While I don't believe that Disney needed to be beholden to the EU by and large — a lot of the stories were forgettable, and the amount of books, comics, video games, etc., had become overwhelming — the loss of Mara Jade is the one that sits the worst with me. She was a fabulous character.

Being born in '74, I got to see the original "Star Wars," although I probably wasn't old enough to see it until one of the re-releases in '79 or so. According to my parents, the monsters in the cantina scared me, but I enjoyed the rest of it, until I fell asleep during the Death Star battle. (As I got older, I assure…

OK, I don't usually post political things on a non-political site, but this headline is absolute nonsense. I'm not taking a huge pro-Trump stance, but Obama is a politician of politicians, and he's not proven to me that he's ever "actually cared about" anything other than himself. You may be "pining" for his…

Finally! Someone who agrees with me that "Goblet of Fire" is the best of the series, and that "Deathly Hallows, Part 1" is a much better movie than "Part 2." :)

This story has been covered pretty much everywhere, but it's such a non-story. A political figure went on a late-night talk show, and the talk show comedian host behaved like a comedian rather than a hard-hitting investigative journalist. That's because he isn't one.

I honestly had no idea what you were referencing. I had to look it up. Apparently "In the Air Tonight" has sparked a ton of urban legends.

I loved the "National Treasure" movies even at the time. Bring on a third film!

No, I don't think this had anything to do with Reaganism. This movie is all about sex, from beginning to end. It's not a family values film. If anything, "Happy Days" was more of a gateway to the wholesome version of '50s nostalgia.

While some of the comments are unsurprisingly overly sarcastic (and sometimes funny), I appreciate the author of the article taking time to give us a thoughtful, well-balanced piece.

I wish that Jack Nicholson could have played Wolverine at some point in the early 1980s.

I hope that's true, but I've heard way too many people say that the movie looks bad but that they're going to see it anyway. B v S will probably make a ton of money — the biggest hit of the year? — and there will be sequels and cinematic universe building, not because they like the movie, but because people couldn't…

Rather than suing her, Disney should go for the "irony" route and sample “MIA OLA” in one of their projects without paying her for it.

Great article looking at all sides of the business equation.

Good article, but I disagree regarding Fred's death on "Angel" that "the manipulation was painfully obvious." The heroic characters had made a devil's deal for various reasons. As always in the Whedonverse, actions have consequences. It would have been inappropriate to show that there was no negative fallout from…

I haven't seen this new one, but thanks for calling "Grease" on some of its most terrible elements, including the notion that women should change who they are for a hot guy, and that the guy's sexual misconduct is okay once he gets a nicer car.

This. This article is exactly what I was saying to a friend a few weeks ago. Absolutely spot-on. With the current deluge of superhero movies (many of which I like), the time has never been better for a film like this — an underrated gem that looks at the genre from a slightly sideways perspective.

P.S. Noel is spot-on that the best way to view the prequels (if one must do so) is to sandwich them in between the installments of the Original Trilogy. In fact, there's a very similar idea called the Machete Order, which I highly recommend that people read:

Everyone is certainly entitled to their opinion, and Noel states this opinion eloquently. But I don't accept that the prequels at least had great action scenes. They were as ham-handled as the dialogue and the acting. Because of the failures in those two areas, we didn't care about the characters, and so (for many of…

I was all prepared to disagree vehemently with this article, but it's a really well-balanced piece, acknowledging problems while still letting us know what the author liked, and pointing out that the vitriol does indeed often go over the top.

I love the fact that the author of the "Subtlety S-cks" article chose a title that was itself not subtle, thereby proving his point. :)