Likely a result of people hating the prequels in general, and seizing on every little detail they could and blowing it out of proportion to prove a point that had already been beaten to death.

The worst thing is that the novelisation and various other sources actually seem to have reasonable answers to the kinds of world-building questions the film raises. But nobody bothered to include them in the film.

But Gandalf is a demigod or something (lamentably, I'm no expert on all the super nerdy LOTR backstory). He's not just a wise guy who devoted his life to studying magic. He can do magic because he ain't some lowly human.

But even after the advent of midi-chlorians, being a Jedi still meant being a wise and powerful practitioner of a mystic art that cannot be defined by science. The only thing that's changed is that in order to start on the road to becoming a Jedi you have to have a sufficiently beefy midi count. And it was clear in…

So the Jedi have apparently studied the Force for thousands of years, and yet when someone asks Qui-Gon Jinn why some people are strong in the Force and others aren't, you would prefer his answer to be, 'Pfft, I dunno. Space magic?'

I'm well aware that I'm doing whatever the opposite of preaching to the choir is (the top voted comment on this article is basically 'MIDI-CHLORIANS SUCK!', after all). But that doesn't mean I'm an idiot, or some sort of contrarian. I just don't think it's the worst thing ever that there's a reason why some people are…

You may have a point regarding the Skywalker family, but to assume that it isn't hereditary based on the fact that the only major example we have to draw on is a little iffy is no more reasonable than assuming it is hereditary.

The Jedi are anti-attachment (path to the dark side and all that jazz), and I imagine introducing children (and sexual partners) into the mix would make staying detached a great deal harder. Fortunately for them, like wizards in Harry Potter (and many real-life examples of genetics) force sensitive children are also…

I never understood the midi-chlorian backlash. They're just a biological indicator of force sensitivity; the force itself is still magic. We already knew that force sensitivity was hereditary (it's super rare and yet both of Vader's children have it), so it makes sense that there would be a biological component…

There was already a 'garbage dump of the galaxy' in the EU called Raxus Prime. I would have preferred they use that over Jakku, but I'll concede that it's probably easier to CGI some shipwrecks into an actual desert location than it is to make your own junkyard planet.

Yeah, this definitely happened. I'd say there's a good chance that we haven't seen the last of Frost (in the unlikely event the show is renewed).

I disagree. I'd say every SHIELD mid-season/end-season finale from the end of season one onwards outdid this one. And I don't think Daredevil or Jessica Jones ended their seasons perfectly either.

That, but also just that the creature will likely act a fair bit like Ward just as it goes about its business.

So Howard and Wilkes going to work on a big new project in Malibu. Anyone else thinking Arc Reactor?

The slug retains all the memories of its previous hosts, so Ward isn't quite gone yet.

I suspect the ranks of the Secret Warriors are going to swell quite soon, and with the show already crowded as it is, shunting a couple of characters off into a spin-off may not be the worst thing that could happen.

I could be wrong, but I don't believe a true Rebel Alliance exists yet. There are a number of rebel cells, and some of them work together on occasion, but I don't think there's any kind of official alliance at this point in time.

King Shark bursts through the roof. 'WHERE'S FLASH?' Cut to commercial.

Have to admit, when the black rift appeared to develop a white halo of sorts, they were my first thought. Also, you know, the Darkforce in general.

That was Man of Steel, actually.