Is it possible that they have reduced baculae for different reasons - increased promiscuity and an emphasis on female sexual choice makes male sexual competition less pronounced in their culture?

For a second, because of the picture, I thought Alan Tudyk was going to be playing Bruce Wayne.

I will be very disappointed if Snoke is not actually a tiny person.

I think it’s *extremely* important to the plot, considering how much of the story is about armed insurrection.

A blue ancient Egyptian kid with powers.

“This is darker than red.”

This is more or less what Maz tells her.

I dunno, each comment like this that comes out from the team makes me think what Ridley means is, “It’s not meant to be a mystery for solving. Rey is just an orphan.”

I think she means, “Rey’s parents were just some people who abandoned her on Jakku.”

Theory: Snoke is actually tiny.

I’m fine with him just being a Matrix gangster, but I, too, would be curious to know what his function was. “Guardian of Obsolete programs” is likely not something the Machines would create.

Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes.

The theory: In Pan’s Labyrinth, Ofelia begins telling herself a story in which the Faun eventually betrays her, but at the end, when she’s shot, she’s forced to wrap things up with a less satisfying happy ending.

Seems like it’s just a case of Britain, Canada, and Puerto Rico each having one hero while the US heroes are diluted.

This is my feeling re: another HBO show, The Leftovers, as well. A lot of the bad reaction to the show comes from the fact that we’ve been trained by a few high profile shows of the last decade to look for clues and try to solve mysteries and see twists coming. Meanwhile, The Leftovers is very much a show about a…

It’s not (always) a crutch. It’s shorthand. I can’t speak to io9 but I know in Hollywood people actually spend a lot of time fine tuning those comparisons, and it’s not (always) because the person you’re talking to can’t think expansively but because you’re responsible conveying tone, audience, and feel in addition to…

So is the idea that Matt Damon, Pedro Pascal, and Willem Dafoe are foreign mercenaries?

::sigh::

I love Tarsem Singh. That is all.