Roger Penrose recently described a theory called “Conformal Cyclic Cosmology” wherein it is suggested that, after all the black holes decay via Hawking radiation, and assuming protons and electrons decay (big ifs of course), and assuming information really is destroyed when matter falls into black holes (another point…

In the end, there is only one course of action they can take: recast the role for the ninth film. And no CGI. Even if they have a signed written letter of consent from Carrie Fisher audiences would still perceive it as disrespectful.

And neither of them brought up the 800 lb gorilla, which is that if Marvel had made the Ancient One a Tibetan, they could kiss the Chinese market goodbye.

Eh. I’ve seen worse than this on floats in Mardi Gras parades (and waved for beads all the same).

I can’t remember the last time I thought about a movie I’d like to see, and could then find it available for streaming on Netflix. For a long time now it’s been kind of a desert when it comes to movies.

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LotR, though, is a small episodic cross-section of the voluminous, copious notes JRR Tolkien made about the history and mythology and languages of Middle-Earth. His son Christopher has spent literally his entire life sorting and sifting through these notes and has produced well over a dozen volumes based on it.

We definitely need a definitive ranking of the order halls.

No, but then again, almost all of the sex I’ve had with men has been of the oral variety. If they say anything at all afterwards, it’s more often “thanks!” than anything else.

Is drawing a free card supposed to be that great? I mean, if this card wasn’t in my deck, the card I would get to draw when I play it is the one I would have gotten instead of this turkey. Therefore it is purely a net negative. Who would have ever put this in their deck?

I’m feeling the opposite. Right now I have this sinking feeling that this is going to be just one more car in what’s promising to be a long, long train of increasingly-awful downright abuse that he’s going to get away with scot-free, no consequences, nothing... some spin doctoring, some misdirection, some projection,…

Really? My favorite Trumpism so far from the Trump dittoheads has been, “You must have a really violent, dark imagination to take what he said that way.” Aaararaagraragh, just typing that made my blood pressure spike...

Makes a hard mage humble?

I kept a Ford Escort clunking along for over 250,000 miles and had all sorts of weird things crap out. Belts I didn’t know existed dried out and snapped. Gaskets crumbled.

Leia side-buns.

But in a way Arya really has become no one. The play she watches depicting events in Westeros demonstrates that. There’s no ‘Arya’ in the play because she’s vanished. Hardly anyone remembers that she even existed anymore. No one talks about her, no one thinks about her.

And Varys, by sheeeeeeer coincidence, leaves right before the attack.

Margaery’s talent is finding out what men want to hear. That’s what she’s done with the High Sparrow.

Ah, so this map is actually showing the percentage of skew in the probabilities. Thanks!

People will chuckle when they hear about plans for a Tetris movie because it’s a gag concept. Many people may even wax nostalgic for a moment.