Why on earth would you watch episode 6, 7, and 8 in a row? The last movie in a trilogy followed by the first and middle entries in a follow-up trilogy? Of course it would feel cynical after a movie that wraps up a trilogy with an Ewok party and a movie that is primarily a nostalgia-fest. It wouldn’t make any sense to…

Yeah, the effect of that hyperdrive ram was incredible. You could have heard a pin drop in that theatre and when the sound came back up I realized I’d been holding my breath.

I lived on a military base for 18 years and Holdo’s actions did not confuse me in the slightest. Didn’t give it a second thought. An Admiral is absolutely not going to share all their plans with someone of substantially lower rank. This is why obedience and chain of command are so important in militaries. You might…

That shot of the ship tearing in half, with its moment of silence, took my damn breath away. It’s been a long time since something I saw in a blockbuster film had that kind of effect on me. I loved The Last Jedi from top to bottom - well, the casino section could have been trimmed down a whole lot - but even if I…

Not sure about the lasers arcing (I didn’t notice that) but the bombers dropping makes some sort of sense. The bombers are flying over a gigantic ship that, like all the other spacefaring vessels in Star Wars, generates artificial gravity for the convenience of its crew. Why should that gravitational field simply stop…

Snoke seems like a plot device that wasn’t even really intended to be a mystery. Like, early on they decided that the Empire is the First Order now, and nobody really thought the backstory of the new emperor guy was all that important. Honestly, he seemed fairly boring—maybe if Force Awakens had established some…

They made Luke Skywalker interesting. I love the original trilogy. I love Mark Hamill. I have read an ungodly amount of Expanded Universe stuff. And most of it, however hard it tries, can’t make Luke interesting. He’s The Hero, The Beacon of Hope, The Savior of the Galaxy, the Jediest Jedi in all of the Jedi. Even…

I felt like Finn was kind of robbed in that he was the only significant character without a clear trajectory.  On one hand, I think him sacrificing himself for that would’ve been a great way of giving him something more substantial - but on the other, it would’ve meant losing the character.  And I really want him to…

I’ll offer my defense of the Holdo logic hole here: She isn’t a good teacher, much as Poe isn’t a good student. 

Well, the real review’s here: https://www.avclub.com/the-last-jedi-locates-that-middle-chapter-empire-strik-1821221823 

I loved it from the second Luke tossed the lightsaber over his shoulder. I imagine others began tearing their hair out. Oh well, let them write their super-awesome Snoke fan fiction I guess.

“Boil-in-bag” is the description for Pence I’ve been searching for my whole life.

I hope that when Pence dies, nothing happens, but somehow in his last breaths he realizes that nothing’s gonna happen. That he’s just gonna rot in the ground like the rest of us.

It is pretty amazing that this America First, MAGA, foreigner-hating crowd are cool with this fraudulent Anglo-Hungarian Nazi weirdo from nowhere. Gorka lied about having a doctorate, and a hundred other things, he was unceremoniously tossed from the White House (probably by Kelly). But because wingnut welfare…

This prompted her to say “I’m one of them” before leaving, and though he later tried to explain that he didn’t know who she was initially, the accuser supposedly talked to her about the accusations later in a “condescending tone.”

Absolutely agreed. Pixar still often falls back on pop culture references, etc (OK, they aren’t too bad about this, but...) I dunno, it’s maybe apples and oranges, but I see no comparison when looking at each studio’s work as a whole. Plus you’re never gonna get something like Grave of the Fireflies—or Princess…

Second to Pixar?! Harumph! Pixar’s had a whole lot more stinkers than Ghibli, especially lately. I have yet to see Totoro farmed out to a lame Bond send-up.

You’re a sad sack of shit.

Okay, long post coming up, illustrating some of my thoughts about this incredible show.

The final stinger was more Jeff Goldblum bringing the full Goldblum. I’d wade through a French sewer for another 15 seconds of sweet, sweet Goldblum.