The one arc I’m excited to see resolved in episode IX is the Finn / Phasma conflict, and what kind of depths that might entail for these characters after a year of digesting the events portrayed in The Last Jedi. I was captivated when Finn confronted his former commanding officer in The Force Awakens after…

What exactly was bold and fresh about Last Jedi when it was essentially a retread of Empire Strikes Back?

What gets me is I agree, you can and SHOULD create a new story that is not intrinsically linked to the old one! Star Wars should be about way more than the Skywalkers and their friends.

Club owner’s name is Martha... MARTHA!?...

Oh that’s right. Running for office is the only way to go. Working within the party on a county or state level.....naw, nope, worthless. Gotta be a candidate.

+1 for Laird Barron reference.

There’s a reason why academics tend to be sneered at when talking about real world issues; they’re too caught up in what ought to happen because of theory and ignore what is actually going on.

(Sorry in advance for the wall of text, but you seem engaged, so I want to engage back because I think people who could broadly be said to be “on the Left” who disagree with each other and are struggling to figure out which way is up in the wake of the election need to have some long and complicated conversations)

The Democratic party had best do something because right now it’s doing nothing and it’s professed care about PoC on social issues doesn’t match what it does for PoC when it comes to economic issues. I don’t need politicians who say the right things about civil rights then allow employers to screw me in ways that doesn…

I definitely agree that a lot of the things Bernie is saying are washed up, but Sanders’ point about uneducated whites feeling economically disenfranchised and Trump more effectively messaging them is correct.

“Who in the hell is this Democrat-come-lately to scold Democrats on all they’ve done wrong?”

Here you go, solving a problem without punching it.

This is the most damning evidence for the non-existence of ghosts I have ever heard of. If this place wasn’t haunted, nowhere is.

They probably used things more involved than chisels in these experiments?

“There is a Nazi story on here about once a week. It’s kind of depressing to constantly see that stuff.”

how does your internet machine work?

I don’t know, as a percentage of the population the amount of people who truly fetishize war is probably the same across developed nations.

I am 100% in favor of shipping libertarians into space. Where do I invest my meager fortune?