The plotting itself in Act 2 was pointless. What Rian Johnson was trying to do (I’m not sure I totally agree with his decisions) was take the usual harebrained Star Wars convoluted Hail Mary hero plan and make it fail. And fail spectacularly.

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If anything I feel like i09/Giz/AV is trying to make it a big deal in the face of a lot of readers who don’t have an issue with it. I feel like you do, I’ll have an issue with the movie if the writing/story are bad.

There are no other characters in the trailer with huge eyes because there are no others in the manga with huge eyes. It’s how she looks in the comic. Yes, it’s weird. But it’s a stylistic choice which the original artist made, and which a ton of fans agree with. Rodriguez stuck to that choice, trying something which…

See that’s my take too. If anything, it looks gorgeous in terms of the CGI/mo-cap.

But the decision isn’t bad, the giant eyes make her distinctly non-human. I think it’s an interesting way for the movie to go.

I do not see anything wrong with her eyes. The FX is done well. The look is cool.

It might not be a good decision. But it’s their decision to make. There’s a weird attitude that just because the internet LETS the public chime in on everything going on that that means their opinion has merit. If the people producing, directing and leading the art direction for this movie want the character to have…

‘ If everyone thinks you’re doing something weird and/or creepy’ 

Nothing conspiratorial about it, it’s just brute political calculus: “will this change to grad students cost us our seats? No? Then do it.” Bear’s theory is just wildly long-term. The GOP could hardly care less about ten or twenty years down the line.

Poorly educated people are much, much easier to manipulate.

I live in the LA area, and despite being paid pretty darn well, the cost of living here is ridiculous. When I moved to LA from OC to be closer to work, my cost of living literally doubled. Rent, food, insurance, you name it... all those costs skyrocketed.

Income inequality is probably the biggest issue with the least amount of attention by Americans. Not to get too political, but Mitt Romney made ~$40 million in his two years of released tax return. Let’s make that $10 million net after taxes, groceries, utilities, etc. With that amount of money he could spend almost…

Counter-point to both points: maybe e-sports are equally valid to physical sports and both are largely a waste of time. Have fun playing soccer with your friends, have fun playing Call of Duty in your house but making a huge Thing out of organized either sucks the joy out of it.

I have been waiting (impatiently) for Singer to be brought down. Looks like there is something on the horizon that hasn’t leaked yet since he is famously litigious and has been successful at winning past court cases and silencing people online.

It’s Lovecraft’s The Colour Out of Space.

Pretty much every portion of Darkest Dungeon has a heavy Lovecraftian hook in it. This will be less sci-fi than it will be a continuation of Lovecraft’s use of “a horror from beyond the stars.”

Remember, even High Priest Cthulhu (who is not a god, damn it all; he’s just a priest…

I think there’s a narrow area where we acknowledge that while it’s not fair that we have to protect ourselves it’s still what we need to do while we continue to fight to change the culture. Years ago I saw a show about a woman with a stalker. She was indignant; she shouldn’t have to move because of her stalker. She…

I have to be honest, and I’m sure I’ll receive flack for it, but I get what she’s saying. Yes, women should be able to walk into a business meeting (regardless of the unusual setting that it’s taking place in) and be safe.

Turkey, stuffing and pumpkin pie all suck.