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This was my take as someone who thought TFA was comically dumb and boring with paper-thin characters. And if anyone is shitting on the original trilogy it was Abrams glibly resetting the empire [now with 5 lasers!]. TLJ took Abrams’s Diddy-esque remix of the original trilogy and made a real song out of it. I mean,…

I understand why it was there dramatically, but that courtroom scene was fucking ridiculous. First, no judge on earth would let attorneys just bicker back and forth like that (was there even a court reporter?). But mainly, what the hell kind of proceeding was that? Did they schedule at an uncontested docket and then…

I thought the movie made it clear that he wasn’t willing to entertain moving and his refusal to take that seriously became a larger question of his lack of respect blocking her ability to self-actualize (the scene where he finds out she was nominated for an Emmy is [chef’s kiss]). I didn’t think he was a clear-cut…

Justify your existence. 

Antici.............

You can’t get the thick sauce over there!

I heard the meow mimics a baby’s cry because they realized it will get our attention.

Co-sign on the daemon problem. But it’s a sign of a larger production problem. Large portions of the show look like they weren’t story boarded or blocked with effects in mind. If there’s a scene with effects, they shoot actors center frame and sort of fill in details (e.g., dump some birds above when there’s action).…

It was both too hot to handle and too cold to hold.

Yeah that’s up there with Fleabag and Watchmen for me. It’s imaginative, beautiful and nailed the uniquely weird fantasy tone of the movie. Watching something as clunky and seemingly careless as His Dark Materials really highlighted how much craft and thought went into Dark Crystal. I’m planning on rewatching the…

I was happy it didn’t end with any explanation other than a mood (although that parade just made me think of the video for Bowie’s “I’m Afraid of Americans”).  

Your Knapp kin?

BONG!

I miss Jim’s Journal.

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Get her, Jade!

I think weaving in Will’s story earlier is a good idea, and may avoid some of the sidelining that happened to Lyra in The Subtle Knife.