I was less trying to really drag R&M and more interested to see what people would respond with, which has been interesting and entertaining.

I honestly think spite is way down the list. Like spite is a happy hanger-on of greed, not the primary motivator.

That most rare and noble of creatures: a healthcare plan whose only consideration was money, and not either health or care. The sort of literal hypocrisy which embodies all of politics right now, apparently.

So I should scrap the new ad campaign based entirely around this slogan: "Bud, the GOP of Beers"

Name another piece of media that has a wider delta between how great the media itself is and how insufferable its fanbase and marketing is.

I think breezy, nostalgic fun is exactly what it is and exactly what it should be. The criticism was at elevating it to required reading for the company as some sort of gospel for what they wanted to achieve.

Totally fair. It plays into all of the worst "niceguy geek" and "hot gamer girl" tropes.

Surprisingly, the one on the right. This article really glossed over the fact that he also had extensive gender reassignment surgery, despite still identifying as male. He really re-thought things after the whole Trump fiasco and is now living free in Japan.

Right, the answer is a tautology.

Right. I guess I thought that it was implicit from context, but certainly deserves restatement.

It is exactly gamer Twilight.

It's one part nerd wish fulfillment, one part overwhelming '80s nostalgia, and one part fan fiction that someone decided ought to be published.

It's like someone said to themselves, "How do we take something that, because Hideo Kojima, is already a little uncomfortable and weird and make it intolerably cringeworthy and awful?"

If it's Kate Mulgrew, though, halfway through the movie a new character played by Jeri Ryan would show up and Mulgrew would walk off set.

Maybe immediately after Trank was fired there were some rumors about Johnson doing both, but those went away very fast.

Yeah, let's go back to Josh Trank. He was a much safer bet.

Trevorrow, Trevorrow, I don't love you, Trevorrow, you're only a flop a-way!

Of course they did. The choices were basically make the Ep IX they planned using CGI fake Carrie Fisher magic or start from scratch. I think they chose wisely.

See also: texting via pagers.

Frankly, looking back on it, I am ASTONISHED that I did not end up in a horrifically bad situation. I did not exercise "good judgment."