Yeah, but Lucas' films were never as good.  You watch 'em now, & even the GOOD half of the trilogy has pretty obvious weaknesses.  I saw Star Wars when it came out, when I was seven, so it just blew me away.  Now?  I like it, but it's hardly a great film.

I'm hoping that it means he just really fell in love with the concept & that it's a full-on passion project.  I hope, probably naïvely, that he's not in it for the money.  I mean, he made SO much money from LotR, he really CAN just do whatever he wants now, just for the love of it.  Right?

@avclub-84e43a60237ffece9cd4c85c103e298c:disqus : I had an older cousin, bit if a nerd, who had Bored of the Rings.  I saw it right about the time I read The Hobbit, maybe 6th grade or so, & just flipping through it I didn't get much of it, being young & naïve & all.  I didn't even know what a dildo was.

@avclub-84e43a60237ffece9cd4c85c103e298c:disqus : I had an older cousin, bit if a nerd, who had Bored of the Rings.  I saw it right about the time I read The Hobbit, maybe 6th grade or so, & just flipping through it I didn't get much of it, being young & naïve & all.  I didn't even know what a dildo was.

I think we'll get The Hobbit, @avclub-2a50e3b61d7da907adce74114394ccc3:disqus, in the first 2 films.  The 3rd film, I think, will be the 50-60 years between The Hobbit & Fellowship.  At least that's what I've read, but who knows—maybe he'll try to cram more background stuff into the basic narrative (like the tale…

I think we'll get The Hobbit, @avclub-2a50e3b61d7da907adce74114394ccc3:disqus, in the first 2 films.  The 3rd film, I think, will be the 50-60 years between The Hobbit & Fellowship.  At least that's what I've read, but who knows—maybe he'll try to cram more background stuff into the basic narrative (like the tale…

Here's my thinking, @avclub-5171864ab150444a2bcff2d4c52d3064:disqus :

I'm pretty sure that by the year 3000 Beck would indeed be in the public domain.

I'm pretty sure that by the year 3000 Beck would indeed be in the public domain.

I kinda feel like cartoons should be exempted, since continuity is often not a concern.  I would've left The Simpsons off this list.

I kinda feel like cartoons should be exempted, since continuity is often not a concern.  I would've left The Simpsons off this list.

But he remained a favorite, as you observe—he didn't appear & disappear inexplicably, & therefore doesn't fit the premise here.

But he remained a favorite, as you observe—he didn't appear & disappear inexplicably, & therefore doesn't fit the premise here.

Shut up & do as you're told, Job.

Shut up & do as you're told, Job.

@avclub-8f1899cdb606a3c7a0aa80d617eb123b:disqus: The point of laws is to try to maintain order & minimize crime.  No culture in the history of humankind has been 100% effective at this.  Of course it's possible to circumvent laws.  But having the laws makes it harder, & creates a system to address transgressions.

@avclub-8f1899cdb606a3c7a0aa80d617eb123b:disqus: The point of laws is to try to maintain order & minimize crime.  No culture in the history of humankind has been 100% effective at this.  Of course it's possible to circumvent laws.  But having the laws makes it harder, & creates a system to address transgressions.

Rush Limbaugh?

Rush Limbaugh?

Ordinarily, I don't mind the auto-play that much.  This time, I couldn't hit fucking MUTE fast enough.