Yeah, Mace Windu returning would have been dumb but it would have been entirely precedented within Star Wars.

It’s very funny to me that Disney ditched the EU when continuing the series . . . and then as things have gone on has increasingly kindof mirrored the path the EU went on, including bringing back Boba Fett and it turning out that rather than the Jedi almost entirely being wiped out there’s actually probably dozens…

and there’s only two Jedi alive at this point and we’ve already met one of them

I wouldn’t call the joke bad, dark for sure but I found it pretty funny!

I’ve long thought they could easily combine 5&6, but alas there’s little indication (and many contra-indications) that they’re gonna take that approach.

Apparently they didn’t actually up the VFX budget for this year compared to last year, which makes it all the more impressive. Testament to how well the people behind the scenes have gotten at their jobs and working together, and/or the extra time and stability that the early pickup gave.

P.S. Love your handle, it will forever be a bit baffling to me that the fools at Disney didn’t steal liberally from Zahn’s books. Making a sequel trilogy without Thrawn pained me dearly but was understandable since that might not be the type of story they want to sell (a foolish choice still, but I can see why sane…

When The Tempest first fires its main weapon in Sol . . . goddamn! Or that diamond? Or the neutron star?! 

Yeah, I get that, but it’s also the case that some of the most interesting (to me at least) human-vs-human parts happen after, shall we say, Laconia makes its play. And I think some of the crisis the mere existence of the gates have created inandof themselves for humanity aren’t really fully explored or resolved by…

I’ve noted before that it would make perfect sense if the kidnapping story isn’t a full-season story, but I’ve also become progressively more unsure if “making perfect sense” is something this show is even concerned with.

Maybe also owning Twitch has made Amazon highly prize the group dynamics of unexpected surprises experienced simultaneously?

To that point, it’s worth noting the alien mysteries that have long served as The Expanse’s counterpart to its more human threats are largely sidelined this season, relegated to subplot status that may disappoint fans hoping for more development in the show’s macro-narrative. At least one early scene suggests that the…

Oh, Teenage Bounty Hunters . . . Netflix really giveth and taketh away eh . . .

It’s truly bizarre that Enver Gjokaj isn’t a gigantic star, I know not many people watched Dollhouse but every producer and showrunner and casting department folk who did should be climbing over eachother trying to land him, he demonstrates some *uncanny* acting abilities in that show.

The podcast Canceled Too Soon also covered Whisky Cavalier and liked it, from what I recall.

I’ll never understand this; if you’re gonna be filming in, say, New Mexico and Nevada, just say that’s where things are taking place! Rarely does it spoil the plot, and it lets you worry less about framing or set-dressing your shots to pretend your show is happening elsewhere.

Seems like some dumb marketing trend to ditch literally anything in the title that would differentiate a movie from its predecessors (probably some combo of trading on the existing name and fear that audiences won’t see it if they haven’t seen the previous films, the same thinking that led to ditching numbers in the…

2016 never ended; 2020 won't either.

With the options for prosthetics or merely as voicework, Garrett Dillahunt could even play four different characters like he did on Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles!

Fanwank theory: the “only planet with the right climate for our species” thing is actually referring to the need for some particular pollutants most planets got cleaned up decades ago ;)