Crazy! 5's

There's no denying that Margot Robbie is a hottie! I'm glad Harley Quinn is debuting in "Suicide Squad" but disappointed that both Marvel and DC don't seem to want to make independent female superhero or villain movies unless on TV. Wonder Woman is debuting in the "Batman vs Superman" movie and female Captain Marvel is up in the air. A Wonder Woman movie vs Cheetah would have been great. The older films "Catwoman" and "Elektra" were mediocre, with "Red Sonja" and "Sheena" being flops. Even Black Widow of Avengers is downplayed. Gone is her red Widow mark, her electrostatic wrist rings painted matte black seldom used, and her main S.H.I.E.L.D. weapons are Glocks vs her traditional Russian weaponry (so where's her AK-12 and GSh-18?)...

Apparently, this is a site for the 12-21 demographic or for middle-aged men who never grew up. Not for me.

Sorry, but that's wrong to assume. More adults, male and female, read fantasy and sci-fi, attend cosplay and convention events, and visit movie theme parks. Overall demographic for comic movies and fantasy is 18-45 now. Avengers top is 24-35 male. I'm 51 this year and still love sports cars, bikes, hot women, guns, movies, cosplay, comics, fat juicy steaks on Kingsford, and NFL football. What are you doing? Sitting in your robe drinking tea while watching reruns of "The Waltons?" Hell yeah I wanna see Harley Quinn kick some F'n @ss next year!!!

Rob, I was sitting in my easy chair, reading one of the Palliser novels by Anthony Trollope, "Can You Forgive Her?" My wife was playing the piano. I returned to my computer to see if there was a reply to my comment -- and there was. At this time of year, my teaching load at the university is greatly reduced and I am able to enjoy reading, playing four-wall handball and tennis, attending concerts and theater, etc. I am having a marvelous time. More to the point, I have written a few score of parodies to Gilbert & Sullivan patter songs and others of the early 20th century, skewering string theory (I am a physicist), PEDs, the proposed manned Mars expedition, and more. I think they would not find a niche here. People like me used to be called eggheads. I suppose that term was framed by the population you describe. Great empires and countries fall when their peoples give their minds to the circuses prepared for them by the power élite.

Kind Sir, please forgive me for interrupting your pleasant evening. You can get back to your evening cigar and Brandy and work on your scrimshaw! Have a nice weekend on the yacht and please remember to keep the car collection up. If you spot a Phillips 3 cylinder revolver or a Thompson Rifle at an upscale antiques auction, please drop me a line here. Your pal, Rob. In earnest... :-)

Rob, you don't have to be upscale to read Trollope, go to concerts, own a piano, have a wife, and have adult tastes. It seems to me a professor's salary would cover that. Hey, his wife may be hot! Like a member of the demographics you mentioned, you seem to be a champion of all-American lowbrows, anti-intellectuals, and all those serving a life-sentence of adolescence. 50-Something's last sentence was spot-on.

WP, my reply was tongue firmly in cheek. You clearly do not know me and neither does JW.

I would ignore 50-something and the two bottom dwellers. They sound like scammers. Why would an affluent and intellectual Prof be on this site lurking? And then out of nowhere two backers show up to support him with dubious pseudonyms. They are probably the same person. I'm with you, HQ kicks butt! 5x5x5

I'm no bottom dweller. I submitted a few parodies in 2010, but not enough to get a page. I check out this site most every day. I take 50-Something at face value. He wrote a bunch of parodies, wanted to post them online, and was discouraged with this site, which featured the above parody, which turned him off. Assuming he's a tenured prof., he makes $150-$200K. Nice, but nowadays not affluence. Again, I like his last sentence.