Luke wasn't always "resolutely" good. They toyed with him leaning to the Dark Side in many places through the original trilogy and that was his fundamental arc through the end of Return of the Jedi. He employs tactics which are usually limited to Dark Siders and is seen to use his emotions in a way that a Jedi Knight…

Hey, I think it's great that Apple would give in to the market and make a product many people might be interested in. It's just funny that they badmouthed the competition so hard and are now joining the crowd after having been proven wrong. And yet, they're still trying to stick to their guns, saying things like "7…

"Yeah, we're sorry... sorry you're so ugly!"

Uh. From the article: "the Apple advertising machine works on people who don't live and breath technology." Apple markets to people who don't "live and breathe" technology. Not just "people who buy things", but particularly the people who buy technology but don't "live and breathe" it. Apple markets to people less…

This could be good. First Class has its own feel thanks to its unique direction and style and the Singer X-men films have a unique direction and feel. If they truly intend to use this bridge the gap by making it a direct sequel to First Class but adapt the future-based storyline using the older actors who appeared in…

I think the difference in this case is that Apple famously lambasted said companies for releasing such small tablets, said there was no market for something in that range, and declared that they would never ever make something smaller than the then-current iPad's size.

While this is largely true, you're overlooking the underlying reason why Apple is targeted like this. Apple markets to these people. It's Apple who defines their specs in terms like "magical" and uses meaningless words like "retina" when talking about their displays. Other manufacturer's make sure to stress how much…

Android is a software platform. Various hardware can always be less open even if it uses a more open software platform.

"Apple is the company that transformed retina from a made-up buzzword to an industry standard. "

They are specifying a coat pocket for this one, but it is still a funny observation. "Four and a half inches? Too big for pocket! Seven inches? Fits just fine in my pocket!"

Having Peter break his promise to Captain Stacey makes it better. I know that the comics have gone back and forth on whether he CAUSED her to die or not, but this way, Peter's actions will have irreversibly led to her death. It doesn't matter if Green Goblin drops her and she's already dead or if he drops her and…

Dextrose is a sugar. I guess they overdubbed it to make sure it was more clear so that people didn't think they were dosing the fries with sucrose. Both are sugar, but sucrose is commonly referred to as just "sugar", while dextrose, despite being chemically a sugar, isn't usually referred to as just "sugar".

They are doing us a favor. Safe food additives that keep the product safe to consume longer make it easier and cheaper to get the product to the consumer and still be good.

There are products like this. Heck, the chicken nugget is "fake" chicken. They take real chicken, grind it up, then reconstitute it into a specific shape.

There was also a black suit one similar to his return after coming back from being "dead". I wouldn't be too surprised to see some kind of variant costume during the movie, but I wouldn't expect to see multiple ones.

Asgard is a pretty unfamiliar place, but a lot of the Thor movie takes place in Midgard, our world, and the United States at that. Furthermore, Thor's world is built around concepts that many are familiar with from western fairy tales and mythology. Going in to the movie, many viewers probably already had a cursory…

Black Panther is an interesting character and he's got a cool aesthetic, but making a story about him would be a hard sell for the mainstream. A superpowered African king would be very hard to keep relatable for everyone. Not to mention the environment. Wakanda is an unusual place, but that's where Black Panther's…

Recycling plastic isn't as helpful as you might think. It requires expending extra energy resources transporting and processing the used material than if it was just transferred to one of our many available landfills. This energy used up in transporting and processing usually comes largely from burning fossil fuels.…

I thought that was so great. Casual fans would be smiling about it, looking forward to the romance playing out, while those who know Gwen's history would be grimacing, knowing her ultimate fate. It's so perfect. Peter is just life's punching bag, and they set him up to selfishly screw everything up even more.

Mary Jane in the other films was an amalgam character. She was called Mary Jane, but in reality, she was both Mary Jane and Gwen Stacey. This, obviously, got twisted up a little by the third movie, but the point remains. She was conceived to have features of both characters. With them cementing Gwen's character in…