Mixed feelings about this, having lived in Japan and seen how frequently suicide is turned to in society: mostly Aokigahara feels to me like an incredibly sad, lonely place.

I want to like this, I really do, but having taught in Japanese schools and lived in Japan for a good while, I’d like to say there is an undercurrent here that may not be apparent if you’re not familiar with Japanese culture that leaves a bad taste in my mouth. Long, long ramble ahead:

I once visited a small northern town called Aizuwakamatsu, where a group of 19 young samurai boys, aged 15-17, killed themselves when they mistakenly thought their town’s castle had been captured during the Boshin War of the late 1800s. Their group was called the Byakkotai (White Tiger Corps).

No idea about Korean, but “ke ke ke” is typically the stylized “evil chuckling” sound in Japanese. “W” comes from “warau”, which means to laugh, and is a more general laughter.

I don’t mind live action gore when it’s part of the story (fan of Walking Dead, Game of Thrones, etc.) but the gory way the Titans eat people in the animated AoT was almost too much for me. It was a really interesting and intense story overall but just excruciating to watch at times whenever the Titans got ahold of…

Personal thoughts on the trailer aside, the tone-deaf attitude of the announcement is stunning.

Actually, only about 20% of my ESL kids speak Spanish so Spanish is just as lost on them! But yeah, I’ve heard the Minions’ “nonsense” language is part nonsense and part words thrown in from other languages.

As a teacher of international ESL (non-native English speaking) kids in an American public school, the Minions are a social godsend for my students because you don’t have to be a fluent English speaker to get the humor and it gives them an instant “in” with the American kids as part of our pop culture.

Poor kid!

Great article!

bakery = one bakery

Without getting into spoilers, Timecrimes started out good but ending up leaving a bad taste in my mouth.

Yay, it wasn’t just me! Thank you! I agree on the casting.

1. But Timeline 3 Skynet infected Timeline 1 Connor to make him a Terminator. Right? (Seriously, between this discussion and the meds I’m taking after having my wisdom tooth out I’m starting to question reality at this point lol.)

Bumping 5. up to 1: Kinja traveled back in time and made a new Matt Smith Kinja that made it impossible for me to erase my total brainfart after 15 minutes. But yes, I realize that now. Sorry about that!

1. Interesting. I still would have liked it to be made clearer in the movie that “Skynet has the Tardis” is from another timeline. Good movies should be able to stand alone, not need a sequel to explain major plot points.

You bet. Christian Bale will return as Moses Connor.

But I have so many more!

Lol! You forgot obnoxious. I think Skynet infiltrated Casting with a T-1000 whose mission was to pick the two people with the least chemistry in the world between them.

Yes, Arnie uses a giant teddy bear, like Arnie in T2 used a box of roses, to hide a shotgun while out in public. He shoots through the teddy’s head at someone with it.