I was 21 when this came out. So I more or less grew up with the original trilogy thanks to my older brother. Which I liked and I remember being pretty stoked about this one.

One of the things that annoyed me about The Phantom Menace at the time was that it doesn’t work as an introduction to the series. The movie assumes you already have seen the original trilogy, and thus doesn’t bother to explain Jedi, or lightsabers (even giving them the wrong name), and barely brushes past the Force.…

To piggyback on your point - this is exactly why I have so much trouble even hearing out the people that hate Last Jedi and decry it as the worst thing Star Wars has ever done.  Like, have you ever even seen the prequels?  If we are talking just on a purely technical level it has the prequels beat at every turn.  If…

Linen Napkins.

Gonna have to disagree with Matt Wade. He says you have to build the story and can’t jump right in. But that’s exactly what Star Wars did. We had three sentences of text and then bam, a ship is getting attacked by a bigger ship, people in weird hats are getting shot by people in weird outfits, this dude comes on screen…

So we’re back in the “Actually The Phantom Menace Wasn’t Bad” segment of the Star Wars coverage cycle? Cool, cool.

History’s judgement:
- Digital scenery never holds up
- Lucas lost his magic as a director
- Lucas makes horrible dialog that requires world-class actors to pull off.
- Movie editors are more important than directors.
- Lucas makes great characters, but has no idea what to do with them.

Summary: The Phantom Menace was a…

Honest to god, I thought the headline was “20 Years Later, a New Generation is Menaced by Star Wars Episode 1" and it was like some sort of Lucasfilm/It crossover.

I paid more taxes this year, which is a very good thing since it was all due to increased earning.

Read the article.

They’ll revoke my Canadian citizenship if I do this, so I can’t. Sorry :(

Ah yes, just a mental illness issue, surely no sign of racial animus here.

It’s funny when you lot go into “just the facts ma’am” mode when something like this occurs.

Also hilarious, I thought the whole point of mocking the “mental illness” trope when a white guy does something heinous is to point out the shallowness…

America’s left used to warn us that the country would be out of oil by now, that we had to go with renewable resources, because oil production would steadily diminish to nothing. Now, libs are concerned that we have too much. We should kneecap producers to make the world more like the way it was supposed to be.  The…

reach zero by 2050,” that “goals must span all organizations and businesses, and cover the full supply chain,...

There are facts, and then there are facts that do not need discussion.

“Freedom of Speech doesn’t mean freedom from consequences.”

Design on a Benjamin, HGTV, circa 2063:
All right. First we’ll get rid of these outdated hardwood floors, carpet is such a more modern choice. Then we’ll stretch this wall out to close off these rooms. After that, we’ll get to wallpaper and wood paneling, and install the new faux popcorn ceiling!

You guys do know that Michael Bloomberg singlehandedly outspent the entire “gun lobby” in 2016, right?

Here’s the description for the Bushmaster XM-15 from its website. As you can see, recreation is an afterthought—its military service is touted first.