The Enterprise theme song callback was the longest and hardest I have ever laughed at Trek.

It gets substantially better by Episode 8, and Episode 9 is one of the standouts of the first season.

It’s not by any means standard on the vast majority of vehicles out there, it’s not even close to being mainstream. Most people don’t know it’s a thing that’s been around for a long time and I’ve never personally seen it on any car in my life. Dawson’s Ghost is not wrong at all.

Counterpoint: “wacky hijinks involving obscure aliens and nerdy callbacks from previous Star Trek shows” is precisely what I want from a Star Trek cartoon, and Lower Decks’ affection/reverence for the canon at least puts it a cut above the other NuTrek series.

I am many things, Kal-El, but here I am god.

Why doesn’t NBC use the ad space they were going to give away to advertise the Olympics? That way, more people will watch!

Sorry but no Greene isn’t a politician like McCarthy, McConnel, or Cruz who will pull stupid shit like this to appease their voting base. Those guys are manipulators who will do whatever to manipulate their voters to vote for them no matter how stupid or dangerous it is for the country. People like Greene though are…

She didn’t “Force fly.”  She Force-pulled herself to the ship.  Considering there’s no gravity, it’d be easier than, say, pulling a lightsaber to yourself while hanging upside-down.

100% agreed, and it’s true even before he’s ever revealed in The Force Awakens: Luke’s Jedi instruction was entirely from two former Jedi who had voluntarily exiled themselves after making catastrophic errors in supposed service to the Force - of course he’s going to follow in their footsteps! I never understood…

I don’t see how anyone can look at the final shot of TLJ and think Rian Johnson has anything but love for Star Wars and the sense of wonder and possibility that the original trilogy stirred up in people.

I’m not saying he isn’t brave or that it isn’t impressive that he stands up to Kylo Ren. And yeah, Finn is, in part, seeing Kylo Ren as someone who took his life from him. But in that moment, Finn is undeniably motivated by a need to protect Rey—a woman who is his friend, but a woman who he fancies and just met. In…

There’s a massive difference between “how does this farm boy know the Force in like a week?” and “how does the daughter of one of the most powerful Jedi in history know anything about the Force decades after we last saw her when we knew her brother was training people in the Force?” as far as not spelling it out is…

Wait, what? Finn doesn’t have much of an arc? The guy starts the movie trying to run away from the war and ends the film ready to commit suicide for the rebellion. His arc is very clearly about learning to care about things other than saving his own skin. Also, the Canto Bigt stuff isn’t pointless. It’s a chance to…

The Force Awakens was responsible for Luke’s cynicism. It gave us a Luke that would abandon his friends and loved ones to die. Rian Johnson was left to explain what version of Luke could possibly do that.  He succeeded.

Said it before, but it’s still true: If Empire Strikes Back had come out after the invention of social media, it would be just as “hated” as Last Jedi. By which I mean, not hated at all, just whined about constantly by a small mob of manchildren who most media sources (including this article) insist on spotlighting at…

Whatever else the movie did wrong, the idea of ‘TLJ ruining Luke’ from ‘hardcore’ fans is the most hilarious misunderstanding of Star Wars characters, lore and philosophy they could muster.

Good job writing a completely snarky take on what is an incredible (albeit expensive, yes) theatrical-experiential undertaking. You even dashed off the comparison “Sleep No More in space” with derision.

And more than many US police officers, apparently.

Have any of us really been spending enough time thinking about Polka-Dot Man?

That would be character-appropriate on all counts.