Mostly agree, though only because I group the refitted 1701 and 1701-A together. (The former being the best; it arguably could have been listed as its own ship.)

I’ve always thought it was clear that while astromech droids could helpfully tag along in an X-wing, they weren’t actually necessary.

And as if on queue

Cool - but TS/SCI clearances for senior White House staff are typically expedited because they’re not defense contractor employees who need secret clearances.

The process does take quite awhile for most people. But we’re talking about people at the highest levels of the executive branch, not some low level staffer at DHS. As an avalanche of former White House staffers have reported, the clearance process is expedited for senior staff.  

He didn’t say the majority of America voted for Hillary. He said a majority voted for someone else, which is accurate. Trump only received 46.1% of the popular vote. (Hillary actually received 48.2%, not 47.2%, and there were a smattering of non-Trump third party candidates who received plenty of votes.)

Within the story, it does make sense - most of the Federation doesn’t really understand the Klingons or their motivations. From their perspective, Burnham’s actions seem to be the trigger point. We have the benefit of a different perspective to show otherwise. 

I think his voicing the perspective of the average moviegoer who doesn’t read comics — I include myself in that demographic — for whom “comic book-y” is interchangeable with “somewhat campy, famous franchises such as Spider-Man, the X-Men, Batman, etc.” For instance, I love the Kingsman movies and understand that…

Just went back and re-read the article you shared and...yeah. It does sound like the script was substantially changed during its Cloverfieldification. But, as I’ve said, that doesn’t change that it is a Cloverfield movie. Faulting it for not being hard sci-fi — even though the franchise has never suggested that it is…

Dude, you’re really not helping your case here.

I never said it wasn’t? But I thought we were talking about the final product, and not an early draft...?

Thanks for including those last two sentences; you proved my point. If you want to watch hard sci-fi that doesn’t require leaps of imagination, by all means, do so. I enjoy that, too. But faulting the third entry of a JJ Abrams franchise that has never held itself out as that type of sci-fi is more a problem regarding…

...I guess you missed that they explicitly showed that the cosmonaut had to override the printer’s security protocols before it could print a gun. As for why the station’s computer had the plans in the first place, the movie hits you over the head with the fact that the story takes place during a time of heightened…

If you’re trolling...tip of the hat to you, though this seems to be a weird way of trolling. If not, might I recommend a tasty selection of Tide Pods for your culinary enjoyment?

Honestly, if they were going to make a movie like this, Lando probably would have been a better focal point.

Yep. Dozens of people have tried to point out how and why they understood this to be a humorous piece, but you — and only you — have the insight to understand that a Deadspin writer is unfamiliar with Russell Wilson.

Are you sure? Your inability to pick up on humor in written articles suggests otherwise.

On the contrary, I obviously did read your entire post. We clearly just have different philosophies about this — you seem to think that unless a movie is willing to completely buy into hard sci-fi, it shouldn’t even include aspects that are suggestive of real science. I, on the other hand, am willing to look past a…

Do you watch late night comedy monologues about current events and get pissed about the jokes because you thought that Colbert, Seth Meyers, John Oliver, etc., were supposed to be as serious as 60 Minutes?

That’s LITERALLY the joke. How is this confusing to you?