I believe he has decided to sue these two writers.
LaBeouf just wrote a 92 page complaint.

That's why people look at me strange when I say that Sesame Street spoiled The Usual Suspects for me. (I'm being serious.) When they are in the jail cell, I started hearing "one of these things is not like the others." There was only one logical reason for him to be there with a group like that.

I obviously have an incomplete Clue board game.

Given that Star Wars (and Indiana Jones) drew inspiration from the old serials, which had literal "cliffhangers", the thrill isn't whether Solo gets out of his jam, but how he does it.

Dawes was recast in the previous movie. Maybe Anne Hathaway was playing dual roles in the movie, the second role being the 3rd Dawes.

If a particular plot element is so amazing that you feel compelled to talk about it, and part of the reason it was so amazing was due to your surprise, then it takes a colossal dick to deliberately ruin part of that experience for others.

Moffet made that work to his advantage, when Jenna Coleman was on screen months before expected (in "The Asylum of the Daleks").

There was a lot to like in "The Village". Unfortunately, it doesn't matter how good the punch is if someone drops a deuce in the bowl right before you get a cup.

Maybe your shuttle estimate isn't so far off. Voyager also loved to do the time-loop reset button on more than one occasion.

Maybe "Shades of Gray" needed to up the peril.

When Zack talks about fine cracks in the windshield, I think about that scene from The Abyss where Coffey's submersible is sinking into the blackness.

Oh yes, I agree about the hero worship. That's why I said "a bit different". I just think the heroism Jake sees is that his dad maximizes what he has, rather than pretending to be more than he is (smartest/fiercest/honest-est).

I have to imagine that Nog feels worried on how far he can advance in Star Fleet, based on his Ferengi upbringing, his early education handicap, and his inferiority complex about Red Squad. As soon as Watters says he will give Nog an honest shake, AND he gives him a promotion, Nog sees stars in his eyes.

It would be the mirror image of Commodore Decker in "The Doomsday Machine", except in that case it was the sane crew not wanting to take orders from a deranged officer.

I don't think it is right to say there is absolutely nothing redeeming about "Profit and Lace".

I think it is a bit different than "my Dad's the best because he is the smartest/fiercest/honest."

And human.
How often do we see stories of survivor's guilt, where they think that if they had just done things a little better, or been a little stronger, than more people would have lived?

I do like the speech at the end. Failure didn't mean that Waters wasn't skilled, just that his judgement was lacking. He was so afraid of failure that it blinded his vision. At least Nog and Jake had seen how Captain Sisko handled his mistakes in other situations.

Yup. The actors don't have to be good at being the teenagers, or being officers. They just have to be good at these cadets trying to be what they think officers are.

There should be a remake, because why would modern audiences watch an old movie.