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If you're looking into passing them along to heirs, you should make sure they understand any tax consequences when the time comes.  Some states have inheritance taxes.     Heirs would also need to know how to establish a cost basis value at the time of transfer

On 10/1/2022 at 9:39 AM, Axelrod said:

Is everyone still having the issue where you get randomly logged out of the forums after some number of days, and then you have to sign in again?

(and in my case there’s an extra step where, even though it appears I’m already signed out, I have to “sign out” again before I can actually log back in)

Was there a fix announced for this which I missed, or is everyone just living with it like me? 

Yup, on multiple devices.  Quite frustrating.

On 9/12/2022 at 8:23 AM, Bird said:

saw it the other night. Bale was excellent and I see why he was upset that so much of his performance was cut. I want to see him scrape those religious markings off! I too want to see the more serious movie with more Gorr. This won't be seen again. Jane Foster looked great as Thor and Valkyrie is growing on me but the tone is horrible. Naked Thor was funny though.

And Sif back...for nothing really. I don't find the humor as disrespectful to the characters, they are fictional after all, but this part with Sif just made her into an insufficiently_thoughtful_person.

One thing I did like was when Gorr would fade in from the darkness with the glowing eyes being the 1st thing noticeable.   Kinda reminded me of the original Salem's Lot - not to date myself.

On 9/9/2022 at 10:11 PM, grendelbo said:

I liked Ragnarok. It's one of my favorites in the MCU. It's humor was great and I enjoyed the film not taking itself too seriously.

Love & Thunder took those aspects too far and most characters were turned into a joke. It had it's moments but it was a disappointment. I'm glad I didn't spend any money in the theaters on it.

4.5

Just watched it last night. This sums it up perfectly.

On 8/30/2022 at 10:18 AM, fantastic_four said:

So you wouldn't sacrifice your personal and/or moral preferences in favor of those in the realm you live in and everyone else who lives there with you?  

I'm funny that way.....

Thought the 2nd episode was much better than the 1st.   For the 1st one I was thanking God for Matt Smith

Now I'm thanking God for Matt Smith & Milly Alcock.   Just a solid episode from start to finish.

Thought it was 'meh'

Didn't do anything to make me not be able to wait for episode 2 

Hopefully it gets better.

On 8/17/2022 at 8:00 AM, Straw-Man said:

no votes for battlefield earth?

It's right behind Halle Berry's 'Catwoman'

Do people actually think that statement came directly from Miller?

On 8/10/2022 at 2:48 PM, rexinnih said:

Oh let's not forget when they "broke the internet." I haven't laughed that hard in a long time. Didn't know there was a remake?

breaking the internet, speaking Italian,  that episode where they faked her death and she was getting pushed down the hallway on a roller chair which made her look like a floating head to the guy in the office....

yeah I've only watched the original.   Reviews I read of the version they brought back weren't as good

On 8/6/2022 at 1:18 PM, Zonker said:

I actually found it difficult to get through the first episode.  I'll keep watching, and I imagine things will liven up quite a bit once Death and Matthew the Raven appear on the scene.  After all, Dream is intentionally a monotonous, unsympathetic protagonist, so he needs someone there to react to his oh-so-straight man schtick.  

The other problem is the comic is really about storytelling itself.  And film-- even moreso than comics-- is the show, don't tell medium.  Hard to imagine this series will do more visually for the dreamscape than movies like Inception have done. So we're left with the more cerebral and/or verbal approach, which can be hard to translate to film. 

Feeling the same after watching the 1st episode.  I'll add the green screen didn't help as I thought it some of scenes made it obvious the actors were in front of one.

On 8/6/2022 at 12:47 PM, Bosco685 said:

Anyone else watching this crazy show? As it is so much great savagery while we wait for Netflix to sort out its Conan the Barbarian show.

I mentioned it on another thread about what you are binging as a must watch.      Not that I'm binging it though with everything else to watch.   Just started the 2nd season.

If you're a fan of Samurai Jack, you'll love this show.   If you don't know who Samurai Jack is, you'll still love this show (and then go watch Samurai Jack!)

I'm watching it on Hulu.   A great TV weekend between Prey and the start of Sandman and filling time in between with Primal!  (Now we need  new seasons of One-Punch Man & Invincible)

On 8/5/2022 at 4:47 PM, jkwells83 said:

How do I Reholder books from PGX and CBCS? I have a PGX graded Fantastic Four 48 and prefer your opinion. Thanks

They're going to re grade it.  They're  not going to simply honor the PGX /CBCS grade and reholder it

On 8/6/2022 at 7:25 AM, bj6524 said:

I would like to hold onto the issues that have the most value for my PC and condense the ones that don’t. 

Sounds like you answered your own question.  Are you interested in re-reading them? If so then pick out the ones you enjoyed the most in addition to any valuable ones.

Just finished it.  A half hour into it my wife asked how much longer as it's been a long hot day and she was tired.    She didn't ask that again the rest of the movie.

There's no way I can call it the best of the series, but it puts all of the various sequels to shame.

On 8/5/2022 at 6:51 AM, Ken Aldred said:

The original British version is brilliant.

 There was one episode where they all ended up at a play. Roy pretended to be disabled,while Moss got roped into being a bartender.

That may have been the funniest 30 minute comedy  I've  ever watched.

On 8/4/2022 at 12:37 PM, ▫️ said:

Well, I just meant things like Breaking Bad or Game of Thrones, shows that have their own dedicated threads.

Dark - Netflix german sci-fi/mystery  (has english dub but I found the voice acting not that great.  Note this is a series you really have to pay attention to)

Kingdom - Netflix   Japanese feudal times combined with zombies

Santa Clarita Diet - Netflix  comedy starring Drew Barrymore/Timothy Oliphant where Drew suddenly becomes a member of the Undead.  They try to figure out why &how and try to keep their family together

The IT Crowd - Netflix comedy about two IT nerds and the ditzy manager who gets assigned to them.   

Servant - Apple M Night based series about a couple recovering from the loss of an infant.  Also stars Nell Tiger Free from GoT as a nanny.  Took a few episodes to get hooked on

Primal - Hulu   anime in the style of Samurai Jack about a caveman & a dinosaur bonding. No dialogue in series

I don't believe Cgc recommends reholdering  to replace microchamber paper anymore

Check Ebay for Star Trek listings which have sold

You can think of it an insurance value if something happens to it while CGC has possession of it (or the shipping company since the value can drive the return shipping cost)    IE What would it cost you to find a similar replacement raw comic. Note that you can pick any tier you want to (as long as the age fits)   CGC won't refund you if you pick a higher tier that what the book eventually is determined to be worth.  The can also charge you additional money if the tier you pick is too low (though I only see mention of that when there is a wide discrepancy between submitted FMV and the final grade)

Then there's John Bryne's FF run

C&P for an 8.5

FYI you can use the search engine here or go to Google and type

site:cgccomics.com Collectible Insurance   (or anything you're searching for)

and get links to lots of threads.   This has been discussed many times  (I have never used either)