While I’m not one of the people who hates the prequels—in fact, Revenge of the Sith is one of my favorite entries in the franchise—I absolutely understand the trepidation of those who do. He may have created the Star Wars series, but the best films were the ones made in collaboration with other people. (Even the…

Y’know, we could keep going back to the point that Chancellor Palpatine/Darth Sidious kicks the whole Trade Federation invasion into gear and blame that.

Okay, I’m trying to understand your definition of “retcon.” So if they have Han Solo in the next movie but don’t offer an explanation like, “He actually survived the stabbing and subsequent fall,” or “You actually stabbed your father’s clone Haan Solo,”—instead, everyone just acts like the stabbing never even happened—…

They gave Sansa the upper hand for the purposes of the story but honestly she was *spoiler* about a minute away from stupidly killing her own sister.

I’m curious how all the people trying to turn this into an Alita vs. Captain Marvel fight would feel about this quote:

Honestly, I think Revenge of the Sith, despite some definite problems, is as good as (if not better than) Return of the Jedi.

“Go rewatch Last Jedi and sip your soy latte.”

In a society like ours that all but demands people look down on sex work, I’d say it is.

Speaking as someone who hates, loathes, and despises the lazy “It was all in the main character’s head!” plot “twist,” I am extremely grateful they didn’t go down that route. It’s been overused so much that the rest of the movie has to be really damned great for it not to ruin everything that came before. (I honestly…

He was one of the original caustic video game critics that sprang up after AVGN got big...

I’m honestly concerned for her. I can only imagine the doxxing and SWATting Milo’s fanboys tried to put her through.

I’d be down for Del Toro’s At the Mountains of Madness as long as he’s not using the script that leaked to the internet a while ago. It reads more like a really elaborate, action-packed re-imagining of The Thing than a Lovecraft adaptation.

There’s also the option to only watch select episodes. I’d tried watching season one and couldn’t really get into it, but after hearing so many great things, I decided I’d give it another shot. Not wanting to waste my time with the stuff that had to mark time until The Winter Soldier came out, I found an essential…

I think season 5 stuck to the “pod” structure about as much as previous seasons. In each instance, the second half of the season was still related in some way to what happened during the first half. In the case of season 5, the first arc was everything in the future, and the second arc was everything in the present.

It’s not a horror game, but the third level of Star Wars: Dark Forces really freaked me out. It took place in Anoat City, and Kyle had to go through the sewers to reach his goal. Of course, the sewer was full of dianogas (dianogi? dianogae?) that would pop up from the murky water and fuck up your shit. You’d get a…

You’re right, it’s not scary, but neither are Splatterhouse 3 or Left 4 Dead 2 (in my opinion).

Not only would I put Doom (1993) higher on the list, I’d put Doom (2016) even higher!

Yeah, the X-Men thing is very bizarre to me. Admittedly, I haven’t seen either film in years, but I remember X2 being the pinnacle of comic book superhero movies up until that time. Obviously, Marvel Studios has since surpassed it, but it’s difficult to imagine me watching it again and saying, “Oh, I guess it was…

My favorite part of this movie is Carla Gugino looking like Carla Gugino.

Others have said this before, but I think the Soulsborne games feel more like heirs apparent to the Castlevania franchise than Lords of Shadow. Admittedly, they don't really have a platforming element, which is fairly integral to Castlevania, but the tone and open world exploration feel way more indebted to…