I liked her and Boyega’s characters quite a bit...some of the others were less interesting but the primary two were really good. A singular vision for how all three movies would progress was needed, and someone brave enough to reject fan service for the sake of fan service.

I never quite got why it HAD to be linked to the Skywalkers anyway (other than Luke as failed master to Ben and redemption master to Rey... which would have made for a better story focus). There were Jedi for millennia before Anakin - so a bunch of “nobody” children with the ability to wield the force is just part of…

The problem was the writing. Not Daisy, not Adam, not Oscar, etc. The people who are supposed to know such things in fact didn’t know what story they wanted to tell or what story they were actually telling. The attempt to “correct course” from TLJ produced a ridiculous - and boring - final act. There really just ended…

I think Lorne just likes hanging with him because Lorne is a celebrity whore. And you know what? I’m not holding back on that. He’s the reason Trump hosted in 2016 despite many cast members and writers being against it. He’s the reason Chapelle could get up and say anti-Semitic jokes in his monologue. Fuck Lorne, fuck…

I don’t think anyone in the cast was the problem. The directors and scriptwriters though.... No one was on the same page. As much as people like TLJ, it seemed inclined to do its own thing rather than be the midpoint of a trilogy. RoS was two movies shoved into one and directed by a guy who is only good at starting…

Seems like a good choice. Alcock did a very good job in House of the Dragon, and her lighter presence was definitely missed when Emma D’Arcy took over. I think D’Arcy also did a good job with heavier material, and it’s definitely consistent with the story that her character would be more grim. But one thing House of…

....how in the hell did nuAVClub actually manage to get an actual real deal classic AVClub theme-like article??? Did someone on the inside sneak it through???

Yeah you’re probably right.  The lips for sure look fuller and the nose more turned up but that could just as easily be lighting, make-up or angles.  I just wish they turned Karl Urban and Jack Quaid into entirely different people.

While I certainly hope she hasn’t had a ton of work done, because she is fabulously beautiful, and I will take her at her word. I can believe the pic on the right being heavy makeup and some photoshopping. I have seen some WILD before and after make up comparisons and you would be STUNNED to see the differences.

Why don’t we do it in the robe?

It’s a joy to see Kate Winslet on screen, at least. And she would be considered smaller than average in the US. If you watched any of SNL this week you can see how Dakota Johnson has whittled herself down to about 5% body fat. I was sorry to see Anya Taylor-Joy do the same.

Robes? We don’t need no steenking robes!

What do you mean “All the cameras are broken”?!

“You’re late!”
“I was taking a shit!”
“Don’t you give me that ‘shit’ crap! I studied your call time as well as the traffic patterns on the rout I expected you to take to get here!”
“Yeah, well, after I finished taking a shit, I told the driver to get me to the set by another route!”
“You and your shit shit is ruining my…

Nobody deserves abuse for it and it sure as shit isn’t “news” that deserves the attention of a “journalist” but if that’s the same person then, yeah, a lot has been done.  Nose and lips in particular.  But who gives a shit.  And again, this is gossip and not journalism.  Megyn K. should be ashamed of herself for…

My absolute favourite Bill Lawry line. The quiet, fearful disconcertedness in his voice.

Well, Bill, his teammates’ have got long, and complicated, names. Seems a pity, really, for this young man to miss out.

That’s a proper deep cultural cut right there.

Having a slightly hard time believing nobody brought them robes to put on til the camera was fixed.

Camera Repairman: “Don’t look at Cillian Murphy’s dick, that would be inappropriate, just look at his eyes. Oh shit, his eyes are so intense! Back to the junk!”