Hmm. The thing is that bringing in a new character would be applying a plaster to the situation. By making one of the MAIN characters, one who will be with the franchise for the foreseeable future, gay they’ve added a legitimacy to it that sticking a latecomer / token in there would not have done.

V’ger!

Admiral Shala’Raan vas Tonbay!

Ok, have done a bit of chitchat with a few former ILM colleagues, and have dug up one of Tad Leckman’s excellent blog posts.

“17. The film’s aspect ratio switches from 1.85:1 to 2.35:1 when the ship lands on Thermia.”

The part I am foggy on is this idea of landing on Thermia. Pretty sure the Thermians’ planet was…

I call b.s. Hasbro totally screwed up. They need to own up and fix it.

One of the most important parallels between the history of the Skelligs and the Star Wars universe is the role that the monks of Skellig Michael played in preserving knowledge. “This took place in a time when the old order and power of the Roman Empire had completely disintegrated and when illiterate, pagan, barbaric…

Sorry, nope. Dude is interesting, but favourite Stormtrooper? That’d be Finn. All the freakin’ way.

“Hieroglyphs”, not hieroglyphics.

It would mean I could play Dragon Age Inquisition on the proper settings, rather than cartoon level stuff. Le sigh.

Charges five times the amount of gold pressed latinum that regular quarks do.

As an archaeologist, surely you’ve read Motel of the Mysteries? If not, you are in for a treat!

Makes perfect sense. That was my understanding of everything I’d read so far.

Wow. Just what we need. More arbitrary measurements of “beauty” standards. Thigh gap, anyone?

But this is from Gladiator, so...?

Nooo. Sharks have a bad enough rap as it is. Basking sharks are lovely, peaceful creatures who deserve it even less.

Couldn’t get through it. Had to stop a few chapters in.

Yeah, there’s a definite nihilistic tone to all the books of his that I’ve read. I’m more choosy about books I read these days. Depressing storylines and characters that only see judgement and doom are not on.

Really? That’s one that holds up for me. If anything, I appreciate it more now that I live in Ireland and frequently visit the UK.

Tried to re-read the Belgeriad recently. I remember thinking that all the family snark was a bit much the first time through. Absolutely un-readable this time. And the sexism... just ugh.

Oh, geez. I forgot about the Incarnations of Immortality series. So many great ideas, so poorly executed. I think I’ll leave these to the memories.