My step-mother, who was a high school AP English teacher, loved them. Her take was that they were a Regency Period melodrama set in space, and if you assume that's the framework for the dialogue and interactions of the characters, it all works. Minus fancy pants accents, of course (her words).

Yeah, it's most definitely trading on the value of nostalgia over actual quality. Of the six theatrical Star Wars movies, two are great, one is OK/borderline bad, one is bad/borderline OK, and two are abominable.

The three trailers are pretty neat, but honestly, aside from a few comic books, everything else in the Star Wars "new canon" has been mediocre at best.
I'm not saying TFA is going to be awful, but there's definitely a precedent at the moment.

I just scrolled through this story, and felt sad.

We got about halfway throught he season and were generally turned off by the Phil character. He's just too unenjoyable. Can't watch. Should we give it one more chance?

B for the episode (I personally felt the penultimate episode was the weaker of the two, mainly because it seemed like it was a rushed production which resulted in some weird line readings, awkward camera angles, and Charlie Cox losing his American accent for a scene or two - all of which could have been remedied by…

I'm sort of on board with this. My personal, although far less researched theory is that the entire story depicts the end of civilization. Valar morghulis. It's a parable about the inability of human ego to recognize and deal with actual crisis until it's upon them and it's too late to avert disaster, but instead…

It was good. There's some actual character exploration and development in this series that's almost completely absent from other Marvel TV and film work. Maybe it's a bit heavy handed as you say, but I'm enjoying the depth in the story and characters in DD. It continues to be my favorite thing in the MCU.

The Stephanie story didn't seem that complicated to me. Don's persona with her (and with her dearly departed mother) is one that Megan, or really anyone else, has never before seen. It's warm, paternalistic, selfless and genuine. There's no facade with her, and that throws Megan for a complete loop. In the years…

The Clone Wars was in my opinion (as an OG Star Wars fan from '77 I think I get one) the best Star Wars media to come along since Return of the Jedi. It actually made the PT better in every possible way.

I will say that the actual narrative of the prequel trilogy actually isn't bad. It's just the dialogue, acting and overall lack of any tactile quality to the images that's so off-putting.

Word of mouth is kicking in. Just went to a 12:30 pm Monday showing at the Alamo Drafthouse in far south Austin, and the damn theater was almost completely full.

The closer I get to 40, the more my love for Superchunk and all of Mac's music grows. It's sort of like Star Wars for me, if that makes any sense.

#'s 13 and 15 are the most important to me. I'm sick to death of "gritty and real." Just done with it. Except daredevil. Keep Daredevil gritty and real.
And thinking back to my childhood, it was those mysterious throwaway lines like "bounty hunter on Ord Mantell" or references to Clone Wars or "Captain Antilles was our…

The ship has sailed.

It's funny. I rewatched the original a few months ago, and I didn't really enjoy it that much. Or at least as much as I thought I did in the theater. And definitely not as much as Guardians of the Galaxy. Which of the Marvel films was second only to The WInter Soldier. Which I didn't enjoy as much as I am now…

FIRE HIM!!!

Well, I wanted to hate this…

Wake up. Fake a stomach ache/sore throat/dizziness. Whine. Whine. Whine. Skip breakfast because "I just can't eat. I'm sorry." Promise to try and do some work. Wait for the garage door to close. Cocoa Krispies. Thundercats. Charles In Charge. Price is Right. Super Mario Bros. 3. Chef Boyardee. Double Dragon. Up up…

Butta-few-O-ko.