The Star Wars universe doesn't need hetero characters either. It just needs blasters, snub fighters, laser swords, super-mega space cannons, and hokey mysticism.

The irony was particularly delicious wasn't it? :-)

Regardless of the fact that he wasn't known for his scoring touch, I fail to see how shooting a basketball at a net is transferable to slingshotting a small ball with a string attached to it at a target. :-)

To be honest, his obsession never really bothered. It was mildly creepy, but these people are stuck alone with each other for 3 months with cameras rolling the entire time. I think we can cut the guy some slack…

I've often wondered how much the producers intervene with respect to health and safety of the tribes. One would think that drinking water would be very closely monitored.

Religious indoctrination does this to people.

It was amusing to see Jenny reject both of Alecia's answers to best Survivor's traits to have. Alecia posited "Honesty" and "Winning challenges" to which Jenny correct her with "vote out strong competitors".

"They suffered" is certainly a narrative that has been stuffed down our throats since it hit theaters.

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PS: WE STILL HATE ZACH SNYDER.

And thus, the inevitable backlash was born…

It certainly deserves to be among the nominees. It certainly deserves to be there over The Martian — a movie that depicts a man stranded on an inhospitable planet with next to no resources, facing imminent death on a daily basis that is somehow bereft of tension.

Pure hyperbole.

I wish Mad Max: Fury Road was a generic Hollywood action movie.

For a movie about a guy trapped on a hostile planet by himself, The Martian had remarkably little tension and was completely predictable. The best thing I can say about it was that it didn't suck and was a mildly enjoyable experience.

Somehow the extended editions, with additional footage, were less boring than their theatrical counterparts to me.

In Superman 2 Zod was dropped down a pit in the Fortress of Solitude (sans powers) never to be seen again. Yeah, sure, it's not as visceral an image as having his neck snapped but it's still murder. Supes could have flown him and his cronies to the nearest prison to live out the rest of their lives behind bars but,…

That's very sweet of you…

Than you should know why he keeps getting hired?

And yet here you are… posting in another superhero movie thread. :-(

Counter-counterpoint: No, it wasn't.