Finished up to Master Mind of Mars. Introduces another protagonist—another Earthman, Ulysses Paxton (pfft). And, mercifully, minimizes the descriptions of sword fights (something about written descriptions of sword battles makes them absolutely, woodenly boring).

Nah, if you dig into the lore (ugh), the Jedi and Sith are both rather specific groupings of force believers that just so happen to have had an outsized effect on the galaxy, whereas here and there are hints of other groups. I even get the sense that there are other groups that are more 'inclusive' (viz. you can…

Would you believe my second choice for Disqus user handle was Picture of a Burger?

I prefer the triangular screen on my Interrocitor.

If I want an illusion of depth I'll just rewatch Lost.

I think I saw a documentary about that on HD-DVD. Or was it Betamax?

Was it worth 5 extra dollars?

Yep. Apropos of which, isn't it about time one of the VR companies went belly-up? Be good if it could be one of the *really* highly capitalized ones like Oculus. Make Oculus to Facebook what AOL is to Time Warner, y'know? A complete turkey of a purchase, undertaken in an ill-considered fever of…

And not the *good* kind of fucking miniature where it's all naked midgets, OH no . . .

It got real lame real fast once I realized that they were choosing to show films at the more-popular times in IMAX because it meant they could charge you $5-7 extra.

*vomits in terror*

Yes. It is wrong and bad and you should feel ashamed at the dirty, awful things you do.

Out of cannons, yes.

Nah, given the insufferability of modern PR, I'd prefer we flipped the policy on its head and shot exclusively messengers. Like, "Actual malefactors: You're good. Lackeys and spinmeisters: You get to the count of 10 to start running."

Yep. I'm pretty darn sure people love it when I do that.

Hell yes!

Re, scifi religion: To me, was the only really, genuinely interesting part of Rogue One: The 'Holy City' of Jedha and it's inhabitants. Specifically, that the Jedi and Sith are *not* the only 2 possible philosophies if The Force and/or sects. And especially in the case of Donnie Yen's character: That they keep driving…

but it's kind of insulting to people of faith that we will not matter.

I dunno, it seems to be trivially easy to kill gods: Just don't feed them. Terry Pratchett knew this (viz. Small Gods).

Hmm? Sith lightsaber?