But that’s the thing, it’d be one thing if they needed maps to find something hidden in an area that’s otherwise explored. But Star Wars is just obsessed with the idea of these places that nobody has been to or which are uncharted. There can be ancient ruins on Corellia that nobody has found and which are important to…

I’m sure that making straight up comedies is fun, but I do wish that he’d get more roles that let him do more serious acting in addition to humor, as he can clearly do it well.

I understand how big space is. I think that it’s Star Wars that doesn’t. And at least based on the movies, shows, and recent video games there’s no appreciable difference in the distance travelled and the time it takes to get there. And we’re also talking about civilizations that have had faster than light travel for…

I would agree in general, but Star Wars has made such a big deal about how long galactic society has had faster than light travel that it doesn’t really make sense that so many of the major plot points turn on these unexplored reaches of space. Maybe in the pre-Disney era you could still chalk some of it up to…

I don’t think that there’s a higher standard being applied. I think that the movies and shows have just legitimately gotten worse as time has gone on and the MCU has become this self perpetuating behemoth. The early movies aren’t flawless (I actually think The Dark World is ok, but The Incredible Hulk is just bland as…

This comment deserves the star on the merits, but you would have gotten one just for the reference to Stranger Than Fiction, a great movie that absolutely nobody saw.

Agents of SHIELD and Agent Carter were both better than they needed to be. While the rift between Perlmutter and Feige meant that none of the great characters in those shows ever got any real recognition in the movies, maybe that rift allowed them to tell more complete and satisfying stories than they’d otherwise have…

Affleck wasn’t the problem in any of those movies, and it’s a bummer that he never really got the chance to be Batman in a better movie. For that matter, that’s also the case with Val Kilmer and George Clooney, who are both much better actors than the Batmans they appeared in. It’s just a sad reality of the movie…

The idea that there isn’t money in media is just silly. CBS had around $14 billion in revenue in 2022. NBC had north of $30 billion. These businesses are generating money, and the industry is certainly not on the brink of collapse due to lack of audience interest or an inability to monetize that interest. That…

Ultimately an increase in pay isn't a huge concession. The studios are rich and a small decrease in profits is a pretty easy pill to swallow, especially if it's only for the short to medium term. It's the parts about how the industry is controlled that are the bigger issue for both sides. If the studios can get away…

Some scenes simply stop entirely for minutes at a time.

I hadn’t, but now I have. No thanks to you for making me do that. (But actually thanks)

Wow. I didn’t know that and I’m kind of mad at you now that I do. But thank you nevertheless.

Snyder fans have already declared Rebel Moon the greatest movie ever and are demanding a director’s cut.

Snyder fans have already declared Rebel Moon the greatest movie ever and are demanding a director’s cut.

I was going to post something very similar. The 3d is Coraline is amazing, and it’s a real shame that there’s not a real way for me to watch it or show it to my daughter when she’s old enough.

Man, it’s a really small jump from Small Soldiers to the Puppet Master movies. Cool video though.

I like the connection you’re making. It just feels like a rough comparison since so many action movies with kids, like Goonies, have the kids relatively powerless. They may tip themselves into the adventure, but most of it happens to them and they spend the movie just trying to run away from danger. That’s tough to…

Well, a lot 0f 70s action movies are tied up in the relatively high crime of the era, while 80s action movies are tied up in what we might now call toxic masculine dominance of the Reagan era. The 90s were a relatively peaceful and happier time (for Americans), so the action heroes got to take everything less…

Interesting. To the extent that I think about 90s action movies in general it’s movies like The Rock or Bad Boys, and didn’t get that feeling from Blue Beetle. But I’m probably just not thinking of the right movies.