Maybe it’s me, but I always understood Howard. For a guy put in the positions he was put in, his choices made sense to me. If anything I tended to feel bad that he got caught in the middle of drama he just didn’t know the full story about. There’s something about him that feels coded to ‘villain’, but he’s the guy…

Darryl a/k/a The Witch King of Angmar

and Magna and Connie wind up buried under tons of dirt and rock. (Don’t worry, they’re not dead. General rule of thumb: If the show doesn’t directly show someone dying, but instead teases it, they’re not dead.)

I had to look it up and I was kinda shocked that the poem ‘View From Halfway Down’ wasnt already a poem, it was written just for the show. I wouldn’t be surprised if that line becomes a popular saying to reference a bold decision you only clearly see as a mistake once youre powerless to take it back. That part gave me…

Putting Hip-Hop under Jazz is weird and something that no one does. You could maybe argue that Hip-Hop is an evolution of Jazz (though I wouldn’t), but they’re completely distinct genres. Just because both were invented by African Americans, that doesn’t mean one is under the umbrella of the other.

in a way, wasn’t everybody’s father a seminal figure

I bet even he couldn’t figure out what the deal was with the blue wizards, or if the first age and third age Glorfindels were the same guy

Most of the reason the Tolkien estate didn’t like the LOTR movies is because Daddy sold those rights for a song in the 70s and no one ever tried to buy them back so when New Line put out the movies and made mountains of cash they were not getting a cut.    They still made bank on book sales and merchandising but they…

I’m just disappointed with how consistently lazy the writing is.  In terms of weak characterization, simplistic storytelling and even consistently flat dialogue.  

Oh, one more complaint - there’s no WAY none of those characters would not have heard of the Jedi. Come on...that is unjustifiable.

This was another “okay, but not great” episode, which is par for the course for this “okay, but not great (at best) series.”

They had everything they needed to make a great trilogy: great actors, amazing special effects work, a gigantic pile of cash. All they needed was the vision, and sadly it just wasn’t there. I honestly don’t think the Disney juggernaut is capable of producing anything visionary anymore, but here’s hoping someday...

As soon as they revealed Palpatine was revealed I was so disappointed because I wanted to see a movie with Kylo as the out-right villain.

I had problems with TLJ, but bringing back ghost robot palpatine is the most boring story to follow up that movie.

“It’s OK” seems to be the consensus.

Seasons 3 and 4 of The Good Place haven’t been as strong as the first two, but the most recent episode to air,“The Answer”, was probably the best since season 2 (in part because it moved the show forward with emotional development rather than breakneck plot development). So I’ll say that. Honorable mention to “The…

They could have just called it Scarlet. Xbox Scarlet would have been perfect. Good excuse for red controllers and stuff.

I’m very please with them making the AT-ST seem like a proper and visceral threat. For all its war machines Star Wars often has issues making them feel like they’re just another obstacle and not a real and present threat. This episode definitely works better at that than a lot of things have. 

Soulmates are not found. They are made. That Michael and Chidi talk was something beautiful.

DAMN is... fine. as a more accessible, less concept-heavy move it’s understandable he’d want to make it, and it has some real highs in “FEAR” and “LOVE”, but like... it’s just kind of boring compared to what he’s capable of. even the beats are just generally a bit more soulless and generic than what he usually works…