“Superman not bothering to even try and fix things and making out with Lois Lane in the ashes of a thousand 9/11s? Give me a fucking break.”

I feel like broadly, especially with the idea that every film must be the jumping-off point of a multimedia franchise and the idea of catering to hardcore nerds, the fact that you don’t need to tell us everything about the world and that people will be more engaged if they’re not spoon-fed is a lost art. Star Wars…

Honest to god, people forget what made the original star wars interesting. Luke, the backwater farm boy is a stand in for a naive audience unfamiliar with the world he is about to enter. Think about the first time Obi-Wan trails about Anakin. He says the absolute barest minimum about him, the Clone Wars, all that.

Rebel Moon is a limp, soulless regurgitation of tropes stolen from much more formidable films.

Yeah I wasn't expecting The Wind that Shakes the Barley, but the fact its never mentioned before or after is rather jarring as its very clearly expecting the watcher to have prior knowledge.  Which is both A not good for non British viewes, and if you do know stuff, your gonna be rather unhappy.  

I noticed that as early as season 4 where Ireland appears, the uncle gets blown up, and that’s it. Not a single mention of the Troubles or anything that paints Britain in a poor light like Bloody Sunday.  

British libel laws are no joke.  

You know, Troy was one of the first to speak out against horseplay.

“drowning every sentence in smug irony to the point where it’s impossible to tell what you’re actually trying to say about the subject”

Look, the man has a brand*, and he’s going to stick to it.

Yeah those were ALWAYS the the two episodes that I was told I should watch then passed on to others. I think it’s just because they were really great stand alone episodes that didn’t require any prior knowledge of what a Doctor Who does.

no what the people really want to see are stacked books in the background of a scene.

Call me when Monk is back in Pog form.

Forget the new Ghostbusters trailer, what about the trailer for the new Monk movie.  Monk’s back everyone!

He wears pants so can’t see his... wolf-dork. 

The greatest trick the EU ever pulled was convincing the world there was a universe of Star Wars stories to tell.

I’m the same way that Arthurian legend can’t let go of the Pendragons, The Godfather series can’t let go of the Corleones, and Middle Earth can’t let go of the Bagginses.

The real question is why should you reboot ‘Star Wars’? What’s the angle?

RAY GREENE RATES IT THREE DESTRUCTIVE PHALLUSES OUT OF TEN.

Was asking myself that same question after reading this steaming pile. I swore it off once after the Kinjapocalypse—might be time to do it again & for real, because it’s so much worse now than I ever thought it could get. Old AV Club had some takes, but at least they were almost always a) thoughtful and b) funny (or…