Yeah, I just think that if my goal is to leave my recent bad relationship behind, the way I move forward is by putting all my attention on the great new girl I’m dating and not thinking about the old one at all.

Now see - that’s a great story! Have the plot of the movie include the twist that Skynet is actually fairly benevolent and it’s humanity that forced the war. Ties into real life in so many interesting ways.

Totally fair. Though also a loaf of bread that was 80% mold and 20% bread would feel fresher than Abrams’ entries.

I get it, and you’re of course completely right.

So the explanation is that the sequels all were just iterations of T2 versus truly adding anything new to the mix?

I would love to see a gifted film student break down exactly what made the first two Terminator movies work so well, and explain how zero of those things were in the sequels.

...and people still believe for some bizarre reason that the only good movies are ones audiences “asked for”.

A close friend of mine was one of the few people who sat in on the pitch, and he said it was unbelievably good. I trust him thoroughly.

And that’s great! Ewan is always good, and I too liked the two Hayden scenes.

I don’t get why it’s even a debate. They recast Alec Guiness and it was terrific, even if the writing & direction on the recent Obi-Wan series was dire.

I don’t even care that much if he even looks exactly like Mark Hamill, as long as whoever the new actor is can nail the same confident / optimistic / dorky / sweet…

Allegedly the Game of Thrones showrunners pitched a trilogy set in The Old Republic that was insanely good. They had put a ton of thought and effort into it, and a friend at ILM who was there for the pitch said it was the best Star Wars thing he’d ever seen.

One of my favorite things about message boards is the way that just mentioning “spoilers are not great” always gets replies from the absolute most useless form of trolls: spoiler defenders.

As I make my way through this huge game, it would be so nice if half my internet headlines weren’t one massive item or plot spoiler after another these days, but what are you gonna do.

I trust these as far as I can throw them.

Exactly. Smoke’s teleport uppercut was the only way I ever got past her.

“fan favorite”?

I love this so much. Exactly what the franchise needed to win me back.

Transformers tries its hand at ASMR in this wordless TV spot

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He definitely knew immediately everything that was coming.