It has a lot of really fun ideas and a wonderful atmosphere, but taken as a whole it feels a bit undernourished as a gameplay experience. I like it, but I definitely think the sequel is better.

Are we so sure Crait isn’t a desert planet? I mean, deserts aren’t determined by temperature or sandiness; they’re determined by how much precipitation falls on them. Antarctica contains the largest desert in the world.

Yeah, but even then The Last Jedi feels a bit safe in places. The whole Rey/Luke thing has obvious parallels with Luke and Yoda, and rather than commit to the whole ‘end the Jedi’ thing (that even Yoda seemed okay with) they blinked and had Rey preserve the Jedi religion for the future. Structurally, it’s not hard to…

Yeah, my gut instinct is that this is falling into the same trap that the Star Wars sequel trilogy fell into—falling in love with its own nostalgia to the point it can’t do anything original or even interesting.

Yeah, on paper I enjoy that scene, but in practice it’s left down by the fact I have no goddamn idea what he’s talking about.

In your waistcoat, like a gentleman/lady does.

My parents and I went to go see Coraline in 3D when it first released and it’s still one of the best moviegoing experiences I’ve ever had.

Yes, but Pratt’s leant much more into the latter persona in his acting choices recently, and as such I find it a little harder to envision him in the Barley role. In any case, the problem isn’t his physique, really; it’s the nerdery which Barley (legitimately) immerses himself in.

For me it was tainted a little by casting Chris Pratt as Barley. I mean, he’s a capable voice actor, but I struggle to envision him as the pudgy dork that Barley was.

They’ve been leaning into a very similar structure across a lot of their recent films—two people who are clearly at odds, who gain a better understanding of one another, before one of them makes a mistake that separates them. Then the aggressor makes some earth-shattering discovery that causes them to reunite with the…

The Simpsons: Road Rage has a multiplayer mode and it’s actually amazing. So this idea gets a big thumbs up from me.

Epic Mickey encouraged me to get an Oswald plush from Disneyland, though ironically I haven’t actually played it.

I haven’t watched the ASOUE show yet, but I do enjoy the movie. They nailed the look and feel of the world, much of the casting is solid (at least amongst the adult cast) and the soundtrack is utterly brilliant. I want “The Letter That Never Came” to play at my funeral.

I’m so tired of watching things get butchered by adaptation and budget constraints. There are so many comics that I want to see realized in this way.

It’s probably more like if it takes too many risks it’ll turn off too big a potential audience and lose them money in the process.

Probably because pushing that button doesn’t offer a great ROI, unfortunately.

That’s certainly true, and I love the animation style of the Lilo and Stitch era. My point was that there’s always going to be a ceiling to Disney’s imagination—at least from a storytelling perspective. Their animation is lovely, but by virtue of them being focussed on children (and a massive corporation) they’re…

Because the problems with Hogwarts Legacy aren’t just about the behaviours of its development team, and it’s deeply disingenuous to present it in that way. The game is inherently linked to the creator of Harry Potter, whose claptrap is much more harmful than a mere difference of opinion.

Yep. I appreciate the developers of this game have probably poured a lot of effort and attention into this game, but setting aside the limitations of this trans-inclusive option there’s really no way to divorce it from the bigotry of its creator. Buying the game is only going to amplify that, and cancel out the stabs…

I feel that this kind of generic approach to film-making is what Disney eventually boils down to. Sure, it looks nice and the songs are catchy, but Disney’s overriding goal isn’t to be good so much as good enough. Which gives us stuff like Captain Marvel and The Rise of Skywalker, which run the gamut from…