I’m 99% sure that’s exactly what Johnson was aiming for, and that’s something I still enjoy about the movie. It’s just a shame the follow through was less than stellar. sigh Wasted potential.

The Last Jedi killed off the First Order, too. Snoke is dead, the command fleet is in ruins, Hux is a mess, and Kylo Ren just had his ass handed to him by a ghost.

Good list, but I would have replaced Robin Hood with Robin Hood: Men in Tights. That way you get Carey Elwes and a fuckton of other great comedic actors who still fight against the man.

All fields of study are rooted in *a* philosophy, from anthropology to biochemistry. There are always working assumptions and ideological frameworks behind even the most “objective” disciplines. That you consider it “pointless” to challenge those frameworks - which is what philosophy IS, really - is pretty dangerous.

That’s the silliest take I’ve ever heard.

I think taht what she was getting at is that there’s a lot of question-begging in evolutionary psychology - people tend to assume their conclusions and work backwards from them. Not all of it, of course, but she’s perfectly correct in saying that there’s a great deal of justifying of bad behaviour based upon…

Disney “very much believe[s] in the value of the theatrical experience overall to launch blockbuster movies.”

The reboot is amazing, I love it, why are they doing this?? Out of ideas? How about a 20,000 Leagues show about Nemo?? I’d watch the shit out of that. 

Cylons posing as humans will probably all be a part of it.

Weird. The original plan was for Esmail to do a new series in the RDM universe (how, exactly, was unclear) so that seemed interesting. Now they’ve said this is total reimagining/remake, so what’s the point? You have the bright and optimistic version, you have the darker and more realistic (sort of) version, what’s a…

How about they go retro and re-image BSG as the story of the Mormons crossing the American west since that’s what inspired the TV show in the first place. Maybe teach the kids some history in the process.

All of this has happened before, and all of it will happen again.

“Set the new movies at least a hunded years or more after TRoS.”

Counterpoint.  Jojo Rabbit.  He’s absolutely brilliant. 

I’m going to emphatically disagree. He’s got phenomenal comedic timing and his roles in both Ragnarok and The Mandalorian were fucking perfect. He manages to blend comedic timing with seamless flow unlike nearly any other person out there.

It really would not surprise me if you see a ton of Marvel vets working on Star Wars projects, because they tend to understand how shared movie universes work. This is not something I think Kennedy gets. I’m not bashing her, but her previous experiences with franchise movies tended to be things like Indiana Jones and J…

Best Florida Man idea ever: camp out on an abandoned Disney island. 

Doing the math the penalty for a first degree misdemeanor (which I assume this tresspass is under) is either 1 year in jail / $1000 fine. If it’s just the fine, I think this man got the cheapest 4-day-3-night all-inclusive Disney vacation deal of the century.

Makes me wonder if anybody is hanging out in the Swiss Family Robinson's treehouse.