youtube and also Netflix for any DVD about any Lost Stooge footage or treasures.

I honestly can't recall any sign of the Hands of Blue in Serenity unless it was in the holographic record of River being broken out as that is the only point I could see them being shown.

When TV introduced the Stooges to a new generation and their popularity soared, they began appearing more on talk shows doing skits, as well as tours and their big screen movies. They were paid better as I recall and I think they also got their lawyers to help renegotiate the residuals part of their contract with Columbia since it was signed in an era when TV didn't exist. Been awhile since I read up on that part. Also by this point they had incorporated into C3 productions and retained trademark to their images, etc, for memorabilia, etc.

The Stooges cartoon was pretty bad, but the live skits they did before and after the episodes were still pretty funny and you can Netflix rent DVD's that contain those skits, sadly not remastered. Also there are DVD's on Netflix that contain their TV show appearances doing some skits with Curly Joe DeRita and other "lost" footage of them. Worth looking at if you are a Stooge fan. Kook's Tour, their last project due to Larry having a stroke was okay but the copy I saw was a bit worn out so I'd need to see a better copy of it.

As to Gilligan's Island, from Dawn Wells entry on IMDB:

"It has long been stated that the entire cast of Gilligan's Island never received residuals beyond the first four reruns of each episode. This was true for the entire cast except Dawn Wells. When the show was picked up by CBS and Dawn was cast to replace Nancy McCarthy, she was married to her agent at the time. In her original contract she was to be paid $1200 per week plus the residual contract the 6 other castaways received. Her husband/agent said that should the show become successful Dawn would not benefit from receiving such a limited residual option. Believing the show would flop, the CBS executives humored Dawn and her husband and put a clause in her contract giving her long-term residuals should the show ever syndicate. As a result from that clause Dawn has made literally millions of dollars as the years have gone by from syndication of Gilligan's Island. This was never public knowledge. Dawn and series creator Sherwood Schwartz are the only individuals to profit long-term from the series."

So if true, basically Dawn Wells caught a lucky financial break similar to how Lucas retained all merchandising rights to Star Wars.

From what little interview clips I've seen with the Farley brothers about this abomination, failure seems guaranteed.

As the movie was for all viewers not just Firefly fans, they may have decided that a covert operative would have been more dramatic and action oriented then the Hands of Blue.

As for Mal's feelings toward River and Simon, he seemed okay with them until Simon made the statement "you're not taking her and that's final". That seemed to make Mal reevaluate Simon a bit, Simon later punching Mal sure didn't help but I also think of that as payback from the pilot episodes when Mal punched Simon. River going crazy after the keywords triggered her also made him reevaluate things with the Tams but Mal is too good a person to have just left her there and he was right to be angry with Simon for never mentioning the concept of River being programmed with keywords.....keywords that could still work on her if another operative comes looking for them.

As to Mal's overall personality, the man is a walking, talking case of post traumatic stress since the battle of Serenity valley, and his faith in God was also shattered at that point as well. Remember in the beginning of the pilot he was wearing a cross in the battle and later he no longer wore it? Plus only he and Zoe walked out of there alive. Frankly Mal could use an I.V. of Prozac for awhile or else at least wake up about his feelings towards Inara.

One of my minor gripes with Serenity was that they didn't try to extend the scene of Mal and the Shepard talking and how Mal wonders how Sherpard Book knows so much about the Alliance. I would have liked to have seen Shepard Book open up a bit to Mal about his past and what he was rather then to have waited for the Shepard's Tale.

Wasn't there also a rumor that both Randy Savage and Hulk Hogan could have turned state's evidence against Vince and the WWF/WWE during the steroid scandal but didn't?

If you watched it on Fox, they aired the episodes in the wrong order. Are you basing this on seeing them on Fox or DVD/Netflix?

If they ever attempt another TV series or even a movie based on the Kindred Vampires of Vampire the Masquerade, Summer Glau could easily play a Malkavian since her character of River Tam seemed very much like a malkavian.

1. Unpredictable
2. Not always coherent
3. Statements that may not make sense at the time but do make sense later....such as when she looked at the Reaver they killed on the ship in Serenity and said "he didn't lie down...they never lie down" then we see what happened on Planet Miranda later
4. Higher insight into things and people due to her telepathy pretty much switched on all the time.
5. Extremely dangerous when provoked as shown in Serenity

Welcome Browncoat!

Make sure to also locate copies of any Serenity/Firefly comics including the Shepard's Tale.

Hey Vegita! What's the scouter say about his midichlorian count?

IT's OVER 9000!!!!!!!!!

Spiderman dealing with the devil killed the character for me.

I can't see altering Superman's history at this late date helping with the lawsuits. Wouldn't the creator's estates still win back everything prior to the alteration?

DC quite frankly either needs to suck it up and sit down with the Superman estate and hammer out a mutually fair and profitable deal, or else start grooming Captain Marvel/Shazam as the replacement to Superman if they lose the lawsuits.

DC AND Marvel are both in dire need of hitting the big red REBOOT button, just don't have Mephisto involved in it this time

The purpose of the incarnate system is to amp up our characters power levels considerably, so calling it overpowered is akin to the pot calling the kettle black.