I really wish that they had spent more time with the Futurama gang, and had renewed Futurama, and that Scarlett Johansson would be my girlfriend.

Wait, people count "Simpsons" canon?

I kind of assumed this episode was non-canon for both.

There's no contradiction. The Bender who traveled back in time from 3014 is asleep in the Simpsons' basement for a thousand years. But Bender will still be created in a factory and have all the adventures we saw in Futurama, as per the normal timeline. There will then be two Benders—one out and about having…

They're just using a character from the movie. A guy who had some feud with Tony's father. I don't see what's so unsalvageable about that basic concept, just because it came from a subpar movie.

Good observations. I appreciate the long post. :)

Maybe I should watch Winter Soldier again. Like I said, I've been entertained by pretty much all the Marvel movies—though I will agree with you on Thor: The Dark World dragging at points—but I never thought they were anything particularly special. I guess Winter Soldier had a pretty good freedom vs. security thing…

It's what happens when you combine mental illness, alcoholism, and a bizarre fixation on entertainment targeted to children.

I mentally insert a pants around the ankles suicide into every movie I watch.

Well, in some ways, you could accuse TS3 of not really being necessary. It was basically just a story about the toys confronting a situation they had already accepted the inevitability of in the last movie. It's sort of a different story, but not by that much.

You joke, but that actually was kind of odd. Andy's a weird kid.

Completely unnecessary, but it still has a good chance of at least being enjoyable. Eh, whatever.

Yeah, he's shown to be a whiny, angsty young man. That's who he was before he became Darth Vader. Genocidal madmen don't start off as cool, stoic badasses—they start off as snotty whiners with attitude problems. (People missed that Anakin was also a good, selfless person at many points throughout all three prequels,…

So a lot of entertainment sites seem to be focusing on the lack of an "Episode VII" in this title announcement. Everyone realizes that doesn't mean they're leaving out the episode number in the opening crawl, right? They just announced it this way because Star Wars: Episode VII The Force Awakens isn't as snappy for…

Well, it's not canon anymore (thankfully).

I feel like it's a case where it's okay as long as it makes sense for the story. For the prequels, Lucas was only interested in showing how Anakin became Darth Vader. I think he saw no reason to feature Vader heavily, because there were already three movies showcasing Vader in his prime.

One rumored title I liked a lot was "The Ancient Fear."

Yeah, the Windu quote was in direct reference to their clairvoyant powers being weakened, but logically I think it could also apply generally. I agree that it's never a huge factor in the logistics of action sequences or anything, but I think the idea is that their Force abilities are being all-around limited.

I don't know, I don't think you can make that conclusion based on one self-deprecating joke he made on a DVD featurette. I've said it before, but if Lucas wanted to beat Titanic, he would have put Darth Vader in the movie, like Twentieth Century Fox wanted.

Why is it we only ever see Sith Lords. Why are there no Sith Ladies?