You’re acting like anyone expected it to do better than TFA, which no one did. It’s one of the top ten highest grossing films of all time. It was very successful.

“The man who made the most polarizing Star Wars film ever”

You mean one of the top ten highest grossing films ever? The film was only divisive among nerds who like to bitch online and think that reddit and obviously manipulated Rotten Tomatoes scores) is the same thing as popular opinion. General audiences (aka the…

“Luke totally giving up on the Force, the Jedi, the Galaxy, and all of his friends & family?”

The Jedi are supposed to give up on their friends and family. This is why Lukes relationship to the Jedi has always been adversarial.

Ok, but why should I care? I like Mark Hamil just as much as the next person, but he’s an actor and he’s there to do a job. TLJ haters seem to be pushing this narrative that because Hamil got up in his feefees about Luke then that must mean TLJ was bad somehow.

Agreed. The Bloodline and Battlefront books were particularly good.

Also, “Why is i09 obsessed with one of the largest sci-fi/fantasy properties in world history!?!”

I am sure calling this guy a terrorist will definitely bring comfort to the families of the dead. That’ll fix it.

The accepted legal and academic definition for terrorism is that it must include a political motive. Then why else would there even be a separate term for this at all? Terrorism is not just something that…

TIL people have really strong opinions about Men In Black somehow.

The OP didn’t actually argue any points just said shit like “it has terrible pacing”, but apparently you’re blown away. Amazing.

“It doesn’t follow Star Wars’ own in universe rules. (Imperial Star Destroyers suddenly can’t catch up with rebel cruisers?”

UMMMMMMMM I am sorry. You don’t get to act all high and mighty about “in universe rules” and mess up this bad. Smaller more agile ships are constantly outrunning Imperial ships in the OT, the…

“On average people liked the 2017 Baywatch movie more than TLJ.”

Source?

And no, Rotten Tomatoes is nowhere near a scientific poll.

I love that you just can’t stand that other people like this movie.

The Expanse series is also pretty accurate-ish on the mechanics of space combat.

There’s actually a lot of answers to these questions out there if you do some basic googling. For example, the bombs are accelerated/pushed out (which means they would just keep going in that direction, and according to the visual dictionary they have magnetic sensors.

The Visual Dictionary says the bombs have magnetic sensors.

Or maybe RP1 blows and Disney doesn’t want their IP associated with it?

Members of the Jewish community, the LGBTQ community, and other people of color have all criticized Mallory at this point. Your comment seemed to minimize their concern and dismiss it as just another instance of structural racism. Yes, as a Jew, I will push back when people suggest that I have no right to comment on…

You’re ignoring Jews, gays, and trans folk who are also POC.

Mallory is not a victim. She is being asked to do the *bare minimum* as the proclaimed leader of an intersectional progressive movement. There would be no heat on her if she did not make the choice to stan Farrakhan.

“No one is asking Lisa Murkowski, Nancy Pelosi, Joe Biden, Chris Christie, Bobby Jindal or Jeb Bush whether they agree with Pope Francis”

They aren’t claiming to be at the forefront of an intersectional progressive movement.

Thank you! As an LGBTQ Jewish person it does mean a good deal to hear this. I will always work to reciprocate allyship as much as I can.