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First off—spoilers for Episode IX. Duh. Oh my god, this movie was not good for my blood pressure. I was red in the face by the time the credits rolled. I’m glad my friend was driving, I’m not sure I would have been safe on the road after leaving the theatre. I was simply reeling. I avoided spoilers all week and had only a vague idea what to expect, so going in I was both terrified I’d get my heart …
I don’t know if any of my fellow Reylos still visit, but I’m putting this out there for anyone who wants to talk about it. I’m intrigued by the Dark Rey “reveal”—I put that in quotes because there could be any number of explanations for the brief image we saw of her garbed in black wielding a red sabre. Or at least holding one. I’m not sure what to think of it yet, I’m still browsing others’ theories on YouTube.
Okay, this doesn’t have anything to do with Star Wars beyond the fact that Adam Driver is in it, but I loved it so much I had to share it. This guy is so effing awesome. He commits. And didn’t crack up once!
I was hanging out with my brother and sister-in-law tonight and watched the reality gold mining show Gold Rush with them. My brain short-circuited when I saw this guy: I was like, Is…is that Adam Driver? No, it’s 24-year-old millionaire Parker Schnabel. But they could be twins, right? Schnabel might be a bit leaner, but the bone structure, the nose, the hair, even the ears are similar. Every time he was on screen, all I could think was: holy fucking …
OMG I can’t believe I NEVER made this comparison! Titanic is one of my favorite movies ever. I just can’t believe I missed it! I just had to share that 15-second mashup with everyone. Cinema Sins’ frame of reference is always astounding.
Hope you all are having a good Memorial Day weekend! Everyone staying cool in this ridiculous heat? I went and saw Solo this morning, and it was okay, but it felt kinda…anticlimactic, I guess. There was so much drama and hype and speculation surrounding this production that I expected something tense and energetic. Edge-of-your-seat stuff, ya know? In reality, I found myself yawning and a bit bored. Too much talking and making plans. I enjoyed Alden Ehrenreich as Han, more …
The Crait fic is up! But I have questions–has anyone else wondered how the dice were corporeal but Luke wasn’t? Could he control what was corporeal and what wasn’t? And how did the dice linger after Luke stopped projecting? And come on, wouldn’t Leia have kept track of those? Provided she thought they were real–did she know they weren’t?–she’d have kept those safe. I’ve wondered about this for a while. I don’t at all mind adding Force projection to the …
I’m starting to see why everyone loves him. Donald Glover, I mean. And why he was cast as Lando. Dude breathes charisma. I didn’t watch all the skits last night, but in the ones I did watch, he committed to looking silly and having fun. Gotta respect a sense of humor like that.
I was watching Wayward Jedi’s latest video (meh) and saw this one in my Recommended Videos sidebar and checked it out. Makes the same points all of us have been making since December, but sometimes it’s nice to watch these things and know I’m not crazy. One thing he pointed out did kinda blow my mind, not because I didn’t know it, but because I hadn’t thought about it quite that way:: Rey’s backstory is typically that of a …
Why do you supposed Ren looks down his blade like this? I assumed it was his way of focusing, kinda like one would use a scope, but I can see it being just a threatening gesture, like that aggressive stomp he does when he ignites his sabre in TLJ and the TFA teaser trailer (0:50). Like an “I’m coming for you” sort of thing. Or maybe it’s both. Or could it be a martial arts thing? Just wondering what you …