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    No more. Space cat women are all that I ask for, really.

    T'Pol was abrasive towards human behavior but I wouldn't characterize her as a racist. She was actually the reverse of what Martin-Green's description here suggests, that is a Vulcan who has lived with humans a lot and relates to them enough that it's a problem for her Vulcan identity.

    The crew, mostly. Uber-generic plot and story even by Star Trek's standards, but I enjoyed it from a character standpoint. Chris Pine's Kirk finally exhibited some maturity and that Jayla lady was refreshing.

    I'd go so far as to say that Gunn should've been shackled just a bit more than he was for Vol 2. The film struck me as overindulgent in his sensibilities and I might have enjoyed it more if he'd been held back, but who knows, it's hard to fault free rein to a director and I'm glad when one gets it.

    I found—and have observed that I'm not alone in this—that Rogue One felt more like 'classic' Star Wars in a lot of ways that most of the more recent films, aside from the personal/Jedi tale aspect of it.

    I never regarded it as a plot hole myself and don't really watch Rogue One that way (I enjoyed the film overall).

    The consensus best ones, in my understanding:

    Bloodline is kind of a galactic senate book, though. A lot of politics.

    Opinions…I think that it's a fine little movie, neither the best nor the worst but charming in its way.

    Yeah, those guys in the control room at the Rebel base are rightfully unrepentant.

    Captain Janeway had an Irish holodeck boyfriend, if I recall correctly.

    What we really missed out on was mustaches in Star Trek, unless the animated series in the 70s had them.

    Or perhaps one might say, Pike it.

    A lot of nerds would weep tears of joyful relief (they have short memories in that way) if it were to happen.

    Didn't he turn them down on that one?

    Look, not to undercut your own opinion, but (a) how much do we really know about what happened here, or what specifically Kennedy wanted even if it wasn't what Lord and Miller wanted, and (b) we've already had a new film in Rogue One that wasn't the same old thing in a lot of ways.

    They are ostensibly using the 'Star Wars Stories' to experiment with the form just a bit, and hiring Lord and Miller in the first place suggests more than anything else that one wants them to do their thing…and now this.

    Considering some of the comments that I just read from Rian Johnson about how much creative freedom he had in writing The Last Jedi, it's frustrating to see what seemed like a great match here fall apart (and have fallen apart a long time ago, from the sounds of it).

    Rogue One has characters who were clearly human, if overshadowed by the war in which they find themselves. Jyn Erso is a bit abbreviated, but Cassian, Bodhi, Baze and Chirrut all strike me as quite full of heart and soul in their own ways. I realize that a lot of people feel that film vacant of warmth, but I did not

    Finally, a comment that speaks for me on this.