Here’s one thing about they got right with pre-ordering - the collector’s edition! I picked it up because I’m a big fucking nerd, and the lightsaber is absolutely nuts. Has to be like a legit 3-4 pounds of metal in this thing. Sucks that the game isn’t ready to play, but at least I can spend time embarrassing my kid…

I’m fine with ‘Metroidvania,’ since those game series have been widely played for decades, but I do scratch my head a bit with ‘Roguelike.’ It’s hard to imagine a gamer for whom the original Rogue is an actual frame of reference; I’m pushing 50 and that game was still before my time.

undid Q’s death

but that just turned into an immediate pre-order.

Well, that got weird.

You know, even if we do the ‘separate the art from the artist’ thing here, who other than WB accountants are actually clamoring for a Harry Potter reboot? The last film was released just a dozen years ago, and the series’ influence is still going strong. The Wizarding World theme park at Universal Studios feels like a…

This is exactly what it is, and I’m not sure why this is even a question. Jack comments that he thought Q was dead, and Q answers “and here I was hoping the next generation wouldn’t think so linearly.” Q’s only reason for saying that is because he moves non-linearly through time, stepping in and out of our timeline…

“Swords are more fun.”

Yes, absolutely. I enjoyed this tremendously, but how many series truly get to walk away with everything *just* right? This is the ending The Next Generation has earned.

To my absolute astonishment, this was absolutely worth it. Even the end credits themselves were a delight.

No, I totally agree that letting parks self-regulate as a bad idea in general. Disney is certainly an exception compared to things like Six Flags and all. And I don’t mind Disney being the exception, provided that their agreement with the government (the one DeSantis is trying to commandeer) makes it clear that they…

I dunno, he’s clearly an expert on the subject...

While I admit I don’t know if it’s the case, I would suspect that Disney’s own inspections *are* the higher standard. Disney World is absolutely invested in it’s reputation as the safe and family-friendly “happiest place on earth,” and they certainly take extraordinary care to ensure nothing disrupts that. If someone…

We all know the real first F-bomb in Star Wars was Maarva’s “Fuck the Empire!” in her posthumous Andor speech, but the Mouse wouldn’t have it.

We are the only species in the world that...

It already has Jackman’s Wolverine as the co-star, so he can point it out if Deadpool doesn’t.

Reynolds kicking in some of that Mint Mobile money.

I honestly have no idea why they tried to obscure/hide the fact that Rey was the lead

Nice!