I will be legit furious if there are no wipes.

Definitely, there was a lot to like about Episode III.

I'm kind of ambivalent. On one hand it will be cool to see the Star wars universe done in a totally new way, but on the other hand there is a distinct Star Wars "feel" that I hope doesn't get lost. And I really hope it doesn't try too hard to ape current action films and make the same mistake Quantum of Solace did.

So by my count, this means that every single Star Wars move except Empire Strikes Back has a significant section on Tatooine.

I think it is also because Lucas was very much a backward looking (in a good way!) filmmaker—his plots and action sequences are inspired by Flash Gordon serials and a lot of his framing and camera work owe a lot to directors like Kurosawa and John Ford. JJ Abrams is very much post-MTV, so tighter framing, shorter…

Phantom Menace is terrible, I grant, but the other two (particularly 3) weren't bad, it has just become a meme to hate them and magnify every single flaw. I mean, by the way people talk about episode II you would think it is just two solid hours of Anakin talking about sand.

Funnily enough, Neil Gaiman was raised as a Scientologist in childhood, but he broke out of it young.

Unfortunately the Latin seems to refer to the other image of the cow faced guy (who I assume is the one with the "tranquil forehead"). I sort of thought the Putin guy was being pared with a wolf, but yeah, that could be a friendly dog. Who knows?

Huh, the "bad guy" in the physiognomy picture looks kind of like Putin. Maybe not so discredited after all?

I didn't call names?

The article is that Taylor Swift very honestly and relatably describes and sings about the experiences of a teenage girl. You mention The Replacements. How do you not see that what you are saying has literally no bearing on what the article is about? Where did you get the idea that the author is claiming Taylor Swift…

I think my favorite thing about this comment section is all of the people telling the author of an article about how as a teenage girl she found Taylor Swift honest and relatable that she is wrong. Doesn't she realize that Joni Mitchell and Neutral Milk Hotel are the real voices of teenage girls of the 2000s?

I strongly suspect you are not a teenage girl, so I'm not sure why you think you can say what is or is not relatable, identifiable, or meaningful regarding their experience? And more of one than the young woman who wrote this article? Particularly given that the bands you did name—as opposed to the ones you could…

But he didn't. The fact that he didn't shows that he entirely missed the point of the article. This article is in many ways about why people need to stop ragging in Swift for her choice of material, and why she is popular with a primarily teenage girl and young woman audience. The fact that there are other artists who…

Matt Smith is playing a generic white male expert who has to save his wife, who exists as a character purely to provide motivation for him.

I'm not saying there aren't plenty of talented female musicians he could have mentioned, just that the fact that he didn't is incredibly telling.

"Honestly, I've read comments about her here that would have been considered utterly unacceptable if applied to any other woman, yet she seemed to be an acceptable target."

"You want to talk about real vulnerability in songwriters? Put on Belle and Sebastian. Put on The Replacements. Put on Neutral Milk Hotel."

One could argue that reality TV has provided empirical proof that Bentham was wrong, and that people will still be horrible even if they know they are constantly observed.

Thanks, I'll actually go on and do it then.