Careful - making nerds self-conscious about how their interests are juvenile makes them very defensive. That leads to people making movies like "Batman v. Superman" and to a lesser extent "Rogue One" to prove that they *aren't* just for kids.

All that said, yeah "The Force Awakens" missed out on a few important character points when it comes to Finn's breaking away from lifelong mental conditioning.

Isn't it more disturbing ethically that the Clone Troopers are churned out by the millions solely to be shipped off to die in a galaxy-wide war, all with the tacit approval of the Jedi Order?

IIRC, weren't he and Carol in a relationship just in time for that to happen?

I think you mean "Mr. Fant4stic in that Fantastic 4 movie no one saw."

"Frankly, my dear, what the fuck?"

Yeah! With blackjack, and hookers! … as a matter of fact, forget La La Land!

Disclaimer: I haven't read any of these recent Marvel comics.

“nothing on the bloody battlefields of Warhammer’s conflict-ravaged universe could match the terrible reality of the fur trade”

If he didn't mesh with Marvel's executives breathing down his neck, he's not likely to fit in with DC doing the same.

Well now that this movie is off of his plate, I can't wait to ask him about his next directorial project, especially if it's a quiet, deeply personal character drama.

I'm not sure I follow you. Liberal movie stars based in Hollywood should confront the fact that a conservative/libertarian philanthropist donated to a theatrical performance venue in New York City?

It makes you wonder sometimes if Tiddlywinks Longneck actually believes all of the stuff she says.

I get what you're saying. But people rarely go into the arts just to punch a time card and collect a paycheck. They're there because they feel really, really strongly about using their given medium to deliver a message to their audience.

So Trump has the same weakness as the Daleks? Figures it would take the UK to figure it out.

I certainly don't know enough about French politics to hazard a guess. But from what little I do understand of French politics: if Le Pen does win, the Women's March in DC and the protests at airports are gonna look like a school board meetings in comparison to the Parisian protests. Those folks know how to…

God damn, I wouldn't have expected this to have affected me so deeply. A great actor, certainly, and that loss is enough to be meaningful. But I wouldn't have imagined the loss of John Hurt would hit me almost as hard as Carrie Fisher, who was such a formative figure in my childhood. With all of the talk about "1984"…

Aww, hang in there, Hardwork Movement! Keep up the … well, you know.

They won't be doing exactly what he wants them to do until they praise him both personally and professionally.

"No puppet. No puppet. You're the puppet!" - a puppet