No one is saying this.

I tend to agree with this. For a couple of weeks TLJ was running even with Rogue One daily, and now it’s dropped below it, which is kind of nuts.

Never actually picked it up, but I think it was distributed as part of/with the print copies of the Onion.

The dumb internet hill I choose to die on is arguing that Abrams and Kasdan didn’t even set up Snoke or Rey’s family as big mysteries — they were there to explore if the next guy wanted to, and he obviously had mixed feelings about what was and wasn’t worth pursuing.

Ahh, you’re probably right — I didn’t read it that way.

Of course it related to the movie’s themes — it was still a slog, though!

+1... it was disappointing to see him kick the bucket after encountering Kylo near the end of the film, just like Han in the TFA.

I think it was facing out into space when it jumped.

“Most of the plot revolves around Resistance ships struggling to stay ahead of the First Order as they slowly run out of fuel, leaving a lot of the characters too busy to enjoy little diversions like a feast with the Ewoks or a weird musical performance at Jabba’s palace like in the old movies.”

Valid.

Yeah, this is a weirdly common misconception. I live in DC (and imagine a lot of other coastal cities are similar). A fair amount of highrises have gone up over the past 10 years here, but we’ve still only added enough units to absorb a fraction of the increase in population over the same amount of time.

It’s quite a scene, but it really does come off as highly choreographed gymnastics. 

I kind of felt like the projection was allllmost “subversion of expectations” a lot of people had been praising the movie for, which I didn’t really see... but then of course Luke kicked the bucket in a hugely predictable moment.

I kind of felt like the projection was allllmost “subversion of expectations” a lot of people had been praising the…

Wait they’re not reviewing the Magicians this year? So many puff articles with the actors though, I thought we’d still be getting reviews!

Nah, nothing like that, he’s doing the theme for Solo then expected back for 9. It’s amazing he’s still going strong.

Agreed. The notion that the film “subverts Star Wars” and “breaks your old toys!” to move on doesn’t really line up with the content of the movie that I saw?

Same takeaway. It was a fine movie that did some new stuff (though I feel like the “Last Jedi burned the old ways to the ground!!” takes are a bit overdone), but it made me realize that I’m looking for a little more of the fun, adventure-y vibe of it all from these movies, so this wasn’t quite as much of a blast as…

It’s wild to see this administration and its surrogates aim for law enforcement and see the right wing just kind of shrug.

Felt the same. I like it fine, but it made me miss JJ’s pacing and sense of fun, which I didn’t anticipate.

Disagree that either Snoke as a character or Rey’s background were actually set up as a mystery in TFA... it’s more the internet that made them so. (Seems fair to say that JJ probably did see Snoke being more involved in 8 and 9 and not cut down early though.)