I’m a bit confused by the apology honestly, or at least the part where it they sounds like they walked into it—I thought it was an intentional play like you did and very much of part of the immigrant experience since she says it in Chinese. As a Chinese American it also just rang true to a character, both using…

See, other famous people? This is how someone takes responsibility, makes a sincere apology, and does what they can to make up for it.

Honestly, the premise alone failed everyone involved.

This article exists solely because Rob Bricken wanted to write this sentence. And I have to agree, it was worth it.

That…actually works! So many posters here would only find that kind of nostalgia callback cynical/money grabbing but hey, it helps develop a movie universe on a decent enough foundation/lore.

I always found the whole concept of a “Dark Universe” to be kinda silly, for two main reasons:

They replaced Rachel Weisz in The Mummy 3. I am 99% sure i’m not imagining that.

The only guy to come out of the JJ Abrams mystery box group is Damon Lindelof- dude has Leftovers and Watchmen under his belt, either is 100X better than boborci/kurtzman projects.

Yeah. Let’s be the real: the first two Mummies with Frazer (they only made two, right? definitely wasn’t a trilogy. Feel like someone would remember if they did that) were not particularly GOOD films. If you thought about them too hard they made no sense at all, were goofy and weird, and relied completely on tropes to…

Even the claim that we, in the west, live in a “monoculture” is a a bit of an oversimplication... as you partially illustrate by pointing at the alienation most folks feel as we “age out” of the key (most valuable) entertainment demographics. This whole story hinges on how we choose to cut the cake, so to speak (along…

There were moments where I was laughing and feeling emotions with everyone else (all of the family stuff landed with me), and there were specific moments where most of the audience laughed and I was like, “Ah, that must be relatable.”

“I just want escapism in my entertainment. Laser swords and fictional creatures and superpowers and vehicles that explode on cue and fighting skills beyond my capabilities... those are cool! But not too much escapism, you can’t seriously expect anyone to get into the story if the protagonist doesn’t share my gender and…

Thank you. This is exactly the way to “cope” with things that are not necessarily 100% for you specifically. (I know exactly which critique you’re referencing and f* that small-minded guy.) Finding the universality and squinting enough to find some specifics “for us” even if they’re mere crumbs is exactly what those…

I would love to have just one really good one, but the price would likely get close to 2k, and I doubt I’ll ever have that much fun money for something that I’ll only use on an average of a few weeks out of the year.

I did the lightsaber experience at Disneyland, and I can literally make the exact same lightsaber in Fallen Order. It absolutely is not a coincidence and its still really kind of cool. But I’m a sucker for the cheap crap if it’s Star Wars.

The only good lightsaber props are in the fan market.

I don’t understand this particular argument. They’re not causing a supply issue and they’re offering things that are out of reach, as an entire package, for others. It’s still expensive but less expensive than paying for the full “experience”.

Disney is creating artificial scarcity to make the tchotchkes stupidly expensive. People are capitalizing on the arbitrage opportunity. Seems fine to me.

You know, people have been imitating my voice ever since I came on the stage 60 years ago. So, I can’t be held responsible for that.

I gotta go with Lionel Fusco from Person of Interest. Starts as generally shitty corrupt cop and manages to eventually make a difference.