Apologies for the quality (it was taken in a photo booth), but myself and “NightWife” attended a Halloween mixer for her industry and went as Team Rocket in Alola!

I’m almost embarrassed to say I love his Dawn of the Dead, but I really do! And then everything after that is like, man...

Wow, I finally agree with you on something.

It’s true and it drives me fucking bananas.

My only real problem with Solo is explaining the Kessel Run and “officially” bringing back Darth Maul in live-action. Other than that, it’s super fun.

Yeah, I had 4 of the listed figures (and my friends had another 3 or 4 of them) and I loved them. I do remember my mom, who grew up with the original Star Wars figures, joking about how buff they looked compared to her old ones.

I’ve been reading for 10 years, have had an account for 7 or 8, but yeah, never got out of the greys.

I’m almost positive there’s a strong budgetary element to it: so they can save on/re-use visual effects assets. But also lazy writing because they want to crank out 4 movies a year and not put in the work to make creative decisions in non-team fight sequences. And make no mistake, Feige is in charge of those aspects…

Love the piece and Ross, but man, really puts into perspective diversity: 35 total characters, only 8 women, only 4 people of color. They make a lot more of an effort now, but damn.

It’s not just you RE: the thumbnail. Basically actors don’t want to wear the helmets all day because they’re hot and uncomfortable. Which I get, but also, you’re making millions of dollars to play with action figures writ large, so deal with it.

It’s also odd that studios don’t push for tighter times in order to get more showings in. Instead, every blockbuster is like 30-45min too long because they shove in character nonsense that no one is watching the movie for and have some kind of setpiece that lasts too long and loses suspense.

I used to have a comic book that was set in a Mesoamerican kingdom, where Superman was the ruler and Superboy was the rebellious hero. This instantly reminded me of that.

I had to look this up, because I forgot if Ripley and Vasquez ever talk to each other, but the Bechdel website says Vasquez and Ferro (another woman) talk to each other about Ripley, thus passing the test.

If the big horror franchises of the 1980s taught us anything, it’s that living into the 90s turns your product to shit.

To be honest, Ahsoka’s entire and continued existence has required backflip upon backflip to justify. Yes... Anakin had an apprentice that was NEVER mentioned in ROTS, despite that film’s plot revolving entirely around his emotional state, his views on the Jedi, and his relationships with people close to him. Oh yeah…

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No, in Episode III, he specifically hears Palpatine call Anakin "Vader" in the security footage and Yoda repeats it a few moments later

Yeah, I’ve never been to NYC, but if you just swapped the city to LA in Soylent Green, you’ve got 2022. Metro rides into the city are always so depressing, not to mention trying to move out of my “Blade Runner apartment”.

My company instituted “Infinite Scroll” on our forums, so next pages will auto-load when you’re near the bottom of your current one, thus generating more pageviews.

This is I think the answer. People forget how WEIRD Star Wars was originally. The OT took influences from Japanese cinema, James Dean movies, WWII, et cetera, and mixed it all in with counterculture ideas/politics and muppets.