Jim North wrote:When you look at the part that says Pulp Fiction, huge sarcasm quotes appear around the word gem. But only when you're looking at Pulp Fiction! Don't bother trying to look back real quick, you're not fast enough to catch it in action!
Nope, don't see any quotation marks. Jim and Pulp Fiction sitting in the tree K-I-S-S-I-N-G
That's a tricky situation with everything of that sort, really, and comics characters are little exception. The movie rights of Marvel characters, for example, are a bit of a cock up. The folks that did Spider-Man wanted to have a brief cameo of Hugh Jackman as Wolverine in one of the movies, but because Spidey is a Columbia film and X-Men was done up by Fox, they weren't able to get all the clearances they needed to do it. It's one of the big reasons Marvel Studios was created. Marvel wanted to clear up all that copyright malarky so they could actually do not only cameos but full fledged crossovers and team ups like they're doing with Iron Man, Hulk, and the rest of the Avengers.
Yeah, I've heard about that. Apparently, their ultimate goal is to make things as messy with crossovers, superhero wars and retcons in films continuity as they are in comics continuity.
Well, the thing is, Mr. Gates didn't simply donate 'a lot' to charity. Did you happen to look through he and his spouse's website? They essentially decided that they wish to invest their capital in stopping a variety of Very Bad Things occurring in Africa.
Neither he nor Microsoft is a saint, but on a scale of ethics, I'd say that actively attempting to stamp-out death and misery on another continent has considerably more weight than a few unethical business moves.
It would be if it was just "a few unethical business moves", but it's an entire empire based on subpar product and unethical moves, something that affects many people as well.
Anyways Bill Gates and his wife are probably not attempting to stamp out death and misery in Africa with some charity, cause attempting that would be grossly simplifying and misunderstanding the nature of problems in africa.
