D.C. Fontana did a lot to create the mythology of Trek too. The fact of the matter is that TOS had a lot of good sci-fi and TV writers who were able to take Rodenberry’s bare-bones ideas and make them work.

Totally. I feel like the ‘Vader’s Castle’ scene was unnecessary and was added just to get a pop for showing us Vader’s crib. That whole scene (if you needed it, and I don’t think you do) could have been done over holo-transmission.
A big problem I see in modern sci-fi/comic book movies is treating great distances like…

The boring, repetitive task that it is being built for is to be Elon’s best friend.

Vader chopping up rebels like a badass in Rogue One.

When the movie came out, people in the office were talking about it. One of them was talking about how angry the ending made her because of all the characters she liked turning to dust. She looked at me, knowing that I read comics, and asked, “Didn’t it make you angry?” No, I’d already been on this roller coaster 20…

Or meth. Weed makes you do stupid things, but it’s usually lazy stupid things.

COTD!

There’s a local BBQ joint here called Letha’s that was pretty well known and even attracted national attention at one time. It was a bit of a hole in the wall place, but it was always packed even with the rumor that she recycled the tea. Her grandson is running it now and moved locations, but the business hasn’t been…

Double points for driving someone else’s car with a bright interior.

The #1 rule about looking for a place to eat in the South is that if the building looks like it hasn’t been updated since at least the mid 80's, it’s probably got some of the best damned food you’ve ever had.

I was going to say fondue.

I’m glad that Keaton has returned to action in Hollywood. The guy is just great. If you haven’t seen his episode of Norm MacDonald Has a Show on Netflix, you should. It’s fantastic and reminded me of the fact that Keaton started out as a stand-up before his film career took off.

I don’t think that Batman has to be too grounded in reality. Especially not with his rogues gallery. The problem with Burton’s Batman films is that Burton has no familiarity with the characters. He just did what he wanted to do. After the success of the first, he was able to exert more control which is why the Penguin…

I’m pretty sure that was a double’s hand. (I don’t know, but that’s my head cannon.)

I don’t see how you can call it anything other than a comedy with some sci-fi/horror elements. Everything in it is pretty laughable and over the top. Hauer isn’t giving any subtlety to his performance either. He’s clearly hamming it up.

Happy birthday, Lord of Rust.

Lucas already ignored the EU when he made the prequels. Let’s be honest, there was more bad in the EU than good. I don’t mind Disney cherry picking the good ideas. Kennedy has made some horrible decisions for SW, but getting rid of the EU wasn’t one of them.

Blackguard was on the team to sell them out. How else could he have accomplished it? Waller let him. That’s the only explanation as to how that happened. It was supposed to be a TPK.

I was thinking the other day about how it’d be cool if Stellantis brought back the AMC line as their EV brand. 21st century, electric versions of the Javelin, Gremlin, and Eagle would be interesting. 

It was the thing in the early 80's. I remember coming across a talking Coke machine when I was about 5.