Going down to ten episodes was the best thing they did this season. It made the story tighter and is something the other Netflix Marvel shows should do.

You’re not wrong — even in the streaming era a 2.5 year wait kills any momentum.

What do people expect for unlimited streaming at $9-12 a month or whatever it is now? Seems like a decent lineup...

I truly hope so. Popular wisdom that “he’s not going to win” or “he’s not going to govern like he campaigns” didn’t help in 2016.

Eh, I’m no Hillary stan, but there’s a good chance Dems nominate a woman again, and I think people are kidding themselves if they don’t believe you’ll start hearing “there’s just something wrong with her/I just hate her/well, both candidates are bad!” again in that case.

People aren’t wrong that his base won’t care, but it’s useful to remember that he won by 77,000 votes across three states.

The pop culture/Star Wars hill I will die on is arguing that Rey’s not trying to find out who her parents are in TFA — she’s held back by wondering if and when they’re coming back for her, instead.

You missed out -- two was by far the best.

+1. There’s some very deserved things to rag on in TFA, but I think Rey and Kylo (and even Finn to an extent) were the most fully-formed characters we’ve gotten in trilogy opener in these movies, and am looking forward to what he can do with them at the end.

I’d say don’t bother. The first season was fun and had some strong hours, but people either forget or purposefully overlook a fair amount of bad writing and one really awful suicide plot when they put it on a pedestal (at least compared to what came later).

I don’t agree with all of the above (I love Leia using the force even if it looks a little hokey!) and generally like the movie but I think you’re onto something important here. Johnson has spoken about wanting his script to veer from what you’d expect in a Star Wars movie.

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Oh word. Genuinely appreciate the replies!

She said she’s quitting comedy, so why do you expect it to be funny?

Let’s say all of that is true — does it make it okay to vote for the guy putting toddlers in jail?

I liked it and thought her message was important, but I can understand why some people think, you know, it’s not really stand up? The jokes in the first half were more smile than laugh-inducing, then it goes into (again, important, but not comedy) Ted Talk mode.

Yup. But again, Attack of the Clones didn’t feature the return of Luke Skywalker after 30 years and the last appearance of Carrie Fisher, for whom there’d been a huge outpouring of love earlier in the year.

I’m genuinely glad it worked for you (and again, it mostly did for me!), but it’s a bit reductive to pretend the only criticisms of the film come from not being able to understand the 9th movie in the Star Wars series because it’s too elevated.

I dunno — I generally liked the movie (despite some reservations about a dour/depressing tone), but this was the return of Luke Skywalker and Carrie Fisher’s last run in an legendary role, and it brought it $800 million less worldwide than TFA.

There’s perfectly valid things to criticize Force Awakens for, but lacking zip and energy doesn’t seem to be one of them.