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Yeah, I can’t stand four point ratings. With five points, it can be broken down as:

1. Hated
2. Disliked
3. Liked/Decent
4. Really liked
5. Loved

With four points there’s no middle ground and so I can’t parse them properly.

Has the Darth Vader series reverted to a Dark Times setting? If so I might give that a go. The first Darth Vader run made me quit the entire modern Marvel line completely:

It’s been three years now and I’m just barely dipping my toes back in after that. So far I’m just sticking to the main ongoing series and have been pleasantly surprised with how well that’s course corrected after the awful start that line had as well.

What drew me back in though was the Poe Dameron series. What I’ve seen of that has been pretty solid.

ZkinandBonez said:

So in the last few weeks I’ve been watching the Clone Wars series somewhat out of order. I’ve pretty much just watched the “essential” episodes (Mortis, Maul, Ashoka’s trial, etc.), and I’m currently just watching the rest in whatever order I feel like at the moment.

Is it possible to do this with Rebels?

No. Rebels is structured linearly and as such for a first time viewing should be watched in order and in full.

You guys are silly. Season 2 ended with a shot of her entering the doorway we see here standing in front of at the end of A World Between Worlds. Not only that, she went back through the same portal she was pulled out of which was set to Malachor at the time of season 2.

That was the answer to the mystery of her fate at the end of Season 2. She was pulled out of time but then returned shortly after.

What she did in the time since then is the actual mystery. I would guess studying on Malachor and elsewhere.

Lucasfilm is excited to announce that Emmy-nominated producer and actor Jon Favreau has signed on to executive produce and write a live-action Star Wars series for Disney’s new direct-to-consumer platform. Favreau is no stranger to the Star Wars galaxy having played roles in both the Star Wars: The Clone Wars animated series and in the upcoming Solo: A Star Wars Story.

“I couldn’t be more excited about Jon coming on board to produce and write for the new direct-to-consumer platform,” says Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy. “Jon brings the perfect mix of producing and writing talent, combined with a fluency in the Star Wars universe. This series will allow Jon the chance to work with a diverse group of writers and directors and give Lucasfilm the opportunity to build a robust talent base.”

Favreau is thrilled to be returning to the Star Wars galaxy: “If you told me at 11 years old that I would be getting to tell stories in the Star Wars universe, I wouldn’t have believed you. I can’t wait to embark upon this exciting adventure.”

Disney’s collaborations with Favreau extend back a decade, when he helped launch the Marvel Cinematic Universe as director of Iron Man and Iron Man 2 and as an executive producer of the Iron Man and Avengers films for Marvel Studios. For Disney, he directed and produced the massively successful The Jungle Book, which won an Academy Award for its groundbreaking visual effects. He is currently in production on Disney’s highly anticipated reimagining of The Lion King, set for release in 2019.

The untitled Star Wars live-action series does not yet have a release date.

Source

I’d really love a Rogue Squadron series.

DominicCobb said:

It seems likely that the new show will be about [redacted]. At first I was pretty disappointed by this, mainly because I want the new show to be about all new characters (and one of these existing ones I don’t care much for). But then I had the thought, what if this isn’t going to be the only new show? I’d be pretty okay with this concept if we had an additional animated show running alongside it.

We do. It’s called The Freemaker Adventures. =P

ChainsawAsh said:

I thought the convention when it came to Doctor Who was that everything pre-1989 was “season” and everything post-2005 was “series?”

Yes.

ray_afraid said:

moviefreakedmind said:

I only saw one film released in 2017.

Same. I watched the new Cloverfield.

But that came out last month and we’re in 2018…

moviefreakedmind said:

It was better than any movie I’ve seen in theaters in the last four years. Granted, all I’ve seen have been a couple Marvel movies and a couple Star Wars movies, and I hated all of them.

Have you thought about trying other films outside of the biggest tentpole blockbusters? Here’s just a small selection of the films I enjoyed last year in theaters:
Dunkirk
Brigsby Bear
Wind River
Logan Lucky
American Made
Blade Runner 2049
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri
Coco
Hostiles

Questionable source or not, they provide the full quotes as well as link back to the full translation in that tumblr blog. She did say those things if the translation is accurate.

