More of a bed and breakfast than a fortress, with how often Team Arrow infiltrated that place, or showed up for a chat.

Isn't $10,000 in 1958 like eleventy billion dollars in 2016, adjusted for inflation?

You're certainly right. And there are often spirited intellectual disagreements on what even constitutes "equality" in the first place.

The only reason Luke doesn't straight up die in Empire, is because Vader is toying with him. His plan is to try and turn Luke, not kill him.

I think that's kind of a bullshit argument, frankly (her, not you); meant to browbeat people into line with the threat of having some sort of -ist or -ism label applied to them.

I had never even heard the term "Mary Sue" before Rey, but that said, I think it was a fair criticism of her character (at least insofar as I understand what the term means) - even though I really liked her character! She was an abandoned scavenger who flew a ship she'd never handled before like an ace pilot, was…

Music cue at the end was either indicating that the creatures were strong with the dark side, or that his inability to connect with them, was a sign of Ezra inching closer himself.

Exactly. The problem is that she came to be defined as a character, pretty much entirely by her relationship with Oliver.

I always have that big letdown period after one of the Marvel Netflix shows come out, where all of the regular network comic book shows I watch seem cheap looking and badly written by comparison (because they are, frankly).

They are called "FandomReactions" - though a couple of them recently split off to make a channel called "B+B Reactions" I think.

I think some of the problem is that the actors often appear to be performing their own fight scenes, instead of using stunt doubles. This inherently limits what they can do, and also leads to some sloppy execution.

I was relieved, in the sense that hopefully they can re-focus on making her an interesting character again, instead of a character who became almost entirely defined by her romantic entanglement with Oliver.

Evidently he forgot he has a weapon that fires projectiles at long distance, sitting on his back, for one.

The problem with Felicity is that she's horribly written. She was a "breakout character" when all she had to be was a competent hacker who threw in witty quips from time to time. The romantic subplots completely deep-sixed her character, because she just started making cryface at least once an episode, and came to…

He did, although I think he kind of lost his mind some time around 2005-2006. Prior to that, I actually thought he was "one of the good ones".

This is what I originally assumed, but I've heard it isn't the case. Apparently he blows up a helicopter with people in it, too?

This just confirms what I've been insisting for a while in these comments, which is that Zack Snyder isn't very bright, and doesn't understand the characters he's making movies about.

The thing that has truly shocked me, is that multiple reviews have now mentioned that Batman essentially kills people in this movie, and has no problem with shit like machine guns.

The thing is - you can do "grim and gritty" WITH THE RIGHT CHARACTER, like Nolan did with Batman. Marvel's Netflix properties aren't bright and cheerful, because they shouldn't be! But Superman? Wonder Woman? Aquaman?

The Hitman games (the good ones anyway), always have a sense of humour. You can kill your targets in the Paris level by pretending to be a super model, and you get to walk down the catwalk, for crying out loud. The devs know what they are making.