I think it more than hit the mood, I also thought it did a heavy handed (though still awesome) metaphor that this was more like classic trek.

This post was so awesome, it brought me to tears, which I wiped with Kleenex brand tissues.

No. She looks like Valorie Curry, who is the actress that’s voicing her.

I think they could have, but in a way, I’m glad they didn’t. The movie was already incredibly busy, adding more background would have worsened that. Consider, we have a new Star Wars movie coming every year for the foreseeable future. There is lots of time to tell that story.

I felt it wasn’t pointless. It shows that the remnants of the Empire are still dangerous.

Given that we saw him stop a blaster bolt in mid-air, I’m OK with accepting he may have used the force to minimize the impact of the hit in terms of knock back.

There are several people who argue that Neville is the chosen one, not Harry. Neville was also “the boy who lived”. Even Harry at one point questions if it’s really Neville. Harry was just the main character. He also had a piece of Voldemorts soul in him which could explain some of his more extraordinary abilities.

At the point Rey fights him, Ren had been shot in the gut and slashed several times by a lightsaber. She didn’t beat him at full strength, she beat him when he already had the shit beat out of him.

In WWII, we didn’t have MOABs and Bunker Busters

Yes you will, and you know it.

Average number of people killed in movie shootings each year: 0

This is the only good reason I have seen so far.

It makes me sad, because when I was younger I lamented the lack of multiplayer in many games, and I really wanted it. Today, I prefer single player games with good stories and they are falling by the wayside, at least in AAA titles.

I know he’ll make a good Star Wars movie, because he’s already made two. They were just set in the Star Trek universe. Those movies were terrible Trek, but would have been grate Star Wars movies.

Agreed.

There are really two possibilities. (One infinite less likely than the other)

Thank you for projecting. It’s too bad it’s incorrect.

This is my issue. I don’t want dark and gritty, I want hopeful and heroic. Instead I got vapid and bubbly. I felt like they were trying to show me “What is Hannah Montana had super powers?”, and not showing me “good hearted alien god tries to help people”.

The lack of outrageous is truly, truly, truly outrageous

Music by Goblin helps.