“the urge to fill its scripts with Family Guy-esque sex jokes and asides warred with what seemed like a pretty sincere attempt to recreate the basic beats of Star Trek: The Next Generation”

There is no Family Guy humor in it. None. At all. Have you seen both Family Guy and the Orville?

The fact that it presents some new ideas and sheds fresh light on plot points that have been repeated time and again doesn’t mean it’s “shitting” on anything, so I disagree with the title. Yes it tries to be inventive and playful. No, it’s not destroying what came before.

No, because Star Wars long ago dispensed with actual space physics. Spaceships wouldn’t maneuver like WW2-era fighters, and giant battle stations wouldn’t suck up the energy of a nearby sun (while remaining frozen) and then belch out precision plasma blasts at a distant star system. Plausibility isn’t an issue.

Why dispense with physics but retain its underlying relativistic effects? Star Wars is a space opera, not hard sci-fi. If they want to treat hyperdrive kamikaze as if the size of the ramming ship matters, they can get away with that easily. Maybe hyperdrive isn’t quite what we think it is.

Every space battle past and future is already marred by “why use incredibly slow moving lasers that are apparently easily dodged?” And million other questions. If you start scrutinizing the actual physics and logic of Star Wars space battles, you have lost the plot.

The light speed crash. People keep asking why she didn’t use autopilot. Two main reasons: a droid wouldn’t have been able to adjust tactics based on what was happening, so having a human pilot ended up coming in very handy. Two, it’s a sci-fi adventure that has always stretched plausibility for the sake of excitement.

Laura Dern had nothing to do? I..don’t understand how you could say that. She had one of the entire saga’s most incredible scenes.

Yes exactly. They can find the cheapest labor in the poorest countries and sell at the highest prices in wealthier countries. They can also store their money overseas in tax havens. It’s like an elaborate, international version of union busting and tax evasion.

I’ve found that the term “globalism” is usually an anti-Semitic/alt-right dog whistle. Most left-leaning people who legitimately critique outsourcing etc. tend to use “globalization” for the process of breaking down protectionist trade policies at the expense of working class people.

Yeah the nerd backlash against Jurassic World reminds me of Prometheus. Both movies had issues, but the kneejerk hate and flailing attempts to find “plot holes” in every little detail of a science fiction popcorn flick is mind boggling to me.

I bet if we brought dinosaurs back from the dead and they were about to be wiped out by a volcano, there would be plenty of people who advocated rescuing them, genetic abominations or not.

I love Animal Crossing, but this game just doesn’t have the magic. Where are the seasonal changes and events? The museum?? It’s a stripped down version where crafting is essentially the only mechanic. Even the interactions with the characters center 90% around crafting.

Sounds like he landed some other, bigger role.

How is this like the Kevin Spacey thing? He was accused of attempting to rape a 14 year old and using his position of authority (as a much older movie star) to abuse someone. It doesn’t really sound like this movie has much in common with that...

Lol this is perfect mob mentality. “Wait, he’s speaking out in a nuanced way? He’s probably oneofthemgethim

I totally see your point, and agree, but I think the conversation about forgiveness goes beyond their careers. A lot of the rhetoric about “monsters” and “predators” and “terrible human beings” is too black and white for my taste. They’re human beings who have done awful things to other people, and at the same time I…

This is depressingly true. Hollywood loses interest in men at 50, and women at 30 (if not earlier).

I think if you’re being honest with yourself, the situation is not the same. Takei: one accuser. Trump: multiple (I’ve lost count). Takei: 40 years ago (yes, 40!) Trump: much more recent! Takei: potentially skeevy comments solicited by a skeevy radio host. Trump: voluntarily offered rapey comments on an Access…

One possible incident 40 years ago doesn’t necessarily make Takei a predator.