The quality of Hot Toys’ sculpts are otherworldly. I zoomed in on Luke’s face and showed my partner. “Check it out. This is who they cast as the young Luke Skywalker in the new movie. Do you think he looks like Mark Hamill?” She was amazed at how the “actor” looked so much like him. Then I zoomed out and she was blown…

I wonder if, at some point in the con, the arm will be replaced with a gloved (gauntleted) one.

I can’t tell either, but to add, Toon Town in Disneyland does the same thing, as do many areas of the Orlando parks. In some cases it’s matte paintings, in others it’s a mix of bas relief type backdrop and painting.

The “poor bastards sweltering in the full body” costumes is, by the way, most of the cast members on park grounds as Disney cartoon characters. Those Mickey, Donald, Chip, Dale, Pluto, Tigger, etc. etc. etc. are just as hot as a Wookiee might be. But “Disney Magic” has cast members swapping in every 30 minutes to…

Dave forgot to run the tweet by Pablo before hitting send. Amateur hour.

Now that we’ve established that it is Lupita Nyong’o, it’s also helpful to remember that an actor is just one part of the equation. By all accounts Maz was based on JJ Abrams’ teacher, so likely his direction was just as critical to the creation and definition of the Maz character as Lupita’s performance. I imagine…

Steven Moffat is now three for three in “Companion dies but not really” story conclusions. While Bill’s is the closest to an actual death—she still went through the horror and pain of being shot and then converted into a Cyberman, she just transcended to a different form of existence afterwards—it’d be nice if we got…

I love the idea of adding to the canon. That said, as Brianfowler713 said more succinctly, they could’ve easily made it an Asian American Seattlite. I’d argue more for making the lead a Japanese kid living in the USA, whether it was a JA or Japanese immigrant. In keeping with the canon extension idea, they could’ve…

Agreed. I’m really into the MCU and Marvel in general, but AoS has always been a challenge for me as a fan. Inhumans seems to be following in the pattern of being, at least, a very uneven show, and one whose production value just turns me off. Admittedly, this is only based on one trailer and the association with AoS…

Seriously. I’m actually really intrigued by the idea of character-centered short stories that will give us more insight into just who these people and possibly some new angles on the larger events of the universe. I’m just really bummed that this cool concept isn’t getting a comparable level of production quality. I…

The interview started like this...

I absolutely appreciate their method of long term story framing. Can’t wait to see Phase 3's conclusion and have the payoff of the Thanos arc, and hearing just a little about how they’re thinking about what comes after is impressive.

Agreed. I was obsessed with Brown when he had a show on SyFy, and have since hunted down all his UK series and specials. So great to read this and get so much insight into his thinking about what he does / what we do. Love this...

This is great. Only thing is the clumsy exposition in parts. Would’ve loved a little more subtlety...

Exactly. Which is why I’m genuinely stunned by folks referring to the films as generic, formulaic, etc. I’m still curious to understand what people are wanting. But I’m with you, I’m genuinely pleased and surprised by some of the story decisions made in TFA and Rogue One.

Thank you. That’s exactly the phenomenon I was describing, and your framing is super helpful. So in this day and age, Disney-Lucasfilm needs to learn the lessons from the 90s, 00s, and 10s, which I think has led to many of the storytelling and film production decisions that many fans question.

Ummm...I think our wires are getting crossed somewhere. Didn’t quite get what you meant, and still honestly wondering about my questions in the last post.

I’m really curious what you think a movie in an established series like Star Wars should be like. “Bland” and “paint-by-numbers” are loaded, which I get, so I guess I want a better idea of you’re looking for. I mean, are we talking an edgy Inglorious Basterds take on Star Wars? Or like Memento meets Star Wars? Or Man…

I want to understand this pov. Help me. I never thought of young Han Solo as somehow necessitating a comedic approach. Comedic elements, maybe, but mostly tinged with sarcasm and irony, which aren’t always at the top of the list when I think Hollywood comedies. They’re there, but usually in smaller doses. When I’m…