Yeah, I miss pre-superhero franchise Whedon….I was excited to see if he would do something actually new (which was assumed) after he left Marvel, but I guess not. I couldn't even really get into Avengers, despite that I own the entire series of Buffy and Firefly on DVD.

Yeah, I mean I get what he was trying to do, but it was ultimately gross and bringing those girls into it in a way that they didn't need to be or deserve. Also, not disgusting but definitely kind of doofy, he has become one of those stereotypes of a centrist lib on Twitter lately, what with posting about how we need…

I mean it is true she's probably a little overrated or at least was a couple years ago, but she's still clearly pretty talented despite all the dumb "J-Law is your bestie!" Buzzfeed articles that were going around for a while. Not many of her films terribly interest me, but what I have seen her in she has certainly…

I mean I have no idea if they made a mistake or not (personally I'm glad Whedon was able to just move on to other projects anyway, I never had any interest in seeing him do a Wonder Woman film), it just seems weird to base any assessment off of an unfinished first draft that wasn't even his most recent work on that…

Oh the Alien 4 director definitely fucked it up, I mean it's a borderline incompetent movie on every level. I'm just noting that Whedon always defends himself by saying the director and actors messed up his precious script, when I think it's pretty obvious the script was at least some percentage of the problem. But I…

I wouldn't say I'm a huge fan or anything but Lawrence is pretty objectively a decent actress.

You're still assuming a lot here, champ. I'm certainly pro-union but right now I don't have insurance at all, and I've gone other stretches without too. It's not as simple as "if they fought for it they would have it." Politics and power are more complicated than that. Many employers (that's IF a person is employed to…

The pile-on on Whedon (who for the record has said some really goofy and occasionally even awful shit on Twitter lately, so it's not like he hasn't said or done anything actually worth of criticism) seems really odd to me. As this article itself even acknowledges, his script was a first draft. Whedon himself has been…

If you're referring to Ghost, I would assume he isn't since he talks about having health insurance coverage to begin with, rather than just using the state care.

Yeah I mean, as someone who has used mental health services I've often found the services provided by insurers to be so limited that I've had to just pay out of pocket, or find alternate routes. (That's when I haven't just been forced to go without.) And of course, for whatever its strengths, the ACA still leaves many…

In addition to what others have said, you're kind of assuming that everyone has insurance in the first place, let alone insurance with the kind of coverage you're describing.

Man I don't know how you could not find the Dagobah stuff fun.

He did make a bunch of successful non-Lucas films before that though (Silverado, The Big Chill, Body Heat which is a brilliant film). But, you're right, it is a little weird that he'd be this high and might considering his track record since the 90s at least.

I think it's safe to say they were booted entirely and "creative differences" is a diplomatic way for both parties to save face.

Fett worked as a character when he was mysterious. The prequels already largely ruined him, and yeah, every single expanded universe thing they ever did with him just made it worse. I think he has less than five spoken lines in the entire original trilogy, which is for good reason. He's a small doses character.

His whole style is chump

Yeah I know I was a bit dismissive myself, but I actually remember it being pretty good and underrated. That scene in the basement hiding from the alien tubes snaking around was just as good as the velociraptor kitchen scene. I've been curious to revisit it someday. I do recall liking Munich (released the same year)…

Whoever the film was marketed on the basis of, I don't know (I don't think it's a huge surprise though that studios are gonna market their films based on who the most well known performer is though, regardless of who is the true star in the film. Goldberg was made into a big star because of that film, but was lesser…

Aside from what was already pointed out, War of the Worlds is kind of a weak example because so much of that film (whether one likes it or not) obviously stems from Spielberg's own anxieties as a father. Sure, you could theoretically tell largely the same story swapping out Cruise's father character for a mom, but the…

I'm not sure what film you're thinking of, but Whoopi was very much the star of The Color Purple. I don't know how you could think otherwise.