I think the being-fat thing HAD to go...I agree that it is an integral part of the book. But Lauder works off all that weight up to the point where his new “friends” start calling him Hawk.

My thoughts exactly.

Ssomebody at work just said that to me as if I was supposed to know what he was referring to .

Perhaps I use the phrase wrong. She gets a lot of pictures in magazines. Though it's possible she is a writer.

Agreed. I mostly was "meh" about a True Grit remake. But she was an incredible improvement over the original version.  (which is not to say I disliked the original).

I think the first movie was okay. It suffers from being slavish to the book. That’s all. Emma Watson is a good actress. I think she’s very intelligent. She became the breakout because she grew into being a stone cold fox, while the other two grew into being taller versions of the kids they started as. She gets more…

Well said. After this ep I have to tailor my expectations to the level they are shooting for. (which is one step up from Saturday Morning Cartoons) I agree that they are doing very well keeping the sensibilities of the earlier movies. And the show’s visuals are just gorgeous. Thanks for commenting.

Oh man, I agree that there is very spurious logic going on on this show. The story beats take precedence over the story. This ep, for instance, wanted Baby Yoda to be taken. It also needed Mando not to have to fight the Dark Troopers yet. So it made up dumb reasons for him to leave. It didn’t try for clever, it just…

DAMN!  I thought the jetpack thing was stupid before, but I totally forgot he could remote pilot it.  That makes that plot contrivance WAAAYYY stupid.

They don’t use green screen.  They sure as hell use Computer Generated Imagery.

I agree.  Does an artificial heart make you a cyborg? Mechanical leg?

If it’s Ahsoka the whole journey to this henge was a waste of time.  The Guppy could have made his case to her face to face.  No way.

The thing is that Favreau is a good writer. His writing has nuance. So my belief is that he’s actually writing FOR Junior High. He’s purposely making this dumb for kids who just wanna see heroes kicking faceless white plastic butt. Giancarlo Esposito is a good, nuanced actor. Here he’s one step away from doing a…

I am betting myself that they just somehow remake the Razor Crest.  I still don’t understand how Slave 1 works.  Is there a rotating pod in the middle of it?  

Hard disagree on the tactics. The one and only reason he remains to fight the odds he’s fighting is Newt Boy. If the little tyke wasn’t inside a force field, Mando would be dusting off in the Razor Crest (RIP). He’s got high ground, and he’s got two capable fighters keeping them at bay. Their goal is ALSO to protect…

Some of the most low stakes fighting ever. Just some terrible staging and choreography. I know this is a kid’s show, but maybe make the Stormtroopers at least land a single fricking blow to show they have at least one tooth.

Good scene. But it has nothing to do with what the reviewer was saying. If the shark wore an ironic toque and was vaping, maybe.

I just watched The Battery (which, in-movie, is called Ben & Mickey vs The Dead). Its fair to say I hated it. The closest I can come to a comparison is Hipsters vs Zombies. I think there might be 4 zombies all told. If that’s what passes for a recommended indie horror film these days, I think the Evil Dead crown is…

I disagree with you. I think the guy is pretty funny, and his delivery, as if he’s in a 1950s movie, is often the best part. However I have a handful of actors and comedians that are lauded that I find either terrible or uninteresting, so I get where you’re coming from. I can’t get thru more than 90 seconds of Stephen…

Detente, then.  Let’s end it there.  Have a good evening.