I see a lot of kids movies, because I have kids. Most of them are not good. The Super Mario Bros. movie was pretty good for a kids movie, and they included a bunch of Easter eggs for middle-aged nerds. It’s not surprising it made a billion dollars. It’s not an apocalypse.

But wouldn’t allowing Matsson to walk away constitute such a massive failure as to eliminate them for consideration going forwards? They had one job, to close the deal. If they can’t do that, they’re obviously unqualified to be CEOs.

The part I’m confused about is that there are two separate questions at play in the episode — can the kids maximize Matsson’s offer vs. can any of these kids somehow tank the deal while retaining the CEO role and ruling over Logan’s empire?

Matsson is totally playing Shiv and allowing her to think she’s playing him.

It did seem like they were going somewhere with the Din flashbacks with the Super Battle Droids and the mysterious parents, but then they totally dropped that!

There’s a lot there, too. Was Beq killed by Inquisitors? By Darth Vader himself? Is Beq yet another Jedi who survived the Purge and the events of the OT and is still in play? If so, why did he abandon Grogu? Also, who are Grogu’s parents? Is there a planet full of Yodas, are they an endangered species, is Grogu the…

The franchise has milked a surprising amount of content out of those three original movies, and even the three prequels. The well is kind of running dry at this point, but Disney has added some fun content along the way. I like how the glut of Star Wars content demonstrates just how much of a singular genius Lucas…

Maybe that’s how you pronounce “cache” in a Mandalorian accent. But only in Southwest Mandalore, and all the other Mandalorians are really speaking with a Northeast Mandalorian accent.

And the jetpacks clearly travel at no more than 100 mph. They obviously don’t travel fast enough to fly into low orbit. It’s silly.

Tom is the head of ATN (not that we’ve ever actually seen him running a news network, because he’s always at some kind of party talking to the same 10 people). He has a formal role in the company, even if he’s a clumsy interloper and nobody trusts him.

This still feels like a novelty to me. Yeah, it kind of sounds like a lazy Drake/Weeknd collaboration, but that’s because the AI was trained with many hours of existing tracks between Drake and The Weeknd. If real humans hadn’t labored over all those tracks first, the AI would be totally lost. Both those artists have…

The exact dirt Greg might have hasn’t been specified. He will almost certainly pull a weasel move like this before it’s all over, but his best case scenario will be securing a settlement from Waystar (likely far lower than his inheritance would have been from Ewan, if he had just stayed away from these clowns), as…

Whether or not Shiv “should” or could be CEO, that meeting with the three siblings was the moment when Shiv was eliminated from contention for the throne. She had Roman on her side willing to back her as CEO, and she messed up. Roman can always be manipulated into changing sides during a conflict, he’s done it at…

Greg flew too close to the sun. He understands that he’s completely adrift and about to be exiled from the family with nothing. I think it’s a much more interesting arc than the “Greg as CEO” fan theory that’s been going on since Season 1.

My theory is that, as the amniocentesis carries some risk of miscarriage, Shiv was hoping for a miscarriage. The doctors made it pretty clear to us that an amnio was not the way to go.

Yup, kids loved it, as did myself and my brother / Super Mario Bros. playing buddy who always had to be Luigi in 1986. It’s not a great film or anything, but it’s rare to see a movie so perfectly designed for its audience, exactly what it “should be.” Still can’t imagine that anyone is mad about this movie.

I know, right? I got the Super Mario Bros. / Duck Hunt NES for Christmas as a kid, I spent a year of college playing Mario Kart 64, and I’m excited to see this movie with my kids tomorrow because they can enjoy something I grew up with and then moved past. I’m expecting a colorful kids movie with a few nods to older…

Ugh, how exhausting. I’m old enough to have been excited for the Y2K New Years party . January 1, 2000 is when everyone celebrated the start of the 21st century. Newman booked his sad party one year later, on January 1, 2001, which was just like any other New Years Day.

Well, I think that’s the issue — Luke’s appearance came far too early. It should have happened in the series finale.

I mean, it’s hard to get excited about any Twister 2 project, but Daveed Diggs has just not had enough starring roles, so I would have watched the shit out of this.