Agreed. I was not a huge fan of Episode VIII, but one thing I actually really liked was when Rian got rid of some of the blatant throwbacks to the OT JJ had included. That stupid helmet never made any sense whatsoever (honestly, why does he have it? Just because he’s an emo teenager who likes to dress up like his…

Haven’t pretty much all the titles for the Star Wars movies been reveals? Why should this be any different? 

“To be fair, I think VII and VIII are better movies, than the prequels, but there are plenty of “worse” movies are prefer to “better” ones. The Godfather 1&2 wouldn’t crack my top 50 movies, because what I like isn’t based just on how masterful it is.”

And given what Yoda was able to do in Episode 8, we’ll probably see Force Ghost Palpatine actually fighting Force Ghost Luke at some point.

“Palpatine as a final boss (again) makes Snoke a Disc One Boss (kind of what Vader was) and makes Kylo Ren what Vader was in ROTJ (if Rey sees kindness in him, sees the light, so help me god...)“

How would that work though? His name is Ben Solo, and his mother’s maiden name (if such things exist in SW) is Organa, not Skywalker. It would be awful weird to describe the rise of someone using their uncle’s last name.

No, I got all that. Thanks though...

I actually found that to be contrived as hell. Hodor’s been a part of the show since the very beginning, and his defining characteristic is that he just says Hodor, but nobody ever mentions that that behavior appeared out of nowhere one day and that he used to be just a regular guy? Not to mention that when he’s…

“What all of the crimes have in common is that they reek not of inherent rampant criminality but of a hustler’s utter desperation.”

I agree with you on that front, but I suppose what I’m saying is that seasons 1, 2, and 3 was when the show’s quality was at its highest, in large part because of where the focus was (character and plot rather than spectacle and grandeur). And I don’t think the absence of characters doing flashy things in season 1…

I’ll be forever confused as to why that is a bad thing in people’s mind. The first few seasons had to rely on storytelling and character development to be interesting, whereas the past few seasons have just relied on huge action spectacles and special fx to gin up interest. It’s like saying that Transformers is better…

Not to mention a complete rejection of the kind of storytelling that made the show interesting in the beginning. The showrunners don’t know how to do anything besides standard fantasy storytelling and tropes, but because they have the budget to do big action set pieces and lots more dragon scenes everyone pretends…

It’s funny- the whole reason the show was recognized as great television was because it focused on real characters who engaged in behaviors that didn’t conform to standard fantasy tropes while rejecting the sort of simplistic grandeur that dominates lesser fantasy shows/movies. But then the past two seasons went all…

“They’re taking less than they would have made on the open market 5 years ago to ensure that they don’t have to actually put up with the volatility of that market.”

Was this guy forced to sign the contract at gunpoint or something? The article is clearly written in such a way to make the reader outraged at this unfair atrocity, but for the life of me I cannot figure out why I should be so upset about a guy voluntarily signing a contract. If he wanted to push for more money, or…

I do appreciate the irony of GMG attacking others for coming to uncharitable interpretations of comments by folks like AOC or Omar when pretty much the whole purpose of the websites on GMG is to attack people in exactly this way. I’m completely fine with Omar’s comments because I understand the context and what she…

Star Wars has never, not once, implied that you had to be a member of a particular bloodline to be a powerful force user. It’s just that the story in the prequels and OT was about the Skywalkers. This would be like watching a miniseries about the Bush family and then saying that a movie that showed Obama becoming…

Deadspin still has credibility with some readers? I like the site just fine for aggregating highlights and horrible hot takes, but the last thing I view this place as is a credible sports blog with accurate analyses and thoughtful takes.

Pretty sure he’s saying Magic’s out barely 9 months after getting Lebron. As in, he took the job and just counted down the days until he could get Lebron, and when that didn’t immediately translate into a championship caliber team he bailed.

One follow-up question: really?