Whether what she recounts is accurate or not, she’s going to be in trouble for this one:
Star Wars 8: Rian Johnson THREW OUT JJ Abrams entire Last Jedi outline says Daisy Ridley

RU.08 said:

That sounds like a PITA!

No, no…it’s poita.

moviefreakedmind said:

I’m shocked that anyone has watched Nacho Libre since it was in theaters. I didn’t realize anyone remembered it.

Speaking as a Latino, I and many of my friends and family find it hilarious. Same goes for Casa de mi Padre.

Dek Rollins said:

Nacho Libre (2006) – 4/4

I recommend Gentlemen Broncos if you haven’t seen it yet. I consider it the capper of the great Hess trilogy:

• Napoleon Dynamite
• Nacho Libre
• Gentlemen Broncos

Star Trek: Discovery (Season 1)
Well, I finally finished it. It felt like someone commandeered the series in the last third and did a major course correct. Had the entire season been as solid as the last third, the major departures in design might have been more forgivable. They nailed the execution of the Vulcans, Andorians, Orions, even the Tellarites! But they just had to royally screw up the Klingons.

As it stands, the last third just cannot make up for the rest of the season. And while I’m interested to see where they go from here, it’s still not a series I can recommend. But it is nice that it finally found its moral center and adopted Starfleet’s ideals in the end.

One of Cantwell’s original designs is being used in Solo!

I hope those turn out to be the “local bulk cruisers” Han refers to in SW. It’s always bugged me that we’ve never seen one.

For anyone that would like to learn more about Colin Cantwell.

Care to expand on THE VOID? (glad someone else has seen it now!)

Playing a little catch up with my rewatch reviews:
The Incredible Hulk (2008)
Marvel’s second entry in the MCU. It’s an alright little adventure but there’s not a lot to it. Norton’s Banner doesn’t have much of a character arc here. He ends the story pretty much the same as he started. I had long been of the opinion that Norton’s Banner was superior to Ruffalo’s but I’m not so sure now. Abomination is just horrific and Tim Roth comes off as very one dimensional. The only real standout here is William Hurt’s General Thunderbolt Ross, it’s great that he’ll be returning soon.

Iron Man 2 (2009)
I remember not caring too much for this film when it originally released but coming back to it now, it’s surprising how much it managed to setup for the future. This is the film where we first meet Scarlett Johansson’s Natasha Romanov and it’s a great first introduction to her character and her abilities. Similarly, this is Samuel L. Jackson’s first real time to shine after the very brief end credits scene in Iron Man. Jackson manages to inject a lot of flavor into Nick Fury here in a short amount of time and it’s here where we first start to get a hint of what S.H.I.E.L.D. is capable of.

The real standout though is Tony Stark’s impending death and how he does/doesn’t cope with it. RDJ does a great job of slowly unraveling as the film goes on. The party scene in particular is pretty disturbing as a drunken Tony puts all of his guests in danger. Meanwhile, we’re left lacking a bit in the villain side. Sam Rockwell makes for an interesting foil to RDJ’s Stark. Rockwell’s natural charisma did a lot to save a relatively forgettable character. It’s a shame they haven’t brought him back to expand the role. The only real let down here though is Ivan Vanko. While his character origins are fairly tragic, the character himself is pretty one note. Still though, the film delivers in terms of character arc, action and some surprising tension.

Thor (2010)
The first entry in the Thor series has some great material but is bogged down by the terrestrial portions of the film. Kenneth Branagh does a spectacular job of bringing Asgard and its people to life. The art design on display here is brilliant. As are all of the sections of the film set in it. Hopkins’ does a spectacular job of giving gravitas to his role here as Odin. Hemsworth and Hiddleston both also give solid performances and firmly establish their relationship to one another. If only the sections set on Earth were as good.

No frink is an island.

That’s a little complicated. In the bigger picture, no. Marvel Studios had no hand in the production of this film like they did with Homecoming.

However, it might still be connected to Homecoming’s Spider-man. If it is then this will be the start of a pocket Spideyverse.

Where that Spider-man can crossover and interact with a variety of other characters that are not part of the MCU canon.

But that’s only if Sony does decide to connect them.

The TOS era novels are an area I’ve been meaning to get into. I’ve not read them but I’ve heard very good things about the following:

SPOCK MUST DIE! by James Blush
Enterprise: The First Adventure by Vonda N. McIntyre
The Final Reflection by John M. Ford