It’s not just the black community, either. I’ve been stoked for this since the first trailer was released.

Yes, but don’t we occasionally see just that sort of discrepancy in other genera? I can’t come up with any specific example right now, but I seem to recall hearing about certain species with lifespans that drastically exceed their relatives’.

Flamethrowers are alright, but better nuke the site from orbit. It’s the only way to be sure.

Luke spent a whole movie talking about how Vader could be redeemed. One hint of darkness and he’s out for Ben’s head. How did he get there?

You could probably improve at least two of those factors you’ve identified — one income and a car payment — depending on how much you want to hustle and be frugal. There are probably other places you could trim fat if you put your mind to it, too.

I was mostly being sarcastic. Virtually every big genre movie has companion novelizations as just another way for them to make money. They frequently do not perfectly overlap with the movie script for any number of reasons, including: the shift of narrative perspective; changes in the script between concept, shooting,…

So what about where the novel comes before the movie? Was Jurassic Park the movie only filmed because the novel was poorly written?

...I’m pretty sure he’s being sarcastic.

I can’t stand Schumer, but Mo’Nique’s movie comparison is flawed. I haven’t seen either, but Schumer was the lead in Snatched (and the 18-35 bracket, probably Netflix’s biggest concern, probably wasn’t drawn in by Goldie Hawn), while Mo’Nique appears to have been a minor supporting actress in Almost Christmas (judging…

Ah, gotcha. I think I’ve only ever seen gate-checked bags tagged with a color tag that doesn’t include any passenger/destination information.

I’ve never encountered the baggage claim scenario. Can someone who has explain what happens when you have a connecting flight? Are you able to request that you still receive it at the gate?

I think the impeachment crowd understands that perfectly well, thank you very much. As horrible as Pence would be on social issues - and I’m not trying to discount that - that’s still, to me, preferable to having Trump woken up at 2:30 a.m. with the message that a dozen ICBMs are inbound (which are actually just a…

Try 4/4 of the entire main cast of HBO’s Girls.

Standing by your statement that the “Klingon Sleeper idea is a fever dream pulled out of thin air”?

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These puns are atom my league.

Hoping this is true if only so I don’t have to listen to him once a week during the season.

And...13 days after release, TLJ is ~$90 million ahead of where Rogue One was at this point in its release, and only ~$87 million away from surpassing the total that Rogue One collected after 140 days in release.

Maybe leave the box office analysis to the rest of us.

Uh...what? As the second movie in a trilogy (not to mention the 3rd Star Wars movie in 3 years, rather than the first in 10 — and first sequel since 1983), the studio had lower expectations for TLJ than TFA, and TLJ actually outperformed them in its opening weekend. There’s been a sharper dropoff midweek than for Rogue…

I think what he was saying is that ESB threw contemporary audiences off. It’s one thing to have had the chance to grow up with the original trilogy and immediately go from episode to episode; it was probably another to spend three years with only ANH and building up expectations in your mind about how the story would…