Rock of Ages?

Which would make sense, given it’s a flashforward.

Except it’s entirely possible that, as far as Kojima is concerned, Akio Otsuka is THE definitive voice for Snake.

Is it possible that OB wasn’t just remembering things, but that Loki was actually changing time in the TVA?

Not that crazy. Presumably, Kojima was never entirely happy with Hayter’s performance, but didn’t find anyone closer to what he wanted (or more famous, if you prefer) until MGSV, so in the meantime, Hayter would keep getting the role by default.

It could be that they’re all just regular stormtroopers in janky armor, but that’s the least likely—and least interesting—explanation.

But April 26th 2011 is still 6 months before shooting started, so if that script didn’t contain any running naked down the street and otherwise closely matches the final film, either the scene was added after the “last draft” (far from impossible, but it seems awfully random to add one scene and then drop it right as…

it has an unnecessary, and therefore suspicious review embargo

Here’s a quick guide to the comic continuations. It’s not that complicated, but there is a ton of stuff.

Same formula, different family, still fun

Totally agreed — the lore was kinda interesting in the first one, but it was never going to stand up to the scrutiny of further exploration, and it really, really didn’t. But I would add that Chapter 2 and Chapter 3 not having endings is right up there too.

A mod? Nah, Bethesda should create an official patch that automatically does that for any reference to the player character if it detects this mod in use.

Didn’t they eventually kill all three Lone Gunmen?

then hopes to figure out a solution eventually

I think the issue is actually one of mediocre writing.

I don’t understand why Filoni didn’t open this show with a brief (5-10 minutes) prologue re-creating the final battle from Rebels in live-action.

There was tons of samurai influence in this episode. I found it quite refreshing that they went that way and cut out most of the over-the-top flips and tricks.

I was already let down when he couldn’t figure out how to end District 9 without cheating the faux documentary format throughout the climax. And then Elysium doubled down on his “I’ve got some good ideas but can’t figure out how to see them through” thing, and I’ve never quite been able to work up the enthusiasm to…

Based on the trailer, I suspect what he’s actually trying to say is that “this film’s vision of the future is closer to Neill Blomkamp than Joseph Kosinski”, but he’s waffling on about some imagined “tech war” because he thinks admitting that would make it sound derivative.

So it was like, imagine the Apple Mac hadn’t won the tech war, and the Sony Walkman had.