Is this a good place to discuss my theory that Boy Meets World takes place in a slowly collapsing, Matrix-style simulation?

No conspiracy, just a mismatch in expectations all around—from fans, Burton himself, and the producers.

We presume this means we’re still three years from a crossover that includes The Great North.

I know this is rehashing an old debate, but I just don’t think Burton was that good. He wasn’t the worst and he wasn’t the best. He was fine. I think that there is any debate at all is that it seemed like such a slam dunk on paper, with a lot of support behind it and it just didn’t work out.

Maybe the trophies are awarded for overall performance in the tournament, not for specific games, and only to qualifying teams?

I was probably too harsh, but this concept still seems way to niche for a broadcast network to order three seasons before even knowing if audiences will like the first few episodes.

Discovery took Star Trek in new directions—especially in its later seasons. I hope some of the fans who wrote it off when it was on decide to give it another chance in the future, like they did with DS9.

The show dared to shift focus away from senior officers on a Starfleet posting, by focusing on one person’s growth...

Oh man, I enjoy adult animation, but who the hell is itching for an adult animated comedy set in Ancient Greece? I assume they want this to go viral with the 12-18 segment mainly—what’s the appeal in watching a comedy that even tangentially evokes last week’s history class?

At this point, I’m surprised Dee Bradley Baker doesn’t voice Grogu. He voices a very similar character (Murf) on Star Trek: Prodigy.

Speaking of Grogu, if, at any point in these recaps, I mistakenly refer to him as “Rogu” (a different alien baby who was introduced in 2019, a year before Baby Yoda’s name was given as Grogu), I refuse to fix it. That’s my promise to you!

There are some really chud YouTubers who constantly claim that “woke” Star Wars has been a huge failure and that any day now Lucas is going to come back and take back his franchise and save it.

I suspect there are more than you realize. The Mandalorian hit it big with wider audiences in a way that the other Star Wars shows haven’t.

I hope they address the fact that Mando’s new ship almost certainly can’t be used for bounty hunting due to its size. Is that an indication that he’s given up bounty hunting—at least temporarily—to pursue absolution for taking off his helmet?

Seconded. Watching the last three episodes also bypasses the milquetoast “well-meaning crime boss” arc and the ambitious, but awkward flashback storyline.

Usually, the “previously on” isn’t referencing a completely different show, though. While there’s a lot of overlap in audience between The Mandalorian and The Book of Boba Fett, there are going to be a bunch of people who pause at the recap, go back to the series info on Disney+, and wonder where the hell the missing…

I couldn’t tell you where I read this, but my understanding is that Michelle Yeoh took the role specifically to play Mirror Georgiou, so I don’t think she’d be interested in bringing back Prime Georgiou, except maybe for a one-off flashback.

I generally enjoyed Into Darkness, too, but it still tickles me that they hit pause on the action-filled climax to have Leonard Nimoy teleconference in and explain who Khan is to the audience.

The good news is that DeSantis has all the charisma of a room-temperature bowl of oatmeal, lacks any foreign policy bona fides, and doesn’t have Trump’s name recognition.

Beyond was pretty good, but they misstepped big time by burying Idris Elba under 50 pounds of prosthetics. Dumb Khan reveal or not, Into Darkness made a ton of money because Cumberbatch did a great “villain Sherlock” performance that the trailers could utilize.