Yeah, but that then means that the Cold War and Vietnam were the equivalent of all those pointless forgettable Terminator sequels and there’s just been too many great films to come from those sources for that argument to hold up

Now, now, Andor has been nothing short of brilliant.

I remember a lot of American backpackers doing so circa 2003

and in Charlize Theron’s first scene in Atomic Blonde

Just realised that Blevin is Ben Bailey-Smith (AKA Doc Brown) which means that we finally have a link between the Star Wars and Taskmaster Cinematic Universes!

The obsessive fan mail and marriage proposals that the likes of Charles Manson and Ted Bundy used to get suggest that it’s very much a thing in real life too.

Have you seen how much airlines charge when you go over the weight limits for carry-on bags these days? I keep my trafficking strictly within the ballpark of ‘grams’

AKA ‘Ranch’ dressing

It may be wishful thinking on my part but the Aldhani storyline really reminded me of ‘The Heroes of Telemark’ and Top Gun: Maverick is almost a remake of ‘633 Squadron’ (which in itself was one of the inspirations for Star Wars ‘Death Star trench run’), so does this mean Hollywood’s latest trend is going to be…

I feel a mention is deserved for Dedra Meero - the imperial intelligence officer who is piecing together evidence of the existence of coordinated rebel activities - along with her colleagues. They’re essentially the Empire’s Gestapo and as the series seems to be taking its inspiration from WW2 spy thrillers, they’re…

Same! although I’m thinking evil clone/descendant of Solid Snake

I know as a Targaryen he can command dragons but I feel he should be in charge of a fleet of giant mechs as he’s definitely giving me serious ‘antagonist in a Japanese video game’ vibes

That’d have to be some pretty strong comments. I mean, The F150 has seriously been going out of its way to be awful for decades yet it’s still America’s biggest selling vehicle!

I’m going to put the blame firmly at the feet of the AVClub and American Hipster media in general.

I don’t particularly care for them now that you mention it. 

Mrs Browns Boys.

While I’m not religious per se, under the old Scots/Irish sectarian divide I’d definitely fall into the Proddy camp and I do indeed keep my toaster in the cupboard…

I look forward to him being in Mos Eisley cantina at 5am with Bill Murray

Unfortunately White Wine… also has that line about much rather wanting to have dinner with Richard Dawkins than Desmond Tutu.

Did ‘e just call wor lass a cunt?