I’d hardly call any of that offensive. And while I may not agree with all of her opinions, I can say the same about every single person on this planet. For the most part she seems ok and the idea that casting her reflects badly on Kumail Nanjiani is, frankly, moronic.

Wait, so Zoe should suffer the crimes of her Grandfather (not father)? Also where do you get your facts that she is “opposed to the left”?

And by “we’ve” and “nobody” you mean people in your very close minded, self-affirming bubble, right?

Fair enough. Very little of that really interests me beyond the Rey/Kylo relationship. And weirdly it all seems so samey it makes me wonder what was really achieved by tearing down what came before. Rinse/Repeat.

Sure subverting expectations is great but what does TLJ really offer in exchange? Going into the third part of a trilogy what is really left to care about story wise?

I have no strong feelings about this: Solo was fine and will find a mediocre sized market when it comes to digital.

As such developers and publishers need to find new ways to generate increased revenue to help compensate for that loss of profit.

Internalized racism is when someone—say, a black person—believes all the negative things that white people say about black people. They internalize it and turn it outward onto other black people.

Well they put themselves in that difficult position by writing a sequel that takes place directly after Aliens. 

If every other space opera looks one way, as you claim, would you not welcome the fact that Star Wars has it’s own identity? I know maybe it can start to look like Guardians of the Galaxy like everything else did after that came out!

Having read a bit about the background behind those decisions I welcomed them both, admitting that things are not working out is not a bad trait to have. I completely believe whatever problems I have with Disney Star Wars stem from rushing the production line once the Lucasfim deal was completed. They also let a…

Or, they just did so in this instance because once the decision was made that Lord and Miller were taking the movie in a direction they didn’t care for they had to bring someone who could just get the job done with minimal of fuss.

Nah that’s too cutsey and on the nose. They should have cast him as Cable.

I’m calling it now, Kanye is a flat earther. I’ve heard his brand of ill informed self belief to know it when I see it.

Exactly, who feels more empowered after last nights performance? That’s be the Trumpists. While we get to pat ourselves on the back for the “truth bombs” it makes them a little more resolute and reinforces the idea that they have the moral high ground.

Rian Johnson says something banal and not revolutionary about Star Wars - Queue a standing ovation from io9.

Or you could just as easily reverse that. And then add been labeled racist or sexist for not liking it.

This doesn’t make any sense. But the mental gymnastics is necessary otherwise you’ll end up tipping everyone.

Look, I’m not one of these guys. Really I’m not! I hate it when people leave comments like this and claim bias just because an opinion differs from theirs. Please believe me.

“Variety came the closest to admitting what it seems like many reviewers are trying to dance around, which is that they think the movie is much worse than they are really saying, but out of love for those involved and the source material, they don’t have the heart to.” So Ghostbusters 2016 syndrome.