I wouldn’t necessarily be so quick to pin it on filmmakers (as in, people with actual creative talent) and let studio executives off the hook. Of course we don’t know whose decision it was, and who might have been pressured one way or the other. I can easily imagine some studio exec saying “our research shows that…

Mr. Furious posted a photo of Astroturf (or some other artificial grass product), presumably implying that either the song’s popularity, or any controversy related to it, are synthetic.

I’m finding myself taking the position that Bernstein’s physical appearance is not iconic to the likely audience for this movie (or, really, to anyone), so changing his appearance to look more like Bernstein is kind of pointless.

I went and looked; apparently it’s available on Prime Video, as a free “bonus,” but that might just be the first episode. In any event, MGM+ is available as an add-on channel through Prime Video, so it’s not like you have to set up a whole separate account or use another app if you want to see that content. We’ve been…

Me: *reads comment, chuckles slightly*

Ah, like the Marisa Tomei realdoll that I... definitely don’t have in my closet.

Wellll, I’d probably lean back a bit from “unconcerned with fan service” even at the start; Grogu, as adorable as he is, is essentially a giant piece of fan service (albeit sui generis in that a baby Yoda wasn’t something anyone expected), and we sure did end up on Tatooine awfully fast. But agreed that it did quite…

I’m not nearly as enamored of Filoni’s work as you are, but I get your point.

I saw a trailer a few weeks ago, but I don’t think it was linked from here.

Right? I emitted an involuntary chuckle of disbelief at that line.

I hope they have the scene where Merlin shows up in Arthur’s castle and tells him about the Round Table Initiative.

Mandalorian is a hodgepodge of sci fi, western and samurai movie tropes, it’s about as Star Wars as you can possibly get.

I feel like you’re implying something.

Just as long as they don’t rescind my hairline!

C’mon, who among us hasn’t ranted to millions of people about our butthole-licking activities?

It’s only weird if you’ve literally never been here before

Infinite upvotes for you, my friend.

“irreverent”, not “irrelevant”.

Sure, but Paul Rudd isn’t constantly saying kinda dumb loudmouth things.

Reasonably competent and entertaining, but not really doing anything to advance the form or make any kind of thoughtful statement. Which describes most movies, I suppose.