Thank you! That was what I was going for. I had very conflicting feelings on the movie for about a whole day or two, and that’s what I’ve kind of settled on. It’s funny, I expected the people who hated the movie to have issues with me liking it (hell, I gave it a B+/A-). The way it’s been portrayed, the diehard Star…

It definitely serves as motivation for Poe to act like an hot-headed fool (although, easily could have been avoided if Holdo explained even a part of her plan with Poe, clearly a key leader in the Resistance), and that’s the only reason I hesitate to say the C plot should have been cut entirely. I felt it slowed down…

Now, again, I liked Luke’s trick. It was a great moment for his character. It’s exactly what a true Jedi would do. Goad his enemy into arrogance and aggression, but do nothing actually violent and instead save lives. But there was nothing to suggest this would kill him. Rey and Kylo has been engaging in similar…

That was never a question that needed answering in any of the original movies. It was obvious people around the galaxy hated the Empire, and lived in fear of them. It didn’t need to be answered now. You didn’t need to know how they recruited; it was right in front of you. They destroyed planets, they oppressed aliens…

The Leia stuff was weird. I have no problem with them expanding on her own power with the Force, but this wasn’t the way to do it. In fact, them never expanding on it once except for the bizarre floating scene is another disappointment. Maybe they had more planned in IX before Fisher passed, but both VII and VIII was…

If that was the entire point of the C plot, then it was a bigger waste of time than I thought. They’re gonna recruit new people is a given. I don’t need a useless side mission that is overshadowed by a far more interesting Poe/Holdo plot to demonstrate that “lol rich people suck, amirite?” and “poor people are gonna…

The Last Jedi was a good movie! It was well paced and acted, for the most part. The only hiccup was largely inconsequential “C” plot with Finn and Rose, where the two characters were sent on kind of a silly mission that wasn’t explained terribly well and played no role in the plot except to put the two characters in…

I don’t think you know why blackface is offensive. It’s not because of colonization. Or even slavery. It comes from minstrel shows, which are a part of American history.

I mean, he clearly got the costume at a costume store or online. It’s not like he went around researching American basketball and learned about, idk, Julius Erving or whoever he’s supposed to be. And the point is that putting black paint on yourself may not be offensive in other countries like it is here. I actually…

This is excellent satire

It’s rather Americentic to assign American cultural values to others.

a lot braver

Genuinely asking: do Europeans (in this case, he’s French and plays in Spain) have the same taboo regarding black face as we do in America? Obviously, black face today is seen as a reference to minstrel shows and other ways black people were portrayed in plays and even early film in America. Do they have that same…

It’s confounding that the team with maybe the worst home and away jerseys has maybe the best alternate. I love the zig-zag effect and the coloring. It both looks cool and is evocative of a blast of thunder rocking the ground.

Richardson was also known for what multiple women call the “seatbelt maneuver.” He would invite female employees out to lunch, and in keeping with his reputation as a self-styled gentleman, he would open the car door for his guests. Once they were seated, however, he would insist on fastening their seatbelt for them,…

Yeah, I’d find it hard for a lawyer to go into the courtroom with an opening statement like “Ladies and Gentlemen of the jury, my client was in a lot of pain, but in the end, the doctors did a great job and the whole experience probably made my client mentally tougher, as it taught valuable lessons involving hard…

It would be very surprising if he never played again. He was a decent prospect for the Yankees after he developed, and he’s currently with the franchise that is probably most reliant on their own farm system to fill out rosters with the A’s. While his injury was bad (Patellar tendon), there’s no reason to think he…

Yes, there are serious medical benefits, and in some cases, I could see it benefitting athletes.

Oh, so do I. And most things I do while high I’m worse at, lol. I could see some slight benefits if it’s the right sativa strain and at low levels. But take a look at Mike Beasley, and you just know that fucker is taking bong rips of indica. It’s “nbd”, obviously, if he did play high (I have no idea if he did),…

I know a lot of people are you giving you shit for this, but I think your argument would have worked if you implied that he was high DURING the games. Like, that actually would make sense.