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Thoughts going out for Mike, his family, and everyone out there.  Hopefully we'll hear positive news soon.

Ok, I'll bite.....
Return of the Jedi (1984) - like many others I'll say this is no longer my favorite star wars film
Beauty and the Beast (1991)
South Pacific (1958)

I was thinking CD Baby or pledge music or any of the other distribution sites.  Nothing crazy just a place for those of us who aren't apple product users to buy from  Just as a thought

applause - while grinning madly

Joining in the chorus of really looking forward to this, count me in for a copy when you get to that point. 

It's great to have such a wonderful, supportive crowd of friends.

I was leery of this film from the outset, being only not totally put out by the first of the Abrams' trek.  I moved into the point of not caring when I got the first of the "spoilers" early on without it even really being "spoiled"  I'm thinking this is one of those movies which is going to wait til I can watch it for $3 from the comfort of my living room, possibly while listening to the WAYDM fix-it show. 
Spoiler -

Great episode, I finally had a long enough period of computer work to sit down and listen to the whole thing, absolutely amazing, looking forward to another along these lines at some point in the future.

Happy Christmas to you guys This was a great time while making breakfast.

Alright, the Two Spider-man movies as promised.
Spider-man     DIF 3:04 Movie 00:21
Spider-man 2  DIF 7:55 Movie 00:21

Thanks Teague for keeping the intros on these 2 short

I think that now exhausts the DIF movies I own on DVD that haven't been done already.

As adults we realize its normal, but kids don't necessarily.  Adults as a rule are bigger than they are, in several cases I've had parents trying to control their squirming kid who's asking "why is she driving, why can't I drive", or "Why is she allowed to shop by herself?", and my favorite "why doesn't she have to hold her mom's hand?"

I think because its an extrapolation of dwarf, midget, troll, shrimp, etc. and was used as a pejorative like those.

I brought up George Lucas and the portrayal of Leia earlier... I think that she is one of the stronger female characters in Science Fiction/Fantasy movies to date.  I wonder how much we might have Marcia Lucas to thank for that portrayal.  Padme is just horribly written on so many levels, I recently re-watched the prequels and was stunned again by just how horribly her character is written.

More broadly, I think it will be interesting to see where this discussion goes in 20 years, much intolerance is taught/learned, as is stated in a great, often eliminated, song from South Pacific (I won't get into that discussion here).   I think we're already seeing a country which in general is becoming more tolerant, but in many ways and as Eddie pointed out these things start at home.  People who move into/out of their home areas eventually realize things which are offensive and possibly change, however a large portion of America will continue living in the same rural area their entire life so that is where the portrayals in media can make a significant difference. 

I think another important thing is for parents to help their kids learn that some people are going to look different than them.  I'm short (4'8"), I encourage parents to let their kids, who by the 4th grade are normally taller than I am, ask me questions rather than trying to hide the fact their kid is pointing and staring, let the kid ask the question, its part of the learning process.  We also have to accept that not everyone is going to understand, or share opinions for various reasons.  I've realized recently that I don't mind being called "little" anymore, that many people don't mean anything negative by it, and I think that's something which applies to things like being called "sweetie" or "darling" when living in the south... its just the learned behavior not a negative necessarily.

I've rambled enough here, but I think a large part of the discussion we're having here is part of the learning process, and I think its great we can have a discussion like this here.