A woman in my area made headlines for quitting her job on a whim to sail on a replica historical ship for a year. I was intensely jealous.

"Roland" Dahl?

… With pictures to illustrate every single sentence or bullet point in the article.

Like Henry Cavill as Superman, you mean?

The problem is that a white person is Always the hero.

The first movie was pretty self-contained. They wrapped up the plot pretty well (although showing Vader escaping left open the option of a sequel.) It wasn't until the second movie that they were comfortable with a "to be continued" ending. Lucas (and the producers) didn't go into the first movie counting on…

Yeah, although the drawing style is only a part of the picture. You can have a really crude art style (e.g. Peanuts) and still make works that people enjoy.

He felt less out of place in "Shrek," fortunately.

When was that?

In between burying the cholera victims in the basement…

Huh… I thought he was pretty weird and wasted in the remake. (Based on what I've seen of his movies, he doesn't seem to have that much comic timing - he's better off in more dramatic roles.) Gong Li came off better.

And Zhang Yimou could opt not to make movies with western actors like Damon or Christian Bale in heroic roles… but he chooses to make those movies, anyway.

Nick Adams said immigrants/foreigners, not just "immigrants."

When I treat myself to a restaurant burger, I don't want it to be McDs. I know loads of bars and family dining restaurants where I would rather get a burger.

Judging by the kind of script offers she started getting after "Aliens", yes.

In the US, most universities are also split into "colleges" that focus on particular disciplines, like a college of business, college of education, college of medicine, et cetera.

Technically, she was invisible in Star Wars, too.

I think the fact that the proposed park had outhouses and no water fountains at all was a little too realistic.

Kate Bush disagrees. https://www.youtube.com/wat…

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