Yeah, he’s been a Black man for, what, a few months at this point? He would know about human racism, obviously, but it’s another thing to have to suddenly start experiencing it at over two thousand (??) years old.

Right, like I can’t claim to be familiar with all of Star Wars media (and there aren’t a ton of Padawans shown), but based on the dialog of The Phantom Menace, Obi-Wan (25 at the time) was a little young to be a knight, but overall not too far from typical. Anakin was only 19 when he was knighted just after Attack of…

Yeah I was using “not actively making things worse” as an outer limit here, I’m not saying that that’s all Yord is good for. I think right now he’s a little inflexible but we’ll see his arc develop over the course of the season to broaden his horizons, challenge his pre-conceptions, and become a better Jedi (who will…

Yeah exactly. Master is a rank you have to actually achieve, but eventually it’s just assumed that the vast majority of Jedi will become Knights. Some will be Padawans for a long time before they’re able to take the trials and become knights, others probably do it more quickly, but it’s assumed almost everyone will…

I’m not sure I agree with your conclusion - keep in mind that the Jedi do not “recruit”, especially in this era, they “find” and “take” children who are Force-sensitive. They train all of these children. Some, like Osha, leave the Order, but most don’t. Even a mediocre Jedi like Yord will eventually reach the rank of…

For me, it was a mixed bag - it has a lot of stuff about the early Hunger Games and how the relationships between the Tributes and those in the Capitol became what it was by the time of the original books that I found really interesting, but I didn’t care for either of the main characters or their entire story. Worth…

Seems like a good story to tell, insofar as we really need any Hunger Games prequels (I was underwhelmed by the main story of “Songbirds and Snakes”, but I liked a lot of the backstory and side stuff). And remember, the 50th Hunger Games are the second Quarter Quell, which was established previously to have 4 tributes…

It’s one of the few examples for me of a movie series (the original four, I haven’t seen the recent prequel) that is better than the book series it’s based on (especially the first one). Which isn’t to say that the books are bad, they aren’t, I just think the movies handle the subject matter better.

Yeah, the Doctor getting angry at the end was something I read at the time as “he just wants to HELP but these IDIOTS aren’t LETTING HIM”, but “oh right, I’m Black now and some people are still racist” certainly works too.

I didn’t even notice the racist meaning of the ending until I started seeing people online talking about it. I did notice the Doctor was the only non-white person in the episode, but I took Lindy’s ultimate rejection of the Doctor and his offer, the “you’re not like us” meaning more about his vibes - he’s so serious…

Really enjoyed it tbh, my favorite episode of Who in the last several years. You're right that the specifics kinda fall apart under closer examination, but I'm glad we got this over a version where they felt like they had to explain every aspect of the horror/monster story they were essentially telling.

They showed that the woman/Ruby was basically able to teleport to keep up with her on the train, so I don’t think it’s literally still Ruby (she also didn’t age), but rather an entity based on Ruby’s spirit or whatever. I also think the episode was stronger by leaving part of it a mystery, since it's supposed to be…

Sure, but presumably if you know that they were in the first movie, you haven’t forgotten that here. Those lines can be helpful for newer fans who might not have seen the original (in which case I’m not sure why they’re here but to each their own).

Good episode, though I fully expected Rhys to die on the mission - making a rare off-ship appearance and being teamed up with main cast Adira felt like a recipe for disaster, especially with this being almost at the end of the series (even though it was only planned as the end of the season). Glad to see him (and…

As well as cameo appearances for Aaron Stanford and Kirk Acevedo

Definitely, loved 12 Monkeys

Looks good! Though I’ll say, having only seen her in Star Trek before this, it’s still very weird seeing Rosalind Chao in a villainous role. She does a great job, of course, it’s just weird.

I was 11 years old when The Phantom Menace came out and watching it in theaters for the first time (with my fifth grade class, for some reason) also affected the course of my life - I became a Star Wars fan.

I haven’t seen The Irishman, but I have seen this scene of the de-aged Robert de Niro beating up a guy (the actual fight starts a little after the 1:00 mark) - you can change the hair color and remove wrinkles all you want, but this is clearly not the movement of a young man. This is an old man trying to kick someone…

Fair enough, I legit thought Waititi had more to do with it than he did.