“The world is so unfair. I never personally dragged a black person behind my truck until he died. So where’s my fuckin’ medal?”

These entitled dipshits can go get fucked but I fail to see the downside here. If this dire prognostication comes to pass, hacks will get hired to do hackwork and auteurs will pursue their own projects. “Fans” will get all the pandering nonsense they think they want, and the rest of us no longer have to watch…

Do you honestly think I thought Holdo was a literal manager? I said “manager” in order to point out the skills which this character seems to be lacking, not because I thought she was the person Poe has to go to when he needs someone else to cover his shift on Wednesday. Perhaps it would have been clearer if I’d called…

I wish she put him in the fucking brig! That would have been the smart thing to do. She would have instantly been my favorite character in the movie.

That was his first mistake!

You think Johnson *wanted* me to leave the movie thinking all of the good guys were incompetent, untrustworthy idiots and that Princess Leia was a shitty judge of character? I agree that the attempt was to subvert the “Maverick who plays by his own rules” trope, which I think would have been great if they’d pulled it…

I can see how that’s what they were probably going for, but I don’t think it comes off. A lot of it is that Poe as a character is so toxic by that point that I can’t see why anyone sees any leadership potential in him at all, and in any case I don’t think he’s been punished enough yet to have earned his redemption. I…

But what did he learn? He should have learned to listen, but instead the movie tells us that the important thing is that we listen to him. Failure is only a good teacher if one is forced to face the repercussions of our failure. Poe faces none. 

I don’t know what you’re talking about. I’ve given several examples of why I don’t buy the actions of any of the characters involved in this plot and it has nothing to do with “I don’t like that the hero man looked bad.” Did you miss the part where I wanted him executed at the end? That would have really driven the…

I have no problem with the theme. I would have LOVED to see a plot where the hot shot loose cannon disobeys a direct order, fucks everything up, and learns how to be a team player. Except that didn’t happen. We’re TOLD that happens but what we’re SHOWN is quite different. This motherfucker screws the pooch royally and…

But isn’t he part of the Resistance, not the Rebellion? These movies can’t figure out the most basic elements of their world-building.

Oh, come on. There’s never been any military realism to the Rebellion whatsoever. Luke can steal an X-Wing for personal reasons and nobody says a word. Han can get promoted to general with no leadership experience whatsoever. Poe can lead an armed mutiny and Finn can leak vital info that costs thousands of lives and…

I’d rather they do an unmake. Of the entire post-Lucas franchise.

To prevent a goddamn mutiny that ended up getting her entire army killed? He was a mansplaining prick and she was a terrible manager. There are no good guys in that subplot.

There’s no accounting for taste (lord knows I’ve enjoyed some crap in my day), but if that sequence is more or less perfect, I would hate to see the shoddy version.

So all a film has to do is touch on topics you think are important? Execution means nothing?

It has maybe five scenes that just barely let it earn its keep for me (Kirk interrupting God is still Shatnerian gold, and I love the Big Three on vacation together at the beginning, even if it’s a little embarrassing how openly Director Bill hero-worships Actor Bill), but I get bummed out every time I think of the…

Into Darkness is actually one of the Abrams movies I don’t hate, so I think we’re on the same page. I’ll take colorful and dumb over monotone and pretentious any day.

It’s a very colorful and very stupid movie that is fun in the moment but pretty fucking terrible if you stop and think about it for more than two seconds. So it’s your basic J.J. Abrams movie.

I’m truly stunned that I have to be the one to post this.