Here's the problem - BvS swings far too hard to the other extreme.

I'm still utterly surprised by what I saw in Yoga Hosers.

I think BvS lowered people's expectations for SS enough that it didn't land with quite as resounding a thud by comparison.

While I'll concede the EU point, I wouldn't say the informant in ANH necessarily would be a smoking gun against the Empire's policies. In a city like Mos Eisley, it would stand to reason there would be collaborators who'd overlook the Empire's stance for profit (and likewise, the Empire would be willing to use other…

Chris Evans seems to be making good headway on joining the club as well.

As most DC fans will tell you, if you want a left-wing Batman, you read Green Arrow.

Who's forgetting?
Stalin does NOT take to being jilted well…

It will have a gay character AND an Asian woman as a captain, so that means a lot of them are already going to avoid it on principle.

A win that, ironically, may come courtesy of the country that previously snapped the Third Reich's spine Bane-style.

It's more in response to the idea of large chunks of the right putting masculinity on a pedestal.

Well, good for you then, I guess?

To be fair re: Finn - The First Order seems to be running a different system of recruiting from the Galactic Empire.
To be expected, of course - the Empire could afford to have enlistments and military academies all over the galaxy. The First Order is still a splinter/breakaway, hence their resorting to rather…

Newly appointed delegate to the NRA Ted Nugent.

He's likely just looking at their net worth and thinking "Winner!"

I feel like Obama gave him the "Don't Do What Donny Don't Does" for presidency, and…well…from one Donny to another…

I foresee this ending in a modern version of the McDonald's rant from Falling Down…

In most others years, I'd be more inclined to give them the benefit of the doubt.
But this year…again, Trump hasn't even tried to hide his true nature, and even a cursory delve could have told these people he was just using them for their vote and had no intention of upholding his end of the bargain.
Hell, a good chunk…

Thank you! I was trying to remember who it was that said that!

I'd say we're landing more somewhere between Rollerball and The Running Man myself.
A world where corporations supplant government and keep the masses in check with spectacle bloodsports to keep them from realizing just how badly these corporations are ripping them off.

And one of his chief advisors has described himself as a Leninist who desires to destroy the state as it currently is.