I’m sorry you don’t see the world the same way I do, it would surely help you understand my point! As it is, I’m done with this discussion as I’ve said everything I wanted to say. If you wish to know more, just have an imaginary argument with a projection of who you think I am. I guarantee you’ll still get to make all…

Agreed. Start having multiple writers review the same car and I’ll have all the data I need! Anyway, thanks for replying—I know you didn’t have to but it makes all the difference to me that your site can take some heat and give some back without making it a pissing match.

I’m sorry, who else makes a franchise 3rd all time besides the common person? All the true fans that loved Scott Pilgrim didn’t exactly beget a sequel, did they? As far as macguffins (or dues ex machinas, I think you mean) I didn’t really feel that way about them. Not knowing just how this would play out was far more…

Yeah, well now that we’re not drinking the same electric Kool-Aid, I’m beggin off this trip!

Alright. Your protestations calmed me down, somewhat, even if they were borderline too much, methinks. At least you believe in your site and process. And your point about product reviews in general is, of course, as logical as an adult professional would make.

So, am I to understand that the actual margin of error between Jalopnik writer/reviewers is the difference between ‘great’ and ‘terrible,’ and that there is no shared sense of quality or taste that we, as readers, can adjust from? You literally just blasted the foundations off of any car rating credibility the site…

A little better at going to the rack with ambidextrous scoop and baby hook shots but not as great on defense. And still an unproven rookie. But yeah it’d be nice.

Yeah, well you have some well-thought out opinions and Im sorry if I came out as dismissive of them. Every little bit of care of and attention to the Star Wars universe helps so it’s not like disagreeing as we have done is a bad thing. I just hope that the appreciation for this film outweighs the dislike because it…

Ahem. The movies are the source ‘text.’ They matter most. Whether interdictors turn out to be as official as Luke, Han, and Leia, in this film I didn’t see an interdictor. Did you? And even if these ships had gravity wells (never mentioned in this film) they apparently weren’t on. And the reason why is because they…

Yeah the motivations and intentions are baked into the movie. I just think that people aren’t used to deciphering that much subtextual information, or perhaps don’t expect it in a Star Wars film and so don’t see it when it’s in front of their noses.

What does this mmmean?

Eh I wasnt talking about people who saw the original when it came out. Try again?

“fake, elevated pastiche”

The biggest waste of time I’ve experienced in discussing this film is peoples’ failure to notice plain-spoken detail. Also a lot of folks who say they are fans now actually were never really fans of it until it became in their interest to do so. That’s my sneaking suspicion, anyway.

I don’t know, man. A cursory glance at a few Google results informed me that they were discussed in a board game or something in ‘89 and then in novels by Timothy Zahn. Once Disney purchased Star Wars they obviously gutted all the past original trilogy story lines, demoting them to not much more than, what, fan…

Uh oh. Have interdictors ever been mentioned in the original? I would even give it a little credit if they were only mentioned in the prequels, but not much. And, finally, if they were in some sort of appendix source or animated series then I, personally, reject their existence as official canon. In any case, were…

Thank you

I mean, they’re running around on the daily, chasing and running, ships getting blowed up and what not. Hyperdrive is apparently something that uses a lot of energy. So rebels running around the universe have easy access to tons of energy? No. Also I feel like you were using some science terms, but this is made up…

Well, they’re cruel motherfuckers. Also, it’s what wolves do, so it can’t be that bad. Run the prey out of its gas and then fucking kill it with ease.

What about that whole thing where if you get good snow tires then it didn’t matter which wheels do what?