For me, it wasn’t even the commercial, just the narrator saying presented by Dolly Madison snack cakes made me feel disproportionately warm.

Underwritten by Dolly Madison snack cakes.

Ironically, in telling smaller stories, The Mandalorian has come closest to me to recapturing the fairy tale quality of the original trilogy that the franchise has moved further and further away from as it gets buried under the weight of all the mythology and interlocking stories and grand, sweeping bombast.

While there are some interesting ideas here, I think my main takeaway is no one should have done a sequel trilogy. Story wise, I just don’t think there’s enough good reason. And I say that as someone who really enjoyed 1 2/3 of the existing sequels.

For that special someone who accepts only the most aggressively ugly and wildly overpriced.

I think it was completely in character. For both Mando and the baby. The whole gag was completely in line with the tone of the show and I truly am befuddled by the negative response.

I think a lot of people are projecting their own feelings about the morality of the characters that has never once been established on screen. Basic level morality means you don’t hang a man upside down to be eaten by nocturnal alley rats. It’s truly bizarre to me to see how many people are drawing the line here when…

I’m surprised by how strong the negative reaction to this episode was. I suspect few, if any of the negative reactions are from parents. The Mandalorian may be a good-ish guy, but he’s still a murderous bounty hunter. Of course he’s not going to be a deft, boundry setting parent. And the Child’s a damn toddler. Those…

Good gravy. Well, I guess we all like to imagine ourselves as having the fortitude of character to blow us and our best friend up with a grenade in hopes of slowing down an unstoppable murdering xenomorph.

This would never happen to Internet Eating Sensation David Chang.

I went to see this with a friend of mine back when we were both out of high school. We were walking around afterwards processing our feelings when he told me “That is why I’d enlist if there was a war”. I can’t remember his exact reasoning; wether it was the theme of sacrifice, or the unequivocal threat of the Nazis,…

While it’s absolutely no guarantee of quality, I’m a sucker for heroes in bright, silver age costumes saying swears.

What I remember the most was how the atmosphere moved around the ships as they first came into the planet. Seeing the clouds boil and shift from the enormity of the saucers was the first time I ever really felt the weight of a ship like that in a movie.

Did he try telling COVID he had to defer due to bone spurs?

Nothing about being a dude with an axe precludes intelligence. My emphasis on the former doesn’t negate the latter.

It certainly won’t help them understand female characters any better, but it may at least cut down on instances of magic shooting from their nipples.

If by “reevaluate”, you mean “don’t be”, yes.

That’s a given. But a showrunner can easily-and eagerly- discard all the racism for a diverse cast (certainly no reason Conan has to be portrayed by a white actor) and no reactionary vibe while keeping the straight-forward high adventure, mud-demon murdering aspect intact.

No high concept, deconstructed reevaluations of the character, though please. While I appreciate all the smart takes on old properties we’ve been getting recently, my weary soul just wants a dude with an axe hitting a frog wizard in some swamp ruins right now.

Remember fellas, always masturbate before you write your fantasy novels.